BASE jumping

At 12:33am EST on 7 December 1972, the final manned lunar mission, Apollo 17, launched from launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center using a Saturn V rocket. Being a J-Series Apollo mission, it lasted 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds with Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt. The landing site Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley area was chosen due to the suspected presence of rocks both older and newer (due to…

contribute. Juro #8 had the formal authority of questioning the group if he had reasonable doubt. He drew the attention of group by engaging them with compassion. Henry fonda got the authority due to the fact of the need to discuss about the case rather jumping in to the result. He asks everyone to take part in the discussion. He imposes the act of creating the meaningful discussion. He understand the situation and observes the means of communication to the fellow jury…

animals and humans in motion, other advancements in the camera pushed film forwards, but it was the mistake of George Melies that the discovery of stop-motion cam out of, and thus the bases for animation as we know it today. In the roaring ‘20s animation was influenced by comic strips and the artist who made them. Jumping forward to the ‘40s they were influenced by radio personalities…

There I was my blood was pumping, I was sweating and scared. The horse was in mid jump I was holding on with everything I had. I grew up on my family ranch, so i have been around horses. In fact, my family has about...14 horses at this time. I have never been scared of horses. Infact I have ridden several horses that are ones that my family has owned and several of my friends horses. on the day of the incident it started pretty normal i woke up went outside and did my chores which at the…

September 11th, 2001 is a day that everyone in American history knows. It is observed annual in schools and other federal buildings, and anyone alive and aware of their surroundings on that day could tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they received the news of the treacherous event. A terrorist attack where two passenger planes were hijacked to crash into the twin towers would change American history forever. Not only would this change the lives of the individual…

Forest Dwellers to Half Robotic Companions Our society uses monkeys for their enjoyment. In cartoons, such as Curious George, it shows how sweet and smart monkeys are. As a whole, monkeys are described as creative and intelligent animals; however, in King Kong the gorilla is not only smart but illusory and accentuates the powers monkeys have. As a child, monkeys like Curious George are portrayed as a best friend. But as adults, they are represented as being stronger and smarter than people.…

Depression. Lack of social skills. Sleep deprivation. Since when did kids, some as young as 11, become exposed to these tribulations? As a consequence, tt seems as though smartphones are to blame. Teenagers spend so much of their lives engulfed in the world of social media: to the point of addiction. The dangers that smartphones carry, especially for teens, is the topic of discussion in Jean M. Twenge’s article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” from The Atlantic. More specifically, she…

Poole executes the transition of the times quite well, by jumping to different stages of the formation of the United States in a rather organized matter, necessary to prove that indeed the United States was founded on Slavery and not on democracy. Firstly, by introducing the idea of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin…

competitor whom he probably had no idea existed. After eight months of legitimate high jump training, Donald Thomas, a former Lindenwood University and Auburn University high jumper, arrived at the 2007 World Championships. Prior to his arrival, his high jumping career started off with a bet with a former Lindenwood University high jumper, betting that Thomas could jump higher than his counterpart. Despite the lack of training Holm had compared to Thomas, when they both arrived at the same…

consistent and warm, making it a good place for nits to be laid (Hellolife, 2014). Nits are the white to gray eggs of lice that are glued firmly to the base of the hairs (Bohart Museum of Entomology, 2012). Lice are characteristic of having flat bodies and being wingless. Their legs are adapted for crawling through hair or on clothing, not jumping which is widely believed. Lice are blood-feeding ectoparasites in all stages of life. Lice bites cause intense itching in areas where they feed…