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Le Corbusier: The Man Who Tried To Destroy Paris

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He was a man at the heart of modernist architecture. He led the charge to build functional, modern buildings. If he had gotten his way he would have gutted the centre of Paris and turned it into an eyesore. The man who called himself, Le Corbusier, was one of the most influential architects of the

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Sex And The City 2 Film Review: Fun and Fluff All The Way

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Director: Michael Patrick King. Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and David Noth. Okay Sex and the City 2 is not for intellectuals or for those expecting to get some kind of moral message. It is gaudy, gauche and at times ridiculous, but it is fun to watch. Most of the

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Kevin McCloud’s Big Town Plan: Castleford’s Potential Architectural Revolution

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Castleford, Yorkshire, is a large English town. Run down and neglected, it was a victim of Margaret Thatcher’s radical 1980s reform when its mining operation was shut down. Now it sits, decaying, dilapidated, an austere eyesore. Enter Kevin McCloud and Channel 4 with a highly ambitious plan for the town. With £100,000 worth of seed

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Ultimate Prank Videos: Deliciously Thoughtful Stunts

Entertainment

Pranks and jokes are part and parcel of society. Harmless stunts are the lubricant of great relationships. Some are cleverly schemed plans that have involved hours of preparations and cunning while others are just white lies.

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Great Wall Builders: The Incas And Machu Picchu

Engineered Design

Walls are invaluable things. They hold up roofs. They provide shelter and protection. And like fences, as Robert Frost keenly pointed out, they make good neighbours. So who built the greatest walls? The Chinese probably spring to mind the fastest with the Great Wall of China. Undoubtedly, the myth that the wall can be viewed

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Great Architecture: Buildings That Can Make You Instantly Happy

Engineered Design

Buildings are iconic symbols of mankind. They provide one of the essential needs for survival, shelter. However, buildings also do much more than that. Upon first sight, they can stir deep emotions within us. We can love them with every fibre of our being or we can despise them with what seems like illogical zeal.

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Extreme Contortion: Continuing An Age-Old Artform

Entertainment

Flexibility. The key word in any contortionist’s vocabulary. The ability to flex one’s body and bend in ways that the average human just cannot is what fascinates people. Putting your body in extreme positions requires hours of dedicated practice and hard work.

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The True Cost Of Pedigree Dog Breeding

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Pedigree dogs, contrary to popular belief, are some of the most unhealthy dogs alive. Devastated by selective breeding, in many cases inbreeding, certain breeds of pedigree dogs are now facing genetic diseases and painful existences solely because of certain people’s vanity. This article highlights the true cost of pedigree dog breeding.

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