A small meteorite exploded near the Russian town of Chelyabinsk, just as DA14, an asteroid that is 150 feet wide was set to pass nearby earth. The meteorite did not break off of DA14, it was the remains of a much smaller object that entered earth’s atmosphere. The importance of this is that this meteorite was one of the countless number of small space debris that is not tracked.
Just seven months after Egypt’s first free democratic election, protesters are calling for the complete resignation of President Mohammed Morsi and his officials.
60 years after Watson and Crick’s discovery of the double helix, science is at it again. Researchers from Cambridge University have stumbled upon a new segment of DNA called a G-Quadruplex.
While the nation watched the inauguration of President Obama, a stone’s throw away in Virginia, the Republicans, who controlled a majority of the state’s House of Representatives, passed a bill that would allow their party an advantage in the next presidential election. The bill would change the electoral districts in the state, creating one majority black district but dispersing the black vote in other places. This change would also be coupled with a change in how the state would award its Electoral College votes.
Advertisers such as Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, AXE, Best Buy, Cars.com, Century 21, Coca-Cola, Doritos, Fiat, Ford/Lincoln, GoDaddy.com, Hyundai, Kia, Kraft’s Mio, Mars, Mercedes-Benz, Milk Processor Education Program, Paramount, PepsiCo, Skechers, SodaStream, Taco bell, Tide (Proctor & Gamble), Toyota, Volkswagon, and Wonderful Pistachios were all featured in between game time. When looking at the list of brands, it is obvious that NBC turned over a big profit for the 2013 year. However, the question still remains, was it worth it?
In recent years, a new initiative targeted directly at labor unions has taken hold with many states passing a Right to Work Bill. These bills do two critical things to undermine the power that the Unions have: first it removes mandatory dues to the union as a condition of employment by a company, and second it would allow a business to hire a non-union member.
Feeding Children Everywhere (FCE) is a charity organization that helps to bring the most basic needs to people throughout the world – food. FCE wants Saint Leo University (SLU) to extend an invitation to anyone who would like to help in this noble mission. “It started with four people sitting at a table with their laptops,” said Kile Riggs, Event Coordinator and a starting member of FCE.
Last November thousands of voters in Florida waited for hours to cast their vote for the elected offices on the ballot from president to school board members. Many voters expressed feelings of outrage, disgust, and concern over this continued voting traffic jam. Voter ID, registration status, and precinct vote location were some of the main issues of confusion at polls.
As echoed in the reference publication, the United States of America (US) has for the past 2 decades become a role model to Ghana’s infant and perpetually nurtured democracy in the West African Sub Region. The US model of democracy remains truly inspirational to many developing democracies across the length and breadth of the globe.
Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film based on William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX. Peter Ramsey directed the film, while Joyce and Guillermo del Toro were executive producers. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was released on November 21, 2012, with mixed and critical reception.
