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The paper discusses how while America is the land of freedom, many people argue about exactly how far a person's freedom can go. The paper notes that drinking alcohol on public beaches, for instance, raises questions about personal choice versus public safety. The paper examines the pros and cons about whether alcohol should be banned on public beaches.

From the Paper
"America is the land of freedom, so they say. But, many people argue about exactly how far a person's freedom can go. Drinking alcohol on public beaches, for instance, raises questions about personal choice versus public safety. The following discussion examines the pros and cons about whether alcohol should be banned on public beaches.
A Question of Personal Choice: For those who are against banning alcohol on public beaches, one might ask whether America learned its lesson during Prohibition. The lesson learned during the 1920s was that government cannot force people to act according..."

Tags:alcohol laws, prohibition, drinking in public

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This paper looks at the diminishing sand on beaches in California. An examination of this issue involves specifically examining beach management.

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This paper examines Enloe's writing in which she presents a feminist view of international politics. She argues that its landscape, typically thought of as a masculine sphere of life, in reality is less exclusively male. To support that view, she defines the international as personal and goes beyond the traditional formulation of masculinized international politics. It shows how Enloe argues that men in foreign relations depend on the artificial construction of femininity and masculinity as well as on the artificial division between domestic and public realms.

From the Paper
"Consequently, to "make sense of international politics," one needs to look beyond the male dominated sphere of officials who make foreign policy. Assuming that "the personal is international" only enlarges "the audience," according to Enloe, but it does not change "what is going on the stage." She argues for a new, radical view "of what it takes for governments to ally with each other, compete with each other and wage war against each other." To fully understand this feminist view of international politics, one needs to read backward "the personal is international" as "the international is personal" (196). That in turn reveals that governments depend upon certain kinds of allegedly private relationships in order to conduct their foreign affairs. Governments need more than secrecy and intelligence agencies; they need wives who are willing to provide their diplomatic husbands with unpaid services so those men can develop trusting relationships with other diplomatic husbands. They need not only military hardware, but a steady supply of women's sexual services to convince their soldiers that they are manly. To operate in the international arena, governments seek other governments' recognition of their sovereignty; but they also depend on ideas about masculinized dignity and feminized sacrifice to sustain that sense of autonomous nationhood (196-197)."

Tags:military, foreign, relations, masculine

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The paper begins with the thesis statement relative to the topic to be discussed - the erosion of beaches on the eastern seacoast. The reader is first introduced to the environmental challenges of the modern society and is then explained the meaning of the concept, the causes, and the effects of beach erosion. In particular, the paper deals with beach erosion on the eastern seacoast and the actions that could be taken in order to resolve the problem (or at least limit its negative outcomes).

Outline:
Paper Outline
Introduction
Beach Erosion
Beach Erosion on the Eastern Seacoast
What Can Be Done?
Conclusions

From the Paper
"Beach erosion is important as it affects various aspects of life. First of all, with the disappearance of beaches, the waves of the seas and oceans will move closer to the shore, coming in the end to break in the houses of the residents. It is even possible that entire regions of residential lines on the beaches be destroyed. Then, when these houses are destroyed by the waves (it happens every year and every year, people keep building new houses and further endangering beaches), they release vast amount of debris into the seas and oceans. This then leads to the death of maritime life, either as the animals eat the noxious substances, either they get caught in the various debris. When the waves come closer and break into the rocks, they also kill the animals living in this habitat, such as clams, mussels or barnacles. Also, turtles such as the Pacific Loggerhead turtle are likely to become extinct as their nesting beaches are eroded. Crabs and other small animals are also being killed as a result of beach erosion. Ultimately then, beach erosion destroys the health of the natural environment from numerous perspectives and it also generates problems for humanity."

Tags:shrinkage, maritime, life, seas, oceans

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This paper presents an analysis of North Carolina 's erosion of sand dunes. The author examines the causes and solutions to the problem and provides a brief overview of how sand dunes are formed.

From the Paper
"The erosion of North Carolina's sand dunes causes definite and easily recognizable problems for North Carolina's coastal communities. The erosion of sand dunes and beaches from North Carolina's barrier islands and mainland coast causes problems for residential and commercial developments, which rely on these dunes and beaches for protection against storm surges. While hurricanes and strong storms have been few this year, in past years these storms have devastated coastal communities with flooding and strong winds, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage in the past decade. (Orrin 142) The best prevention against damage to homes and businesses is the protection and replenishment of sand dunes. It is important to remember that "nature maintains the dynamic equilibrium of the beaches through the unceasing trade of four factors." These factors are material, energy, shape, and sea level. (Kaufman 15) Dune erosion is a major problem for North Carolina coastal communities, but new preservation methods and building codes cause less damage to dunes and homes and allow damaged dunes to be repaired or replenished."

Tags:carolina, ecology, erosion, north, geography

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The paper is a research paper focused on assessing the vacation rental industry online and specifically beach vacation rentals. The paper identifies the major company concerned as being Homeaway.com and states that there are two types of business models: (1) classified listing and (2) wholesale marketing.. The study specifically discusses the beach vacation rental industry in the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, and the United States.

Outline:
Introduction
Vacation Beach Rental Industry
Beachhouse.Com
Industry Report: Travel & Tourism Trends
Escapia
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper
"Visitors to the BeachHouse.com website are able to search by state, price or number of bedrooms. BeachHouse.com provides detailed descriptions with accompany photos, rates, policies and as well the owner's websites can be assessed for checking availability. A Google search reveals that BeachHouse.com is number 2 in Google's Vacation Rentals Directory. The work of Rives (2006) entitled: "More Tourists Visiting N.C." states that North Carolina tourist spending "increase 4.9 percent" in 2004 and expected to gain another 5% in increases in the following year of 2005. In the coastal town of Southport Supply can barely meet demand as over the past two years those wanting to buy vacation homes on the coast has increased 30%. Stated is: "The market has just gone crazy...everyone wants to have a second home on the beach." (Rives, 2006) The work entitled: "Vacation Rentals: Right for You?" states that of the homes purchased in 2006, 30 percent of these were vacation homes. The advantage of renting a backhouse instead of a hotel room is that the vacationer has more space for less money. A 2002 industry report of recreational goods rental states that in 2002 there were 1,812 establishment with a revenue of 560.501 million. "

Tags:vacation, beach, rental

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This music history study examines the major accomplishments of Amy Beach, the first female American composer. In essence, by evaluating Beach's life as a woman composer through her skills as a writer, one can realize the historical ramifications of feminist determination to be known as the first female American composer in United States history.

From the Paper
"Amy Beach: Analyzing the Pioneering Feminism Of the First American Female Composer I. Introduction This music history study will examine the major accomplishments of Amy Beach, the first female American composer. In realizing the hardships of being a woman in a patriarchal American society, beach, Beach had to overcome great odds to have her music accepted in an all-male field. In relation to this, her music reached out beyond gender barriers, and helped this woman encompass a wide variety of feminist accomplishments in her lifetime. In essence, by evaluating Beach's life as a woman composer through her skills as a writer, one can realize the historical ramifications of feminist determination to be known as the first female American composer in United States history. II: Historical Feminist Background to Women in American Music Amy Beach (1867-1944) was a woman that beheld many talents, and when she was younger, she was a considered a childhood prodigy."

Tags:beach, composer, style

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The paper discusses how, by being a woman in a patriarchal American society, Beach had to overcome great odds to have her music accepted in an all-male field. The paper further discusses how her music reached out beyond gender barriers, and helped this woman encompass a wide variety of feminist accomplishments in her lifetime. The paper concludes that by evaluating Beach's life as a woman composer, through her skills as a writer, one can realize the historical ramifications of feminist determination to be known as the first female American composer in United States history.

From the Paper
"This music history study will examine the major accomplishments of Amy Beach, the first female American composer. In realizing the hardships of being a woman in a patriarchal American society, beach, Beach had to overcome great odds to have her music accepted in an all-male field. In relation to this, her music reached out beyond gender barriers, and helped this woman encompass a wide variety of feminist accomplishments in her lifetime. In essence, by evaluating Beach's life as a woman composer through her skills as a writer, one can realize the historical ramifications of feminist determination to be known as the first female American composer in United States history."

Tags:beach, music, piano

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This paper looks at the plans of Operation Overlord and new technologies invented to aid the assault. Focuses on Omaha Beach and how events played out for the landing troops. The assault itself is the main topic of the paper. Appendix contains the troop load-out of a typical assault craft.

From the Paper
"As dawn loomed just over the horizon, Operation Overlord was in serious trouble. With paratrooper misdrops all over Normandy and landing craft miles off course, the carefully thought out plans of D-Day were quickly falling apart. The fate of the world no longer rested on the preparations of months past, but on the courage and resourcefulness of Allied troops. No one was ready for what those soldiers were about to face. To understand where everything fell apart, one must start at the beginning and look at the plans, the naval bombardments, and the fateful landings that changed the world forever."

Tags:6, 1944, bbc, beach, boats, d, day, divsion, higgens, infantry, june, omaha

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This paper examines and analyzes the style, form, and thematic vision of Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach" as it relates to the struggles between the old order and the modern spirit in nineteenth century life.

From the Paper
"The themes of "Dover Beach" are several. Above all, the poem laments the collapse of spirituality, religion, and long-standing traditions in the face of an uncertain and threatening modernity. Change of an unstoppable and uncontrollable form is approaching, and Arnold is longingly looking back at the faith-based world that is disappearing."

Tags:arnold, beach, dover, matthew, poetry, Victorian, poem, modern