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The basic burger is a kid favorite whether on the grill or in a frying pan. And since kids are always looking for something new and fun, combine the fresh taste of ground pork with other kid-friendly foods to build exciting new burgers your kids will love.
"Pork's great taste goes well with so many flavors and ground pork is no exception," says Karen Kalsem, manager of youth communications for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). "Pair it with seasonings and toppings borrowed from kids' favorite foods like spaghetti, pizza and grilled cheese and you've got a sure hit for summer." Kalsem offers these ideas with kid-appeal for the burger:
Pizza Burgers—Top ground pork burgers with sliced pepperoni, mushrooms and a slice of mozzarella. After the cheese melts, add a dollop of pizza sauce.
Taco Burgers—Mix a touch of chili powder with ground pork. Grill and top like a traditional taco with taco sauce, chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese and even sour cream.
Grilled Cheese Burgers—Choose a favorite shredded cheese and sprinkle on a thin pork patty to within 1/2 inch of the edge. Top with another thin patty and pinch the edges together to make one burger with a cheese-filled center. Kids will love the tasty, oozing cheese surprise.
Spaghetti Burgers—Hold the noodles on this kid-classic. Instead, add oregano and fennel seed to ground pork patties and top with a touch of spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese for an Italian-style burger.
BLT Burgers—The fixings for a BLT sandwich make great toppers for the Burger. Pile on bacon, lettuce and tomato. Try Canadian-style bacon; its round shape is a fun change and a perfect fit for a burger. Finally, for an authentic feel, serve on toasted bread or a grilled bun.
Gently mix together ground pork and seasonings, shape into 4 burgers about 3/4—inch in thickness. Place over moderately hot coals in a kettle-style grill, lower hood and grill for 5 minutes; turn and finish grilling 4-5 minutes. Serve immediately, on sandwich buns if desired.
Santa Fe Burger—Fresh guacamole, spicy salsa and chile peppers. Serve open-faced on corn bread.
Georgia Burger—Fresh peach slices and crispy strips of bacon. Serve on a honey-wheat roll.
Pacific Burger—Sunflower seeds, grilled pineapple slice and honey Dijon-style mustard. Serve on sourdough bread.
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Top Tours & Activities in Los Cabos
Los Cabos stretches along the southern coast of Baja California for about 30 kilometers. One of the most popular spa and resort destinations in Mexico, the area is brimming with beautiful beaches. Highway 1 runs through the Los Cabos corridor, making travel from city to city convenient. Along the coast, outdoor activities abound. Sportfishing is extremely popular, with guided tours available for novices or boat rentals by the day or week for more serious fishermen.
Travelers on a romantic getaway will want to experience the amazing horseback riding along the coast. Take a guided tour through the sand and into the shallow water, or strike out on your own for a few hours. A day trip touring the coast by horseback makes a great family adventure too!
When you need a break from the sun and surf, venture into Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo for a city tour. See historic monuments, bustling marinas, and absorb some real Mexican culture in the busy markets of the city. Perhaps best of all, authentic cuisine is waiting around every corner!
Both Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo boast many wonderful art galleries. From sculpture, to photography, to paintings, to jewelery; there is art of all kinds to be found made by local up-and-coming artists. You might find yourself in the art gallery of the next Picasso!
Be sure to schedule some time in between the tours and activities to enjoy the beaches and spas too - Los Cabos is a wonderful paradise in which to simply relax!
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Awesome! Incredible! Lots of fun and adventure.
Upbeat guides! Lots of joking around. Very efficient and professional operation focused on safety. Excellent food at the end. Guides were compassionate and kind. Tanya and elCapitan were very supportive. All guides were encouraging and provided alternatives to some of the more challenging activities. Well worth the price.
The tour was fun and informative, all 4 of us learned things.
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I highly recommend this tour. It was our first time visiting Los Cabos and he gab a great overview, pointed out places to see and things to do in the area, and the tour was a perfect length. We still had time in the evening to do other things. I highly recommend this tour and highly recommend Zacarias.
Super fun zip line, rock climbing, rappelling and air bridge adventure
Had a great time! Was surprised at how many activities they had here. It was so nice that they provided a chilled hand towel to wipe off our sweaty faces. So refreshing after a hot day. They also provided free salsa & chips, water, fruit, and PB&J sandwiches afterwards! Yum! The tour guides were very entertaining and you can tell that they loved their job. Thank you Christian, Axel, Adrian and Jordan!
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Blue Cheese Bites
|Refrigerated biscuits
|8 Ounce
|4 Tablespoon
|Blue cheese
|3 Tablespoon, crumbled
Cut each biscuit in quarters.
Arrange in two 8-inch round baking dishes.
Melt together butter and blue cheese.
Pour over biscuit pieces, coating well.
Bake in 400° oven for 12 to 15 minutes or till golden.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1319 Calories from Fat 820
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 93 g142.3%
Saturated Fat 47.2 g236%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 165 mg55%
Sodium 2900.4 mg120.8%
Total Carbohydrates 99 g33.1%
Dietary Fiber 1.6 g6.4%
Sugars 17 g
Protein 25 g50.5%
Vitamin A 37.2% Vitamin C
Calcium 36.8% Iron 32.1%
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Type-safe Dynamic Mixins
This is another one of those posts that arose from an epic StackOverflow answer.
The problem to be solved was creating a factory that would at runtime merge two implementations of different interfaces into one object. I have implemented this using Castle Dynamic Proxy (which is totally awesome, that's why all mocking/testing libraries use it).
In this post I want to concentrate more on the performance aspects of the solution and provide source code for your own perusal. There are two implementations of
CreateMixin - generic and non-generic versions. They are completely different in how they mix interfaces.
The non-generic version simply leverages Castle Dynamic Proxy mixins to bundle objects into one instance. The downside is that all of those interfaces are implemented explicitly and the returned instance must be cast to each individual interface to be used. Here is the implementation and the unit test:
public static object CreateMixin(params object[] instances) {
ProxyGenerator generator = new ProxyGenerator();
ProxyGenerationOptions options = new ProxyGenerationOptions();
instances.ToList().ForEach(obj => options.AddMixinInstance(obj));
return generator.CreateClassProxy<object>(options);
public void CreatedMixinShouldntThrow() {
ICat obj1 = new Cat();
IDog obj2 = new Dog();
var actual = Factory.CreateMixin(obj1, obj2);
var weight = ((IDog)actual).Weight;
var age = ((ICat)actual).Age;
While I was playing around with it I thought I'd create another factory method that could return a strongly typed version of the super object. This turned out to be tricky as this was a bit like having cake and eating it too.
The initial implementation was fairly slow in comparison to the native class implementation (i.e. fully implemented at compile time) - about a thousand times slower. The Castle DP mixin performance on the other hand was pretty good. The breakdown was something like this:
- Native ~10ms
- Mixin ~300ms
- Generic mixin ~10000ms
The culprit, as expected, was this bit of code. It uses reflection and is extremely slow compared to native or even Castle mixins.
public void Intercept(IInvocation invocation) {
invocation.ReturnValue = invocation.Method.Invoke(m_Instance, invocation.Arguments);
After digging around Dynamic proxy code I have found
IChangeProxyTarget interface that allows to change the target of invocation in the interceptor. Since we want to simply redirect a call from the combined interface to the implementation, all we need to do is point the invocation towards the actual instance.
public void Intercept(IInvocation invocation) {
IChangeProxyTarget changeTarget = (IChangeProxyTarget)invocation;
The only icky bit about this is the fact that we need to call
CreateInterfaceProxyWithTargetInterface in order to be able to switch target of invocation in the interceptor method. What this implies, however is that we need to provide an instance of the combined interface (which never gets used anyway), so we actually create another proxy and pass that to the proxy creation method. A bit recursive, but it gets the job done.
And here is the factory method with test:
public static TMixin CreateMixin<TMixin>(params object[] instances)
where TMixin : class {
if(instances == null || instances.Length == 0 || instances.Any(o => o == null))
throw new ArgumentException("All mixins should be non-null", "instances");
ProxyGenerator generator = new ProxyGenerator();
ProxyGenerationOptions options = new ProxyGenerationOptions();
options.Selector = new MixinSelector();
var dummy = generator.CreateInterfaceProxyWithoutTarget<TMixin>();
return generator.CreateInterfaceProxyWithTargetInterface<TMixin>(dummy, options, instances.Select(o => new MixinInterceptor(o)).ToArray());
public void CreatedGeneric3MixinShouldntThrow() {
ICat obj1 = new Cat();
IDog obj2 = new Dog();
IMouse obj3 = new Mouse();
var actual = Factory.CreateMixin<ICatDogMouse>(obj1, obj2, obj3);
var weight = actual.Weight;
var age = actual.Age;
The result is that performance is improved by a lot:
- Native ~10ms
- Mixin ~300ms
- Generic mixin ~500ms
Oh and by the way, this is for 8M invocations. So it's not that big of a hit in realistic terms. I wouldn't run this in a very tight loop - e.g. image processing or anything real time but it's quite suitable for calling some service every now and again.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Seahawks GM John Schneider, conducting a news conference Thursday at the scouting combine, stopped in mid-sentence when he noticed one of his players -- CB Richard Sherman -- on a TV monitor in the back of the room.
"Hey, there's Richard Sherman," Schneider said.
Yep, there he was. Sherman is everywhere these days, popping up on various networks to discuss his Twitter war with Jets CB Darrelle Revis. Sherman and Revis have engaged in social-media mudslinging -- and that's okay with the Seahawks' GM.
"We know Richard. To us, it's really not a big deal," Schneider said. "That's what makes him who he is. That's one of the reasons we fell in love with him. It gives him the confidence to play the way he played. He feels like he's the best cornerback in the league. God bless him."
Sherman, capitalizing on his 15 minutes of fame, appeared on the NFL Network Thursday morning to discuss -- what else? -- he dislike for Revis. Here are excerpts:
On his Twitter war with Revis:
RS: "He came off disrespectful, so words need to be said. Apparently, he is going to disrespect my game. I don't know what he has done -- stats wise -- to earn the right to talk down to people. He has never had more than six [interceptions] in a season, so let's quiet down."
On why he got involved in the altercation:
RS: "Because I am not going to let no dude talk like a little girl and just walk freely. I am going to quiet him down the best way I know how...It is about respect. You are not going to let a guy run his mouth, I am not that kind of person [to] let a guy say bold statements and let them ride. It is not who I am and who I am not going to be."
On what triggered the altercation:
RS: "I had no ill will towards him at all. We were having a casual conversation, I didn't say anything disrespectful. He didn't play this year, so it was a truthful statement, and he took it the wrong way and went there so I had to shoot back."
On what criteria says he is a better cornerback than Revis:
RS: "Impact -- in terms of making plays -- force fumbles, picks, sacks, changing the game. Shutting down a side of the field changes the game to a point -- I do it from time to time -- but you don't make the same kind of impact that you do when you have [interceptions], force fumbles, and create turnovers."


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Tom Hooper of "The King's Speech" has been named the best film director of 2010 by his peers.
Hooper won the Directors Guild of America Award for best feature-film director at the awards Saturday night (Jan. 29), beating out Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"), Christopher Nolan ("Inception"), David O. Russell ("The Fighter") and David Fincher ("The Social Network"). And if history holds, Hooper may now be the front-runner to win the Academy Award for best director as well.
Only six times since the DGA began its awards in 1948 has the guild's winner not won the Oscar for best director that year; the last time was in 2002, when Roman Polanski ("The Pianist') beat out DGA winner Rob Marshall of "Chicago." Fincher, Russell, Aronofsky and "True Grit's" Joel and Ethan Coen are the other Oscar nominees for best director.
Other awards at Saturday's ceremony went to Martin Scorsese for the pilot of "Boardwalk Empire," Michael Spiller for the "Halloween" episode of "Modern Family" and Charles Ferguson for the documentary "Inside Job." The full list of winners:
Feature film: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
Documentary: Charles Ferguson, "Inside Job"
Drama series: Martin Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire" (episode "Boardwalk Empire")
Comedy series: Michael Spiller, "Modern Family" (episode "Halloween")
Musical/variety: Glenn Weiss, 64th annual Tony Awards
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School Bus Driver Saves Student From Being Struck by Car
Randy Kronick of Connecticut prevents the 9-year-old girl from crossing the street as he sees a speeding SUV run his stop arm.
School bus contractors are under enormous pressure to deliver quality service at a reasonable price. This is no different than it has been for decades. However, some of the landscape has changed in the past 10 years, with continued consolidation of the contractor business, school boards placing a greater emphasis on cost and rising student discipline problems. To discuss some of these issues, SBF held a roundtable with three contractors with varying perspectives of the industry. Denis Gallagher is chairman and CEO of Student Transportation of America Inc. in Howell, N.J. The company was started last year and has since grown its marketshare to more than 850 buses. Floyd Palmer is president of Palmer Bus Service, a 210-bus operation headquartered in St. Clair, Minn. His operation spans rural areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Pete Settle is the vice president of marketing for Laidlaw Transit Inc., the largest contractor in North America with approximately 38,300 school buses.
SBF: Funding pressures have forced school boards to consider cost-cutting alternatives. Do you think school bus contractors are benefitting from this emphasis on the bottom line?
Pete Settle: Certainly, funding pressures force school districts to look at alternatives, including contracting the bus service. But the tighter school budgets are a problem for all school transportation operations, not just in-house operations. There's a fear that not only will school districts look at contracting as an alternative, but they may look at their local transit authority as an alternative or they may look at the alternative, as they have in California, of eliminating transportation.
Denis Gallagher: From our point of view we have found that there is a direct relationship between state funding and school districts' interest in contracting. When budgets are tight, school districts do look for alternatives. When budget problems arise, their interest does go up. However, we've also found in California, where we run a considerable amount of our fleet, that when school funding is increasing, there's a lot less interest in contracting. In states like Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where there are tight budgets, it's affording the opportunity for new bids and some privatization efforts.
Floyd Palmer: We contract in very rural Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the last couple of years, we've had two or three of our contracts put out for quotations, which we never had happen before. Doing a good job doesn't seem to matter anymore. These districts are just trying to save a buck. They're only looking at the bottom line. I've been in the business for 25 years. Twenty years ago we'd walk in and say, "We need a 3 or 4 percent increase." They'd say, "No problem, Floyd, you're doing a great job. See you next year." Now we're spending so much more time negotiating. The competition level is so much higher.
SBF: Do you all agree that school districts are looking at the bottom line rather than quality of service?
Gallagher: They're looking for both. Service is a given, and it's expected that it's going to be good. To Floyd's point, just because you've been there a long time doesn't hold a lot of water anymore. School boards are changing. There may have been a lot of longevity on the boards before, but that's changing. You get people on these boards now with diverse backgrounds, and they have no loyalty to a contractor. They have loyalty to their constituents. They're looking for service, which is expected, and price, which is their demand.
SBF: Are smaller contractors eventually going to be acquired - or forced out of business - by the larger operators?
Palmer: I can speak for most contractors in rural Minnesota. These people have a real fear of Laidlaw and Ryder [Student Transportation Services]. In fact, in Minnesota there are six contractors that formed a group called Vision to combat Laidlaw, which has purchased a number of businesses in Minnesota. And a lot of the small contractors are afraid that Laidlaw is so big that they can't compete against them and the small guy hasn't got a chance to expand. When we start negotiating with a school district on a contract, the first thing we hear is, "You guys are too expensive; we'll get Laidlaw because they're cheaper." They just throw that right in your face.
Settle: Floyd, that's no different than how a school district uses a contractor to threaten an in-house operation. But I want to address the issue of large and small. Will the small operator become obsolete? Obsolescence is not going to be an issue of size. A large company could be obsolete if they're not providing the value that their customers want and demand. It's really not an issue of size but an issue of the value that the school district receives from its provider. That could be a 15-bus provider in a small rural town or it could be a large provider. In some instances, a large organization such as Laidlaw can provide significant resources to address some issues or problems that a school district might have. That might be difficult for some other operators to duplicate, such as computerized routing. But the bottom line is the level of service and the value that the district receives.
Palmer: In rural Minnesota, I feel that there is always going to be a spot for the mom-and-pop operators. There are a lot of operators with one, two or three buses. The average size contractor in Minnesota probably runs between eight and 20 buses. And the local boys have been there forever.
Gallagher: We think the trend toward consolidation will continue. Besides some of the mega-companies like Laidlaw and Ryder, regional companies have grown via acquisition. We're seeing companies in Connecticut that are growing by buying companies around them; we're seeing it in the Midwest and certainly now even in California. There's even some consolidation among smaller players who want to become regionalized players. I think one of the things we're concerned about in terms of the mega-sized companies is how long the FTC [Federal Trade Commission] will allow Laidlaw to continue to dominate the market in such big numbers. Is there another major mega-deal coming down the line?
Settle: I'd like to address Denis' comments. First of all, Laidlaw doesn't dominate any single market. Secondly, the conversion market is a very active market as well. School transportation is a $14 billion business, and we hold a small part of that, less than 7 or 8 percent. The consolidation trend will continue. I suspect that it's going to lessen its pace, but it will continue.
SBF: I'd like to talk about the driver shortage. What are your companies doing to address this problem?
Gallagher: We've had to get very creative in certain markets, not only to maintain our existing workforce but also to bring in new people. We've put in wage programs that are competitive not only with other contractors but also with school districts. In addition, we've implemented bonus programs, health insurance and other things that most contractors are trying to do. We still are and always have been competing with other service industries, specifically in the transportation sector. Because unemployment is so low in most of the markets where we are, it's more the effort to maintain what you've got. We spend a lot of money making sure that the people who are with us, stay with us.
Palmer: We do, too. We spend more time on recruiting and retaining drivers than we ever have.
SBF: Have we reached a point at which contractors will have to offer the same benefits that most school districts do?
Settle: I think we have to recognize that school districts are facing the same problems that contractors are in recruiting and retaining drivers. This is not a contractor issue. This is an issue of a strong economy. Trying to attract people to a split-shift job is very difficult.
Palmer: We've done a few things here that have made a difference. Before, we pretty much paid drivers a flat wage; now, we increase their wages based on how many years they've been with us. We've also accelerated the training program to get them licensed more quickly. We've been able to cut down the time it takes for the criminal background checks. People don't want to wait six weeks to start a job. It's pretty simple, but it works.
SBF: Tied into this problem of recruiting and retaining drivers is the growing concern about discipline aboard school buses. What have you done to deal with this particular problem?
Gallagher: We believe that our program is as effective as our relationship with our school principals and superintendents. We've made a real effort to get our managers to develop strong ties with the principal of the receiving school and the superintendent. Where those relationships are strong, our student discipline problems have decreased. Our job is to get the students to school safely and on time, but it really is the responsibility of the principals to deal with the discipline problems.
Settle: We've taken a collaborative approach, not only with just the building administrators but also with the parents. Ultimately, the responsibility for the children and the children's behavior rests with the parents and the exposure they receive at home. Student discipline is not a building administrator problem; it's not a parent problem; it's not a bus driver problem; it's a safety problem. We try to approach it from a safety aspect with these three constituents: the drivers, the administrators and the parents. We ask them to come together and help us deal more effectively with the discipline problems.
Palmer: In Minnesota they changed the law a few years ago where they turned over the discipline to the principal and they made it a privilege, not a right, to ride the bus. Boy, that's helped.
SBF: Another issue that I'd like to discuss is safety. Many states now mandate crossing arms on school buses and that trend will probably continue. What is your position on the mandatory addition of safety equipment on school buses?
Settle: We retrofitted our entire fleet with crossing arms last year. We see a whole lot of merit in them. I suspect that before long that will become a standard piece of equipment on school buses. From a Laidlaw perspective, we're pretty proud that we're one of the first major operators to retrofit our fleet and raise the bar for everybody else.
Gallagher: We are studying the impact of adding crossing gates. We have them on buses in some of our operations. We haven't decided to retrofit them, but anything new that we bring in has them. We're spending a lot of time on discussions about seat belts. We're leaning toward putting lap belts in all of our new equipment. We would still be interested in the shoulder belts, which we think would increase safety but obviously substantially limit the capacity of the buses. I think as an industry we have fought with the sabre being compartmentalization, and I think recent accidents have shown that there are pluses and minuses on both sides of the ledger here. Our company is taking an aggressive point of view that we're going to start putting them in and certainly a lot of customers have been asking us if we would make it standard operating equipment. I think the customers are going to drive the issue, more so than what the industry wants to do.
Settle: So is that a customer initiative with the seat belts? Our stance has been: If they're helpful, they're helpful; if they're not, they're not. There's a lot of conflicting reports out there. If it's a beneficial device, then it should be available to all children or as many as physically possible based on the design of the school bus and those sorts of issues.
Gallagher: Pete, I think it's hard to say that seat belts are helpful in New Jersey and New York, where they're required, and they're not helpful in other states. Those initiatives in New York and New Jersey were customer-driven. The first school districts to put them on buses in New Jersey were prepared to run their own buses if a contractor wouldn't do it. I think it is a customer-driven issue because the industry can't settle on what it wants.
Settle: Our position has been that we encourage the government to look at additional safety restraints. Compartmentalization was designed 20 years ago and a lot of advances have been made. We encourage the feds to go back and take a look at alternative restraint mechanisms so that we can be sure that we're providing the most up-to-date technology available.
SBF: I'd like to talk about the future of school bus contracting. In terms of market share, how much privatization will this industry see in the next several years?
Settle: We're very optimistic about conversion growth. We've had some signficant successes with some large school districts. Most recently, of course, we converted the district in Savannah, Georgia, with over 400 vehicles in that fleet. But what you'll find is that each district's reasons for converting are different. So it's very difficult to sit back and forecast a broad trend. We feel very confident that the trend is going to continue toward contracting.
Palmer: I think if we can prove to school districts that we can offer quality service at a fair price, then we can be successful.
Gallagher: We're optimistic about contracting. Obviously, that's why we started this company. We see a good opportunity in the ABCs of school buses, which is acquisitions, bids and conversions. I think as long as there's competition in the marketplace, districts will look to privatize. When competition ceases and there are fewer alternatives, then they are a little reluctant to do that. In regard to the numbers, we see over the next 10 years that the school bus contracting pie will get bigger. If we can get the contracted pie to grow from 33 to 35 percent of the overall market to about 50 percent, it would be a tremendous feat for all contractors. We see pricing and capital replacement as factors. More districts are going to be considering year-round schools, which will require more air-conditioned facilities. This is going to create some opportunities for all contractors because districts are going to have to make a decision about where they want to best spend their capital dollars. We think it's going to be in the infrastructure of the buildings and also in educational initiatives. Hopefully, transportation will be left to contractors, providing that there is competition and reasonable alternatives.
Settle: To that point, even if there is just one vendor who would be interested in a particular school district, that is a 100 percent increase in competition over just keeping it in-house. Any competition is good. It allows in-house operations to set up performance and cost measures for themselves.
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Aviation: Status of DOT's Actions to Address the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee's Recommendations
GAO-13-657: Published: Jul 25, 2013. Publicly Released: Jul 25, 2013.
While the Department of Transportation (DOT) is not required to implement the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) recommendations, DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have taken actions on the 10 FAAC recommendations that GAO reviewed. DOT and FAA officials noted that they continue to work on three recommendations as part of long-term efforts and have ongoing work related to...
Airline Mergers: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways
GAO-13-403T: Published: Jun 19, 2013. Publicly Released: Jun 19, 2013.
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitrust review will be a critical step in the proposed merger between American Airlines (American) and US Airways. DOJ uses an integrated analytical framework set forth in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to determine whether the merger poses any antitrust concerns. Under that process, DOJ assesses, among other things, the extent of likely anticompetitive effect...
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FAA uses a variety of approaches, including certifying airplane design and inspecting air carriers, to oversee procedures and technologies that prevent or mitigate the effects of dense, continuous smoke in the cockpit. In the course of our review, we identified five such procedures and technologies that FAA oversees. They are:(1) Evacuation of dense smoke from the cockpitFAAs certifica...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for approving the design and airworthiness of new aircraft and equipment before they are introduced into service. FAA approves changes to aircraft and equipment based on evaluation of industry submissions against standards set forth in federal aviation regulations and related guidance documents. In September 2011, we reported that, overall,...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pursuing key operational improvements to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in the "midterm," which is 2013 through 2018. These improvements focus on establishing Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures at key airports, but benefits could be limited in the midterm. PBN uses satellite-based guidance to improve air-tra...
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Leveraging surface transportation investments to further national interests: The Department of Transportation (DOT) faces several challenges leveraging investment in surface transportation networks to meet national goals and priorities. For example, DOT has to transition to a goal-oriented, performance-based approach for highway and transit programs, as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in...
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GAO identified three basic alternative methods to the current airline ticket-based method for PFC collections. These methods are not mutually exclusive and could be used by either individual airports or a group or airports:1. Kiosk or counter: passengers would pay the PFC at the airport using a self-service kiosk or payment counter.2. Internet or online payment: passengers would pay the PFC online...
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Jacqueline Lee is an InTheField Traveler with GlobalGiving who is visiting our partners' projects throughout Southeast Asia. Her "Postcard" from the visit in Cambodia:
Patrolling the jungle and "Viper Valley" for poachers and illegal activity, ambushing culprits, and releasing trapped endangered animals back to their homes - all in a normal day with Wildlife Alliance's Rangers.
Bright and early March 8, 2012 – I met with Amy, International Development Manager, and Eddie, Head of the Ranger Program, at their main Cambodia office in Phnom Penh to depart for the forests of Chi Phat and the surrounding province. I was able to visit 2 of the 6 ranger stations, where rangers rest, plan, and prep for patrols, ambushes, and arrests of those trying to take away endangered plants and animals for markets including exotic pets, medicines, and even food in other countries.
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11 wedding gifts the bride and groom will love
It's OK to give the bride and groom money. Lots of couple appreciate cash gifts and use them toward important expenses like a down payment on a home, a home renovation or their honeymoon.
Contribute to a big-ticket item
Go in with some friends and buy the couple something big for their home, like a barbecue, a piece of bedroom furniture or a piece of beautiful, original art.
Gift certificate to a local restaurant
Who doesn't love a night out on the town? And after all the chaos that comes with planning a wedding, the couple will need a date night to celebrate each other.
A pass to an art gallery or museum
A yearly pass to a local museum or art gallery will encourage the couple to get out and spend some time together, and it's a gift they can enjoy over and over again.
Cooking classes
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Veuve Clicquot & Edge champagne flutes
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