When a school is failing, what can parents do? More than you think. Here are three ways parents are making a difference. Number one: the “Parent Trigger.” In Texas, if your school has failed for five years in a row, parents can petition to intervene. But best practices say it’s better to intervene sooner rather […] Read more

Texas Tom’s Fire Pit Texas Tom’s Fire Pit has the best Bar-B-Que in Town. Yee Haw If you’re lookin’ for the best ribs you ever had, don’t look any further than Texas Tom’s […] Read more

Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energyfrom nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP),and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions that involve the redox reaction (oxidation of one molecule and the reduction of another). Respiration […] Read more

Set within a lush, tropical landscape, Thailand is a theater of cultural and sensual contrasts for the visitor. The long, rich heritage and abundant natural resources of this proud Buddhist nation jostle for space within the dynamism of a country undergoing economic boom and bust. In turns zestful and tranquil, resplendent and subtle, Thailand is […] Read more

Set within a lush, tropical landscape, Thailand is a theater of cultural and sensual contrasts for the visitor. The long, rich heritage and abundant natural resources of this proud Buddhist nation jostle for space within the dynamism of a country undergoing economic boom and bust. In turns zestful and tranquil, resplendent and subtle, Thailand is […] Read more

By most measures, humans are considered the planet’s most successful creatures, living thickly upon land, sea and even in the air. But on March 11, 2011, in Sendai, Japan, we, the world’s master builders, met our limitations. As you know, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake not only shook our works into smithereens, it followed up the […] Read more

8,000 years ago my dad told me that I will die at 85, but I’m still here. Actually, I have a headache […] Read more

Sing Sing’s main block ran parallel to the Hudson, with several outbuildings, shops, and the two-hundred-cell women’s jail running perpendicular to it and toward the riverfront. A series of tall chimneys rose out of the various buildings on the grounds and completed the image of a very dreary factory, one whose principal product, by that […] Read more

Alright if your thinkin’ about getting a new truck, you’re probably thinkin’ about fuel economy. Well you’re goin’ to want torque to go with it. Cause unless your usin’ your truck to deliver Pizzas, you ain’t getting’ anything done without it. Torque is Power. It pulls trailers, hauls dirt, drags boulders. Torque is what is […] Read more