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From the Frolic Hawaii website
This photo taken in 2016 during construction. It shows the extend of the campus.
This is pretty darn majestic, I thought as we drove up to the new home of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific. Perched on the slopes of Diamond Head crater, this state-of-the-art facility is a testament to the generations of chefs the UH community colleges have graduated and to the teachers who trained them.
Related: The new Culinary Institute of the Pacific is on the same site where The Cannon Club operated for many years. The best view of Honolulu to Ewa during the cocktail hour. Earlier post about the Cannon Club
From the Grunge website
Not every airplane is as recognizable as a 747 or F-16. Some are so bizarre that if you saw them at your local airport you would think it was a movie prop, or maybe a UFO.
From the Huffington Post website
A good medical alert system is an affordable and effective tool that can help keep your mother safe, but with all the choices available today choosing one can be quite confusing.
From the Grunge website
From the moment you wake up in the morning to check your phone to the moment you fall asleep cradling your phone like your old Teddy Ruxpin, you are bombarded with thousands of logos every day.
You could say that the only way to avoid this oversaturation of corporate branding would be to live on a deserted island, but even Tom Hanks had a branded volleyball friend in Cast Away. You probably looked at these logos with little to no thought, but just like a 17th century work of art, most logos have deeper, and, dare we say, hidden meanings behind them.
From the Military.com website
U.S. Air Force photograph
The U.S. military on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, marking the first ever combat use of the massive ordnance.
An Air Force MC-130 special operations aircraft dropped the 21-000-pound GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB, bomb against militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s branch called Khorasan, or ISIS-K, which operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to U.S. Central Command.
Continue reading (includes a video of the explosion)
Related: Here’s What The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Would Do To Your City
From the Conde Nast Traveler website
It’s not what you think.
When an airplane’s cabin lights dim, well-conditioned air travelers instinctively know their flight has been cleared for takeoff, or that they are in the final moments of descent before a plane touches down.
And though the lowering of cabin lights is widely accepted as a safety procedure, what purpose does it actually serve?
From the Wired Magazine website
In 1965, United Airlines introduced its famous slogan: “Fly the friendly skies.” The man who led the agency that coined the phrase explained: “Let us show the public our warm ‘good-guy’ genuine concern side, as well as the efficient side they already appreciate in us.”
A slogan may just be a slogan, but at the time, at least, it represented a promise. United would strive to be humane, and make flying, intrinsically stressful, a warm experience.
Webmaster comments: be sure to read the two follow-on articles on the Wired website
From the NGAUS Washington Report
April 4, 2017 – Legislation introduced last week would provide the most sweeping modernization to the National Guard military-technician program since its creation in 1968.
Military technicians provide much of the full-time support required to maintain Guard readiness. They are federally funded employees of the state military department. Most wear the uniform in the course of their duties and are required to serve part time in their state’s National Guard.
From the nextavenue website
After 50, weight gain, fatigue and loss of strength serve as not-so-pleasant aging reminders. The good news is we can control more of our body changes than we think we can.
The State Department of Defense Public Affairs Office received an email requested volunteers to participate in the final scene of a movie about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Hundreds of extras will be part of the film’s final shoot this weekend, re-enacting the soldiers’ celebrated sendoff in Honolulu in March of 1943.
If anyone can either show up for the 10:00 a.m. filming or the 1:00 p.m. shoot to be a spectator at Iolani Palace on Sunday, it would help their cause. The actual gathering back in 1943 had 17,000 spectators and 3,000 soldiers at Iolani Palace, so the more we have, the better!
From the Task & Purpose website
Who’s the pointy-headed pen-pusher who put the Department of Defense in a polygon? How did the most fearsome military establishment in human history end up in a squat, dull office building with miles of cookie-cutter corridors, no elevators, and twice the toilets it needed?
Webmaster Comment: I did have a hot dog at the Pentagon once.
From the Military.com website
Members of the United States Armed Forces are eligible for a number of special tax benefits. Additionally, Armed Forces reservists, regardless of duty status, can take advantage of tax-related benefits, such as considerations for travel and business expenses, military differential pay and tax deferral status.
