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George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series is immensely successful and popular.Using different character perspectives to give view to issues occurring over an intricate fantasy world, he spins a web of several characters lives in a way only J.K. Rowling can match in detail. He draws readers in with a darkly realistic adult fantasy story that is only offset by the sharp wit of the characters as he draws them together across his world into what will be an epic climax. However it is his compelling…

destroyed the whole town of Wallace and the people who fought for the sake of the blaze. This wildfire was the biggest, not the deadliest, in the history of the United States. Numerous people have sacrificed their lives in the service of the great fire in order to fight and preserve their people and town. However, the contribution of the 25th Infantry, known as the Buffalo soldiers, was the greatest since they had saved the entire town of Avery, Idaho and they also succeeded in emptying the town…

When someone mentions the Great Chicago Fire most people just think of the cow that tipped over the oil lantern, but there was really a lot more to it. 18,000 wood buildings were destroyed, 100,000 people were left homeless, and 120 bodies were found but it is estimated that about 300 people died. There is a debate about whether or not the fire left a negative or positive impact in the long run. The negative effects were all the damage done to the city, the amount of people left homeless, and…

Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes. It has erupted more than 20 times in 230 years. Mount Cleveland is a nearly symmetrical, stratovolcano on the western end of Chuginadak Island, which is part of the Islands of Four Mountains. The Islands of Four Mountains are just west of Umnak Island in the Fox Islands located in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. In 1894 a team from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Survey of the Coast) visited the island and…

Mount ST. Helens The eruption of Mount ST. Helens changed people’s lives because it destroyed everything in its path. The volcano erupted at 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980. The eruption caused snow on the mountain to melt and the snow flooded the roads and bridges. The eruption sprayed a thick layer of volcanic ash over a huge area. If you do not know what Mount ST. Helens is, well it is a volcano that erupted in the year 1980. Mount ST. Helens is located in the Cascade mountain ninety-five miles…

In the mythical land of Game of Thrones, seven noble families fight for rule over the land of Westeros, but none are more powerful or wealthier than the Lannisters, or as the call themselves, Lions. Although the show doesn’t have an explicit good and bad side, many viewers see the Head of House Lannister as the main antagonist. Tywin Lannister is a brutal yet calculating leader, who is seen as a villain because of his ruthless actions of violence toward many of the characters in the show.…

Review of Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapien While this book was at times very engaging and well written, I cannot even say there were any grammatical errors that I came across, I would rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. Becoming the Dragon is a story about a young man Andy, and his journey through a portal to another world that has the typical fantasy cast (i.e. elves, gnomes, and of course dragons), and how he is put in several situations that lead to him becoming a dragon. This book feels…

During the evening of August 13, 2015, the Hawthorne Fire Department conducted a training exercise using the Sugar Shack. They arrived at Eastview at approximately 6:30 pm to set-up. Hiltz, Lombardo, Rutigliano, and Ramlochan were all present during the exercise, but they did not participate in the exercise. Feeney participated in the training exercise in his role as volunteer firefighter but not in his capacity as a Con Edison employee. According to Hiltz, there was no job briefing done before…

Your friend just did a hit and run on someone's car and the police are looking for him, he comes up to your doorstep and asks if he can stay for a couple of minutes and that he will explain later. One minute later the police arrive at your home and ask if you have seen a suspicious man running by your house,what would you do?In a recent ipsos poll 50% of the respondents said, lying is never acceptable, but in the same poll ⅔ said it was ok to lie in certain situations.I believe lying is…

An RCMP officer has been deployed to Kimmirut, Nunavut. His duties for now is to stay in the house, his watch commander has gotten him. A few days passed and the RCMP officer is still in the house waiting for the watch commander’s commands to step outside and patrol the area. Another five days passed and the watch commander commands the officer to patrol the area and see if there is something unusual. However the officer does not know which situations are unusual because he has not been around…