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China's Bangda airport in Tibet is challenging for planes as well as pilots. Tucked between mountain ranges on the Tibetan Plateau, Bangda's runway is the world's highest at 14,000 ft. (4,300 m) above sea level. Because the air is so thin there, the large Boeing and Airbus aircraft that comprise most of China's domestic fleet lack the power and lift to take off and land comfortably under certain conditions, especially in bad weather with a full load of passengers. So in 2002, the Beijing government came up with a surprising solution: China would build...
...more animals are losing their natural habitat, and so are forced to trade open land for golf courses and the backyards of greenbelt communities like the 1,850-home Pinery. That not only leads to more human-animal confrontations but also opens up opportunities for poachers to track elk, mountain lion, antelope, black bear and deer...
High Carolina will be the eighth Cliffs community, all of which are nestled in the southern escarpment of the Appalachian mountain range from just north of Greenville, S.C., up to Asheville, N.C. Anthony says that having a known designer adds both value and a comfort level for buyers: "People perceive, and rightly so, that if this is a Fazio golf course, a Nicklaus golf course, that quality runs all through the community." There are two Nicklaus signature courses, two Tom Fazio layouts and one each by Ben Wright and Tom Jackson and another designed by Gary Player, currently under construction...
...tough place to play. But on the same token, playing over there is the least favorite place that people want to play, because nobody goes,” he says, referring to his performance spot on the island in the middle of Brattle Square between Eastern Mountain Sports and Pyara Spa and Salon. “If I can draw a crowd and people stop doing whatever they’re doing, I’m on the right path, you know?”‘AMERICAN HAS TALENT!’Gian Carlo Buscaglia is originally from...
Sunday night should have been a good night. The Mountain Goats—plural only because frontman John Darnielle had decided to bring along bassist Peter Hughes to add weight to the former’s energetic rock anthems—had come to the Middle East. They were touring in support of their latest record, “Get Lonely,” and I couldn’t have been more excited. That is, until about five o’clock that afternoon. “No team in major league history had held a seven-game lead...