dug grave and retracted its powerful arms. If Digger had the capability‚ it would have been pleased with a job well done. However‚ Digger was an AI machine‚ and did what it was programmed to do. The owners of EternalSleep were initially reluctant to use AI‚ but in due course relented and purchased several Grounds. It was a cost-effective decision. Grass was mowed‚ shrubbery trimmed‚ decaying flowers whisked away. Next came Digger. Its acquisition prompted a lawsuit filed by several workers claiming
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We are coming to visit!” One day‚ the public health nurse came to the door without warning. She stepped through the doorway and Toughie launched himself onto her beaver fur coat‚ hanging onto her by his claws. I removed the cat‚ feigning ignorance after putting the cat in
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Power One theme among five stories included in chapter eleven was the power struggle between characters‚ either within themselves or among other characters. Power is somewhat of an elusive concept in which it can take many forms. The characters within this chapter exhibit a wide spectrum of power including the power achieved through independence and feelings of empowerment‚ the corruption that may coincide in great power‚ or the illusion of power. In the first story‚ titled Sweat‚ the character
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Assignment One---Tale of two stories The experience I had about how I act on my core values in the workplace took place in the past summer‚ when I worked for a Forex Trading Platform Technology Provider Company and hereafter will be referred to as BT. Here is a brief background of my experience. I was working as Sales representative for Chinese Market and in a meeting of deciding our sales strategy to Chinese Clients‚ my direct manger‚ Matt asked us to avoid mentioning anything about hidden fees
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4 short stories Romance: Plot and setting- character is living alone‚ doesn’t do anything with his time and his fathers money‚ and wakes up one morning watching TV and realizes that he needs to do something with his life. This character dropped out of school‚ but still loved his life even though he didn’t do anything. This character knows they have great athletic skill and decided to try out for a team. He barely makes the team as he goes through trouble working as a team and contributing to cooperation
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his friend. “That’s how you spent yer evening with Adaira friend? Talking?” asked Duncan. “Not all of us Selkie’s are ruled by our cocks with only one thing on our mind like you‚ my friend. Aye‚ we talked aboot many things‚ she mentioned she may visit Scotland when Adaira sister gets married. I’m looking forward to the possibility of getting to know her better‚” he said with a grin on his face. While Duncan and Torin were deep in their discussion of females‚ Ryland took the opportunity to rise
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“Simple Mission Detora. The possible location of the rumored underground city‚ Damancia‚ is marked on your phone’s map. Your mission is to find‚ confirm‚ and retract the original Damascus sword.” said Ely Kyal( codename: Kyll). “ Isn’t that the sword that can cut through anything?” asked Mason. “ Correct. This sword‚ and its possible wielder can be immensely dangerous‚ too dangerous. If this artifact gets in the wrong hands‚ it could prove cataclysmic‚ especially so with the armour still out there
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Genesis Begins with two accounts of creation. In the creation stories God creates the world in 6 days and sets the 7th aside as a Sabbath to keep holy as a day of rest. He creates a man and a woman named Adam and Eve. He places them in a place called The Garden of Eden along with all the other Creatures that he has created‚ however he places them with dominion over the other creatures. In this Garden there was a tree called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God instructed Adam and Eve to not
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naming me as ‘baby boy Brotonel’. I am CPT BRYAN BISCOCHO BROTONEL O-14294 PAF and this is the Humble Beginnings of My Air Force Story. The sight and sounds of planes and helicopters is very familiar to me because I grew up in an Air Force Base with my father being an Enlisted man of the Philippine Air Force‚ my mother as a regular employee of an insurance company in Makati and my two siblings‚ I being the middle child. We lived a simple life at Airmen’s Village of then Nichols Air Base‚ Pasay City and
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Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or
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