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• Google aims to help friends connect online
Google's initiative, called "Friend Connect," follows pledges by MySpace and Facebook last week to allow their users to transport their personal profiles and applications to other Web sites.
• Germs on a plane — not so scary after all
The much-maligned air aboard commercial aircraft is the same air that passengers breathe in airport terminals, said Elizabeth Merida, a spokeswoman for the Air Transport Association, which represents major U.S. airlines.
• Get on the plane — pronto
Fermilab’s Jason Steffen just published a research paper in the Journal of Air Transport Management that concluded loading smaller groups of passengers in every other row could accelerate the process by up to 10 times.
• First U.S. aid plane lands in Myanmar
Apart from the delay in getting aid to people we may now have to re-evaluate how we transport that aid," said Michael Annear, the IFRC's disaster manager in Yangon, who described the sinking as "a big blow.
• Boat carrying relief supplies 
The reclusive military government is accepting aid from the outside world, including the United Nations, but has made it clear it will not let in the foreign logistics teams needed to transport the aid into the inundated delta.

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» AA Ireland - Information about the organisation, its services and motoring in Ireland. Features include a route planner with mapping, online accommodation information for Ireland and the UK with some online reservations facilities, latest road traffic news and press releases.
» CIE, the Irish Transport Authority - National authority for public transport in Ireland and holding company for the main providers, as well as other companies, whose sites are linked and offer train and bus timetables, route maps, coach tour details, news and corporate information.
» Driving Instructor Register of Ireland - Voluntary group co-funded by government, with information for the public, those seeking an instructor, members and re. kids, along with general material and contacts.
» Great Gas - Marketing details for a service station identity, including downloads, corporate structure, benefit summary and application form.
» Irish Fuel Prices - Attempts to track the lowest petrol and diesel prices in Ireland, asking users to supply prices. Offers related discussions, surveys and articles.
» N9 N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Road Scheme, Ireland - Information on the N9/ N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme, passing through six counties, including reports and articles, press releases and contact details.
» National Roads Authority - Offering simplified and full-featured versions of the site, the statutory agency for national road planning, development and maintenance provides information on long- and near-term plans, current projects and road safety; there is also a secure area for local authority use.
» Shannon Ferries - Details of the internal Irish ferry service that operates across the Shannon Estuary between Killimer, Co. Clare and Tarbert, Co. Kerry, with a map, timetable and fares.