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Land Mines, 2006.
This paper is a letter to Secretary of State Condolezza Rice to remove land mines.
840 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that the author is concerned because the removal of land mines in foreign countries seems to have fallen from top priority in many areas around the globe. The author points out that the lives of 26,000 individuals will never be the same again, due to stepping on land mines leftover from long ago conflicts. The letter pleads that the administration ratify the 1999 Ottawa Treaty, a pact signed by 142 global states and ratified by over 120 counties that bans the use of land mines around the world in any conflict, but which the United States has so far chosen not to sign or ratify. The paper is written in the form of a letter.
From the Paper
"Perhaps the best solution, Madame Secretary, is not to employ land mines in the first place. As another author and historian notes, using land mines during global conflicts ensures these wars will continue long after peace talks end the battles. He writes, "These wars never really end, at least not for the civilians-- the agriculturalists, pastoralists, and peasants--who must live in the midst of these 'explosive remnants of war.'" Thus, leaving these mines behind ensures eternal conflict and violence in a country already ravaged by war."
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"Globalization: Wonder land or Waste Land?", 2008.
An analysis of Murray Weidenbaum's arguments regarding globalization in his T.S. Eliot Lecture, delivered at the University of London in January of 2002, entitled "Globalization: Wonder land or Waste Land?"
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper critiques Murray Weidenbaum's T.S. Eliot Lecture, delivered at the University of London in January of 2002, entitled "Globalization: Wonder land or Waste Land?" The paper discusses Weidenbaum's arguments in favor of globalization and the benefits that can be achieved for the world as a whole, by utilizing it to its full potential.
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"Given Weidenbaum's professional background and admitted bias, it is admirable that he manages to do precisely this - look at both the bright side and the dark side. His approach and suggestions are so realistic and pragmatic, and so unbiased, that it is hard to imagine that any but the most rabid fanatic on either side of the debate would not admit that he makes a valuable contribution with this speech. The strength of the speech derives from two aspects - the fact that he does manage to look at both sides, and that his suggestions have the refreshing ring of being attainable in the real world."
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Land of Dreams, Land of Troubles, 2004.
Traces the history of Japanese immigration to America, focusing on those who settled in California.
2,308 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper explores the end of the Meiji period in Japan and the beginning of the country's modern period (1867-1912), which ultimately led to Japanese seeking their fortunes in the West, especially the United States. It traces the history of these immigrants, their impact on the economy, and the pitfalls they encountered in the form of racism and discriminatory laws. This anti-Japanese feeling reached its peak in 1941 with the Japanese invasion on Pearl Harbour and the internment of all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast of the United States. The paper also looks at how the American government has since awarded reparations to those interned and how descendants of Japanese immigrants fare today in American society.
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"While many Japanese back in Japan initially waxed enthusiastic about the United States and its culture, the feeling in America was hardly mutual. As was typical of majority White America?s relations with Non-Whites, Japanese immigrants were scorned, and their culture denigrated. First, the United States had passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. This was followed by restrictive measures against the Japanese. As Californians and other West Coast White Americans clamored to stop the flow of Japanese to their region, the American Government relied on a rather ingenious and disingenuous clause in its commercial treaty with Japan to staunch the flow of Japanese Labor by refusing to issue permits for their travel to the Mainland. The Japanese, along with the Chinese, were called the ?Yellow Peril,? their competition for American jobs and resources keeping these jobs and resources from ?real? Americans."
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Echo Bay Mines, 1994.
This paper discusses Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company: Industry conditions, output, sales, profits, strategies, threats and opportunities.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"Echo Bay Mines was begun in 1964 and was wholly owned by IU International by the end of the 1960s. Echo Bay mined silver near the Arctic Circle in Canada for most of its early history, then used the proceeds of the silver operation to purchase gold mines in the United States in the early 1980s (Clark, 1993, p. 1220). Echo Bay Mines is a major North American gold mining company with interests in four operating mines and exploration and development properties in Canada and the United States. The company has an office in Denver, but is based in Canada, where it is also incorporated. Echo Bay has approximately 1,800 employees, and has been traded on the American Stock Exchange (its symbol is ECO) since 1983. IU International spun off its Echo Bay holdings in November 1983. All financial information ... "
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"King Solomon's Mines", 2002.
A analysis of the book "King Solomon's Mines" by Sir Henry Rider-Haggard.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper is a book report and review of the 1885 adventure novel, King Solomon's Mines by the nineteenth century English writer, Sir Henry Rider-Haggard.
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De Beers Consolidated Mines, LTD., 2008.
A review of the challenges that face De Beers Consolidated Mines, LTD and the company's strategic capability to revive their diamond operations.
1,983 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the history and development of De Beers Consolidated Mines, LTD from its founding in 1888 until today. It specifically looks at the severe competition that De Beers faces today and the challenges that it needs to overcome. The paper then analyzes the company's strategic capability to revive the diamond operations and retrieve the desired financial and non-financial results.
Table of Contents:
Thesis Statement
Company Description
Company Problems
Conclusions
From the Paper
"But during recent years, they have been faced with a wide series of challenges. The most relevant problems refer to a diminished public perception (in Africa for instance, they have been accused of paying rebels to extract diamonds and with the money received, these rebels would purchase weapons and engage in violent reactions ) which often materializes in loss of customers. Then, electrical power problems and the restrictions imposed in South Africa are yet another matter of concern. The best way to resolve the issues would be for De Beers Consolidated Mines to change their approach to the market and develop new strategies that do not apply to monopoly, but to highly skilled, developed and experienced company that wants to revive the industry and make a difference."
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Native American Land Use, 2005.
This paper discusses the colonization of North America and looks at land rights and use with regards to native Americans.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at how the colonizing forces of North America, specifically the US government has continually been in conflict with the native peoples for the last four hundred years, focusing on land rights and usage. Issues discussed are relocation to polluted and toxic land, mining on native lands and re-appropriation of reservations for resources.
From the Paper
"One of the major issues, and there are many, facing Native American Indians today is that of land usage and availability in many parts of the US. From the first contact with colonial explorers and settlers, the native peoples of the Americas have been fighting a losing battle with the white forces of power. What seems to be a simple negotiation of land and space is actually a complex series of issues that ultimately decide who has a right to live and in what way. These issues are in no way limited to European colonialism of the Americas, but for this paper, the writer focuses on the problems inherent in land rights in what is now the United States."
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Land Use Planning, 2002.
This paper outlines the different methods of land use planning and land use management, especially the multi-criteria analysis model and how it affects the future of land management.
4,890 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 124.95
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This paper explains that the current and future land requirement of the population at large has increased manifold due to an increase in the population size as well as the nature of the utility of the land. The paper points out that one of the most recent methods for land planning is multi-criteria analysis, which allows the decision maker to choose from among useful and probable alternatives thus making faster decisions. The author believes that the basic model of multi-criteria decision is to increase efficiency of landforms and manage it for the future with the view to better the community living standards.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Multi-criteria Analysis Method
Literature Review
Local Level Initiatives
Technological Tools
Sustainable Development
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The problem of land use planning stems from a multitude of issues and contingencies. Besides the population and environmental demands, social entities like business organizations and officials have to consider how land can be accessed. Transportation and labor are two aspects. Land on its own has little utility unless it is worked on through labor and technology. However the development of land is not so easily achieved unless the authority plans before hand how the problem of land use is going to be resolved. Transportation network for instance has to be constructed before the land is even distributed for usage. Labor and machineries has to be transported to the desired location of production and the facilities have to be set up to create a congenial working environment for the worker. The authority also has to consider whether the land is commercial or residential, for production or agricultural purpose or for conservation purposes. The categorization of land forms offers different alternatives for the decision maker and hence generates different decision framework alternatives. Planning cannot be done unless these criteria are set before hand."
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Data and Text Mining, 2007.
A discussion on how data and text mining tools are revitalizing the librarian profession.
4,555 words (approx. 18.2 pages), 30 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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The paper discusses how the many advances in data and text mining are already revolutionizing the librarian profession. The paper explores how the ability of data mining tools to extract, transfer and load (ETL) massive amounts of data at a single time, is changing how all tasks in an organization get completed.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Content Integration Is Key
Data Mining
i) Principles of Data Mining
ii) Data Mining Timeline
Data Mining Implications for Librarianship
Text Mining
i) Text Mining Timeline
ii) Data Mining versus Text Mining
iii) Mining Blogs: An Example of How Text Mining Works
Text Mining Implications for Librarianship
Conclusion
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"At the intersection of text mining, linguistic analysis, statistical analysis, and latent semantic indexing techniques (Wikipedia Latent Semantic Indexing 2006). is the future of text mining that has the power to discover and report trending in highly unstructured content. At the center of text-mining's' rapid growth is the increasing sophistication of Natural Language Processing (CRM Buyer 2005). IBM and their significant research efforts in natural language processing are well documented on their website, as are the efforts and investments Microsoft is making."
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Forest Management on NIPF Lands, 2006.
This paper examines the implications for the future of forest management on non-industrial private forest (NIPF) lands as well as the dwindling timber supply on these parcels of land.
1,805 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper analyzes the spatial and temporal pattern of Alabama's forested landscape as well as the implications for the future of forest management on NIPF lands. This paper defines forested land as a parcel of land that is producing or capable of producing more than 20 cubic feet/acre/year of industrial wood and is land not withdrawn from timber production. Much of this land is held by private landowners not involved directly in the timber industry. Extensive studies have been conducted in the southern states concerning the motivation behind usage of NIPF land, its impact on the regional economy and environmental factors. The counties chosen for this particular study are those which had the highest reported income from forest products. The six counties chosen were Clarke, Marengo, Pickens, Monroe, Hale and Wilcox. These counties are located in highly forested areas and have a high amount of NIPF land. According to several surveys, the areas of greatest softwood shortage are those located near large paper and pulp mills. This paper discusses the impending shortage in economic timber that the U.S. will be facing by the year 2020. The writer of this paper examines the various strategies available to halt the dwindling timber supply which include changing the manner in which NIPF lands are managed as well as stricter government regulations which would deter the conversion of native grasslands and wetlands into croplands.
From the Paper
"To determine if timber production is likely to be able to meet future needs, the ratio of growth to removal is measured. Timber inventories give an indication of how much timber is currently available. Using this model, it was found that only one state had a positive ratio, North Carolina at 1.15. Alabama's ratio was 0.91. Softwood removal rates consistently exceed growth rates. Hardwood removal ratios faired slightly better at above 1.3. Timber inventories increased from the 1960s through the 1970s, but leveled off in the 1990s. According to SERTS, softwood supplies are expected to decrease 30% by the year 2020. According to an FIA survey, the areas of greatest softwood shortage are located near large paper and pulp mills (Cubbage and Abt, 1998a). According to the SERTS model the southern US will be facing an economic timber shortage by the year 2020."
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Data Mining, 2005.
The paper is about data mining, which is the process of finding trends and patterns in data, often within a database.
3,546 words (approx. 14.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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Data mining has become a very important concept today and is used by companies all over the world to increase their profits and target the right market. The paper talks about the different aspects of data mining, tools used, and future trends in data mining. Data mining benefits are discussed in detail, and an entire discussion related to the trends in data mining is presented.
1-Background
2-Introduction
3-Data Mining Growth and Tools
4-The Data Mining Process
5-Data Mining Market Place Trends
6-The Data in Data Mining and Meta Data
7-Types of Data Mining Problems
8-Privacy and Ethical Sensitivity in Data Mining Results
9-Future Prospects of Data Mining
10-Works Cited
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"Data, particularly in the vast diversity and immense quantity that it is available to modern business, was till recently almost very hard to find and understand. Yet, the comprehension of data is the most crucial step to extracting the knowledge that it contains. The scenario has drastically changed today where data is much more easily available and has become more "meaningful" with the utilization of Data Mining. Today, technology offers business managers powerful new tools for gleaning knowledge from data-the essentials of data mining. Data mining has become increasingly important to mainstream companies to become more competitive both in their workings and their customer based relationships. Data mining, as such is of great interest because it is imperative for organizations to grasp the competitive value of information contained within their data repositories. There are a number of pertinent benefits of data mining. First of all, data mining provides the tools and techniques that are essential for optimization of customer relationships. Secondly, data mining provides an automatic method of discovering patterns in data. Thirdly, but not the least, data mining tools can identify the relationships that are actually present in historical data."
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Coal Mining In Hunter Valley, 2007.
This paper examines the issue of coal mining in Hunter Valley, Australia.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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In this article, the writer notes that within the global environment there are nearly always situations and circumstances of special interest within the environmental sciences, as changes in industry occur all over the world and have varying impacts on the environment, both locally and globally. The writer points out that one issue of just such importance and of particular personal importance is the issue of Coal Mining in Hunter Valley New South Wales, Australia. The writer discusses the proposed development of an open pit coal mine in one of the few remaining tracks of naturally preserved land in the region, in fact the largest containing nearly 600 living elements of flora and fauna many of which are threatened, and the global nature of the debate that has ensued. The writer notes that conclusion of the matter is likely to end with approval for the Centennial Mining Co., as they, as well as most others, are assured that their extensive work to develop the plans and impact reports for the Anvil mine location will result in success since the state government is clearly projected to approve the development of the mine in Anvil Hill.
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Introduction
Background
Proposal For Change
From the Paper
"One of the most challenging issues at work today in the environmental sciences is of coarse sustainable development. We stand at the precipice of a period of global transition, where challenges to the old, including but not limited to challenges to the global dependence on fossil fuels and a demand to transition to sustainable resources are in conflict. The transition will surely prove to be a difficult one, even though it would not seem that it should be given the seriousness of the environmental issues at hand. It is proposed by many environmental scientists that environmental devastation caused in part by the emissions of greenhouse gasses that deplete the earths protection from the sun and will eventually lead to mass climate change that could create a situation of extinction not only for the environment but for humans, much like the one theoretical extinction of historical proportions that are currently being studied, that of the dinosaurs. The transition is a challenge in a broad sense because the foundation of energy resources if squarely placed upon the use of fossil fuels and many individuals and organizations stand to lose a great deal in the short run for a long term goal that will likely never gain for them at all."
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Uranium Mining, 2006.
An overview of the controversy surrounding uranium mining with a focus on the Jabiluka mine controversy in Australia.
1,282 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper describes the controversy surrounding the Jabiluka mine in Australia, which dates back to the early 1970s when Pancontinental Mining Limited discovered high-grade uranium deposits in Jabiluka. The paper describes efforts by environmental organizations, student groups and traditional landowners to block the uranium mining project initiated by Energy Resources Australia and the results of those efforts.
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"While the Labor Party was in power in the 1980's, the construction of new mines was safely relegated to the back burner. However the mid 1990s marked the rebirth of uranium mining in Australia. The ERA presented its EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) to the pro-uranium mining Howard Government in 1996. In October 1997, Senator Hill approved the EIS, despite obvious flaws in the process & study. ERA sought to use the existing Ranger Mine facilities to mill Jabiluka ore. Construction commenced at the Jabiluka Site on 15th June 1998, amidst widespread opposition from environmentalists & traditional Aboriginal (Mirrar) landowners. A Jabiluka Blockade comprising of students, environmental groups, and traditional landowners was organized. At times, physical efforts by Blockade participants prevented trucks & equipments from entering the Jabiluka site."
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Land Degradation in the Arab Region, 2005.
A discussion regarding the problem of land degradation in the Arab Region.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the issue of land degradation in the Arab region over the past 70 years. This paper reviews the various reasons and causes of this land degradation, focusing on the increase in population who require water for human consumption and agriculture, land for agriculture and land for their livestock.
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"Land degradation in the Arab region is primarily the result of a surge in the population growth in the past several decades. As the population had increased within the Arab region the need for water for human consumption, grazing land, and agriculture has risen. In an area that was already dry and naturally scarce in water supplies this added requirement for water has led to severe issues concerning the natural water sources and their ability to sustain the Arab civilization over time. Furthermore, cultivation of marginal land, as well as deforestation has created a situation in which natural trees and foliage have been depleted from the land surface, adding to the landmasses that are dry. As these dry land masses, or deserts are increased in the Arab lands the water is absorbed into the ground and the loss of foliage eventually leads to a loss of water."
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North and South: Views of the Land and its Use, 2002.
The following paper discusses the ways in which American settlers viewed the land in the North and South and looks at their expectations about its proper use.
1,765 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 56.95
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The following paper refutes the statement that slavery would have developed in the North if adventurers had landed in Plymouth instead of Jamestown by citing the varying ways in which people used the land as causes for either a wage-labor system or a slave-labor system. This paper will also explore the ways in which settlers viewed the landscape of the North and South as well as how the differing properties of each region;s land determined how it would be used by the settlers. Finally the writer discusses the ways in which the settler;s participation in a market economy led to uses of the land that differed from North to South depending on what sorts of crops grew on each type of land.
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"By seeing the land as something to bring mankind benefit and profit to individuals, the settlers used to its fullest capacity and ended up causing serious soil depletion. Each farmer sought to make the greatest profit so that he and his family might have the luxuries that they desired. They weren"t so concerned with the preservation of the forests and wildlife as Henry David Thoreau was. Their view that nature was a hostile force to be conquered, subdued and profited from contrasted with his when he wrote, ;Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must be stripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living be laid for a foundation: now, a taste for the beautiful is most cultivated out of doors, where there is no house and no housekeeper; (Thoreau, 31)."
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