The Cardiff Giant was a 10-foot tall man made of wood. George Hull decided to hire people to cut a 10-foot block of wood. After that, he hired a stonecutter to carve the wood into the shape of a 10-foot man and made the stonecutter swear to keep quite. The stonecutter also added chemicals to make it look aged. Hull then hired two men to dig a well; he was really paying them to dig up his hoax of a 10-foot tall man but they were not aware. The hoax ended when P.T. Barnum created a replica of the giant and put it on display as the original.
Rex Walls a genius and psychopath. Throughout the story Rex Walls, the father of Jeannette Walls, Brian Walls, Lori Walls, and Maureen Walls, and the husband of Rosemary Walls, has some ingenious plan or does something very hilarious.
BRIEN JONES said “The Loch Ness monster doesn't exist. Loch Ness is just not big
If you are looking for a fairy tale wedding, Bill Miller's Castle is a modern day estate with old world décor in Branford, Connecticut. Built in the 1880s as a horse barn, Bill Miller's Castle was purchased in 1963 slowly transformed over the past 30-years into a breathtaking castle with stone walls and ornate cast-iron gates. It comes complete with an original 1890s, working, one-ton bell.
The Grauballe man is a body unearthed from a peat bog in Denmark 1952. It was not one of the first as many had been found beforehand including the Tolland man and Elling woman but arguably none had been as well preserved as the Grauballe man. The man was estimated to be about 1.75 metres tall or 5 feet and 7 inches. He had surprisingly odd red hair when he was found due to the carbon in the peat staining the mans hair.
Braxton Bragg was born on March 22, 1817 in North Carolina (History.com). Bragg did not talk about his parents but what we do know is that his dad was a contractor and his mom was arrested for killing a freed slave. Though his parents were not the best, his brother was a politician who helped him get into the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1833 (History.com). He flourished at the academy and graduated one year later, he finished fifth out of fifty soldiers.
The Giants have been one of the best teams in baseball for a few years now and it sure didn’t look any different this year, until the second half of the season. The Giants have made it to the postseason three times since 2010 and won the World Series each time. The Giants are somewhat a hit and miss club that is use to inconsistency. Unlike their counterpart, the Dodgers have made it to postseason since the 2013 season including this year, unfortunately, they haven’t been able to get passed the NLCS in any of those years. The Giants are in that same position this year, on the brink of victory or failure. As of today, they are in the second Wild Card spot, but expect there to be quite a bit of shake ups until the postseason starts.
Beatty and Berdahl point out that policymakers and researchers have not paid enough attention to Abriginal seniors’ health care needs. Both authors seek to understand what health care challenges Aboriginal seniors face in Canada what policy methodologies are required to increase the wellbeing and health of Aboriginal seniors in order for them have a better quality of life and respect their culture and needs. Therefore, the authors suggest that policymakers should include four factors to take in considerations: socioeconomic situation, jurisdiction, underutilization of health services available in urban context and elder abuse.
Majestic-12 (MJ-12) is said to be a secret group of 12 (some say 19) scientists, intelligence officers and high level government officials who were involved with researching UFOs and information pertaining to extraterrestrials. The group is said to have been created by President Harry Truman by executive order in 1947, possibly in response to the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident.
“In the midst of the calm, he was the storm... but more so, among his peers, he was looked upon as an underground icon...” - K. Thompson, 7/2014
Widely known by the name BiggMann, DeMarco Thomas is a well-known rapper who was born in the Bay Area. BiggMann was raised in various Northern California cities, including Sacramento, California. BiggMann has a range of talents, such as writing and recording his own material and mixing and mastering it. He even takes on the responsibility of repairing his own equipment when needed. Music is BiggMann’s priority, as he spends most of his waking hours pushing his career.
Anthony Rabon is an amputee from Aynor, SC. He is a firm believer in faith and says everything happens for a reason. He lost his left leg during a four wheeler accident. It was 2:30am about 50-100 including two of his cousins. Out in the field in Aynor and they all were riding around until it was time to go home. Anthony had three separate ways to go home but he chose his way and it ended with him being hit by a drunk driver who also had drug in his system coming around a curve. The driver got thrown out of his truck resulting in him dying but Anthony lost a lot of blood and had to get eleven pint of blood in him they could not save his leg it had to get cut off.
John Geoghan was a Roman Catholic priest who was found guilty of a sexual offense, as well as accused of many accounts of rape. Geoghan was caught in the act many times before he was ever charged with rape or sexual assault. However, instead of being held accountable or being put on trial, he would simply be relocated. Geoghan was even caught by other priests bringing young boys into his bedroom. He denied the accusations of his peers at first, but later admitted to the molestation of four boys (“Who is John Geoghan?” n.d.).
The Iron Giant (1999), released less than a year after I was born, evokes primarily feelings of nostalgia. The root of the nostalgia I feel when thinking about this movie comes from having watched it many times since its release. Over these many instances of seeing the film, I’ve come away from it greatly enjoying the experience because of the connections it has to earlier in my life, and from the quality of the film that is hard to surpass with any other animated film produced for children. In my past viewings of the film, I’ve identified with both the main character, Hogarth, and with Dean earlier on in the film. Early on, I identified more with Hogarth because of his age, curiosity, and overall demeanor. Most times when I’ve seen the movie, I was relatively close to Hogarth’s age, which I assumed to be a couple years from my age at any given viewing. His curiosity in trying to understand the Giant mirrored some of my own curiosity in the world and in what was happening in the movie. I’ve slowly transitioned over time to relating more with Dean towards the beginning of the film. For most of his introduction, Dean helps Hogarth but is wary and mistrustful of the Giant. Dean is willing to help when it comes to a kid he recognizes and is acquainted with on some level, but he freaks out and changes his tune after finding out about the threatening giant in his scrap yard. I follow some of his logic at this point in the movie, if someone I’m acquainted with needs help, I’ll most likely help with some explanation, but things that are extremely unfamiliar, especially of the magnitude experienced in the movie, I can’t help but feel somewhat threatened and unable to relate to something so different. The lessons I learned from watching this movie cover topics from dealing with what is unfamiliar to working around seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The main message of the film seems to be to embrace that which is different in an effort to understand it and empathize with it. It gets this message across by using different characters and their points of view in relation to the Giant and how they react given their circumstances, from the young boy to the junk yard owner and government agent. The movie firmly plants its
Stardust is a robotic space probe that was launched by NASA on Feb 7, 1999. It was launched on delta ll lite at Cape Canaveral Air Station Weighing 300-kilograms. This spacecraft was designed and built by Martin Lockheed for the NASA division for mission operations. It's designed to collect samples from comets and/or asteroids. The head investigator of this mission was Dr. Donald Brownlee from the University of Washington. The Stardust spacecraft mission, created by NASA was for the collection of sample materials from Comet Wild 2 and return them to earth for analysis. The analysis of the comet dust will provide important information into the nature and evolution of our solar system, and maybe life of another origin. On February 7, 1999 Stardust
They could see the giant because of their shiny huge fire suits but the giant couldn’t see them so they walked very slowly then suddenly the lights turned back on. “RUUUUUN!!!” Jim said. “CRASH!” the giants struck their gigantic clubs at Jim. Jim jumped and got of the holding on the spikes tightly. He thinked of a way to defeat these gigantic beast. Finally Jim got an idea. He would have to climb the club until he got to the giants wrist and throw the electric spear that he had at the giant's head.