HOUSTON - With temperatures well below freezing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tom Marshburn of NASA, Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency launched Wednesday to the International Space Station at 6:12 a.m. CST (6:12 p.m. Baikonur time). The trio will dock its Soyuz […]
City social services are no greater than their accessibility. It's one thing to have established social services but what good are they if the user is unable to obtain the vital information or know-how when attempting to access them? This is an issue that is lacking not only in Houston, but most everywhere. In most […]
Since 2010, Houston area churches and Christian organizations have provided an alternative to frenzied Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Continuing this tradition, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC), Beacon of Light Christian Center, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, are each scheduling community service projects on Friday, November 23. […]
Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE:BPL) ("Buckeye") announced today that Buckeye Pipe Line Company, L.P. ("Buckeye Pipeline") filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") seeking authority to charge market-based rates for deliveries of refined petroleum products to the New York City-area market ("Application"). In the Application, Buckeye Pipeline seeks market-based rates from its three […]
It's still not clear what happened when a mentally-ill, double amputee Brian Claunch, was shot in the head by Houston police officer Matthew Marin early Saturday morning. For example, what's the exact time Brian was shot? One news story I read, says the police arrived at the Healing Hands home (4309 Polk) at 2:30 AM. […]
Judyth Piazza interviews Houstonian Community Activist Ray Hill on The American Perspective Seventy one year old native Houstonian. Graduated from Galena Park Public Schools; Attended Steven F Austin State University, University of Houston, Tulane University, New Orleans, no degrees. Came out as a gay man to my family and at Galena Park High School in […]
While Apollocon 2012 was epic fail, the first annual Space City Con in Houston was epic win. Mostly. ApolloCcon in 2012 failed as a sci-fi convention because it lacked in programming, artist lineup and attendance. Since this was the first of many intended conventions for Space City, I expected and anticipated there would be some […]
Judyth Piazza interviews "Greek" George Comits Executive Director of Space City Con on The American Perspective Space City Con is an all-ages festival of comics, sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, literature, and art, in the spirit of Houston, Texas! Envisioned as a "geek festival with free parking," SCC is conveniently located at the Westin Galleria convention center […]
HOUSTON—A six-count federal indictment has now been unsealed as two of the five charged made their initial appearances in federal court, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Walter Keitric Freeman and Corinthian Phillips, who turned themselves in to authorities, are charged along with Hendrick Dwayne Lynn, Chad Eric Haywood, and Allen Moore, Jr. with […]
By Bruce H.G. Calder Nestled in Houston's Museum district where you might find some of Rembrandt's drawings, discover the courage of African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" and even learn how hurricanes get their power sits an architectural gem devoted to the preservation of the memory of one of the most brutal chapters in the history of mankind. […]