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Crater Lake, Oregon, 2005.
This paper describes the geological and biological features of Crater Lake, Oregon.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that Crater Lake, Oregon, which is the deepest lake in the United States, was formed, some 7,000 years ago, as the cavity from the collapse of a volcano filled with water. The author points out that the lake is renewed from rain and snow runoff each year. The paper notes the different organisms living in the lake and the depths at which they are found.
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"Crater Lake, Oregon offers a number of interesting geological and biological features that exist because of the way the region was formed and the history since. Much of the biology of the region remains uncertain, for studies have only been undertaken in depth in the last 20 years. This fact makes the region especially interesting as new knowledge is gleaned about such lake systems and their interaction with the surrounding area. Crater Lake was formed from the eruption of Mount Mazama, leaving the crater that would fill with water and become Crater Lake. Once the volcano had erupted, it left a 4,000 foot deep caldera and a myriad of other geologic formations ("Crater Lake: History" para. 6). A U.S. Geological Survey party examined the area in 1959 and made sonar readings establishing the depth of the lake at its deepest point as 1,932 feet."
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The Great Lakes, 2002.
An examination of the geology of the Great Lakes.
2,397 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses the various geological processes that form the features and natural resources of the Great Lakes and provides a summary of the geologic history of the area. The Great Lakes are a chain of inland lakes, including Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior which stretch from New York to Minnesota.
Spanning a surface area of 95,000 square miles, the five lakes represent the greatest stretch of fresh water on the planet.
Outline
Introduction
Geological Processes and Characteristics
Brief Geological History
Geology of the Great Lakes
Conclusion
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"Observation of existing ice sheets and glaciers indicate that they invariably flow downhill from elevated regions (Cox, 1999). Still, the postulated, hypothetical flow of the ice of the glacial theory was uphill out of basins and depressions like the basin of Lake Ontario. The ice is assumed to have flowed uphill out of Lake Ontario, over the steep cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, and flowed uphill towards the area of northwestern New York. There are many geologic characteristics of the Great Lakes, including bedrock. The geologic setting of the Great Lakes basins began billions of years ago, with the formation of bedrock. The foundation for the present Great Lakes basin began about three billion years ago, during the Precambrian Era. Most bedrock is made up of sedimentary rock of Paleozoic age (which can be up to 600 million years old). However, the rock around Lake Superior, the deepest of the Great Lakes, is much older igneous and metamorphic rock, Pre-Cambrian in age (up to two billion years old)."
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Oregon?s Medicaid Program, 2002.
An analysis of segment of the Oregon Health Plan, applicable to the Medicaid program.
1,956 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses how Oregon?s original Medicaid reform law provided for the centralized allocation of a broader array of health care services. It looks at how the policies applicable to the functioning of the Medicaid program in Oregon required a federal waiver for the state to deviate from federal laws governing the Medicaid program. It describes the Medicaid policy in Oregon and assesses Oregon?s approach to the administration of the Medicaid program within the context of the overall effects of the approach on the state.
Outline
Introduction
Description of the Policy
Justification for Government Intervention
Assessing Efficiency and Equity
Evidence of the Benefits and Costs of the Policy to Oregon and Oregonians
Conclusion
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"The state?s controversial plan to prioritize Medicaid-funded services initially was rejected by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the grounds the plan would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The federal government contended that the original law tended to value of the life of a person with a disability less than the value of the life of a person without a disability. Oregon changed the law and the reform measure was approved by HHS through a waiver process for the state, and the new law was implemented in Oregon (Sage, Hastings, and Berenson, 1994)."
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The Impact of Global Warming on Sweetwater Lake?s Fish, 2004.
An examination of the relationship between global warming, its hydrological consequence,s and the ecological dynamics and distribution of Sweetwater fish in the Great Lakes of America.
3,693 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 102.95
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This paper examines how the equilibrium in a lake as an ecological ecosystem is directly dependant on the regional hydrological cycle and how, since that cycle is dependant on climate patterns, it is assumed that global warming will have an immediate effect on the lake?s physical conditions and, thus, its inhabitants. It explores the Great Lakes system in the eastern United States, which includes thermal niches suitable for the three guilds. In order to get the most accurate prediction, this paper includes parameters, such as depths, water volumes, thermocline depth, and the Great Lakes water chemistry. The main conclusions show that there are three levels of direct effect: 1) thermal niche size changes; 2) changes in growth rate and food consumption; and 3) changes in reproductive success and population size.
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Introduction
Research Area
Data Collection
Fish and Thermal Niches
Results
Food Consumption and Growth Rate Changes
Population Response
Ecosystem Response
Impacts of Changes in the Hydrological System on the Habitat
Global Warming Impact on Thermal Niches
Conclusion
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"Smallmouth bass communities thrive today in warm niches and are unlikely to be affected in the future global warming conditions. A positive response is predicted for the cool water niche, where a 9-fold increase in yearlings population and a 23-fold increase in the fishable populations are expected. This is in fact a mediocre response, intermediate to influence on cold and warm water niches.
The extended reproductive success and the increase in mature individual numbers are logical, since the growth season is expected to be longer and the winter, when the ?winter kill? phenomena (Jackson, 2002) takes place, to be shorter."
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Successful Restoration of Lake Erie, 2002.
This paper is an assessment of the success of the restoration initiatives which were previously and are currently adopted as a part of the lake's management program.
2,166 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper covers many of the aspects which have had an impact on the recovery of Lake Erie. This assessment includes both previous and current initiatives and the paper 's attempts to relate these initiatives to the lake's overall recovery success.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
U.S.-Canada Air Quality Agreement
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Lake Erie?s Success
Conclusion
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"In the past Lake Erie has been the site of numerous research studies, mainly attributed to its high pollution, and more recently on the restoration of the lake. Lake Erie receives its water from the Detroit River, which is known for its heavy water and then releases the water into the Niagara River (Al-Aasm et al, 1998). Lake Erie is by far the most polluted of the Great Lakes. This can be attributed to a century of abuse, exploitation, and to a lesser degree the physical features of the lake."
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The Great Lakes Basin, 2005.
This paper discusses the potential for the development of ecotourism in the Great Lakes Basin.
4,295 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 113.95
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This paper explains that the Great Lakes Basin offers an abundance of ecological points to support ecotourism; moreover, if ecotourism becomes an important economic and social factor, it will have a positive affect on some of the ecological concerns of the region. The author points out that the tourism industry in the Great Lakes Basin is stagnated and the most appealing method to this revitalizing program is ecotourism, which would bring tourism to the area to generate both income to continue conservation efforts and interest in conserving the Great Lakes Basin's ecosystem and historic sites. The paper states that the first thrust of developing an ecotourism program is to survey Canadians and visitors to determine their interest in eco-travel and to evaluate potential financial benefits and to create an agency to manage ecotourism efforts in the Great Lakes Basin. Tables, charts, maps and illustrations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Sustainability, Community Interest, Marketing and Mapping
Exotic Biologicals of Interest to Tourism and Ecotourism
Tourism Policies: Legal Issues Affecting Tourism Development in the Area
Tourism Statistics
Canoeing, Kayaking and Sailing
Power Boating
Recreational Fishing
Swimming
Most Popular Sports
Recommendations for Short, Medium and Long Terms
Ontario Tourism Forecast
Short-Term Recommendation
Medium- Term Recommendation
Long- Term Recommendation
Assorted Maps Useful for Planning Ecotourism
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"In addition to the scientific ecotourism potential in this species migration (and the list above is a very small part of it), there is the land-based cultural aspect, particularly sustainable if exploited because "the history of exploration, colonization, settlement, and commercial development of the Great Lakes by European settlers spans almost four centuries. Throughout this period, non-indigenous aquatic animal and plant species have been introduced both intentionally and accidentally." Here, cultural history also enters the picture because, for medicinal purposes, early settlers imported non-native plants, such as bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) as well as importing favored edibles, such as watercress (Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum), which thrived in the new environment, pushing out older native species."
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"Once More to the Lake?.
This paper discusses E. B. White's essay, "Once More to the Lake", a spiritual writing which appears reflective of traditional Christianity and yet ends not with the promise of resurrection but rather an existential assurance.
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This paper explains that, for E. B. White in "Once More to the Lake", it is plain that the lake, its coves, streams and paths constitute "this holy spot". The author points out that, for the entire essay, White has built steadily the idea that this adventure is an opportunity for communion with nature, man and god. The paper concludes that, at the end, White realizes he is not his father or his son but that he is himself, which truncates the possibility of resurrection; it casts the richly woven tone poem into the void without another word.
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"Nominally, the essay concerns White's return to a lakeside camp where he spent boyhood summers, this time bringing along his own son for the first time. The Christian liturgy of the piece begins early: it is possible to view White and his son as priest and acolyte, especially as no other current family members are mentioned in the piece. All references to family are to White's birth family, not his son's siblings if any or mother. By this device, too, White places the piece in the realm of gospel, of a writing about magical things that are past, but somehow are to live on through some sort of mystical revisiting, not unlike the mystical revisiting in the Roman Catholic/Episcopal Eucharist of the passion of Christ."
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Biodiversity in Lake Baikal, 2004.
This paper discusses Lake Baikal, located in Siberia near the Mongolian border, which offers an excellent example of one of the largest and oldest fresh water ecosystems that sustains a wide variety of flora and fauna, including innumerable endemic specie
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that, for millennia, Lake Baikal?s ecosystem has flourished in total isolation, untouched by the human population. Unfortunately, today, this precious Siberian ecozone is feeling the negative effects of human abuse. The author points out that the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM), one of the region?s oldest functioning industries (around 40 years), is the major polluting source because it exploits an old and highly dangerous method of bleaching pulp by using chlorine. The paper relates that, over the last decade, world environmentalists have helped improve the situation and limited the damage to the delicate ecosystem, but a coordinated effort from the Russian and Mongolian governments is indispensable for tackling this environmental crisis.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Lake Baikal
Importance of Lake Baikal
Environmental Effects (Air and Water Pollution)
The BPPM
Mineral Mining Plants
Conservation Projects
Baikal Watch and Baikal Environmental Wave
Conclusion
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"The biological importance of Lake Baikal is evident from the UNESCO declaration of Lake Baikal as a world heritage site and ?the most outstanding example of a freshwater ecosystem?. The range of climatic conditions within the surrounding areas of the lake has contributed to a rich variety of plant life in the region. While the Coniferous forests occupy the western regions, pine forests are common in the eastern areas and deciduous forests predominate the northern region. The fauna found in the lake is amongst the most diverse in the world with more than 255 amphipod species and 80 types of flatworms. The epishura, a tiny crustacean is the natural cleaning mechanism for the lake as it consumes all the decaying matter in the water. The most important and the only mammal species in the lake is the endemic Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica)."
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'Once More to the Lake", 2002.
A study of E.B. White?s 1941 essay ?Once More to the Lake?.
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 25.95
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This paper analyzes E.B. White?s 1941 essay ?Once More to the Lake?. It describes how White?s essay is an excellent expression of a moment of realization that every individual will experience. The paper provides a biographical background to the essay, as White?s account of a trip to the lake he visited as a child and on this occasion White returns to the lake with his son. The paper states that the readers are allowed to sense the feelings for themselves, making the story universally relevant.
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"E.B. White?s 1941 essay ?Once More to the Lake? is White?s account of a trip to the lake he visited as a child. On this occasion White returns to the lake with his son. The essay is a simple account of an important moment in his life, where he realizes that his son is growing and this means that he himself is dying. It is the point in his life where he realizes that time and change are constant and inescapable. The realization is heartfelt and yet expressed only mildly. The effectiveness of the essay lies in the fact that the point is not made directly, but left for the reader to sense."
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"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White, 2002.
This paper discusses the essay "Once More to the Lake," by E.B. White and the usage of three different styles of tropes: "Turns" or literary enhancements.
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This paper discusses the use of trope in ?Once More to the Lake," by E.B. White to pull the reader into the narrator's experience. The author demonstrates the use of personification to help the objects seem more real and alive such as making the lake seem human, simile to give a clear illustration of the wide backend of the boat and polysyndeton to draw out lists of words that need more emphasis by using "and" between each item instead of the usual comma.
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"Simile is another way White blends trope into the work. "The small steamboat that had a long rounded stern like the lip of a Ubangi?." (White 383). These two things resemble one another, and so the reader is given a clear picture of the stern of the ship, as long as they understand what the "lip of a Ubangi" is. The use of simile gives a clear illustration of the wide backend of the boat as it sails around the lake."
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Case Analysis: Gonzales vs. Oregon, 2006.
A written analysis of the case of "Gonzales vs. Oregon".
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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A written analysis of the case of "Gonzales vs. Oregon", which is currently being debated at the Supreme Court level. This case stems from the 1994 passage of the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill and mentally competent individuals to obtain drugs that could be utilized in the state of Oregon. The current debate questions administrative law and whether the former Attorney General John Ashcroft's interpretation of the Federal Control Substance Act to outlaw these drugs is valid and if the Justice Department is overstepping its boundaries.
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"Oregon voters approved the legalization of physician assisted suicide (PAS) in November, 1994. After being legally challenged the Oregon PAS law became effective in the latter part of 1987. Since 1998 and through 2004 there have been a total of 208 PAS deaths in the State of Oregon. There are existing concerns with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and there has been a great debate about the legality and morality of this practice. All levels of American society look harshly upon the thought of the use of drugs or other means to hasten the death of someone even though they may be in excruciating terminal pain however, healthcare modernization has changed the very "character of death and dying." (Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2005) The case of Gonzales v. Oregon has arisen out of the debate which is one that is morally charged in nature as well as being the focus of lawsuits in relation to end-of-life decisions. However, this case has been subject to technical legalities and statutory interpretation."
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Sustainable Management of Lake Wivenhoe, 2002.
This paper is a formal report about the sustainable management of Lake Wivenhoe, one of Australia's dams located just north of Brisbane, Australia.
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This paper is a field study that presents the resource management for Lake Wivenhoe, a set of procedures established to maintain Lake Wivenhoe?s quality at an acceptably high level, its certainty being guaranteed and its lifespan indefinite, if all appropriate decisions are made. This report investigates the theme of sustainable resource management and the implications that could occur if certain actions are not taken. The author states that the data came from local sources and field observation. Includes an attractive presentation and graphs.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Collection
Data Presentation and Analysis
Rural Management
Grazing
Trees
Runoff
Agriculture
Education of Framers
Monitoring
Wildlife
Fencing
Recreational Management
Fishing
Boating
Camping
Picnicking
Education
Publications
Commercial and Industrial Management
SEQ Water Board control
Hydroelectric Power
Scientific Management
Seismology
Water Quality
Rainfall and Runoff Monitoring
Flood Mitigation
Findings
Rural Management
Recreational Management
Commercial and Industrial Management
Scientific Management
Conclusion
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"The SEQ water Board is the corporation that is in control of managing Lake Wivenhoe and its surrounding lakes. The Water Board has had over 15 years? experience running the lake at the highest standard possible. It is a stable corporation that that can control its own finances without any political interference. Also, it has always followed the guidelines set up by the government on water quality. The SEQ Water Board receives no government funding and is therefore responsible for its own financial state."
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"Greasy Lake", 2004.
A review of the book, "Greasy Lake" written by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
711 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses T. Coraghessan Boyle's book, "Greasy Lake". The paper describes the power of the setting of the book, examining how it allows the narrator to reveal his innermost self to the reader, and allows him to have realizations about himself. The paper illustrates one unforgettable night in the narrator's young adulthood, examining how, through his description of setting, he reveals a lot about himself. The paper claims that the dirt lots, mud, weeds, and animals of "Greasy Lake" are more influential than meets the eye and that the locale subtly serves as its own character in the story.
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"Setting is a major factor in any story. Its significance goes beyond the detailing of a story's time and place. Just as a character, it has the power to make things happen. In T. Coraghessan Boyle's, Greasy Lake, the power of the setting allows its narrator to reveal his innermost self to the reader and allows him to have realizations about himself. As he describes one unforgettable night in his young adulthood, the narrator, through his description of setting, reveals much more about himself. The dirt lots, mud, weeds and animals of Greasy Lake are more influential than meets the eye, and the locale subtly serves as its own character in this story."
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Symbolism in "Greasy Lake", 2002.
This paper discusses the symbolism in "Greasy Lake."
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The characters are situated in a wasteland between childhood and manhood. "'Greasy Lake' becomes a nightmarish swamp, the crucible of a forming consciousness, as it was for the United States" (Walker 4). The story itself can be interpreted as the same confused and murky symbol as the lake since, although violence and attempted rape are at the center, nothing is accomplished. Even the meaning of failure is inverted in this story.
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Physician Assisted Suicide: A Personal Review From Oregon, 2000.
A look at the issues of legal, physician-assisted suicide in Oregon.
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The moral issue of physician-assisted suicide is in the forefront of controversial issues being discussed amongst Oregonians today, according to this paper. Oregon?s ballot measures 16 and 51 changed the law to legalize physician-assisted suicide - the first state to have such legal rights. This paper gives an inside perspective on the many opinions that the author from Oregon tries to portray.
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"?In November 1994, Oregonians voted on ballot measure 16, a measure which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Under this measure, physicians would legally be able to write a prescription of lethal drugs to adults with a 6 months or less diagnosis of a terminal illness? (http://www.ortl.org/suicide/background.htm). Before this election in Oregon, pro-euthanasia groups had come together and campaigned unsuccessfully in California in 1992, and in Washington in 1991. Perhaps the reason these two states were unable to gain election was because the method of death was legal injection to be administered by the physician. ?Exit polls revealed the public?s distrust of this method, thus causing the Right to Die campaign to ?soften? the method to self-administered drugs. This tactic was better received by the public, and Measure 16 passed by a slim margin of 51% to 49%, making Oregon the first government in the world to legalize physician-assisted suicide? (http://www.org/suicide/background.htm). Thus, from the start of this election, it is easy to observe that not everyone in Oregon was or is excited about this new legalization. Such a small margin of wining was bound to give rise to controversy over the issue, and that?s exactly what resulted."
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