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Gigantism, 2005.
Explanation and examination of the growth condition known as gigantism.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 65.95
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This paper looks at gigantism and determines its causes, symptoms, the population likely to suffer from the disease, and any prevention or treatments that are available.
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"The condition can be treated in a number of ways such as surgery, drug therapy and radiation. The prognosis is good for an individual who is properly diagnosed and receives treatment. While there is no means to prevent gigantism, it is an extremely rare disease and is referred to as an orphan disease due to this rarity. Researchers are currently looking for a cure to the disease and there are a number of trials underway to help them with their efforts. It is hoped that scientists will one day find a way to stop this disease and the individuals affected will be able to lead normal lives without disfiguration."
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Baroque and Rococo Art, 2006.
This paper compares and contrasts the stylistic and ideological content in Baroque and Rococo art.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 100.95
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The paper explains that by examining the Baroque work of Carracci, Caravaggio and the contrasting work of Rococo artist, Antoine Watteau, one can see how they are compared and contrasted in art history. The paper discusses how the earlier Baroque style offered a painting technique which relied on dynamic chiaroscuro and color values, along with the greater emphasis on gigantism in the heroic poses offered by Caravaggio and Carracci. The paper notes that while the Baroque period lasted for nearly one hundred years, the changing climate of political and class based construct in painting veered into the pomp and circumstance of the French elite in the 18th century.
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"This art study will compare and contrast the stylistics of Baroque and Rococo art. Although these two styles appear to be similar in their artistic painting techniques, the ideological content value of Baroque and Rococo art is very different. In many ways, Baroque will be examined for the humanistic and classical values in various paintings of this period. However, as art veered away from this strict Grecian content style, the highly dramatic and theatrically elitist "art for arts sake" arose within Rococo paintings. In essence, the initial classicism of Baroque art that sought deeper meaning in classical themes changed into a far more dramatic based on pomp and extravagance. The Baroque period is generally known to have begun in 1600 with major painters such as Caravaggio and Carracci creating classical styled paintings."
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From the Rural to Urban Areas: China and India, 2004.
This paper discusses the problems of urbanization, industrialization, and housing security in China and India as their populations immigrate from rural to urban areas.
2,565 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 124.95
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This paper explains that the spectacular growth and development of the urban habitation over the past 16 years is just the beginning of a gigantic phase of extension. The author points out that China?s ecological problems from the speedy urbanization and industrialization process in the recent decades generate social effects, causing a great deal of harm to human health, instigating economic and welfare suffering, and harming the environment in both urban and rural areas of China. The paper relates that, because of increasing industrialization and urbanization, the majority of the Indian cities have exceedingly compact habitation that results in overcrowding, clogging, obstruction, traffic jams, air pollution, noise pollution, as well as major deficiencies of vital requirements and necessities of life
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Introduction
The Impact of Urbanization, Industrialization And Housing Security on China
Ecological Problems in Urban China
The Problem of Water and Cleanliness in Urban China
The Problem of Clearance of Waste-Water in Urban China
The Problem of Air Pollution in Urban China
The Impact of Urbanization, Industrialization And Housing Security on India
Conclusion
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"The velocity of urbanization and industrialization was extremely slow prior to the late 1970s when contrasted with other developing states. The proportion of urban inhabitants was 11.2 in 1950, and still barely 17.9 by 1978. This low degree of urbanization had been the consequence from purposeful procedures of restraining rural-urban immigration and urban increase. Economic restructurings have since accelerated the industrialization and urbanization procedures. Large numerals of towns, as well as, cities have surfaced, at the same time as old cities are quickly increasing their managerial spheres."
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Kiewits Construction Company Research, 2006.
This paper describes the Kiewits construction company and all its achievements.
1,972 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 20 sources, MLA, AU$ 100.95
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Kiewit is a massive company in the construction sector with its presence in virtually every sector like transportation, power, water resources, mining, building, oil & gas, defense, telecom, electrical, marine and underground. It is capable of handling gigantic projects and completing them in record time and within budget. Kiewit maintains that quality occurs not by accident but it is the result of a well-formulated plan. Quality, Service and Teamwork are the three basic tenets to providing successful projects to its clients. The author shows how it is through adherence to these basic doctrines the company earned the reputation as the constructor of choice among the owners, the designers and that of the vendors.
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"Success at Kiewit is due to the workforce brimming with the ability and desire to construct exciting & challenging projects. Because the company is employee owned, the assets are managed by those clients closest to the assignments. Majority of the executives have a long experience starting their careers as project engineers, superintendents and foremen. The company raises the employees to levels of higher responsibility basing on their proven competence. Due to this Forbes magazine described Kiewit as 'the ultimate meritocracy." (Culture and Values)"
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Kafka's Metamorphosis, 2007.
This paper discusses the significance of food in Kafka's "Metamorphosis".
1,565 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that over the course of Franz Kafka's short story "The Metamorphosis", the central protagonist, Gregor Samsa, slowly gives up all of the characteristics that the reader might consider human, like his job, his ability to move on two feet, and also his customary appetite for his favorite foods, after he suddenly finds himself transformed into a gigantic cockroach. The writer notes that one of the most symbolically important aspects of this sudden abnegation of all human characteristics is found in Gregor's changed relationship with food. The writer also points out that food provides a metaphor for Gregor's relationship with his body, his environment, and most importantly of all, his emotional and social relationship with his family.
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"This strength of appetite, Kafka ominously implies, might actually be an unaccustomed animal-like hunger. Then, Gregor forgets his strong sense of hunger for some time. He is worried that his supervisor at work will fire him if he cannot arrive at his job with his customary punctuality. He is concerned he will not be able to support his family because cannot arise from his bed. His father, the reader learns later in the story, has grown fat with Gregor's labor, as Gregor alone is engaging in paid labor."
"The daily rituals and rhythms of Gregor's life, pleasant and unpleasant, are taken away from him because of his physical transformation. Even his dearest family members cannot interpret his words. His movements are inhibited because of his transformation. He is reduced to scuttling around his room. His ability to survive in a basic, physical way is limited, including his ability to find food. Only his sister, who feeds him, is able to understand him on some level, when he accepts and rejects what she provides for him."
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Capitalism, 2004.
An analysis of capitalism according to Harry Braverman's work, "Labor and Monopoly Capital".
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 94.95
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This paper discusses Harry Braverman's thesis in which he argues that capitalism has transformed 'all of society into a gigantic marketplace', subordinating 'the totality of individual, family and social needs' to the market. Further, the paper explains the implications of Moisio et al's research, "Between Mothers and Markets" regarding homemade food for Braverman's thesis. The paper examines these findings by interviewing and observing members of three generations. For this observation the writer conducted interviews with his grandmother and mother and presents his own opinions as a representative of the younger generation.
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"Braverman's thesis states that, "Capitalism has transformed all of society into a gigantic marketplace" subordinating 'the totality of individual, family and social needs' to the market. However, the early stages of industrial capitalism had not yet fully affected the economic unit of the family. Daily lives of the family, community, and society were still based on the productive process, including the raising of crops and livestock. Family needs were supplied by its members thus, making the 'producer' and 'consumer' virtually identical. It is within the last hundred year's industrial capitalism and the "universal market" has taken over the lives of families. It has created a shift from being the family unit of production to a family unit of consumption. "Industrial capitalism has thrust itself between farm and household, and appropriated all the processing functions of both, thus extending the commodity form to food in its semi-prepared or even fully prepared forms." (Braverman, 1974: 274)"
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Corruption in Schools, 2006.
A discussion regarding the level of corruption in educational institutions.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 85.95
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This paper discusses how over the last decade there has been much discussion about the issue of corruption in the public schools. Arrests, grand jury indictments and massive financial audits have occurred in order to attack this problem across the nation. The paper further discusses how while there are those that suggest that corruption is only made to be such a gigantic problem because of media involvement in specific events, the evidence indicates that corruption is a national problem. Snell (2004) reported that the Roslyn School District of Long Island, New York first identified a national issue related to corruption in the public schools (sec. 1). At the Roslyn School District the "former school superintendent Frank A. Tassone and senior administrator Pamela C. Gluckin were each charged recently with stealing more than $1 million from the district".
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Nature and Process of Magnetic Pole Reversals, 2002.
An overview of the theory which predicts a reversal of the Earth's geomagnetic polarity.
6,075 words (approx. 24.3 pages), 20 sources, APA, AU$ 231.95
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The paper shows that according to recent research, the earth?s magnetic field has shown signs that it is ready to shift. If this occurs, the magnetic north will point south and the magnetic south will point north and have disasterous effects on Earth. The paper discusses how scientists measure the magnetic field by tracking its history from a gigantic crack in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that oozes lava. As the lava solidifies into rock, it records the Earth's magnetic polarity at various times. According to these records, the Earth is overdue for another reversal. The paper shows that prior to a magnetic field reversal, the magnetic field typically grows weaker and weaker until it almost disappears. As a result, the poles flip and strong magnetism starts up again. The paper explains how magnetism levels in ancient pottery indicate that over the past 4,000 years, the magnetic field has weakened by about half. In this century alone, it has decreased by five percent. The paper explores theories put forth by scientists that the Earth?s magnetic field could disappear in the next few hundred or thousand years.
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Introduction
Origin of the Earth?s Magnetic Field
Paleomagnetism
Field Reversals
Theories of Magnetic Pole Reversals
Earth?s Magnetic Field
The Main Field
Secondary Field
Remanent Magnetization
Electromagnetic Dynamo Effect
Magnetization of Rocks
Curie Point
Processes of Magnetization in Rocks
Magnetic Anomalies
Paleomagnetic Data
Morphology of Reversals
Field Direction and Field Intensity
Field Reversals
What Drives Reversals?
Core-Mantle Boundary Processes
Bibliography
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"Over the past three-and-a-half million years, the Earth?s magnetic poles have shifted approximately nine times. This estimate has been found through sampling of the magnetic records formed by rocks in the ocean beds and in ancient lava formations.
Scientists do not know how or why the magnetic poles reverse for sure, nor do they know exactly what effect this will have on life, as we know it. Many believe that the magnetic poles of the Earth reverse an average of every 200,000 years, but the time between reversals has varied widely. The Sun reverses its magnetic poles fairly routinely: essentially every 11 years."
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Noah's Ark, 2000.
An examination of archaeological evidence associated with the story of Noah's Ark in Genesis, in context of story as myth or fact.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 141.95
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This research will examine archaeological evidence associated with the story of Noah's Ark told in Genesis. The Genesis story of Noah's Ark, which describes a great flood that destroys all life and civilization except for an extended family and the extended family of livestock in its care, is premised on the idea that the family patriarch, Noah, received instructions from God to build a gigantic boat, or ark
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"Overview
This research will examine archaeological evidence associated with the story of Noah's Ark told in Genesis. The Genesis story of Noah's Ark, which describes a great flood that destroys all life and civilization except for an extended family and the extended family of livestock in its care, is premised on the idea that the family patriarch, Noah, received instructions from God to build a gigantic boat, or ark. The ark serves as home and haven, allowing Noah, family, and animals to ride out the 40-day rain and the long-term flood that follows. When the waters recede sufficiently, Noah and family return the animals to the world and then reestablish a human presence in the world. No tangible record of Noah and the flood exists except in Biblical text. However, Noah and the flood narrative have been identified..."
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Management of Information Systems, 2002.
A paper which examines the importance of an area of management called Management of Information Systems (MIS).
998 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper provides an overview of the Management Information System industry. It shows that although this area of management is not in any way new it has taken on increasing importance. The paper shows that to a great extent, this field has spawned new industries and gigantic corporations and MIS has created a new breed of managers on organizational charts such as Director of MIS; Manager of Information System; Manager of Corporate systems and other similar titles.
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"According to Occupational Outlook Handbook, the average starting salary in 2001 for a high-level information technology manager and MIS graduate ranged from $92,250 to $152,500. According to a 2002 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, starting salary offer for those with an MBA or Technical Undergraduate Degree with 1 year or less experience averaged $61,196 annually. While for those with a Master's Degree in management information system and business data processing averaged $57,225 [Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002]."
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The Archeology of the Ark, 2002.
Examining the story of Noah's Ark from an archaeological perspective.
3,015 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 142.95
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This research examines archaeological evidence associated with the story of Noah's Ark told in Genesis. It explains how the Genesis story of Noah's Ark, which describes a great flood that destroys all life and civilization except for an extended family and the extended family of livestock in its care, is premised on the idea that the family patriarch, Noah, received instructions from God to build a gigantic boat, or ark. The paper looks at alternative version of the story and archaeological evidence of its occurrence through history.
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"Articulation of alternative visions of Noah in the modern period has occurred in a climate of contentiousness. That is because the absence of definitive archaeological confirmation of the ancient texts runs up against a widespread insistence in Judaeo-Christian culture on the historicity of the Noah story. The extent of contentiousness was manifest especially in 1997, when a credentialed Australian geologist, Ian Plimer, was ejected from a creationist lecture when ark explorer Allen Roberts refused to answer questions about geologic time. Plimer later sued Roberts for science fraud on the theory of "the dangers inherent in letting fundamentalists go unchallenged" (Scott 9). Plimer lost on the legal issue, which resulted in his bankruptcy, but won on substantive argument and PR grounds, reflected in a host of contributions to Plimer's legal fund."
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National Health Plan, 2002.
Discusses the need for a national health plan in the United States.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 87.95
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze how and why a national health plan should be introduced in the United States. Health care in the United States is a big business. As such, a national health plan threatens the bottom lines of gigantic health maintenance organizations who have fought national health care consistently. They fight a plan that could cause their demise, but ensure the increased health and well being of millions of Americans. The paper argues that it is time we stopped letting big business set the agenda for the health of the American people.
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"However, there were many proponents to the plan. Some experts felt the plan was not comprehensive enough, and did not cover enough basic, preventative health care. For example, the plan did not cover some areas of mental health treatment, such as alcoholism. Others felt it should not be affiliated at all with health insurance plans. Then there were the social implications of including such treatments as abortion, physician assisted suicide, and euthanasia in the areas of treatment. All of these concerns were eventually answered, but they raised questions in the minds of the public that were never quite eliminated."
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U.S. Campaign Politics of 1996, 1997.
Critiques conventions, party conflicts, biographies of major personalities (Clinton & Dole & their wives, Kemp & Gore, Ross Perot) and Republican errors.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 19 sources, AU$ 153.95
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" 1996 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AND PERSONALITIES
This paper covers and discusses the 1996 Republican and Democratic National Conventions and some of the personalities there present. In general, both conventions were gigantic duds to
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1996 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS AND PERSONALITIES
This paper covers and discusses the 1996 Republican and Democratic National Conventions and some of the personalities there present. In general, both conventions were gigantic duds to which the public largely tuned out because of the conventions' pre-programmed and banal nature and the lack of any real excitement or lively debate at them on the issues. The most interesting personalities to emerge at the conventions were not the presidential candidates whose views were well-known, but.."
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