Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" Presented much like a spontaneous journal or diary entry‚ Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California" is a complex and multifaceted poem that stands as an indictment against American government and culture. The opening lines of the poem forward the aforementioned journal-like quality and also present the central focal point of tension in the poem as a whole. The opening line specifically expresses a tone of wistfulness or even sadness: "What
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The Importance of Ethical Behavior and its Significance in Persuasion Ethical behavior is often seen as amoral when used for persuasive purposes. This is possible because persuasion may be used in unethical situations as well as ethical situations. Either way‚ it depends upon the person who is trying to persuade others. Adolf Hitler is an excellent example of someone who persuaded millions of people to behave unethically. On the other hand‚ Mother Teresa used persuasion for ethical reasons by caring
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Prompt: You have read the extract below as part of a newspaper article on the loss of national and cultural identity. Readers were asked to send in their opinions. You decide to write a letter responding to the points raised and expressing your own views. ‘We are losing our national and cultural identity. Because of recent advances in technology and the easy availability and speed of air travel‚ different countries are communicating more often and are therefore becoming more and more alike. The
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California is the most populous state in the United States. California is a state next to the Pacific Ocean in the south west of the USA. California is famous for its long beaches‚ thong bikinis‚ gangs and graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV
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National integration:-ours is a nation of unity in diversity.India stands as a myriad example of unity of culture‚religion‚languages regions‚different festivals‚dress styles‚outlooks and co lour.we have been able to preserve this unity in all odds.Communal harmony is the Hall mark of our sustenance our great strength to maintain this harmoney comes from the mentorship of Mahatama Gandhi who passed every acid test to stand by his principle of oneness of India.He believed that the people with different
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California High Speed Rail Michael Kimbrell English 1 Ms. Irwin August 21‚ 2011 California High Speed Rail Looking at the California high speed rail project truly has shocked the public and makes them wonder if this is a great plan for California’s environment. “The current plan will connect San Francisco with Los Angeles cutting a six hour car ride down to two hours and forty minutes”(Souza‚ 2011). The train running through Kings County will take out many dairies and cut even more in
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How effective was the national Congress under the Articles of Confederation? Why were the Articles replaced by the Constitution? How was the federal government different under the Constitution? After the Revolutionary War‚ originators of the Articles of Confederation had checked that the federal government could never do rob power from the each individual state. The outcome was that the national Congress was very weak and even politically weak which make them not to keep national unity and went
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Water is essential for life and for California the future isn’t bright. The current water drought in California has been inclining within every day. Understanding a water drought is when we can not supply the demand necessary providing water. There are many causes that lead to drought. With all of that comes consequences and problems in which effects the state and world within. There are ways in which we can better the current situation but it includes all the citizens to put in effort on bettering
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products using a) Will’s old costing method; b) The new costing method. 1 1a) Based on Will’s old costing method (Volume Based Costing): • California Creamery has a budgeted manufacturing overhead of $600‚000 and a budgeted direct labour cost of $300‚000 • Overhead rate per direct labour cost => $600‚000/$300‚000 = $2 From Exhibit 2 CALIFORNIA CREAMERY‚ INC. Two Product Examples (2004 Data) Polynesian Fantasy • Direct labour $1.20/gallon Overhead assigned to: Vanilla $1.20/gallon
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