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Gary Kremen, 2007.
A review of the life and history of Gary Kremen.
3,095 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 90.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the life of Gary Kremen, a life that is closely linked to the controversy and legal battle surrounding the ownership of sex.com. According to the paper, the sex.com case was a traumatic and multidimensional court case which serves to highlight the tenacity and perseverance of the character of Gary Kremen in the face of daunting opposition and legal odds. The paper also discusses how this case highlights the interaction between the legal system and the changing world of online commerce.
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Introduction
Overview: Gary Kremen and online entrepreneurship
Overview: personal and business history
Brief overview of business accomplishments and history
The Sex.com saga
Conclusion
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"However it is the Sex.com case and legal battle which has riveted the media and public attention. Kremen registered the domain name sex.com in 1994. However, in 1996 a convicted fraudster, Stephen M. Cohen, contacted Network Solutions and had the domain transferred to his name. This was to result in a protracted legal battle over a number of years about the ownership of sex.com Cohen was supported by his influence and contacts in the pornography industry in the country. He also had large financial resources and had the financial ability to fight a lengthy and expensive legal battle. In brief, Kremen was to succeed with the assistance of some of Cohen's rivals in the pornography and adult industry. "Kremen took the upper hand when two of Cohen's rivals in the pornographic industry, Seth Warshavsky and Ron Levi, helped fund Kremen's case."
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Gary Gildner's "Sleepy Time Gal", 2005.
This paper is a review of "Sleepy Time Gal" by Gary Gildner, a short story, which centers on a tale of love and loss that takes place in a small, unnamed town in Michigan during the Great Depression.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that, in Gary Gildner's "Sleepy Time Gal",
the narrator, a third-party in the story, recounts the tale through his father and mother's experiences, presenting each parent's view on the past events as well as some of his own interpretation. The author points out that the narrator's re-telling of his father's story about the Great Depression without focusing heavily on love and its loss, is indicative of a male stereotype that portrays men as somewhat devoid of romanticism. The paper states that Gary Gildner has de-emphasized a cliched love plot and instead presents it in more of a 'no nonsense' manner. The author concludes that, regardless of how the story is told, the story remains one of love and how it is lost. The paper states that readers are aware of how the narrator provides a balance to an otherwise one-sided and potentially uninteresting story.
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"By mentioning the parts he would like to include, the narrator seeks to complete what, in his mind, is only a partial story. By mentioning that he had already intruded too far in a story that wasn't his, the narrator displays the need to balance the story and offers an apology for straying from his stated intent of relaying the story as it was told to him. Though his mother also did not experience the events first-hand, but rather heard it from the narrator's father, her view of the romantic side of the story should be given a certain amount of weight; since the story was most likely relayed to her closer to the occurrence of the events."
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Poem: Gary Soto's "Mexicans Begin Jogging", 2004.
This paper analyzes Gary Soto's 1981 freedom poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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This paper argues that Gary Soto's 1981 poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging" illuminates the general immigrant experience. The author points out that the poem reflects the unique experiences of Latinos.
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"Gary Soto's poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging" is both technically and emotionally skillful a story that applies both at some level to all Americans and one that is in other ways unique to the Latino experience. Speaking as it does of freedom and the desire of all ..."
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Southwest Airline's CEO: Gary Kelly, 2005.
Discusses how Gary Kelly's style has set new directions for the airline.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss how CEO Gary Kelly's style has set new directions for strategy, internal relations and Southwest Airlines operations in an increasingly competitive and challenging environment.
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"The instability of macro-environmental forces and their impact upon the effectiveness and profitability of airlines indicates the need for multi-dimensional flexible and responsive management structure able to operate ..."
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"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, 2008.
An analysis of the changes in the character, Brian in the novel "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, as he adapts to his environment .
704 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper describes how the character of Brian in Paulsen's "Hatchet" grows to manhood as he learns to adapt to his environment in order to survive. The paper explains that Brian feels anger and despair but understands that he must depend on himself. The paper therefore shows how his survival has stimulated his emotional growth and development.
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"After his initial shock at the pilot's death, Brian panics, as just about anyone would in that situation. He finally gains control of the plane and makes radio contact with someone, but he realizes he is going to have to land the plane himself. He is frightened, but this is the first sense of his will to survive - he begins to realize that he will be safer if he lands on water, and he begins to plan, as much as he can, his descent so he can live through the crash. Although the crash itself is extremely dramatic and emotional, Brian survives, and that is his first adaptation of many that will occur throughout this novel."
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Gary Orfield?s ?Dismantling Desegregation?, 2002.
This paper argues against the conclusions of Gary Orfield?s book ?Dismantling Desegregation?, that segregation is slowly becoming the norm again in many communities.
2,340 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper explains that Orfield is making an argument for entitlement: All students are entitled to the same educational opportunities and that measures must be taken to ensure that children, especially black children, are not forsaken these opportunities. The author feels that Orfield fails to make the distinction between racial segregation and the social or market forces that compel poor blacks to live in the same neighborhood. The author cites that in the two cases of Grutter vs. Bollinger and Gratz vs. Bollinger, the Supreme Court questioned the very notion that the government should allow state-funded institutions to maintain race-based methods of selection to insure the diversity of an applicant pool.
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"Orfield is quick to demonize Nixon, Reagan, and Bush, who are all coincidentally Republican conservatives, for trying to turn back the clock on desegregation. Orfield finally does refer to bussing in the context of the Green decision and the Keyes and Swann decision, he calls it ?student transportation as a means for integration.? (pg. 6) Because most students of this phenomenon know the process as ?bussing,? one can assume that his failure to use this term is deliberate. However, we are left unsure as to whether his deliberate omission of the term is due to a possible negative connotation of the word, or a general distaste for clich?s. To omit the word ?bussing,? given its negative connotation in the eyes of those that have live with and experienced it, would be to engage in a shrewd charade of semantic manipulation. We are inclined to argue in favor of objectivity in that he also eschews the phrase ?turn back the clock.? He cleverly sidesteps this one by naming the chapter ?Turning Back to Desegregation,? leaving out the beloved clock."
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"The Hatchet" by Gary Paulson, 2002.
A brief review of the adventure book "The Hatchet" by Gary Paulson, looking at themes of struggle and survival.
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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"The Hatchet" is an adventure about a young boy?s survival in the Canadian wilderness. The writer explains how Brian, the protagonist in the story, is faced with many challenging situation that require maturity and strength. Paulson?s book thrives on themes of survival, courage, self-discovery, and hope. It shows that through conscious detail, Paulson successfully integrates positive learning experiences about survival in nature into a believable story that is well suited for younger readers.
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"Paulson focuses on the theme of courage by constantly placing Brian in situations that test his courage. Brian?s first test is landing the plane. Brian witnesses the pilot of the plane suffering a heart attack and although Brian might not have known what was happening at first, he did know it was something bad and it was up to him to take charge of things. This scene is foreshadowed when the pilot innocently lets him put his hands on the controls of the plane. While trying to guide the plane, it runs out of fuel and lands in a lake. Brian?s trip to see his father has suddenly turned into an a frightening experience. Surrounded by water, Brian?s courage is further tested as he has to find his way out of the crashed plane. By placing Brian in a situation that demands quick-thinking, Paulson is showing the reader how a courageous person responds to a dangerous situation."
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Life and Poetry of Gary Soto, 2002.
A discussion of the poet's involvement in the literary world.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, $ 63.95
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Discusses the poet's involvement in the literary world. Themes of his poems, prose and stories centered in his background. Overview of his early life as a child in a poor working class Chicano family. His academic career. Examples several of his poems in detail, cotent & form. His "narrative recollection" prose of the 1980s.
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"Introduction
Gary Soto, currently one of the most recognized Chicano poets in the American literary mainstream (Olivares, 1990), said once that, as a child, he assumed he would "marry Mexican poor, work Mexican hours, and in the end die a Mexican death, broke and in despair" (Soto, quoted in Lee, 1995, p. 1). For someone who has published over twenty books, including seven volumes of poetry, and achieved numerous honors in literary circles (Lee, 1995), this may seem like a surprising comment, yet his statement is not unexpected considering his background. Because Soto returns to this background repeatedly in his stories and poems (Torres, 1995), it is important to briefly detail the environment that Gary Soto grew up in, and how he became involved in the literary world, before discussing his poetry, prose, and stories."
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"Practice of the Wild", 2002.
A look at the use of language in Gary Snyder's novel "Practice of the Wild".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay explores the uses of language that Snyder writes about in "The Practice of the Wild." By considering alternate meanings of words such as "wild," and "place," Snyder provides a potential for changing the reality of human relations with nature. This essay also draws parallels between ecofeminism and Snyder's views, as ways to expand the ethical and moral basis for ecological harmony.
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Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends", 2005.
A personal critique of Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends" ("Race in the Americas"), written in 1857 and compares this book with William Wells Brown's "Clotel" ("The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States.")
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that Frank J. Webb's "The Garies and Their Friends" basically deals with the abusive treatment of blacks in the north, while in the south, they are still slaves and considered property; but, this book was easier to relate to than William Wells Brown's "Clotel" ("The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States"), which dealt with the same subject matter. The author stresses that he only slightly enjoyed the book because the story was mediocre and the characters too extreme. The paper relates that the society created in "The Garies" seems to have extremes on both sides of the issue, which is true in real life as well; in 'The Garies", Mr. Garie is the extreme version of an abolitionist, married to a black woman, which at this time in history was unheard of.
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"I find a few things in this book hard to believe. First, I don't believe that blacks lived the way they are portrayed to in the beginning of this story. The author had blacks living freely in the south. Even though he wrote it as though they were separate from the whites, I don't believe that the children so freely played in the streets and the fathers so freely owned their own shops. I think that they would have been harassed on a normal basis pushing most of them to stay indoors or some place safe. I also have a hard time with the way the Garies were living in the south. Blacks were still slaves in the south so; therefore, Mrs. Garie was a slave and so were her children. Even so, I so I don't think it would have been that easy for Mr. Gaire to treat her so kindly without his friends and neighbors criticizing him."
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Film: Zach Snyder's "300", 2007.
This paper discusses the problem of historical representation in films, as seen in the international outcry over the United States box-office hit "300", by Zach Snyder.
2,470 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper explains that Zach Snyder's "300" is a highly stylized depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, which a small handful of ancient historians recorded as an epic against-the-odds battle between an enormous army of Persian invaders and a vastly smaller force of Greek Hoplites. The author points out that, unlike fantasy films, "300" is based on a real historical event with a real place and the names of real people; therefore, the literal on-screen actions are much more likely to be interpreted in symbolic terms. The paper relates that the comic-book style of the film, which is populated by a set of strange and bizarre creatures on both sides, further suggests that this film should not be taken too seriously. The author compares this problem of representation in "300" with D.W. Griffith's 1915 "The Birth of a Nation" and Edward Zwick's 2006 "Blood Diamond". This paper includes illustrations and an annotated bibliography.
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"The film was widely criticized even at the time of its release for its intensely negative stereotyping of African-Americans. Examining The Birth of a Nation through the two questions posed above provides a significant counterexample to 300. By placing the story in a real, and relatively recent, time period and place, by directly referencing real people and social issues, and by using relatively realistic staging, the film asked viewers, in a sense, to view it as a meaningful historical document, a sort of tinted window into the past. The literal action clearly lends itself to a symbolic message."
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The American Wilderness, 2002.
A discussion of the use of the American wilderness in the work of the authors Jack London and Gary Paulson.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines how two most notable authors Jack London and Gary Paulson, both discuss in their work, nature as a force that human beings must fight with, rather than be a natural and uncontested part of. It analyzes how Jack London?s "The Call of the Wild", along with his famous short story, ?To Build a Fire,? both revolve around the fight of human beings to survive in a harsh, natural world that seems unnatural to civilized creatures because of its cold and extremity. It shows how although Gary Paulson is a contemporary author, his work "Brian?s Song" is, despite the two author?s different personal experiences and the separation of so many years of literary time, is nearly identical in its concerns to London?s works.
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"In London?s work, human beings are always clearly pitted against nature in a struggle. London did not view nature in a romantic vision. Human beings were not part of nature in the sense that the natural world supports their development and survival, like the civilized world. Human beings are part of the wilderness in that they are, like the dog Buck, forced to resort to their primal instincts when in the cold, when fighting against elemental forces. They are war with other creatures for their very survival as well, as the wilderness is full of predators. In London?s works, human beings are not ?reflected? in nature?s wilderness. Rather nature offers a proving ground for humanity, an opportunity for human beings to demonstrate animal intelligence and cunning."
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"The Texas 7", 2008.
A review of the book "The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape," by author Gary C. King.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses the book, "The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape," by author Gary C. King, which gives the reader a detailed account of the events leading up to the escape of seven inmates from the John Connally prison in South Texas. The paper discusses that the thesis of this book is that this mass-escape was a well-planned maneuver aimed at bringing attention to the alleged injustices of the Texas judicial system.
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"After all the escapees were back in custody, it was discovered that Patsy Gomez and Rual Rodriguez had conspired together to help the Texas Seven. George Rivas, the alleged ringleader, was extradited to Texas and sentenced to death. The other surviving members have also been put on death row and still wait for their death by lethal injection."
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"Red, White and Black", 2005.
A review and defense of Gary Nash's thesis in "Red, White and Black".
1,503 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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In his book "Red, White and Black", Gary Nash proposes the thesis that rather than viewing the three nations which make up the history of the American people as distinct and parallel, or merely in conflict, the three racial groups engaged in complex cultural interactions and negotiations, and were thus all equally important. This paper examines Nash's thesis, as well as construction of his text, his methodology of analysis, some of the facts he presents to defend his pluralistic thesis, and finally comes to an overall assessment of Nash's thesis and the importance of his book as a whole.
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"Nash's approach as an historian is chronological in its structure, rather than ideological. In other words, he traces the beginnings of the history of America, from before 1500, to the early European and native encounters, up to the end of the revolutionary period, cumulating in 1800, with a final chapter on what happened afterwards in the lands he discusses. This relatively straightforward approach allows for one of the most interesting aspects of Nash's book, namely his introduction of little-known, even now, material, regarding the interactions of Europeans, Native Americans, and Black Africans before the term 'America' was even coined. Using chronology, and interweaving the different stories create a multifaceted texture of history created, again stressing the equal importance of all three groups."
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An Ethnographic Film: "Trobriand Cricket", 2005.
This paper uses movement analysis to evaluate the ethnographic film "Trobriand Cricket" (1973) by anthropologist Jerry W. Leach and filmmaker Gary Kildea.
2,920 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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This paper explains that, in the film "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism", made in 1973 by anthropologist Jerry W. Leach and filmmaker Gary Kildea, the film narrative is devoted primarily to the historical context of the cricket game in the Trobriands, providing an illustration of some of the processes of cultural diffusion. The author points out that movement analysis, which focuses on some of the visible aspects of ethnographic films that are often left unrecognized in the film narrative, results in a more profound ethnological appreciation of its contents and is especially valuable for films that focus intentionally on cultural performance. The paper concludes that (1) "Trobriand Cricket" has severe constraints concerning the anthropological "statement" made by the film and (2) movement analysis may yield valuable insight in the initial stages of understanding performance.
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"The cultural interpretation of any performance--no matter how transparently the performance is represented to the observer (as it is so effectively in ethnographic film)-relies on the kind of close observation that organizes several details of performance into a system. It is not simply growing and shrinking that are at issue in the Trobriand design, not simply linear formations that are at stake in the British style. The relationship of those features to other features, the relationship of growing and shrinking to force and speed and clusters of bodies, the relationship of lines to individual bodies and to a stabilizing energy field bring out distinctive patterns. The value of movement analysis lies in its ability to construct an articulate representation of particular and even peculiar performances in terms of the very general features that all movement processes share so that various patterns of association can be traced throughout the action of a given culture and between performances of various cultures. A system like LMA can abstract principles of conduct and can represent them accurately in their full complexity and peculiarity."
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