jade and claire 2012 year in review

By claire stanage

  • the artist wins academy baward

    1The Artist,” a love letter to Hollywood, got hugs, kisses and the best-picture Oscar on Sunday at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony here.
    1. The film also took the awards for best actor and best director, in a minisweep that found the movie industry paying tribute to not just the movie but to its own roots as well.

  • Vladimir putin eldecte

    Vladimir putin eldecte
    1. Exit polls and preliminary results gave him about 60% of the vote
    2. Meanwhile tens of thousands of supporters of Mr Putin gathered with Russian flags and banners outside the Kremlin for a concert to celebrate his victory.

  • Queen Elizabeih Diamond Jubilee

    Queen Elizabeih Diamond Jubilee
    1.The Queen, who is 86 years old, became the monarch.
    2. of the U.K. in 1952. Her Diamond Jubilee is only the second ever celebrated in the 1,000-year history of British royalty.
    3. Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, celebrated the first Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

  • London Olympics

    London Olympics
    1.American Paralympian Matt Stutzman won the silver medal in archery this week, a feat he accomplished despite being born without arms. In the men's compound open final, he was narrowly beaten by Finland's Jere Forsberg, who has the use of both arms.
    1. Oscar Pistorius Seeks Redemption In Race To Be The World's Fastest Amputee

  • Neil narmstrong dies

    Neil narmstrong dies
    1. On Saturday, American astronaut Neil Armstrong died at age 82. He was the first man to set foot on the moon.
    2. Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969. He was the commander of Apollo 11, the first space mission to land astronauts on the lunar surface.

  • Free fall record broken

    Free fall record broken
    1. He is the only human to do so without the aid of a supersonic jet or space shuttle.
    2. "Fearless" Felix Baumgartner's supersonic skydive from 24 miles above the New Mexico desert was a rousing success

  • Lance Armstrong loses titles

    Lance Armstrong loses titles
    1. Once considered the greatest rider in Tour history, the American was cast out Monday by his sport, formally stripped of his seven titles and banned for life for his involvement in what U.S. sports authorities describe as a massive doping program that tainted all of his greatest triumphs

  • hurrieane sandy

    hurrieane sandy
    1. It's 7 p.m. in New York City, and Hurricane Sandy is making landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, about 120 miles away.
    2.Hurricane Sandy made landfall as a Category 1 storm. Sandy produced winds of 90 mph with gusts of up to 115 mph. It's a mammoth storm that threatens 50 million people in the North East corridor.

  • Obama wins re-election

    Obama wins re-election
    1. Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give him more time.
    2. In defeating Mitt Romney, the president carried Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin, a near sweep of the battleground states, and was holding a narrow advantage in Florida. The path to victory f

  • Gangnam style most viewed video on youtube ever

    Gangnam style most viewed video on youtube ever
    1. "Gangnam Style" has also earned a Guinness World Records title as the most-liked video in YouTube history with over two million digital thumbs up.
    2. The video was being viewed 4,000 times each minute.