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    Review Introduction Titanic is an action packed romance and epic piece directed and written by James Cameron against the unfortunate maiden voyage of RMS Titanic. Without a doubt, Titanic is considered to be the joy and pride of White Star link and the biggest moving object at the time that was built. It was most luxurious linear of that era, the “ship of dreams” that ultimately carried around 1500 people to the death in North Atlantic’s ice cold water in the year 1912. Titanic focuses over the reinvestment

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    event may have been worse than the sinking of the Titanic. The European designed and manufactured luxury ship boasted a length of 883 feet and was described, billed and sold as “The unsinkable ship”. This behemoth, massive ship weighed well over fifty thousand tons and dominated the Atlantic for her maiden voyage. The Titanic, like many other entities of the time, was not immune to calamity. Off the coast of the United States of America, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean

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    Anyone who knows me knows that I am absolutely terrified of being out in the middle of the ocean. Some say I have watched the Titanic one too many times, but I do not agree. Ever since I can remember I have been beyond fearful of large bodies of water. How my best friend convinced me to go on a cruise with her to the Bahamas is beyond me. Oh boy did I not know what I was getting my crazy self into. Once I finally convinced my over-protective parents to let me go the nerves really started to set

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    Today, November 5th. Searching. For two generations the Alaskan coast bore several sunken vessels. There was one vessel that was more important than any of the others. The area has been searched for years looking for that one vessel they knew had encountered an Iceberg and had sank taking with it hundreds of lives and also burying an untold amount of Jewels and treasures with it. Searching for this treasure had went on for years until finally just a few years ago one of the men searching uncovered

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    Ship Casualty Project On the April 23, 2013, 0817 local time, “American Dynasty” was approaching a graving dock at Esquimalt in British Columbia, Canada, (48°25.9’N, 123°25.8’W) when it suffered an electrical power and propulsion failure. The “American Dynasty” drifted off course and collided with the Canadian frigate, HMCS “Winnipeg” FFH 338, which was moored nearby. Both of the vessels sustained structural damages, as well as the naval pier to which HMCS “Winnipeg” was moored. Six shipyard workers

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    The Edmund Fitzgerald was a vessel named after the man Edmund Fitzgerald who was the President and Chairman of the Board of Northwestern Mutual Insurance. The vessel was taking taconite from Superior, Wisconsin to Zug Island which is near Detroit, Michigan on November 10, 1975. The storm on Lake Superior that fateful day killed all 29 crew members. The vessel was 729 feet and 13,632 gross ton empty of cargo. She was the largest ship to sail on the Great Lakes for 13 years until 1971. The Fitzgerald

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    Geography/Geology The land of Cook County can be very fun. Part of Lake Superior is located in Cook County. Lake Superior is 1,332 feet deep.The lake can get very cold in the winter, in the summer it isn't as warm as a smaller lake but it is not super cold. The lake doesn’t normally freeze over unless it is really cold. Cook County gets about 1,945 feet below sea level at one place, the rest ranges 1,190-1,944 feet below sea level. The Glaciers that were in Cook County faded away in 8,000 BCE.

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    The RMS Titanic; A Tragedy Based on Class. In April, 1912, the so called "unsinkable" Titanic set sail to New York. The great ship was as big as five city blocks, and weighed thousands and thousands of tons. Everyone who was everyone grabbed a room on the luxurious ship for the trip of a lifetime. On April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg an sank into the icy depths of the North Atlantic. People were shocked at the news of the "unsinkable" Titanic sinking and this

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    After a long summer of dreaded sequels and long awaited reboots, we find ourselves amidst a biopic worthy of an Oscar, albeit an Oscar for a leading role, but one nonetheless. Tom Hanks’ delivers serious acting at his best, with a stunning cast that surrounds him. Clint Eastwood provides spectacular directing along with writer Todd Komarnicki who provides a remarkable take of “The Miracle on the Hudson.” The story is plain and simple, honestly. Like every other extraordinary act of heroism, Sully

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    recently visited three different Museums the Titanic in Pigeon Forge, TN, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN, and the Museum of Arts in Huntsville, AL. It was an opportunity to discover and experience the wonders of art through my child's eye. Each place allowed us to step back in time, create a masterpiece and admire the many different styles of art on display. On our vacation to Pigeon Forge, TN we visited the Titanic. The titanic is known as the "Ship of Dreams" a great luxury

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