Sultan Abdul Samad Building What is Moorish Architecture? Moorish Architecture is a architecture common style in Spain from the 13th to the 16th centuries characterized by horseshoe arches‚ domes‚ Sawtooth-shaped arches‚ Ogee shaped arches and courtyard. The Sultan Abdul Samad‚ was designed by A.C.A. Norman known as Arthur Charles Alfred Norman. It was built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. The building was named from the reigning
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fly buzz - When I died" Macabre tone. The poem could mean one of two things: Either she is at someone’s funeral and seeing a fly or there is a fly buzzing as she herself is on her deathbed. The room itself is "as still as the air" between the "heaves" of a storm. People around her crying presumably represent the "heaves of a storm" breaking the stillness. The eyes around her had cried themselves out‚ and the breaths were firming themselves for “that last Onset‚” the moment when‚ metaphorically
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “ I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-” depicts the events that took place around the speaker’s death bed. The image of the “fly buzzing” shows the sound of death and how her death is fast approaching for her. Meanwhile‚ she describes the surrounding of her room by comparing the “stillness in the air” to the calmness between “Heaves of Storm”. The environment is fairly quiet with only the sound of buzzing from the fly showing the calmness before death. In the second stanza‚ it refers
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Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (born October 15‚ 1931) is an Indian scientist and engineer. He became President of India in 2002. He is well known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam or Abdul Kalam.DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM .... Profile of India’a First Citizen Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop
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house them): When held and right-clicked‚ an Eye of Ender will fly in the direction of the nearest End Portal‚ traveling through any blocks necessary‚ and leave a trail of purple particles in its wake. In the Xbox 360 Edition and PlayStation 3 Edition‚ a thrown eye will lead to a stronghold‚ but not exactly to an end portal frame. While far away from an End Portal‚ the Eye always travels upwards to offer an easily-visible indication of the horizontal direction the player must travel. When the player
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How did slavery begin? How did it change our country as a whole? How does it affect us all today? Slavery refers to a condition in which individuals are owned by others‚ who control where they live and at what they work. Slavery had previously existed throughout history‚ in many times and most places. The ancient Greeks‚ the Romans‚ Incas and Aztecs all had slaves. Slavery started in 1619. The first antislavery society was founded in 1775 by a group named the Quakers. They were the first group to
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Hachiman didn’t know when it happened. One day‚ he noticed the light touch of lipstick on her lips and her beguiling figure. At first‚ he didn’t mind it and thought of it as a trivial matter. But a few days later he realized how charming her smile is and her amicable attitude is. "When did Yui become alluring?" Hachiman mumbled to himself while sneaking a peak at Yui across the room. As days passed‚ his feelings became stronger. Hachiman wanted to make his feelings acknowledged by her. From time
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King Abdul Aziz‚ founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (known as Ibn Saud) was a tall‚ imposing figure‚ a natural leader of men. He knew instinctively how to judge men and‚ as his rule progressed‚ how best to exploit the natural resources of his country for the benefit of his people. His achievement‚ the unification of many warring tribes all proud of their own lineage and traditions‚ laid the foundations for the modern state of Saudi Arabia. His success
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TUN ABDUL RAZAK BIN HUSSEIN was the only child of Dato’ Hussein Bin Mohd Taid and Hajah The Fatimah Binti Daud. He was descended from a long line of Pahang chieftains and was born in Pulau Keladi‚ Pahang‚ on 11 March 1922. Abdul Razak’s eldest son‚ Najib Tun Razak‚ became the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia under Abdullah Badawi in 2004. He has four other sons‚ Datuk Ahmad Johari Razak‚ Mohamed Nizam‚ Mohamed Nazim and Mohamed Nazir. Abdul Razak studied at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. After
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THE BLITZ Where and when did the Blitz start? At 4:56pm on 7 September 1940‚ the air raid sirens wailed as the luftwaffe (the German Air Force)‚ launched a massive attack on London. Around 350 bombers flew across the English Channel from France and dropped 300 tonnes of bombs on the docks and streets of London. Other places that were affected? Other important military and industrial centres‚ such as Aberdeen‚ Belfast‚ Birmingham‚ Cardiff‚ Exeter‚ Glasgow‚ Sheffield‚ Swansea‚ Liverpool
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