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...facility's three courses, each hole is named after a historic battle, and on the 157-year-old Championship Course - the longest and most difficult Open venue in Britain - a water-filled ditch zigzags through the course like a World War I trench, and cavernous sand traps dot the landscape like bomb craters...
...makes them its own. Sometimes the mix is inconsistent, and there are some unlikely amalgamations. Here, the first and third worlds are often on the same block: in some parts of the skyline, chic apartment buildings seem to ascend out of seas of squat favelas, the urban slums that dot the urban landscape. Though oft-publicized violent crime is prevalent in the periphery, it is far less common in the center. São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood boasts the biggest community of ethnic Japanese outside of Japan. São Paulo just hosted the biggest gay pride...
...Transport Association (ATA), which represents 90% of commercial airlines in the United States. "But this happens a fraction of a fraction of the time." In 2006, more than 4.5 million flights in the United States departed within 15 minutes of leaving the gate, according to the DOT. Conversely, 224 flights sat on the tarmac for more than 4 hours...
...Bill of Rights will become law - at least as it was originally intended. The Senate version of the bill, which is being reviewed now by the aviation subcommittee, has a new clause that essentially acts as a loophole for the airlines. If the airlines file "contingency plans" to the DOT that explain how they will handle future delays, the airlines would not be required to deplane passengers after four hours on the tarmac (though they would still have to ensure sanitary conditions on the planes)."This new wording does seem to negate the original purpose of the Bill of Rights...
...looks even bleaker in the House for Rep. Thompson. His version of the bill likely won't even make it into committee. Rep. James Oberstar, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would rather let the DOT regulate tarmac strandings than have Congress step in, says Jim Berard, the committee's spokesman...