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The 20th Maine at Gettysburg, 2001.
A discussion of the bravery and heroism of the 20th Maine Infantry under General Joshua Chamberlain.
5,359 words (approx. 21.4 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 69.95
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This paper examines the life and military career of General Joshua Chamberlain, born in 1828 and discusses how the Civil War made him a better man, despite its many horrors. It puts forward the argument that the 20th Maine was perhaps singularly responsible for the Union victory at Gettysburg in holding the left of the Union flank. It includes accounts of the battle from many perspectives, including those of men in the Confederate camps and in particular, an account of the battle as it pertains to the fight of the 20th Maine on Little Round Top.
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"Joshua's last great battle was to be two days later on White Oak road, where he fought his men against General Lee himself. Refusing to wait for a bridge to be rebuilt over the Rappahannock, he led his men through waist deep water and persuaded General Warren to allow him to attack immediately across an open field, knowing it would cost more lives to wait. He succeeded in pushing Lee back, although he said himself that "Had I known...that General Lee was personally directing affairs I would not have been so rash, nor thought myself so cool." Later, at Five Forks, Joshua continued to show his great valor and leadership skills."
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Maine's Career Preparation Implementation Plan, 2004.
Study of Maine's educational focus on student career preparation.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 15.95
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Explores the purpose, goals, rationale, and implementation strategy behind Maine's educational statute, which required that every school district in the state of Maine develop and implement Career Preparation Education Programs for all students.
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"The Career Preparation Implementation Plan purpose is to ensure that all students enrolled in K-12 are given the opportunity to achieve the content standards in the Career Preparation program. The goals of the program include aligning curricula to meet the Learning Results goals established by the department of education, is focused on enabling K-12 develop core knowledge and learning skills that they can build on throughout their time in Maine's public schools system and places an emphasis on continuous improvement of both the teachers and the students. The rationale driving this new focus include the idea that will have a positive impact on students and the communities they live in, and the fact that Career Preparation Education has been incorporated the Maine Job Council's Strategic plans."
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"Scrubbing in Maine", 2002.
An analysis of chapter two of the book "Nickled and Dimed" (entitled "Scrubbing in Maine") which examines the ethnic composition of America's poor.
629 words (approx. 2.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 11.95
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It is often assumed in modern American discourse about the nature of poverty that 'the poor' in America are largely minority in their ethnic composition. The book shows that in Chapter Two of "Nickel and Dimed", the author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich makes clear that this is not always the case. It shows that to 'prove' her thesis, Ehrenreich goes to Maine to examine the conditions of laborers in largely white New England. The paper describes Ehrenreich's methodology which is particularly unique, in that she chooses not to go as a reporter, but to actually work in Maine as one of the people whom she is attempting to study, working for a company called "Merry Maids".
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"By the nature of this service, the very poor work for the very rich. The labor is hard, physical manual work that drains both the bodies and the spirits of its employees. Furthermore, the occupation of a maid is so despised by society, comprising one of the lowest female forms of work in America's class system, even individuals ,who spot the 'Maids' when they are still in their uniforms, but not working chose to ignore them. The individuals whom the 'Maids' labor for also have a mixed feeling about the 'Maids' because the workers are performing a traditionally female occupation that is supposed to be accomplished by the female homeowner herself. Only by rendering such work invisible, and ignoring the individuals who perform such work can society come to terms with the existence of janitorial workers."
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"Main Golfing Outlet", 2004.
Presents a sample business plan for the golfing merchandise store, Main Golfing Outlet.
2,221 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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This paper outlines the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the golfing merchandise store, Main Golfing Outlet and the strategy it must pursue in order to be successful. The paper gives an overview of the store's objectives, marketing plan, and target markets, as well as a SWOT analysis.
Executive Summary
Company Description
Keys to Success
Objectives
Mission
Products and Services
Marketing Plan
Marketing Focus
Retail Market
Target Markets
Web Success
SWOT Analysis
Conclusion
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"Golf is a game that can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of size, shape, or age. For this reason, it has become one of the most popular sports and leisure activities in the United States. Main Golfing Outlet aims to target audiences of all ages, groups, skills and genders. Main Golfing Outlet chooses only the most technologically advanced golf clubs to sell to our valued customers."
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"Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small Town America ", 2002.
A critique of the sociological work by Richard O' Davies, entitled "Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small Town America".
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 17.95
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The author evaluates the work by Richard O' Davies that traces the decline of small town America. He looks first at the book's shortcomings and then looks at the positive contributions to scholarship on sociology of American small town life made by O' Davies work. Conclusions about the book's worth are made at the end of the paper.
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"Richard O' Davies book on Main Street Blues: The Decline Of Small Town America is both narrow and sweeping in its scope. It is narrow in the sense that to validate its central thesis, that close-knit small town communities in America have become a thing of the past, it chooses to mainly focus upon life within one particular community. Rather than to attempt to do a sociologic study of a large number of communities, Davies centers his focus upon the particular, rather than upon the general. He does introduce as a way of a counter to his 'case study' of Camden, Ohio, several other communities that he believes are exceptional to the central thesis of his work. However, the main focus of his book is always on a single town, that of the author's original hometown of Camden."
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"Tom's Of Maine", 1999.
Examines the founder's ethical and religious beliefs and how he applies them to the operations of his personal hygiene products firm.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, £ 37.95
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The subject of this analysis is Tom Chappell, originator and current president of Tom's of Maine. Tom's of Maine is a small company creating oral care and personal hygiene products using natural ingredients. It has been increasingly successful, attaining a 20 percent growth rate and gaining a 5 percent market share, while also asserting that it is a socially responsible business
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"Ethical Analysis, Tom's of Maine
The subject of this analysis is Tom Chappell, originator and current president of Tom's of Maine. Tom's of Maine is a small company creating oral care and personal hygiene products using natural ingredients. It has been increasingly successful, attaining a 20 percent growth rate and gaining a 5 percent market share, while also asserting that it is a socially responsible business.
Religious and Ethical Commitments
From the beginning, in 1970, Tom Chappell was concerned with maintaining an environmentally responsible company offering ..."
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Time as a Main Preoccupation of Modernist Writing, 2676.
An examination of the importance of time and temporality in modernist writing.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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"Aside from his comment on the dependence mankind now has on time, Simmel's comment has a number of significant points. Firstly, this quote acknowledges the fact that it is now possible for time to go wrong in different ways. The sundial may be inexact but it is always right. The mechanical watch is capable of slowing down, or speeding up time for the wearer and as such, forms a limitation on the commodity of time. This nature of separate layers of time is acknowledged again in this quotation. The mechanical simulation of time can be 'wrong' and Simmel acknowledges that this error will take up a period of 'natural' time to be sorted out. In other words, there will be a period when time on the clock becomes worthless while the natural is consulted and the simulation is readjusted. "
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Ulysses Everett McGill and Charlie Wales: Getting it Together?, 2002.
A discussion of the similarities and differences between Ulysses Everett McGill, the main character of the Coen Brothers' film "O Brother Where Art Thou?" and Charlie Wales, the main character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Babylon Revisited".
1,640 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This essay compares and contrasts the main characters of the film 'O Brother Where Art Thou?' written and directed by the Coen brothers and the short story 'Babylon Revisited' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, also made into a film. What seems at first an unlikely comparison turns out to be revealing. Ulysses Everett McGill and Charlie Wales are from vastly different backgrounds and social strata yet face similar dilemmas. Wales the wealthy socialite would seem more likely to succeed in his case to retrieve his daughter and get his life together. However, it is the escaped convict McGill, whose Ulysses-like Odyssey is discussed in depth, who succeeds in his quest, while the "recovering" alcoholic Wales is frustrated and delayed.
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"Ulysses Everett McGill, the central character in the film, O Brother Where Art Thou? produced in 2000, and Charlie Wales, the main character in the F. Scott Fizgerald story, "Babylon Revisited," published in 1931, and made into a movie in 1954, may at first glance appear to be vastly different, but turn out to share similarities. Ulysses Everett McGill and Charlie Wales are from vastly different classes and backgrounds, yet both live in approximately the same time period, the 1920s/30s, the time of the Great Depression and both are men deprived of wife and family. Neither one is exactly the ordinary man surviving under the duress of the depression. McGill is a crude and lowly escaped convict fleeing through the Bible belt, while the sophisticated Wales, who still seems to have plenty of money and social status despite the crash, is visiting Paris. Both want to get their lives back into some semblance of togetherness. Each seems to be continually sabotaged in his quest. As we watch both men we wonder if the destructive energy comes from outside or is inner generated. The resemblances are many, but the differences are greater, especially when it comes to the end results of their attempts to get it together."
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A Comparison of Hermia and Juliet, 2004.
Compares the main female character in "Romeo and Juliet" to the main female character in "A Midsummer-Night's Dream".
1,145 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper analyzes the main female characters in "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer-Night's Dream" and then discusses their similar and dissimilar qualities. In discussing their similarities, the paper notes that both Hermia of "A Midsummer-Night's Dream" and Juliet of "Romeo and Juliet" are strong and courageous females, and both will do anything for love. Among their differences, the paper cites their differences in age. The paper also points out that the major difference in the two plays, the outcome, has to do with the plot of the play and not the differences in the characters of Juliet and Hermia.
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"Hermia and Juliet share a major similarity in that they are both female characters devoted to love and willing to do anything to be with their lover. They are also both strong and courageous characters, though Hermia is more mature, while Juliet is younger and more naive. The major difference though, is the outcome for the two characters, with Juliet's love leading to her tragic death, and Hermia's leading to a happy ending. This difference is related not to the qualities of each character, but to their roles in the play, and to the type of play each character is part of. These similarities and differences will now be considered in more detail."
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"Grendel" & "Beowulf", 2002.
Compares the differing perspectives of the main character in "Grendel" by John Gardner to the main character in "Beowulf".
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 17.95
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This paper examines the central them, in both "Grendel" and "Beowulf", of good and evil. It discusses the main character in each book and their different idea as to what good and evil are. The paper concludes with a discussion on which tale is more plausible and easier to read.
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"The story of Grendel, written by John Gardner, tells the tale of Beowulf, but from a slightly different angle. Instead of talking of Beowulf as being the hero, the story is told from Grendel's perspective. During the course of the book, Grendel attempts to explain many of his misguided attempts at friendship and other ways that he tried to make Beowulf understand that he was a living creature as well. He was treated as a monster, but he was not as hateful and horrible as he was made out to be in Beowulf's tale."
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Neal Dow and Prohibition, 2005.
This paper profiles Neal Dow, the creator of the Maine Law, and the forerunner of the national prohibition in the United States.
2,910 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper explains that Neal Dow (1804-1897) was passionate in his tireless campaign against alcohol; his Quaker roots led him to create laws like the Maine Law that made it illegal for the sale and consumption of alcohol. The paper relates that Portland, Maine, during Dow's formative years was a center of the rum trade with the West Indies, which affected the way local people viewed the use of alcohol, but young Dow's parties were alcohol-free and were still fun and he and his sister were still popular, key point that Dow believes shaped his life to be a prohibitionist. The paper relates that after leading the passage of the Maine Law, stopping the sale of alcohol in his home state of Maine; in 1852 and 1853, the states of Vermont, Rhode Island, Michigan, Ohio and Massachusetts all passed their own versions of the Maine Law; thus Neal Dow became a celebrity for prohibition and began reaching the masses of people who felt the same way.
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"Neal Dow's next goal was to become a missionary and share his gospel of prohibition to foreign countries. Dow went to England to gain support for prohibition there and used his Maine Law as an example. "The Maine Law Missionary was using his state's prohibition law mainly as an instrument of propaganda in distant areas. On his British tour, he had seen both the increasing strength of his foreign converts and the damaging effects of the charge that his was a dead letter." In Maine, it was a much different story. The state adopted a new Maine Law that would eliminate the harsh penalties for selling liquor and make it legal to sell local wines and ciders. It was not exactly what Dow wanted but it still kept the basic law of prohibition."
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The Capital Punishment Debate, 2005.
This paper discusses the main reason society does not agree on the issue and, after examining the main arguments for and against capital punishment, concludes in favor of it.
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper explains that the primary reason there is so much disagreement between the two camps on the issue of capital punishment, with neither acknowledging the validity of the others arguments, is that many of the supporters of each camp have fundamentally differing stances--morally, ethnically and religiously. The author points out that capital punishment is by no means perfect and much reform within the judicial system is necessary to make it a truly just and positive deterrent force; nonetheless, it is a better alternative to life in prison because, already, our prison systems are extremely overtaxed. The paper concludes that, while some may argue that capital punishment dehumanizes the individual, the same can be said for life imprisonment.
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"As one study on death row inmates showed, the majority where themselves victims of "severe and sometimes bizarre abuse" (Currie 83). Further, many point to the cheapening affect capital punishment has on the value of life as well as the inhumanity of such a sentence. As far as costs are concerned, those who support life in prison, point out that the death penalty is actually the more expensive alternative when you take into account the process of appeals and the excessive length of time most convicts spend on death row. On top of this, some supporters of capital punishment tend to believe that the possibility of a death sentence may, in fact, make jurors less likely to convict an individual of murder and therefore let those guilty of such crimes go free. A far more frequently voiced concern, though, is the possibility of erroneously convicting and carrying out a death sentence on an innocent individual."
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Radio Shack, 2006.
Analyzes the market position of the electronics company and provides recommendations.
1,933 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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Radio Shack is one of the world's largest retailers of consumer electronics, including wireless devices, electronic parts, batteries, accessories and a broad range of other technology-related products and services. This paper discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Radio Shack along with the various strategies it has used. The paper further suggests a few strategies that might be helpful in effective management.
Paper Outline:
Situation Analysis
Main Strengths
Main Weaknesses
Main Opportunities
Main Threats
Current Strategies
Main Issue of the Case
Recommendations
References
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"The company counts on having a variety of perspectives to foster the innovation they need to bring science and company to a higher level of performance. There are a number of strategies that can be suggested for effective changes at RadioShack. As discussed above there were a few weaknesses in the policies, management and pricing and product placement strategies. RadioShack is committed to the standard of equivalent opportunities for everyone, and in nurturing an atmosphere in which creative thinking thrives and employees develop to their full potential. The simple reason that any organization or individual realizes its full potential is because diversity is understood, appreciated, and supported".
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"Chronicle of a Death Foretold" and "Pedro Paramo", 2001.
This essay compares the main characters of these two books.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 23.95
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This paper discusses the two books Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, how both main characters, the narrator and Juan, search for answers of things that happened in the past. The author examines how both literary works are bound together by secrets of the past and hope of answers that will satisfy the questions that have plagued Juan and the narrator.
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"In the two books Pedro Paramo and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, both main characters are searching for answers of things in the past. Through the nature of the main event, the character's connection to the main event, and the style of each author's writing, it is obviously shown that they are searching the past for answers. Both authors make every single point to allude to that idea. It all starts with two simple quotes: 'They've already killed him' and 'Pedro Paramo died years ago'."
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