You have recently lost a significant other to an accident. A technology, called "Resurrect", has recently been discovered that would allow you to create a non-sentient AI that imitates them. They would act and recall memories in a way that is identical to your loved one. They would exist in an android body indistinguishable from humans. You can choose to permanently deactivate it with the press of a button.

You are Ruby, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and the only hearing member of your family. You live in a relatively poor rural community in Massachusetts, USA and your family runs a struggling fishing business, where you help with the day-to-day operations. You also happen to be a talented singer, and your high school music teacher thinks that you have what it takes to become a professional singer someday. One day, you are given the opportunity to pursue a degree at the Berkley College of Music, one of the most prestigious music colleges in the USA, on a full scholarship. You cannot defer your admission, and the college will retract their scholarship offer if you choose to decline.

The IMF may declare a creditor to be 'intransigent'. When accepting an IMF bailout, the recipient country is required to freeze any debt repayments to an intransigent creditor until the bailout is repaid to the IMF.

Paradise is the realm where the truly good people of Earth go when they die and enter the next stage of existence. It is considered to be actual, infinite perfection; anyone can see or do anything they want to do, regardless of scale, difficulty or complexity. The standards to entry are high and, although there is no cut-off to capacity, only a small proportion of people manage to access it.

Infilling refers to the process of building new housing in an already established neighbourhood, such as: 

-putting up a row of town houses where one or more single-family homes stood previously

-constructing a new building on a vacant lot

Note: Metropolitan cities are cities with a population of more than 4 million, eg. Delhi, Mumbai etc.