Construction methods such as using gravel pads and insulated pipes have allowed people to live without the fear of their home sinking

In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy.

Ayoung lady whom i'll call anonymous lived in west berlin and she said there's a thing going on there called the berlin airlift.the russians are trying to take over. this is not a good thing she says because the russians are communist and in a communist society. you don't have a say in the vovernment and you have much room to stand up for yourself.