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A rare chance to see the northern lights as far south as the Midlands, if the clouds are kind because a massive solar storm is underway.

There will be a stellar geomagnetic storm that would cause a natural fireworks show across much of the UK. The storm was raging across the northern hemisphere. The Met Office said

According to the NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the storm might be at just one category below the highest possible strength rating a G4.

A pair of coronal mass ejections – expulsions of vast amounts of matter from the sun is the reason of the storm which occurred in quick succession. Ionized particles interact with the magnetic field around Earth’s poles and now causing huge auroras in the northern and southern hemispheres, as the first CME ‘cleared the path’ for the second.

The elusive phenomena of nature was sighted as close as Nebraska, the prospect sure was exciting while on Tuesday night there was a widespread episode of the northern lights didn’t materialize in the skies over Colorado.

Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are the place in the United States to see the Aurora Borealis with the naked eye on Tuesday night and But there were reports of sightings as far south as Delaware County, Ohio.

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According to Israeli news media and exit polls, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel wins about the same number of seats in Parliament with his chief challenger of the center-left Zionist Union, Isaac Herzog in Tuesday’s election.

It is expected from the popular former Likud minister Moshe Kahlon, who broke away — in part out of frustration with Netanyahu to to form the Kulanu party to play a leading role in negotiations on a new government.

Kahlon said that he would wait until the final results were in before announcing whom he would support for the premiershiphad. That was through his short speech after the polls closed with both Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Herzog. Israel Radio reported

Obama “remains committed to working very closely with the winner of the ongoing elections to cement and further deepen the strong relationship between the United States and Israel, and the president is confident that he can do that with whomever the Israeli people choose.” The White House press secretary said

Who will end up as Israel’s leader will depend in no small part on whether several smaller parties manage to cross the raised electoral threshold. an intense push in the final days apparently brought a surge in votes for both major parties, after a divisive campaign that was seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s tenure.

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Saint Patrick’s is a religious and cultural celebration held on 17 March at the traditional death date of the foremost patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

The landmarks go Green for St. Patrick’s Day around the World, the buildings across the world specially in Ireland have been floodlit green for the global celebrations of the Emerald Isle’s patron saint that culminating in parades and celebrations in New York, Dublin and scores of other cities on Tuesday.

In Ireland, President Michael Higgins attended Mass at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Dublin and the culmination of a four-day festival, featuring dance and music performances, cultural tours, pub crawls and street arcades, which hundreds of thousands of Dubliners and tourists are attending. There are also face-painted dancers.

Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister of Ireland and after weekend visits to Georgia and Texas, he was a guest of honor at the White House Later Tuesday.

Later Tuesday, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is guest of honor at the White House following weekend visits to Georgia and Texas. Almost his entire Cabinet has spent the past week traveling worldwide promoting Ireland’s tourism, culture and strong rebound from a crippling 2008 banking crisis.

In the United States there was an event in some American cities bigger than even in Ireland. This year’s holiday falls on a Tuesday, most U.S. towns and cities held their festivities early on the weekend, where more than 40 million citizens with Irish blood, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day.

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In the United States the spring Daylight Saving Time will be at This month on Sunday, March 8, 2015 about 2 am. At 50 states, Americans should have to be ready for spring forward and set their clocks forward one hour at 2 am.

Last year experts said that there is a relation between daylight saving time and an increase in heart attacks. Reuters reported

If you want to know about Daylight Saving Time, there are about 5 things you have to be aware on it

1- You should know that there is no federal law concerning Daylight Saving Time

2- The Daylight Saving Time is singular not plural

3- Benjamin Franklin who conceived of Daylight Saving Time during world
war 1 at the 20th Century

He get the idea during a trip to Paris where he noticed on that time, if people got up earlier they wouldn’t have to use more candles.

4- The time change ends on the first Sunday in November because it changed in US 2007 on the second sunday of March.

5- during World War I, UK joined to US in monitoring Daylight Saving Time change

Finally don’t be worry from the change in your sleep time, just start to move your bedtime 15 minutes earlier today, and wake up another 15 minutes earlier tomorrow and On Sunday you’ll be set.

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