Currently in the design phase, this project could very well turn into a reality once they iron out the engineering quirks. Envisioned by Japan’s Taisei Construction Company, the X-Seed 4000 will top Mt. Fuji by 700 feet. It will contain 800 floors and house 1 million people. Looking at the pictures on Inventorspot.com, I’m reminded of the covers of old science fiction and fantasy novels. Very otherworldly.

I watched this show when it premiered on Monday night and came away from it puzzled as to how they obtained their supernatural abilities and where the plot was going to go. I’d seen the preview of the cheerleader surviving a nasty fall and got the general gist of what this new show was going to be about. My interest was lukewarm, so I didn’t give it much thought or attention until the premiere, which I watched on a whim. Here’s a short summary from Kendra on WordPress:

Heroes will chronicle the lives of these people and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be saving humankind and themselves as they come together to evade the series’ antagonist who wants to capture them so they can be studied and experiemented on in order harness their super-DNA for himself.

The premiere episode involved introducing the main characters and their backstories, which intrigued me enough to want to watch next Monday’s episode. I’d like to see how the writers of Heroes connect all of the subplots they have going on right now.

I’ve watched a documentaries and read stories about the people who have missed doomed flights, and they’ve never failed to give me a chill. For several of these people, the premonition factor had nothing to do with why they never made it to the airport. Life made the decision for them, either through a subconscious choice or outside forces, such as their car breaking down.

The remaining would-be passenters experienced uncharacteristic anxiety attacks (or an overwhelming sense of dread that they couldn’t shake) that caused them to miss their flights. They took the next flight or stayed home, feeling like a crazy person. Later, they would hear that their intended flight had crashed, killing most or all on board.

Quoted from Atlantis Rising Magazine

For most people, the difference between a fear and a premonition is that fears are vague and not unusual. Premonitions, on the other hand, seem to come spontaneously, and often with great force and clarity. In fact, for most people, the problem is not recognizing a premonition, but acting upon it.

The Atlantis Rising article (see link above) give some chilling accounts of premonitions of famous disasters. I’ve included links to a more articles below, but the Atlantis is the best one on the subject.

Articles: Unexplained Mysteries
Visions of the 9/11 Attack