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    Modern day AI is somewhat like the AI in the short story‚ “There will come Soft Rains” because the AI in each story are able to take care of their host’s basic needs‚ like making breakfast‚ cleaning‚ entertaining children so the adults can do some work they need to do‚ or just basically help them with anything around the house. One thing we know is that our modern day AI is able to help us cook and clean while the AI in the story can cook and clean too‚ but it does things way better. The AI in the

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    Lying in bed‚ staring at the ceiling‚ sensing the minutes tick by for what seemed like the hundredth night in a row; Cassie knew the feeling well. Every few minutes or so her eyes would flick over to the glowing red numbers as they crawled towards the time her alarm would go off‚ signalling a new day. The demonic red numbers switched to 3:00 am; the time for sleep fell to four hours. Cassie forced an inhale‚ and then breathed out slowly. It had been hours since she had persuaded herself to lie down

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    Points received: (Do not fill out. Follensbee use ONLY) DR. PHILLIPS VPA DANCE MAGNET CONTRACT LEVEL 3 1. Healthy Body: (See attachment; Data Sheet attached) 2. Weekly Studio Dance Training: I take multiple dance classes at Momentum Dance Live and Kelli Dorrough has filled out my studio evaluation. 3. Reading: * Victoria’s Story * Officer Notes 4. Additional Dance-Related Learning Experiences: * Momentum’s Student Choreography Showcase 5.

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    The Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe Less than two hundred years after the death of the prophet Muhammad the rule of Islam had spread from the Arab Peninsula to Italy after the Roman Empire had crumbled away; eventually it spread all the way to Iberia. The book The Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe focuses on the Muslim-Christian dynamic and the respective ruling entities by examining the chronological timeline of events and more cultural history of the dynamic in the region.

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    Dante’s incredibly blatant political bias is Cleopatra and Dido’s placements in Hell. The two women are both condemned to an eternity in Level Two: Lust. Here‚ “...the infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine; whirling them round‚ and smiting‚ it molests them.” (Dante Canto V). This punishment seems fit for overtly sexual beings. Unfortunately‚ Cleopatra and Dido are not two of those beings‚ per se. It is true that they both were quite lustful and lived sexually

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    virginity. Therefore‚ Ariel takes precaution and assigns fifty Sylphs to watch her dress. Pope also refers to Greek mythology when he writes about the punishments for the Sylphs. One form of punishment is to be placed in “the giddy motion of the whirling mill” (2.134)‚ which refers to Ixion‚ who was punished by being on a turning wheel for eternity. The opening scene in canto three is at the Hampton Court. The party consists of gossip‚ singing‚ and laughing. At noon‚ Belinda challenges the Baron

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    Elizabeth Kubler-Ross developed a theory based on what she perceived to be the stages of acceptance of death. Her theory has been taken further by psychologists and therapists to explain the stages of grief in general. Kubler-Ross identified five stages: denial and isolation‚ anger‚ bargaining‚ depression‚ and acceptance‚ as happening in that order. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet exhibits all five stages of grief‚ we can assume in relation to the recent death of his father‚ but not necessarily

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    Alia Huberman 29/03/2012 Alia Huberman 29/03/2012 Cyclone Tracy – Anatomy of a Disaster 9.1 HSIE Australia’s Physical Environment Cyclone Tracy – Anatomy of a Disaster 9.1 HSIE Australia’s Physical Environment What is a natural hazard? A natural hazard is a situation in which the forces of nature combine to cause destruction. When a natural hazard impacts on a community causing wreckage

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    Continuing a Legacy Very similar to the films of filmmaker Tim Burton‚ Edgar Allen Poe puts forth a similar style in his writings‚ as in the short story “ The Fall of the House of Usher”‚ which depicts a very dark and gothic tone. This tone demonstrates a common style of Poe’s writing and reveals a much deeper message throughout his text. In this literary piece‚ Poe unfolds the story of the Usher family‚ who through an unknown narrator explains the demise of the Usher “house” due to characters

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    121218 page 1 of 7 The nineteenth century was a period of time between 1828-1880 in it’s narrowest and 1789-1914 in its broadest sense. During this changing time a new expressionistic style‚ Romanticism‚ began to emerge that reflected a more humanistic approach to music dwelling on emotions and feelings rather than mirroring the formalization of the world. Romanticism is seen‚ in opposition to Classicism‚ as a phenomenon that re-occurs throughout artistic and intellectual history. Romanticism

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