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N. Fearn's "Zeno and the Tortoise", 2008.
This paper is a philosophical study that analyzes Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles as presented in N. Fearn's "Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think like a Philosopher".
1,120 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 38.95
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This philosophical study argues for the relativity of argumentative perspective in Zeno's tortoise and Achilles paradox through reductio ad absurdum as presented in N. Fearn's 2001 book "Zeno and the Tortoise: How to Think like a Philosopher". In essence, Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles are examined in order to critically analyze the theory of non-existent motion through reductio ad absurdum.
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"In Fearn's analysis of Zeno reductio ad absurdum, there is basis for the necessity for the modern mathematician to deny the need of Zeno's denial of motion, since math can now reduce the segments of points between motion. This provides a reassessment of the validity of motion due to the nature of points ins pace, which act as markers that defy the nature of movement because of eradication of starting and finishing points. If everything can be divisible unto infinity, then the premise of motion is non-existent because time ceases to measure any longer and is reduced to an illogical movement."
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Desert Tortoise, 2002.
The effects of military training on the desert tortoise.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the life cycle, habits, diet and other information related to Desert Tortoise. The paper also discusses about National Training Center and its effects over the life of desert tortoise which has been declared an endangered species on April 2, 1990 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Rock-n-Roll History, 2005.
A comparison of today's rock-n-roll with the original rock-n-roll music.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper compares the stars and music of today's rock-n-roll to the stars and music of yesterday's rock-n-roll. The paper points out that while early rock-n-roll music and its stars wrote and performed original music with social messages, today's rock-n-roll songs and performers are unoriginal and express no social consciousness.
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"As a way of setting the cultural stage for the process of comparing and contrasting newer musical groups with older rock groups - since music reflects culture in the same way literature does - it is worth taking a look to see if "The Times (have been) A-Changin," (or how much they have been changing) as Bob Dylan wrote in the Sixties. The times have changed from yesterday's consistently progressive, liberal, and into social change activities, to today's more "party-oriented" young people who espouse a more conservative brand of politics and enjoy music that tends toward the predictable and bland."
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Zeno's Paradoxes, 2005.
This paper discusses the life of philosopher Zeno of Elea and his paradoxes and compares his work with the philosophy of Empiricism.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that most of the information known about Zeno, who explained and developed the philosophical system of his mentor Parmenides, is based on the writings of Plato and from other works by Aristotle. The author explains that Zeno wrote forty different paradoxes based on the assumptions of plurality and motion. The paper relates that Empiricists' doctrine, which states that knowledge must be the result of experience, sees Zeno's doctrine as a form of Monism and therefore the paradox's on motion and pluralism fail as a philosophical theory.
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Introduction
Who was Zeno?
Zeno's Paradoxes
Empiricism
Compare the Empirical Argument with Zeno's Paradoxes
Conclusion
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"Zeno's argument regarding the idea of not being able to exist without magnitude revolves around adding a thing with no magnitude to something else does not make the receiving thing larger and subtracting a thing of no magnitude will not make the receiving thing smaller. This then entails that since the magnitude-less items do not make things bigger or smaller then the thing of no magnitude most be nothing. Although Zeno's pluralism here is perplexing at the least, his ideas of motion are even more complicated."
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Zeno?s Paradoxes of Motion, 2002.
Examines the teachings of Greek philosopher and author Zeno on plurality and change.
4,421 words (approx. 17.7 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 116.95
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As an adherent of Greek philosopher Parmenides? teachings that plurality and change are unreal, Zeno (approximately 490 - 430 B.C.E.) set out to prove Parmenides right. His demonstrations attempted to show the absurdities of the opposite view, that the world really contains plurality and change. The paper explains Zeno's methods of taking his opponents? hypotheses and, by deducing from them contradictory consequences, reduce them to absurdity. The paper concentrates on Zeno's set of four riddles which he devised to illustrate the unreality of motion. By means of these riddles Zeno demonstrated that Pythagorean science cannot define motion without running into inconsistency or impossibility. The paper examines why these four short stories are paradoxes and explores some of the solutions put forward to resolve them.
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"Brumbaugh says that the Pythagoreans seemed to agree that separate ?points,? and ?moments? make up the physical world, including space and time. They thus would have defined motion as passing through a number of spatial points during a number of time moments, a definition similar to that which we have of velocity today. There was also agreement among the Pythagoreans that any continuous stretch, such as a line, could be bisected. However, the Pythagoreans did not agree on the size of the moments or points. They might have no size, or they might have a minimum, but finite, duration and extension, respectively. Furthermore, Brumbaugh suggests that the Pythagoreans did not agree on how they should think of the points making up or determining a line. Should they be thought of as points next to each other, or as points marking off segments, with spacing filling in the intervals between? (Brumbaugh, 63f)"
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Censorship of Rock 'n Roll Music, 2002.
Explores the controversial issues surrounding Rock 'n roll music.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 13 sources, $ 89.95
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Rock 'n roll music violated many cultural and social taboos of the 1950s. Performers and their recordings were frequently subject to censorship. This paper traces society's responses to pioneer rock stars such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis and examines why rock 'n roll has stirred so much controversy since its inception.
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Photographer Jerry N. Uelsmann, 2004.
This paper discusses the impact of technology on the art of American photographer, Jerry N. Uelsmann.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper explains that Jerry N. Uelsmann, born in 1934, is one of the pioneers of using darkroom and digital computer techniques. The author points out that, when shooting, Uelsmann begins with an image, builds upon it through the shoot, and then builds upon it even more in the darkroom and on the computer, rather than let any predetermined vision set the course of his work. The paper concludes that, in its artistic development, digital technology likewise will build upon works such as Uelsmann.
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Art versus Science: a Theoretical Overview
Art and Science Today
Overview Jerry N. Uelsmann?s Photographic Vision
The Digital Revolution
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"The transmission of photography has thus been changed because of digital use in the ability of images to be juxtaposed and fused, creating even more and newer ways of envisioning reality. Digital photography?s use of cutting, melding, and blending, has enabled the creativity of new photographic minds and enabled the ease of transmitting the visions of artists into the photographic medium, beyond the page, beyond paint and physical clay. It has also emphasized the postmodern aesthetic of blending and the film-like jump cut of different visions. However, this aesthetic existed long before digital, the net, and even the post-structuralist movement, as is found in the photographic art of Jerry N. Uelsmann."
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"Boyz N the Hood", 2007.
An analysis of the representation of African-American manhood in the film, "Boyz N the Hood"
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses how "Boyz N the Hood" (1991) is a film that attempts to speak truth to power, and counteract some of the negative stereotypes of young black men in Hollywood films. It looks at how, instead of ignoring the plague of violence and hopelessness in the inner cities of America, the film takes these stereotypes on and attempts to render the difficulties and challenges of the African-American experience with dignity and hope.
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"The title frame statistic also politicizes the representations of the characters in the film. These characters are not simply individuals enduring their own psychological turmoil rather the struggles the characters face are endemic to a larger social condition in America. It is often considered dismissive to say that someone is merely a statistic. But these young men are potentially statistics, the film suggests, and that is not a reduction of their plight, rather it is a claim for the film's relevance beyond its duration on a screen. The film is a call to action. Whether the characters go to college, care for their children, or end up in the gutter is not merely 'their' business, or an interesting plot twist, their lives and by extension black lives in the hood are something that is vitally important for all Americans, particularly black Americans to care about and change. "
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Pop Art, Rock 'n Roll Music and Modernist Literature, 2007.
An analysis of pop art, Rock 'n Roll music and modernist literature in the 20th century.
1,094 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper provides a three-tiered analysis of the most important trends in art, music and literature since 1890. In the paper, Andy Warhol represents the important trend of pop art, the Rolling Stones represents the important trend of Rock 'n' Roll in popular music and finally, Ernest Hemingway represents the crucial trend of modernist literature in the 20th century. It shows how these trends are an important part of the cultural identity of the 20th century, which impart crucial influences as to how art, music and literature evolved in this time frame.
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"The insanity and terror of war of this kind is the direct result of losing one's honor in a battle field that had little to do with chivalry and honor. Modernism reflects the reality and horror of war, as Hemingway clearly indicates in his response to coming home and telling his story to the local people in his town. In an age of machines and World Wars, Hemingway was a part of the important trend of literary Modernism, which provided the reality of war that counteracted the romanticism of war in the 19th century."
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R v N and Current Police Practices in Canada, 2004.
This paper discusses the Canadian case of R v N in terms of police interrogation.
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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In this article, the writer examines the Canadian case of R v N in terms of police interrogation. The writer concludes that overzealous use of police interrogation should be controlled.
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"According to James W. Williams, in recent years the Canadian criminal justice system has been plagued with a number of high profile wrongful convictions. Particular attention has been directed towards the police and their ability to meet their responsibility to investigate crime effectively while protecting the interests, the rights and freedoms of the accused. As Williams has stated, one notable aspect of police operations that has come under increasing scrutiny in this regard is the police interrogation, a practice ... "
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Analysis of "Papa, Snake and I" by B. N. Honwana, 2003.
The paper analyzes the short story by B. N. Honwana, which tells about a boy and the relationship with his family in Mozambique.
3,130 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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The paper discusses the style, themes, setting and the technique employed by the writer B. N. Honwana, who himself grew up in Mozambique. The paper examines the different parts of the story, set in six distinct segments and discusses the misleading title of the story. It also addresses the issue of African responses to colonialism and focuses on the relationship between the boy and his father.
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"In the fourth part, we are taken to the chicken run where the narrator and Nandito are having conversation about the snake. The boy seems obsessed with snake and wants Nandito, who fears snakes, to talk only about snakes and nothing else. We learn more of Sartina through Nandito who says, ?Sartina says that if a snake bites us and we don?t want to die we must kill it, burn it till it?s dry, then eat it. She says she?s already eaten a snake, so she won?t die even if she gets bitten.?. This shows the extent to which the ?white psyche? is imposed upon Sartina?s philosophy. Sartina here represents the native turn of mind and how they have become accustomed to the terror of the whites. The snake may be symbolic of the foreign rule that bites away the natives. It is surprising that the boy doesn?t feel like killing the snake before Wolf, the dog of the neighbor, Senhor Castro, is bitten by it. This conveys the sixth sense of communication between the child and animal."
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U.N. Intervention in Korea, 2004.
A discussion on the U.N. intervention in Korea as a cover for U.S. anti-communism.
1,153 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines how on the 25th June 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel and began their invasion of the south. It looks at how the U.S. was initially able to intervene due to the resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council and how it can be argued that the nature of the U.N. intervention extended beyond the desire to protect a country that was being invaded, but was ideological, based more upon the U.S. feeling of anti-communism.
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"The Soviet development of the atomic bomb in 1949 heightened the suspicion felt on behalf of the US, believing their weapons monopoly to be over, fearing the military might of communism and Russia. The monopoly had been military and diplomatically valuable to the US, allowing the US to maintain their superiority against the numerically superior Soviet Union. As a result, Truman and the US government were pressurised into undertaking a tougher stance in their dealings with communist advances and developments, and therefore the Korean conflict provided the perfect opportunity to show this, under the legitimacy of the UN."
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"Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll Revisited", 2006.
A critical analysis of the Victor Strasburger essay entitled "Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll Revisited".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper provides a critical analysis of Victor Strasburger's essay "Sex, Drugs, Rock-n-Roll Revisited". In the essay, Strasburger claims that the baby-boomer adults raising today's teens have doomed them to self-destructive behavior.
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"In Victor Strasburger's "Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll Revisited", the author takes to task baby-boomers for creating contemporary society that is more materialistic and more violent than when they were teens..."
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N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto, 2006.
A review of the novel 'N.P.' by Banana Yoshimoto and a discussion regarding fate and role-playing in a modern Japanese literary classic.
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This paper briefly discusses Banana Yoshimoto's novel 'N. P.' The paper sketches the outline of the story and then looks at the themes of fate and predestination which seem to suffuse the narrative. More than that the paper looks at how the patriarchal figure of Sarao Takase creates identities for his children and how these identities seem to fate them for unhappiness. The paper also examines the character of Sui Minowa and discusses how she has been marked by her relationship with Sarao.
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"Until fairly recently, Japanese women were deprived a voice in their nation's literary canon. However, shifting social and cultural tides have gradually changed things for the better. As a result, lovers of literature have been blessed with the emergence of bright new female talents like Banana Yoshimoto (1990), whose text, N.P., is a clever study of fate and of the tragedy that comes with being burdened with an identify crafted by someone else. In examining Yoshimoto's 1990 opus, this paper will argue that her book - albeit in a discursive, indirect way - is a commentary on traditional, patriarchal Japanese society and how fathers assign to their children - especially to their daughters - identities they must grapple with all their lives. "
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Capt?n Nemo?s Treasures and Profits Inc., 2006.
Describes an interim plan to expand the working capital policy of Capt'n Nemo's Treasures and Profits Inc.
2,289 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper outlines the findings and recommendations that were made to Capt'n Nemo's Treasures and Profits Inc. regarding a new and more progressive working capital policy for the company. The paper explains that the objective of the new policy was to facilitate the company's venture into of E-commerce.
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"Inventory purchases are made via the owner and his chief numismatist attending auctions throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Another source for inventory purchases comes through Capt'n Nemo's Appraisal Service that accomplishes these appraisal services for estate valuations and other reasons. The second most common appraisal function is for collectors prior to disposal of their collections for various reasons. Generally when an appraisal is made Capt'n Nemo's offer to purchase these collections and estates as a service to clients. In addition to purchasing for inventory they also purchase specific items for their larger customers both retail and wholesale. In addition, the company and the principle belong to several organizations that exchange trade information for special order items. The three principle organizations are the American Numismatic Association (ANA), the Professional Numismatic Guild (PNG), and the Professional Coin Certification Service (PCCS), all internationally recognized for their high standards of membership requirements."
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