GLADIATOR (Summary) In the final days of Marcus Aurelius’ reign‚ the aging emperor angers his son Commodus by making it known that he wants Maximus‚ a fearsome and respected Roman general‚ to be his successor. Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and orders the death of Maximus. But the latter flees‚ only to discover that his wife and child have been murdered by Commodus. Captured‚ Maximus is forced into slavery‚ where he is sold to Proximo‚ a former gladiator who serves as both mentor and
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Marketing Management By Philip‚ Kevin Lane Keller‚ Abraham Koshy‚ Mithileshwar Jha SUMMARY by logo copy.tif Chapter 1 Understanding Marketing Management Marketing is an essential art and science that is engaged in a vast number of activities by both persons and organizations. It has become an increasingly vital ingredient in the success of a business. Good marketing is the result of careful planning and execution. There are two sides to marketing – the formulated side and the
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Minn Oo 12 March 2007 “The Santa Ana“ by Joan Didion Summary Essay In this article‚ Joan Didion talked about a hot‚ dry wind called Santa Ana that comes from the northeast blowing into the Los Angeles area. The author described how an extreme weather can have tormenting effects on human behavior because of the change in temperature and environment. Didion referred to the weather before the Santa Ana as “the earthquake weather” which makes the atmosphere very hot‚ quiet
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Two Formal Summaries “On Being Wrong” & “Is Google Making Us Stupid” University of Cincinnati ESL 1080 002 Mrs. Colvin Xiang Zhang Due: Mar. 28 2013 Summary of “On Being Wrong” In the video “On being wrong” (2011)‚ Kathryn Schulz states that our feeling of being right can be a problem to human being‚ so it is necessary for us to avoid this wrong feeling. At the beginning‚ Schulz talks about her personal experience about misunderstanding. She explains that error blindness and culture
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Summary of Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation Absorptive capacity plays a significant role in the innovation process for a firm. The authors define absorptive capacity as the ability of a company to recognize the value of new‚ external information‚ assimilate it‚ and apply it to commercial ends is significant to its innovative capabilities. This paper begins with the discussion of the cognitive basis for an individual’s absorptive capacity. Furthermore‚ some factors
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Please read all instructions before beginning the assignment so you do not miss any grading components. The completed tutorial should be posted no later than NOON on Sunday November 20th. Analytical Summaries - For this assignment‚ you will compose two short critical essays explaining and evaluating arguments by other authors. This assignment allows you to analyze an issue from a variety of perspectives and assess arguments for or against the issue. By focusing your attention on how the original
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Summary of Montana Chapter One and Prologue The novel Montana was written by Larry Watson. In the prologue‚ the author writes the reason why he wrote this story and the main plot of this story. From chapter one‚ we can know that the family lived in Mercer Country‚ Montana. The author himself is an inward boy but wants to go outside to satisfy himself. His father‚ Wesley‚ has broken legs and is a sheriff. His mother‚ Gail‚ is an urban woman who wants to move out of this small town and wants
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Books 1-4 Book I Summary: The narrator calls upon the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. We pick up ten years after the fall of Troy in the Trojan War (the subject of The Iliad). In trying to return home‚ Odysseus and his shipmates had numerous adventures‚ but now Odysseus has been left alone on the island of Ogygia for the last eight years‚ captive of the beautiful goddess Kalypso. We are told that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ will make Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaka even more difficult
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1. Organizational Assessment : Effectiveness vs. Efficiency This journal is being chosen related to the Organizational Theory‚ Design and Change for chapter 1 about the Organization Effectiveness. i. What was the aim of the study? An organization had its own goals and mission. There were many ways that could be implement in order to make sure that the organization will achieves whether it short or long term goal. The term effectiveness and efficiency was always being the indicator of the
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Summary of Read-only participants a case for student communication in online classes By Shakera Bennett Grand Canyon University UNV 501-Intro to Graduate Studies in the College of Education September 12‚ 2012 Carrie ODonnell‚ Instructor Learning communities are no longer limited to the classroom. Online classes are becoming more prevalent in this day and age. As these online classes grow in abundance‚ the issues that affect the traditional classroom are now issues that occur in online communities
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