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...guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair." RAY NAGIN, New Orleans Mayor, when asked about his city's stop-and-go post-Katrina reconstruction efforts...
...With getting your feet planted on firm academic ground no longer a pressing necessity, take this time to sink deeper into an extracurricular. Branch out and try something new—you made it through the first semester okay...
...there is one part of the air safety system that has proven stubbornly resistant and where mistakes continue to occur: on the ground. The deadliest crash in aviation history occurred in 1977 when two Boeing 747s collided in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. And even the best airlines in the world have had problems on the ground - in 2000 a 747 flown by Singapore Airlines on its way to Los Angeles crashed on takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan, when a pilot headed down what was a closed runway and plowed into construction equipment. Planes don't run into each other...
...main problem on the ground - so-called runway incursions (where planes come too close together) have remained troublesome. According to the FAA, in 2005, there were a total of 327 runway incursions. Twenty-nine of those were very significant or serious, which is less than 10% of the total. In terms of error types, there were 169 pilot deviations, 105 operational errors/deviations by controllers, and 53 vehicle/pedestrian deviations. While pilot deviations are the most common type of runway incursion, they accounted for only 31% of serious incursions in the past fiscal year...
...other are the U.S. and its Arab allies, like Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, who have been blindsided by the surge in Hizballah's prestige across the Islamic world and are trying to bolster Lebanon's democratically elected but chronically beleaguered government. Judging from the activity on the ground in Lebanon, where Hizballah has already handed out grants--ranging from $10,000 to $12,000--to some 15,000 homeless families, it's clear who is gaining. "They pre-empted us," says a Lebanese official, who explains that his government is strapped for cash. "There's no doubt Hizballah...