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"Irrigating Crops With Seawater" ( E.P. Glenn, J.J. Brown and J.W. O'leary ), 1999.
Reviews this article on experimental study testing feasibility of such irrigation.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"Glenn, Brown, and O'Leary (1998) conducted an experimental study to find and develop crops which could be irrigated by seawater. As the population of the earth increases, the production of food becomes more and more of a problem in order to feed this growing number of people. One of the specific problems facing agriculturalists is the need for water. Fresh water is needed not only for irrigation but also for other human activities, and there is no process that is effective enough at desalinization to provide the volume of water human beings need. The authors also note that the top five plants eaten by people cannot tolerate salt, and these are wheat, corn, rice, potatoes, and soybeans. Since finding enough land and water to produce the foods needed by the world is an urgent problem, the authors ask how the supply of food can be augmented. They answer that one ..."
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Captain John Smith, 2008.
This paper provides a book review and critique of the work "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream" by Thomas Hoobler and Dorothy Hoobler.
1,324 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the colony of Jamestown in Roanoke, Virginia, often remains a shadowy period of American history in most Americans' understanding of their nation's origins. The writer maintains that if they know anything about Jamestown and its founder Captain John Smith, it likely comes from romantic tales of Smith's rescue from death by the Indian chief's daughter Pocahontas, rather than knowledge about how and why the colony experienced such difficulties during its early years. However, the the writer discusses that historians Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler suggest in their text "Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream" that the ideals, values, and principles of America can be traced back to this early effort of colonization.
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"The Hooblers' thesis is that Jamestown's founder, even though the colony itself was ultimately, famously unsuccessful, was a kind of an early embodiment of the ideal of the self-made man. Smith, in the portrayal of the Hooblers, emerges from the text as both a pirate and a pioneer, and a true, budding entrepreneur even though he was born an Englishman. Smith came to America after living a life more akin to an action hero than an administrator of the Crown. He had battled upon the high seas, and even been sold into slavery. He was born in a seafaring English community where regular maintenance of the dikes was necessary to keep the town, quite literally, afloat. This was an early example of the value of hard work and effort to the young Smith."
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Captain John Smith, 1990.
This paper examines the role of Captain John Smith in colonial Virginia.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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"The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of Captain John Smith in colonial Virginia.
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer and colonist who was a founder of Virginia. He is a colorful, near legendary figure in American history and has been the subject of a long and lively historical controversy. His name evokes a popular image of a swashbuckling, romantic hero who saved the infant colony of Jamestown from internal and external menaces and who himself was rescued by the Indian maiden Pocahontas (Gerson 12). Some 19th-century historians belittled Smith and his role in the founding of America, claiming that the heroic exploits described in his narratives were invented to promote himself. Modern historians, however, have been able largely to substantiate Smith's writings, while putting legend in its proper perspective. A superb ... "
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"The Gift of Sex" by C.L. & J.J. Penner, 2001.
Discussion & evaulation of 1981 book which is a guide to sexual fulfillment.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"Penner and Penner (1981) offer the book The gift of sex, subtitled "A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment." The purpose of the book is to provide the reader with a guide for understanding his or her sexuality and the sexual relationship in marriage. The authors state on the cover that they will help focus on the following aspects of the issue:
M the physical
M the total experience
M moving past sexual barriers
M resolving difficulties
M finding help
These can also be identified as five main topics made by the book, and the authors cover each topic in detail."
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Edward Taylor and Jonathan Edwards: A Theological Comparison, 2001.
This paper is a comparison of two pastors in Colonial America, Edward Taylor and Jonathan Edwards.
990 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at two Colonial American pastors, Edward Taylor and Jonathan Edwards. The role these men played in the lives of the people is examined in detail since during these times, all theological knowledge was derived from their local pastor. A pastor was their only connection to God and one's learning how to get to heaven, therefore his correct interpretation of the Bible was crucial to their spirituality. Through their sermons, each of these men hoped to lead their congregations to salvation, but they had different methods of achieving this goal. Taylor used love, joy, praise and worship while Edwards used fear, revenge, hatred, dark imagery, and scorn.
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"Taylor?s ?Joy?? is a poem about the souls of ?saints? (people who were devout members of the church while living) traveling in the ?coach? of Jesus? arms toward heaven (3,5). Taylor uses this imagined scenario to demonstrate to his congregation the right way to live while on earth, and how one gets to heaven. The saints sing for joy as they travel, ?Enfir?de with holy Flame!(7). If something ?slips? (i.e. their faith or righteousness) they fix it in haste, and are made more superior in the eyes of God than before (13). Taylor is trying to convey to congregants that God notices the rectification of a sin. Taylor says that in all areas of life ?publick, and private, any And secret too,? that one is to praise God and act in accordance with His will (19,20). Taylor proclaims that on the way to heaven, the ?saints? see other souls who aren?t in Christ?s protective arms (25-28). He emphasizes that they can get to heaven as well if they mend their ways."
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Does Capital Punishment Affirm Life?, 2004.
Examines an essay by Edward J Kock comes to a decision on whether or not the death penalty affirms life.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines an essay by Edward J. Kock, former member of the House of Representatives and former mayor of New York concerning the death penalty, of which he is a proponent. He disputes seven frequent arguments of those opposed to capital punishment and shows why he believes they are wrong. This paper looks at other views, and comes to a decision on whether or not the death penalty affirms life.
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"In his essay Death and Justice How Capital Punishment Affirms Life Edward J Koch defends capital punishment as supporting the precious nature of life. He presents seven common arguments used to oppose the death penalty and shows why they are untenable. One argument commonly used is that no other major democracy uses the death penalty yet. Koch points out that no other major democracy has such a high murder rate as that found in the United States..."
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Blackbeard, 2007.
An analysis of the background and notorious activities of Captain Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard, the pirate.
1,389 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses the life and activities of Captain Edward Teach, otherwise known as Blackbeard, the pirate. It describes his introduction into piracy and the growth of his crew and wealth. The paper then discusses some of his activities, particularly his treatment of prisoners and his crew and how they contributed to his notorious reputation.
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"However, he could keep away from the sea and gathered his old crew to plot further acts of piracy. Alexander Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, saw an opportunity get one leg up on his rival, Governor Eden, and win favor from the government by ridding the Caribbean of its most notorious pirate forever. He sent a Royal Navy squadron in pursuit and cornered him in Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, on November 22, 1718. Not surprising, Blackbeard put up a fight. He took hits from five musket balls and more than 20 sword slashes before dying. Spotswood cut his off and took it away as the ultimate trophy."
"What was the reason why Blackbeard was so bloodthirsty? Was he just born mean, like some people are? Or, did something happen to him to change his ways? A crew has been studying a boat found at Beaufort Inlet off the coast of North Carolina that is believed to be Blackbeard's pirate flagship, which has been sitting in the briny deep for over 300 years. The hope was that they would not bring up the ghosts along with the boat (Daily Mail)."
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"Fortress America", 2002.
A look at "Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States" by Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder
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This six-page paper presents a detailed examination of the book Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States by Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder. The writer of this paper presents an overview of the book's main points as well as examples of those points.
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?Summer For All the Gods?, 2002.
A review of Edward J. Larson's book ?Summer For All the Gods?
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This paper examines Edward J. Larson's ?Summer For All the Gods? , a non-fiction account of the famous Scopes ?monkey trial.? The Scopes trial refers to a turn of the century courtroom battle in American history, when a supposed high school teacher named John Scopes was put on trial for violating a Tennessee state law that prohibited the teaching of Darwinian evolutionary theory in the public schools. It evaluates how Larson?s account presents an historical, unsentimental version of the Scopes trial which is in direct conversation and contrast with how the trial has entered into popular mythology, as a battle between rationality and irrationality, between justice and injustice.
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"Three central themes drive the Summer for All Gods. First, there is the idea that science is never pure and factual, it is always filtered through politics in the real, lived life of American historical drama. Secondly, Larson must deal with the fact that quite often a historical event, even of recent date can become quickly tainted in the collective American mythological memory as a battle for free speech and justice fought and won, rather than something that continues to be waged in America?s present. As a last and third important corollary to the truth versus fiction theme, Larson notes that no courtroom drama ever has one side that is on the side of ?truth? purely and simply. It is true that Tennessee?s legislature did attempt to prohibit the teaching of evolution in schools. However, this is a practice of ideological management that still takes place today, when states attempt to influence textbook manufactures as to the content of what is included and not included in texts."
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Adam Smith and the Left, 2007.
This paper provides an outline of Adam Smith's theory of the 'Invisible Hand' and an answer to left-wing criticism against it.
1,992 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This essay tries to absolve Adam Smith from left-wing criticism that he has established the mode of greed in Western societies. It lays stress on the fact that Smith's theory concerning the "invisible hand" was a scientific observation, and that it expressed natural law, something that is beyond the capacity of humans to control. To this end, the paper considers various issues raised in 'The Wealth of Nations', discusses how they were relevant to Britain and the world at the time of publication, and also how they continue to be relevant to this day. Furthermore, the paper points out that left-wing criticism derives from a misreading of Smith, and is due to a conflation of Smith's theories and capitalism. It argues that capitalism existed well before the time of Smith, and its course has nothing to do with Smith's discoveries. The underlying theme is that Smith's theory expresses freedom in economic life.
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"The first thing to keep in mind when discussing Adam Smith's theory of the "invisible hand" is that Smith was foremost a moral philosopher and a social scientist, and by no means an economist in the modern sense. The modern economist usually functions in the capacity of a social policy advisor who is politically motivated. It is true that Smith offers advice to governments towards achieving prosperity, but this is only in the capacity of a moral philosopher. The substance of his findings is that economic life is governed by a simple principle, and his advocacy derives from the understanding that is it unwise to intercede in the path of natural law. This is the principle of laissez faire, that governments should not impose their designs of the economy of a country, and that even the cleverest idea is bound to be detrimental to prosperity, compared to that which comes naturally."
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Adam Smith and Karl Marx, 2005.
This paper examines the writings of Adam Smith and Karl Marx by reviewing their positions on joint-stock companies and Adam Smith's famous deer-beaver argument.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that Adam Smith thought that the separation of ownership and control raised serious questions about the management of joint-stock companies and led him to analyze the agency problem. The author points out that Adam Smith and Karl Marx agree that an advantage of the joint-stock company is that it allows entrepreneurs to put together large sums of money and capital; furthermore, Marx concludes that the joint-stock form leads to a "tremendous expansion in the scale of production and enterprises, which would be impossible for individual capitals." The paper states that Karl Marx would have called Adam Smith's hunters simple commodity producers with each hunting with his own relatively simple weapon in a forest, which is open to all, and satisfying his needs by exchanging his excess catch against the products of other hunters.
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"Competition is another quantitative aspect of economics. One first needs to examine the conditions under which exchange ratios would correspond exactly to labor -time ratios. We begin with Adam Smith's famous deer-beaver example, "If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labor to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days' or two hours' labor, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one days' or one hours' labor.""
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T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", 2005.
A character sketch of J. Alfred Prufrock, the main character in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
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This paper provides an analysis of the character of J. Alfred Prufrock in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". The paper depicts Prufrock's fears, insecurities and views in the society he lives in and uses quotes and lines from the poem to support the analysis.
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"J. Alfred Prufrock, the main character in the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S. Eliot, appears to be an unhappy man aware of his weaknesses and riddled with self doubts. Prufrock is portrayed as someone who is in despair and helpless. He feels as if he has never accomplished anything in his life and is painfully aware of his failures: "For I have known them all already, known them all:/ Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,/ I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;/ I know the voices dying with a dying fall/ Beneath the music from a farther room/ So how should I presume?" (Eliot, 1917, Lines 55-60). This awareness of his failures is what puts Prufrock in despair: "But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,/ Though I have seen my head [grown slightly bald] brought in upon a platter,/ I am no prophet-and here's no great matter." (Eliot, 1917, Lines 87-89). He mocks himself for being too weak and too helpless to turn his life around. This very helplessness fills him with panic and despair: "When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,/ Then how should I begin/ To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?/ And how should I presume?" (Eliot, 1917, Lines 64-67). Prufrock, to put it bluntly, is clueless on how to start over and to pick up the pieces. He perceives himself as doomed to his fate: "Till human voices wake us, and we drown." (Eliot, 1917, Line 138), "I do not think they will sing to me." (Eliot, 1917, Line 131)."
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Pocahontas and John Smith, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between Pocahontas and John Smith.
790 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses the various accounts of the relationship between the Indian girl, Pocahontas and the English Captain, John Smith. It discusses exactly what their relationship was and how they related to each other. The paper looks at John Smith's account of the events and people surrounding Pocahontas and discusses how this compares to the popular Disney version of their relationship.
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"Perhaps the most romanticized event in history is the meeting and relationship between Indian girl, Pocahontas and English Captain, John Smith. What exactly was their relationship? Disney Productions tells us in their movie titled "Pocahontas" that the relationship between the two people were of that of a romantic type, portraying the two as highly attractive twenty something's, leaping through forests and frolicking in the fields."
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Emmitt Smith, 2004.
An analysis of the life and achievements of professional athlete, Emmitt Smith.
3,294 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper discusses the career of professional athlete, Emmitt Smith. The paper contends that there are some who say that Smith is only a football player and should certainly not lay a foundation of any significance in our culture. The writer of this paper believes otherwise and aims to prove that Emmitt Smith is and should continue to be a cultural icon for his many achievements.
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Introduction
Cultural View
Sporting Icons
Emmitt Smith the Person
The Dallas Cowboys
Conclusion
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"These revenues that are generated in a direct or indirect manner by the professional athletes like Emmitt Smith also are an example of how important they are in the realm of the current trends towards globalization for both business and cultural views of the world. "One specific focus of these debates is whether or not the new international economic, national, and cultural alliances, in conjunction with an ever-expanding mediascape, are contributing to a standardized, homogenized, and globally shared culture. The emergent, simulated cultural space and experience, which are largely, but not exclusively, driven by the machinations of American-mediated popular culture, are seemingly demonstrated by the universal presence of commodity-signs such as CNN, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Nike, Baywatch, the Disney Corporation, the NBA, and the focus of our analysis, Michael Jordan. While it would be a mistake to deny the global ubiquity of this ever-expanding economy of cultural artifacts, it would be equally erroneous to suggest that an increased circulation of commodity-signs inevitably leads to the creation of globally homogeneous or "Americanized" patterns of popular cultural existence." (Sands) "
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Salomon, Smith & Barney, 2002.
This paper gives a history of the investment firm Salomon, Smith & Barney, tracing its growth from an early beginning in late 19th-century Philadelphia.
787 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The writer begins the paper with the initial partnership of broker Charles Barney and investment banker Edward Smith. The paper then follows the partners as they became Citigroup and eventually merged with Salomon Brothers. The paper highlights the unique qualities of this firm.
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"Smith Barney then became a subsidiary of Travelers Group when Primerica acquired that company. As a result of the continuing shakeout and realignment of the financial services industry, the trading firm, Salomon Brothers, sold itself to Citigroup. Travelers Insurance Company which had merged with Citicorp the parent holding company of Citibank (Hoovers, Online). Citigroup combined Salomon Brothers with its own Smith Barney brokerage to form Salomon Smith Barney Holdings. The merger combined Salomon Brothers' global bond-trading strength with Smith Barney's US brokerage strength."
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