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consistent with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. No distended veins or visible peristalsis. Diminished bowel sounds in all four quadrants; no bruits. Tympany on percussion in all four quadrants. Spleen and liver impalpable. Neuromuscular: The patient is alert and oriented x4. All cranial nerves intact. No tremor, tics, atrophy, or extremes in muscle tone. ASSESSMENT AND…

Importance of Shame in The Things They Carried Have you ever felt shame and made decisions that haunt you every day of your life? It’s okay to feel shame because other people have had worse experiences. In the book “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien shame causes soldiers to act differently and to make choices that they would have never thought that they would’ve made. Even though shame drives some soldiers towards heroism, not stupidity, it plays an important role in the novel because it…

he'd managed to grab half a dozen silver candlesticks, and spring the lock on the tithing box, and was searching parts of the temple that the public rarely saw, if ever. Then, turning a corner, he found himself in an alcove where a shrine lay; it was magnificent, the candlesticks where gold…

The scorching hot sun was unforgiving and humidity encased the surrounding bystanders including myself. Sweat dripped down the length of my body and into places I absolutely didn’t want to think about. My clothes were quickly becoming second skin, clinging in the most uncomfortable way. Furthermore it didn’t help that I was dressed from head to toe in sunlight absorbing black clothing. The only comforting thing that kept me going was having the knowledge that I knew everyone who surrounded me…

Why so Cirrus? In the year 2050 the earth was becoming uninhabitable. Gradually, issues of the past that remained unresolved thrived until the world was plagued with pollution and climate change. Fortunately, scientists uncovered a way to alter materials and later people’s genetic makeup, thus they were lighter and more resistant to heat. Consequently, they could reside in the clouds, which served as a barrier from the decaying world below. Regardless of their class, individuals underwent this…

Some people say that they golf to relax. I however cannot understand that statement. Personally I would rather just throw my first three balls directly into the river and drop my fourth two hundred feet from the green. And I’d rather build castles in the sand trap rather than try to pitch a ball out of it. But somehow in the seventh grade I found myself on the junior high golf team. Although I didn’t know it when I wrote my name on the sign-up sheet, golf would teach me the most important lesson…

Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, illuminates the dark and cynical truth of life in the United States during the 1950’s. Characterized by the rise in economic prosperity, the booming population and a high standard of living. However, underneath the unprecedented growth, social unrest ran rampant as fear of a third nuclear World War with Russia beckoned. Furthermore, the early 1950’s were highlighted by McCarthyism a widespread social and cultural phenomenon that created a widespread…

Today marks the one year date of Kaelyn's death. Kaelyn was my daughter, she was four at the time of the car accident. You're probably wondering who I am. I'm Bryar, Bryar Wilkins. I was the one driving during the time of the car crash. For a long time I held myself responsable for the mishap until the autopsy came to show the person who ran the light was under the influence, that dosen't change the fact she's gone. After that day my life permanently changed, and so did Jack's. Jack's my…

Looking around, I see twelve desks with only half as many students sitting at them. Going into this clinical experience, I expected fewer students than in a typical class as I was assigned to a special education classroom. Students in Ms. Olson’s classroom had IEPs, mainly for having one or more behavioral disorders. As with any new person coming into a class, the students were quite hesitant to interact to me, and so they were for my first couple of visits, but eventually I became a normal…

Emerging Technologies in Greener Networks Name Institution Emerging Technology Emerging technology refers to technology that has the capacity to either refine the existing technology enabling it to be better or using the existing technology as a basis for evolution in technology (Rotolo, Hicks, & Martin, 2015). New technology may result from a number of changes for example the convergence of previously separate technologies to create one new technology or the divergence of previously…