they used a baby mammoth as a vacuum, an adult mammoth used as a shower, they used a instant camera which is a bird carving the picture into rock with its beak, an electric razor with was changed to two shells with a bee inside to make it vibrate, a pelican with soapy water in his mouth used as a washing machine and lots more. The directors were genius, always knowing what the audience wants and bringing it to life. Today the Flintstones are the second greatest tv cartoon of all time (after the…
This week’s first lecture began by us watching a short clip of Richard the II that was performed by sir john Gilbert. Richard the II was the first play in Shakespeare’s second tetralogy, Henry IV is the second play in the sequence. We talked briefly about the plot of Richard II and how Bolivar became king Henry IV. We then talked about the beginning of Henry IV in which the king is being plotted against due to his apparent forgetting of debts due, and his son whom behaves in a non-royal manner…
Francis Drake partook in some of the first English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for piracy against the Spanish. Sent to South America by Queen Elizabeth II in 1577, he returned home by the Pacific and thusly became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. The queen rewarded him with knighthood. Drake died in January 1596 of dysentery. In 1567, Drake sailed to Africa in order to join the fledgling slave trade. When he sailed to New Spain to sell his captives to…
graphics. The sunsets and the moonlight that shines off the ocean is breathtaking. It leaves you saying, "Wow!" The audio is also good, but it has pretty much everything that you might expect. For example, you have the sound of the ocean waves and the pelicans and other noises that you might hear on an island. The music is also good, and whenever a shark appears from the water, you will start to hear this intense music that implies danger.…
Our prison systems in the United States seem to be under constant scrutiny and debate in some form or fashion. One specific topic that has been under quite a bit of heat is the discussion of solitary confinement. While many other countries have pulled the plug on this practice, American prison systems seem to be exploding in the opposite direction, increasing the number of inmates we maintain in solitary confinement at an alarming rate. This certainly leads to a rabbit hole of questions, but as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Fort Mill, SC) According to BirdWatching.com, 914 species of birds call North America home, north of the Mexican border, including the Red-throated Loon, the Brown Pelican and the Spotted Rail. Individuals love to watch birds, as each species has their own unique style and characteristics, and America is currently home to 15 different species of hummingbirds. An easy way to enjoy birds from the comfort of one's own home or office is to make use of a hummingbird feeder…
dunk contest to focus on this season. Avoiding all-star weekend would allow him to rest (averaging 37.2 mpg in 47 games) and focus on getting his team to the playoffs. Alas his plans have gone awry. Minnesota is currently 19-32 equivalent to the Pelicans but 13th in the western conference, while the Nuggets are chilling in the 8th seed (22-28). Towns and company will take on the Miami Heat who are currently on a 10 game winning streak and 12th in the eastern conference (21-30). Coach Tom…
Fables: A lesson for all Reading a book or hearing a story is something that has been passed down for thousands of years, but not all literary readings teach you a valuable life lesson at the end of the story. Every book no matter the genre is able to teach someone a lesson from reading it, but not all are able to help with real world issues or life teachings that can be used day to day and carried on throughout life. Fables are literary readings that do this best, you are always walking away…
GOATS WHAT: Mountain goats are not native in the park they were introduced into the Absaroka Range in Montana in the 1940s. They migrated into the park and established breeding populations themselves in the 1990s. Mountain goats are sure-footed, with long, yellowish-white fur and black, spiked horns. Males stand about 1 meter high and weigh between 150 and 180 kg, females, which also have horns, are slightly smaller. WHERE: As of 2008, the number of goats in and adjacent to the park is…
found dead on the Louisiana coast at four times historic rates, 32 percent of laughing gulls died, and between 27,000 and 65,000 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles died as a result of the oil spill. Mahi mahi, red snapper, coral colonies, and white and brown pelicans are still…