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...four Hogwarts Houses by the Sorting Hat. The oak doors that then lead into the rest of the exhibition open on a black room where scenes from the movies play in loop. Suddenly, a black screen rises, and Platform 9 3/4 appears, complete with a steaming red train engine and a waiting platform attendant carrying an old-fashioned lamp...
Langone had worked at Ned Devine’s, where he served as head of security for about six years, before he made the decision to train to becomea security officer...
Before the adoption of standard zones, towns set their own local times. Life was slow; it didn't really matter if 12:07 in one town was 12:15 in the next hamlet over. But with the advent of railroads and their accompanying train schedules in the 19th century, people suddenly needed to know the exact time so they didn't miss their trains (and conductors needed to make sure that trains operating on the same track didn't crash). In 1883, the U.S. and Canada adopted a standard time system. The following year, delegates from 22 nations...
...force ourselves on these ranch areas. We're there because people ask us if we'd like to train there," said Colonel Neil Hutton, head of the British training program in Kenya. "As it turns out, it's a good deal for everybody. We don't come knocking on their doors, bullying them. It's very much a relationship." (Read "How a Biofuel 'Miracle' Ruined Kenyan Farmers...
...Known as Operation Grand Prix, the training exercises can be massive, involving hundreds of troops, helicopters, and live-mortar and live-rifle fire. The military says this is the closest the soldiers will get to actual combat before they deploy to Afghanistan. The soldiers train by themselves and alongside the Kenyan army, sometimes with locals playing the roles of rioters or restless crowds. To accommodate the increase in troops, the army has begun renting land from residents - it went from dealing with three landowners a few years ago to seven now. Neither the military nor the ranches will disclose...