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...What part of your game would you like to change the most? -Mari Carmen Carmona, Antequera, Spain My serve. I'm always working on it harder, trying to get better. It's a technical problem, and it's difficult, but I am always working hard on it, every...
...second problem is one of logistics. While NextGen's technology would open up the skies to more planes, airports are still limited in terms of space, explains Darryl Jenkins, an aviation expert who consulted the White House during the 1990s and now teaches at Ohio State University. "As long as we are constrained at the airports, we are still going to have problems in the entire system," he says. "We need more runways." Blakey agrees that runways are great in a lot of circumstances, and she points to how a new one at Atlanta's hub airport has eased congestion...
There is no easy way to fix the gouge in the Shuttle Endeavour. In-orbit repair options are limited and, since any fix would have to be made by robotic arms and astronauts in awkward space suits, the process would be fraught with the potential to make the problem worse. Still, Mission team chairman John Shannon said that, according to his team's analysis, the damage should pose no risk to the astronaut crew on the return home. There is, however, potential for more damage to the shuttle itself on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere when temperatures...
...wealth being generated by the oil and natural gas on their island. The oil boom has driven up prices for everything from housing and food to transport - a five-minute taxi ride from the airport can break $20. Expat oil executives can pay without a problem, but locals struggle. "It's something crazy how high prices have gotten here," says Lisitsyn, speaking over the shouts of happy couples outside the cramped $745-a-month single room office his organization occupies upstairs from the municipal wedding hall. "But at the same time we still have people just barely surviving on fishing...
...credit bubble will be enormous - it will hurt economies everywhere," says Shanghai-based economist Andy Xie. "It's just not clear right now what the next piece of bad news is, or where it will come from." And that's a big part of the problem. In financial markets, ignorance is never, ever bliss...