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Why It's Unique: Employees clocking in at the complextake a daily commute down a roughly 2000-foot tunnel, traveling througha few 25-ton blast doors along the way.

独特之处： 员工每天上下班要通过大约2000英尺的隧道向下，经过数道25吨的防爆门。

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Why It's Unique: With a 76-foot diameter, Yerba BuenaIsland Tunnel is the world's widest single-bore tunnel, an impressivefeat considering it opened in November of 1936.

独特之处： 直径达76英尺的耶尔瓦布埃纳岛隧道是世界上最宽的单孔隧道，1936年11月，这项令人印象深刻的工程落成开通。

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As the carnival has no real contemporary connection with the Notting Hill or the Caribbean save for a few largely ignored floats, why doesn't Mr Livingstone put his foot down and move the carnival to a more centralized, logistically practical location readily accepted as a space for all Londoners to gather such as Hyde Park!

BBC: NEWS | Have Your Say | Did you go to Notting Hill Carnival?

Authorities are hoping they'll have a good answer once they complete an investigation into why the 72-foot catamaran sailed by Artemis Racing of Sweden nose-dived and capsized Thursday after completing a difficult maneuver.

NPR: America's Cup Fatality Raises Safety Questions

The stakes make you wonder why someone with all that wealth, several homes, a 190-foot-long yacht and a hangar full of aircraft would bother working at all.

FORBES: Craig's Higher Calling