During the tumultuous years of the English Revolution and Restoration, national crises like civil wars and the execution of the king convinced Englishmen that the end of the world was not only inevitable but imminent. National Reckonings shows how this widespread eschatological expectation shaped ...
Last Sentinel is a solid B-movie entry to the post-apocalyptic genre - but only if you are interested rather in story than in action only. Last Sentinel does not provide much action, nor is the story or the scenario that "new" but the execution is well done and I like the cast and...
The conference took place in May this year and my paper was part of a three paper panel on the last public execution in Newcastle, that of George Vass in 1863. … Continue reading The Changing Presentation of Punishment in the North East of England 1816-1868 Part 1 Share this: X Face...
“The conditions out there were very, very difficult for both teams, especially in terms of the grip of the ball. It was rainy and slippery out there and both teams struggled with their execution in terms of that,” David said of the game against England, where South Africa c...
American patriot Nathan Hale's words, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country" as he awaited execution by the British for espionage, is a well-known example of affirmation. Reports of atheists or agnostics embracing religious faith in their last hours are examples of ...
As it turns out, we can point to one specific execution that went horribly wrong as to why Minnesota no longer has the death penalty.
The victims were shot execution-style in the back of their heads. The Carrs then drove Befort's truck over their bodies and left them for dead. Holly G. survived and walked naked for more than a mile in freezing weather to seek first aid and shelter at a house. After the killings, ...
The idea once broached, all were impatient to put it in execution. We were still at Windsor; our renewed hopes medicined the anguish we had suffered from the late tragedies. The death of many of our inmates had weaned us from the fond idea, that Windsor Castle was a spot sacred from...
military air transport operations have also been performed to high standards of mission execution. A Flight Officer in a military aviation squadron reports to an Operations Officer for the squadron. This structure does not lightly accept excuses for not taking off on an assigned mission. In 1946,...
national crises like civil wars and the execution of the king convinced Englishmen that the end of the world was not only inevitable but imminent. National Reckonings shows how this widespread eschatological expectation shaped nationalist thinking in the seventeenth century. Imagining what Christ's retu...