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    A time when I resisted accepting reality and kept focusing on my unattainable desire was when my sister decided to move to D.C. The news that my sister decided to move baffled me because I always thought I would be the first to move away. Before my sister moved away I was in denial. Even though my sister planned to move away my mind kept focusing on ways to keep her to stay. I kept attempting to keep my sister in Michigan by showing her places she would miss if she left. Throughout the process…

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    In the poem “Identity” by Julio Polanco, the theme to be independent and live up to your own expectations, not others’ is developed by the use of the flowers as an extended metaphor. In Identity, the speaker expresses the flowers as “always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt” throughout the poem, letting his ideas of the flowers be interpreted deeper than what they actually are (Polanco, Lines 2-3). The flowers are a constant metaphor for the people who live up to the…

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    From the times humans are able to first articulate our thoughts, we already realize so much about the world. We may not understand it but we do realize that things come and go and some things remain absolute. This idea of change and continuity is something almost all people have experienced in their lives. While almost all have experienced, many choose to keep it private while others use it to teach lessons and tell stories. One of these people is Leslie Marmon Silko. In her short story " The…

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    for it’s painless. You may hear a slight buzzing noise in your ears or other foreign sounds that individuals refer to as astral static. Most beginners pay too much attention to these vibrations and sounds which usually snaps them out of this state. Try to ignore them and stay focused on separating. Starting the Separation Process - Now for the fun part. Your first couple of times you will fail. Most beginners don’t realize just how intense it can feel. Fear combined with not knowing what to…

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    To all- Several few ago we approached Kamps asking to supports us with Daimler Cleveland PDI scrap wood. Kamps after further looking into adding Cleveland PDI, they approached me with some cost explanation of current services. The cost explanation from Kamps brought into me the thoughts as we discussed that eventually they will approach us with cost per load instead of the rebate they provide currently, with this, we reached Salem and asked for quotes of transportation to Kamps using Salem’s…

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    Cause and Effect – Peer Review In an interview with Petr Munzy, a Law Professor of Law and Logic on human thinking, he speaks of one basic principle that permeates the whole universe. It is the principle of Cause and Effect. He states in his interview that every effect around us must have a cause. For example, you walk in a Forrest, and right there in the middle of the Forrest you see a bench. The bench is the effect, what is the cause? Is it accidental or deliberate? Somebody must have…

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    Is Prospero A Villain

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    Human beings are not one-dimensional, nor are they two-dimensional. Every individual is a dynamic, three-dimensional person who should be treated and viewed as such. Just as it is foolish to view only part of a painting and believe that one is able to understand both the meaning and the subject of it, one cannot fully understand a person without viewing it from other perspectives. However, it is often assumed that the part glimpsed is indeed the whole picture. This misjudgment is commonly given…

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    Be true to yourself To be yourself means to do what ever your heart wants and don’t care what anybody thinks. In Self Reliance, Emerson says that” Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.” This quote basically says that if you're human, you…

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    The Conceptualised Nature of Discovery? A dynamic of consciousness, "discovery" is one of the essential driving forces of living entities. Even basic primate behaviours such as the drive for social interplay can be said to be based in the act of "discovery". So, what is the nature of this drive? Could a machine be instilled with this? Is it simple matter of novelty, or is it a factor of "learning"? Is it conceptualised? Indigenous Australian Playwright Jane Harrison’s when asked how her play,…

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    Hot N Cold Analysis

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    The song Hot N Cold is about the uncertainty of how to stay in a stable relationship. Many people do not know what they want in life especially in a romantic relationship. There are two major types of people when it comes to a romantic relationship: a person who knows exactly what they want and will out every effort to make things work. Then we have those who do not know what they want but they stay because they don't want to feel alone. When you have both personalities come together you have a…

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