Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity. Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters. As the hydrogen-filled blimp was landing in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937, it suddenly burst into flames and crashed in front of shocked bystanders, killing 35 of the 100 passengers and crew on board—and putting an end to the short-lived air travel program. Now scientists who have been studying the circumstances that led to the Hindenburg’s end say they know what happened. The Independent, in an article about a documentary on the Hindenburg airing on Britain's Channel 4 on Thursday, explains that Jem Stansfield, a British aeronautical engineer who led a team of researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, blew up and set fire to models of the dirigible to rule out possibilities including a bomb and exploding paint.
The “drugs” theory claims that evolving plants that contained psychoactive agents led to massive overdoses and death of dinosaurs. The theory believes that “dinosaurs did not have the means to taste the bitterness nor have livers able to break down and detoxify the psychoactive agents in the flowers.” (Gould, par. 5) The “disasters” theory, the most popular theory, claims that a large “comet struck the earth roughly 65 million years ago and lifted a cloud of dust into the sky and blocked out sunlight, resulting in suppressed photosynthesis and extremely reduced world temperatures.” (Gould, par. 5) More importantly, Gould introduces each theory in the manner above, then views each argument through a scientific lens, then elaborates on the outward expansion of each argument and how they contribute to science. Gould bases his objective views on evidence and methodology.
The group, consisting of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian McMillan, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin finds themselves trapped in the Heart of Gold when they get attacked by Vogons. They get saved by an unlikely rescuer and sent by the improbabilitydrive to dinner at the closest restaurant, which happens to be several millions of years in the future. After a nice dinner at the restaurant at the end of the universe also called Milliways, during which the guests can drink and eat while watching the world end, the group steals a spaceship that´s pre-set for a so called “Sundive”. Moments before impact the group teleports themselves away in a non-coordinated teleport, which makes them split up. Ford and Arthur find themselves
Then they get married and the life recovers into peaceful and quiet. After several months, happy life goes to the end. The River Monster is very angry, and he decides to revenge. One day, the sky appearance ten suns and the field begin to catch fire. Afterwards, the River Monster announces that it is because of Houyi, so all the people blame and trouble him unless Houyi can shoot the other nine suns.
Schmidt 1 Lauren Schmidt Professor Elison English 101G April 11, 2012 A Country upon Death’s Door: A Summary, Analysis, and Response to Journal of the Plague Year Summary: The Black Plague has found its way on England’s doorstep once again in November of 1664, only to ravage London and the neighboring countryside for the next year and a half. In hindsight, this would be the last major outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. A Journal of the Plague Year, written by Daniel Defoe, is a novel that takes on the appearance of a journal, documenting the plague as it purged the country of its inhabitants. A Journal of the Plague Year begins as the plague reaches England’s shores, and the first casualties are discovered on English soil. As the plague starts to take more victims, families begin to conceal the true nature of their relatives’ cause of death, for fear of being shunned by neighbors, or worse, shut up in their houses.
The Headless Horseman One Halloween night these 3 boys named Michael, Astrid, and Dante were at Michael’s house. They were telling dreadful stories of the past. It was my turn (I’m Michael) to tell a story but then my Tio Oscar. He came in and was going to tell us a story of the Headless Horseman. It started 300 years ago at midnight at a little place called “Sleepy Hollow or Washington Irving”.
Space has thousands of millions unexplored galaxies that could have the resources that we need to survive. Just imagine a planet full of water or coal Space Technology is the answer to our survival. 2, When NASA travels to space, we always get way more back then we put in and not just in dollars and cents. There have been many arguments towards wasting too much money on space technology when we should be spending it here on Earth. Why?
Ngan Tran Mrs. Palmer World Literature 30 September 2013 Short Story: The Masque of the Red Death “The Masque of the Red Death” is a fictional and scary story written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, in 1842. The story takes place in a kingdom in Europe, maybe Italy, long time ago. The Prince Prospero and his friends were having a masked ball in seven magnificent rooms after five or six months hiding in a luxurious castle waiting for the Red Death, a dangerous pestilence that killed many people in his country, to be gone. At midnight, there was a strange guest dress spectrally. When the Prince pursued him to the corner of the seventh room, he died because of the Red Death, and so did other people.
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure (IMDB, 2007). I Am Legend stars Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok, Willow Smith, and Charlie Tahan; directed by Francis Lawrence; written by Warner Bros. Pictures; based on the novel I Am Legend, written by Richard Matheson. The movie demonstrates how a person may act and live during a devastating turn of events, which cause 90% of the Earth’s population to die and 9% to evolve into flesh eating, aggressive monsters. Furthermore, I Am Legend explores the idea that continued human interference of disease and prevention thereof may contribute to eventually ending human civilization. I Am Legend is a psychological thriller/horror movie worth watching, earning a distinct rating of four stars.
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother in the epic poem but in the movie he makes a deal with demon leading to his downfall. In the epic poem, Beowulf returns to Geatland after he defeats Grendel’s mother where he eventually becomes king of the Geats. However, in the film they have King Hrothgar crowning Beowulf king and granting Beowulf his lovely wife, Welthow. King Hrothgar dies of old age in the epic poem but in the movie he kills himself. I believe in the movie Hrothgar knows Grendel’s mother will continue her terror upon the Danes and he does not want to be there when she does.