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"The Jews Of Islam" (Bernard Lewis) and "The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians Under Islam" (Bat Ye'or), 1992.
Compares these two books on non-Muslim peoples living in Muslim society.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 63.95
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"The Dhimmi, Two Views
"Dhimmi" is a term applied to someone who lives in a Muslim society without being a Muslim (principally Jews and Christians). This paper compares and contrasts two books on the subject of the dhimmi--The Jews of Islam by Bernard Lewis and The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam by Bat Ye'or. This comparison and contrast centers on four points: (1) ways in which the authors express their views, (2) the subjects the authors choose to write about, (3) differences in subject matter, and (4) individual point of view.
As both works have a scholarly tone, neither one reveals particular emotions or views regarding the subject matter. Both are objective and factual, letting the ideas, facts, and interpretations speak for themselves. The formats and styles are ..."
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Baseball Bats, 2004.
Looks at the history and development of baseball bats.
2,725 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 22 sources, APA, AU$ 109.95
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This paper traces the evolution of the baseball bat. It looks at the different types of bats made, the material from which they are constructed, the effectiveness of the bats, generally noted advantages and disadvantages of the different bat types ,and safety issues regarding bat types. The paper ends with a brief summary of the features that the different bats have in common.
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"Baseball bats today come in many different varieties, from the standard $20 wooden bat to a state-of-the-art, $300 aluminum model (Sports-werd.com, 2002). Each type of bat has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each has a unique feel and sound. On both the college level and professional levels of baseball, the types of bats allowed vary in material. Yet, while the baseball bats may differ, there are still many similarities that make both aluminum and wooden bats comparable in the world of baseball."
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Bats vs. Wind Power, 2008.
This paper looks at how wind turbines are destroying the bat species.
1,306 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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The paper discusses how wind turbines are possibly attracting and killing bats and other wildlife. The paper relates that bats are a "keystone" species responsible for plant dispersion and pest control and serious environmental problems will result if bats die out. Since wind energy is of vital importance, the paper maintains that more research needs to be done to discover ways to avoid bat death on wind farms.
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"Energy is a "hot button" issue in politics and in the news. Finding new ways to produce energy domestically, and free of additional pollution sources like coal, is important to people and governments around the world. Wind power offers cleaner energy production than coal and many other methods, and is less controversial than nuclear power (Williams, 20). Wind power has already proven a successful source of alternative power in the European Union. As a result, new wind farms have been built in a number of United States locations, including New York state, California, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia (Whittelsey 39). The new wind farms have been lauded as an answer to the call for cleaner energy. However, the one downside cited by environmental impact studies is that migrating bats and birds are regularly killed by the wind farm turbines(Whittelsey, 39). These animal deaths seem to happen at wind farms in all areas of the country."
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Sonar Techniques of Bats, 2001.
A paper on the sonar capabilities of bats.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 65.95
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This paper deals with the two different kinds of sonar techniques employed by bats throughout the world. The author further discusses bats that don?t use echolocation at all. The author then examines the conflicting studies that have been done on this biological phenomenon and explains how the process works.
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"Burton (1982) states that the majority of the Microchiroptera utilize FM based echolocation. In this type of echolocation the pulses of sound, or calls, last no longer than a few thousandths of a second and drop through nearly an octave. The few species that do not use FM echolocation utilize the CF based echolocation. With CF echolocation the calls last up to ten times longer than those of the bats that use the FM method, explains Burton. "
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Bats, 2005.
This paper discuses echo-location in bats.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 143.95
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This paper identifies the key principles of echo-location in various species of bats. The author defines echo-location and presents research, which supports the echo-location process. The paper relates that echolocation is a successful behavioral adaptation of bat species.
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"Animals utilize a wide variety of behavioral tactics in order to achieve their desired objectives. Animals that seek food, shelter, to reproduce, or to seek refuge from their predators are required to behave in specific ways and to use the resources that are available to them. There are a number of behavioral modifications that animals may exercise as a means of adapting to their surroundings, and bats are no exception to this rule. Bats are unique creatures for a variety of reasons, and their environment enables them to adjust their behavior accordingly. One such bat behavior that is of further interest is echolocation, which is addressed in the following detailed analysis. Echo-location is a means by which bats use their senses to identify with their surroundings, to communicate, to find food, and to protect themselves from a variety of predators."
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"Ye Heart of a Man", 2003.
An analysis of Lisa Wilson's book, "Ye Heart of a Man: A Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England".
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 33.95
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A brief analysis of Wilson's book, which analyzes the domestic lives of colonial men. It shows how Wilson analyzes the domestic lives of colonial men and brings to light this pursuit, particularly related to occupation, sought just as diligently by men in colonial times as in society today.
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"Aside from the confounding factor that many men had differing views on what made them ?useful? (to the colonial period) in his individual life, most men in Wilson?s research found usefulness and occupation to be co morbid. Wilson begins the book by focusing ?To Be Of Use? on career and marriage choices of colonial men. Most of Wilson?s excerpts are taken from the diaries and letters of literate and privileged men, or what she calls the ?goodmen.? Career and marriage choices were defining factors of usefulness for such famous men as John Adams and William Samuel Johnson. As a young ambitious man, usefulness meant meaningful work, according to Adams (Wilson 21). While Johnson desired to be ?useful to mankind? in his profession, not merely work as Adams had said (Wilson 21). Marriage and courtship also clearly relied on what a man?s profession was, which follows with a reputation from that occupation, as well as wealth."
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Skelton's "Womanhod Wanton ye Want", 2005.
An analysis of structure (meter, stanza format, rhyme scheme, rhythm) and a breakdown of tone and choice of words in this poem by John Skelton.
1,156 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 53.95
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In his poem, "Womanhod, wanton, ye want", John Skelton releases his frustrated, but still affectionate irritation at a woman whose awesome ability to pester seems to match his ability to complain. This paper looks at the different faces of "Womanhod's" Mistress Anne and the "key" to her personality. It looks into Skelton's possible portrayals of Anne as Madonna, minx and mundane through his imagery and language eccentricities.
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"For all the hybridity in his form and accents, Skelton's line of reasoning is extremely direct. In the first stanza, he establishes the contradictory character of Mistress Anne, followed by the second stanza with his first condemnation of her irregular personality, supported by an example of her unproductive meddling. The third and fourth stanzas makes a concession about the sweetness of her features, but then weighs that boon once again against the many dangers of her insecure tongue. This poem, written by an idiosyncratic poet in a transient period in an unconventional style about a waffling, wavering woman is strangely thorough and resolute in its convictions about women as a group."
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Male Dominance in Asian Literature, 2006.
This paper discusses the elements of male dominance seen in three pieces of Asian literature: "A Posthumous Son" by Ye Shaojun, "When I was in Hsia Village" by Ting Ling, and "Xiaoxial" by Shen Congwen.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 107.95
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Male dominance can be seen in the works, "When I Was in Hsia Village" by Ting Ling, "Xiaoxial" by Shen Congwen, and "Posthumous Son" by Ye Shaojun. The paper discusses the similar elements of male dominance seen in all three stories such as images of muscularity, fallen women, the status of women, and arranged marriages. The paper asserts that the way women have been treated in the past shows that women need to continue to fight for their rights and freedom.
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Hitting a Baseball, 1991.
The biomechanics of a baseball player at bat including preparatory (stance), force (stride and swing) and follow-through (recovery) phases.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 182.95
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"Chapter 1
Introduction
While there are a variety of skill groupings that prove important to the play of baseball, those entailing the batter's hitting the baseball prove most difficult. As a result, the batter's hitting of the baseball is one of the most important skills needed in the game. There are primarily three phases, or skill groupings, that comprise the swing of the baseball batter: the preparatory phase, the force phase, and the follow-through phase (Hay, 1985, p. 205). The preparatory phase of the batter's swing entails the stance, while the stride and the swing consist of the force phase. McKinney and Logan report that the follow-through phase consists of those actions taken by the batter as he or she is recovering from the swing (McKinney & Logan, 1977, p...."
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"The Natural', 2001.
An analysis of Bernard Malamud's novel, "The Natural".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, AU$ 55.95
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An analysis of Bernard Malamud's novel "The Natural". The author examines the themes and characters in the book with focus on the author's use of symbolism and language. The author describes the main character as a baseball player and his bat represents a sword. The relationship the boy has with his bat is compared to the relationship that a knight has with his sword.
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"Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural is both a relatively simple story -- about a semi-pro baseball player who begs a scout to help him make it in the all-American game of baseball -- and a complex literary exercise in the use of simple, concise symbols to convey in as efficient a way as possible entire universes of meaning. This paper examines one of the most important and pervasive symbols in this 1952 work -- the bat that Roy uses and that serves as a symbolic lance. "
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Class Size and Student Performance, 2002.
A review of the research and a study proposal on the subject of reducing class size as a means of improving student performance.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 83.95
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While studies suggest that there is a correlation between class size and student performance, the extent of this correlation is, as of ye,t unknown. This unknown quality is what has justified maintaining reduced class sizes, for the expenditure of hiring additional teachers and equipping them in order to reduce the size of the average classroom is a costly procedure that requires extensive validation. If there is a statistically significant increase in student performance in classes with a reduced size, this then arguably validates reducing class size. The evidence thus far suggests that there is a statistically significant increase in performance and that steps should be taken to reduce class size.
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The Herb: Wild Chrysanthemum, 2005.
A discussion regarding the use of Wild Chrysanthemum for medicinal purposes in methods of alternative healing .
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 83.95
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This paper discusses the herb known as Wild Chrysanthemum or ye ju hua. According to this paper, Wild Chrysanthemum is an extremely valuable herb in the use of alternative medicine to heal the body. This paper further explores the various medicinal uses for this herb.
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"Wild Chrysanthemum or ye ju hua demonstrates the great value of the use of herbs in alternative medicine. This single herb is extremely beneficial since it can produce four different extensive actions on the body. Ye ju hua is a cardiovascular relaxant, as well as being a hypotensive, antibacterial, and antiviral agent. The herb is used in alternative medicine in the treatment of minor problems such as the common cold as well as to treat the most serious conditions such as angina and cardiovascular disease. Research demonstrates the effectiveness of Wild Chrysanthemum, but it is never actually used unless in combination with other herbs."
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Wildlife in Danger, 2005.
This paper examines the status of Arkansas' endangered wildlife and discusses what has been done to protect them.
1,751 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 76.95
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This paper treats the issue of endangered wildlife and examines the status of the American Alligator, the Bald Eagle, and the Indiana Bat, three species named on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's (AGFC) list of "Species of Special Concern." The paper relates that both Arkansas' state government and that of the United States have attempted to establish policies that will ensure the protection of American wildlife. The paper attempts to prove that while a few of these policies have provided some safety for endangered wildlife, most have proven unsuccessful and in desperate need of serious change.
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"The American Alligator is perhaps the most impressive success story of the attempts of both the federal government and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to protect an endangered species. The alligators, which are indigenous to the marshy areas of southern states like Florida and Louisiana, weren't threatened until alligator skin became fashionable, and thus, valuable, in the 1920's. Over a relatively short period of time, the southern marshes were full of 'hide-hunters,' who "decimated the species" (www.agfc.state.ar.us, 11-01-04). Finally, in 1967, alligators were declared an endangered species and granted protection.
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Physicalism, 2002.
Examines physicalism and the debate surrounding it.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 59.95
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This paper examines physicalism and the responses to it from Nagel and Jackson which revealed its flaws. The author discusses Nagel's bat analogy and Jackson's "Mary Argument" in order to clarify the debate.
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Quinceanera and Other Rites of Passage for Girls, 2002.
Study of different rites of passage for girls entering womanhood with an emphasis on the Spanish celebration, Quinceanera.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 119.95
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Quinceanera, Confirmation, Bat Mitzvah and Female Castration ceremonies are all part of the modern world and all mark the change in a young girl's life to that of a woman. A Quinceanera is the celebration of a girls fifteenth birthday. Once the spiritual ceremony is over the girl moves on to the social part of the Quinceanera. At the age of fifteen the girl is no longer a child. At the age of 12 girls become obligated to observe the commandments. The ceremony marks the time in a girl's life when she is ready for womanhood and marriage. For girls, these rites have traditionally prepared them for marriage and sexual activity (childbearing) within the marriage context.
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?Bang the Drum Slowly?, 2002.
A review of the novel, ?Bang the Drum Slowly?, by Mark Harris.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 57.95
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This paper examines the novel, "Bang the Drum Slowly" by Mark Harris, a fictional story about two major league ball players. The two main characters are Henry ?Author? or ?Arthur? Wiggen, a pitcher who sees himself as bright, witty, and competent, and his friend, Bruce Pearson, a catcher, who is clearly a little slow mentally, although apparently a good ball player. He is also rigid in his thinking, can bat only one way, and is determined that only his friend Henry, whom he calls ?Arthur? instead of ?Author,? knows that he is dying of Hodgkin?s Disease. It analyzes the predominant themes in the story, which are the strength of their friendship and loyalty and how Arthur must lie to protect his friend's secret.
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"Earlier in the book, Henry has said that life is just one big problem after the other, and his difficulties keeping his promise to Bruce are growing. Henry value?s Joe?s friendship, but when Bruce, imagining that he can really play the card game, asks to join, Henry stops playing, offending Joe, who starts calling Henry and Bruce ?Romeo and Juliet.? It ends his close friendship with Joe. Henry is torn by the complications presented by keeping his promise to Bruce. He says, ?Suppose you were up to your neck in a barrel of shit and a fellow was tossing baseballs at you. What do you do? Do you duck?? (p. 117) But eventually he has to tell another team member, Goose, so he will have a little backup protecting Bruce from the incessant teasing. Goose has been teasing Bruce, and defends it by saying, ?A man has got to have a little fun.? ?He is dying,?) Henry says. (p. 133) Eventually, Goose will tell his roommate."
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