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If you were a monarch a century ago, you invested in the "inevitable technical trappings of modernity," in the words of the Turkish historian Selim Deringil: trains, telegraphs, factories, steamships, world fairs and clock towers, which ordered people around hourly workdays, travel timetables and other benchmarks of modern life. The last Sultan to hold absolute power in Istanbul before being deposed by the Young Turks in 1909, Abdulhamid was a kind of reformer, even if he is dismissed in Turkey ...  

The season's heaviest downpour left most city roads under knee-deep water from late Thursday morning till the afternoon, with commuters across the capital stranded in jams that stretched for hours. The Safdarjung observatory — the city's official weather centre — recorded 89.3mm rainfall, the highest on a day this year, while Lodhi Road saw as much as 104.2mm of rain. While woes poured for commuters, the heavy rain ensured that the weather turned pleasant with barely a degree separating the maximum and minimum temperatures.  

A Cessna airplane made an emergency landing Thursday morning in a field near Kearney, Mo. The plane departed from Kansas City International Airport at about 9:30 a.m. and landed in a field near 128th Street and Summersette Road. Officials said the pilot and passenger were not injured. The aircraft suffered damage to its landing gear and propeller. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.  

America's latest folk-hero flight attendant may be the one on a Southwest Airlines jet who took a 13-month-old baby from her mother after the woman slapped the crying child for kicking her. The flight attendant's actions, however, set off an intense debate: When and how should bystanders intervene? "We live in such a 'mind your own business' and 'I'll sue you for getting involved' society that I feel we're afraid to stand up sometimes for the right thing," said Jen Reynolds, 38, a stay-at-home ...

We live in such a 'mind your own business' and 'I'll sue you for getting involved' society that I feel we're afraid to stand up sometimes for the right thing   -Jen Reynolds

 

Frazzled motorists and Perth Airport users would not get any respite from its road congestion under an Abbott government until at least 2014-15 - or after the next Federal election due in 2013. Opposition transport spokesman Warren Truss confirmed to _The West Australian _ yesterday that while the coalition was committed to the $600 million Gateway WA project, which involves major upgrades to Tonkin and Leach highways around the airport, it would not begin until the next round of AusLink road funding was available. That would not happen until 2014-15.

Whilst this project has long been a priority for the State Government, at present there is no timeframe for construction to commence due to the fact that Commonwealth funding is yet to be formally secured   -Simon O'Brien

 

Thursday's heavy rains not only brought Delhi's road traffic to its knees, it also disrupted flight movement at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The rain coincided with the morning peak hour resulting in diversions, delays and heavy congestion. for more than 30 minutes because of poor visibility and wet surface. Three flights had to be diverted while another 25 got delayed due to congestion.  

--Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, announced that Westin Hotels marks its return to Mexico City with the recent opening of The Westin Santa Fe, Mexico City. Managed under an agreement between Starwood and Heldan Hotels & Resorts S.A. de C.V, The Westin Santa Fe, Mexico City overlooks one of the area's most stunning evergreen valleys with spectacular views of the Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes. The opening of the newly constructed hotel also marks the debut of Breathe Westin in Mexico's ...

The growing depth of our global Westin portfolio underscores the strong appeal of our distinctive wellness positioning in diverse international markets like Mexico City   -Nancy London

 

Larger image The first flight of NASA's hurricane airborne research mission is scheduled to take off from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 17. NASA's DC-8 research aircraft will be making a planned five-hour flight along the Gulf Coast from western Florida to Louisiana primarily as a practice run for the many scientific instruments aboard. Mission scientists, instrument teams, flight crew and support personnel gathered in Fort Lauderdale this weekend to begin planning the six-week Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, or GRIP.  

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it is expanding its St. Louis-area operations with the planned opening of a new manufacturing facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah. The facility, tentatively scheduled to open in late 2010 or early 2011, will use leased space in an existing building to house assembly and subassembly work. It is expected to initially bring approximately 75 new manufacturing jobs to Illinois.

This is the best news Southwestern Illinois has received in some time. We have had a great relationship with Boeing through the years and look forward to welcoming our new neighbors   -John Shimkus

 

Local community organizers are hoping to raise enough funds to sponsor a charter flight out of Garden City to fly World War II veterans to the nation's capital. An initiative of the Central Prairie Honor Flight, a branch of the national Honor Flight Network, the Great Bend-based nonprofit group, already has flown 834 WWII-era veterans on 10 flights to Washington D.C. -- at no cost to veterans -- over the last two years, according to its project coordinator Dan Curtis. The national organization, ...

It's the difference between night and day   -Dan Curtis