The Space Shuttle is a reusable launch system and orbital spacecraft operated by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human spaceflight missions. The system combines rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons. The first of 4 orbital test flights occurred in 1981 leading to operational flights beginning in 1982, all launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.  The system...

Help for Migrating Birds  Many bird species migrate to take advantage of global differences of the seasonal temperatures, therefore optimising availability of food sources and breeding habitat. These migrations vary among the different groups. Many landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds undertake annual long distance migrations, usually triggered by the length of daylight as well as weather conditions.  These birds are characterised...

Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton is the fiancée of Prince William of Wales. Their wedding is to take place on 29 April 2011. Middleton grew up in Chapel Row at Bucklebury, Berkshire, England, and studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met Prince William in 2001. They started a romantic relationship which continued until a break-up lasting for several months in 2007. However they continued to be friends and they...

Easter Sunday Draws Thousands to St. Patrick's Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. It is used both with respect to the particular individuals or the belief in a General Resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. The General Resurrection is featured prominently in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures. The death and resurrection of Jesus is the central focus of Christianity. Thousands...

On Easter Sunday, a Chocolate Bunny vs. the Easter Bunny: What's It Gonna to Be? Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26...

Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in the Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 50 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, and over 700 in the UK. Starbucks sells drip brewed coffee, espresso-based hot drinks, other hot and the cold drinks, coffee beans, salads, hot and cold sandwiches and panini,...

The panda is a bear native to the central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo. Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish,...

Passover is a Jewish holy day and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, which is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for 7 or 8 days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays. In the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery...

Bright Star Movie Bright Star is a 2009 film based on the last 3 years of life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny. A British/Australian/French co-production, it was directed by Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay and was inspired by the biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant on the film.  The film competed in...

Nikki Reed Happy Paul McDonald Eliminated From 'American Idol' Paul McDonald's journey on this season of "American Idol" may have come to an end on Thursday night, April 14, but his girlfriend Nikki Reed is not upset at all about the elimination. In fact, the 26-year-old musician opens up that the "Twilight Saga" actress he is "officially dating" is actually happy about it. When asked if 22-year-old Nikki is bummed about his exit, Paul...

The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, US.  They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play their home games at the HP Pavilion at San Jose known locally as the Shark Tank. The Oakland Coliseum Arena was home to the California Golden Seals of the NHL from 1967 to 1976. Gordon and George Gund became minority owners of the...

So Much For Protecting Hamilton From Himself There probably are not many people laughing around the Rangers clubhouse on the Wednesday morning. Anyone who is likely has a taste for dark humor. After an offseason filled with concerns about letting Josh Hamilton play center field to protect him from injury, a decision by 3rd base coach Dave Anderson has left the team without their best player for about two months. For those who somehow...

Winklevoss Twins Must Accept the $65 Million Facebook DealTyler Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American rower who sued Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, for $140 million. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Cameron Winklevoss.  Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later re-named ConnectU) along with his brother Cameron Winklevoss,...

Winklevoss twins lose settlement appeal over Facebook creation Cameron Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American rower who sued Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, for $140 million. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner Tyler Winklevoss.  Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection along with his brother Tyler Winklevoss and Harvard classmate...

Max Payne is a BAFTA award winning 3rd-person shooter video game developed by the Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Windows. Ports created later in the year for the Xbox, PlayStation two and the GameBoy Advance were published by Rockstar Games. A Macintosh port was published in July 2002 by MacSoft in North America and by Feral Interactive in the rest...

Christina Grimmie To Open For Selena Gomez 2011 Tour Very exciting news for 16 year old Christina Grimmie! She will be the opening act for the Selena Gomez & Allstar Weekend’s summer tour. You can hear her exciting news in the video at the bottom of this post to hear from Christina herself. This is exciting news for such a new singer! I wonder how her team was able to get her on such a huge tour? This is great news for her, and most...

The ACT (pronounced as an initialism, /ˌeɪˌsiːˈtiː/ ay-see-tee; originally abbreviation of American College Testing) is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the US produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test. The ACT test has historically consisted of four tests:...

Christie Brinkley Heads for Broadway Christie Brinkley (born February 2, 1954) is an American model best known for her 3 consecutive appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl, the longest ever of any model in history, and for her marriage to musician Billy Joel. Brinkley has also worked as an actress, illustrator, photographer,...

Richard Branson to prowl oceans' hadal depths in flying sub Virgin Oceanic – coming soon to a trench near you Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin Group of over 400 companies. Sir Richard Branson has set his sights on conquering the world's oceanic depths in a revolutionary carbon fibre and titanium "flying" submarine. The Virgin supremo's Virgin Oceanic project will...

Kurt Cobain  was found dead at his home in Seattle Cobain's artistic endeavors and struggles with heroin addiction, illness and depression, as well as the circumstances of his death have become a frequent topic of fascination, debate, and controversy throughout the world. He is one of the well known members of 27 Club. Following a tour stop at Terminal Eins in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994, Cobain was diagnosed with bronchitis...

Arraignment today in Dunwoody killing Hemy Neuman, accused of gunning down Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody day care facility last fall, will be arraigned at the 9 a.m. Monday in DeKalb County Superior Court. Neuman, 48, was arrested Jan. 4 in the killing of the 36-year-old Sneiderman. The attorney for Neuman's wife has said Neuman was having an affair with the victim's wife, Andrea Sneiderman. However, Neuman's attorneys have not...

 Google’s Ice Cream Sundae Logo Happy 119th anniversary to the ice cream sundae! Yes, 119 years ago, in Ithaca, NY, 2 men invented the first ice cream sundae. To celebrate the day and bring awareness to this event, Google has a special ice cream sundae logo. The 2 men, John M. Scott and Chester Platt, first called the dish the “Cherry Sunday” and tried to trademark the term “Sunday.” That never happened and later on it became known...