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First hand, Steam rules in big ships because it is around 75-84% efficiency rating. I was a MM1 in my part of my Navy career so I learned and focused heavily on steam propulsion and power generation. After the second half of my first part of my career I transitioned over to the Diesel Side. I later was cross rated to Engineman since all I did was Diesel work primarily. I have been ASE certified Auto Mechanic since 2005 and both my step dads were mechanics growing up. So I have a fair amount…

Ceremony with a Postmodern Twist Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony provides a glimpse into the life of one half Laguna/half white man’s life and his search for identity before, during, and after World War II. Tayo, the protagonist, remembers something of life with his Laguna mother and knows nothing about his white father. He was raised by his mother’s family, attended a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, fought in World War II as a member of the US Army, was treated for battle fatigue in a…

Callaway initially introduces that there are two different types of running backs, shifty back and power back. Although they have different styles of running the ball, all back have a certain skills required to be successful on the field. One skill all backs must have would be vision, or in football terms, the ability to see to a hole in the line of scrimmage as the play develops. Vison also applies to being able to run and follow one’s blockers to produce the best amount of yardage. Also, a…

The first half of the last decade of the century proceeded as the previous decade i.e. regular hard farm work, children at school, women providing the warmth of a home. Zachariah was still winning in the fall fair for colts and geldings, shearing rams and of course the best fat sheep. Occasionally, he would get lucky with his Holstein bull, a ram or sow and come in first or second. His potatoes usually ran into competition but he sometimes would still win and lucked out once winning the Hubbard…

small-town main street, or small frontier towns that are forming at the edges of civilization. They may even include Native American sites or villages. Other iconic elements in westerns include the hanging tree, stetsons and spurs, saddles, lassos and Colt .45's, bandannas and buckskins, canteens, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more. Very often, the cowboy has a favored horse (or 'faithful steed'), for example, Roy…

Ever since the firearm has become readily available to the public its deadly potential as a weapon capable of swiftly ending a human life has been realized. One of the more commonly produced and available firearms, the Glock 17 is one such firearm that with its light weight, large magazine size and easy manufacture find it commonly in law enforcement (Glock). One of the more common weapons used today; its accuracy, power, and efficiency make it especially deadly if found in the hands of a…

It was almost a year ago that my Father died. It was a day like this, grey and chill. Some hiker came up missing and a search party was called. As usually Dad’s great big, bay horse crossed God’s Earth and found the man. Why? My Father asked him to. That was Thor. Nobody could ride him but Dad. It wasn’t his fault what happened. So today I’m looking out the window feeling the long year coming to its unwanted anniversary. I’m angry because Mom and I are arguing again. She says with…

Train Heist Robber Martha, I know this life has been hard on you but I promise you I am done after this last job. McCoy has become more ruthless and bloodthirsty with each passing robbery and I can no longer abide by it. I can’t rightly look into the eyes of our unborn child and teach him right from wrong if I continue on this road I set. Pack all of our belongings and meet me at the train station in Amarillo, there will make our escape and make our future. Love, John Train Heist Robber…

obs could not be the Steve Jobs we know if he is born in 1855 vs. 1955. In the 1950’s, America is remembered as “Happy Days”, which has as much or more to do with a television show with that title. The show itself did not air until 1974 and portrayed the carefree, simple times through the high school characters' antics. The memory for most Americans of that generation was idyllic and reinforced further by shows such as “Leave it to Beaver”, and “Father knows Best”. The facade of peace and…

C handler the Fair, clad in a Mk II Fackelträger suit, was peeking around a hallway from the corner of a wall. He carefully searched for any patrolling sentries in the vicinity. Inside a section of sewer tunnels underneath a street in Oakland, California, things can be very unpleasant, regardless if he and his Kameraden were detected by either enemy sentries or even the unsuspecting sewer maintenance worker on the occasional night shift. When it seemed that everything seemed safe for both…