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UV Rays, 2002.
A brief discussion of how UV rays affect the skin and may cause cancer.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains the dangers of sun rays and how these are a cause of skin cancer. It looks at preventative measures and precautions needed to be taken and what protection one may use. It explains the ecological cause of this rise in danger levels - the ozone layer, global warming etc.
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"Very simply, sunburn and UV light, or, more specifically, Ultra Violet Radiation (UVR), and especially UV-B radiation can damage your skin, and this damage can lead to skin cancer. There are of course other determining factors, including your heredity and the environment you live in. However, both the total amount of sun received over the years, and overexposure resulting in sunburn can cause skin cancer."
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Early Days of X-rays, 2002.
An examination of the pioneering technology of radium and x-rays and the unknown dangers to those pioneers.
2,128 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper looks into the period of when X-rays and radium were discovered and how they were hailed as miracles. Widely using radioactive substances for presumed ?curative? effects and to produce a range of products, pioneers into these fields eventually reaped the deadly effects of radiation. It discusses how many researchers, patients, and consumers died of radiation poisoning during these early decades.
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"Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was a relatively unknown professor and research at the University of Wurzburg until one fateful day in 1895. It was on November 8th of that year, while working with a variant of Crookes's shrouded cathode ray tubes, he ?saw the shadows of the bones of his hand when held between the tube and a fluorescent screen.? (Hausfeld, 1993, 1) Within months he had published his research and a radiograph of his wife?s hand. He suggested usage in medical diagnoses, but the world of science would take his discovery much, much further. Within 30 years, hundreds if not thousands of people would be dead from radiation research, ?treatments,? and commercial use. These early pioneers and victims of X-ray technology would discover first hand precisely what it did to living cell structures."
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Gamma-Ray Bursts, 2006.
This paper defines and analyses gamma-ray bursts.
1,316 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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In this article, the writer notes that about once a day, somewhere in the universe a burst of gamma rays appears as if out of nowhere. It lasts a very short time, no more than a few seconds, and then disappears. The writer points out that during the event, the level of radiation from the gamma-ray bursts is so high that it overwhelms any other gamma rays coming from other cosmic sources. It has also been observed that most gamma-ray bursts have an afterglow in the x-ray, and sometimes even optical, wavelengths ranges. The writer maintains that the research into gamma-ray bursts will continue until their nature is finally understood. The writer concludes that while this research goes on, the accumulated information and the intermediate hypotheses are already helping astronomers and cosmologists to better understand the universe, particularly the time when it was just beginning to form.
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Definition and Description
Research Goals
History
Analysis
Future Research
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"Despite the inconsistent nature of these bursts, some patterns have been identified. One prominent distinction is between long and short bursts, those over 2 seconds and those less than that. Analysis of almost 2,000 gamma-ray bursts recorded by the BATSE device on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory between 1991 and 2000 showed that each falls into one of two groups: the short bursts have closely-spaced high-energy photons; the long bursts' photons appear to have lower energy and are more widely spaced.
"Another pattern that was discovered is related to the degrees of brightening and fading that the bursts exhibit over time in various channels of the measured energy spectra over the life of the burst. This analysis showed that different bursts release their gamma rays at different rates in different energy spectra When plotted, these variations manifested themselves as 5 distinct patterns: flat, crescent (or double-crescent), loop, lobe and island."
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"Ray", 2007.
A review of the character of Ray Charles and the time in which he lived, as portrayed in the film "Ray," directed by Taylor Hackford.
1,089 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the 2004 film, "Ray," directed by Taylor Hackford. The paper discusses the story of the film and shows how the filmmakers reflected on the time in which Ray Charles lived. It discusses the background of the Civil Rights era and the changes it brought about and shows how this is seen in the film in the changing relationship between the performer and his audience.
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"Ray Charles is not depicted as a saint but as a sometimes very difficult man, even without the drug problem that afflicted him for some time. The racism of the 1950s did not stop him from performing as he wished any more than had his blindness. In 1961, he decides that he will no longer play for segregated audiences in the South as he had before, since that was expected of performers at that time and in that part of the country. Because of his stand, though, another instance of racism is seen as his home state of Georgia bans him from performing at all. The film addresses this with a section at the end set in 1979 as the state give the singer an apology for this action, showing just as much that times have changed and that a segregated audiences is no longer possible. The central issue in the film is not racism or even the society of the time, though that background is recreated well for the film. Instead, the film offers "a potent sampling of Charles' demons, faults and addictions to go along with the charm, talent and strength of character" (McCarthy 3)."
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Man Ray and Cartier-Bresson, 2004.
This paper discusses the roles that Man Ray and Henri Cartier-Bresson played in the development of photographic surrealism.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that Henri Cartier-Bresson and Man Ray made fundamentally different but important contributions to surrealist art. The author points out that Cartier-Bresson's work captured the surreal in the everyday; Man Ray, instead, created the surreal out of the ordinary. The paper relates that Cartier-Bresson captured the minutia in reality and converted them into surrealism, while Man Ray manipulated reality through techniques like solarization to distort reality into surrealism.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Man Ray
Conclusion
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"Unlike Man Ray, Cartier-Bresson relied little upon the processes of development in his art. Instead, he remained true to his small 35-mm camera, which he regarded as unobtrusive, and quickly became "an extension of (his) eye". Further, Cartier-Bresson believed that to be effective, photography should be as instantaneous and natural as possible. As a result, Cartier-Bresson worked almost exclusively with natural light in order to capture the essence of his subject."
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Photographers Man Ray and Cartier-Bresson, 2004.
This paper describes the influences of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Man Ray, two of the world?s best-known surrealist photographers.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper relates that Man Ray?s contributions to photography centered on his innovative photographic techniques and his imaginative manipulation to create a surrealistic effect. The author points out that Cartier-Bresson is renowned for his seminal contribution to the ?decisive moment? and his evocative and uncomplicated style. The paper concludes that, while Man Ray clearly saw himself as a surrealist, Cartier-Bresson rejected that title. Ultimately, however, Cartier-Bresson?s approach to the ?decisive moment? overshadows Man Ray?s substantial contributions.
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"Cartier-Bresson had a strong respect for the demands of photojournalism and spent a great deal of his life working as a de-facto photojournalist. Among other important events, he photographed a dying Gandhi, and the 1938 Coronation of King George VI in London. Most of his photographs were taken with his simple and unobtrusive 35 mm camera and with only a 50 mm lens. Cartier-Bresson famously forbade printers from cropping his photographs."
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The Camp X-Ray Case, 2003.
This paper discusses the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) about Camp X-Ray.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 31.95
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This paper explains that the ICJ Camp X-Ray case regards the status of detainees at Camp X-Ray and their treatment. The author points out that the case involves Saudi Arabia v. U.S. regarding non-Americans captured by the United States Government (USG) during the conflict in Afghanistan and detained at USG naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The paper reports the reasons for the ICJ's rejection of the argument of Saudi Arabia.
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"This opinion sets forth the judgment of the International Court of Justice ICJ in the Camp X-Ray case, Saudi Arabia v U.S. regarding the status and treatment of non-Americans captured by the United States Government USG during the recent conflict ..."
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Man Ray, 2006.
A look at the artistic career of photographer, Man Ray.
1,799 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper describes the photography of Man Ray, describing both his spirit of innovation and his enormous talent for the photographic medium. The paper discusses Ray's early career, his interest in photography, his work in New York and Paris, his surrealist and Dadaist works and his influence on the mainstream (and often upper class) dress fashions of the late 1930s.
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"Ray's interest in photography grew stronger in the 1920s. He showed a masterful control of camera and dark room skills, but he was most notably an innovator. He helped re-instate the cliche-verre method of making direct photographic reproductions of drawings on glass. He used a variety of methods to produce photographic images without using a camera by "placing translucent objects on sensitized paper, adjusting lights at various angles, moving objects and/or lights above and across the paper, and at times actually immersing objects in the developer during exposure." [Perpetual, p. 27] If photography was machine-art, then Ray's photographs without a camera were even harder to categorize, an unidentifiable realm of artistic mystery. Although not entirely of his own invention, Ray's experimentation with these forms of exposure led to a liberation in the modernist's way of interpreting reality."
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Business Strategy of Ray Kroc, 2004.
Presents a biography of the brain behind McDonald's business success, Ray Kroc, paying particular attention to his leadership qualities.
5,000 words (approx. 20.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 126.95
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In a highly competitive world, business strategy is vital to success and, as demonstrated by some individuals, an ordinary business can be converted into a massive chain of outlets on an international scale. An example of this kind of success is Ray Kroc's McDonald's, which developed from a relatively small fast-food company into a fast-food chain with outlets in nearly every corner of the world. The paper discusses the reasons behind this incredible business success story, focusing on the qualities in the man, Ray Kroc, such as vision, authority, and perseverance, which made McDonald's what it is today.
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"Two particular accounts that have been remembered about his authoritative attitude include the time that he fired an employee for not wearing properly polished shoes. The second account that is remembered is the time that he nearly fired a manager for not having enough of what he called ?potential? (Kroc & Anderson, 1990). This authoritative attitude is one that can so easily be associated with cruelty and lack of consideration for employees. However, this action demonstrates the standards that Kroc expected to maintain without any exceptions being made."
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Man Ray and Sally Mann, 2006.
A comparison of the twentieth century photographers Man Ray and Sally Mann.
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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Although separated by about seven decades, this paper explains that Man Ray and Sally Mann are both 20th century photographers whose work has been preoccupied with surrealist imagery. It looks at how both artists have gone against the grain of popular styles, defying trends in their individual ways. Both were concerned with romanticism and both strove to capture an altered reality in their work. It concludes that the absurdity of fashion and the disembodied female form held Ray's interest, while for Mann, the absurdity of childhood and parenting occupies her stills.
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"Early in his career as an artistic pioneer in a variety of media, Man Ray was a founder of the Dadaist Movement of New York with Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia. [1] However, some of his most interesting work was done during his time as a fashion photographer for the great design houses of Paris. For Ray, the world of fashion was attractive because of its strange metaphors: reality vs. fantasy, and the thin line that holds them apart. Ray's style was couched in his ideas of the unreality of fashion, yet it stood in stark visual contrast to the surrealist aesthetic of the time, which also liked to challenge the "reality" of standard fashion."
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Ray Kroc: A Biography, 2002.
A discussion of Ray Kroc, the inventor and founder of McDonald's.
1,695 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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An analysis of Ray Kroc's main acclaimed achievement, the establishment of McDonald's. A study of how he did it and what made him successful. The author explains how he was always a salesman so that when he saw a good business opportunity, he seized the chance to make a good product better and to go the distance with a vision. Not only did Kroc introduce a better fast-food restaurant, he found a better way to run any business through his philosophy of quality, service, cleanliness, and value. Much of his tenacity for success had to do with his vision, but most had to do with his natural salesmanship. The paper concludes that Ray Kroc was a genuine twentieth century innovator and American, second to none in his field, or in nearly any other industry.
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"Dining at McDonald?s is a wholesome American experience. Nothing better represents the values and image of America than a hamburger, french-fries, and a chocolate shake under the Golden Arches. And no other innovators ? with the possible exception of Thomas Alva Edison, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates ? in the last one hundred and twenty-five years has a greater impact upon American culture and the global economy than Ray Kroc. He was a visionary and an entrepreneur. Most of all: Ray Kroc was always a salesman: when he saw a good business opportunity, he seized the chance to make a good product better and to go the distance with a vision. But when Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald?s 1955, he wasn?t a restaurateur or self-made businessman. He was a 52-year-old milkshake salesman. But the day Ray Kroc entered a little restaurant operated by two brothers in San Bernardino, California, it not only changed Kroc?s life but it changed the world. Not only did Kroc introduce a better fast-food restaurant, he found a better way to run any business through his philosophy of quality, service, cleanliness, and value. Much of his tenacity for success had to do with his vision, but most had to do with his natural salesmanship; and of salesmanship, Kroc said, ?"The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way" (Pepin). Ray Kroc is a genuine American success story from humble beginnings to hamburger titan."
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The Ray Copper Mine In Arizona, 2002.
Discusses the Ray Copper Mine in Arizona and its significance to the state.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the Ray Copper Mine in Arizona. Arizona is the largest producer of copper in USA. There are some other states where copper reserves have been discovered but Arizona by far remains the leading copper-producing state accounting for 65 percent of the total US copper-production. Copper and its by-products represent over 80 percent of Arizona's nonfuel mineral value.
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David Ray Griffin's "The New Pearl Harbor", 2005.
A critique of "The New Pearl Harbor" by David Ray Griffin.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews and critiques Professor David Ray Griffin's book, "The New Pearl Harbor". The paper examines the events before, during and after 9/11 as well as many of the discrepancies between the official version of what happened and the facts as far as they are known by the author.
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"In "The New Pearl Harbor", Professor David R Griffin lays out a lot of disturbing facts concerning events which are difficult to reconcile with the official version of the story. Particularly intriguing are the events he documents concerning the attack on the Pentagon. One disturbing fact is that although the flight went significantly off course minutes after takeoff, it came back on course, lost radio contact minutes later and then the transponder went off. No fighter jets were scrambled.n Twenty-nine minutes later Dulles Airport reported a fast moving..."
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Ray Bradbury, 2006.
Examines the past, present and future in the works by author Ray Bradbury.
1,508 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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Despite the popular classification of Ray Bradbury as a science fiction writer, much of his works bring allusions to the past and present. This paper shows that, unlike many futuristic writers, Bradbury exhibits strong social criticism to the present, cautiously looks to the future and adores the past of his childhood. The paper looks to see how this is presented in several of his works such as "The Martian Chronicles", "Fahrenheit 451" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
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"Bradbury's writings are not a typical science fiction. Although the future and its technology have a well-established place it is not the key element in any of his stories. What one finds in many of his works are imagery and references to his youth. Nostalgia for the innocent time of the past is evident, while depictions of the future are gloomy. In Bradbury's writing there can be found not only a reflection of society at the time, but of all of the memories and lessons he learned from the past, and some of the hopes that he has for the future."
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The Writing Style of Ray Bradbury, 2005.
This paper analyzes the writing style of Ray Bradbury, as demonstrated in "The Illustrated Man," "Fahrenheit 451" and "Death is a Lonely Business."
2,938 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper examines the writing style of Ray Bradbury, as demonstrated in "The Illustrated Man," "Fahrenheit 451" and "Death is a Lonely Business."
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"The works of Ray Bradbury have long been hailed for their originality and stunning creativity. Indeed his novels and short stories have changed the way in which people view the world, as they not only function as imaginative narratives but provocative social commentary as well. Bradbury's writing style serves these ends well, blending what is traditionally considered science fiction writing with a more poetic type of prose. However, the very question of which genre Bradbury's works truly belong to has caused some debate among critics."
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