A scream echoes outside. The drumlike thumping of the monster's feet rattled all the houses. This is the beginning of the end of my story. It all started on a glooming summer morning; the sun was tucked away behind the Iron Mountain, which cast a shadow on our village, Lancaster. This was nothing unusual, for this happened every day. We lived at the foot of the mountain and never experienced the sun shining against our skin or the rays beaming on our eyes. My family was one of the few who were left
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loudly, choking upon his own smoke. “Wait a minute. What did you say? How on earth do you Know about the pen knife?” He exclaimed, throwing away his cigarette. “Nobody on this case knows about the pen knife except the medical examiner and me. How the hell did you..?” It all happened too fast. One moment Josh stood pondering what it meant, and suddenly, out of nowhere, Bryan’s gun was aimed at his forehead. Bryan shouted, trembling with rage “Why did you kill all these women?” “What? Me? You think
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The Exposition Transit Corridor Phase II is the extension project of the Expo Line Phase I, which connects the Westside cities east to Downtown LA, west to Santa Monica, and the neighborhoods in the greater LA metropolitan area. Based on previous research on Expo Line Phase I opened in 2012, the residents in neighborhoods along the new transit line tended to ride more public transit than other areas. (LADCP, 2014) Positively, it is reasonable to predict that Expo Line Phase II would attract more
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Introduction The Quebec City-Windsor Corridor (QCWC) has a population of over 18 million and is a major economic centre in Canada [5]. For these reasons, High Speed Rail (HSR) has been considered as an alternative to existing air and land routes for the corridor since the 1970s with a major feasibility study published in 1995 [5]. Population estimates show that by 2041 the population in the corridor will rise to over 26 million [5]. In addition, the current Liberal federal government has pledged
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I approached the table skeptically, eyeing its urbanesque sign with more than a little suspicion. "Will Work for Change, " it read. "Tunnel of Oppression." The girl behind the table smiled warmly as she swiped my Zip Card. She explained, briefly, that if anything inside the tunnel was hard to look at or triggering, I didn't have to look at it. On the outside I nodded, but on the inside, I scoffed. I'm stonger than I look, I thought to myself. Nothing you or your tunnel can throw could ever shake
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No Reason For A Rhyme By: Ricky Karr “Thoughts at A21” July, 2013 Indianapolis, IN Blank faces, Starring faces. Vacantly mesmerized by various screens. Never smiling, Almost mean. Me… drowning myself in headphones… New Slang… Reminds me of my wedding, My wife, My children. I Miss them already, haven’t even left yet… Delayed a half an hour. Surrounded by angry entitled businessmen -- and metal… The things “they” wish you not to bring on an aircraft. Sleeping old woman with a book. Too tired
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4.0 ISSUES, CORCERN, AND OPPORTUNITY (ICO) There are the issues, concerns and opportunities in Perlis State Park that relate to distinctive features and characteristics of the Perlis State Park area and the relationship of the area with the elements that existing including stakeholders related to Perlis State Park. An opportunity class defines the resource, social and managerial conditions considered desirable and appropriate within the Perlis State Park. There are a few issues, concerns and opportunities
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The Ambiguity of the Impact of Life Choices By Stacy Tohar In the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost the reader is left with ambiguity about the personal impact on the traveler of choosing one road over the other, and therefore ambiguity about the impact on a person from making one life choice to the exclusion of another, as this poem is of course a poem about life choices. The definition of the word ambiguity is doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.It is unclear whether the subject
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INFRATSRUCTURE The Eleventh Five Year Plan emphasized the need for removing infrastructure bottlenecks for sustained growth. It, therefore, proposed an investment of US $500 billion in infrastructure sectors through a mix of public and private sectors to reduce deficits in identified infrastructure sectors. As a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), investment in infrastructure was expected to increase to around 9 per cent. For the first time the contribution of the private sector
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Journey of the Self The road I’m traveling on I see as a dirt road through a light forest in the mountains of northern California. I’m not sure exactly where I am, but it is a bright day with some clouds and blue skies, but off to the distance I can see storm clouds. All I have with me is my backpack containing a notebook, a pen, a pair of gym shorts, a spare t-shirt, a pack of cigarettes with a lighter, a bottle of water and a couple of granola bars. In my pockets I have a cell phone with a dead
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