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Li Yu?s ?A Tower for the Summer Heat?, 2004.
This paper discusses a book by Li Yu, who was born during the fall of Ming dynasty, called ?A Tower for the Summer Heat?.
1,160 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 27.95
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This paper explains that many of the themes Li Yu wrote and the way he narrated stories were very unusual at the time; he narrated his story, ?A Tower for the Summer Heat?, in the third person and, at the end of each chapter, he would break off from the storyline to start a small conversation with the reader. The author points out that, besides the story being comically funny, one important aspect to understand is that Li Yu was using the story to break social taboos on sex and marriages. The paper relates that, at the time Li Yu wrote, most marriages were arranged by parents, and people did not have a choice of marrying someone they found sexually attractive.
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"Jiren also broke traditional conformity by creating adultery. Traditionally, you could only have sex with your wife but Jiren had sex with all the maids without being married to them. By making this character break many social norms, Li Yu is able to make his readers reflect on those norms and decide whether or not Jiren should be admired or detested for breaking them. In fact, it seems that Li Yu is actually encouraging his readers to engage in discussion about this topic and express their opinions. This is evident by his use of narration."
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?Summer Sisters?, 2002.
A review of the book ?Summer Sisters? by Judy Blume.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines the book ?Summer Sisters? by Judy Blume which revolves around the friendship between Vix and Caitlin and causes two opposite worlds to collide. It looks at how the character of Vix is given the opportunity to escape from the drudgery of her life in poverty and her controlling mother, Tawny by the offer to spend the summer at summer at Martha?s Vineyard by the privileged Caitlin and how next five summers at Martha?s Vineyard not only expose her to boys, sex and fun, but also give her a taste of the infinite possibilities that were once beyond her imagination, such as going to Harvard. It provides a brief background to Judy Blume and looks at how she writes with a pithy, simple style, making her stories easy to read for the majority of readers.
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"In this work, Blume presents a vast array of men and women, representing a full spectrum of gender roles. The most striking characters who seem to defy the prescribed roles of their gender are Phoebe, Caitlin?s mother and Caitlin, who walks in her mother?s footsteps. The very first impression Blume conveys of Phoebe is one of an unorthodox mother: "Phoebe, dressed in faux Indian clothes? including her boyfriend of the moment, a guy with long, silvery hair?" (11). Furthermore, she had convinced Lamb, Caitlin?s father, of having an open marriage that ultimately did not work (Blume 34). In these aspects, Phoebe represents the image of a new woman who does not stay within the confines of a traditional prescription of a wife or mother."
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The Eiffel Tower, 2007.
An analysis of the icon, the Eiffel Tower.
1,647 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper takes a look at the use of icons and what they represent. The paper focuses specifically on the Eiffel Tower, France. According to the paper, the Eiffel Tower has been a symbol of romance and courtship, but that is being altered due to dramatic changes in France and to French cultural unrest. This paper examines what those changes are and why images of the Eiffel Tower are now watered down and even corrupted by the reality of today.
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Icons
Eiffel Tower Generalizations
The Eiffel Tower's Newer Symbolism: Sex and Violence
Violence Against French Women
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"The Eiffel Tower was featured in a famous French play by Jean Cocteau ("Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel"); the Tower was like the "central character" according to Thompson. The story involved a wedding party that had reservations at the Tower's restaurant, but telegrams are falling from the sky, and a number of interesting things (a lion, an ostrich, a bather) catapult out of a photographer's camera before the wedding party arrives. "Nothing could be more stereotypically, absurdly French than a wedding party," Thompson mentions on page 1135. The author adds that the Eiffel Tower's form has become something of a "religious" symbol, but not that of Christianity or any other faith."
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The Importance of Children's Summer Camps and Programs, 2002.
A paper which discusses the importance of organized summer camps and programs in youth development.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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This paper presents to the reader the importance of organized summer camps and programs in youth development. A special emphasis throughout the paper is placed on the influence of recreation on child development and personal growth. By defining the effect of the summer camp experience and presenting relevant statistics from reputable opinion leaders, this paper reveals that summer camp programs play a significant role in the youth development. There are three key development areas discussed in this paper, which include social skills, self-identity and physical/ health.
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"Camps offer the opportunity for attendees to gain a wide exposure to different people in different walks of life. Campers come from diverse socio-economic classes, different backgrounds and different family structures. Therefore, the development of compassion and empathy for fellow human beings is a core social development area. Camps offer children opportunities to share stories around a campfire, to contribute their thoughts, ideas and suggestions. As children acknowledge the thoughts and feelings of other children, it is natural to develop compassion for each other. Learning to be understanding, to be civil and accepting of other individuals will aid campers in social situations as they grow older and particularly as they become adults."
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The Image of Jet Li: Development of a Wu-Shu Master, 2004.
This paper looks at how actor Jet Li influenced the Asian-American movie scene.
1,089 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper discusses Jet Li?s life, starting from his childhood where his interest in wu-shu began, until he emerged as a movie actor incorporating martial arts in his films, becoming both an acclaimed Hong Kong Asian and American actor. In addition to Li?s biography, this paper also discusses the psychological development of Li?s life from childhood to present life and how his life can be contextualized, based on Erik Erikson?s socio-emotional theory of human development.
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"For many years, Asian actors have not been given enough opportunities to break into the entertainment industry in the United States, popularly called the Hollywood. Only few Asian actors have made it big in Hollywood, of which the famed martial arts master Bruce Lee is considered as the first Asian who brought fame in the Asian entertainment industry through his martial arts movies. Jackie Chan, similarly, shares Bruce Lee?s glory but in a different genre, where Chan uses martial arts not as a form of physical violence, but a form of art movement. Also, Chan?s movies are mostly humorous, illustrating Chan?s penchant for a feel-good movie for his audience."
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Cellphone Towers, 2008.
A review and discussion on whether we can be assured that cellphone towers themselves do not produce radio-frequency radiation.
1,229 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper discusses cell towers and antennas and questions their safety in the community. The paper confirms that the number of cell sites has increased over the years in proportion to the expanding number of subscribers. These tower structures are erected on various locations such as parks, schools and fire houses. The paper considers if these towers really put us at risk and states that according to the Food and Drug Administration Act, exposure to cellphone radiation on the ground is significantly weaker than exposure on the direct path of the transmitted signal of the antenna. This exposure is several thousand of times less than the minimum safety levels recommended by expert studies. Thus the paper confirms that civilian exposure to cellphone radiation is well within the safety margins.
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"Electromagnetic radiation, composed of electric and magnetic energy moving at the speed of light, is the one feared by most people. The electromagnetic spectrum is a wide range of electromagnetic signals ranging from high-frequency x-rays and gamma rays to low-frequency radio waves. Your cellphone's electromagnetic radiation has a 3kHz-300GHz frequency. This falls just after the very low frequency like your computers and before or just the same frequency as your everyday microwave oven. And still the radiation coming from the sun poses more danger than your cellphone."
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"The Proud Tower", 2007.
A review of the writing style and historical validity of Barbara Tuchman's book, "The Proud Tower."
1,467 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper discusses and reviews Barbara Tuchman's book, "The Proud Tower." It assesses how Tuchman handles the twenty-four year period in Europe which preceded the Great War. The paper specifically examines Tuchman's writing style. Finally, it analyzes her failing to make the linkage between the horrific events of late summer 1914 and the Bismarckian diplomacy, which helped to make the great conflagration inevitable.
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"As a final comment upon the book, it should be added that the text, while it does passably well at describing the state of affairs in each of the major nations, never really explores the ugly situation in the Balkans - principally between Serbia and Austria, but also between each of the Balkan states. As a result, the internal divisions which were tearing apart what was left of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire by 1914 (and which certainly helped precipitate war) are given "short shrift" in the text. This oversight, at least in the view of this writer, diminishes Tuchman's chapter on the European and American anarchists (63-117) insofar as an exposition of the problems facing the Austrians as they clung to the remnants of empire would have given the novice reader a greater understanding of what socio-political dynamics made a hate-filled and destructive (and anti-government) movement like the Black Hand (and others) so appealing to disenchanted Serbians and to disenchanted young Eastern Europeans in general."
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The Principle 'Li' in the Philosophy of Zhu Xi, 2005.
The paper discusses the philosopher Zhu Xi's concept of Li.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, £ 49.95
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The paper examines the philosopher Zhu Xi's concept of Li, as is central to his synthesis (1130-1200 AD).
The paper firstly explains the meaning of "li" and then continues to discuss how Zhu Xi became an important neo-Confucian reformer whose ideas have lasting importance. A full explanation is given regarding this concept and in relation to the influence of the neo-Confucian movement that spread to Korea and beyond. There is some comparison to Platonism, and a more in-depth discussion of the significance of Zhu Xi's contribution to everyday Chinese thought that is separate from Buddhism and Daoism, and tends to be assumed to be of the neo-Confucian movement.
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"Zhu Xi was a neo-Confucian philosopher to emphasize the principle, or li, as a fundamental reality. He had elaborated the teachings of Cheng Yi that principle is a unity, and became known as the founder of a Cheng-Zhu school or "School of Principle" (li-xue) Zhu Xi's commentaries on Confucius's Annalects, the Book of Mencius, on the Great Learning, and the Doctrine of the Mean, involved remarks on the Four Books as a collection that offered all the individual needed to understand, and he was also noted for his interpretations of the works of other philosophers in Zhou Dun-yi (1017-1073).."
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Trust In Business - The Case Of Li Ka-Shing, 2002.
Focuses on the evolvement of ethical business relationships in Asian countries, using Cheung Holdings Ltd., owned by Li Ka-Shing as an example.
4,900 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 23 sources, £ 123.95
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This paper will examine the various aspects of business relationships that involve creating and assuring conduct or performance, particularly in countries such as China and Hong Kong. This will focus on the social, cultural, political and economic institutions and relationships that have evolved to take the place of what is found in Western societies, such as ethnic trading relationships. Moreover, in order to provide a focus for this analysis, the research will focus on Li Ka-shing and his company Cheung (Holdings) Limited, as well as Li's theory of trust in doing business.
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Yousry Nasrallah's Film "Summer Thefts", 2008.
This paper reviews the 1988 Cannes winning film "Sariqat Sayfiyyah" ("Summer Thefts") by Egyptian writer, director and producer, Yousry Nasrallah.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper explains that Y. Nasrullah's films typically address some aspect of contemporary Egypt or the Middle East, including issues of leftism and Islamic militancy, and illustrate dimensions of political events and society, which are lesser known or not known to outsiders.
The author points out that "Summer Thefts", set in the summer of 1961, is most worthwhile for its depiction of an Egypt left behind with the arrival of President Nasser's radical agrarian reform agenda that could affect harshly landowning Egyptians and the Westernized bourgeoisie. The paper relates that, above all, this film gives the viewer access to a most varied Egyptian population in keeping with other Middle Eastern powers of which little tends to be known.
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"Between June and September of 1961, Nasser nationalized the major heavy and medium industries, banks, insurance, shipping and public transport industries. Agrarian real estate, domestic trade and small industry were left in the hands of a bourgeoisie whose members would often opt to go elsewhere, much of their capital lost overnight to nationalization of commercial and industrial ventures and without confidence in the Egyptian economy to produce new opportunities or demand. The reader comes to see that families such as Nasrullah's in "Summer Thefts" were not just divided by politics."
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Summer Youth Camp Programs, 2007.
An examination of the importance of and need for summer youth programs in urban areas.
5,088 words (approx. 20.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 88.95
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This research paper discusses the need and importance of developing positive summer youth programs in urban areas, focusing on the development of recreational and educational curriculum. Kids in these areas are at risk when there is "nothing to do", during the summer months. The paper looks at how it is important to ensure that the physical activity provided is fun and challenging because recreation is the draw for the children and parents. The paper also emphasizes that it is important to provide an experience that goes beyond just learning to play a particular sport, but one that also helps to develop social skills and plays a major role in the quality of a child's life and the quality of life in an urban environment.
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Abstract Statement
Problem Statement
Literature Review
Methodology
Body (Lowell Housing Authority Survey)
Survey Results
Statement of Learning
References
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"Most rural towns have greater means and opportunity to provide diverse programs for children in those communities. Urban areas often struggle to provide good quality positive programs. Although programs are important all year round to supplement a child's learning process, the summer provides an opportunity for all children to be immersed in programs that have a profound affect upon them. This study focuses on the need and importance of developing positive programming in urban areas. Children in most urban areas have fewer opportunities available to them and are at risk of becoming negatively affected by their environment. The importance of having a summer program available in urban areas is critical and the impact changes the course of many children's lives."
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Summer Mathematics Program, 2008.
A literature review in preparation for the development of a summer mathematics program.
4,625 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 82.95
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This paper explains the importance of a summer mathematic program is because of new requirements in Michigan, which will immediately endanger the graduation track of students who struggle early in their ninth grade Algebra course. The author presents the rational for a summer support algebra program and reviews the literature upon which to develop the project. The paper summarizes this literature by stating the need for new innovative methods of teaching specifically relevant to the instruction of Algebra. In addition, the author states that the traditional algebra instruction methods have left a generation of students who not only see no practical need for algebra but also view it as a frivolous waste of academic time and resources.
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Introduction
Problem Statement
Importance and Rationale of the Project
Background of the Project
Statement of Purpose
Research Objectives
Limitations of the Project
Literature Review
Mathematics Curricula
Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Programs
Instructional Process Programs
Summary
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"Another program used in addressing student achievement in Algebra is 'The Algebra Online Program' as reported by the Louisiana Department of Education - Center for Educational Technology. This program involved a team of planners all of whom are certified in teaching mathematics who met to discuss, design, format, supplementary textbook selection and implementation of the course. This is a distance-learning curriculum."
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"The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11", 2008.
A critical book review of Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11."
2,595 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper discusses how Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 "contains a wealth of information and gives some real insight into just what on earth caused the horrifying terrorist attack of 9/11. The paper looks at how the book includes key themes such as the origins of the extremist Islamist ideology that would fuel Al-Qaeda, and the way it was fanned into extremism by the horrors of torture in Egyptian jails in the 1980s. The paper also examines how the book describes how it was possible for American intelligence to fail so utterly to foresee or prevent the disaster.
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"Wright traces the origins of Al-Qaeda all the way back to Egypt, beginning in 1948 in Alexandria with Sayyid Qutb, foreign student in the USA - who would later write some of the books that would inspire and inflame those Muslim radicals who were turning to Takfir (the mirror image of Islam, which purports to be orthodox, while at the same time encouraging murder). Geographically his extensive background spans universities in Egypt, building construction sites in Saudi Arabia, the war in Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban, the setting up of radical Muslim cells in Pakistan - not to mention Qutb's happy days in Greeley, Colorado."
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?The Spirits of the Towers?, 2002.
A study of the recent Gerald Manley Hopkins poem, ?The Spirits of the Towers?, which reflects on the September 11 tragedy in New York City.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 26.95
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This paper analyzes the poem which reflects on the horror and destruction of the terrorist attack on New York?s Twin Towers. The paper describes this haiku poem's strong imagery of the attack and eloquent use of the symbols of American culture to represent the American spirit.
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"The central theme is a search for meaning within the tragedy of September 11. The ?spirits of the towers? are not only the ghostly remembrances of the buildings themselves, but also the actual spirits of the many people who died there. In a larger sense, the ghosts of the people and of the buildings become part of the American spirit, in the same sense that we use the phrase ?the spirit of 76?."
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