My husband and I were in Charleston, South Carolina in the summer of 2011 taking a walking tour of the city when a sudden rainstorm forced us to seek shelter inside a local church. We commented on the church’s beautiful artwork and architecture as we waited for the sun to reappear. Little did we know […]
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Mr. Robertson glared at me. Beads of sweat rolled off of his shaved head. Some of them ran over the prison tats that decorated his temples. The arms of the swastika rippled as he clenched and unclenched his jaw. He wanted to argue with me. He wanted to challenge the statement I had just made.
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The conflict spreading throughout East Ukraine is an extension of a history defined by ongoing dispute. Over the past century, vast expanses of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimea, changed hands from one country to the next until the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. For instance, up until the 1950s, contested land was given to
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“It’s not even my birthday But he want to lick the icing off I know you want it in the worst way Can’t wait to blow my candles out He want that cake, cake, Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake” – Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” 2012 “Oh, shake shake
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As you have probably already heard, the FBI recently seized and closed down the notorious black market internet site Silk Road, along with its creator, twenty-nine year old Ross Ulbricht. While many law-and-order types gathered together online to applaud the news, others were shocked and disappointed by the government’s actions. An army of users accessed some of
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The DeMorgenzon winery, located in Stellenbosch, South Africa, stands as a case study in excellence due to its owners’ innovative and precise techniques and unique history. Located in the Cape of Good Hope, Stellenbosch was founded in 1679 by Dutch Governor Simon van der Stel. The winery was officially established twenty years later in 1699.
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