John Hardy
8:35 AM - - Public
China to send its first woman into space ... Guardian UK - "One of two female fighter pilots will become the first Chinese woman in space later this month ... that will blast off in the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, the state news agency Xinhua said. Chinese media described Major Liu Yang, from Henan, as a "hero pilot" who achieved a successful emergency landing after a dramatic birdstrike incident spattered the windshield of her plane with blood. Meanwhile, her rival, Captain Wang Yaping, from Shandong, is said to have flown rescue missions during the Sichuan earthquake and piloted a cloud-seeding plane to help clear the skies of rain for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. ..." more:http://bit.ly/LVv9vY
U-Ming Lee8:53 AM
+John Hardy Goes without saying that the People's Republic of China's female astronauts should reflect the true glory of the motherland.
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Iron Age settlement unearthed at London Olympics site
Four skeletons buried in an Iron Age settlement have been unearthed by archaeologists exploring the London 2012 Olympics site. They were found in a cemetery, along with the remains of a goat believed to have been sacrificed in their honour.
It stood on the site of what has now become the Aquatics centre.
Other prized finds at the east London site...
Expand this post »Four skeletons buried in an Iron Age settlement have been unearthed by archaeologists exploring the London 2012 Olympics site. They were found in a cemetery, along with the remains of a goat believed to have been sacrificed in their honour.
It stood on the site of what has now become the Aquatics centre.
Other prized finds at the east London site...
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Nigel Strudwick
8:39 AM - PublicHow the ** can you open the Olympics with the British countryside without any traditional dance? What a bunch of ***** these organisers are... [Apologies for the asterisks, but this is a long-running sore point.]
