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Florida Everglades, 2002.
Discusses development vs. the environment in the Florida Everglades.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 16 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper examines the impact of development on the Florida Everglades. Both agricultural development--sugar cane production--and residential and recreational development are both having profoundly negative effects on the Everglades. The sources of this development pressure and ways to address it are considered.
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The Florida Everglades, 2008.
This paper discusses the environmental problems and solutions for the Florida Everglades.
2,414 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 73.95
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The paper explains the Everglades' environmental challenges of a decreasing size and a reduced animal, bird and plant population. The paper maintains that special interests, such as the sugar industry, need to look toward the future and not merely at today's profits. The paper further asserts that people have to stand up and fight to restore the Everglades to their former glory.
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"The Everglades, or the "River of Grass," as it is known, has a long history in southern Florida. Scientists believe it was formed at least 6,000 years ago, when the Atlantic Ocean's elevation changed and flooded some low-lying territory in what is now Florida. The fresh and saltwater marshes and swamps that resulted are fed both by rainwater and by streams and rivers in the entire area. Sub-tropical plants began to populate the area, such as mangroves, willows, bald cypress, and many others. Eventually, a huge area of sawgrass formed, creating the "river of grass" as the Everglades have come to be called. Today, that river is 60 miles wide and 300 miles long, creating a habitat for hundreds of unique wildlife, from birds to crustaceans and even coral reefs (Editors, 2002). Unfortunately, the immense area of the Everglades has shrunk by millions of acres due to "reclamation" efforts in the nineteenth century that led to draining large areas to reclaim them for farmland and building development."
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Florida Everglades National Park, 1999.
Discusses origins, flora and fauna, water system, pollution, restoration and legislation.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 19 sources, $ 79.95
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"The Florida Everglades National Park is the second largest national park in the lower 48 states, and the largest freshwater marshland in the world (10). It is home to more than 600 kinds of animals, and 900 plant species that dwell in a variety of habitats, including mangrove forests, a dry pineland ridge, shallow sloughs that carry fresh water through the park, and several types of tree islands (13:12).
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"The Florida Everglades National Park is the second largest national park in the lower 48 states, and the largest freshwater marshland in the world (10). It is home to more than 600 kinds of animals, and 900 plant species that dwell in a variety of habitats, including mangrove forests, a dry pineland ridge, shallow sloughs that carry fresh water through the park, and several types of tree islands (13:12). While hunting in the park has all but ceased because of the efforts of the park rangers, the park and its residents are now in danger from the effects of pollution from nearby vegetable farms, sugarcane plantations and real estate development. This paper will look at factors contributing to the pollution of the everglades and what is being done to combat the problem and restore the park to its original state."
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The Everglades, 2007.
An analysis of the geology and ecosystem of the Everglades in Florida.
1,773 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the geology of the Everglades and the development of the topography of the area. It describes how the Everglades in Florida is a major ecosystem and discusses the ways in which it provides benefits to all of the Southeast United States. It also discusses the geographic stability of the area, as well as the influences on the geology of the Everglades.
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"During this process, sediments from the Appalachian and other inland highlands came east and southward in streams to be deposited on the faulted continental margin, a process that buried the margin under a wedge thousands of feet thick made up of layered sedimentary and volcanic debris. Most Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rock layers are today found beneath much of the coastal plain, and the fringing continental shelf is nearly horizontal or tilts gently toward the sea ("Atlantic Plain Province" paras. 7-8)."
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Everglades, 2002.
A discussion of the Everglades and the problem of water management.
614 words (approx. 2.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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This paper provides a brief insight into the Everglades, a unique ecosystem that enables people to live and do business in South Florida. It is the source of drinking water for the area?s five million people and sustains a productive agricultural industry. It describes how water management is one of the most severe environmental issues facing the Everglades today due to population growth in the area and how drainage projects and development have negatively influenced the systems water quality and biodiversity. It discusses the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan that has been created as a solution to the problem of water with a complex network of reservoirs, treatment areas and recovery wells.
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"The first water management activities of humans were designed to drain the Everglades and exploit the natural resources of rich soils and tropical climate for agricultural development. Years later, the canal system was improved for navigational use to move products to coastal markets. Humans created canals, pump stations, and structures to provide water supply to coastal areas, and flood protection for agricultural development. Over the years, management priorities of this system have evolved, with an emphasis on flood control during hurricane years, water supply during droughts and, more recently, environmental protection of Everglades' natural resources."
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Everglades Restoration Project, 2000.
An overview of the Everglades Restoration Project, persuading readers of the positive nature of the project.
1,896 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The paper briefly examines government initiation of the project, then reviews the causes of change in the Everglades National Park since its creation in 1947. The paper lists numerous examples of environmental damage done before returning to an examination of the political and economic forces arrayed both before and against the project. The paper itemizes six individual work projects incorporated into the overall restoration project, including their estimated costs. In conclusion, the paper argues that there is no justification to opposing the project because it merely reverses damage clearly done by man over the last half century.
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"There is no doubt that a good deal of the decline and worse are man's fault. A water control systems of canal and levees and even locks prevent water from flowing, as nature had intended, sometimes shutting off a water supply ample enough for a population like the wood stork. Even the rainfall is now sometimes shunted away from the Everglades. And, one must remember that the Everglades national park comprises only about one-fifth of the total Everglades area. Man is also responsible for pollutants, as a result of agricultural chemicals and other chemicals as the result of human expansion into the once-pristine area. High levels of mercury, for example, are now found up and down the so-called food chain, from fish in the marsh through raccoons and alligators. Among the disappearing species, wildlife conservationists point to the Florida panther, a species now so endangered that there may be less than 30 left in the entire state of Florida."
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Florida Lottery Education Funding, 2002.
This paper discusses that the use of state lotteries to finance education is a debatable topic. The Florida state lottery is featured.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that the lottery was to be used only for supplementary funding of education. The author points out that, unfortunately, Florida is using the lottery for basic funding; and, particularly in Florida, the lottery income is very meager and insufficient. The paper concludes that, nonetheless, when used as supplementary funding, lottery funding plays an important role in meeting the educational demands of the students.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Lottery Funding
Florida Lottery Funding
Scholarships
Florida School Recognition Programs
School Capital Outlay Bond Program
Impact of Lottery Funding
Political Factors
Uncertainty in the Lottery Revenue
Conclusion
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"The reason for this aberration is the drastic cut down of the education funds by the government in total breach of the 1987 ?Florida Public Education Lottery Act?, which states that lottery revenue is only an additional source of money and that it must not affect the regular allocation on the part of the government. So instead of proving to be a boon for the students the lottery funding is now proving to be baneful solution."
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Blacks in Florida, 2004.
Examines the alternative views of two authors, Jane Landers and Robert L. Hall, on the history of African-Americans in Florida, compared to the views of Samory Rashid, who viewed them through their repressive past.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper looks at the history and influence of African-Americans on Spanish Colonial Florida as presented by Jane Landers in her article, "Traditions of African-American Freedom and Community in Spanish Colonial Florida," and Robert Hall's "African Religious Retentions in Florida". Both writers present the African-Americans as people in their own right who flourished against the odds. In contrast, the paper shows that Samory Rashid?s thesis in his article, ?Islamic Origins of Spanish Florida's Fort Musa," suggests that the African-Americans' influence began in their past when they lived in the West African and Islamic North regions, and to actually understand the heritage and influence the African-Americans have had, we must study the culture evident in these areas. The fact remains that he viewed the African-Americans through a repressive slave past, decreasing the effectiveness of his thesis. This paper argues that the influence of Africans on the New World should not be viewed through their slave past; rather, the influence should be studied from the origins of the African peoples and how they flourished despite the restrictions placed within their social circles. Only then can the African influence on the New World be viewed as having more than ?survived? in face of slavery and be seen as a glorious fight to exist.
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"While Landers and Hall present their research through the usual concept of immigration, they provide a new and refreshing slant to the theories by showing the success of the Afro Americans rather than the failure. Rashid [2001] goes deeper, claiming that Africans had a stronghold in the region through the Islamic religion which is why the influence remains stronger in the Spanish colonial region than elsewhere in the New World and yet., he remains bound to past slave theories that did not allow the Afro-Americans any identity of their own."
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Florida Elections, 2002.
An in-depth look at the Florida elections.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page paper presents a detailed discussion on the election situation in the state of Florida. Several past electrons are scrutinized as well as analyzed and the trends of the Florida voters are also glanced at. In this turbulent time of political anger and confusion it is media frenzy when something happens as it did during the last presidential election. While the world looked on we tried to figure out how Florida survived politically before this. The paper outlines the many things that happened as a result of the problems in the Florida election and it takes the reader on a journey with which the party lines are divided and scrutinized.
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Is Florida Ready?, 2001.
This paper suggests an emergency response program were Florida to be hit by a major earthquake.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 75.95
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This paper takes a look at the emergency services available in Florida and examines whether they would be prepared to deal with a major earthquake. Each service is analyzed for their preparedness, a look at other government assistance available and lists of financial support which would be given to citizens in such an event.
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"What would happen if Florida were to be hit by a devastating earthquake? This paper suggests a possible emergency response to such an event. While Florida is as prepared as a state can be (having had a fair amount of practice recently) in responding to hurricanes, it has (of course) relatively little practice in responding to earthquakes. However, some fault lines do lie under the Atlantic, of course, and so Florida is subject to potential earthquakes. Fortunately, while the citizenry here is unfamiliar with earthquakes, many of the basic disaster-preparedness elements that allow us to cope with hurricanes can also be called into play for any other type of natural disaster."
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Euro vs Florida Disney, 2006.
This paper compares the Walt Disney Company -- WDC theme park and resort complex in Florida and Euro Disney in France.
2,985 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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CThis article studies the Disney theme parks located in Florida and in France. The writer states that due to strong leadership and excellent management skills, Disney has been able to make forays into many fields like entertainment, communication and technology and customer service. This paper compares the huge success of the Florida Disney complex with the losses suffered at Euro Disney. The writer discusses reasons for these differences and offers possible explanations for profit and loss at each site respectively. The writer also looks at cultural differences as a reason for varying success at the different locations.
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Success of Florida Disney
What Went Wrong in Euro Disney in France?
Cultural Differences
Michael Esiner and How he Contributed to the Initial Failure of Euro Disney
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"The leadership approach at Florida Disney is the outcome of a transformation of a business thinking that happened within Walt Disney which is called as 'Performance Excellence'. Identifying novel competitive force in the early 1990s it was understood at Disney that to remain a benchmark in creativity, customer service and entertainment, every Cast Member at Florida should assume the role of an active partner in the success of the company. This initiative makes linkages to the leadership behaviors to the fundamental and quantifiable measures of Disney's business which is the totality of Cast experience, Guest satisfaction, and customer loyalty. In the beginning it was realized that the concept of Performance Excellence revolved on two major factors which is involvement and passion. (Disney World Paper)"
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Florida Community Colleges, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of community colleges in Florida.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the private St. Petersburg Junior College was the first successful junior college in Florida and that Palm Beach Junior College was the first public junior college, founded in 1933. The author points out that, in 1957, the Community College Council recommended that community colleges be established within commuting distance of 99% of the population in Florida, thus beginning the expansion of the community college system. Today, there are 28 community colleges in Florida. The paper relates that some of the community colleges have initiated baccalaureate degrees, particularly in education, nursing and applied science, and certification and re-certification of teachers.
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"Community and Junior Colleges in the United States accommodated many students who would otherwise not be able to attend college. These students have various reasons for not attending Community Colleges. Two reasons that are at the forefront are financial constraints and inadequate high school academic grades. Community colleges offered students vocational education, adult education, associate degree programs and the first 2 years of a baccalaureate degree."
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Recruitment and Retention of Teachers in Florida, 2005.
A look at the ongoing problem of public school teachers across the nation and Florida, in particular.
1,613 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper provides a positive program for the recruitment, retention, and maintenance of a solid, sustainable core of teachers in Florida, based on the present dynamics of Florida's educational system. The factors in Florida's educational system that work against such a program are also pointed out in the paper.
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"Like many states, Florida is experiencing a teacher shortage that is so crucial it requires aggressive and creative ideas and methods in order to reach a satisfactory solution. According to a 17-page report issued by the Florida State Board of Education - "Office of Evaluation and Reporting" - they currently are facing "critical teacher shortages" for the years 2004-2005, and there are expected to be critical shortages for the school years 2005-2006, in: middle and secondary mathematics and science, reading, technical education, industrial arts, physical sciences, English for speakers of other languages, and exceptional education programs. There will also be critical shortages of school psychologists in 2004-2005, according to the report."
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Florida Crime Statistics, 2002.
A statistical analysis of the current crime trends in Florida.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the statistics of crime ratings in Florida and discover what the current rates of crime being committed in this state. By examining the hard facts, we can see the current developments of crime occurring in Florida and the best way to understand this problem in the scope of statistical studies. By analyzing the figures given, it can be found, through accurate studies, the true nature of crime in Florida and how it can be dealt with.
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History of Florida, 2002.
A brief history of Florida from Spanish through to British and American rule.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper explores the history of Florida. Beginning with its Spanish rule, the paper looks at Florida's history all the way through its British and finally American colonization. The paper shows the changing nature of the population as its leadership changes as well as its different economic ties throughout. Finally the paper explores the issue of slavery in the colony of Florida, including the fact that no Floridians voted for Abraham Lincoln and his abolitionist policies.
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"The greatest weakness of Spanish Florida was its inability to attract families to live there. The rulers of Spain forbade the colonialization of non-Catholics and any trade with English America. Spaniards refused to settle in Florida. Investors felt their money would be better spent in Cuba and Mexico. This was Spanish Florida, obviously under populated and underdeveloped. Its cultural and economic contributions limited to a few places. This would not have been a dangerous situation if the growing English colonies would not be so close and prepared to one-day overrun the Florida peninsula."
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