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Mirror Mirror on the Wall...Am I Fat or What?!, 2001.
A discussion on body image, focusing on the root of why women see themselves the way they do and an examination of ways to deal with this self-image.
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper explores how the media affects the body image of women and the way in which they perceive themselves. The writer makes reference to Fannie Flag's, "Fried Green Tomatoes" and comments on examples of eating disorders, their symptoms and their psychological make-up as seen in the movie
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?I?m just so FAT!? Do these words sound familiar? Depending on who you are and how you view yourself, maybe they do and maybe they don?t. But it is clear that nowadays women just aren?t content with their body image. They complain that their boobs are sagging, their tummy has rolls, their hair is turning gray, wrinkles are creeping on their face, their underarms are flabby, they just don?t feel SEXY, and the list goes on and on. Why all the fuss? I think this concern is rooted particularly in the media. I remember flipping through several magazines and seeing stick skinny supermodels flaunting themselves. Obviously, how women really are today is very different from what society portrays them to be. So while women are busily trying to fit into the cookie cutter mold of this ?perfect? body, they miss the complete picture. Stressing yourself out by trying to get the perfect look isn?t going to make you happy because in the end it will just eat away at your well being. Instead, I believe that you should accept and love yourself no matter what size and shape you are."
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Discrimination Against Fat People, 2007.
An examination of the oppression and discrimination against fat people - fat prejudice.
2,212 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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In this paper the writer argues that the effects of oppression and discrimination against fat people exact a heavy toll, especially on women. It shows that there are health advantages in being fat, that the dangers of fat are over-rated, especially in relation to women, and that the health dangers of being too thin are systematically under-rated. This paper explains that the true problem is fat prejudice, not the so-called obesity epidemic. The writer points out that fat prejudice works in favor of the powerful diet industry, giving rise to the suspicion that fat prejudice is fanned in the media due to the influence of this industry.
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"The media constantly tells us that thin people are healthy and beautiful, and that fat people are unhealthy and ugly. However, it is argued that the health dangers of obesity are hugely over-rated, for a variety of reasons. These include the interests of the multi-million dollar diet industry, as well as the fact that coercing women into worrying constantly about their weight is an effective part of the anti-feminist backlash, ensuring that women waste their energy on frivolous matters. Moreover, it will be argued that the greatest threat to the mental and physical health of fat people is not their fat, but rather fat oppression: the discrimination that fat people face in our fat-phobic society."
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?Mending Wall?, 2002.
A look at the symbolism of the wall in ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost.
884 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This poem reviews the poem, ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost, and examines how Robert Frost uses the low stone walls, common in the countryside in New England, as a metaphor for the difficulties people may have connecting with each other. It discusses how Frost sees walls as a barrier between people, while his neighbor, who shares the wall with him, disagrees. It also shows how Frost notes that walls come down for destructive reasons and how he was probably influenced by World War I, since the poem was written in 1915.
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"He wants his neighbor to consider why they must maintain this wall between themselves. He points out that there are no cows to keep contained, and that apple trees cannot walk from one farmer?s land to another?s, but all his neighbor will say about it is ?Good fences make good neighbors.? So now the reader sees the real wall is a personal one put up by his neighbor, who will do the heavy labor but not discuss the need for it with the other person working beside him, although always on the other side of the wall."
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Fat Intake, 2007.
An analysis of the benefits of fats for the body and the risks of high levels of fat ingestion.
1,057 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper discusses fat intake and people's concerns over ingesting high levels of fat. It begins by describing the importance of fats for normal body functioning. It then goes on to describe the risks of taking too many trans fats, saturated fats and cholesterol into the body. The paper concludes with a letter to a college cafeteria regarding the health content of the food they provide.
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"According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, more than 12.5 million Americans have CHD, and more than 500,000 die from it each year. This makes CHD one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The DRI committee recommends that no more than 30 - 35 percent of calories should come from fat. The percentage may vary with the total calories. For example, a person who needs 2,000 calories per day, the recommended intake of saturated fat is 20 grams or less per day, and the recommended intake of total fat is 65 grams. To alert people about the importance of fat intake, the FDA has required saturated fat and dietary cholesterol to be listed on food labels since 1993, and, on January 1, 2006, the FDA began requiring the addition of trans fat on labels."
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"The Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, 2006.
This paper is an analysis of the poem "The Mirror". Ms. Plath adopts the viewpoint of a mirror to illustrate the aging of a woman obsessed with her lost youth.
956 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 23.95
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The author discusses how the sole function of a mirror is to show a reflection of the person looking into it. In this paper, he seeks to explain how the woman sees more than her physical self, she sees the time that has passed by her and how old she has become. This forces her to reflect on her years of suffering.
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"Both the woman and the mirror live their life in darkness, both have only based their beliefs on appearances. The mirror believes its heart is the pink wall and the woman her reflection, her true self. Both the woman and the mirror are trying to find something deeper in themselves, something beyond appearances."
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Case Study: Walls (China) Co., Ltd., 2008.
This paper is a case study analysis of the logistics operations start-up of Walls (China) Co., Ltd.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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This paper explains that highly regarded Unilever, who owns Walls Ice Cream, already has established its line of personal care products and food offerings in China. The author reports that, in 1992, Wall's management team concluded that the China population was ripe for expansion in the ice cream market. The paper points out that, although Walls' distribution strategy had been successful in many other countries, it required serious adaptation in China because of the high costs associated with the under-developed transportation and retail infrastructure and fragmented logistics service providers. The paper indicates that these costs were passed on to consumers, who were not willing to pay higher prices for what was perceived to be a local brand. The author concludes that Walls' initial logistics start up resulted in a missed opportunity due to under-utilization of Unilever's vast business network and resources, which were already located in many other regions of China.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Business Analysis
Government
Joint Ventures and Distributors
Retail Market and Consumer Culture
Conclusion of Business Analysis on Walls China
Further Points for Discussion
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"The company retained a series of independent distributors who sold ice cream from the back of trucks to street vendors and small independent retailers in large cities. Walls coaxed vendors into selling their brand exclusively by lending more than 42,000 refrigerators for free, but later found vendors misusing equipment to store frozen products from other manufacturers, and inventory shrinkage due to freezer theft. Walls' refrigerator investment was quite sizable and due to the fact that ice cream demand in China was seasonal, the point of purchase refrigerator investment was not the most cost-effective.
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Analysis of Robert Frost's "Mending Wall", 2008.
A discussion of the theme of separation in Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall."
843 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper discusses the poem "Mending Wall," by Robert Frost, focusing on the theme of separation that is portrayed by a wall between the property of two neighbors. The writer describes the story that the poem tells and explains the poetic techniques such as imagery and symbolism that Frost uses to emphasize his theme. The writer shows how spring and the wall symbolize different things for the narrator of the poem and his neighbor, and how Frost uses these symbols to show that a simple wall can be seen as a social as well as a physical obstruction between people.
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"The poem is about two neighbors who have a need to constantly repair a wall separating their lands. The theme of the poem is the wall which they must keep mending; it not only separates their land, but it is a barrier to their communication, friendship, and openness. The narrator of the poem is questioning the reason for the wall's existence and believes that in order to be good neighbors, the wall must come down. Frost writes, "He is all pine and I am apple orchard/My apple trees will never get across/and eat the cones under his pines, I tell him" (25-26). The poem's narrator is aware of the fact that he will not extend his property onto his neighbor's and explains this to his neighbor with the pine trees. Despite telling the neighbor, the neighbor with the pine trees only replies with, "'Good fences make good neighbors'" (27)."
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The Wall Street Journal Online, 2002.
An in-depth examination of the history of the Wall Street Journal Online, its current business status and what services it offers its subscribers.
4,650 words (approx. 18.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 83.95
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This paper presents the Wall Street Journal Online. It provides some basic facts about the journal and examines its large online market The paper also examines the history of the original Wall Street Journal and its progression in becoming an online service. The changes which occurred to the Journal in 2001-2002 are discussed and the writer shows how the Online Journal has enhanced the business of Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire. The services that it provides its subscribers are detailed at the end of the paper.
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"The Wall Street Journal has over 646,000 paying Internet subscribers. Many believed the Wall Street Journal would fold with the popularity of the Internet, but this did not happened. Instead, it has increased the sales of the Wall Street Journal. ?The Wall Street Journal has been published since 1889? (1998) It has always met the challenge of time and technology. Even before the explosive growth of the Internet, the WSJ was making its headway to create a powerful online news product. The history of the Wall Street Journal Online is one of interest comparing the steps and direction it has taken."
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"Fat", 2002.
Explores the matter of choice in Raymond Carver's "Fat".
1,079 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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The courage to change is at the heart of Raymond Carver's short story, "Fat." The paper shows that the waitress experiences a moment of clarity after waiting on the fat customer, which inspires her to change her life. It shows that the man's appearance, how he treats her and how he reminds her of her own life cause her to reconsider her choices in the past. Her relationship with her husband reinforces her feelings as she comes to realize that she can choose to be a victim, like the fat man, or she can choose a better life.
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"Furthermore, it becomes clear that feels something toward him, for she asks him where he is from and how his soup was. In addition, she agrees with him when he asks if it is warm in the building. Their rapport continues when she tells him that a person has to be comfortable and he responds by telling her, ?That is very, very true? (67). At this point, we cannot help but wonder if they are speaking to each other about different things. On the surface they are discussing how a re person has to be comfortable, but the underlying message is that neither one of them is comfortable in their place in life. Again, the waitress is aware that something is happening, but she still cannot identify what it is."
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Robert Frost's "Mending Wall", 2008.
Explores the meaning of Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall".
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that, although Robert Frost wrote "Mending Wall" in 1915, nearly a century ago, his thoughts about walls are truer today than ever because, increasingly, people want their space. The writer then examines reasons, based on this poem, why walls do or do not make good neighbors. The writer also relates that it is possible to find images of change in Frost's poem that relate to the transition of the village, which cradles unity, and the plebeian democracy, which meant so much to him.
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"Ward looks at this poem from a different perspective. Perhaps Frost is saying something else than what is thought. He explains that many readers still see this poem as an argument against walls, literal or metaphorical. To such people, walls are "the divisive creations of selfish or shortsighted men who erect barriers to keep other people away." If people could do away with walls, these critics say, it would bring about a deeper sense of community among neighbors, society and nations. However, notes Ward, other readers find something different in "Mending Wall"."
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"Greed and Glory on Wall Street".
This paper is a review of the "Greed and Glory on Wall Street" by Ken Auletta, which is about the Lehman Brothers' scandal in the 1980s
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper explains that "Greed and Glory on Wall Street," an excellent documentary about Lehman Brothers covering the period from July 1983 to April 1984 with the firm's takeover by Shearson/American Express, is a stimulating political story about two adversaries fighting for glory and money and bringing the company to failure in the end. The author points out that this book clarifies key business issues and some of the economic mechanisms, which were behind financial transactions on Wall Street during the 80s. The paper relates that Lehman Brothers, one of the most important and oldest banks in the United States, initially, was renowned for its conservatory actions, but 'greed' seriously began to take over during the 1980s, and the company started to speculate on Wall Street, going into leveraged buy-outs and junk bonds.
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"The main idea from the course as it appears in the book is related to bonds. As we know from the textbook, bonds are generally used in order to raise capital. Previous to the 80s, bonds were generally rated according to the company's reputability and companies which were known to have difficulties in making payments were listed as junk companies, with bonds that were generally never purchased and which did not help the respective companies from entering bankruptcy."
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"The Yellow Wall Paper", 2005.
This paper discusses the use of symbols in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper", a portrayal of the oppression of women in the nineteenth century and explores the style of her later writings.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 55.95
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This paper explains that it is customary to find the symbol of the house as representing a secure place for a woman's transformation and her release of self-expression; however, in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper", the protagonist does not want to be in the house and declares it is "haunted". The author points out that the yellow wall-paper plays a double role because (1) it has the ability to trap her in with its intricate pattern, which leads her to no satisfying end; however, (2) it also sets her free. The paper relates that, when examining the larger body of Gilman's work, there is a shift away from the type of confused first-person narrator found in the very popular "The Yellow Wall-Paper" towards a confident all-knowing third-person narrator, not stories that explore the complex psychological development of a character but rather stories that feature stock characters who can be seen as a representative of a type or a class.
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"Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper," does more than just tell the story of a woman who suffers at the hands of 19th century quack medicine. Gilman created a protagonist with real emotions and a real psyche that can be examined and analyzed in the context of modern psychology. In fact, to understand the psychology of the unnamed protagonist is to be well on the way to understanding the story itself. "The Yellow Wall-Paper," written in first-person narrative, charts the psychological state of the protagonist as she slowly deteriorates into schizophrenia (a disintegration of the personality)."
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Building the Great Wall, 2005.
An overview of the construction process of the Great Wall of China.
763 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper examines the history behind the Great Wall of China and how the original construction of the wall was essentially nothing more than bricks, wood, grass and packed earth and how its simple structure changed very little over the next many centuries. It also discusses how
more than 2000 years after its construction, the Great Wall is still seen by the Chinese as not only an everlasting testament of the industriousness of its people, but also an overwhelming and almost mystical symbol.
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"The Great Wall played a large part in all of the early dynasties of China, but its origin can be traced back to 221 B.C. After the western state of Qin subjugated and united seven states that had been at war since the 5th century, subsequently forming China, the ruler of Qin declared himself the first Emperor of China (Dalin 15). He gave himself the name Qin She Huangdi, which, conveniently enough, means 'First Emperor' in Chinese. One of Qin's first orders once in power was for all peasants, prisoners, and anyone else available to begin construction of a massive wall ("The Great Wall of China", screen 1). What would become the Great Wall was, in actuality, several very small already-standing fortification walls connected (Dalin 15). These smaller walls had been built by past dynasties, with the same reasons in mind as those that would years later prompt the erecting of the Great Wall."
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"The Mending Wall", 2002.
A literary analysis of "The Mending Wall" by Robert Frost.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This essay evaluates Robert Frost's poem "The Mending Wall." The author examines Frost's theme of the dynamics of friendships and enmities, discusses the views of the speaker in the poem and his neighbor and explores the merits of each of their views regarding the function of walls in human relationships. The author then expresses his own views as to whether he agrees with Frost or not and provides a specific example from his own experience that demonstrates that walls can be good or bad, depending on the neighbor in question.
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