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Would you be able to cut your own arm off with a dull knife to survive? Aron Ralston, an accomplished mountaineer, discovered that he had what it took to complete this gruesome task. Ralston decided to take a simple day trip to Blue John Canyon, Utah for some canyoneering in 2003. Unfortunately, the trip took a turn for the worst after an 800 pound boulder fell onto his right forearm, crushing and trapping him in the confined space. This trip was supposed to be a leisurely break from his usual…

Cruisers are an eclectic lot. We're a strange mix of business owners, plumbers, homemakers, Vietnam vets, academics, nurses, computer geeks... and the list goes on. What's magical about our chemistry is the fusion of random knowledge, binding us together like a single central nervous system. In addition, we've got grit. And, we needed it all when the strongest cyclone to ever make landfall in the southern hemisphere headed towards Fiji. The fleet in Savusavu dug in its heels when news of…

HOW THE ANCIENT GRECO-ROMAN DISCOVERIES IMPACT LIFE TODAY The ancient Greco-Romans invented, or had a part in inventing, many things that impact our lives every single day. We don’t even think about how these creations affect our lives much less the difficulties that the inventors had to overcome to create them. Throughout our daily lives we use and see so many great discoveries and creations yet we don’t even know who to thank. But those who do know thank the ancient Greco-Romans for…

In the book The 5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom, an amusement park worker named Eddie takes his last walk on earth when he went to go fix a drop ride called Freddy’s Freefall. A pulley ripped one of the cables, steel wires on one of the carts, and the cart was hanging over the amusement park. When Eddie and Willie went up on a ladder to fix it, Willie released the cart when he was told not to because he did not hear Eddie say not to release the cart. As a result, Eddie fell onto a…

The Enlightenment lacked spontaneity and it was rather a result of the few individuals who viewed society through a lens that was not exclusively related to Christian teachings and greatly contributed to the development of reason. There a wide variety of philosophes who contributed to the debates on liberty; however, the French philosopher, Voltaire (née François Marie Arouet, 1694-1778), is among the most influential of the philosophes. As a member of the Moderate Enlightenment, Voltaire…

simplistic tooling, such as hammers and knives, as well as more complex objects, such as computers and tractors. The primary reason behind this development of tooling is to compensate for deficiencies in human ability. Examples of this include the use of pulleys, shovels, guns, and cars for lifting heavy objects, digging holes, killing other organisms, and traversing long distances quickly, respectively. The use of complex tooling has allowed humans to thrive and quickly become dominant over all…

The movie starts with JC telling the story of the Old Summer Palace and its looting and destruction by British and French soldiers in the Second Opium War. The twelve zodiac bronze heads were an item that was stolen. The bronze heads are auctioned for millions of euros each. JC is tasked to find the remaining lost bronze heads, with a promise of a 10 times bonus if he can recover all of them. JC visits a man named Professor Guan, who had created 12 identical replicas for study purposes with his…

hat people do can affect the world for centuries to come. Most importantly, ancient civilizations heavily affected today. Ancient Rome’s architecture was an important aspect of their society and it greatly influenced modern architecture. Different aspects of their architecture were their architects, what materials they use, important structures, and their sewer systems. Architects Apollodorus of Damascus was an important architect in Ancient Rome. Damascus was also a courtier for an emperor…

Objective: The lab we completed today was “Equilibrium of coplanar forces”. The objectives of todays lab was to study the composition and equilibrium as well as study the rectangular resolution and equilibrium of coplanar forces. Principles being examined: The main principle being examined in this experiment is the fact that several forces that line on a plane and pass through the same point can be balanced by a single force that is passing through the same point. We do this by finding the…

Why Did the Catholic Church Put Galileo on Trial for Heresy? And What Was the Significance of the Trial? Galileo was summoned to trial twice for heresy. First, for the heliocentric model and then for the geocentric model. He had been sent a summons to turn himself into the Catholic Church for the first trial due to Galileo’s belief that the Earth revolved around the sun. This belief is also known as the heliocentric system. The Catholic Church also called upon Galileo for his second trial…