Will the McRib be Back Permanently?

 "McDonald's Corp. says a key sales figure rose 4.8 percent in November, helped in the U.S. by the popularity of the limited-time McRib sandwich." 
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The McRib was available for the month of November and just in that time, McDonald's sales went up by 4.8%. The McRib is always available in some countries, such a Germany, but only appears sometimes in the United States. Sales also grew due to caffeine drinks and value menu items. McDonald's "operates more than 32,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries."

How Safe are Energy Drinks?

 "By Monday, Four Loko, the alcohol-and-caffeine-laced energy drink, is scheduled to be removed from store shelves nationwide, following a ruling last month by the Food and Drug Administration that the safety of such beverages is unproven and that they should no longer be manufactured or sold. During the resulting media coverage, surprisingly little attention was focused on a corollary topic. What about nonalcoholic energy drinks, which will remain on sale? Are they safe? Effective? Who should be drinking them? Who shouldn’t?"
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Now that the popular alcoholic energy drink, Four Loko, is now banned, many people are questioning how safe regular energy drinks are. research says that energy drinks contain unhealthy amounts of  
"sugar (up to a quarter cup per can), caffeine and other ingredients, like the stimulatory herb guarana and the amino acid taurine." Although energy drinks are sometimes considered "sports drinks", the truth is that very few athletes actually drink the product that they advertise. Energy drinks have sugar and also
 caffeine in them. Some athletes do say that they drink the sugar free version of Red Bull and it does improve their performance.

Man's Impact on the World's Ocean

"Carbon dioxide emissions from man-made sources are causing the acidity level of the world’s oceans to rise at what is probably the fastest rate in 65 million years, threatening global fisheries that serve as an essential food source for billions of people, according to a new United Nations report."
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As the world starts to grow, it has started to produce carbon dioxide. This gas mixes with the ocean and becomes carbonic acid. As a result, the earth's oceanic chemistry has been altered.  "The acidity of the oceans has grown 30 percent since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution." The ocean's wildlife is already showing that it is being effected by the change of chemical content in the ocean. Coral Reefs are already under stress from ocean pollution and the rise in water temperature. Carbonic acid is simply speeding up the process of destroying the oceanic ecosystem.

People Support WikiLeaks?

"A small army of activist hackers orchestrated a broad campaign of cyberattacks on Wednesday in support of the beleaguered anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks, which has drawn governmental criticism from around the globe for its release of classified American documents and whose founder, Julian Assange, is being held in Britain on accusations of sex offenses." 
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A group of hackers have been attacking multiple sites that went against WikiLeaks. Some of the companies include Mastercard.com, Amazon.com and Pay Pal. The founder of the site WikiLeaks is now accused with rape. The group of hackers believe that he has done nothing wrong and that it is all politically motivated. "A PayPal representative confirmed a series of attacks, but said that while the Website had been slowed, it remained 'fully operational.' "

Why Can't Someone Donate Using the App?

 "The nonprofit world is stewing over the ban Apple has put on making donations on the iPhone via charity apps."
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Many non-profits have made apps for the IPhone, but not even Apple knows how many different ones there are. But Apple has made it so that someone who has the app on their phone can not make a donation to the non-profit using the app. If one wants to make a donation, the app leads them to the non-profits company rather than making the donations through the IPhone app.