Feather

the dust started to fall now. She ran to where cleo once was, searching for where she went while coughing. “Cleo! Where are you, Cleo!” Asata frantically ran around looking for her friend as the dust settled. Panting, Asata saw something drifting down from the sky, some feathers. Asata reached up and grabbed the feathers attached to a small blue jewel That slowly came down from the discolored sky. “An earring?” But Cleo had feather earrings too. Asata thought ,Realizing that her friend was most likely dead she sat on the dirt ground. A single tear rolled down her dusted face making a clean water streak. She sobbed, holding the feather in her hand she picked up her weapon and walked. on the bike she peddled home. This time alone. She finally returned to the saddened world she called home. power lines were cut so calls were useless. She came to a sudden stop and stepped off her bike. “that's a big drop probably at least 80 feet” she said to herself. She put a foot forward. Then another. She fell of the cliff to her death. Her body almost obliterated on the ground. A man was driving as the corpse bounced off the hood of his car. The blood flew down to the ocean and then washed away. For the…

In the essay On Being a Self Forever, Updike reflects on the conception of selfhood and discusses his thoughts on subjects of death and religion among others. On writing about this, he devotes some time to the topic of nothingness: Perhaps there are two kinds of people in the world: those for whom nothingness is no problem, and those for whom it is an insuperable problem, an outrageous cancellation rendering every other concern [negligible].” (Self-Consciousness 228) This idea of the “two kinds…

Heroes are people who are determined to do what’s right for their comrades or community. They are determined to follow their dreams; they are determined to reach a goal that they set for themselves, and they do. The hero of “The Four Feathers” is Harry Feversham, the descendant of a long line of military heroes, who is expected to carry on the tradition of his overbearing authoritarian father. He was a true figure for the Victorian fantasy of war as a manly endeavor. In the book Salvage the…

Ally Jackson Ms. Brown AP Language 5 October 2015 The Feather Hat Mary Turnbow lived in a town where the right were considered to be the most mighty people around and the poor were what was leftover. The rich men were clothed in fancy long dark attire that appeared to be freshly washed and pressed. The rich women wore the long beautifully swaying dresses with jewelry that appeared to be more than the worth of most houses. The poor were then left to wear whatever they could put together…

The Warpaint Emerald Dragonfly is a fascinating dragonfly. The size of this dragonfly is above the average size for the genus. Each of the four wings of this dragonfly can move independently and are powered by powerful muscles. The wings normally beat 35 times per second and propel the dragonfly to speeds of 35 miles per hour. Dragonflies have a visual field of almost 360 degrees. The legs of dragonflies are not able to walk. The Warpaint Emerald Dragonfly is about 49-50 mm long in adults.…

danced, and crickets chirped a tune through the trees in the distance. The lonely cabin looked so beautiful and ancient. And there she stood. Once again the magnificent creature who stood nearly seven feet tall was before me. The build of a horse the wings of a dragon, eyes black as night and instead of a mane there were spines with soft silk across it which also replaced her tail. Feathers that were black as night covered her body then turned to scales at her legs, and webbed talons replaced…

I have decided to start making feather earrings to sell, specifically peacock-feather earrings. I believe that I could turn a profit with these earrings, marketing to festival goers in California off of Etsy. My adventure started by looking up how to make feather earrings, finding a simple tutorial off of WikiHow. I then ventured to Michael’s craft store to do some price research. It appears that I’m going to need the following: 1. Pliers (to crimp the crimp beads)-already own 2. French…

Abstract: Every year, more than 11 billion pounds of unused feathers result from the poultry industry worldwide, which in effect impose a difficult disposal process to the environment. Chicken feathers are an abundant, inconvenient and troublesome waste product from the poultry industry that can be utilised as a source of keratin. In addition to keratin, feathers contain other fatty and waxy substances. An original chicken feather contains many biological organisms…

Valorisation of chicken feathers: Optimization and Characterization of Cleaning process of chicken feathers by Response surface methodology Tamrat Tesfaye1 Bruce Sithole1, 2 Deresh Ramjugernath1, 3 1Discipline of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 2Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre, Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Durban, South Africa 3Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation, Commercialization and…

Hunters and Gathers Before we even had building and massive cities our ancient relatives live in tribes. There was a simple system of living, you hunt as a group and other gathers living supplies and everyone live to survive and no one went hungry. It was a mass group effort to stay alive and be strong. Somewhere down the line we lost that connection to help each other’s out. We have gave up on all bands that hold us and now rely on self-worth. Only a handful of people try to make sure everyone…