A man from Russia’s republic of Dagestan has built a replica of a military vessel he sailed 50 years ago. The scale model weighs over 300 kilograms and features all the equipment of a real-life ship. It took Soviet Navy veteran Mahmud Abduraahmanov about two months to build an exact copy of the ship –…
Click:brick making machine LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With more than 135 companies signed up, the NFCA Convention exhibit show has officially sold out at Bally’s Las Vegas. The exhibit show runs on Dec. 7 and 8, opening its doors at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday and 9:00 a.m. on Friday. 2017 NFCA CONVENTION | REGISTER HERE | SPEAKER LINEUP | SCHEDULE | EXHIBITORS Interest…
MONTREAL — Fourteen beams of light shone into the night sky from Montreal’s Mount Royal Thursday evening in memory of the 14 women who died at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school 29 years ago. A crowd, which included Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stood in silence atop the lookout as they attended a ceremony commemorating the…
A large protest took place in Moscow on Sunday against a bill that has stoked fears of the looming isolation of Russia’s internet. Their cause, freedom of speech, was sullied as organizers blocked all media they “didn’t support.” The Sunday protest, in central Sakharov Avenue, had been called-for over fears that a draft law regulating…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Washington enters its ninth straight week at No. 1 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Huskies (41-2) swept then-No. 25 California in a rain-shortened Pac-12 series and brought their winning streak to 12 games. For the second consecutive week they were one vote shy of being the…
Being certain that the food you buy is exactly what it says on the label will soon be easier for Russians. The government wants to implement a comprehensive product-tracking system for the entire agriculture industry. By late April, the Russian government wants to integrate or partially replace several separate information systems operated by regulators into…
INDIANAPOLIS – A record 543 female college athletes have been nominated by NCAA member schools for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Of those nominees, 64 represent softball. Established in 1991 and now in its 27th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their…
Thunder and lightning amid heavy snowfall stunned people in the Russian capital on Saturday night. Videos show surreal combinations of light, darkness, and blizzard. Videos shared by Moscow residents show heavy snowstorm coupled with occasional streaks of lightning, while growls of thunder are also heard. There is not much chance of seeing a January thunderstorm…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA Softball Rules Committee has recommended a proposal banning defenders from blocking the plate or base before they have possession of the ball, effective for the 2018 season. The committee, which met last week in Indianapolis, believes this possible rule change would be equitable for the base runner and the defensive…
Russia doesn’t interfere in the affairs of other countries and has no intention of doing so, the Kremlin said, dismissing accusations of meddling in US elections, contained in the Mueller report, as groundless. “It’s hard to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if it isn’t there,” the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on…