The following will be an excerpt from the sci-fi novel I’m writing. A little exposition first. (The year is 2500, humanity discovered alien life on mars in 2050 and they allowed us to join a galactic federation of planets, greatly advancing our technology. I am the protagonist, after volunteering to be cryogenically frozen until 2500. I changed my name, joined the navy, the crew mutinied and as the man who slew the captain in single combat, I was made the new captain. This takes place some time later
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“Code Blue in Room 2320,” the announcer calmly speaks through the Hinsdale Hospital intercom. Though you can tell the nurse or doctor on the other end has a calm voice, the slight heavy breathing and panting from the pressure of keeping someone alive can also be felt. I greet people in their darkest and most desperate times volunteering in the Surgical Waiting Room at Hinsdale Hospital. In fact, it is the stressful environment of the hospital where I had one of my proudest moments. On a hot June
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James Leggett Dr. Marcellus Grace, R.Ph., Ph.D. HMLS 6150 October 21, 2013 Potential Exposure to Typhoid Fever on American Airlines Flight from Miami to New Orleans Introduction On October 15, 2012, an American Airlines flight from Miami to New Orleans was held for two hours on the tarmac at Louis Armstrong International Airport after a passenger suggested to the flight crew that she might have been exposed to typhoid fever. In my analysis and critique of this event, I will discuss the typhoid
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then said that the player will be ejected from the game. After the referee said he was being ejected all the fans started booing. Towards the end of the game, all a sudden there was the alarm going off at the stadium. The announcers came over the intercom and said we have get out of the stadium because
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to school. My teacher’s name was Mrs. Brady, and she was a cheerful and outgoing teacher, but on this morning she was unusually somber and seemed nervous. I remember her on the phone for the first few minutes of class. The principal spoke over the intercom “Students, we are releasing everyone early to go home.” I was happy. My father did not have work, so I went to his house. The news was on every channel and I just wanted to watch a “kid show” I kept telling my father. When my mother got off of work
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there is a small waiting room. To get past the waiting room, the person needs to be buzzed in or have a number key to entering. Once there is a potential threat there needs to be a way to give warnings out to those individuals in the facility. Our intercom has the ability to only be heard where the employees are located at. Giving a special warning such as a special phrase to know the building is on lockdown. Our facility has taken first aid courses and active shooter training to help out in situations
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to follow all the directions that his safari guide (Mr. Travis) says or else he would suffer bad consequences. Eckles and the rest of the crew who was going back 60 million years climbed into the time machine, put their helmets on, tested their intercoms, and proceeded to go back in time. After all the flashing lights
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On June 26th, 2009 I was flying home and the plane started to slow down and make weird noises. The warning light right above my eyes started to flash , and then one of the flight attendants started to speak into the intercom on the plane. This is what I recall her saying “We have realized that the plane has found some technical difficulties mid flight, please remain seated with your seatbelt on.” Everyone, including me started to panic. We all realized we could all not survive. After awhile of absolutely
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James Leggett Dr. Marcellus Grace, R.Ph., Ph.D. HMLS 6150 October 21, 2013 Potential Exposure to Typhoid Fever on American Airlines Flight from Miami to New Orleans Introduction On October 15, 2012, an American Airlines flight from Miami to New Orleans was held for two hours on the tarmac at Louis Armstrong International Airport after a passenger suggested to the flight crew that she might have been exposed to typhoid fever. In my analysis and critique of this event, I will discuss the typhoid
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VoIP Advantages and Disadvantages The pros and cons of IP technology by Daniel Kochmanski DDK Telecommunications Buffalo, New York VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is the ability to transmit and receive voice telephone calls over an Ethernet data connection. Ethernet data connections are used to connect computers inside an office building across a LAN (local Area Network) also known as intranet as well as connect computers to the world wide web (www) also known as a WAN (Wide Area Network)
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