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The Pavement Problem, 2008.
This paper discusses the environmental impact of the urban pavement problem.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that urban sprawl and the ever increasing population of the United States is causing one million acres of farmland to be paved over each year in order to build roads. The author points out that the American Farmland Trust (ATF) has been instrumental in developing many policies that that focus on farmland protection and local food systems. The paper relates that paving causes the urban heat island effect (UHI), which occurs when a metropolitan area is significantly warmer than its surroundings. The author underscores that paving impacts the natural seepage of rainwater at the soil surface and creates more soil erosion. The paper states that paving reduces the total area through which the soil absorbs rainwater causing more flooding and decreasing the amount of water in natural aquifers.
From the Paper
"Soil erosion is the gradual wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or a glacier. Erosion also involves the transport of eroded material from one place to another, as from the top of a mountain to an adjacent valley, or from the upstream portion of a river to the downstream portion. Soil erosion can cause the top soil to be removed from farmlands which has the nutrients for the crops to grow. Also erosion can cause stream and ditch bank erosion which can result in the undermining of structures such as bridges or roads."
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"The Lonely Londoners", 2008.
An analysis of the novel "The Lonely Londoners" by Samuel Selvon.
3,852 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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This paper discusses how "The Lonely Londoners" is the story of the West Indian immigrants who struggle to survive on "the diamond pavements of Caribbean London." It looks at how the constant skimping and scraping for a living which Selvon depicts throughout the book seems to suggest that he does not approve of large numbers of West Indians trying to settle in England and how they would have more fun and be happier if they lived in their country.
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"The novel starts with the arrival of Henry Oliver, Galahad, from Trinidad. Moses, the main character, goes to Waterloo Station to meet him. It is a very important place, because it is the point through which all the West Indies enter England. " With the opening scene, Selvon introduces readers to a nondescript public space that was fast becoming a Caribbean gathering site and that was serving in the 1950s as the smaller-scale, British equivalent of New York's Ellis Island." Thus, it has become the symbol for West Indian immigrants, and it is a place of not only arrivals, but also departures. Some people go there just to see familiar faces. "They like to see the familiar faces, they like to watch their countrymen coming off the train, and sometimes they might spot somebody they know." Moses feels homesick when he arrives at the station. "
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The Invention of the Personal Computer, 2006.
A paper looking at how the invention of the personal computer influences our lives today.
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper makes the assertion that IBM's invention of the PC served as a powerful catalyst that has ultimately forced us to reexamine age-old perceptions and to look at life in an entirely different way. It looks at how the PC allows us to do things that are totally taken for granted these days - email, internet banking, shopping online etc.
Introduction
The Marriage of the Internet with PCs
E-Commerce and Shopping Online
E-Mail vs. Snail Mail, Etc.
Pounding the Virtual Pavement
Banking in Cyberspace
Works Cited
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"One of the most dramatic and incredible developments to take place with regard to IBM's introduction of its PC and the evolution of the Internet, is the advent of e-mail (electronic mail). Before e-mail, when you wanted to communicate with someone, there were basically four ways - by telephone, by cellular phone, by fax machine and by U.S. Postal Service, etc."
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Public Safety, 2004.
A brief overview of methods to safeguard the public.
773 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper presents several situations that illustrate regard for public safety. The paper quotes the "Safety Statement for the Microelectronics Technology Laboratory" to illustrate the safety measures taken by the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. The paper examines the safety guidelines to be followed by cable TV network contractors when they are laying cable along pavements. The paper considers the safety of the workers, as well as public safety, during the period of the work being carried out.
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"The 'MTL Safety Policy' outlined by the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering states that during the course of the incorporation of the MTL, it will make sure that the following conditions would be met with: the health and the safety and the welfare of all the students and the staff and the others involved in the implementation of the MTL would be undertaken according to the rules and regulations prescribed in the 'College Safety Statement', and also the Health and Welfare at Work Act of 1989, and all the legislation that is related to thee subjects in any manner. In addition, all the students and the staff and anybody who may be involved in any of the activities of the MTL must also undertake a vow that they would be responsible for their own personal safety and well being at all times, as will the Heads of the various Departments within the campus."
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?Richard Cory?, 2002.
A review of the poem ?Richard Cory? by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
568 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 20.95
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The paper analyzes the four-stanza, sixteen-line long poem ?Richard Cory? by Edwin Arlington Robinson about the suicide of Cory. It examines how Robinson employs simple but well-chosen words to illuminate the title character and illustrate the tension between Richard Cory?s inner and outer worlds. It discusses the use of the first person plural pronoun, ?we? to identify with the ?people on the pavement? and how it lures the reader into identification with the general populace enabling the reader to perceive Richard Cory through the people?s eyes, rather than the poet?s.
From the Paper
"Robinson places far more attention on the actions of Richard Cory than he does on the populace because the poem characterizes Cory. But the working class people who come into contact with Cory color their perception of the ?clean favored? man. ?We the people on the pavement...thought that he was everything,? because Cory seemed to glow. His presence evoked a sense of quiet envy, of respect and admiration. ?We people? lived ?down town,? a visible and metaphoric distinction from the uptown, well-educated milieu of Richard Cory."
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