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"The Wayward Bus", 2006.
An essay on John Steinbeck's novel, "The Wayward Bus" and how it depicts the hopes, dreams and disillusions of normal, everyday Americans.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This essay focuses on the characters of Nora and Juan in John Steinbeck's novel, "The Wayward Bus", to illustrate how the novel signifies the human capacity to dream and attempt to realize those dreams until reality sets in and we learn that the dream cannot be realized.
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"Norma sees her work in the diner as her connection with the glorified Hollywood. This also represents the unrealistic nature of youthful dreaming. The reality of Hollywood is of course far removed from such elevated dreams. This is further shown in the fact that Norma cannot take her dream any further than the flies. She is completely naive of the sexual aspect of life, and feels that Gable would disapprove of it as she does. This idealistic dream is later replaced onto Camilla, the beautiful blonde. With Camilla's appearance, Norma attaches herself to the older girl as if she is an older sister. Camilla initially willingly plays the role and helps Norma with her hair and her makeup. She also coaches the younger girl in how to deal with men. While eating out of Camilla's hand like a willing servant, Norma further demonstrates her naive dreaming nature when Camilla tells obvious lies. She for example tells the group that she is a dental assistant, which everybody but Norma knows is not true. But Camilla is more real than Clark Gable and in her Norma sees the chance to realize her dreams."
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 2005.
This paper discusses the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-56, one of the pivotal events in U.S. history, which helped to ignite and shape the Civil Rights Movement.
970 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that the motivating force behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a lone African-American woman, Rosa Parks, who defied a well-entrenched law of the period that blacks were required to sit at the back of the bus, to enter the bus through rear doors and to yield their seats to white passengers if seating was limited. The author points out that the young Martin Luther King, Jr. was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), an organization of the various groups that had participated in arranging the boycott, joined forces and named the organization. When it came time to elect a president, King found himself thrust into the position. The paper relates that, while the initial intentions of the bus boycott were far from revolutionary, the event gained national and international attention; not only did it elevate Martin Luther King Jr. to the position of de facto leader of the Civil Rights Movement, but also it established his doctrine of non-violent resistance as a primary method by which the movement would enact social change.
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"On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was told to vacate her seat to allow a white man to sit down. Mrs. Parks was sitting in the eleventh row of the bus, with three other blacks also occupying seats in the row. While the other three black passengers yielded to the drivers demand, Mrs. Parks refused, and was consequently arrested. While her place in history is well established, one author pointed out that "Rosa Parks was not, as some versions of civil rights history would have it, just a simple black woman whose feet were tired from working all day for the white folks.""
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"Wayward Puritans", 2004.
An analysis of Kai T. Erickson's "Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance", looking in particular at the social-control approach of the Puritans.
852 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper introduces and discusses "Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance" by Kai T. Erickson. Specifically, it presents an extra chapter to "Wayward Puritans", demonstrating how the study illustrates the social-control approach to deviance. The Puritan society of early New England is an excellent example of how a small society carefully controlled deviant behavior that frightened them.
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"Fearful of witches and the black arts, the society encouraged members to turn on each other in the name of "confession." Erickson writes, "As they [the possessed girls] became caught up in the enthusiasm of their new work, then, the girls began to reach into every corner of the community in a search for likely suspects." The community encouraged this behavior in their maniacal search for deviants in league with the Devil, and this shows how the community's beliefs and fears controlled the deviant behavior. Anyone could be accused, and so, the rest of the community had to strictly adhere to every Puritan policy, or become suspect themselves."
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Enterprise Service Bus Architectures, 2007.
A discussion on enterprise service bus (ESB) architectures in manufacturing.
4,879 words (approx. 19.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 124.95
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The paper examines how many business drivers that are influencing and growing the use of enterprise service bus (ESB) architectures throughout global manufacturing are also making it critical for manufacturers to take into account the need for greater synchronization of supply chains across the many sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, fulfillment and service centers. The paper discusses how, over and above the need for manufacturers to synchronize these disparate, legacy and often non-integrated systems with enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain, distributed order management, and often, global customer relationship management (CRM) systems is the more fundamental challenge of turning all these systems into competitive advantages in the marketplace.
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Introduction
Table 1: Planning Web Services For Channels: Real-Time Versus Batch Integration
Figure 1: Manufacturer's dilemma regarding mass customization and channel implications of integration
Figure 2: An example of a Brokered ESB Pattern Model
Implications of Visualization Grids on ESB in Manufacturing
Figure 4: Combining BPEL4WP and Key Performance Indicator Financial Performance
Figure 5: An Example of a Manufacturing Dashboard
Figure 6: IBM WebSphere's' Hierarchical Model
ESB as the Catalyst for attaining The Perfect Order
Table 2: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Relative to The Perfect Order
Enterprise Service Bus Case Studies
Areas for Future Research
References
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"The logic of many global manufacturers is that while they are incurring the costs of attaining compliance to government regulations and standards for financial disclosure, they can at the same time completely re-define their IT strategies to better align with the needs of their business. In this regard many manufacturers today look to compliance as the impetus for change, and the primary reason to re-architecting how information technologies and services support making their organizations more agile and flexible."
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Bus Rapid Transit, 2005.
This paper presents an argument for bus rapid transit as a transport option in North America and explains its advantages.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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The paper discusses transportation issues and focuses on bus rapid transit as a transport option. The paper maintains that it is promising because it is inexpensive, flexible and not much slower then cars. The paper then considers the problems of urban sprawl and car culture.
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"Traffic congestion is a major problem facing North America. Many solutions have been suggested to this problem. One of the most practical appears to be the use of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). According to Jose Luis Moscovich in Designing Transportation Systems for Active Communities, bus transit can help accelerate surface transit operations considerably, particularly when the right kind of rolling stock is deployed (such as low-floor, and articulated vehicles with multiple doors) and combined with a proof-of-payment system."
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Martin Espada's Poem "Sleeping on the Bus", 2008.
An analysis of the main theme of Martin Espada's Poem "Sleeping on the Bus", about the long road to desegregation and equality.
765 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the speaker in Martin Espada's poem "Sleeping on the Bus" is paying tribute to the forefathers of the human rights movement by showing the many hardships they had to overcome. The author points out that the main theme of the poem is to show how easily the people of today forget the sacrifices that were made to create the freedoms now enjoyed and how there is still work to be done. The paper relates that the repeating rhetorical question "how we" emphasizes the speaker's goal of making the reader strongly remember the tough long road of desegregation. The paper analyzes each stanza of the poem.
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"The poem explicates how a decade before the demonstrations in Alabama, few held true to their convictions out of fear of the pure power that the conservative majority had over the police and government "no witness spoke to cameras." When a "brown skinned man in Army uniform" made the smallest snicker in disbelief regarding the "custom of the backseat" he was dragged from the bus by the police. Without due process, the "brown skinned" man was put in jail for a week, while the "magistrate" went right back to bed feeling no remorse and sleeping soundly."
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Kai T. Erikson's "Wayward Puritans", 1994.
This paper examines Kai T. Erikson's "Wayward Puritans": Puritan moral structure related to 20th Century American culture, deviance and witchcraft and the role of religion and Bible.
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"This study will examine Kai T. Erikson's "Wayward Puritans". The examination of major ideas in the book, subtitled "A Study in the Sociology of Deviance," focuses on the Puritan moral philosophy in relation to American culture today; the relationship between Puritan "crime waves" and deviancy; witchcraft; and the role religion played in the Puritan response to deviancy.
To Erikson, the Puritan ethos was based on a simpler and more direct way of seeing and experiencing one's relationship with God. This world view "suggested revival more than reform" (46), although there were elements of reform involved. The Puritan ethos saw the Church as an institution which was an obstacle to be changed if the individual ever hoped to have a direct experience of God. According to this ethos, the Puritan ... "
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, 2001.
Examines facts & myths of 1955 bus boycott. Organizers, community context, women leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 55.95
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"Introduction
There is sometimes the misapprehension that the Montgomery Bus Boycott resulted from the random action of Rosa Parks, a working woman who was simply too tired to budge from her seat. This is not an accurate picture of the events leading up to her actions, nor of the woman herself. In the following pages, the intention is to look at the woman and the roots of the boycott.
The Facts
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 with Mrs. Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger who had entered. At that time, not only did "colored" passengers have to sit at the back of the bus, they were also required to relinquish their seats to white passengers.."
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Carrolton, Kentucky Bus Crash, 2005.
Examines the tragic 1988 crash and the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol.
1,311 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper describes the events surrounding the 1988 Carrolton, Kentucky bus crash where 27 died. The event remains one of the worst accidents involving a bus and a driver under the influence and is important for organizations such as MADD and SADD to push for harsher laws against DUI offenders. The paper shows that major legislation came from this accident and buses have been made safer for students involved in an accident. The paper looks at the bad choices made by people who get behind a wheel while intoxicated.
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"Although this accident was a horrendous tragedy, to its credit, the collision is responsible for sweeping changes in many rules, regulations, and design changes in the manufacture of school buses. The thoroughness of the accident investigation and the examination led to many changes in bus technology, for both safety and survivability of its occupants. The requirements for Kentucky school buses are more stringent than in any other state or federal mandate."
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"Get On The Bus", 2002.
Movie analysis.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper closely analyzes Spike Lees' film "Get On The Bus".
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The Bus Trip and the Merry Pranksters, 2002.
A report of the introduction of LSD in the 1960's via the music scene and the effects on society.
2,616 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper reviews the involvement of the musician Ken Kesey and his group, the Merry Pranksters in the encouragement of taking LSD. In the beginning they were committed and dedicated to getting everyone familiar with the hallucinogenic drug, LSD. The paper describes how they bought a bus and toured around to distribute the drugs and allow society to have this experience. Their dedication to spreading the word was the reason why all the music bands, the progression in the music concerts and the major music festival was a possibility. However, before his death, Kesey was discouraging everyone from the use of psychedelic drugs.
Overview
How LSD came to be widely used in the 60?s
Acid test
West coast music scene and its relation to LSD
The Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead?s relation to Kesey and the Pranksters
Conclusion
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"The psychedelic phase kicked off with the popularity of bands springing up constantly. The bands had no ambitions to do concerts or make and sell records; they were merely playing for their own enjoyment. Success to them was not making the top ten charts or any charts, or fame or fortune. Success to them meant having fun and making enough money to purchase psychedelic drugs."
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Universal Serial Bus, 2004.
An overview of this relatively new computer device, known as USB.
1,341 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a plug-and-play interface between a computer and add-on devices, such as joysticks, keyboards, etc., which can be added to a computer without having to add an adapter card or turn the computer off. This paper first presents the technological state of the USB. It then examines the general operation and environment of the device. The paper continues by examining the availability of USBs, supporters of this technology, and competition in the field. Finally, the paper concludes with a prognosis for the future of USB technology.
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"Universal Serial Bus was developed by a complex of companies (Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Northern Telecom) with the aim of using a single interface to connect accessory peripheral units, thus replacing parallel and serial ports as well as other inputs and output on computers (USB, TechTarget). In 1995 the USB Implementers Forum (USB IF) was set up to support and speed up use of USB peripheral units by the market and consumers (About USB Implementers Forum, Inc.). USBIF is a non-profit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the initial Universal Serial Bus specification."
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The Bus Stop Solution, 2007.
An analysis of the purpose of the Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program.
1,063 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses the application of advanced information technologies in urban transit in the United States. It discusses the establishment of the Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Program to promote these applications. The paper then describes the purpose of these systems and how they will improve urban transportation services.
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"Public transportation planners and operators face increasing pressures to stimulate patronage by providing efficient and user-friendly service. Within the context of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) and Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) are designed to collect, process, and broadcast real-time information to transit users via emerging navigation and communication technologies (Mishalani et al., 2006)."
"One of the key elements and requirements of APTS/ATIS is the ability to estimate transit vehicle arrival and/or departure times. With quickly expanding APTS-related technologies (e.g., Global Position Systems [GPS], Automatic Vehicle Location Systems [AVLS] and Automatic Passenger Counting [APC] systems), ATIS could provide timely vehicle arrival and/or departure information to en-route and pre-trip passengers for managing their journeys (Brown et al., 2001)."
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Wayward Puritans, 1996.
Compares ideas on deviance & conformity, sociology & history, hypocrisy.
(Kai Erikson) & Confidence Men & Painted Women ( Karen Halttunen )
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"Kai T. Erikson offers a clear statement of the traditional role of the sociologist:
"According to an honored tradition of scholarship, sociologists are people who study the general outlines of society, the "laws" governing social life, while historians are people who study those special moments in the past which have shaped the character of a given age or tempered the course of future events (Erikson vii).
Erikson argues that this distinction between the work of the sociologist and the historian has been popular for some time but is not a good distinction when applied to a given piece of research. He sees the distinction as artificial because human events do not arrange themselves in such a fashion. Erikson..."
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MTA vs. the Bus Rider's Union, 1999.
This paper details the on-going conflict in Los Angeles between the MTA and the buses' transportation authority.
1,390 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 46.95
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This paper examines the problem of public transportation in the Los Angeles area specificially the MTA (Metropolitan Transportaion Authority) and its support for train service.
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"Metro rail construction has been riddled with errors costing millions of dollars to fix, therefore the argument by the MTA for Metro is not persuasive. Hollywood Boulevard is a prime example of construction at its worst. At this area where the Red Line was being built, the sidewalks sank in places to more than a foot and Hollywood stars began to crack and crumble. Also on the Blue Line, is the frequent plowing into of automobiles by these trains. These incidents usually involve in severe injury or the killing of the passengers of the car. As William Fulton points out in The Money Train from The Reluctant Metropolis, ?The line from downtown-to-Long Beach expected to cost $700 million (eventually ended up costing $900 million), the twenty-two mile line would serve thirty-five thousand passengers, half that of the busses along Wilshire Boulevard? (142). This is just the beginning of under-estimated costs of projects that would inevitably be headaches for all parties involved, causing the credibility of the MTA to be lessened even further."
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