Abstract
In depth analysis of Proposition 34, which attempts to limit and disclose on campaign spending and contributions including. The author discusses how it was brought into the election, how long and why people have been fighting for it, as well as the pros and cons of the California proposition. Includes excellent examples with supportive quotes.

From the Paper
"This year's election includes the controversial issue of Proposition 34, limits and disclosures on campaign spending and contributions. Currently, there is no limit on campaign contributions and spending in California. Proposition 208, initiating strict limits on campaign contributions and spending, was passed by voters in 1996, but was not put into effect because legal issues tied it up in court (the proposition was challenged on the grounds that its limits were unreasonably low compared to the cost of running for office in California). Proposition 34 attempts to accomplish what Proposition 208 of 1996 could not. As did Proposition 208, it intends to limit campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties, but to higher levels than what Proposition 208 designated. It also attempts to provide voluntary spending limits, expand public disclosure requirements and increase penalties."

Tags:government, vote, law, campaign, contibution, spending, republican, democrat, party

Abstract
The paper compares and analyzes three accounting software application packages and their suitability for small and medium businesses; Microsoft Small Business Accounting, Intuit QuickBooks Pro and Basic, and Peachtree (Sage) Accounting 2008. The paper explores the three most dominant trends influencing the development of accounting applications, namely, usability, support for process workflows including quote-to-order and quote-to-cash and integration with legacy applications and ERP systems. The paper concludes by recommending the Microsoft Small Business Accounting for small and medium businesses.

Outline:
Abstract
Table of Figures
List of Tables
Functionality Analysis of Accounting Applications
Usability Analysis
Support for Quoting and Quote-to-Cash Workflows
Integrating Accounting Applications and the Influence on Usability
Recommendation

From the Paper
"All three applications included in this analysis, Intuit QuickBooks Pro and Basic, Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006, and Peachtree (Sage) Accounting 2008 support the core accounting features of a chart of accounts and general ledger, the ability to generate reports including P&L statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, in addition to support for Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable, and Inventory Management. In addition, each of these applications also support audit trails, cash flow projections, and despite only one being from Microsoft, all three now support Outlook e-mail notifications, alerts, and integration to the popular e-mail management program (Qazi 2005)."

Tags:functionality, quote-to-order, and, quote-to-cash, integration, ERP, systems

Abstract
The paper attempts to evaluate Dell's e-business system, including its use of intranets, portals, partner sites, extranets, electronic commerce and Internet strategies, as well as its global website and the recent launch of a company blog. The paper also focuses on Dell's total IT architecture including hardware, software, networks, personnel, files and databases and the dominant processes the company relies on for its revenue. The paper examines the efficiencies accomplished by Dell by more effectively aligning their many e-business processes with the changing needs of customers. The paper also evaluates the continued effectiveness of build-to-order strategies as a process.

Outline:
Executive Summary
Dell's Strong Focus On Analytics Pays Off In E-Business
Dell's Areas of Measurements
The End Game: Dell's Mass Customization Strategy
Comparing Dell's Quote-to-Order and Guided Selling Strategies
Analysis of Dell's E-Business Strategies

From the Paper
"Dell Computer Corporation has revolutionized supply chain synchronization, multi-channel order capture, distributed order management, and recently has become more focused on both automated and personalized service strategies. Dell's rapid success with e-commerce over the last decade was in large part responsible for the concept of disintermediation in traditional multi-tier distribution channels becoming a central focus for thousands of companies."

Tags:supply, chain, disintermediation, multi-tier, distribution

Abstract
In this article, the writer offers both a business requirements analysis for Long Beach Mortgage, using cases regarding the broker front office tool (BFOT). The writer explains that the BFOT system provides FlashQuotes that include loan modeling and pricing data in real-time from the loan origination system (LOS). In addition, this project discusses the real-time integration between FlashQuotes and the LOS, which permits loan quotes to be uploaded electronically and tracked as they are funded. The writer points out that inherent in these requirements is the need for tailoring quotes to the specific requirements of customers and their unique financing and loan needs on the one hand, and the need to deliver a quoting system easy enough to learn, use, and quickly traverse to capture loan prospect's needs on the other.

Outline:
Executive Summary
FlashQuote Business Requirements Analysis
Figure 1: Measuring FlashQuote Performance
Multi-System Integration Business Requirements Analysis
FlashQuote Use Case Analysis
Multi-System Integration Use Case Analysis
References

From the Paper
"Creating an automated quoting system is one of the most effective online selling strategies any company can pursue, and this is especially true in financial services, Long Beach Mortgage's core business. The business development team has found in their initial research that existing approaches to completing quotes, generating pricing, and then tracking specific opportunities are for the most part manual. Like many financial services and manufacturing teams, they are also finding that every sales representative has a slightly different approach to creating quotes, pricing, and tracking them. The result is that often tracking the overall sales pipeline, or value of potential prospects in total across the entire company, is difficult to achieve."

Tags:BFOT, system, FlashQuotes, financing, prospects

Abstract
This paper reviews the work"Perspective on Politics" which analyzes three political quotations. These include works such as Machiavelli's "The Prince", another from Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics", and another from Sir Thomas Aquinas' "The Summary of Theology." Each goes into a quote's meaning and then what the quote means in the context of the writing in which it came from.

From the Paper
"The 'virtue of character' quotation in Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics is an example of how Aristotle believes in the dichotomies between vice and virtue and different plateaus as to which side of human nature, 'good,' or 'bad,' can be achieved. Each virtue has a vice of excess and deficiency, but in terms of virtue of character, there are levels to the state of character one can be in. The first state is heroic excellence, ordinary excellence, self-control, lack of self-control, badness of character and brutishness. The translations are different in many cases, but..."

Tags:aristotle, aquinas, machiavelli

Abstract
A descriptive and thought provoking analysis of the character Macbeth, including direct quotes from the play.

From the Paper
"In life, we are taught to waste few opportunities. It seems almost by natural instinct to grab what we can when we can. Some cultures might see this as greed. Others might perceive it simply as common sense. No matter one's stand on the subject, it is difficult to deny that it is true. Even in the world of fiction, a land of abstract thought, this idea rings true. However, it is uncommon to come across a work of fiction than enables the idea that characters are human. They are not black and white. Every situation does not have a "right" or "wrong" outcome. Shakespeare's Macbeth is an example of such a concept. Shakespeare addresses the difficult task of representing the effects on the human psyche after being barraged by guilt and lust for power."

Tags:character, analysis

Abstract
This essay is very focused on the technical features of the clip and the representation of characters. It contains a lot of technical terms for aspects such as editing, lighting, camera angles etc. It contains some background information in the introducation, about awards won and records set by the film. It also contains some very relevant quotes to back up the points made. The main objective is to show how the technical features help with the narrative.

From the Paper
"The Oscar-winning film Titanic (James Cameron 1997, U.S.A) proved to be one of the most profitable films ever made. In this essay I am going to analyze at a three-minute sequence from the film, where I will be specifically looking at features such as mise-en-scene, editing, framing, sound and lighting. I will then be discussing how these aspects help to reinforce the broader areas such as narrative, genre, representation and style. I am going to particularly focus on the representation of class as I feel that the class system is vividly portrayed in the film."

Tags:analysis, characters, class, editing, film, movies, narrative, representation, sequence, titanic

Abstract
This essay takes on just one chapter of James Joyce's most critically acclaimed novel, Ulysses, and attempts to unravel some of the mystery behind the chapter entitled "The Lotus Eaters" It discusses the parallels between the Joyce chapter and its corresponding chapter in Homer's Odyssey, with an analysis of religious, political and sexual allusions in the chapter. It also discusses the contemporary influences on the main character, Leopold Bloom, analyzes his sexual inadequacy and attempts to put this single chapter in perspective with the rest of the novel. Includes quotes and page numbers from the unabridged text.

From the Paper
"The meandering route that Bloom takes to the Postal Annex is also indicative of a dreamy "lotus-eating" atmosphere that parallels the Homeric description of the land of the Lotus-Eaters. In Homer's epic, Odysseus travels to a land of men who are generous to excess, and eat the lotus flower in order to induce a confused, forgetful, dream-like state of consciousness. Bloom is likewise a bit dazed, and his thoughts seem to meander as much as his footfalls as he stops by the window of the little tea shop. "Under their dropped lids his eyes found the tiny bow of the leather headband inside his high grade hat" (71). Joyce's writing here, and the subsequent language in the following paragraph mimic the confused leaps the mind takes as it is being lulled to sleep, and Bloom's eyes are half-hooded as if he is a man in a trance."

Tags:blazes, bloom, boylan, classics, finnegans, homer, ireland, james, joyce, literature, lotus, molly, odyssey, wake, christ, impotence

Abstract
This essay examines the struggles between the class and territory divisions within England, through Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, "North and South". Gaskell explores this theme through the characterization of the hero and heroine. The author includes ample discussion of symbolism and quotes from the novel.

From the Paper
"Throughout Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian novel, North and South, the struggle between the class and territory divisions within England is explored with characters that do not develop in large flashes of knowledge, but change and grow slowly over time. This more natural and almost imperceptible transformation occurs as the two main characters learn from their mistakes and mature slowly through their experiences. The heroine of the novel, Margaret Hale, and the hero, Mr. Thornton, learn to appreciate the differences between the Northern and Southern ways of life, and to break down class barriers."

Tags:characterization, class, England, literature, struggle, study, Victorian

Abstract
This is a conventional analysis of the old standard poem, noting many of the familiar symbols. The author includes many quotes from the poem.

From the Paper
"Always is as scary a word as never. That phrase relates to the theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," which is an exploration of the border between desire and fulfillment in human life. Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" features a narrator musing upon the face of an urn that holds, for him, more life in its earthenware curves than does the curves of the temporal earth. The title itself reflects the reader-response reading of the urn's text: the ode is on (about ) the urn, and the ode is also depicted on the urn."

Tags:grecian, keats, ode, symbolism, urn