Everyone's potential is limitless, especially now that most of the world is connected to the internet, so what's holding you back? We all have excuses for our lack of success, we are constantly saying things like, “Life got in the way,” or “I can’t handle anymore rejection.” The good news is that we always have a choice to move past the...
The government is now tracking the great white sharks Katherine and Betsy in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers say Katherine, weighing 2,300 pounds, is only about 100 miles southwest from the Florida coast, and Betsy, at 1,400 pounds, was last tracked earlier this month 120 miles west of Sanibel Island, Fla., yet what just happened off the coast of Galveston to...
After Emmanuel Niyenzima's parents were both killed, the 24-year-old fled the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2009 he came to Houston to seek refuge and find a fresh start. "Houston is a really good city. It is a place where your future can be born if you work hard. To get the opportunity to go to school full time is hard...
It has been science fiction for decades, but we are finally about the start launching regular, commercial space flights. Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane, SpaceShipTwo a brainchild of Virgin's founder Richard Branson, is based on the Ansari X prize-winning SpaceShipOne, a solution to a challenging problem: How do you create a ship that can transport visitors to outer space and return them to...
If you're an American or if you hate all sports sports, you might not know which soccer (futball) team you should be rooting for in this year's world cup. Here is a scientifically accurate flow-chart to help you determine your World Cup team alliances and for your overall growth as a human being.   Once you have your team picked, it's time to memorize...
The city of New Orleans was just named the "most livable city" in the nation by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. A group of former mayors from around the country selected the winning cities from a pool of over 200 applicants. The Conference of Mayors made the announcement in its 82nd annual meeting in Dallas this week. The "city livability" award...
Most CEOs of large public companies earn hundreds of thousands a year in salary, but once you account for the options and restricted shares included in their pay packages, their total compensation often reaches in the millions. Charlotte is our nation's second-largest financial hub, and the big banks tend to pay their top executives lavishly, but what might be surprising, is that only...
The State of New York will become the latest to legalize medical marijuana in non-smokeable form. The NY state Senate just voted 49-10 to allow the use of medical marijuana. Once Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the bill into law, New York will become the 23rd state to allow marijuana for medical use. Qualified patients be allowed to inhale marijuana with a vaporizing device as well...
The highly anticipated new movie ' Fast & Furious 7' is holding an open casting call on Saturday, June 21st. The Rich King Casting Company will be in Lancaster, CA for background extras.  They would ideally like to find extras that are 18 to 30 years old of all "shapes, sizes and races" for background extra positions. The casting company has...
Facebook recently spent untold amounts of money to create what they believed would overtake Snapchat... they just released it this week and they were expecting their release of 'Slingshot' to be at the top of social media and app news. In an unexpected twist of fate, a much much simpler and low-tech app was released at the same time,...