Abstract
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

Abstract
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

Abstract
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

Abstract
The paper asserts that although the setting and the narrative explores the Haisla/Heiltsuk people and culture, "Monkey Beach" is an artifact of a culture beyond where "some places are just full of power, you can feel it." The paper contends that Eden Robinson's tale reaches into the realm of artfulness that defies easy classification or categorization.

From the Paper
"Though the setting and the narrative explores the Haisla/Heiltsuk people and culture, "Monkey Beach" is an artifact of a culture beyond where "some places are just full of power, you can feel it" (Robinson 316). Eden Robinson's tale reaches into the realm of artfulness that defies easy classification or categorization. Robinson infuses elements of her Native heritage with modern pop culture creating a witty, textured and complex collage of power and dynamism that is distinctly Twenty-First Century. With the title of her first novel, Eden Robinson situates the reader in a..."

Tags:monkey, beach, critique

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In this article, the writer examines Miami Beach as a geographical/topological area, discussing climate and environment in terms of how it would be to live there. The writer includes Google Earth shots and maps.

From the Paper
"According to the world climate com web site Miami Florida is located at N W. This is a pleasant climate and with pretty beaches and inviting water. Miami is an attractive place to live. Miami Beach is not a natural island it was created by dredging Biscayne Bay Florida. The photo and map below shows ..."

Tags:Miami Beach, florida, hurricane, climate, weather, geography, topography, Google Earth

Abstract
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

Abstract
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

Abstract
This paper explains that, in "The Old Man and the Sea", Hemingway uses symbolism: The sea itself, the birds and the fish, which the protagonist Santiago finally catches. The author points out that the birds, which are Santiago's friends, dive and plunge for the fish thus showing him where the fish are. The paper relates that the old fisherman's frustration turns to elation when the "big fish" finally does bite, next begins the symbolic and real struggle between the old man and the sea and, finally, Santiago has his long-sought gift from the sea, the fish, his prize for respectfully honoring the sea and for all his endurance of her fickle and unpredictable nature.

From the Paper
"On the other hand, Santiago seems to identify closely with the birds he sees on the ocean, who appear small and powerless, like himself, except for the "robber birds" (29) which are perhaps equivalent to some of the other, more aggressive fishermen, who also lack Santiago's abiding reverence for the sea itself. He was "sorry for the birds, especially the small delicate dark terns that were always flying and looking and almost never finding . . . the birds have a harder life than we do except for the robber birds and the heavy strong ones" (29). Some of the younger fishermen behave much like the "robber birds", stealing irreverently from the sea, and thinking of the sea as a competitor rather than as a woman to love, as Santiago himself does."

Tags:sea, birds, fish, woman, prize

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This paper explains that, in comparing Great Britain's use of sea power during the Napoleonic Wars and the Great War a century later, a number of significant similarities and important differences is evident. The author points out that the similarities between the British Admiralty's projection of sea power in the early nineteenth-century and its projection of sea power in the early twentieth-century were primarily due to the unchanging nature of the fundamental principles of maritime strategy. The paper relates that the differences were due primarily to the development of new naval technology and weaponry, which presented Kaiser Wilhelm II with the opportunity to defeat Great Britain at sea despite the immense power of Sir John Jellicoe's Grand Fleet.

From the Paper
"In comparing Great Britain's use of sea power during the Napoleonic Wars and the Great War a century later, a number of significant similarities are evident, but there are important differences as well. The similarities between the British Admiralty's projection of sea power in the early nineteenth-century and its projection of sea power in the early twentieth-century were primarily due to the unchanging nature of the fundamental principles of maritime strategy. The differences were primarily due to the development of new naval technology and weaponry, which presented Kaiser Wilhelm II with the opportunity to defeat Great Britain at sea despite the immense power of Sir John Jellicoe's Grand Fleet."

Tags:british, sea, power

Abstract
The conception that sharks are creatures dangerous to human beings and who will attack with no warning is a prevalent one. In this paper the author examines a number of incidents where sharks were reported to have attacked human beings and attempts to discover the reality between the reports and actual events. In addition, the author attempts to investigate the factors causing such attacks and to discover if, in fact, the shark is a "man eater"

From the Paper
"Under the stillness of even the calmest of seas an age-old drama plays out. Countless times, creatures designed for locating, stalking, chasing, and then tearing into living flesh closes in on its doomed prey. Its efficient design, mouth filled with teeth meant to sink into its prey and never let go, and its swimming speed, agility, and intelligence all but ensure hunting success. After a brief chase, a shark catches up to its prey, its jaws clamp down tightly, and it is all over: just in the same way that the bottle nosed dolphin that humans adore captures another helpless herring in its mouth."

Tags:shark hysteria fear, shark attacks, divers sea beach, man eater