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1) Brake
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Dark. Cold.My darkness faded into more darkness. I rolled to my side, the cold from the hard floor seeping through my thin clothes. I wanted to escape the cold, to escape the brutally uncomfortable surface beneath me, but small movements were all I could muster.Only my most primitive functions worked. My adrenal gland pumped chemicals through my body, heating me with terror and the drive to flee, but the chemical-induced fog in my brain left me helpless.I...
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"I remember sitting on a mountain slope one day admiring the beauty of the Alps…. Out of the blue, the thought popped into my mind, 'I want to be one with the Universe!' It startled me. 'Where did that come from?' I wondered. 'What does it mean?'"Inward Bound: A Journey from Sense to Soul is a true story that reads like a novel. This fast-moving narrative is about an adventurous young woman awakening to the spiritual significance and wonder of life...
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The life of mortals is brief, just a blink of an eye to me, whose existence spans eons. Just as stars light up and go out in the vast night sky, so mortals are born and die, turning into stardust.Before the light appeared, I was already in the darkness that enveloped the cosmos. Darkness is not a simple absence of lighting, it is the primordial origin of light itself.Through the ages, I have been known by many names - Devourer of Worlds, Chaos, Destroyer....
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Coding is a very important part of our reality today. It is one of the fabrics that enable the modern world to run efficiently. I know you'd like to learn to code, or at least you know someone who would like to learn to code. But, perhaps you are being held back by the phrase "coding is too hard." I remember a friend telling me this once when I told him of my intention to learn to code. He was like, "Are you serious, it is very hard. You'd actually...
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My mother, Alice, was born an American of Middle Eastern descent. Her parents, Sarah and Michael, came to the United States in the 1920s. Michael opened a mom-and-pop-type grocery store in the local area. Sarah had four sons and three daughters (one was my mother). My mother went to high school and was a cheerleader for the sports teams in her school. She graduated in 1945!Alice learned a lot from her mother Sara's cooking. She also worked with a...
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JaxI'm a virgin, but I don't want to be. I just want to get it over with, so I made a list. I held interviews. (I know, I'm a total Type A.) The winner is Sebastian Rathbone. Grade A Beefcake who plays defense for the Grizzlies' Rugby team. Manwhore extraordinaire. So basically, a professional. The problem? My best friend, Matt. For some reason, he wanted me to pick him. I'd never choose him because then I'd fall in love and I remember the hell that...
7) Ghosting
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Ghosting and The Rise of the Ghost
"Where is Aureus? He's late, he's never late for an intergalactic summit," said the worried emperor of the universe to his son Valentine.
"No one has seen him," Val replied, when in the room walked an elephant, attracting everyone's attention. It wasn't an actual elephant, it was a man, an anomaly.
The Emperor saw him and walked over to him and spoke to him as a friend.
"Hello Ghost, why are you here?" asked...
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I am a spider who is higher in rank than other spiders. With all humility, if all the spiders in this world were put in one hand and I was put in the other I would outweigh them in superiority. I am not one to make false claims and show-off, I am simply stating facts. I do not think that I need to introduce myself to the reader, for I am sure you understand that I am the spider of the cave that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) hid in. I...
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