Beefmaster Cattle Facts. Beefmaster cattle are an American creation, resulting from the crossing of shorthorn and Hereford cows with Bos Inidus -- or Brahman -- bulls. They were the brainchild of Texas rancher Tom Lasater in the early 1930s, but the pedigree of his foundation stock is unknown.
Haiti earthquake of 2010, large-scale earthquake that occurred January 12, 2010, on the West Indian island of Hispaniola, comprising the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Most severely affected was Haiti, occupying the western third of the island. An exact death toll proved elusive in the ensuing chaos.
Five years after devastating earthquake, Haiti still struggles with old demons. More than two centuries after a former slave-turned rebel leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti a free nation, the country is still struggling with the politics of color and class.chool boys pray during mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption often called the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, which was destroyed in Haitiâs earthquake. Five years after the Jan. 12, 2010 disaster, the cathedral is among several buildings destroyed that have yet to be rebuilt.