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Allen Ginsberg : Howl
Words: 2787 / Pages: 11 .... middle class Jewish family. In a lifetime of literary accomplishment, he has moved from the position of a curiosity on the borders of society to become the hero of a broad-based subculture. In 1943, Ginsberg entered Columbia University where he met Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, two names that would later join him as fathers of a literary/social movement known as the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's subject matter focused on the activities of his social circle and included such things as drug use and homosexual sex. These topics hadn't been written about so openly, without some sort of literary masking before. Ginsberg's far-ranging, wildly exp .....
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The Paparazzi
Words: 1136 / Pages: 5 .... the button that will earn their living. In Europe it is quite commonplace to have a single photo sell for 20,000 USD to 40,000 USD. To reach their goal is to hide, dress up, and master the art of being furtive to get the job done. Although, morally they are ridiculed, the public continues to support their work just out of human instinct. It is apparent that much of American life is centered around the famous but having obscene pictures on the front page of some magazine sold nationwide is not exactly a trademark of fame. To have the opportunity to discover the deep dark secrets of someone else's life is a chance that nearly nobody will turn down .....
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Two Sides Of Humanity
Words: 1364 / Pages: 5 .... men are driven by hubris except for each man travels a separate path towards their destiny.
Everyman and Dr. Faustus are both driven towards power and success. The differences between them are the elements that are the force behind each. Dr. Faustus thrives on the pursuit for knowledge. He is exhilarated by education. This pursuit is equivalent to an addiction for Dr. Faustus. For instance, he studies literature, law and medicine. But this is not enough; boredom settles in and Dr. Faustus begins to search for
the ultimate power - magic. As Dr. Faustus becomes excited over this prospect, he states, "O what a world of profit and d .....
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A Comparison Of Multi-Valued Orientation And Two Valued Orientation
Words: 310 / Pages: 2 .... them. Hitler had the same idea. His views
were that if you did not support him, then you should not live. So it ended up
being supporting him and living or opposing him and dying.
Multi-valued orientation is a scale of "in betweens". The extremes are
not used. There are definate settings. Using temperature again, let multi-valued
orientation show it's use. Hot and cold were used for two valued orientation.
Those were the extremes. Instead of using extremes, the actual numbers are used.
74 degrees, 98.6 degrees, and -13 degrees are all examples of the multi-valued
orientation. The option to not choose the extremes is open in these
circumstances. .....
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Drugs And Raves
Words: 931 / Pages: 4 .... (Ecstasy and Mental Health: Nerves or neurosis by Dr. Karl Jansen) These ravers, have many reasons to take E, for example " The music lends itself to the intake of drugs, drugs are common in youth culture, teens need energy to dance all night, the rave scene is bombarded with all kinds of E" (Drug Information Database, www.pharmlink.org/designer/index.html/).
"The media has given E and the rave scene a bad reputation, since 30 years ago music has been greatly united with drugs. For example Weed and Rock in the 60's and acid in the 70's." (E for Ecstasy by Nicolas Saunders, ch.1) Ecstasy is just a hard and dangerous as weed, "a drug that 1 out .....
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Definition Of Education
Words: 808 / Pages: 3 .... and without the freedom of thinking.
In our society, people who are well educated are those who graduated from a good school with good grades. In my own opinion, a person who has the ability to get good grades from a good school does not equal to a well-educated person. A person who gets good grade has the ability to receive information and fill out the same information on exams as answers, which just accomplished the information¡¦s transmittal. Therefore, a student who gets good grades only indicates that student had done well in one part of education, which is the transmitter of information. A person can¡¦t be a well-educated person just .....
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White Bay Power Station
Words: 2463 / Pages: 9 .... private clientele. Balmain Power Station commenced operation in 1909.This was built by a private company, the Balmain Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation.
Construction of White Bay Power Station commenced in 1912. At this time the Railway commissioners metropolitan electric power supply provided for the traction current for the Sydney’s tramways, the railway and tram workshop and part of city’s lighting load and other government departments (eg sewerage, swing bridges e.t.c.).
White Bay Power Station came into existence in 1913. At this stage the buildings had been completed but most of the plant has yet to be established. In 19 .....
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Bitter Sweet Aspartame A Diet
Words: 1502 / Pages: 6 .... aspartame is a diet delusion. Controversy has surrounded aspartame since it’s creation in 1879. On a large scale, the public remains uninformed of the hazards of this popular chemical. Why aren’t people asking “What is this stuff made of, and why is the FDA forced to put a warning label on every product containing aspartame?” The average diet pop drinker doesn’t realize how much of this chemical he or she is consuming on a daily basis, or the possible effects aspartame toxicity could have on the body.
What is it? In 1879, while developing new food preservatives, a young Johns Hopkins chemistry research assistant accidentally discover .....
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Transcendentalism And A Belief In A "Higher Power"
Words: 1119 / Pages: 5 .... the existence of a Judeo-Christian all-
knowing, all-powerful, righteous God is the argument from evil. This argument
argues against the presence of a higher power using facts of ordinary life. This
argument states that most would agree that some of the pain and suffering (evil)
in this world is unnecessary. To be considered a necessary evil, the occurrence
must be the only way to produce something good, which outweighs the evil. Many
events, such as infant deaths, would not be classified in this category.
If such an all-knowing deity existed, it states, He would know that
this evil was occurring. If He was all-powerful, He would have the power to .....
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Psychopathology Assignment - M
Words: 626 / Pages: 3 .... the assignment I will also discuss others experiences with madness and will address how society in South Africa understands “madness”.
My first experience with madness was a highly traumatic event, when my older cousin of a few years attempted to kill himself.
My cousin was diagnosed as having a chemical imbalance in his brain and suffering from manic depression. In order to help him the doctors advised him to stay in Tara, a psychiatric clinic, for a few months with therapy and medication providing him with the help he needed. All my family has been able to do is provide the much needed support, love and encouragement as the nature of my cousins .....
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