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* * * See some real life Crazy Ones Below! * * *
Crazy? Perhaps. Or perhaps just Genius.


"Here's to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world - are the ones who do.

~ Apple Computers ~

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and remade entire industries, defying the worst economic conditions
since the Great Depression -- and his own serious health problems -
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"In front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat,
and long and steep is the road to it, and hard at first.
But, when you come to the top, then it is easy
- even though it is hard."
-- Hesiod


"If you want something - Nothing is Impossible!"
-- Jean-Louis Blondeau

"Figure out who you are, and do it on purpose."
-- Dolly Parton




Philippe Petit - The Artistic Crime of the Century!


"On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on to a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin World Trade Towers, then the worlds tallest buildings. After nearly an hour performing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and taken to jail before he was finally released. Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of his "coup". Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTCs security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers and up to the rooftop; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. First, a fishing line was passed between the buildings using a bow and arrow. Sequential lines were then passed until one strong enough to pass the cable was strung. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan. James Marsh's documentary brings Petits extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the coconspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as . . .
"The artistic crime of the century."



Available on DVD
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Steve Jobs - CEO of the Decade (The Man Who Brought Microsoft to It's Knees)


"Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is an American business magnate and inventor. He is well-known for being the cofounder and chief executive officer of Apple. He was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California. His biological mother nearly refused to agree to the adoption after she learned that his mother never graduated from college and his father never graduated from high school. She relented only after his parents promised that he would go to college. He dropped out of college after one semester and never graduated."


"Everything else - speaks for itself!"


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Our Astronauts
"Every Minute, Every Second That They Flew They Knew That They
Were Apt To Be In A Position Where If They Did Something Wrong
Or Something Bad Happened They Were Liable to End Up Dead!"
Chris Kraft - Director of the Johnson Space Center During the Apollo Program


The Apollo program, maned after the Greek God who drove his chariot to the sun, was America's effort to be first to the moon. Conceived during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and guided by NASA, it began in earnest after President John F. Kennedy's May 25, 1961 special address to a joint session of Congress. In this speech Kennedy declared a national goal stating, "I believe that this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." Apollo was preceded by the Mercury and Gemini missions, which laid the ground work necessary for Apollo's success.

Kennedy's goal was accomplished on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on to the Moon. Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit.
Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last in December 1972. In these six Apollo spaceflights, 12 men walked on the Moon allowing them to joining
one of histories most elite clubs.

The entire program was accomplished with only two major setbacks: The first was the Apollo 1 launchpad fire that resulted in the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee; the second was an oxygen tank rupture on Apollo 13 during the Moonward phase of its journey, which disabled the command spacecraft. However there were many near disasters like the Apollo 12 lightning strike, Apollo 14 nearly being unable to dock, and Jim Irwin suffering a heart attack on the moon.



 

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For the record, NASA's photos are generally in the
realm of public domain. In fact, "It is unlawful to falsely claim
copyright or other rights in NASA Material" - http://www.nasa.gov


The Picture above is of Jack Schmitt. In the panorama above, Dr. Schmitt is seen walking back to his lunar rover. He received a Ph.D. in geology from Harvard University in 1964. In 1965 he was selected as a member of the first group of scientist-astronauts. There was only one problem - did not know how to fly. So, he was sent off to flight school where he earned his jet & helicopter wings from the US Air Force. He has logged more than 2,100 hours flying time -- 1,600 of them in jet aircraft, becoming proficient enough to serve as Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 17 mission. He is also the person credited with snapping the "The Blue Marble" photo, the most widely distributed photographic images in history. On December 11, 1972 he walk on the Moon. He followed this with two terms as a US Senator. Not bad for one lifetime - Harvard grad and teacher, accomplished Jet and helicopter Pilot, Moonwalker and US Senator.
 
 

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There are many good documentaries.
This particular one chronicles the real
Apollo 13 saga & is worth the watch.
This clip is from:
"APOLLO 13: To The Edge and Back"
Available at your local Public Library
or Amazon.com



John Steven Akhwari - Olympic Marathoner 1968 Mexico City Games

" The Greatest Last Place Finish Ever!"


In the 1968 Mexico City Olympic games, a young African runner from Tanzania, named John Stephen Akhwari, would compete in the last event of the games - the 26 mile, 385 yard marathon. Although he would ultimately finish last, nearly an hour behind the rest of the runners, he would nonetheless finish the race and in doing so deliver a finish that will be remembered long after the winner has been forgotten. He did all of this in spite of taking a bad fall early in the race. After he fell he got up and carried on anyway, running on a badly injured leg and knowing full well that he was then out of the competition. The other runners reached the finish line nearly an hour before Akhwari would finally approach the stadium. The stadium, by this
time, was nearly empty. Yet, when Akhwari entered
the stadium the crowd rose to their feet and cheered. Photographers scrambled to set up cameras they had long stowed away, barely managing to capture one of the greatest finishes in Olympics history.

After the race a reporter questioned Akhwari -
"Why did you go on, you knew you couldn't win, why
didn't you just quit?"

Looking puzzled by this question Akhwari paused
for a moment, and then relied simply:

"I don't think you understand."


"My people did not send 5000 miles to start the race, they sent me 5000 miles to FINISH they race!"
- John Stephen Akhwari



 
 



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This clip is from: "100 years of Olympic Glory"
Available at your local Public Library




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