Lubbock travel agent talks impact of COVID-19 pandemic on travel, vacations
Lubbock travel agent talks impact of COVID-19 pandemic on travel, vacations By Julie Castaneda | January 27, 2021 at 7:31 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 7:31 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The pandemic has all but stalled the travel industry. The TSA says the number of people flying commercial hit a six month low Tuesday, with less than 469,000 travelers screened at U.S. checkpoints. While the vaccine is expected to help, some are still holding off on making plans.
KCBD talked to a local travel agent about the impact and what travelers can expect in 2021.
RapidScale, a Cox Business Company, Hires Zack Wojenski as Senior Director of Operations
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RapidScale s Senior Director of Operations Zack Wojenski
Zack’s leadership experience and technical expertise will greatly contribute to the team’s mission in providing long-term cloud strategies and high-quality service for our customers. RALEIGH, N.C. (PRWEB) January 28, 2021 RapidScale, a Cox Business company, welcomes Zack Wojenski to the company as a senior director of operations. In this role, Wojenski is responsible for supporting the entire customer lifecycle including implementation, service delivery, client support, project management, and systems architecture. He will report to RapidScale’s General Manager and Vice President Duane Barnes.
Meet the A-12 Avenger II a $5 Billion Stealth Project to Nowhere
The goal of a stealth bomber for the Navy did not come to fruition until years later with the F-35.
Imagine what $5 billion could be spent on today fixing America’s roads and other critical infrastructure, funding schools for the inner cities or simply paying down the national debt. Instead, that amount of money was used to fund the McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics A-12 Avenger, a proposed attack aircraft that never even got off the ground.
Not to be confused with the Lockheed A-12 program from the 1960s, this project was born in the early 1980s as part of the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) program. The goal was to develop a replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder with an aircraft that would utilize stealth technology.
In Praise of Aunties: The Ultimate Home Cooks Food & Wine Editors
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The auntie is a universal concept shared by many cultures around the globe. She can be someone you re related to even, though not necessarily, your actual aunt or she might be a family friend, or a member of your community. Whoever she is, she is the keeper of tradition and the good gossip. And she is the consummate home cook. Your auntie doesn t need fancy techniques or ingredients. The food she makes feeds both your appetite and your soul. Here, we gather the recipes of some of our favorite aunties across the country: a Thai rice porridge that will soothe you, an Armenian dessert that has survived war and genocide, a Korean fried chicken that will remind you to celebrate life, an Indian dish of chickpeas and fried bread that is always a crowd-pleaser, and a Southern seafood mac and cheese that will lift your spirits. We gathered their stories, too, so you can get to know the
Metal Sharks Inks Contract With United States Marine Corps
Metal Sharks Inks Contract With United States Marine Corps
Posted: Jan 26, 2021 3:58 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
Jeanerette-based shipbuilding company Metal Shark has been selected to develop and build a sea-based weapons system for the United States Marine Corps. The long range unmanned surface vessel will represent the cutting edge of Naval technology.The strike vessels can be operated both remotedly or with a crew.Under the agreement, Metal Shark will design, build, test and implement the vessels and integrate them into existing software systems. Christopher Allard Metal Sharks CEO says, We just signed a contract with the United States Marine Corps to develop their long ranged unmanned surface vessel. This has come about after four years of working in the autonomous space developing autonomous craft with partners marketing them and kind of bringing them to the military and working within the military space for the