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"A Morbid Taste for Bones", 2007.
A review of the powerful depiction of the Middle Ages in "A Morbid Taste for Bones," written by Ellis Peters.
993 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses "A Morbid Taste for Bones," written by Ellis Peters. The paper describes how, while the story follows the basic formula for a murder mystery, it is made more powerful than an ordinary detective tale due to the fact that it is set during the Middle Ages. The paper discusses the tale and how the author succeeds in bringing the events of the Middle Ages to life.
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"This far-off historical period is made more accessible to contemporary readers, even readers who know little about the Middle Ages by the engaging personality of its hero, Brother Cadfael. It might be very difficult to relate to person of an era who took the words of the Bible literally, who believed in dreams as prophesy, and the absolute sanctity of holy relics. But Brother Cadfael, although a devoutly religious man, is also realistic and humorous. He did not choose a religious vocation when he was very young, like Brother Jerome and most of the other members of his holy order. Cadfael spent most of his life fighting in Jerusalem, in the Crusades. Now, he is happy to put his worldly cares behind him, having seen the world and all of its ugliness. Although he occasionally chafes against the restrictions of the monastic life, as when his prayers take him away from tending his beloved, medicinal herbal garden, he usually strives to be obedient and good: "He had, after all, chosen this cloistered life with his eyes open" (1)."
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"A Morbid Taste for Bones", 2007.
An analysis of the novel "A Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters.
781 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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The paper examines this work of historical fiction and mystery that shows the interests and field of knowledge of historian Edith Pargeter, the real name of the author. The paper discusses how Peters includes a great deal about village life and the religious life in the twelfth century. The paper relates that Peters is also skillful at evoking thoughts and emotions by outward signs that can be observed and described.
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"Within this framework, Peters includes a great deal about village life and the religious life in the twelfth century. One element often used for dramatic effect involves unequal power relations, which in the era depicted have an authoritarian element tied to the power of the Church. This is evident as Sioned hints that her father might have been murdered on the orders of Robert, the prior, who shows his authority when answering. Peers contrasts the two as they face one another, "staring upon each other like adversaries in the lists before the baton falls" (101), a description right from the period involved."
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Taste Chinese Food, Taste Chinese Culture, 2003.
An overview of how to organise a Chinese function from the planning stage to the execution of the function itself.
3,243 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 64.95
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This paper looks at the planning of a Chinese function as part of a university assignment. It summarises the whole function from pre-planning, organization until the end production, taking into consideration marketing and finances as well as the catering. It examines how the students demonstrated that they can employ supervisory skills through the planning, organization and production of a function,through the use of practical and technical skills and by the interpretation of the Food and Beverage Control Cycle through the application of the principles and procedures to a practical situation.
Outline
Introduction
Pre-Planning
Approach to Setting Objectives
Strategy for Achieving Objectives
Analysis of:
Marketing Considerations
Financial Considerations
Catering Considerations
Evaluate Function Failures and Overcome Difficulties
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1 Pre-Planning Function Menu
Appendix 2 ?Taste Chinese Food, Taste Chinese Culture? Function Menu
Appendix 3 Handling Complaints
Appendix 4 Blueprinting of the Function.
Appendix 5 Service Procedures
Appendix 6 The Failures of Each Co-Ordinator
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"A comparison of competitive catering services reveals trends in private party formats, cuisine menus, theme and entertainment concepts. Competitive business can often provide valuable information to new and developing operations. Although competition wasn?t a major problem for the function operation because of the nature of this function- it is a university assessment. The consideration of the competition should not be ignored to help to maintain the function to be better and professional. Group 1 chose Chinese food and Group 2 chose Moroccan food. These 2 groups had exactly same location, facilities and support from the university teachers, and the 2 groups targets on the same customers- university students, lecturers, university staff, their own family and friends etc."
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Judgment of Taste, 2002.
Compares theories of judgment of taste as set forth by philosophers David Hume and Immanuel Kant.
1,062 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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Both Immanuel Kant and David Hume hold that community, rather than merely individual response, plays a major role in the judgment of taste. Both Kant and Hume also hold that any single individual's judgment of taste is not superior over another's. The paper explains that for there to be a meaningful definition of "judgment of taste," there must be some measure which transcends limited comparisons between individual judgment. For these two philosophers, the author finds, this measure is in part in the thing being presented and perceived and in part in the community of individuals doing the perceiving and responding. Nevertheless, the paper shows that the best their grand thinking achieves is that judgment of taste is achieved only through some sort of positive consensus won by an object over a long period of time and, preferably, over several cultures as well. It argues that the fact that the works they refer to are exclusively by white European males does not support the argument about the importance of cross-cultural judgment.
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"Still, even in such ideal circumstances, the individual will simply never be free of the "interest" which works to prejudice the individual's judgment on both the conscious and unconscious levels. If individual prejudice could be eliminated, of course, there would be no need for the philosophers to rely on the "community" aspect of the judgment of taste. The basis of this community aspect is a consensus, however Kant and Hume dress it up. If a work of art, for example, endures through generations and even centuries as an admired piece of work, as one which impresses the mind and stirs the emotions, then it can be said to have achieved a superior judgment of taste from the community."
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Bones, 2008.
A look at the anatomy of the human bone.
1,635 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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The paper discusses the function of bones and identifies the five types of bones and their seven levels of bone structure. The paper looks at three types of bone cells and summarizes the most common medical conditions that affect bones.
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Introduction
Function
Bone Types
Hierarchical Organization of Structures
Bone Cells
Medical Conditions
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"Bones also have a degree of toughness and elasticity that are required by their function. An examination of a bone structure will reveal that it is made up of two types of tissue. The first type of tissue is located on the external side and it is dense in texture and it is called compact tissue. The second type located internally is made up of thin fibres and lamellae, which are joined to form a lattice like reticular structure called cancellous tissue."
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?The Lovely Bones?, 2002.
Examines the theme of houses in Alice Sebold's cult text, "The Lovely Bones".
1,784 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, £ 39.95
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"The Lovely Bones", by Alice Sebold, is an example of a cult text that finds itself driven into popular culture by its word of mouth circulation. Its symptomatic imagery, encompassing middle-class American life, sends it into the category of American iconic text. The paper shows that the text?s most powerful symbol is the house, the home, that which itself is a symbol of American prosperity, attainment, and ideal living. It shows that the house is the heart of "The Lovely Bones?" subtext, other metaphors of life drawing from this grounded point. The paper examines how the house also works as a motif within the text, the place where the characters live, where they feel out their grief, individually try to reconstruct, as well as where murders are plotted and bones counted. The house serves as subject to those who dwell within.
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"The sudden popularity of Lovely Bones comes from its symptomatic appeal to American values, desires, and anxieties found within the ideas of family, home, and community. The doubling of house based scenes joins the positive and negative images of theses ideas. The reader may then respond to and identify these separated feelings about the places in which they live. These anxieties are felt out through the subversion of home, seen through the psyche of George Harvey, along with the styling of house through contemporary gothic imagery. Kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedrooms, basement are all subject to the uses put to them by the occupant(s). The Salmon?s home is warm, busy, juxtaposed to Mr. Harvey?s house which is described as cold and still. The eerie feelings, which are derived from the images of Mr. Harvey?s house, are created through these comparisons and the cool in which these details are given."
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Oracle Bones and Traditional China, 2004.
This paper discusses the role of oracle bones, the earliest form of Chinese writing, as an important source for understanding the development of written Chinese and the Shang society.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper explains that, in the religion of the Shang civilization, which was based on the worship of ancestral spirits and Shang Di, the supreme God, important decisions were made in the ancestral temple through divination by the oracle bones. The author points out that oracle bones also were used to record astronomical events. The paper states that the character 'yue' appears quite often in the oracle bone inscriptions as a pictograph of one range of mountains above another and is the object of sacrifices.
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"The exact political status of the Huanbei Shang City is unknown, however, the walled city is probably one of the Shang capitals due to its huge size and geographic location. From traditional accounts, it was believed that the 19th king, Pan Geng, moved the capital to Yin, however, the oracle bone inscriptions from Yinxu only details the period from the reign of the 22nd king, Wu Ding to the 30th and last king of the Shang dynasty, Xin. Therefore, Yinxu probably did not become the capital until the reign of Wu Ding and Huanbei most likely was the capital of Pan Geng and the two succeeding kings. Moreover, inscribed oracle bones discovered in the area have enabled researchers to reconstruct the Shang royal genealogy. For nearly a century now, scholars have been reading the oracle bones to detail Chinese history."
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Dr. Douglas Ubelaker's "Bones: A Forensic Detective?s Casebook", 2006.
This paper reviews the book "Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook" by Dr. Douglas Ubelaker, which discusses physical anthropology and its use in forensics.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper explains that Dr. Douglas Ubelaker states in "Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook" that human bones often can tell the trained scientist more about the individual, even an individual's geographic origin, lifestyle or occupation, than the friends or relatives ever could. The author points out that Dr Ubelaker credits the 33,000 individual skeletons housed in the Smithsonian with helping him in every forensic case described in the book. The paper relates that identifying remains is an arduous task and is often made more difficult when someone attempts to cover up the crime or the identity of the victim through such methods as fire.
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"One case early in the book is of a black woman who was discovered in rural Ohio. As is the case in this book, all that remained were bones. Race, approximate age and sex were first determined. Without available dental records or x-rays, a photograph of the possible victim was sent with the bones. At Smithsonian, Ubelaker compared the bones of the victim with bones in the museum. He was able to say with a great amount of certainty that the photograph was of that of the individual to whom the bones belonged."
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"The Farming of Bones", 2006.
This paper analyzes "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat and his vivid portrayal of suffering and mass murder.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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The paper discusses " The Farming of Bones" and examines how Edwidge Danticat produces a powerful and lyrical work that explores the suffering and mass murder of Haitians unfortunate enough to live and work in the Dominican Republic during the heyday of Dictator Rafael Trujillo in the late 1930s. Among the many powerful evocations in the work is Danticat's haunting use of the concept of remembrance. In her case she uses the idea of memory and loss to evoke an aching reminder of all those whose lives were taken, but who have now been lost to the mists of time.
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"I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed", 2002.
An analysis of Emily Dickinson's poem "I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed", focusing on the extensive use of imagery.
1,429 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses the poem "I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed", by Emily Dickinson, comparing the effect of the beauty of nature to the effect of alcohol. The paper portrays the impressive use of imagery to represent drinking, nature, and purity, and the even more remarkable use of imagery to convey eternity and time sequence. The paper provides a stanza by stanza examination of the poem, further illustrating Dickinson's masterful application of imagery throughout the poem.
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"Emily Dickinson?s poem, ?I taste a liquor never brewed,? compares the effect of the beauty of nature to the effect of alcohol. While the poem?s use of imagery to represent drinking, nature, and purity is impressive, even more remarkable is the use of imagery to convey eternity and time sequence. From the poem?s very beginning, ?The liquor never brewed,? until the last line, ?Leaning against the sun!? Dickinson uses imagery to relate the eternity of her persona?s love for nature. But more cleverly, she also creates a subtle time continuum for events that she mentions throughout the poem. It is common for poets to use imagery to call upon the reader?s senses, most commonly sight. However, Dickinson crosses new boundaries by adding imagery to communicate a time dimension that is evident in the transition from one stanza to another. Additionally, Dickinson is unique in her use of imagery to express humor. This is evident in the selection of the metaphor she has chosen as well as lines she uses to develop her metaphor and thee sequencing of stanzas."
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"Bones of the Master", 2002.
This paper discusses the George Crane's book 'Bones of the Master' and how it relates to Asian religions.
1,530 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper discusses various elements of Asian religions and how it is intertwined in Crane's novel "Bones of the Master". These elements include pilgrimage, master/disciple relationship and the importance of meditation. The book is a true story of a man on a spiritual quest for the truth.
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"The concept of the teacher and the student is prevalent in Bones of the Master. When beginning a religious path, it is most widely agreed that the best place to start is by finding a teacher, or a master. It is this teacher, that can guide the student towards proper meditation techniques and passing their wisdom down to the student. In his younger days, Tsung Tsai found his master in Shiuh Deng. One of the key teachings of a Buddhist master is the art of meditation. For one who is seeking a religious path, the most important aspect to learn is meditation."
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"Farming of the Bones", 2002.
This paper reviews ?Farming of the Bones,? by Edwidge Danticat, presenting a literary analysis discussing one of the elements in the novel as it relates to theme.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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An analysis of this novel with the backdrop of the Haitian massacres that took place in 1937 in the Dominican Republic. It provides a personal description of the author and links her experiences to the plot in the novel. The paper focuses on the main character of the story and how she tries to find some sense, logic or explanation which she witnessed during the massacre period.
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"The author, Edwidge Danticat, grew up in Haiti. Her mother had to leave her and her brother behind when Danticat was four, so she could join her husband in the U.S. She could not join her parents until she was twelve, and when she first came to the country, she could not speak any English. Her books relate many of her own experiences, as well as the people of her native country. ?Farming of the Bones? is her second book."
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The Hip Bone Attaches to the Thigh Bone, 2002.
An overview of the function of the femur bone.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper presents a detailed look at the femur bone and its purpose in the body. We take a tour of anatomy as well as explore some of the injuries and disorders that can occur with this particular bone.
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The Making of a Menu: Social Construction of Gastronomic Taste in the U.S., 2002.
A look at the social dynamics of food in America.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 49.95
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This paper addresses the socialization of the American palate - e.g. the social dynamics of food. Questions that the paper explores include why we eat the foods we do, diversity in cuisine, the roots of American cooking in French cooking, and the homogenization of taste in the world through "McDonaldization" or gastronomic imperialism.
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