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Reintroducing Wolves To National Parks, 1999.
Examines the pros and cons, purpose and the significance of the wolf's symbolic power.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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Although most people in this country support having a national park system, and the number of visitors to those parks continues to increase, there are controversies about how to manage the national parks. There is debate about how to manage fire and how to limit the impact of the numbers of visitors. There is debate about how to deal with introduced species of plants and animals which do not belong in a particular ecosystem. Finally, there is debate about reintroducing animals, such as the wolf or the grizzly bear, who have become extinct in a particular region. The focus in this essay is on the reintroduction of the wolf, which has aroused strong feelings in both opponents and supporters of that reintroduction
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"The Return of the Wolves
Introduction
Although most people in this country support having a national park system, and the number of visitors to those parks continues to increase, there are controversies about how to manage the national parks. There is debate about how to manage fire and how to limit the impact of the numbers of visitors. There is debate about how to deal with introduced species of plants and animals which do not belong in a particular ecosystem. Finally, there is debate about reintroducing animals, such as the wolf or the grizzly bear, who have become extinct in a particular region. The focus in this essay is on the reintroduction of the wolf, which has aroused strong feelings in both opponents and supporters of that reintroduction."
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Hunting Wolves in and Around Algonquin Park, 2006.
A look at the sport of hunting wolves in Algonquin Park and the environmental and ethical issues concerned with this practice.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper explores the environmental and ethical issues involved in the hunting of wolves in and around Algonquin Park. The paper shows how sport hunting is extremely anthropocentric and how the Canadian government supports it. The paper also suggests ecotourism as an alternative to hunting.
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"Wolves in North America are in a general state of decline. For example, the article "Fear and Loathing" states, Before the first European settlers arrived, timber (or grey) wolves were found almost everywhere in Canada. The wolf has now been extirpated from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, and the Prairies. It is endangered in all but one of the lower 48 states, where it has been exterminated from 95 percent of its former range (Anonymous 3). This statement clearly indicates that wolves in North America are generally in a state of decline."
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"Rosa Parks: My Story", 2005.
A discussion on Parks' autobiography, "Rosa Parks: My Story"
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper analysis Rosa Parks autobiography. It offers a short summary of the book describing the inspiring story of Rosa Parks, who became a leading protagonist in the struggle of African Americans for equality. The paper explores a main character in this book is, her husband, who encouraged her to take part in civil rights activities, and supported her decision to fight against racial segregation. The author explains that many of the secondary characters in this book, such as the bus driver and police officials, are antagonists because they were against what Rosa Parks was trying to accomplish.
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"Rosa Parks: My Story is set in Montgomery, Alabama in December 1955, and tells the inspiring story of Rosa Parks, who became a leading protagonist in the struggle of African Americans for equality. A main character in this book is her husband, who encouraged her to take part in civil rights activities, and supported her decision to fight against racial segregation. Many of the secondary characters in this book, such as the bus driver and police officials, are antagonists because they were against what Rosa Parks was trying to accomplish. The plot of Rosa Parks: My Story began when Rosa Parks "was sitting in the front seat of the colored section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama." (Parks) She knew that because of racial bigotry, an African American had to give up their bus seat if a white man or woman boarded ..."
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Disney Theme Parks, 1997.
Examines parks' social, psychological & corporate functions Discusses their depiction of national history, technology used and the capitalist ideology behind the parks. The of fantasy also discussed - focusing on Disney World.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 79.95
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"Disney
Introduction
In her analysis on how people interact with Walt Disney World and how the theme park operates upon our personal and societal expectation, Jane Kuenz is particularly interested in the way the park functions in what she calls "a process of recognition and identification and how out of that identification or against it, Disney produces feelings we find pleasurable" (Kuenz 56). She concludes that the park allows us space only as consumers and offers a revamped American history intended to quiet any qualms our society may have about that history. It accomplishes this by tracing our history in various stories of our past and showing the obvious and inevitable correctness of that history (Kuenz 69). Susan Willis concurs in Kuenz's.."
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Disney Parks and Resorts: Marketing, 2004.
Examines the international marketing strategies of Disney Parks and Resorts.
3,325 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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Disney?s Parks and Resorts business was built on the premise that theme parks, which brought the Disney magic to life, would be a tremendous experience and opportunity for children and their families to have fun. This paper analyzes the international marketing strategy of Disney Parks and Resorts. Disney Co. has recently begun facing financial problems, with lower attendance and occupancy rates, both in its U.S. and Paris locations. As this analysis proceeds, it examines the root causes of Disney?s declining Parks and Resorts' business and develops a set of recommendations. The paper includes tables.
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"Standardization and transference of the American culture worked beautifully in Japan, turning it into a highly profitable venture, which continues to grow, leading to the opening of a second resort, Tokyo DisneySea. Indeed, Disney?s success in Japan is evidenced by the fact that it is the only resort to contribute higher earnings (royalties) to The Walt Disney Company in the fiscal year 2003 (Disney 2003 Annual Report, p. 59). Euro Disney is, however, an altogether different story, and not a very happy one at that. Established in 1992, the venture was plagued with problems right from the outset, beginning with Disney?s lack of understanding of European and French culture, which led to several errors in product and service design:..."
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Snowmobiles and National Parks: A Bad Combination, 2005.
An argument for why snowmobiles should not be allowed access to U.S. national parks.
1,098 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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National parks should be considered treasures of this country. They are some of the few remaining examples of how beautiful the land truly is in its natural state. This paper contends that snowmobiles harm American national parks and their inhabitants (animals) with pollution to the air as well as noise pollution. In addition to this, they disrupt the national park experience for the millions of visitors to parks such as Yellowstone.
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"Snowmobiles run on fuel just like the automobiles we drive in everyday life. Those automobiles of course pollute our cities everyday and it would be foolish to assume that snowmobiles do not do the same thing to the national parks of America. Air pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution are all results of the frequent snowmobile use in several prevalent national parks in this country. According to Sean Smith, the snowmobiles have "two-stroke engines that spew up to 30 percent of their fuel out the tailpipe and emit highly toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons"(Presley). One does not have to be an environmental expert to realize that machines releasing 30 percent of their fuel into the atmosphere is a bad thing. "
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Walt Disney?s Theme Parks, 2002.
A discussion of the history and operations behind the Walt Disney Theme Parks with an emphasis on Paris.
1,188 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines Walt Disney's amusement parks which began in the middle of some Southern California orange groves in 1955 and which changed the way that Americans and the world viewed such entertainment. It analyzes how Disney successfully marketed Disneyland as a unique entertainment experience and made his theme park world-famous which led to other theme parks opening in Florida, Tokyo and Paris. It looks at how the company also operates resorts at each of the theme park sites (with the exception of Tokyo) and is a major supplier of entertainment content (television programs, filmed entertainment, audio/video tapes and Internet content). The paper considers the international theme park operations of the company, with a particular emphasis on the company's operations in Paris.
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"Walt Disney recognized the power of television and began using tie-ins between television programs and his theme park from the beginning. The Wonderful World of Disney provided television audiences not only with entertainment programs, but also with a direct link to the company that produced them. The company also benefits from its studio operations since it is able to provide promotions for its theme parks on videos and in its productions. Movies can also be run on television, adding to the high presence and brand recognition that is associated with the organization and its products."
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American National Parks, 2002.
An overview of the physical features of America's National Parks.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper is brief general discussion on the American National Parks. It describes the physical environment, climate/weather, vegetation and land cover, the kind of landscapes some parks have and what physical process formed this landscape and what physical processes may still continue to alter the form of these parks.
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Rosa Parks, 2007.
This paper highlights the bravery of Rosa Parks, an African-American woman who protested the racism prevalent in the 1950s.
913 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper discusses how Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she could hold true to her convictions. The paper shows how Rosa Parks became one of the icons of the American Civil Rights Movement because she refused to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The paper demonstrates how Parks' single act of quiet defiance more than fifty years ago helped touch off the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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""To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius," writes Ralph Waldo Emerson at the beginning of his essay "Self-Reliance." (Emerson, 1841) And, one might add, for all women too! In his famous essay, Emerson writes that genius, and true self-reliance and bravery comes from resisting accepted norms, and refusing to follow the crowd, and the mass, popular opinion. Such was the case with Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she might hold true to her convictions."
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Rosa Parks, 2007.
This paper describes the role of Rosa Parks in the Civil Rights Movement.
1,067 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper traces the origins of the Civil Rights Movement in America, starting with Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. The author shows how Parks' act of defiance ultimately led to the involvement of the major leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King. The paper includes a biography of King's life, influences and his impact on civil rights. Also described are some of King's speeches. The paper concludes that ordinary people like Rosa Parks showed the way forward to eventually affect change in American policies toward blacks and whites.
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"Of course the American Civil Rights Movement had many other origins and precursors. The peak of the Movement's activities was in the period between 1955 and 1965. One of the aims of the movement was achieved with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by congress."
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Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves", 2008.
Examines Angela Carter's tale "The Company of Wolves", a satire of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other traditional fairy tales.
1,515 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that female characters in fairy tales are sometimes viewed as being helpless and innocent and at other times as being powerful. The author then summarizes and reviews Angela Carter's story, "The Company of Wolves", and relates that it embraces a new form of the commanding protagonist, who thwarts both man and wolf using her burgeoning sexuality. The paper underscores that Carter's protagonist , like some of the female characters in fairy tales, has "more power" than men because of her very presence as the hero of the story.
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Introduction
The Company of Wolves
Conclusion
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"A young man appears before the girl on the path, a metaphorical sheep in wolf's clothing. Innocently trusting appearances, the girl is attracted to his obvious good looks and his attempts to woo her. Arranging a race to her grandmother's house whereby, if he wins, he will obtain from her a kiss, the man departs. By the time he has reached grandmother's house - earlier than the girl - it is clear to the reader he is a werewolf, or a "wolf-man". As in Little Red Riding Hood, the youth tricks his way into the grandmother's home and eats her up, as it were."
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Of Parks, Politicians and People, 2001.
A look at how environmental policy is implemented in national parks.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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This paper studies the process of policy making within the national park program. Yosemite National Park is used as an example to illustrate environmental policy. It looks at how land has been changed since the influence of the National Park Service. It shows how the national park service?s manipulation of land parallels broader policy-making and deals with the levels of public awareness and action.
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"The process of policy making within the national park program follows the ?issue-attention cycle? proposed by Anthony Downs in 1972. This sequence includes problem identification and agenda setting, followed by policy formulation, adoption, implementation and evaluation (Switzer 3-5). The history of policy making for the national parks has repeated this process several times, with a significant reevaluation of the National Park Service?s agenda approximately every decade. The major shifts in policy emphasis from tourism to wildlife biology occurred after World War II, when families increasingly took advantage of the national parks, and continued through the environmental awakening of the 1960s and 70s, at which time much of today?s broader environmental policy was implemented".
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"Dances With Wolves", 2002.
This paper discusses the film "Dances with the Wolves"
1,056 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the film "Dances With Wolves" in relation to man's inhumanity to man, culture, our attitudes towards other cultures, and the media's portrayal of other cultures through the medium of film.
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"The film ?Dances With Wolves? (Costner) looks in detail at the way strangers get to know each other. It is seen from the point of view of John Dunbar, a lieutenant fighting during the American Civil War. We meet the wounded hero in a field hospital just as he is about to have his leg amputated. However, when the doctors leave, he decides to rejoin his regiment, and invites death by riding his horse in a suicidal charge at the enemy lines."
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Whitewater Parks, 2005.
A discussion about the benefit of man-made, whitewater parks.
1,241 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper argues that whitewater parks can transform a dull, slow-moving river into a whitewater haven that is a kayaker's dream and an engineering feat. It looks at the economic, environmental, and recreational benefits of such a creation and concludes that these man-made water parks are to everyone's benefit.
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"In 1972 a whitewater park was built in Augsburg, Germany for the Munich Olympic Games. Since then whitewater parks have become very popular in the United States and other countries (7). There are already over 40 whitewater parks built all over the world. There are almost 20 proposed whitewater parks in the building or planning stages currently in the U.S. Internationally there are at least four parks currently in the same stages (2). Gary Lacy, a pioneer whitewater engineer said "I'm just as surprised as anyone else at how popular these parks are in the community in general and the whitewater community," (1). There are two proposed whitewater parks in Pennsylvania, one in Johnstown, and another in Williamsport (2). Although no information could be obtained pertaining to the Williamsport project, through a discussion with Ben Faas the design engineer for the Johnstown Greenhouse Park and Stonycreek River Whitewater Improvement Project some design questions were answered. Mr. Faas said, "Whitewater sports are growing and growing now a days and kayakers especially need a place to play in the summer months, and a whitewater park is just the answer!", "This is the first whitewater park that I have ever worked so I am coming up with the preliminary designs and Gary Lacy, an experienced whitewater engineer from Boulder, CO is making all of the refinements." Mr. Faas spoke of the benefits that will follow the completion of the whitewater park (5)."
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Losing Integrity: The Crisis Within Canada?s National Parks, 2001.
The essay is an examination of the problems facing National Parks in Canada.
2,270 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This essay deals with four areas which are causing Canadian National Parks to disappear--extreme government cut-backs, identity crisis, improper management and ecosystem destruction. It also suggests ways in which the government can change its polices to save these parks.
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"Canadians look at the infamous National Park?s landscape and see a vast and beautiful range of Canada at it?s best. Unfortunately, what one sees is often deceiving. The truth is that the state of Canada?s National Parks is alarming. Entire species are disappearing, vegetation is being destroyed by development and urbanization, and the pristine lakes and rivers are being contaminated by pollution. The Canadian Government has not been fulfilling its managerial role in protecting the essential resources that are comprised in Canada?s National Parks. The problems that have generated in the Park?s system have often dismissed due to their seemingly insignificant characteristics. Unfortunately, all of the insignificant problems joined together to create a devastating picture of dyfunctionality of the National Parks. There are four pivotal points that have caused the Park?s disastrous spiral aimed at oblivion. Extreme cuts to the Parks Canada?s budget has forced them to compromise their principles on how the parks should be run, and resorted to doing what they could. Parks Canada has found itself in an extreme identity crisis, as financial pressures are pitting conflicting philosophies against one another. The Canadian Government is the root which many, if not all of the posing threats the National Parks has emerged from. Their improper management and mentality has potentially shattered any chance of Canada?s ecosystem to flourish. Until the Canadian Government stops seeing the nation?s national Parks yet another way to generate a clever income for their institution, the parks will continue to lose their ecological integrity until they fade from man?s sight completely."
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