As a person who has always been vertically challenged, I was always looking for a way to boost my height. Wearing heels, stretching every morning, and eating all of my vegetables were all ways in which I attempted to become taller. However, as persistent as I was, my height stubbornly refused to increase as dramatically as I desired. Nevertheless, I was growing, albeit gradually. Needless to say, I was surprised one day when my mother remarked, “Wow, you’re getting so mature! You’re even taller…
Shiro Ishii, the man behind the experimentations of Unit 731. Coming from a wealthy family and he was “an extremely bright young man who gained entrance to Kyoto Imperial University” (Source). He later became known as Surgeon General Shiro Ishii. The education that he had, allowed Ishii to be able to become an army medical officer, microbiologist and the director of Unit 731. His years of service ranged from 1921 to 1945. As soon as his service reached its end, Ishii decided to use his former…
What’s tall, hairy, has big feet, and Known as the skunk ape ….. Bigfoot!!.Bigfoot is one of the most iconic legends in all of history.The random appearances of Bigfoot are purely made up myths by people. Evidence 1 Bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti whatever you want to call it,the fact is that Bigfoot does not exist well not any more. For many years, large apes have lived on earth until they went extinct 300,000 years ago.The Sivapithecus a species related to the Gigantopithecus lived 12 to 8…
The legend of the sasquatch, more commonly known as bigfoot, has only been around about 50 years. The sasquatch is described as being approximately 2.75 m in height and 360 kg in weight. The word sasquatch comes from the Salish word sasq’ets which means ‘’wild man’’. There are lots of stories similar to the sasquatch, like the yeti of asia and the abominable snowman in the himalayas, but this one is in north america so that makes it special. Almost all the theories about the sasquatch are…
Defeating the Titan. The climb seemed to last forever. I could hear my rapid heartbeat in my ears; it seemed to beat in time to the clicking of the car on the tracks. I felt the wind on my tightly squeezed eyelids as I muttered the mantra of “I hate you” over and over under my breath. The clicking started to slow to a stop. Then I was weightless. Bright colors surrounded the courtyard and the sounds of laughter flowed through the crowd as everyone waited patiently for the gates to open and…
Unbroken is a historical narrative about Louis Zamperini’s life, mainly focusing on him being a prisoner of war during the second World War. The book talks in detail about the camps and all of the prisoners hardships while they’re there. It gives insight on what they went through on a daily basis, being forced to help the Japanese during the war and not being fed. When people discuss World War II they tend to mainly discuss the troubles in Germany and about the bombings in Japan, but never talk…
The Name of the Mini-Unit Taller/Wider/Longer Brief Summary of Mini-Unit and highlight Key features This unit encourages students to use measurement wording and counting to compare the attributes of length, width or height of target in a variety of activity situations. The passage from counting all to advanced counting is also supported. The key features during this lesson would be, the way to engage kids during this lesson would be to use interests that they have and incorporate them into…
Throughout history, there has always been an initial societal reluctance in adapting new technology. The fears leading to this reluctance come in a broad spectrum ranging from the coercing of societal changes to the biological effect they may have on humans. Regardless of whether or not this reluctance is rationally or scientifically based, it is something that most new forms of technology go through. Currently, there is great debate regarding the benefits and harms of the use of tablets (ex.…
Often times iconic scenes in a movie will have amazing music, sound effects and vocals to tie the whole scene together, and with all of these, visuals are not really needed, they will only give a crystal clear image of what the director has already portrayed with sound. One example could be the shower scene in Psycho; if you turn off the screen and only listen to the sound; an almost crystal clear visual is made because you can hear what is actually going on. Another perfect example is the…
Abstracts: This paper is to explain what a biological weapon is and how it affects environment, humans, and the economy. Along with explaining how the disease is spread from person to person, promoting illness. With a little bit of history on biological weapons, and my views on biological weapons. A biological weapon is also known as a germ weapon. This is when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins can be used as a weapon against, animals, plants of humans. The use of infectious agents were used…