Seen on landing at Luke AFB, the F-16D 90-0778 with the new paint scheme (All images: Thomas “Taj” Backus) The aircraft that scored the first aerial victory by an American F-16 as well as the first kill for the AIM-120 AMRAAM, now sports a desert brown color scheme. The F-16D Block 42 #90-0778 is a…
Heidi Göess-Horten, an Austrian department store heiress who just earlier this month opened a long-awaited private museum in Vienna, has died at 81. A representative for that museum, the Heidi Horten Collection, said that Göess-Horten died on Sundaay in her home in Lake Wörthersee. “A generous, warm-hearted and wise woman has passed away today,” the…
A new study from the Colorado School of Public Health shows investment in public health programs helps prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses. The study, publishing in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, evaluated the structural and outbreak factors associated with reporting foodborne outbreaks. The study found that the number and types of foodborne outbreaks reported…
How do you smuggle information into the USSR right under the nose of the KGB? Create your own encryption system, of course. That’s exactly what saxophonist and music professor Merryl Goldberg did during the 1980s. This week Goldberg revealed that she used musical notation to hide the names and addresses of activists and details of…
Courtesy of Huttopia Southern MaineThe term “glamping” has taken on a whole new meaning lately as campers look to elevate their outdoor experience with a little bit of glamour thrown into the mix. If you are not familiar with the glamorous camping concept, Huttopia Southern Maine is the best place to get acquainted. Courtesy of…
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh called for everyone at Fox News who aided in creating and promoting a controversial segment promoting chemical castration for children to be fired for celebrating that a 14-year-old girl named Ryland has been subjected to radical transgender ideology and practices since she was a baby. “I know for a fact…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As more and more ad spend dollars increasingly shift to digital channels, franchisors and franchisees are looking for new avenues to effectively reach their target audiences online. Running campaigns on channels like paid search and paid social are table stakes for any franchise today. But where should…
To deliver on Equity Action Plan, USDOT, states, and local decision makers must take real action Submitted photo by Frank Warnock of Bike Delaware. Though the USDOT’s Equity Action Plan (EAP) describes the new infrastructure law as “a historic investment in transportation equity,” the final verdict will depend on the administration’s next steps, how they…
The largest cargo aircraft in the United States Air Force will undergo an avionics modernization program, including a high-resolution, large area cockpit display system from Intellisense. (Photo courtesy of Intellisense) The U.S. Air Force is upgrading its fleet of C-5M Super Galaxy Transport aircraft with new cockpit displays under a recently announced contract with Intellisense…
New listings of luxury homes increased in 16 of the top 50 metros. getty Sales of luxury homes tumbled 17.8% year over year during the three months ending April 30, the largest drop since the onset of the pandemic sent shockwaves through the housing market. By comparison, sales of non-luxury homes fell 5.4%. That’s according…
Smoke rings are being seen in a new light. Doughnut-shaped structures called vortex rings are sometimes seen swirling through fluids. Smokers can form them with their mouths, volcanoes can spit them out during eruptions and dolphins can blow them as bubble rings. Now, scientists can create the rings with light. A standard vortex is an…
Photo: Boeing Reading Time: < 1 minuteVietjet, a Vietnamese international low-cost carrier, announced the launch of direct flight services between Mumbai and Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, and Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday. It said services on the Hanoi-Mumbai-Hanoi route will be operated three times a week, while the Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City…
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Each of the three incumbents on the Orange County Board of Education, as well as Superintendent Al Mijares, are poised to win another term in the election. Each incumbent leads the race by a wide margin as of Thursday evening, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Unlike most races, the board’s June elections…
The January 6 select committee conducted its first hearing Thursday evening during prime time.
Nurses are facing a £1,600 real-terms wage cut under plans being considered by the government for this year’s pay rise, with ministers expected to offer an increase of just 3% for NHS staff in England despite the soaring cost of living.Union leaders have warned that pushing through a below-inflation settlement would leave staff who served…
Entain CEO Jette Nygaard-Andersen has made responsible gaming a key pillar of the company’s business … [+] model. (Courtesy: Entain) Shortly before Entain plc appointed Jette Nygaard-Andersen as its CEO last January, the European gaming giant reached a crossroads of sorts. Entain, one of the world’s largest online gaming companies, entered a 50/50 joint venture…
(Photo: CoreAVI) Phoenix, Arizona-based operating systems and software supplier DDC-I, Inc. and CoreAVI, the Tampa, Florida-based provider of safety critical computing, have partnered to introduce a new integrated avionics real-time operating system (RTOS) graphics platform that could accelerate the development of compute and graphics-intensive avionics applications, according to an announcement made by the two companies…
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Did you listen in to all the recent investor presentations from the world’s largest music companies? Of course you didn’t. You watched Netflix [248 articles]”>Netflix with your evening, like a normal person.But here at MBW, we just can’t get enough of music biz CEOs talking topical tidbits.And we’ve definitely noticed that, of late, one of…