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    What is now will soon become what once was. The key is to not allow yourself to develop an unhealthy attachment to what once was and to develop an anxious desire that anticipates what will be. Sharon Old’s poem‚ "My Son The Man‚" features a mother that has unhealthily attached herself to what once was‚ which she admits to having‚ but also longs to adjust her mindset and adapt to what will be. This past and future state of being refers directly to the mother’s son and his natural transition into adulthood

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    On the Floor

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    MV Project I will take two months to produce the music video. I will lead my team to plan the project in the first month. In the second mouth‚ we will execute the project. At first‚ my team will finish a plan book and seek an investor who is interested in my program. The plan book touched upon the time‚ cost‚ purchasing‚ human resource‚ etc. Corporate sponsors can help fully to process this project and save cost. They offer us money or their products which we need in the project for free‚ and

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    IS2104 Flextronics Lecturer: Dr. Sharon Tan [AY 2011/12 Semester II] Group 2 Swarit Kumar Agarwal – A0075127H Dong Qihao – A0077966H Shum Chee How – A0073997H Tan Wee Kwan – A0074053M Tan Hong Chuan – A0067407A Nah Zheng Xiang Philson – A0067379M Problem statement With the launch of the Xbox just seven months away‚ Jim McCusker seems to have reached an impasse. The industrial parks at Mexico and Hungary are at loggerheads over the decision to choose a unified software system. Both

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    The Ocean Floor No one has ever walked the sea floor and few have even seen it. This is because of the extreme conditions found there. It is dark‚ and the temperature is close to freezing. A person standing on the sea floor would be under tremendous pressure from the overlaying water. The pressure is hundreds of times greater than the atmospheric pressure. Such a force would crush the human body. Using research submersibles which are specially designed to with stand the pressure of the water‚ scientists

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    Focus Journal # 20‚ Sharon Olds‚ The promise‚ 591 May 2‚ 2012 I. Understanding: In this poem Sharon Olds wishes the reader to believe that when terminally ill a man should have say in whether he continues to suffer in pain while useless‚ or to keep living. II. Analyzing: In this poem Olds does a great job painting a visual picture in the readers mind. “We are also in our/bed‚ fitted naked closely/ along each other¸half passed out/ after love‚ drifting back and/ forth across the border of

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    Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback

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    Floated/Glued Wood Floors * A single product that can add both enough mass to block airborne noise and provide a dramatic reduction in footstep noise. * Made from 97% post-consumer recycled rubber‚ it is not just a "green product‚" but comes with LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. Our Underlay will allow you the beauty and contemporary look of wood floors throughout your project without sacrificing sound privacy. Nailed Down Wood Floors * Nail down floors require mechanical

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    Floor Systems

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    01 floor system BuildingConstruction151 The idea of a Floor System FLOORS Floor system are a building’s primary element supports both loads: a) Live load- I.e people‚ movable equipment) b) Dead loads-(weight of floor construction itself) Floor system transfers loads to: beam column or bearing walls. A construction‚ on ground level or at an upper level of a building or structure‚ on which people walk or place furniture or appliances. It is part of a room or space that forms it’s lower enclosing

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    Crossing the Floor – Conflict‚ Politics‚ Power and Politicians Case Questions 1. Where are the power issues in this case? What is your assessment of the relative power of the key individuals and groups (Stephen Harper‚ David Emerson‚ the riding association‚ the voters)? The newley elected prime minister Stephen Harper had legitimate power in that he was elected to the post of prime minister. His party had genuine power in that they won the election. Harper is entrusted in a very powerful position

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    Sharon Olds‚ the author of “on the Subway” shows us two different worlds coming together. Both poems have been explicitly implied‚ to demonstrate the differences and similarities. This is why theme and imagery help the reader better understand this poem. Sharon shows how both worlds are in reference to one another‚ but at final time they come together.     At the beginning of the poem there is two boys that are both from different races. They both sit right across each other and observe each other

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