Book Review < Industrial Sunset > The book ‘Industrial Sunset’ traces and compares the processes of industrial transformation in Canada and the United States. It explains the main issues in the history and the politics of plant closings during the period beginning and ending in the recession between 1969 and 1984 (High‚ 2003‚ p. 4). High (2003)‚ the author of the book‚ argues: … the Great Disruption was filtered through national contexts. In the United States‚ the fears and anxieties engendered by
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Rhetoric and Composition Compare/Contrast Beach vs. Mountains Everyone always looks forward to their vacation periods‚ no matter what age they are. There are many locations from which to choose‚ but the most common tends to be the beach or the mountains. The beach offers activities and climate that the mountains cannot and vice versa. The beach and mountains are polar opposites. Although they are different‚ people can enjoy what both have to offer. In the mountains‚ the climate most often
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There isn’t any one reason that I applied to Long Beach‚ rather several reasons that complement one another. For one‚ the campus diversity both excites and relieves me. The prospect of going to a school where I can learn about and be challenged by new and fresh groups of people is exhilarating. And perhaps even more important than that is the incredible academic opportunity that is provided at this school. The value of education is something that I have understood since a very young age. Neither
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Beach erosion longstanding challenge for southeastern NC There is a major environmental concern in the southeastern region North Carolina; it is beach erosion. However do not worry‚ the article states “The good news is that we do have alternatives to help control erosion‚ but the bad news is that these alternatives can also have negative consequences.”. A method that is able to help control erosion is beach nourishment‚ although it is not a cure for beach erosion‚ but rather a treatment to help
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Trillium Lake at Sunset by Eryn Tehan The sunset show is the show of the month at the Alberta Street Gallery featuring some of Eryn Tehan’s incredible pieces. Hanging behind a window overlooking Alberta Street‚ Tehan’s piece Trillium Lake at Sunset stuns all those who look at it with it’s vibrant colors. Through using oil paints as well as professional‚ non-toxic pigments as her medium Tehan vividly captures the beauty of the places she paints (Alberta Street gallery‚ n.d.). A majority of her paintings
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The films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are said to represent the so-called slacker genre. Slackers are individuals in society who have no direction and no reasonable expectation or realistic goals in life. This term is mainly used with Generation X’ers (people born between 1961 and 1981) (Casto‚ “What’s A Slacker Movie?”). Slacker movies are films that deal with the ordinary day-to-day life of these people. In Before Sunrise and Before Sunset the characters sense of wandering and the feel of
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Beachy Paradise One of my most favourite places in the world would be the blazing hot beaches in Fiji. Deuba beach is a sandy wonderland filled with childhood memories. Things I will never forget. Ripples of water boil in the beaming sun making itself a big spa. Odd slimy seaweed flows in and out‚ rhythmically moving with the current‚ not causing a single suspense. Starving sea gulls squawk overhead like hunting vultures stalking their preys’‚ waiting for the predators to leave. The ocean breeze
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Dover Beach Essay In the symbolic poem “Dover Beach” written by Matthew Arnold the main idea is that of change. The poet uses language features and techniques such as assonance‚ extended metaphor and adjectives as well as using symbolism. The effect of this is to decorate the poem and to enhance the way the main idea of science overthrowing religion is being shown. The poet‚ Matthew Arnold‚ uses descriptive language‚ language techniques and symbolism to dramatically enhance the poem‚ titled ‘Dover
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divulges the dark yet unknown‚ harsh realities of fame‚ following Hollywood’s transition from silent pictures to talkies; with his film Sunset Boulevard. Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American classic film noir‚ starring Gloria Swanson (Norma Desmond)‚ William Holden (Joe Gillis)‚ and Erich Von Stroheim
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Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet and war correspondent who wrote Beach Burial‚ Slessor sailed for Britain in May. This influenced him to write poems about the horrific war stories that he had seen while being in many countries overseas. Beach Burial is a 5 stanza poem the goes in depth of the Burial in North Africa. Beach burial by Kenneth Slessor Beach Burial is able to be a lament poem with the use of the ‘convoy of dead sailors’ and the focus on an individual ‘unknown seaman’‚ this gives
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