The heat radiating out from the damaged spaceship’s propulsion unit, was so hot that nearby plants withered and disappeared. The water content of the larger trees came so quick to boil that they exploded like eggs in a microwave. Further away from the crash site, multiple fires had broken out all along both sides of the river, in which Drom (the pilot’s Artificial Intelligence Companion) was valiantly fighting. Using the ship’s magnetic force beams, it began scooping out thousands of liters of water from the nearby river and releasing the deluge over the fires. In and around the ship the confluence of smoke and superheated steam rose up into the cooler atmosphere and ballooned into giant mushrooms shaped clouds that temporarily blocked …show more content…
There were the times like these when he would’ve like nothing more, than to pull out his pulse cannon and blow the little crystallized demon into an thousands shards. Still far from being in the mood for its cutting sarcasm, Ronga, carrying his muck filled boot in one hand, hobbled over to where Drom rested on a makeshift chair and tilted the boot downward. “Not one of your better ideas.” Challenged Drom Looking back over his shoulders, Ronga found himself staring into more than a thousand liters of river water, complete with fish and other assorted river muck. “You wouldn’t.” challenged Drom “If any being would be privy to the answer to that question, it would be surely be yourself now wouldn’t it, since you reprogrammed me and all.” Replied Drom Knowing firsthand exactly what kind of viciousness his AI was capable of, Ronga tossed his boot aside and went in search of a safer place to change out of his wet clothes. “Status report.” He asked when he had moved a reasonable distance away before discarding his wet fight suit and his other equally saturated boot. “I would think that would be a little obvious.” Replied Drom “Besides the obvious.” Responded Ronga in a much sterner voice, retrieving dry clothes from the salvageable items outside of the ship and began to slipping then on. “What my preliminary scans have been able to tell me,
Tasting the Sky by Ibtisam Barakat is a memoir about her childhood in Palestine. During the Six Day War and its aftermath, Ibtisam and her family faced many challenges. They fled to Jordan and lived there as refugees for a while. There were a lot of people, places, things, and even animals that impacted her life. The three most important and impactful chapters in Tasting the Sky are "Souma", "Zuraiq", and "Jalazone Girls' School".
The Way of the Wind by Amos Oz, is about a man named Shimshon Sheinbaum, and his view of his son, Gideon. Shimshon was a military, political, and social hero amongst his kibbutz. He is a founding father of the Hebrew Labor Movement. People in his kibbutz looked for him for guidance, because this man was in top physical and mental shape devoting all of his life to learning as much as necessary and the remainder to stay in peak shape. As one can imagine, he would expect the same of his son, and he does but his son isn't the same man as his father. His father didn't have someone else make a decision like that for him and he can't make that decision for Gideon. Shimshon, regardless how much he cared for his son, pushed him too far and had too
The article “It’s Not Like Just the Wind That 's Passing Through” was published by R.H.W. Dillard to the Film Journal in 1973. Dillard is an author and had published 4 books of poetry, two novels and a collection of short fiction stories. Throughout the article, it is best to say that Dillard argues about how George Romero’s movie Night of the Living Dead (1968) has no special meaning nor purpose from the zombies and the movie itself. Also, based on his article, he describes the movie as a whole as “ordinary” followed by examples and his overall reason. As mentioned in the article, he described the movie as “merely ugly and cheap” which I’m assuming he didn’t like the movie. The way he compared the movie to “The Lone Wolf” and “Rosemary’s Baby” made me think he didn’t like Night of the Living Dead in general while he criticized some elements of the movie. Although, I agree with Dillard’s point in the plot for the fact that after struggling for survival, they all lose in the end, and how the characters are who they are and just aren’t as special as they’re seen to be looked as “ordinary” people. However, I wouldn’t agree with Dillard’s point in trying to compare the movie Night of the Living Dead to other films, such as Rosemary’s Baby and The Birds.
“Final call girl’s four by eight-hundred-meter relay” called the official. The Ontario Track girl’s four by eight-meter team trooped up to lane one, in unison. I would not have wanted to be racing with anyone else but my relay family. We had trained all season for this one race. Every workout, asthma attack, tear, and shin splint has lead up to this one race to break a twenty year old school record. As we jogged with the official from the bullpen to the starting line, the crowd had uproars of excitement for the athletes. An immense smile grew across my face, not only from the ecstatic crowd, but from the anticipation to race. I approached the starting line, in the first lane, while my teammates arrayed along the fence with the other second,
When Breath Becomes Air is a newly published book that I found myself captivated in until the very end. This book reminded me a lot of Being Mortal, which is another book that we sophomore nursing students need to read this semester. Both books kept me coming back, wanting and needing to know what happens; both books having their struggles, and both books following around males in the healthcare industry. When Breath Becomes Air follows around a young male neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi, who is striving to finish his residency and take his place as a neurosurgeon in the real world. After slaving way for numerous years through undergraduate, medical school, and residency, Paul is more than ready to make it on his own as both a neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist. When Paul is making his final stretch at the end, he winds up in a place he never imagined himself: the patient bed. Paul is diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer at a very young age, the late twenties/early thirties age, something that is very uncommon. The book shows his struggles physically, emotionally, and mentally as Paul and his wife Lucy fight the never-ending battle between a person and cancer.
ustralians are often portrayed in various texts and motion pictures. The Australian film “The Black Balloon” is a great example as the director Elissa Down explains relevant messages for audiences in the modern age. The film not only shows discrimination on people with disabilities but the importance of taking care of loved ones as part of our Australian identity, presenting values of family and friendship.. It allows the audience to truly reflect on how accepting our society is through this coming age of film. In a similar manner of exploring important issues that represents the Australian vision, Hannah Moore's short story ‘1112: Anhar-Woomera’ explores the various experiences of discrimination and lack of acceptance that Anhar deals
Just as everyone thought the fire was dying down and would no longer spread, the wind picked up, and the fire spread, causing it to head farther northward. Then, something terrible happened. Fire Devils. Fire Devils are whirls of air which send burning wood and such things flying through the air, and in this case, across a river. Not good.
The respiratory system is a complex organ structure of the human body anatomy, and the primary purpose of this system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood vessels to carry the precious gaseous element to all parts of the body to accomplish cell respiration. The respiratory system completes this important function of breathing throughout inspiration. In the breathing process inhaling oxygen is essential for cells to metabolize nutrients and carry out some other tasks, but it must occur simultaneously with exhaling when the carbon dioxide is excreted, this exchange of gases is the respiratory system's means of getting oxygen to the blood (McGowan, Jefferies & Turley, 2004).
I would tell the doctor to stop if he didn’t start and grab a manual ventilator and try to find a replacement mechanical ventilator.
impact and suffered many burns. Before the sinking, the ship had poor ventilation which means
How can one possibly prepare for the inevitability of death an When it comes to the topic of death, most people avoid discussing it and pretend that life will continue forever. They refrain from They refrain from planning for it or realizing that it will happen at one point or another. Time is a constraint. People tell themselves that they will achieve something in a certain amount of time which isn’t true because time will truly limit them. Most people do not achieve their dreams because they do not account for death. Instead of living in the moment, they just carefully continue their plans. There is always tension between planning for the future and just living in the pure moment. No one can know when they will cease to exist and many
The respiratory system is the process responsible for the transportation and exchange of gases into and out of the human body. As we breath in, oxygen in the air containing oxygen is drawn into the lungs through a series of air pipes known as the airway and into the lungs. As air is drawn into the lungs and waste gas excreted, it passes through the airway, first through the mouth or nose and through the pharynx, larynx and windpipe – also known as the trachea. At this point it then enters the lungs through the bronchi before finally reaching the air sacs known as alveoli. Within the lungs, through a process known as diffusion, the oxygen is transferred to the blood stream through the alveoli (air ducts) where it is then transported inside
A rush of tepid air blew Joshua 's Stetson from his head as he exited his cruiser, causing a chill to run down his spine. After retrieving his hat, he stood atop the dam and gazed across the expanse of the lake. The only indication the Plymouth was ever in the lake were the scars on the marred hillside where it was dragged from its resting place of the last 30 some odd years.
In “ The Name of the Wind” Patrick Rothfuss once said, “ It’s like everyone tells a story themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” Our identity is what we know ourselves by how others view us in the world. Their many identities that we have some examples are race, gender, fashion, class, sexuality, etc. All these identities shape the way we think, act, and view the world. We may not know it, but our identities impact one another either in a negative or positive way. Either we make our identities by our interests or what we feel like we should be viewed as. Some let others make their identity for them, they’re influenced by what they see on T.V. mainly by what celebrities are wearing. I know for me when I was younger I would watch all these NBA games and see these players wear Jordans. Jordan 's back when I was a youngin and still today where cool shoes you had popularity if you had Jordans. All the cool kids had Jordan 's and I wanted to be like that a cool kid. So I acted like someone I wasn 't, buying many pairs of Jordan’s (which are expensive) so I can fit in and so everyone can know me as a cool kid because as a little boy at Colonia Middle School I wanted to have recognition as the kid with the expensive shoes and the showy clothes. Also, I was pressured by my surroundings to buy these items because I saw a lot of kids being bullied for wearing inexpensive clothes and I didn 't
To a great degree the eminent problem is the air pollution we breathe. Who can help amend the air we breathe. In order to improve the quality of the air, people have to be aware of the specific mode of pollution and the effect of it. The traffic-pollution causes affliction and distress to individuals. The reason for this tragedy is due in part by every one of us. High concentration of vehicle exhausts is the main source of air pollution in urban areas. Neighborhoods in proximity to heavy traffic areas can negatively impact a community’s health conditions and outcomes. Those people that are disproportionately exposed to great levels of exhaust fumes are those who have a low socioeconomic and educational status and are part of race/ethnicity