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Eagle Man, 2007.
An analysis of Eagle Man's (Ed McGaa) discussion in his work "We Are All Related: Eagle Man," about stewardship and eco/civil-responsibility and how it relates to the writer's experiences in his workplace.
2,024 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper discusses the work "We Are All Related: Eagle Man." It shows how Ed McGaa (Eagle Man) uses the work to represent a culmination of the Native-American principles of stewardship and connectedness to all living things, displaying a simpler understanding of the place of progress and eco/civil-responsibility in the world. The paper focuses on the writer's experiences within the health professions of connecting work with eco/civil responsibility.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Conclusion
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"Stewardship may not seem like a concept that would be easily applied in a health care setting but the emphasis on stewardship and holistic care has been fully embraced by those in my clinic, and is taught through art and representation within the clinic. We frequently emphasize the needs of the whole of the community through our thoughts and actions and rely heavily on the idea that We are all related, as a guide to our interactions with patients and other people we deal with on a daily basis. Returning to the simple ideals of the Eagle Man as a goal to strive for, the emphasis that the modern is not all bad and that we can save lives with the treatments that we use, but that we can also do so in a way that better serves our environment and our community, we will succeed in setting a good example for others to do the same."
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Saving the Philippine Eagle, 2007.
This paper describes conservation efforts for the Philippine Eagle.
1,399 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper examines the conservation efforts for the endangered specie, the Philippine Eagle. The paper first describes the bird's appearance and its role in the ecosystem of the Philippines. The paper further explores the reasons for the population decline of the Philippine Eagle. The writer concludes by presenting recent attempts to increase the population of the Philippine Eagle both in captivity and the wild.
The paper includes a photograph of the bird.
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"The Philippine Eagle is one of the raptors in the diverse fauna of the Philippine archipelago. The scientific name is Pithecophaga jefferyi but locals call it "Haribon" or "Manaol." It belongs to Class Aves and Family Accipitridae like the kites, hawks and other eagles. It has 2 meters wing span of 2 meters and grows to mature size from 97.6 to 102.6 centimeters. It has been listed in the "critically endangered" list considering there are between 100 to 300 animals left. Tampo (2005) reports:..."
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The Eagle Forum, 2002.
A analysis of the principles and contributions towards women?s rights in the United States by the Eagle Forum.
816 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses the Eagle Forum, founded in 1972 with one major purpose ? to stop the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from being passed and how since then it has grown into a powerful lobby of volunteer organizations engaged in a variety of conservative causes ? including campaigns against legalizing homosexual marriages and teaching sex education in public schools. It examines the underlying principles of women who consider the feminism of groups like the National Organization for Women (NOW) an assault on the rights of women. It looks at the principles that underlie its current conservative campaigns and how, despite its distorted views on women?s equality, the Eagle Forum has made significant contributions towards women?s rights and mainstream feminism in the United States.
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"Just as the Eagle Forum?s blanket definition of the feminist agenda as ?anti-family? is wrong, it would also be unfair to label Phyllis Schlafly and her followers as anti-feminist or anti-women because of their stand against the ERA. After all, the Eagle Forum was initially formed by women, not men. Like feminists, the Eagle Forum states that women should have choices. As one Eagle Forum member states, ?We think (women) should also be able to be a full-time homemaker. It?s not that we say one is intrinsically better than the other."
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"Lone Eagle", 2002.
A review of the book "Charles A. Lindbergh: Lone Eagle" by Walter Hixson.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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A book review of Hixson's "Charles A. Lindbergh: Lone Eagle" which covers the famous flight and the Lindbergh kidnapping. Hixson focuses on the broadest implications of Lindbergh as cultural icon and historical artifact.
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Review of "Leadership:Eagle" Print, 2008.
A critique and recommendation of an anonymous art print entitled "Leadership: Eagle".
965 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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This paper describes "Leadership: Eagle", a print by an anonymous artist and offers reasons why it should be displayed in the author's workplace. The paper discusses the work's composition, aesthetic elements and principles, and iconography. It clearly presents a case for the committee deciding the matter and states why the artwork was chosen. To conclude, the paper recommends the print because it visually and ideologically complements a previously existing print already displayed there.
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Composition
Elements of Art
Principles of Art
Iconography
My choice of artwork
Description
The Case for the Committee
Concluding Remarks
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"The picture depicts a textual message superimposed upon the focal point of the window. As the focus of the picture, window is the largest shape in the work. The dancer who looks up towards the window is the second dominant figure in the picture, and appears to strive towards the message and its fulfillment. As such, the hue of the window and the attitude of the dancer conspire to emphasize the message of the text: strength or misery is a choice that each individual makes. The dancer strives towards the choice of strength, with the light in front of and above her working to assist her."
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The Protagonist of "Once an Eagle", 2005.
Character analysis of Sam Damon, the protagonist in the novel, "Once an Eagle".
908 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper describes the character of Sam Damon and looks at what qualities he possesses that cause the reader to admire and respect him. The paper describes the integrity of Sam Damon's character, his leadership skills, his relationship with the men in his Army unit, and suggests that Damon's character was dedicated, stood for the right, defended the weak, and was the embodiment of the American soldier in the first seven decades of the 20th century.
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"Sam Damon may be the protagonist of ?Once an Eagle? but you need to remind yourself of this fact when you notice how often this man is talked about and discussed in military training units. There is something so universal about Sam Damon?s character, his values, his leadership and the principles he hold dear that we almost forget that he is after all a fictional character. Why has be become everyone?s hero, you might wonder? But the answer doesn?t exist in the book but it lies within our conscience. Don?t we all admire a person who has some values and sticks to them regardless of his personal needs and fears. Isn?t there something simply ?great? about a man who believes that ??if it comes to a choice between being a good soldier and a good human being -- try to be a good human being." (p. 998)"
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"Eagle Against the Sun" by Ronald Spector, 1994.
A critical review of the work on the war between Japan and the U.S., including costs and the reasons for the American victory.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"Ronald H. Spector, in Eagle Against the Sun, provides a concise historical overview of the war between the United States and Japan in World War II. Spector is an American historian, teaching at the University of Alabama, and a major in the Marine Reserves, having served on active duty as a military historian during the invasion of Grenada. It is not surprising, then, to find that he takes a decidedly American perspective on the war with Japan:
So the United States had done the impossible. It had waged war simultaneously on two fronts, separated by thousands of miles, and had prevailed. . . . In the end, it was superior American industrial power and organizational ability which had succeeded (560).
After all, the United States did win the war, so it is..."
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"Land of the Spotted Eagle" by Luther Standing Bear, 2001.
Analysis of Lakota Sioux, relations with white government & subjugation of Lakota culture.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"In the book Land of the Spotted Eagle, Luther Standing Bear offers an analysis of his people, the Lakota Sioux, their relations with the government of the whites, and a strong sense of what it means to be part of a population whose land has been systematically stolen, whose culture and rituals have been denigrated, and whose future is in doubt.
Luther Standing Bear was raised in the traditional Sioux manner. He was away from the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in South Dakota for sixteen years before returning in 1931, and soon after, he wrote this book. His absence gave him the point of view of both a tribal member and an outsider at one and the same time, for he could see where changes had been made and could compare the way his people lived on the reservation with the way people lived elsewhere. His outside experience coupled..."
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Bald Eagles, 2007.
This paper analyzes the National Geographic article entitled, 'Bald Eagles Come Back From The Brink' (2002) by John Eliot.
954 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses that in the National Geographic article entitled, 'Bald Eagles Come Back From The Brink', John Eliot outlines the near extinction and the recovery of the bald eagle. The writer notes that the article clearly summarizes the general events that led up to the near extinction of these iconic birds. Further the writer points out that the article also stresses how their relative isolation played a valuable part in their protection from complete annihilation.
The writer maintains that the article is concisely written and covers the main aspects. However, the writer argues, that it fails to deal with much of the detail and particularly the environmental issues and critiques that accompany the story of the bald eagle. The writer concludes that as a brief overview, the article pinpoints certain critical historical events and areas of interest.
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"The situation was further exacerbated by the enactment of a bounty on the birds in 1917 by the territorial legislature. The article points out that before this legislation was repealed in 1953 more than 128, 000 bald eagles had been killed; as a result the bald eagle population was to take another twenty years to reestablish itself. This recovery was aided by the Endangered Species Act of 1973."
"The author also points out that the situation was worse in the lower 48 states where the bird's isolation was not as extreme. An important aspect is that the Bald Eagle protection act of 1940 did not cover the danger of pesticides to the birds and their habitat."
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Dickey's "Eagles", 2002.
A review of James Dickey's poem "Eagles".
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper examines James Dickey's "Eagles" and in particular, how Dickey's narrator specifically expresses needs for belonging and freedom. It looks at how his desire for flight is born much more out of a desire to escape rather than to simply delight in the flying or to see the face of God and how unlike the eagles, his muscles aren't designed for escape. It discusses the theme of rejection that runs through the poem and how the narrator is not so afraid of rejection nor so prideful, that once he is shook off, he gives up the chase, nor is he put off by his conflicting desires for belonging and freedom.
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"Despite the noble and brave way, the narrator starts out the poem -- pondering, actually claiming the possibility that he might know the "circular truth of the void" -- he gets caught up battling to satisfy his more personal needs. The narrator's desire for flight is born much more out of a desire to escape rather than to simply delight in the flying or to see the face of god. He doesn't even speculate what the heavens contain; no mystery is speculated upon, except to say that the eagle "moves through /Clouds that will open to nothing." Rather than pursuing in this poem a more sublime quest, such as the qualities of the void, the narrator of the poem is much more preoccupied with the mundane matter of his escape."
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Flags of our Fathers, 2007.
This paper analyzes the book 'Flags of our Fathers' by James Bradley and Ron Powers.
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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The writer of this article notes that instead of raising the obvious questions, 'Flags of Our Fathers' examines war and empire-building through the lives of the six young men immortalized in the Iwo Jima picture. This paper discusses that the author further examines how these men internalized the institutions of military and government, and how these loyalties helped them endure the horrors of World War II. The writer maintains that the reader wonders whether one would be willing or able to do the same today, to take the same precautions and make the same military decisions as the men in the picture. The writer questions whether the United States would be able to fight and win another Iwo Jima or another Normandy. The writer concludes that if faced with the same hard military decisions today, that the author hopes that as a nation we could respond the same way as the six men of Eagle Company as they raised the flag at Iwo Jima.
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Summary of book
Commentary
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"All of them, however, have very distinctive traits in common. They were all children who grew up in the Great Depression, and had thoroughly internalized the values of discipline, loyalty and the ability to sublimate their own personal interests for a greater cause. They were all strong believers in religion, and each had strong mother figures in their lives. They were strong believers in the old-fashioned American patriotism, and therefore never questioned the reasons behind the war. Moreover, each one of them was described as "quiet, shy boys." They were thus hardly the warmongers who were gung-ho to join the fray of battle."
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor brings a new consciousness into American perceptions of the war. Until December 7, 1941, the War was with Adolf Hitler's troops across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, notes Bradley, Americans became aware of a war that had already been ongoing in Asia for almost a decade."
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Bird Poetry, 2007.
An analysis of Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Eagle" and Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush."
768 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper portrays how impressions in Tennyson's "The Eagle" and Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" are expressed through the artistic use of language, metaphor, poetic diction and imagery. The paper relates that poetry is judged partly on the ability of the poem to successfully communicate the feelings and impressions of the poet. The paper is of the opinion that these two poems succeed in dramatically and artistically conveying both feeling and intention.
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"Poetry has been described as; "An imaginative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language." (Literary Terms) An even more apt view is the famous definition of poetry by William Wordsworth, who saw poetry as the "... spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;" (What is Poetry?) Both these definitions can be related to the two poems under discussion."
"The first poem by Tennyson is a good example of the poetic use of language to create a mood and atmosphere which expresses a deep feeling or impression. It is important to note that this is a fragment or very short poem and within these two stanzas of three line each the poet, through the use of poetic devices and language, is able to convey his ' massage' or intention in the poem."
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Three Fighters, 2003.
A report on three aircraft fighters in the U.S. Air Force, the F/A-18 Hornet, the F-15 Eagle, and the F-4 Phantom.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The United States has a fleet of fighter planes, which makes its air force one of the best in the world. This paper is a summary of facts surrounding the history and capabilities of three of the finest fighters in the U.S. Air Force, namely, the F/A-18 Hornet, the F-4 Phantom, and the F-15 Eagle. The paper includes pictures and diagrams of all three aircraft.
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"The F-15 Eagle has a variety of weaponry; these include everything from 6 barrel cannon with 140 rounds of ammunition to air-to-air missiles. A multimission avionic system sets the F-15 apart from other aircrafts. It includes a head up display, advanced radar, inertial navigation system, instrument landing system, ultra-high frequency communication, flight instruments, and a tactical navigation system."
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Tennyson and Weigl Compared, 2002.
Analyzes and compares two poems - "The Eagle" by Lord Tennyson and "The Snowy Egert" by Bruce Weigl.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper will discuss the poems "The Eagle" by Lord Tennyson and "The Snowy Egert" by Bruce Weigl. By analyzing these two poems, we can see how they are invariably comparable, as well contrast each other in their meanings. By learning the reasons why these poems were written, perhaps some light can be shed on these characteristics in their poetry.
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