China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the spring, a major setback for one of the country’s priority weapons programs, U.S. officials said.
The episode, which Chinese authorities scrambled to cover up and hasn’t previously been disclosed, occurred at a shipyard near Wuhan in late May or early June.--wsj
***
The planning documentation for the Lower Thames Crossing, a proposed tunnel under the Thames connecting Kent and Essex, runs to 360,000 pages, and the application process alone has cost £297 million. That is more than twice as much as it cost in Norway to actually build the longest road tunnel in the world.
***
The Last Week
This is the last week of the regular baseball season. After a hopeful start, the Pirates reverted to true form, a team of good, diverse athletes who grade well on physical qualities but can't hit. A fine AAA team with some promising pitchers. In a symbolic game this week, Oneil Cruz, the talented athlete who again wins the Gregory Polanco Award as the year's most clueless Pirate, got picked off first standing three feet off the bag, then got thrown out standing close to second--apparently confusing the number of outs in the inning.
The last three games are in New York against the Yankees who, with the playoff positions on the line, have the motivation to play well.
Fan Appreciation Day is inadequate, it should be Fan Appreciation Week, at least.
No comments:
Post a Comment