Archive for September, 2008

Sep30

Airport scanners will read passengers’ thoughts

Ministry of National Safety of the USA tests technology, which can identify potential terrorists and malefactors among airport passengers by means of new type of the scanners, capable to find out “hostile intentions” of tourists.
Unlike the modern technologies, directed on detection of devices, the weapon and explosive, MALINTENT pays attention to intentions of people and [...]

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Sep26

Traveling alone

It is pleasant and convenient to travel alone: it is not necessary to coordinate the plans with anybody, to depend on somebody’s mood and whims. But there are also minuses. For example, it is necessary to pay more for the room-number: single accommodation costs on 30-70 % more, than two lodgers would pay each of [...]

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Sep23

Thermal waters of Uruguay

Majority of travelers love Uruguay for Puntа del Este - Atlantic coast resort, called South American Riviera. Nevertheless the ministry of tourism of the country considers that visitors of Uruguay will appreciate not only the well-known resort, but also capital life in Montevideo. Greater hopes for inflow of tourists of authority are connected with the [...]

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Sep16

Kansas Underground Salt Museum

From recent time of all visitors of Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson invite people to see the new tourist center, occupying area in 780 square meters. The quantity of visitors of underground museum constantly increases, and they simply do not have a place. In the new center the waiting room and the small exposition, [...]

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Sep12

UNESCO: London sights can get into the black list

The organization on protection of the world cultural heritage of UNESCO has informed that a number of the London sights can get in the list of monuments, which are under threat of disappearance. The matter is that skyscrapers spoil historic image of the city.
So, 50-storeyed skyscraper Beetham Tower and 47-storeyed tower Doon Street tower negatively [...]

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Sep6

Legendary coffee house Savoy is opened in Brno

Legendary coffee house Savoy has been opened in Brno, on August, 29th.
Located at the corner of street Behounske and Jakubskeho square in Brno, coffee house has been closed in 1948. During 60 years different clothes and electronic goods shops were placed here.
Owners of building till last moment hid, that they were going to make with [...]

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