Cologne Bonn to play host to NASA’s SOFIA as it begins science observations
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5th February 2021
Conducted over a six week period, researchers hope to find the answers to fundamental questions in astronomy
SOFIA – NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – is set to conduct its very first series of science observations from Germany between February and March of this year.
The specially modified Boeing 747SP touched down at the airport yesterday (February 4) from Hamburg where it had been undergoing a heavy maintenance C check at Lufthansa Technik’s facility in Hamburg, since September last year.
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On Sunday, March 28, the Long Island Railroad stranded an entire train full of passengers. I boarded the westbound Montauk Line train at 2:05 in Shirley. It left on time and proceeded west without delays. When we got into Babylon, we saw our connecting Citybound train leave the station without opening its doors. It was cold, with high winds, and threatening rain. The digital monitor on the platform said the next westbound train would not arrive for another 53 minutes. I called 511 and spoke to a LIRR staffer who would give only his first name, Craig . After a lengthy delay, Craig told me The train was given permission to leave. When I asked him why, he said, The reason is unknown . He then confirmed that the next train would not pick us up for another 53 minutes and, no, the LIRR has no other trains to send. Hundreds of passengers were milling around on the platf
NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division Denies Summary Judgment in Asbestos Case, Upholds Labor Laws
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a monumental step forward for workers rights and employer accountability, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department denied a summary judgment (Case No. 2020-02378) submitted by the defendants of
Morgan v. Am. Home Assurance Co., et al. (Case No. 190063/16). The civil suit focused on a former Pan American World Airways, Inc. (Pan Am) employee who, while working at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the 1970s, was allegedly exposed to asbestos. Later in life, he developed mesothelioma, which led to his early death in 2015.
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Boeing will stop making the 747 after more than 51 years of passenger flight. Here s the history of how the iconic plane changed the world.
By tpallini@businessinsider.com (Thomas Pallini) of Business Insider |
Boeing will stop making the 747 after more than 51 years of passenger flight. Here s the history of how the iconic plane changed the world.
Boeing s most iconic aircraft the 747 is celebrating 51 years of passenger service in January.
Most of the world s airlines, however, are retiring their 747s in favor of new, fuel-efficient jets.
Originally published on January 23, 2021 6:22 pm
Mexican film directors have enjoyed success at the Academy Awards in recent years. Alfonso Cuarón won an Oscar for directing
Gravity in 2014, and for
Roma in 2019
Birdman and the following year for The Revenant. And Guillermo del Toro won his Oscar for directing The Shape of Water in 2018. Now, the Tres Amigos, as they re known, may welcome uno más: up-and-coming filmmaker Fernando Frías de la Parra. His film
I m No Longer Here is Mexico s Academy Award entry for Best International Feature Film.
The film, also titled
Ya No Estoy Aqui, is set in 2010, during a real, but very brief, cultural phenomenon that happened in Monterrey, Mexico. That s when teens in the industrial city s impoverished barrios would hang out in the streets wearing baggy clothes, singing and dancing to nostalgic cumbia music from Colombia.