By Brian Truitt , USA TODAY Just like the first one, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2is a winning and wonderfully relatable gem of crazy. The creative mind of writer/director James Gunn comes alive again in this hysterical and surprisingly touching sequel (***½ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters May 5) filled with misfits saving the […]

By: Marco della Cava , USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — So here’s just how fast technology is accelerating. We haven’t even nailed down self-driving cars yet, and now the buzz is all about flying cars. In fact, the dogged pursuit of an airborne escape from traffic has been with us for more than half a century, from the limited-edition […]

By Johnie Gall, GrindTV America spends about $3 billion a year on “bad” lighting. It shines down on our grocery stores, our city streets and our back porches, but it also expands upward and outward, brightening up a once-dark night sky. The cheaper this lighting gets, the more of it people use — and that’s […]

By Amy Harris, USA Today Since the birth of flight in 1903, air travel has emerged as a crucial means of transportation for people and products. The hundred-plus years following the invention of the first aircraft have brought about a revolution in the way people travel. The airline business is a major industry, relied upon by […]

by Chris Matyszczyk c/net As the promise of warfare wafts across the world, it’s worth focusing on the future and whether the world has one. Conveniently, one of the countries that currently seems a touch bellicose, Russia, has unveiled a robot that seems very battle-ready. On Friday, the country’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, tweeted video […]

From: http://www.simpletoremember.com/ The original Roman year had 10 named months Martius “March”, Aprilis “April”, Maius “May”, Junius “June”, Quintilis “July”, Sextilis “August”, September “September”, October “October”, November “November”, December “December”, and probably two unnamed months in the dead of winter when not much happened in agriculture. The year began with Martius “March”. Numa Pompilius, the second […]

By: Bart Jansen , USA TODAY Bare feet. Appearing intoxicated. Smelling bad. United Airlines can remove passengers from flights for dozens of reasons. And each provision is detailed in the nearly 37,000-word document called a “contract of carriage” that every passenger accepts when buying a ticket. United’s dispute with a passenger forcibly removed from a Sunday flight […]

Passover, or Passover in English, is one of the best known Jewish holidays, as much for its connection to Jewish redemption and the figure of Moses as for its ties with Christian history (the Last Supper was apparently a Passover seder). – Introduction – Preparation – Special Foods – The Seder Introduction Passover begins on […]

By: KIM LACHANCE SHANDROW writing for Entrepreneur   Hey, McFly. Look down at your pants. Chances are there are lots of tiny metal teeth down there, interlocked tight, keeping your britches from hitting the floor. We’re talking about the humble zipper, the unsung modern marvel that dutifully eliminates the “possibility of unintentional and embarrassing disarray.” […]

From www.thedijuliusgroup.com Perspective If you are going to help make your organization a World-Class Customer  service organization, you must have a consistently great outlook. You must see opportunities where most do not. You must believe in the present and future. You must have charitable assumption of your Customers and confidence in your existing and future generation […]