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All about Leonardo da vinci

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Have you ever wondered who painted the Mona Lisa? Can you guess? If you said Leonardo da Vinci, you are correct. In this story you will learn about Leonardo da Vinci's life.                                                                   Early Life  Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the city of Vinci, Italy near Florence. His parents were never married and after his birth, his father married another woman whose father was a wealthy shoemaker. After his father got married Leonardo's uncle came to live with them. They lived on a small farm. When Leonardo was only 5 years old, he went for a walk not far from his house. Then he came upon a largo cave, he was scared to go inside but he bravely went inside and found a big whale fossil WOW, he exclaimed. He was also very good at math, reading, writing but...

AeroMexico Connect flight 2431

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July 31, 2018, AeroMexico connect flight 2431 is departing for Mexico City from Durango Mexico. There are a total of 103 passengers and 4 crew. The flight is commanded by captain Carlos-Galvan-Meyran along with first officer Daniel-Dardon-Chavez and flight engineer Jose-Ramon-Vazquez. The plane is an Embraer 190AR. The plane fueled up, but it got delayed because the co-pilot had spotted a fuel leak in Engine number 1, then he called the maintenance crew to fix it. After they were done fixing the leak the plane taxied to the runway. As the plane was taxing to the runway it started to rain. Then when the plane took off from the runway it started to stall then it started losing altitude and slammed into the runway. The two-engines broke of, and the plane skidded of the runway and into a grassy field. Soon the back of the plane burst into flames. As the people panicked the flight crew opened the emergency doors and passengers began to jump out. Meanwhile the control tower contacted the fir...

Elected officers of the federal government (Washington)

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Hello readers, today I will talk to you about the elected officials of the federal government 1.  President He/she commands all military forces including the Air Force. A president needs to be at least 35 years old and natural born US citizen. He/she can only serve 2 terms, 1 term lasts 4 years. The president has to be a natural U.S born citizen. The president even has to the power to reject laws passed out by the government. But the chief duty of the president is to make sure all the laws of the United States are executed.  2. Vice president  The vice president is the presiding officer of the U.S senate. Also, the Vice president will take over the duties when the President cannot come to the office for any reason, and they also have a vital role in the U.S Constitution. Vice presidents follow the policies of the President when he/she is almost to retirement.  3. U.S Senator  The U.S senator must be at least of 30 years old, and they have to be U.S citizen for n...

JAT Yugoslavia airlines flight 367

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26 January 1972, JAT flight 367 has landed at Copenhagen Denmark from Sweden and was now preparing to depart to Belgrade, Serbia with a halt at Zagreb, Croatia. The DC-9 plane was carrying 23 passengers and 5 crew. The captain was Ludvik-Razdrih and first officer Ratko-Mihic.    When the plane landed from its previous flight the new crew noticed one passenger who was angry. After the plane was cleaned and fueled the new passengers and crew boarded the plane unaware that something terrible would happen to the plane while it was in the air . The plane taxied to the runway and lifted off. Then 44 minutes after take-off everything was normal as the plane is now flying over east Germany. Then  the flight attendants started serving drinks and meals. Just then an explosion goes off in the baggage compartment at the bottom of the plane and the plane toar  into 2 pieces. A flight attendant Vesna-Vulovic was in the middle of the plane when the explosion happened. A food t...

How Pompeii was destroyed Mt Vesuvius

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Today you will learn about how the city of Pompeii in Italy was destroyed in 79 A.D. Before we go to that part, I will tell you what the difference is between active, dormant and an extinct volcano. An active volcano is one that is currently erupting or showing signs of unrest like the Mt St Helens. A dormant volcano is a volcano that is not currently active, but geologist believe it can erupt at any time, like Mount Kea in Big Island, Hawaii or Mount Fuji in Japan which erupted last in 1707. Extinct volcano are the ones, which have not erupted in tens of thousands of years and not expected to erupt again like Mount Kenya, which erupted 20 million years ago. Now we will jump into to the part of how Mt Vesuvius covered the city of Pompeii. The city of Pompeii was located in Italy. The city had 12,000 people living in the town. Pompeii had been built by the Greeks in the 740 B.C. The city even had villas, stadium and theaters. Mt Vesuvius had erupted twice before, one in 1780 B.C and the...

All about Saturn

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                                                    All about Saturn   Have you wondered what Saturn is? Read this story to learn about Saturn. There are 7 big rings that make up Saturn's rings. Saturn's rings are made up of small pieces of rock, dust, and ice. Every 15 years Saturn's rings will disappear and then reappear. Small Saturn's rings are called ringlets. Galileo Galilei was the first man to see Saturn's rings in 1610.  Saturn has 62 moons. The two biggest moons of Saturn are called Titan and Enceladus. Titan was discovered in 1655 by the Christiaan-Huygens and Enceladus was discovered in 1789 by William-Herschel.  How Saturn moves   One Saturn day takes 10 hours and 45 minutes. One year on Saturn takes 295 Earth years 10,756 earth days. Saturn orbits 886 million miles or 1.4 billion kilometers away from the sun. Saturn's or...

Lauda air flight 004

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26 May 1991 Lauda air flight 004 is departing to Vienna Austria from Bangkok Thailand. Their are a total of 213 passengers and 10 crew. The captain is Thomas-J-Welch and first officer Josef-Thurner. The plane fills up the fuel and lift off to its 12 hour flight to Vienna. The flight attendants serve meals in the cockpit. Everything is normal, just then a warning fills the cockpit that a reverse thruster is about to be activated. The pilots try to understand what is going on just then the plane banks sharply to the left and the plane starts to fall out of the sky. In the back of the cabin the tail and half of the cabin breaks apart. Both the wings just explode into flames and the plane crashes into a jungle in Thailand. Some people on the ground see the plane going down. No one survived . Investigators started investigating what caused the crash and a man named  Niki Lauda the person who founded Lauda air also helped in the investigation. They started to search for the engine and we...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Getaway

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 Today I finished Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Getaway. It was so exciting read that I finished the book in 2 days straight. The plot is built around a Greg Heffley and his family.  One day while Greg was watching tv with his mom, they saw this ad that was saying go to a fun and relaxing resort. His mom got excited, and she told her husband about it. They booked a flight to go Isla de Corales resort. Then she, Rodric (Gregs brother), Manny (Gregs baby brother), Gregs dad and Greg packed their bags and left for airport. At the airport they parked their car and they left to take the bus to the terminal. The bus stop was crowded so Greg and his family had to wait outside of the bus stop in the cold. After the bus came, they got on and went to the terminal. They check in for the flight. Adventure starts soon, when they are removing their shoes, Manny takes of all his clothes! Mom put the clothes back on Manny. As when they are going down the escalator Manny's s stuffed toy got stuck,...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Book Review

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What happened in Harry Potter? Yesterday I finished Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, and this is what happened. Harry won the world cup in Quidditch for the finals. Then he and his friends had to do a test because it was almost summer break. One day they accidently went to a dark room where they met Sirus black and person who could kill 13 people with a single curse. Then they see professor Lupin their dark art's teacher. He tell's them he killed Peter Pettigrew (but actually he turned him into a mouse, so the people were lied to). Sirus black, and Harry's father turn into animals on a full moon. Harry turned Peter back into human. But professor Lupin and Sirus black were not happy about this, and they wanted to kill Peter Pettigrew. Harry stopped them and said if Peter transforms himself, will kill him, Harry agrees. Professor Lupin, Sirus Black, Peter Pettigrew, Harry Potter and Hermione hide under the invisibility cloak to get themselves into the dormitory. But ...