‘Tough Room’ Doing insult comedy for a living had always been dicey. When Jake began in comedy‚ he had to deal with political correctness bullshit‚ and now‚ thirty-five years later‚ he’s dealing with the reality of sentient level androids sitting in the audience. They say they’re trying to assimilate‚ but because of deregulation‚ and autonomous learning‚ a lot of these androids have a superiority complex and view the ’Laws of Robotics’ as optional. As the MC warmed the crowd‚ Jake stood backstage
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saunter into the locker room you‚ get a stench of old and yucky sweat‚ but also a little whiff of victory. There are posters of all the teams that have gone undefeated‚ and I wanted to be on a fresh and new poster that pronounced “2016-2017 Warriors seven wins and zero losses”. With our team picture in the middle‚ but to get that I had to be confident in myself and learn from my mistakes. I have been playing football ever since I was little. When you wander into the locker room you see that there are
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wouldn’t let them. Subconsciously‚ I believed that falling asleep made this place appear comfortable‚ and I was not going to provide it that luxury. It was dark. It was always dark‚ and dreary‚ and lifeless. One bit of sunlight journeyed into the room from the window‚ but it never made it very far. Jefferson sat on the bed‚ staring at the one drop of light. He rarely blinked and made little motion‚ but his breathing was prominent. Every breath arched his back and convexed his spine. He grew taller
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Enron “The Smartest Guys in the Room” The Enron: The smartest guys in the room it’s a documentary film based in an important and huge company that was involved in a huge scandal in the American history. The Enron Corporation when they first start was a successful company. In its beginning‚ Enron was a small company from Texas‚ after years Enron became in the seven largest business in the U.S. with a smarts an experts employees working for Enron. The founder was Ken Lay a smart executive. The company
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Antigone’s Room. She sits with her head bowed. Enter Creon. Creon: Antigone. You are the daughter of a traitor - Oedipus. While you wait upon your judgment to be dealt‚ please tell me. Tell me why you have done what cannot be undone and damned yourself to this fate. Antigone: I do not feel damned. I do not lie here and claim my actions as regrets for they were of my own will. I believe that I have done what is right for my family and to the gods. I have stood up and apart from those that condemn
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K. Kraus WRT 101 (T/Th) 29 September 2014 Room for Debate Group Assignment The Water Crisis in The West Jessica Warren – We need a water market in the West and Southeast – Robert Glennon Americans believe they have a limitless amount of water and shouldn’t pay too much for it. This way of thinking however‚ will lead to dried up rivers and ground water tables. Putting meters on people’s homes would reduce the amount of water used in a single household. If you use more water you should
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After the larvae had formed their chrysalises each student put 1 of their containers into a cold climate approximately 45°F‚ 1 in a warm climate approximately 85°F and 1 stayed out at room temperature approximately 72°F. The larvae spent a total of 5 days in each climate‚ and then they were removed and brought back to room temperature. Then the waiting game started to see how long it took each larva to go through metamorphosis and emerge as a butterfly. Based on the data that was recorded it looks like
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ambulance driver for the United States in World War I. This became a pivotal time in Cummings’ life because he later was imprisoned by the French because they suspected that Cummings was committing espionage. Cummings later wrote a novel‚ The Enormous Room‚ about
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and in this case‚ many of the stakeholders‚ as well (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Sometimes‚ examples of what does not work‚ is an excellent way to understand more clearly why something does work. Insight into Enron provides just such an example. Top management it clear that the only important aspect was to make money and continually grow the stock prices (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Even though several employees questioned‚ if even in their own minds‚ the methods
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Annotations: A Room of Her Own Brentley Patrick #2: This annotation at first glance appears to me to be faulty in a sense. I agree with the fact that it flows from choppy “Ands” to smooth “Commas”. But is that all taking place in this sentence? The author could have applied the fact that all of her clothes were second hand yet this one she kept like it were brand new each time she wears it. Another
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