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Gruneau and Whitson's Hockey Night in Canada", 2007.
This paper analyzes the first chapter of Richard Gruneau and David Whitson's "Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics".
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper explains that Chapter 1 of Gruneau and Whitson's "Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics" offers the reader an introduction to the subject of hockey and the politics of culture. The author points out that the organizing theme of the chapter is the key question: "What has hockey got to do with culture?" The paper relates that the authors do not answer definitively this question; however, they do offer an excellent overview of the various ways in which the reader can approach the question. The author states that it is important to the framework of the book that the definition of culture includes sports, such as hockey. The paper states that the author now understands that there are many legitimate ways in which hockey can be deemed as culture. The paper includes quotations.
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"Gruneau and Whitson give notice of this theme when they kick off their chapter with the apparent irony of Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying that Phil Esposito was Canada's greatest poet. In case the reader fails to see the irony, they describe the physical, hyper-masculine world of hockey, contrasting it with the "vaguely effeminate character" of poetry. They also make the point that the average macho hockey player would be loath to be associated with poetry - and by the same token, the average intellectual would be loath to be associated with the (perceived) low-brow world of hockey."
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A Struggle for Identity: CBC and Hockey Night in Canada, 2002.
An exploration of the part of hockey in the composition of Canada's national identity, focusing on a program broadcasted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
1,534 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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The paper looks at multi-ethnicity in Canada and at what unifies this nation. It focuses on the sport of hockey as an important component of the country?s national identity. It looks at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and its struggle for identity, claiming that when it broadcasted its first ?Hockey Night? in Canada, it found it?s ?true being?. The paper explores the origin and importance of CBC?s ?Hockey Night? to national unity. It explains how the program crossed the boundaries of young and old, rich and poor, urban and rural, French and English, east and west. The paper also discusses the controversial aspect of the program?s time slot, overlapping the national news. The status of the program as a source of education is mentioned and the paper concludes with a review of the contribution of CBC?s ?Hockey Night? to the national identity of Canadians.
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"Canada is comprised of many different cultures, spread over a vast geographical region. The only way for all these different types of people all over Canada to create a cohesive united nation to dwell on the similarities, which are shared amongst the majority. Cultural identity, it could be said can found when a whole nation can share in and care about a similar subject. For Canada this sense of national identity is represented by the sport of hockey. In any social or academic setting where the topic of discussion is Canadian identity the lists always begin with peacekeeping and multiculturalism and always come back to hockey. Some may say hockey is only a symbol of Canadian identity, and is no different then a moose, a beaver, or long winters. Hockey however has more then a symbolic animal because hockey gives a spirit of unification and it is here where our country has celebrated some of its greatest victories and most horrifying defeats. The love of the sport of hockey may not be shared by all Canadian citizens, but it is certainly been loved and adored by many since its beginnings in Montreal in 1875."
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Hockey Night in Canada, 2006.
This paper discusses hockey as a part of Canadian culture.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 25.95
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In this article, the writer mentions that the labor movement had cemented the concept of leisure time into the middle-class, Canadian mindset permanently. The writer points out that the development of institutionalized hockey in early Canadian life was a way to define the meaning of the sport, understand why it was played, and how these factors contributed to social life and behavior. Further, the writer maintains that hockey played an important part in the formation of early Canadian stuff.
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"Canadian culture is an elusive concept. The vast geography of the country, coupled with hundreds of years of steady immigration, make any single national phenomenon difficult to define. One cultural factor that many Canadians can agree on is the national sport of hockey. In the book Hockey Night in Canada, Richard Gruneau and David Whitson examine this cultural phenomenon and how it affects the Canadian mindset. The authors state at the beginning of Chapter 2 that "one of the many indicators of hockey's growing importance in Canadian popular culture" was the fierce debate that continues to rage over where in the country the game first originated. The three cities vying for the title seem ... "
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Hockey and Canada's Cultural Identity, 2006.
A discussion and analysis of Richard Gruneau's and David Whitson's book, "Hockey Night in Canada".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 25.95
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There are a few stereotypical images that spring to mind when one thinks of Canada's national identity, and hockey is inevitably one of them. Is this sport really a part of Canada's national identity, or has it become an empty corporate shell? This paper discusses the book "Hockey Night in Canada", by Richard Gruneau and David Whitson and the message it conveys about the Canadian cultural and national identity.
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Canadian Studies 390: Short Essay on Hockey, 2006.
A look at how Canadian national identity is so closely associated with the national sport of hockey.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 25.95
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This paper looks at how hockey, arguably Canada's most popular sport, is so engrained in Canadian culture that Canadian identification with it begins at an early age. The paper points out how, along with Richard Gruneau and David Whitson, the authors of "Hockey Night in Canada: Sports Identities and Cultural Politics", Canadian youth over the decades have grown up with a fairly stylized and masculine ideal of the sport and its place in Canadian society.
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Hockey Myths and Canadian Culture, 2006.
A discussion of the hockey myths associated with Canadian culture through an analysis of Canadian contemporary literature.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, £ 25.95
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There is no doubt that hockey in Canada is a rich field for the exploration of the most pervasive myths of Canadian culture. Specifically, the poems in John B. Lee's "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition" evoke some of these myths. However, there are significant differences between the myths that are reflected in Lee's poems, and the myths that are alluded to in Richard Gruneau's and David Whitson's "Hockey Night in Canada" and Elizabeth Etue's and Megan K. Williams's "On the Edge". These differences are explored in this essay.
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John B. Lee's "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition", 2007.
This paper discuses the ways in which the poems in John B. Lee's book "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition" contribute to the mythology of hockey as a quasi-religion.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper argues that the poems in John Lee's "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition" are myths not because they attribute hockey to divine intervention or planning but rather because they contribute to establishing a man--made spiritual world, a religion of hockey for Canada. The author points out that the poems contribute to the mythology of Canadian hockey in that they are a system of hereditary stories, which explains the rationale for social customs and observances. The paper relates that the mythology of hockey is clearly a male mythology even though females have been trying to join it for some time. The author concludes that this idealized world of Canadian hockey is very well mirrored by Lee's poems so that they, in themselves, contribute to the hockey mythology of Canada. The paper quotes some of the poems from this book and analyzes them.
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"This is a regrettable state of affairs for all those women who would like to be more included in hockey. However, the fact of the matter is that most mythology has been male - male mythology created by males for other males. Consider the very earliest mythology, Homer's "Odyssey" and "Iliad". Both of these are stories of male endeavours - lyrical hymns to the traditionally male pastimes of war and conquest, rape and pillaging. The only role the women play is to stay home and wait, as Penelope does so very well. The fact that this mythology was exclusively male does not mean it is not mythology."
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Hockey as Canadian Mythology, 2006.
A look at the significant role that hockey plays in the Canadian national identity using John B. Lee's book, "The Hockey Sonnets".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 25.95
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Every nation has a unique way of expressing their most deeply held beliefs and customs through local art, community projects, or organized activities like sports. This paper explains that, in Canada, geography and nature have resulted in the game of hockey being part of the national landscape. The paper further discusses John B. Lee's book, "The Hockey Sonnets", and how it uses the mythology of hockey to express cultural ideologies and dramatic narratives from the viewpoint of the Canadian cultural identity.
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Night Terrors, 2008.
This paper explores the symptoms and treatments of night terrors as well as research on this disorder.
1,292 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The paper describes night terrors as panicked awakenings that could turn very violent. The paper looks at how to handle a situation when someone is experiencing night terrors, the symptoms of someone experiencing night terrors, the cause of these night terrors and how to prevent them from happening again. The paper then examines an experiment on night terrors and its interesting results.
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"A night terror, also known as sleep terror or pavor nocturnus, is a parasomnia sleep disorder. A night terror occurs in stage 3 or 4 sleep. A stage four night terror causes the "greatest heart rate acceleration possible in man" (Kahn, 533). Episodes are most common in the first third of the night and may last 10 to 20 minutes, and then normal sleep returns. Contrary to what most believe, a terror it is not a dream or night mare. Dreams occur during R.E.M, rapid eye movement sleep, while night terrors occur in N.R.E.M. sleep, non-rapid eye movement."
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Night Vision Goggles, 2005.
An analysis of the operational effectiveness of night vision goggles (NVGs) training during initial aircrew qualification.
5,378 words (approx. 21.5 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 94.95
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This paper proposes a research to determine what role night flight, night vision goggles (NVGs), and aircrew inexperience play in spatial disorientation during initial aircrew qualification training in the F-15E. Recent research showed a causal link in each area. It looks at how a survey was conducted among F-15E aircrew to determine their opinions on how each area related to spatial disorientation and how survey responses revealed an agreement that night flight, NVGs, and inexperience play a key role in spatial disorientation. Several tables and graphs are included with the paper.
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Abstract
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter 1
Introduction
Background
Researcher's Work Setting and Role
Statement of the Problem
Definition of Terms
Limitations and Assumptions
II Review of Relevant Literature and Research
Understanding Spatial Disorientation
Spatial Disorientation and Night Flying
Spatial Disorientation and NAGs
Spatial Disorientation and Inexperience
Statement of the Hypothesis
III Research Methodology
Research Design
Survey Population
The Data Gathering Device
Distribution Methods
Instrument Reliability
Instrument Validity
Treatment of Data And Procedures
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
References
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"Ever since Orville and Wilber Wright's first flight in December of 1903, the human body has been thrust into an environment for which it is not biologically prepared. The complex interactions of human physiology and the flight environment can cause a deadly phenomenon known as spatial disorientation. Spatial disorientation can occur in almost any flight condition but is most deadly when encountered during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) or at night. Many factors such as diet, rest, training, and experience play a role in increasing or decreasing the likelihood of spatial disorientation. Additional stressors such as initial qualification training or night vision goggles (NVGs) only exacerbate the situation aircrew experience in flight."
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Night Shift and Cancer, 2004.
This paper discusses the causes and effects of working night shifts as related to breast cancer.
2,555 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 55.95
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This paper explains that only a few studies examine the direct relationship of working night shifts and breast cancer; but, based on the several studies that used different methods, medical researches have hypothesized that working night shifts puts women at greater risk of breast cancer. The author points out that the most common cause cited is the decrease in the level of melatonin and the exposure to bright artificial lights at night. The paper relates that the lack of melatonin as a risk factor to breast cancer is linked to the
overproduction of estrogen, another breast cancer-causing hormone. According to studies, melatonin regulates a hormone system?s production of estrogen; therefore, a decrease in melatonin can cause a reproductive system to produce more estrogen, thus allowing a higher risk of breast cancer.
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Introduction
Epidemiological Studies on Working Night Shift and Cancer
Links to Working Night Shift and Breast Cancer
Other Links to Working Night Shift and Breast Cancer
Conclusion
Policies to Address the Issue
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"Melatonin is a hormone that is essential for the body. It acts as a protection against the growth and development of tumors. According to studies, during sleep at night is the peak time when melatonin is produced, specifically between 1 am to 2 am. Because working night shift deprives an individual from a night sleep, production of the right amount of melatonin is also being deprived. Thus, allowing a higher risk of developing cancer tissues. Daniel DeNoon, in his Hormone Melatonin Slows Breast Cancer, indicates the following report of David E. Blask of Bassett Research Institute in Cooperstown, N.Y. about the relationship of melatonin to growth of breast cancer."
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The Hockey Lock-out, 2008.
This paper discusses the reasons for the bitter divide between the National Hockey Players' Association and the National Hockey League in 2004 and 2005.
1,135 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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The paper looks at the break-down of trust between the National Hockey Players' Association and the league in 2004 and 2005. The paper argues that the unfortunate labor relations which characterized the situation were largely because both sides allowed personal considerations, past wrongs and egos to get in the way of a dispassionate treatment of the matters at hand. The paper discusses how although the issues themselves were complicated and defied easy resolution, the stubbornness of both parties made the problem worse than it needed to be.
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"The 2004-05 National Hockey League lock-out caused great consternation among hockey fans while simultaneously bringing into sharp relief the tensions between professional hockey players and hockey management. For example, neither side was prepared to make any concessions to the other (the players certainly were not) and thus a host of issues - minimum salaries, playoff bonuses, operation of the arbitration process, revenue sharing (something the owners were less-than-enthusiastic about), higher player fines for misbehavior, and the number of games on the regular-season schedule - were left "on the table" at a time when they should have really, conclusively, been dealt with (Staudohar, 23-29). As a long-time hockey observer, this writer is left to wonder whether or not the intransigence of the players was rooted in a deep-seated suspicion of hockey management because of the decades-long mistreatment of players by the ownership of the league."
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"A Night to Remember": Book Review, 2008.
A review of "A Night to Remember", Walter Lord's 1955 work about what happened the night the RMS Titanic sunk.
756 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper favorably reviews Walter Lord's 1955 non-fiction work, "A Night to Remember", explaining that it is a heart-rendering account of the Titanic's deadly collision with an iceberg. The paper further relates that the book is a compilation of survivors' recollections of the disaster and that the major theme of the book is the good and evil of human nature that is revealed in life threatening situations. The paper concludes that Lord's book is a critical expose of one of the most tragic events in the history of travel on the seas.
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"Walter Lord gives his reader an authentic sense of what it was like to be a passenger onboard the boat that dreadful night. He describes the night of the crash as being calm, clear, and bitterly cold. He details the passengers' formal attire to help demonstrate just how shocking and unexpected the sinking was. He depicts their dress as an odd mixture of bathrobes, fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, and tuxedos to emphasize the bitter irony of the sinking."
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Elie Wiesel's "Night", 2007.
A look at the deconstruction of Elie Wiesel in his autobiographical book "Night".
1,383 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 33.95
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"Night", by Elie Wiesel, is an autobiographical book about the survival of a young Jew, Wiesel himself, in the utmost degradation of the human soul. This paper dicusses how, in Weisel's book, "Night", the images of night and fire, the themes of brutality against children, the loss of spiritual faith, the idea of death, the inversion of the father-son relationship between the protagonist and his father, Shlomo Wiesel, all substantiate the degradation of the human soul from civilization and faith to savagery and loss in faith.
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"The recurring image of night itself and fire are significant. Night falls at the most crucial parts of the book: when Shlomo Wiesel, Elie Wiesel's father first announces the news of the "transports" (13), when Eliezer first observes the shocking vision of death by burning in the crematorium, and when the march from Buna commences. There is a gradual increase in the darkness especially before, during, and after the march: "an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side." (84) Eliezer's pain increases with the darkness and is finally numbed when the night becomes pitch-black. Once the procession reaches the barracks in Gleiwitz, the prevalence of death increases as the night grows longer to the point where "the days resembled the nights and the nights left in [our] souls the dregs of their darkness." (100) "
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