August 2022: difficult cuts | Landscape Architecture Magazine

ON THE COVER: The Colorado River water crisis is forcing the West to adapt. Photography © Ted Wood/The Water Desk Features: “Tier Drops” by Lisa Owens Viani.Regulations and allocation established 100 years ago are under pressure as the Colorado River narrows. As climate change accelerates and record drought worsens, cities, tribes and industries must prepare …

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How the Field of Dreams is connected to MLB’s Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds infielder Kyle Farmer understands the story that fueled the plot of “Field of Dreams” as well as anyone. When Farmer was in high school, he wrote an article about Chicago White Sox star Joe Jackson and his teammates. They were part of the 1919 team that was kicked out of baseball for allegedly …

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PH can now build its own ‘Alcatraz’ under new law

INQUIRER.net stock photo MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines may soon have an island prison similar to the notorious US Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island after a bill to create separate facilities for heinous crimes becomes law. Conciliated Senate Bill 1055 and House Bill 10355 became law July 30 after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. failed to enact …

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Sabah shines a light on black tourism

KOTA KINABALU, August 4, 2022: A group of 52 local tourism officials and district officers recently spent a night on Sulug Island in Sabah to experience and learn about dark tourism. The group were part of a two-day dark tourism workshop, during which their presence brought life to the small island in the hill. Sabah …

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Wild video of close plane landing over Maho Beach

Incredible footage shows the moment an Embraer plane landed on an island, leaving beachgoers gasping. A short strip of sand is all that separates Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St Maarten and its Princess Juliana International Airport. So every time a plane heads for the airstrip, it almost always ends with screams of …

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