Southeast of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, down a few winding two-lane roads in the middle of nowhere, lies the beginnings of a new frontier of human exploration. Spaceport America is a very ambitious venture by private industry to initiate commercial manned space exploration.
BusinessDay financial news reported that, as of Jan. 28, 2010, the price of gold had risen as high as $1,095.95 an ounce in earlier trading. Since recorded history, gold has been the symbol of wealth and prosperity. Since biblical times gold has been the basis for monetary exchanges for rich and poor.
Students who attended the activity fair on Jan. 28, or any other activity fair in semesters past, learned firsthand that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has much more to offer than just an excellent education. Dozens of fraternities and clubs were present, highlighting the diverse talents and personalities of the student body.
It's pretty hard to open a newspaper or magazine or even scan the web these days without coming across at least one article or mention about e-books or the latest tech gadgets being prepared for e-reading: Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook and now Apple's newest entry - Apple iPad.
Do you want a car with incredible gas mileage? There are a few cars out there that offer that. Do you want one that doesn't look like a tadpole? Well then, enter the world of regular cars that have been designed to fit a hybrid drive system. While these cars aren't able to return fuel efficiencies of over 50 miles per gallon of the aquatically-inspired Honda Insight and Toyota Prius, they generally offer more room, better performance, and don't project an eco-warrior image that can get you cut off on the freeway with undue prejudice.
Rating 4 stars of 5 Nothing makes me crave a big bowl of pasta more than cold weather. Seeming as how Prescott recently experienced the closest thing to a blizzard it ever shall, I was really jonesing for some sort of Italian paradise. By word of mouth, I learned of Papa's Italian Restaurant.
Rating 1.5 of 5.0 For those of you who enjoyed Legion, I have a small caveat before you complain about my rating for this movie. You should know that when I saw the trailers for this movie, I expected it to be an awful movie full of excessive violence, tacky special effects, horrendous lines, and atrocious acting.
Rating 3.5 of 5.0 Edge of Darkness is an action-suspense movie which succeeds in presenting information in such a way that plot twists are not spoon-fed to the audience, although it may not keep viewers guessing until the very end. The movie features a bereaved detective, a witty Englishman, a corrupt senator, and an egregious CEO, who find themselves in a complex plot of secrecy and murder.
Rating 4.5 out of 5.0 It has sparked one of the biggest game crazes since the Halo series. It is also one of the all-time best selling games for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. In fact, since its release in November 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has sold over 8.2 million copies worldwide.
Rating 3.5 out of 5.0 Douglas Adams died in May of 2001 in a gym in Santa Barbara. He was a well-known author who, as writers often do, died without completing his work. Adams was the author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul," and many other works including articles, books, and short stories.