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    The Cabinet War Rooms

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    The Cabinet War Rooms was a bunker which was used during the course of the Second World War for government purposes, and is located under the Treasury Building on King Charles Street in Whitehall (an area in the City of Westminster), London. The main purpose of the Cabinet War Rooms was to protect members of Parliament (most importantly the Prime Minister at the time, Winston Churchill) during the course of the Blitz (a series of bombing attacks upon the City of London by Nazi bombers during the…

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    The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is a country founded on September 9th, 1948 after being liberated from the Japanese by the Russians while South Korea was liberated by the United States of America. South Korea took on a Democratic government similar to the US while North Korea took on a Communist government similar to Russia. This caused a serious divide between the countries. Roughly two years later North Korea invaded South Korea with support…

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    Modernism, a revolution movement started in the 20th century, is a style when “form follows function”, as quoted from Louis Sullivan, the famous Frank Llyod Wright’s mentor. Wright was one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture and his masterpiece, the Fallingwater, was perhaps his best interpretation of Modernism. Located in rural Southwestern of Pennsylvania, the Fallingwater is so popular that it is often mentioned in many architecture books regarding its application to the site. B.B.…

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    Taliyah: A Short Story

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    “If you were alive, please don’t be dead now,” Taliyah said as she hurried toward him. The sunlight faltered above her. Dark clouds were moving into the valley. More snow would soon be upon them. Beyond the trees, she saw an opening to a small cave. Taliyah blew warm breath into her hands and willed them to stop shaking. She bent close to the man, reaching out to touch his shoulder. He let out a pained grunt. Before Taliyah could pull back, there was a quick breeze and a metallic flash. The…

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    in-line skating. Presque Isle is one of bird’s favorite spot for migrating. Because of the many unique habitats Presque Isle holds a large number of the state’s endangered, threatened and rare animals than any other area in Pennsylvania. Crystal Cave is a great family and field trip area. Enjoy the cavern tour, pan for gemstones, play miniature golf, view the historical exhibit. Enjoy your day with…

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    River Bridge VISUALS/SOURCES http://www.dangerousroads.org/images/stories/_Roads0015/vitim00.jpg http://www.dangerousroads.org/eastern-europe/russia/4363-vitim-river-bridge.html The Vitim River Bridge is the kind of bridge that looks like it will cave in the moment somebody tries to walk across it, but that hasn’t stopped scores and scores of stubborn and hard-headed Siberian men from attempting to cross it in their freaking cars! The bridge was originally used as a crossing for trains…

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    always been living inside buildings. However, there is a difference between building and architecture. Where animals can build: birds build nests for their homes; bees build hives for storage of food. But human developed architecture from a simple cave to an extraordinary work of art and technology. From the marvellous of the pyramids by the Egyptians,the magnificent of Parthenon by the Roman Empire to the skyscrapers in twentieth century, architecture is continually changing…

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    found five suitcases and had found a bunch of the onboard soda. He saw the pointed shrapnel that he had used on the board it looked like a tip of the spear. He picked it up and saw an opportunity a part of the plane made of reinforced black carbon steel looked like a perfect spear handle. He began using the fire to smelt some of the metal onto each other. It somehow worked perfectly and swinging the spear around it felt flawless. He began to sharpen the top and revine the edges. There…

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    In many culture, dragon often represent a powerful figures. That they use their power to bring either destruction or order down to our world. Dragons in the western folklore or mythology are usually portrayed as a big, evil, fire-breathing, they can fly, and love anything that shines. They are also gems hoarders. They burn down villages and kill people. In the eyes of human, they look like magnified lizard with pair of wings. In the movie Hobbit, Smaug represents a western dragon. Who flies down…

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    to go inside and when I did the ice gave way; in less then a second two hundred pounds of ice came on top of me. I don’t know if anyone else reading this knows what that feels like, but to describe it in short terms imagine that someone dropped a steel beam on you. All the air was knocked out of my lungs and just so you know you cant breath when under snow and ice. My siblings ran inside and got my Mom and Dad, who franticly ran out and started to search for my head. I ice was to thick and they…

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