Most of the 500 people who live in Death Valley year round are connected in one way or another to Death Valley National Park and its major concessionaire, a company called Xanterra.

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Martin finished Monday's round at Emerald Valley in Oregon in the dark, needing a five-foot par putt to avoid a playoff.

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The valley has been under an almost round-the-clock curfew for more than a week.

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"Pennsylvania Reserves at Plum Run" takes place on the evening of the second day and depicts the counterattack into the "Valley of Death" below Little Round Top.

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Arron Oberholser shot 60 in the second round of the 2006 Nelson on the Cottonwood Valley course across the street that used to be used the first two rounds.

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With a few gestures, he dispatches a group of riders to round up sheep from the other side of the valley.

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Situated in a lush--for Texas, anyway--valley, with 19 acres of waterfront and a warm year-round climate, the resort sat on the former site of the Sunshine Nudist Camp (in the '70s), the Steiner Ranch Rodeo Camp (later in the '70s) and the Bermuda Inn Reducing Resort (up until the creation of Lake Austin).

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In the afternoon, those fit enough to tackle another 6km round trip will be rewarded by a series of swimming holes at the base of the valley.

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After the five-hour round trip to the summit, hop back into the car and drive out into the wilds of the Bekaa Valley.

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