Sharing the Ascension Experience
A small but informative book by author Mary James and titled “Recreating the American Home: The Passive House Approach” is replete with excellent photographs, floor plans and construction details to complement the well-written text. The book does a great job explaining the passive house approach to construction and describes each of the eight featured homes … Read more
Ascension Cafe’s Tempura for Starry, Starry Nights #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Heavenly Entree Author: ANG Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 40 mins Serves: 4 Tempura batter is used for fried dishes, popular in Japan. For the lightest, fluffiest batter use ice cold sparkling water just before … Read more
Ascension Cafe’s Paradisaic Polynesian Ham #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Heavenly Entree Author: ANG Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 40 mins Serves: 4 A tropical delight that will have your taste buds keeping you up at night. You’ll definitely make enough for midnight leftovers next time! Ingredients … Read more
Ascension Cafe’s Awesome Toasted Sesame and Mustard Sauce #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Awesomizer Author: ANG Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 4 Works as a beef, chicken or vegetable dipping sauce. Oh, what the hell, just pour it over the top. Ingredients 1 tbsp Sesame … Read more
A remnant of the Last Ice Age, the strait between Alaska and the Russian Far East is thought to have been a land-bridge for late Palaeolithic human trans-migrations, from the Old World to the New, perhaps dating to 85,000 years ago. (See AMERICAN INDIAN — An Overview on the Ascension University CMS) Over the past … Read more
In the past year or so, there have been some important developments that have dramatically changed the startup landscape. First, entrepreneurs involved with startups have grown more sophisticated, experienced and creative about how they start, operate and finance a new business. These are people who have been earning their stripes and valuable experience working for … Read more
The National Science Foundation wants to take researchers’ big ideas from the laboratory to marketplace through a new program called Innovation Corps. The public-private partnership between NSF, the Kauffman Foundation, and the Deshpande Foundation will provide $50,000 grants to help scientists turn research into viable products, says NSF program manager Errol Arkilic. The grants are … Read more
Spanish debt has again been in the firing line on financial markets after a review for possible downgrade from credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday. It cited weak growth and hefty regional spending as key challenges for the euro zone’s fourth largest economy. Spain’s prime minister called early elections on Friday, gambling that a summer … Read more
The prime minister said his government had initiated three “revolutions”: First, by “changing the way we treat land that the government holds, [as] our aim is not to maximize profit on land, but rather the opposite, to cut the price of land”; second, by correcting a market failure and introducing housing for low-cost rent; and … Read more
In Somalia, the first shipment of food was delivered Wednesday to Mogadishu, the first shipment since the official declaration of a famine just over a week ago. But the U.N. said it cannot get aid to more than two million people who are unable to flee the country’s south – territories controlled by rebels linked … Read more
