Kenneth Slessor wrote the poem Beach Burial whilst he completed his occupation as the official Australian Correspondent in the Middle East. Due to Slessor ’s observations of the war at close quarters he soon learnt about the horrific horrors of war. During Slessor ’s stay in El Alamein which is a small village found on the Egypt Mediterranean coast he wrote the poem to describe the realities of war and what realistically happens after heroes are killed. Kenneth Slessor has used imagery and various
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Even though Hermosa Beach California and Redondo Beach California are next to each other they are really worlds apart. To a person not raised in the South Bay they look similar but‚ to someone that is raised in the South Bay it would be like comparing apples to orange both are beaches but‚ both have a different flavoring. In Spanish Hermosa means beautiful and Hermosa Beach is just that. The sandy beaches in Hermosa are lined with volleyball courts. So even though you may not be a local you will
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Due to its specific location‚ Huntington Beach can have many possible sources of contamination‚ including the offshore sewage‚ urban runoff‚ and bird feces from the Talbert Coastal Marsh (Choi et al.‚ 2003). Huntington Beach is located in the heavily urbanized Santa Ana watershed and there are some factors that are behind the importance when considering BMPs for this area. In arid regions‚ such as Southern California‚ stormwater in particular effects coastal water quality because a large percentage
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Short Paper: Week 6 Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Beach Kiosk Game The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a mathematical game theory that refers to a game in which the payoff from playing the dominant strategy is not the highest payoff possible and illustrates how self-interest can lead rational individuals and companies to pursue a course leading to mutual self-destruction‚ even when that destruction is foreseeable or in the case of companies certain decisions could have financial impact for better or worse
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In 1899 the long beach pier was opened due to development in the Break Water project. The port of Long Beach is the 2nd largest port in the United State and makes about $180 billion a year. The port of Long Beach has 22 terminals‚ 66 ship to shore cranes‚ and 62 berths. Some of the top imports are crude oil‚ electronics‚ and plastics. Some of the top exports are petroleum coke‚ petroleum bulk‚ and chemicals. 2/3rd of the cargo entering the port of Long Beach ends up in the east coast and arrives
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Beach Burial- Kenneth Slessor The 1944 poem “Beach Burial”‚ was written about Kenneth Slessors experience during World War II in El Alamein‚ Egypt. Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet and journalist‚ who was the correspondent reporting from North Africa. Unlike other poems written about war‚ “Beach burial” is neither nationalistic nor patriotically written and does not commemorate heroes‚ as it tells of enemies uniting in death. The poem is a tribute to the masses of soldiers who died in the
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December Beach Days in Hawaii A beach in Hawaii on a December day is like day at a lake in mid a August. The beach smells fresh‚ almost like a new ocean breeze air freshener The sand is hot and looks like gold blended in with little white specks‚ it sparkles like the water running offthe swimmers back and feels like walking on coals from buming grill. Not far from the a shore‚ you can see the coral sitting still in the wild and shallow water. Turtles drift in to see all the people. The palm
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Dramatic Arts Essay-Brighton Beach Memoirs Brighton Beach Memoirs is a play about a family who comes together due to an unfortunate death and co-exist under one roof while facing financial troubles. I will be discussing the character Nora and the way that she develops herself and reacts towards the other characters. Nora is a sixteen year old girl living in Brighton Beach‚ New York in the late 1930’s. She is Jewish and lives with her mother‚ Blanche and younger sister‚ Laurie‚ in her Uncle’s
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I wander through the lonely street‚ there was only me and the gloom of the night‚ I lighted up a cigarette and I was thinking deeply about my life‚ yes my life‚ really messed up I don’t know any more what I was doing;I had a great family but I have left them for another women‚ she is fantastic but when I see my daughter.I understand that I’ve lost her‚ forever. Everything has changed not only my life but also every face I meet it seems different‚ my friends‚ but does the friendship exist? How
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Introduction The South Beach Diet‚ which originated with Dr. Arthur Agatston‚ a cardiologist‚ began as a response to the growing rate of heart disease patients in the United States. He found that many of the fad diets were focused on high carbohydrates‚ which were not affecting the type of weight loss needed to reduce heart disease. The center‚ or heart of the diet‚ is focused on healthy lifestyle living‚ and maintenance around nutritional choices. The South Beach diet focuses on three phases:
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