Seaside, Florida Essays

  • New Urbanism in The Truman Show

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    The Town of Seahaven Island is spiritually uplifting, quaint, and completely artificial. Everything and everyone, including the main character, Truman, are predictable in habit and pattern. Nothing happens spontaneously or out of synch. When Truman steps out of his usual routine, the entire town must leap into choreography of damage control. Carefully anticipated, controlled perfection must be restored, but this portrayal of contemporary urban life, however exaggerated, may be inappropriate (Rees;

  • New Urbanism

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    wildly successful architectural firm boasting three offices across the eastern seaboard.2 Although the company was founded in 1980, it gained national recognition for its design of Seaside, Florida in 19892. Seaside, a beautiful coordination of simple Floridian cottage design along the white beaches of northwest Florida became a model for building pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods and integrating communities by enforcing a strict uniform building code, utilizing sensible and aesthetic planning methods

  • The Canoe Race

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    The Canoe Race A group of canoeists on holiday at the seaside decide to have a race offshore. They set up a triangular course using a buoy and two other floats, with the start and finish at the buoy. They have been told that the prevailing current flows parallel to the shore at a speed of about 2 ms-1. If the total course is to be 300 metres long investigate where they might place the other two floats. Problem: How does the layout of the floats effect the time taken to complete the

  • Shipwrecked

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    are you!!" There was no sign of him anywhere. Then I saw the footprints in the sand. I knew they were his because I had never seen a bigger pair of feet in my life. They were going towards the lofty trees ahead of me that lined the boundary of the seaside. I followed them to see him lying against an aged tree trunk. I went around to confront him and discovered he was passed out. Blood ran across his face and down his sandy chest."He must have hit a rock when the waves crashed him against the shore

  • Sea Defences at Minehead and Their Effectiveness

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    pictures 1 & 2). The area of sea is subject to the second largest tidal ranges in the world, 14m. Over the years the tides have been a mixed blessing, with it's vary fast running currents. The tides have allowed Minehead to develop into a busy seaside area with their harbour. Minedhead has also been flooded on numerous occasions, for example in 1910, 1936, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1992 and twice in 1996. [IMAGE][IMAGE] Picture 2 Picture 1 History/ Background Minehead has had some form

  • The Importance of Setting in The Awakening

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    immediately countered by unhappiness and misery. Even at the end, the reader is still left with the question of whether Edna has truly found a setting in which she can finally be herself. Many readers would argue that Edna finds this niche in her seaside vacation home on Grand Isle. To Edna, the sea is a wide expanse of opportunity and liberation from the constricting socialite world of French Quarter New Orleans. Chopin's lavish descriptions of the sea give us an insight into its powerful effect

  • The Effect of Tourism in the Seaside Towns of Cromer and Southend-on-Sea

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    The Effect of Tourism in the Seaside Towns of Cromer and Southend-on-Sea Tourism is the world’s fastest growing industry. Every country in the world is putting significant amounts of money into tourism. It increases the amount of income coming into the area. IT means there will be better Facilities, such as shops, transport etc… Employment rises. Roads are better looked after, and the economy becomes greater. Yet tourism also has its disadvantages. It produces more litter in the initial

  • Nocatee Research Paper

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    Shopping opportunities for the Nocatee community, Ponte Vedra, Florida - Shopping On Florida’s First Coast The community of Nocatee in Ponte Vedra Florida was recently voted as the 6th Best Selling Community in America. The community known as Northeast Florida’s premier planned community, is located in the highly sought after area of Ponte Vedra. Close to St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Nocatee offers residents more than just a community, it offers a lifestyle. The nearby areas within Jacksonville

  • Everglades National Park Journal Essay

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    Dear journal, today is August 5, 2007 and we are visiting the Everglades National Park. I also I am planing on stay there four days and camping outside because I love the outdoors. The park is located in the southern tip of florida west of the city of Miami. Right now I am on the the plane headed there. I am landed at the closest airport which is Miami international and it is about forty-five miles northeast of the park. When I entered the park there was a park ranger and I asked him when the

  • Claude Monet's The Beach At Sainte-Adresse

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    The nineteenth century produced a large number of works of art from numerous of artists. Since I have been to the Art Institute in Chicago, I decided to walk through this gallery online. Remembering that when I went there I liked a lot of the artwork that I saw. There I stumbled upon an artwork by Claude Monet called “The beach at Sainte-Adresse’. This painting caught my eye because of the beach scenery. The beach has always been my favorite place to go, where I am able to relax and clear my mind

  • Ollantaytambo, Per�: Inca Archaeological Site

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    1. Ollantaytambo, Perú is an Inca archaeological site in southern Perú. The main part of this historical site were located at Kachiqhata, having three parts Mullup'urku, Kantirayoq and Sirkusirkuyoq. Theses parts help build the amazing building by providing blocks or rose rhyolite. The ruins are located in the Sacred Valley and is set on a plateau with surrounding mountains.2. Catarata Gocta near Chachapoyas, Amazonas, Perú. The Waterfall has two parts having the total height of 771m, the upper leap

  • The Development of Travel and Tourism

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    The Development of Travel and Tourism 1. Changing Socio-Economic Circumstances:- The first changes in socio-economic circumstances were when the industrial revolution took place. People were moving from the rural countryside into the bigger towns and cities to find regular employment in the factories, mills and mines. All over England work places were shutting down for a week (wakes week this was called). They were taking a paid holiday which was the first big break for most of the working

  • Trip To Blackpool

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    An experience I will always remember was when I went to Blackpool with my football team. It was early April 2009, my football team had enlisted in a tournament in Blackpool and we were eager to go. When the day came to leave I was woken at the crack of dawn. I was keen to get to Blackpool as swiftly as possible, not only for the football that was ahead of us but also for the famous Pleasure Beach. The coach picked us up at around 8 am and in we crammed into an already full coach. The journey down

  • Weston-Super-Mare's Growth as a Seaside Resort

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    Weston-Super-Mare's Growth as a Seaside Resort From the mid to 1800's onwards, seaside resorts became increasingly popular as holiday destinations for Royalty and the upper class, then later on for the middle class and working class. There are a number of reasons for why Weston managed to succeed in being a popular seaside resort and why Portishead did not. In 1864 Birnbeck Pier was built in Weston. The pier, which connected the mainland to an island (the first of its kind in Britain)

  • Concepts Associated with Tourism Developments in Blackpool

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    This report explores the theoretical concepts associated with tourism, leisure and hospitality developments in Blackpool. It also looks at the economic, social, political and environmental impacts of tourism. There are a variety of reasons why Blackpool has been developed as a tourist resort, and it has many historical sites of interest including the beach and Blackpool Tower. It also has a variety of leisure activities. Blackpool also offers a wide range of accommodation and restaurant options.

  • Contribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism Industry

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    Contribution of Countryside Tourism to the UK Travel and Tourism Industry Across the UK there are 4 main categories of tourist and visitor attractions. These categories are: · Large City/Large Town, · Seaside, · Countryside/Village, · Small Town. The table above shows that; domestic trips to the countryside area, has now gone into second place out of the 4 categories of tourist and visitor attractions. Over recent years (since 2000) there has been a slight decrease from 24% (2000) to 22% (2003)

  • The Effects of Tourism on MEDC

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    popular overseas destinations, so types of holidays that are popular have changed, which can be seen from the increase in popularity or activity holidays that are being taken. Holidays are becoming more active, the once relaxing day trip to the seaside now seems to most people boring with little to do except swim in the sea and make sand castles with little alternative entertainment aside from visiting the arcade, whereas modern holidays are more exciting with diving, safariing, skiing to see

  • National Sea Life Target Audience

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    Promotional Assessment 1. Target Market Profile The National Sea Life Centre is in the centre of Birmingham just off the Broad Street which is in one of the busiest locations. The Sea Life Centre targets audience from children under 3 years old, 3+, families and individuals and their conservation work really hard to protect some parts of the ocean and the sea life within it. The surrounding area attracts a number of different visitors, not just for the Sea Life centre but also for the Birmingham

  • Rescuing the Everglades

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    however, there are attempts being made to save the Everglades against these apparent dangers. Return to Top WATER MANAGEMENT Water management is one of the most critical environmental issues facing the Florida Everglades at this point in time. The everglades watershed originates in the central Florida Kissimmee River basin north of Lake Okeechobee. Summer thunderstorms would flood this region, the big lake, and extensive areas of everglades marsh. This created a shallow, wide river which flowed slowly

  • A Land Rembered by Patrick D. Smith

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    life in Miami to live his last hours in the cabin in Punta Rassa , Florida; the cabin his grandfather had built. Thus, the three generations of MacIveys in Florida ends. The first generation of MacIveys consisted of the father and husband, Tobias, the mother and wife, Emma, and their young son, Zech. The family had decided to escape the pressures of the Civil War in their native Georgia, and move to the scrub of Northern Florida. The MacIveys experience many troubles and learn many new things during