Autopilot

Lauren Winner’s Mudhouse Sabbath discusses many conflicting views between Christianity and Judaism. Chapter five of Mudhouse Sabbath addresses tefillah, or prayer. This chapter is important because it shows that prayer between religions can actually be very similar, but still have some distinct differences. Winner starts the chapter with a story from her early teens. She talks about Ruby Lichtensein, an older member of the synagogue, who gives Lauren a prayer book for her Bat Mitzvah. Because…

(U) There are many vulnerabilities in the cyber realm, and they continue to increase every time a new system is added to the fleet. The main goal of Coast Guard cyber intelligence is staying ahead of the hackers. To do this, Coast Guard intelligence needs to understand who will attack them in the future and how they will do it. They need to know everything that was just discussed above, including the type of person, capability, vulnerability, and threat level to the United States government and…

We live in a world where we are judged by our thoughts, behavior, and above all our actions. Every legal system is founded on the idea of laws and on our responsibility to choose to abide them. It’s this idea that as human beings we have full control of ourselves and of our actions. Human beings, as conscious beings, are held to a legal and moral standard and rightly so. As the branch of philosophy known as existentialism explains, all humans are “nothing”. There is no set or predetermined life…

Shawn Johnson doesn’t live the normal lifestyle of a gymnast. She is very short and loves doing dangerous stunts since day one. Johnson won many competitions at a young age. Johnson went through some tragic moments, but somewhere deep inside she decided to fight on and push through. That is what makes you a stronger person. She fell short of her goal many times, but that only pushed her farther to succeed faster than many gymnasts. Shawn Johnson’s experiences at the Beijing Olympics is…

I sat on a stool in the kitchen and visited with Mrs. Rice while the knife and steel flashed back and forth. "Ziiick, ziiick, ziiick.” (add quotation mark) Much practice allowed me the luxury of operating on autopilot. As I worked, I glanced into a nearby trash can where I noticed a small book. Curious, I put the knife and steel down, leaned over, and fished it out. About the size of a Reader's Digest, the book had a plain white cover with the name of a school printed in simple black text. As I…

swept along, floating on the crest of the wave towards the train, bobbing along the platform buoyant with hope. Confusion, sadness and panic floating away with every wave she rides towards the train. Boarding the Grand Central train heading North on autopilot her head filled with anticipation and optimism. The train starts to move. The noise, the rapid movement, children’s excited giggles and end of conversations on mobiles surround’s Sarah Jane as she frantically looks for her North facing…

Ring, ring, ring! It was an ordinary sunny Monday morning; rushing out of bed as usual, throwing on some colour clashing clothing, chugging down my flavorless bowl of oatmeal, and running to school, hoping to make it on time. The moment I stepped into school, I could feel the Monday blues seeping into my bones. I was already longing for the weekend to come. At that time, I was only in grade five, and believed that school was a place of excitement, fun, and also safety. I never anticipated the…

The soft, green grass was sprinkled with shards of mirrored glass; the mirror had been through so much pressure after going through the force field three times. Kate could hear it shatter into a billion pieces when Mr. Jacks and his bulldog passed through the force field. Mr. Jacks looked relieved as if he were a bird let free and his bulldog just looked straight up tired. Kate started to feel her head pound because the adrenaline shooting through her body started to fizzle out and she hadn’t…

also use digital fly-by-wire system that function for flight control computers and the actuator control electronics, plus sensors to support the fly-by-wire computations. It also deliveries the mode control panels the pilot typically uses when the autopilot function is affected, as well as some batteries for backup power. The flight control electronic package includes cabinets containing computer modules and actuator control electronics modules that effectively drive the actuators, along with…

How Healthy Are You? Assessment Upon completing my “How Healthy Are You?” assessment my results showed the highest scores of nineteen in environmental, spiritual, and intellectual health. The lowest score I received of sixteen fell under the category of physical health. Within this category my scores showed a tie between lack of sleep and weight loss. I took some time to contemplate a realistic goal weighing out what I was actually able to commit to and, ultimately decided to choose weight loss…