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Madeira Runway: Airport Runway on Pillars

Madeira Airport was most famously known for it's location, right by the sea in Maderia, Portugal. It was also know for it's extrememly short runway, which in former years was somewhat dangerous. In 2000, their expansion project was finally completed and now the airport is a lot more safe although still a bit difficult for pilots to land in.

11 comments    travel airport plane
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Fortinbras as a Foil for Hamlet

Of all the characters in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Fortinbras is perhaps the strangest. Oddly enough, though, Fortinbras is a stabilizing force in the action of the play, and he also functions as a framing device for the play itself.

18 comments    tragedy prince norway
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Tampa Bay's Sunshine Skyway Bridge Tragedies in Tampa, Florida

By merely gazing out over the illuminated Tampa Bay waters, while driving over the amazing Sunshine Skyway, you would have absolutely no idea what sort of mournful mystery lurks in this particular span of water and inevitably the bridges that cross over it. A Tampa Bay local once told me that the Native Americans that lived in this area of Florida claimed that they would not cross this particular part of the Bay...that the waters were cursed.

4 comments    travel water vacation
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Abandoned Animals And Dogs In Shelters: Why Are There So Many Dogs In Shelters?

Why do so many dogs and cats end up in shelters? Because people don't understand the breeds that they select and then how to take care of their pets.

16 comments    dogs rescue shelter
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Human Rights vs. Animal Rights: Is There a Difference?

We are animals, too! An explanation of why what we do to animals also affects ourselves at many levels. A discussion of human vs. animal rights, humane treatment of animals, and a comparison of the biological classifications.

20 comments    pets animals laws
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Summary of King Lear and Its Major Themes

This play is about true vision.Those characters one would suppose are blind are the ones who see best; and those who have no physical blindness really cannot see a thing. In ancient Britain, when kingdoms and kings were not uncommon, there ruled...

8 comments    literature play shakespeare
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The Titanic Conspiracy and the Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve = Evil? Shrouded in mystery and speculation, the sinking of the Titanic has many strange coincidences and strange occurrences surrounding it. One of the conspiracy theories surrounding the Titanic sinking involves the highly debated...

25 comments    federal reserve titanic
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Tearful goodbye

There are days that will stay with us for the rest of our lives residing in our memory. Some are good and some are very sad. I have vivid memories of saying final goodbyes to my mom and dad. I still remember to this day when I kneeled at my mother's...

4 comments    sad tragedy tribute
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Tragedy in death of a salesman

To come to a true conclusion as to whether Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman can be considered a tragedy in the truest sense of the word, it must first be understood what this sense is. In ‘The...

2 comments    books death tragedy
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Insane Asylums -America's Most Notorious Hauntings

Haunted Criminally Insane Asylums, Haunted Insane Asylums, Haunted Insane Asylum Death, illness and tragedy have long permeated the history of American insane asylums. Beggining in the late 18th century buildings that housed the criminally and mentally insane swept...

54 comments    death ghosts illness
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