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Las Vegas and its Portrayal Through Film, 2002.
An exploration of the filmmaker?s use of mise-en-scene and iconography to represent space, i.e. Las Vegas in the films "Ocean?s 11", "Casino" and "Leaving Las Vegas".
3,262 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 135.95
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This paper discusses how as Hollywood?s entertainment counterpart, Las Vegas has been screened as a mecca for romance, crime, action and adventure. It shows how with its consumer expenditure and capital gain, its seductive neon lights, together with its surrounding vast desert, make it an ideal space for filmmakers to explore a diverse range of character types and narratives. It analyses how although all set in three different periods of time, the films "Ocean?s 11", "Casino" and "Leaving Las Vegas" depict very different images of Las Vegas. It discusses how each film does this through the director's use of mise-en-scene and iconography and the values it holds and their use of time both outside of the film to create a period of time and within the film to correspond to the film?s narrative.
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"Scorsese depicts a Vegas at a time when organized crime played a pivotal role in the ownership and running of the casinos. Behind the sexy showgirls, the enticing neon lights, the shining slot machines and the lucky blackjack tables, lives an underworld of greed, vengeance and power which he explores in his 1995 film Casino. In 1983, Ace Rothstein played by Robert De Niro is blown into a sky of flames and is dropped into the flashing neon lights of 1970?s Las Vegas. The opening credits are supplied over a close up of the dots which combine to create a neon sign; very similar to the opening credits of Milestone?s 1960?s classic Ocean?s 11, reminding us that these signs will take us into the glittering world of Vegas, where ?anything goes;? a world in which before Casino, has only ever been depicted through the eyes of the visitor."
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Construction in Las Vegas, 2002.
A brief examination of the construction trends in Las Vegas Valley and factors which effect it.
954 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper discusses how the Las Vegas Valley, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas, is the fastest growing region in the United States. New tourist attractions and large casino resort hotels are also being built and opened on a regular basis. This paper looks at the three major factors which may have an effect on construction in the Las Vegas Valley. The first is summer heat, the second is wind, and the third is flash floods.
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"Construction in the area is constant. New subdivisions are being built at a tremendous rate to keep up with those who are moving into the area. New tourist attractions and large casino resort hotels are also being built and opened on a regular basis. The city is growing at an exponential rate. The tourist Mecca of Las Vegas is located in a broad desert valley in extreme southern Nevada. Mountains surrounding the valley extend 2,000 to 10,000 feet above the valley floor. The Las Vegas Valley comprises about six hundred square miles and runs from the north to the southeast. These mountains and the metropolitan area?s location at the bottom of the valley have extreme effects on the weather."
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Urban Sprawl in Las Vegas, 2005.
This paper provides an analysis of the impact of an urban sprawl in Las Vegas.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 102.95
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This eight page paper examines urban sprawl in Las Vegas. The author notes that in writing about urban sprawl in Las Vegas and analyzing its impact on the city future growth it is evident that environmental and city planning issues must be examined, for successful future growth depends upon better solutions to the problems Las Vegas is currently experiencing. The writer further points out that unfortunately the present expansion of the city has been driven by too much of a focus on short term goals, many of which are incompatible with one another.
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"In writing about urban sprawl in Las Vegas and analyzing its impact on the city's future growth, it is evident that environmental and city planning issues must be examined, for successful future growth depends upon better solutions to the problems Las Vegas is currently experiencing. Unfortunately, the present expansion of the city has been driven by too much of a focus on short-term goals, many of which are incompatible with one another. This has led to urban sprawl, unnecessary traffic congestion, and a host of other problems. Analyzing these issues indicates that the solution to urban sprawl in Las Vegas is to develop the central city first and revitalize the city from within."
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Las Vegas: More Than a Gambling Hub, 2002.
A focus on the U.S. city of Las Vegas and its features outside the gambling world.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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This paper sheds light on the ?land of temptation? known as Las Vegas. While the city has earned fame by being one of the biggest gambling centers in the world, still it is important to understand that the place has a lot to offer to those visitors too whose idea of fun doesn?t include squandering money. This paper shows how Las Vegas turned into the fastest growing city of the United States both in terms of economy and population during the mid-1980s and but while the former brought huge investment into the city, the latter led to numerous problems which are commonly associated with a rapidly growing urban center. The paper focuses on all the things that keep Las Vegas in the news.
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"The city earned its reputation as a gambling town in the fifties and sixties when its ever-sprouting casinos attracted the not-so-decent crowd and it was believed that the city was good for those who wanted some adult fun on the weekends. But all that has changed now, not only has it become a major vacation resort, there are actually some people who would love to call this once-wicked town their home. One thing has remained unchanged though, the city with its Disney-like magic and lure and its almost surreal magnificence aims to attract adult visitors only. Just like Disney would lure the young kids to its magical world, similarly this land of vicious temptations is meant primarily for adults."
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Federal Health in Las Vegas, 2002.
A look into Las Vegas' health issues.
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 61.95
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This paper examines the pollution problems facing Las Vegas. The author argues that Las Vegas has in the past violated major health standards and has been the major culprit in air pollution. This paper analyses how the city of Las Vegas can address the problem. Included is an analysis of health risks to the local population, risks effecting the environment, as well as economic and political issues relating to the problem.
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"Next to the famously smog-clogged Los Angeles, Las Vegas is one of the most polluted cities in the United States. (Clean Fresh Air.com) In fact, according to the EPA, Las Vegas was the only city in the entire country that violated all the federal health standards for the three major types of air pollution between 1989 and 1998. The prime culprit was dust from construction and unpaved roads and lots. This statistic is particularly shocking when one considers the fact that on a national basis, the levels of all six federally regulated pollutants decreased between 1989 and 1998. (?EPA Reports Las Vegas Violated Air Pollution Standards.?)"
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Las Vegas and the Gambling Industry, 2005.
A look at how the gambling industry has shaped Las Vegas.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 145.95
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This report deals with how the gaming and entertainment industry affects Las Vegas in terms of structure. The report looks at issues of urban structure, consumption, culture, and economy to look at the ways in which this city operates and has operated in the past, in terms of changes that have been taking place in Las Vegas, the role of the worker, the target of tourism, and other attendant issues. The report
also explores the relationship between consumption and cities in post-war and contemporary America, because these are the two main epochs of the growth of Las Vegas' structure via the gaming and entertainment industry.
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"Aside from showing how this industry contributes to Las Vegas' structure, this report will also look at elements of the commodity city and the landscape as it is organized around consumer desires, particularly in terms of the recent Wynn developments in the city being commodity spectacles. The report will also look at Las Vegas as a place of consumption, focusing on economic factors which again link the
gaming and entertainment industry to Las Vegas as a city in terms of its essential structure. "
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Las Vegas and Waikiki, 2005.
A comparison of the American regions of Las Vegas and Waikiki.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 61.95
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Although one is in the middle of the desert and the other on an island in the middle of the sea, Las Vegas and Waikiki draw visitors and new residents year-round. This paper explains that in spite of their diverse geographical locations, both are American cities with a rich ethnic diversity and a strong tourism industry. Both American cities share similar appeals: Waikiki, which is a district of Hawaii's capital Honolulu, has year-round mild and sunny weather, although Las Vegas, Nevada gets much colder in the winter than Honolulu does.
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"Tourists are drawn to these cities for fun as well as sun, for both areas boast a number of world-class four and five-star resorts as well as lively nighttime entertainment. Las Vegas draws people for its gambling casinos, and Waikiki for its beaches, but both cities are famously fun. People and families that are considering relocation would take into account more than just nightlife, however. Weather, cost of living, and other factors impact the selection of a new home. Las Vegas and Honolulu have similar median household incomes. However, Honolulu is one of the most expensive cities in America in which to live, with a cost of living index that ranks fourth in the nation. Las Vegas has a lower cost of living in general. Both cities have a relatively low rate of unemployment, but Las Vegas also has a better job growth rate than Honolulu. In spite of some differences in cost of living and local economies, Honolulu and its world famous beach Waikiki shares much in common with Las Vegas and its world famous casinos. Both Waikiki and Las Vegas make excellent vacation spots, and although Las Vegas might be a cheaper place to which to move or start up a business, the desert city lacks the beach culture, lush flora and fauna, and unique ethnic makeup of Hawaii.'
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Expectation versus Reality in Las Vegas, 2008.
A comparison of illusions and expectations with reality and experiences for tourists visiting Las Vegas.
1,886 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 87.95
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This paper discusses the illusions and expectations that tourists to Las Vegas come to the city with. It then compares these illusions and expectations with the reality of the experiences of these same visitors. The paper bases its arguments on Roger Kimball's "Existentialism, Semiotics, and Iced Tea." The paper provides examples from occurrences in Las Vegas.
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"A very recent example was when, several weeks ago now, unsuspecting tourists happened to be visiting Las Vegas at the same time the NBA All Star teams, replete with rowdy entourages and various ill-mannered hangers-on, rolled into town and behaved in ways that spoiled the atmosphere and therefore ruptured, for a time, the Las Vegas illusion. One may be sure Las Vegas spin-masters were put right to work after this occurred, prettying up as much as possible any ugly leftover details (the worst of these being a nightclub shooting in which the manager of the place was shot by a basketball star or someone in his entourage (no one is talking) and is now paralyzed. Tourists in town for whatever reason that weekend, or even a few weekends afterward, might have heard or read something or other about the shooting itself, but not about its now-paralyzed and unable to work again victim. That story just broke last week, and on a Wednesday."
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The Las Vegas Real Estate Market, 2002.
This paper discusses the short and long term prospective of the Las Vegas real estate market especially the leisure industry.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 88.95
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This paper discusses that, despite the problems of the general world economy, Las Vegas, specifically the hotel industry, continues to thrive. The paper shows the continued growth of hotels in both the high price and the family budget sectors. (Graph included.)
The author points out that, in addition to the hotel sector, the community of Las Vegas is growing rapidly as workers are attracted by the growth in the leisure industry.
Table of Content
Introduction
Brief History
Economy
Transportation/Accessibility/Location
Socio/Economy
Economic/Competitive/Real Estate Analysis
Conclusion
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"It was not until the late 1940s that Las Vegas came into view by political leaders as a potential thriving business. In 1944 Maxwell Kelch became president of the Chamber of Commerce and presented advertising and publicity agencies with offers to promote Vegas. Millions suddenly desired to enter the city of lights after word got out of the sight to see, famous figures and gambling potential. Many new hotels popped up in response to the increased interest in city affairs. Most of the early hotels featured ?bungalow style rooms? that were very plain compared to modern standards. However, they eventually grew larger into the giant resorts with which most people are familiar today."
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Gaming and Gambling in Las Vegas, 2002.
This paper addresses the history of legalized gambling and gaming in Las Vegas.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper addresses the history of legalized gambling and gaming in Las Vegas.
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"Trainspotting", "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Drugstore Cowboy", 2000.
An examination of the films' depiction of drug and alcohol-related self-destructive behavior in subcultures.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 34.95
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"Drugs and similar destructive behavior are major social problems addressed by a number of films in recent years. These films develop around a subculture and evoke certain images associated with such milieus, often using stereotypical images as shorthand to introduce the audience to the world of drug abuse and other marginal behavior.
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"Drugs and similar destructive behavior are major social problems addressed by a number of films in recent years. These films develop around a subculture and evoke certain images associated with such milieus, often using stereotypical images as shorthand to introduce the audience to the world of drug abuse and other marginal behavior.
Trainspotting is a film depicting the drug culture in the United Kingdom, and the American audience at least is less familiar with this milieu than with its own drug subculture. Controversy developed between those who saw the film as reflecting a reality that had to be understood and addressed and those who saw the film as glorifying drug use and so as creating a problem that might not otherwise exist. The harrowing nature of the lives of the young people in this film, however, would..."
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The Portrayal of Women in "24", 2008.
An analysis of the portrayal of women in roles of leadership, in the television series, "24."
2,149 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper attempts to analyze how women are portrayed in the television series, "24." It analyzes this series that exemplifies the equality of men and women in their portrayal of roles of authority and leadership. The paper suggests that the series is atypical of real-life settings of typical individuals and therefore portrays women narrowly, but equal in stature to men.
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"These events, while atypical of real-life settings of typical individuals, portray women narrowly in the sense that the situations are not only atypical and for all intents and purposes, extraordinary, but also portray them in extreme circumstances, equally atypical of real-life. The reactions of the characters are somewhat restricted in this sense. On the other hand, the genre of this series inherently restricts the amount of variability that can be shown, especially with the time constraints imposed by the structure of the series. The 24 series, while its portrayal of women in a 21st century setting and culture is fairly accurate, particular nuances pertaining to womanhood are left out. In the same light, the series reflects the equal stature of women and men in this present age, particularly with regard to positions of command and authority."
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The Portrayal of Strong, Ethnic Females in Literature, 2002.
This paper discusses the portrayal of strong, ethnic females in twentieth-century literature.
935 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper uses the characters of Janie from "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston and Rigoberta Menchu? from her autobiography, "I, Rigoberta Menchu? An Indian Woman in Guatemala," to discuss the portrayal of strong, ethnic females in literature.
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"The protagonist in Their Eyes decides to thwart conventional thinking and strike out on her own, seeking approval from herself. Janie decides that she is not content with a loveless marriage. She internally feels that the only true way to live is to live a life filled with love. Disenchanted with her state of affairs, she seeks ?confirmation of the voice and vision? (Hurston 15) and wants to find the ?acknowledged answers? (Hurston 16) to the questions she has inside. The decision to not be satisfied with status quo definitely aids Janie in the exploration of her purpose on earth. Rigoberta too has a decision to make that will transform her life."
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A Complex Portrayal of the Great Depression, 2002.
This paper examines how the Great Depression is portrayed in three different literary works: "The Company She Keeps," "Native Son" and "The Grapes of Wrath."
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the portrayal of Depression-era society in three diverse literary works. Georgia Durante's, "The Company She Keeps," is an autobiographical look at how the Depression affected the world of organized crime through as seen through the eyes of a mafia wife. John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" looks at human relationships and how they were affected through the portrayal of the life of the migrant worker. Richard Wright's "Native Son," discusses the role that segregation and racism played in the struggles of blacks to survive the 1930s. The author compares the three different novels and feels that the "Grapes of Wrath" is the most comprehensive portrayal of Depression-era life in America.
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"The Grapes of Wrath also explores multiple facets of the effects of the Great Depression on the general public. Not only does it examine the way families were affected by the economic hardships of the times, it also shows what happened when people were forced to move to find work, what life was like in migrant camps, and how people began to band together to promote the rights of the workers and to engage in collectivist action. Human relationships are also a big part of this book. The Great Depression naturally affected the way that people related to each other, and The Grapes of Wrath explores how family relationships as well as relationships with friends, neighbors, and strangers were all changed by the economic crisis. A reading of The Grapes of Wrath makes one feel as if one actually understands on many levels the pressures and deprivations of the times, because it explores so many areas of the Depression experience. The Grapes of Wrath is a holistic book while Native Son and The Company She Keeps are specialists."
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Negative Portrayal of Judges and Lawyers in American Literature, 1990.
This paper examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature: Including Hawthorne's "House of Seven Gables', Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Willa Cather's "A Lost Lady".
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 126.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the unfavorable portrayal of judges and lawyers in American literature. The plan of the research will be to cite selected works of American fiction and drama with a view toward showing negative characterizations of persons in the legal profession, in physical appearance, habits, attitudes, and the like. Based upon the presentation of this evidence, the research will address reasons that literature appears to present lawyers and judges in such an unfavorable manner.
A negative characterization of the same judge is treated in two works of American literature dealing with the same period of history: the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692. In The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the historical figure of Judge ... "
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