The global music recording industry is back in growth territory again. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), recorded music revenue returned to growth in 2015, after nearly two decades of piracy-driven declines. The global industry’s revenue bottomed out at ...
But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and 8 in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years. Environmental protection 9 around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are teaching the public about ...
Wisconsin hosted the nation's first automobile race when the state offered $10,000 to the inventor of a machine that could move from Green Bay to Madison under its own power. With an average speed of six miles per hour, it took Alexander Gallagher of Oshkosh approximately twenty-two hours ...
Art clearly loves his job, and he shared his knowledge and enthusiasm during a recent gathering of LINCS members in Washington, D.C. LINCS—NCSL’s Legislative Information and Communications Staff Section—held its professional development seminar this month in the nation’s capital. The group ...
These industries contribute to a highly educated population, are supported by institutions like the University of Colorado Boulder, one of the nation's top aerospace programs, and receive more NASA funds than any other university or college in the United States. The largest employer in Colorado is...
The Evolution of Dissent: on November 8th the nation is to decide whether dissent will stop being racist and become sexist - or it will once again be patriotic as it was for 8 years under George W. Bush Venezuela solves starvation problem by making it mandatory to buy food Breaki...
Fast forward seven years, and West is one of the nation’s biggest box office attractions and starring in her third film, I’m No Angel. Depression-era audiences responded enthusiastically to West’s portrayals of a woman from the wrong side of the tracks who in the end gains both fortune...
That was in February, and although they wrote the track as simply a way to voice their hometown longing, they secretly sent it to Roc Nation a month later in hopes that Jay-Z would like it and use it. When they received negative reviews about the track, they were convinced it ...
Although two months remained in the decade, The New Yorker of the Roaring Twenties effectively ended with this issue, just days before a massive market crash sent the nation spiraling into the Great Depression. Oct. 26, 1929 cover by Theodore Haupt. Wonderful rendering of The New York Central...
1958: Hula Hoops sweep the nation Fred Morley // Getty Images 1958: Hula Hoops sweep the nation One gift likely to be on the lists of many children in 1958 was the hula hoop. The toy debuted to wild fanfare that year, withover 25 million soldin several months. ...