The Titanic - History of a Disaster On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this question. The greatest tragedy of all may be that there were not enough lifeboats for everyone on board. According to Walter Lord, author of The Night Lives On, the Titanic could have been saved in the very
miles to leeward. Night was approaching. They had just struck eight bells; large clouds veiled the face of the moon, then in its first quarter. The sea undulated peaceably under the stern of the vessel. At that moment I was leaning forward on the starboard netting. Conseil, standing near me, was looking straight before him. The crew, perched in the ratlines, examined the
The Vikings are commonly known as barbarians, evil, sometimes even marauders. However, the Vikings didn’t just raid prospering villages or monasteries. They also spent a lot of time exploring overseas. While the rest of Europe was squabbling over what land belongs to who, the Vikings were isolated, all alone on their three little peninsulas. This left them plenty of time to expand their knowledge on ships and navigation. It also led them to bring ships into their culture. Viking long-ships were
Mathematics to me, is complex numbers with only one correct answer involving numbers and other unknown variables. There are formulas where you plug numbers into and solving for the x variable. I would consider myself somewhat good at math I do not always get a concept right away but I will work through the difficulty until I discover how to understand the concept at hand. I will study and persevere until the challenge at hand is resolved. Usually, I am a quick learner which allows me to understand
America’s 38th president, Gerald Ford (1913-2006) took office on August 9, 1974, following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (1913-1994), who left the White House in disgrace over the Watergate scandal. Ford became the first unelected president in the nation’s history. Antenna’s Johnny Carson TV series kicks off with the January 1, 1982 episode. Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson are featured. Antenna TV begins running full episodes, re-billed as Johnny Carson. NBC owns the rights to The Tonight
“Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a Leader to chart the course” (Maxwell viii). Leadership. This concept has created many debates throughout history. What does it take to be classified as a great leader? What intangible characteristics are inherent to the great leaders of our time? Why have so many failed when put into a leadership role? During my 27 plus years in the military and over 20 years in the construction industry, I have been exposed to a wide variety of leaders and their leadership
"Do human beings have free will or free choice and if not who or what shapes human destiny?" (McSweeney 9) Herman Melville utilizes Father Mapple's sermon in his nineteenth century epic novel Moby Dick, to illustrate the duality of mankind. Mortal man pursues his own singular interests with selfish intent; however, God has prevailing intentions, which are often beyond the comprehension of the individual. Melville expands and elaborates this theme throughout his epic work. The sermon is an omen for
Within Findley's novel, power is established in a pyramid setting in which the highest point is (God) Yaweh, and the second is Noah Noyes. Noah and Yahweh exercise power and control in Not Wanted on the Voyage by forcing beliefs and dictating individual’s actions. However it’s Noah who demonstrates the corruption of power in his actions far more than Yaweh. Noah is an obedient follower of Yahweh which becomes apparent as Noah responds ‘whatever punishment my Lord decrees I shall be only too glad
one. The nine foot tall conning tower has a pair of wings stretch out from the middle, and the submarine hull with the radius of nine feet, there is a three feet wide flat path over the hull for the people to walk. Thus the crews climb down to the starboard wing edge and jump down to the shore, some crews sprint a few steps on the pathway and jump to the shore. There are six-limbs men on the shore pointing at them with long laser guns. The last man comes out of the tower's hatch is the pilot, the captain
“Captain.” “What is it, Mr. Randolph?” “It’s two women adrift in a strange boat of some type, off the starboard side captain.” Mr. Randolph unfamiliar with canoes, having noticed their long, dark hair, exposed faces through his spyglass. “Can’t tell if their sleeping or dead Captain.” “Come aside.” “Aye Captain.” Ship veered from its course pulled near to the canoe. Captain leans over the starboard rail. “Ahoy there, this is Captain Williams. You in the small boat, can you hear me,” received no