Obama and Romney's Last Chance to Win!

Barack Obama (The current US present) and Mitt Romney are approaching the end of their campaigns across the USA.

Their at the final push and have to do anything to get the votes they need! 46% of the USA said they'd vote for Romney and 47% would vote for Obama leaving 7% of people undecided.

They say that this is the closest presidential race ever!

The Obama campaign is scheduled to go to Madison, Wisconsin; Columbus, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; and then later on to Chicago.

Mr Romney is visiting Sanford, Florida; Lynchburg, Virginia; Fairfax, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Manchester, New Hampshire; before heading to Boston.

Would-be voters have done 40% more television advertising in the lead up to this election, compared to those in the 2008 US presidential election.

The advertising in 10 states has cost more than $1bn (£620m).

Now it's time for the people of the US to vote and Obama and Romney to make their final stop in states to persuade them to vote for them!

New Despicable Me 2 Trailer.

Gru, the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions ... and a host of new and outrageously funny characters return in the sequel to the animated hit.

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The London Shard Loses Its Tallest Title!



The London Shard

Before, London’s Shard skyscraper was the tallest ever building in Europe however there has been a new building built in Moscow , Russia that has beaten and taken the title from London Shard.

Developers of Mercury City said on Thursday that their new creation had officially topped the previous record set by London Shard with a magnificent 338 metres, London Shard’s height: 310 metres. So they have clearly beaten us by 28 metres!

The Mercury City tower in Moscow.

In Moscow, their new creation, with a copper-coloured high-rise will be a mix of offices and homes. This work is set to be all completed early next year (2013). However, it also looks set to be overtaken by the Federation Tower also seen in Moscow which is set to hit an amazing 506 metres sometime next year.

 

Both of these buildings are truely spectacular and unique in their own way.

A Life Size Model Of The Queen Has Been Made!

A bit about Queen Elizabeth II...

Queen Elizabeth was born on the 21^st of April 1926. She was also born in London and was privately educated at her home. In 1947 Elizabeth married Price Phillip, Duke Of Edinburgh with whom she has four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.

You probably won’t believe this, but a life size model of the Queen herself has been made.... OUT OF SUGAR!

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A sugar artist called Michelle Wibowo from West Sussex has recreated Her Majesty out of sugar! As well as her faithful companion corgi using only fruit cake! How amazing is that!?

Michelle said: “It's a similar technique to when you use clay, when you sculpt. It's sort of the same thing. It's just stickier!"

If you’re wondering how long it took Michelle to completely sculpt all of Her Majesty and her corgi. It took her a whopping 100 hours and she used a total of 25kg of sugar to make it all!

Michelle explained: "It's difficult with sugar. You can't keep adding more and more sugar. The more you add, you'll see the joins."

Previously, Michelle won gold at Culinary Olympics in Germany last month which is a spectacular achievement! Finally, Michelle’s models of the Queen of her corgi are being saved for special appearances at food exhibitions. Let’s hope that nobody eats these wonderful art pieces! I know I wouldn’t, would you?

A Firework Disaster For 2 Boys!

Fireworks are types of explosive devices that are used for aesthetic and entertainment. The most common use of a firework is in a firework display. A fireworks event is a display of the effects produced by fireworks. Fireworks take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke and floating materials. They may be designed to burn with flames and sparks of many colors, typically red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and silver. However fireworks can sometimes lead to life threatening injuries and consequences if not handled correctly as you are about to find out...

Not long ago, two young boys, 10 year old Dale and his friend were outside playing with a firework when it all suddenly ended horrifically.

When they were handling it, all of a sudden it exploded and seriously injured them both. A lesson to be learnt. Dale’s family published a photo on Dale in hospital, showing his injuries so a vital lesson can be learnt to ALWAYS handle fireworks with extreme caution and to always make sure you are with an responsible adult and to make sure you know exactly what you are doing at all times. This was also to warn other children of the consequences of playing with fireworks in an un-appropriate and dangerous way.

Dale in hospital with his injuries.

Sadly, ten year old Dale was badly burnt on his face and hands which this picture shows.
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However, it is not yet known how these two young boys got hold of this active and dangerous firework as fireworks were not on sale in the area, so how they managed to get hold of it is still a mystery.

This is a serious wake up call to everybody in the world as this clearly shows what the ending result can be if you handle these explosive devices in the wrong manner. Furthermore it is illegal for anybody under the age of 18 to purchase any kind of firework and if you want to know how to keep yourself and others safe around fireworks then check out this useful guide... http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15357129

Apple Avoiding High Tax Rates

Last year Apple paid a respectable 2.5% corporation tax outside of the United States, on it's profits. Since then, that figure has dropped to just 2% this year.Some people may say that this can be classed as tax avoidance, as the tech giants only paid £445m on foreign pre-tax profits of £23bn; this is a rate of 1.9%. However, nothing suggests that this scheme is illegal.

Apple is now one of the companies which pay low tax rates overseas, Facebook, Google and Starbucks have been part of this for a while now. This 'tax avoidance' is leveled out by the UK, no surprise there. Every firm pays large amounts of tax and raise big amounts of VAT, in the United Kingdom. Seeing as Apple leads most of it's business through Europe they end up paying a lot of that. The Caribbean Islands provide some sort of tax haven for many multinational companies, who manage to pay way under the corporation tax rates by using these tax havens. Nobody expected Apple to be avoiding tax rates in some way; to get loads of profit each year so there's nothing to worry about. In your interest, their total profits for the year went up by an astonishing 24%.