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...During the week, Gupta uses the plane to train engineering students and flight attendants. On weekends, under the billing Aeroplanet, it is open to the public and school groups. Poor villagers and students attending government schools can visit for free. "Passengers" check in, receive boarding passes and climb a steep metal staircase to enter the plane. Flight attendants then run them through the safety procedures (schoolchildren get the extended lesson), serve them snacks and cold drinks and answer questions about how an aircraft works. (One pupil recently asked if there was a horn to tell the other planes...
...guessing that it will become the indispensable site not only for political insiders but also for all those who care about the presidential race. This site was designed by Mark and TIME.com to fill a void--it is clear, clean, Webby and user-friendly. Now you can check in every morning, as I do, with Mark's PageCast, which highlights the day's big political stories. (It's also my way of keeping track of where he is.) The Page exemplifies TIME's tradition of aggregating the best information out there: it has links to the latest stories, campaign...
...divided up the emergency-supplies list that FEMA had published, then started shopping. It took them 2 1/2 hours. It cost $343 for a family of two. Theoretically, a good number of the items would need to be replenished every six to 12 months. "A family that lives from check to check can't afford to do that. It was a real eye-opener," says John, who, with his wife, works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. He piled everything into a huge duffel bag, and his wife couldn't lift it. "I think there is a need...
...your source pack amidst the clamor of conversations in innumerable foreign languages. For a unique experience when you get that coffee craving, try the unusually sweet Mocha Arabica, which comes in a generously-sized metal pot. Sit as long as you like, but leave an hour to get the check after you ask for it; otherwise, you might be studying longer than you intended. 2. Petsi Pies: Go past Louie’s Superette and straight on till morning to find this eclectic bakery, tucked away on Putnam Ave., near Mather. Tuck yourself away in one of the mismatched chairs...
...about 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, another one of Samuels' friends, Chris Gray, 23, got up to check up on the homes of his friends in another part of Rancho Santa Fe, on Las Colinas street. He was planning to videotape what he saw and post it on a new group that had been set up on Facebook. He wandered around Las Colinas and its side streets for about three hours, watching some residents try to save their property, others assessing their destroyed homes. He says he saw 19 homes completely leveled by fire, the cars in front of them...