Photo: Barbara Ernst PreyBarbara Ernst Prey did extensive research to get the details right on her commissioned watercolor One of the nation's most prolific art collectors is the U.S. space agency. For nearly a half-century, NASA has commissioned artists to document its missions and projects. Seventy of the 3,000 works in its collection are in a traveling exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.  The art is mounted in a quiet corner gallery on the second floor...

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Guinea-Bissau's Lone Brewery Hopes to Tap National Pride

Photo: VOA Photo J. RitcheyA worker monitors the bottling line at the Pampa beer factory in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.Through coups, conflicts and other upheavals, one constant for many West African countries has been the presence of a national beer. After going years without one, Guinea-Bissau is now hoping to revive its own local beer tradition following the reopening of its only beer factory.The sound of clinking bottles echoes in the humming Pampa beer factory, Guinea-Bissau's lone brewery located...

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How to make APEM MADUKARA BANJARNEGARA

MATERIALS - 5 KG RICE FLOUR - COCONUT SUGAR 1 KG - BANANA LEAF - SALT to taste - AIR 1 liter HOW: 1. Mix rice flour, water, palm sugar, salt. 2. stir these ingredients until evenly distributed. 3. wait up to 8-10 hours. 4. after it is ready to be steamed 5. input into the banana leaf. 6. allow up to 30 minutes. 7. after it is...

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Searching Purwanegara, Banjarnegara, And Bojanegara

A name of the village turned out to save a lot of mystery stories, this time I will search for a village or place names ending in-country. In the figure there is a puppet state called ngastina temple orngamarta, this country is built on top of prototype forest, led by the first son of Pandu Dewanata with the Sami goddess Kunthi Puntaaji or white-blooded god, he can...

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EVENT OF THE VILLAGE BOJANEGARA

Bojanegara is a village located in the District SigaluhBanjarnegara district. Village which has three hamlets of RW 01 toRW03. Beginning of this village is when there is a royal palace adiSingosari. Named Ki Bagus Sosrokumolo who ran away frominadvertently perturan and spend the night in the woods and over time she has...

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wulangreh book records an ancient Javanese song

Serat WulangrehFibers that create the glorious Wulangreh He is the fourthPakubuwana Kanjeng Susuhunan in Surakarta. His history can bebriefly described as follows: 1. wage was born on Thursday night at ten o'clock, on 18Rabiulakhir, wuku watu mountain, tiger je sengara year 1694 or the 2nd of September 1768. 2. at a...

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