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AAR: April Rail Carloads down 0.9% YoY, Intermodal Down 3.9% YoY

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. Volumes for U.S. railroads in April 2019 were far from ideal, but they were much better than in March. Total carloads in April were down 0.9%…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Gundam

Crunchyroll Talks Localization in Anime in New Mini Doc

Crunchryollhas been having a lot of fun lately with some mini documentaries. The first covered the popularity of Gundpla models and how they saved the Gundam anime franchise. The latest talks about localization, what it is, and how it has forced changes in an…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Matteo Salvini

‘Europe will become an Islamic caliphate if we don’t take back control,’ Salvini tells Hungarian TV

While visiting Hungary on Thursday (May 2), Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini from the far-right League party gave a controversial interview to Hungarian national television. Among other contentious assertions, Salvini said some European capitals were…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Super Komachi

High-speed rail in the U.S. has new promise, and new pitfalls

Richard Branson’s adventure in Florida, and setbacks in California and Texas During a press conference last month to announce that his multifaceted Virgin brand would be taking over a U.S. train line in Florida, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson pointed…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan opens Turkey’s largest mosque in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Turkeys largest and newest mosque on Friday. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers. The previous Turkish record holder in capacity was a mosque in the sout…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Climate Change

Evidence of Arsenic-Breathing Microbial Life Found in Pacific Ocean

Researchers working off the coast of Mexico have discovered evidence of arsenic-breathing life in oxygen-starved waters. These resilient microbes are a vestige of Earths ancient past, but they could also be a sign of things to come under the influence of clim…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Recycling

How to Donate or Dispose of Your Old Paint

Youre not a proper homeowner until youve got a few stacks of half-used paint cans stashed in a dark corner of your basement, attic or shed. A few were leftover from when you threw a fresh coat on the walls before you moved in, maybe one from that time you…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Times Square

Focus on the Family Snubbed by Times Sq Billboard Owners…

Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, appeared on Wednesday's CBN Newswatch program to talk about Saturday's "Alive From New York" event and why he thinks some companies are afraid to lease Time Square's jumbotron screens to the ministry. Focus on the…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Holocaust

FBI Awards Partners, Anti-Drug Campaigners And Difference-Makers Across U.S.

Nichole Dawsey, an opioid addiction awareness campaigner from St. Louis, was recognized by the FBI for her work urging people to control access to pills. FBI Nearly two years ago, authorities arrested a 69-year-old man they said was plotting a mass shooting…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Putin

Donald Trump contradicts top aides by suggesting Putin not meddling in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition's envoy to the United States says the current uprising happening on the streets of his country, are not a 'coup,' but a push to "to restore our democracy." (April 3) AP, AP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump contradicted his own top a…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

AAR: April Rail Carloads down 0.9% YoY, Intermodal Down 3.9% YoY

Crunchyroll Talks Localization in Anime in New Mini Doc

‘Europe will become an Islamic caliphate if we don’t take back control,’ Salvini tells Hungarian TV

High-speed rail in the U.S. has new promise, and new pitfalls

Erdogan opens Turkey’s largest mosque in Istanbul

Evidence of Arsenic-Breathing Microbial Life Found in Pacific Ocean

How to Donate or Dispose of Your Old Paint

Focus on the Family Snubbed by Times Sq Billboard Owners…

FBI Awards Partners, Anti-Drug Campaigners And Difference-Makers Across U.S.

Donald Trump contradicts top aides by suggesting Putin not meddling in Venezuela

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