Utopia Summary Essays and Term Papers
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An Informative Summary of Japanese Hospitality
An Informative Summary of “Japanese Hospitality Robots Debut at World Expo” Tsuno, Yoshikazu “Japanese Hospitality Robots Debut At World Expo.” 9 Mar 2005. SpaceDaily 1 Apr 2005 . The 2005 World Exposition in Nagkute, Japan will present technical wonders to the public. The World Expo runs in the central Aichi region for six months starting March 25. Japan uses the expo to display its technological might. Interactive Robots on display will be the main attraction.
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Solldier’s Home Summary
Summary of “Soldier’s Home” Harold Krebs, a Methodist college student, went off to World War I as part of the US Marines in 1917. During the war, he fought in many fierce and bloody battles: Belleau Wood, Soissons, the Champagne, St. Mihiel, and the Argonne. There, a picture was taken of him, a fellow corporal, and two German girls on the Rhine. Krebs came back to his home, a small Oklahoma town, in the summer
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Motorcycle Diaries Movie Summary
Motorcycle Diaries Directed by Walter Salles As most potential viewers know, this film is based on diaries and letters to home written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a motorcycle and foot tour of a significant portion of South America during the early 1950s, years before Guevara achieved international renown as a Communist and Latino revolutionary. Thus, the film functions as an attempt to get at the heart of the person who preceded the myth. The
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Summary of Zheng- He
Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, India, Persia, Persian Gulf, Arabia, the red sea Egypt, and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division, but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30,000 men
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Summary/response Essay
Summary/Response Part-time Employment Undermines Students Commitment to School Summary: In the essay, “Part-time Employment Undermines a Student’s Commitment to School” by Laurence Steinberg, it explains how studies show that teenagers that work while attending school are more likely to loose their commitment to school. Steinberg tells the affects on students when they work more than twenty hours a week. His theory was that students are more susceptible to losing their interest in school, while
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Summary of Plato’s Euthyphro
Summary of Plato's Euthyphro Socrates encounters Euthyphro outside the court of King-Archon in Athens and is asked why he is there. Socrates proceeds to tell Euthyphro that he has been called to court on charges of impiety by Meletus. Euthyphro asks Socrates how Meletus came to his accusation. Socrates tell Euthyphro that Meletus accuses him of corrupting the youth of Athens by being a maker of gods and that he invents new gods while denying
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Tom Sawyers Summary
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer“, by Mark Twain, is a great book. The story starts out in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The story begins as Tom climbs in his window after a long night of scheming with his friends. A couple of days after this, he starts hanging out with his good friend, Huckleberry Finn, the local outcast of the town, he lives with no rules, and no parents. He wanders the town
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Black Boy Plot Summary
Black Boy by Richard Wright is a novel and autobiography all in one. Black boy takes us thought the young life of Richard Wright, who is both the author and the main character. Richard goes though many hardships growing up. The book is set in the early 1900’s in the American south. Richards mother raises Richard in the harsh environment after Richard’s father abandons them. Richards’s main goal is to make it to the north.
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A Single Shard Summary
The setting of the book I read was Korea around the twelve century. The impact it has on the story is the detail in the work that the potters did during their time period. The detail work is what counted, no two things were the same because everything was hand-made. They didn’t have technology to make stuff or mass produce something. Everything was made by hand and it showed their skill. The main character
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Acuscan Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO: Cliff O’Connor, CEO AcuScan, Inc. FROM: TOM GRECO SUBJECT: ACUSCAN OPTIMIZATION PROJECT DATE: 5/5/2008 CC: GEN 480 STUDENTS Purpose and Scope of Document The purpose of this executive summary is to provide an overview of the status of the AcuScan Optimization Project, known as “Operation Optimize.” The objectives of the project are to increase revenues and grow market share by transitioning AcuScan into retail markets. Entry into this target market area is
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Academic Summary and Plan
AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY Academic Plan Summary (APS) for BA Degrees, AA Degrees and Certificates Total Required Semester Hours for a BA Degree = 120. AA Degree = 60. Certificates = See Course Catalog. Name: Matthew Mathews Student Number: 3051463 Major/Concentration: Criminal Justice/ Intelligence Methods Instructions: The AMU Program is divided into lower and upper divisions. Freshman and Sophomore years (100-200 level courses) comprise the lower division and the AA Degree. Junior and Senior years (300-400
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Great Harvest Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Great Harvest: Keeping It Simple Building a Freedom-based Franchise Report Prepared by Steve Cannizzaro Table of Contents Executive Summary pg. 3 Objectives pg. 3 Mission pg. 4 Keys to Success pg. 4 Great Harvests’ History pg. 5 Key developments: Chronology pg. 5 Early History pg. 5 Company Summary pg. 8 Company Ownership pg. 8 Start-up Summary pg. 8 Location Map pg. 9 SWOT Analysis pg. 10 Strategy and Implementation Summary pg. 11
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Walmart Executive Summary
Wal-Mart Executive Summary Wal-Mart has shown continued success in their use of information technology with e-commerce, a system that allows managers to view point-of-sale information, and the possible use of RFID chips in the near future. After reviewing the 2005 Harvard Business School study of Wal-Mart, it is evident that this company has been successful in expanding its operations in several foreign markets. Wal-Mart had established itself as the largest retailer in both Canada in
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Executive Summary
The main problem in this situation is the attempt to produce and launch a new product by a set deadline during a budget crunch. There appears to be no teamwork which is evidenced by the bickering emails back and forth between Kelly and Pat. They have their own thoughts and opinions on how things should operationalize. All communication has also occurred via email. There were no meetings set up so that issues could have discussed
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Summary of Alien Abductee/memory Article
Summary of Memory Distortion in Alien Abductee Study A summary of “Memory Distortion in People Reporting Abduction by Aliens” Introduction This is a summary of the article by Clancy et al., 2002. The prevalence of alien abduction stories has been increasing in recent history (Bartholomew& Howard, 1998; Newman & Baumeister, 1997). Psychologists have more recently interpreted the stories as evidence of memory distortion (Newman & Baumeister, 1997). Previously published accounts of abduction follow a certain
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Quick Summary of Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies The book begins in the middle of a war. A plane evacuating a group of schoolboys, from Britain, is shot down over a deserted island. After the boys arrive at the island the group assigns Ralph as their leader. Then the boys and Ralph appoint another boy, Jack, as the leader of the hunting group. Ralph then decides to start a fire to signal boats and planes that pass by. They
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Childhood Insomnia Journal Summary
Insomnia is defined as the inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic. Difficulties falling asleep or staying asleep often require further attention. “No Simple Solution To Childhood Insomnia”, by Aaron Levin (2005) describes several symptoms and side effects of this horrific problem. For many years, beginning as a teenager, I had a terrible problem with “chronic insomnia”, as my doctors diagnosed it. Stress and depression were the two main factors that affected my sleep
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Summary Of
The introduction of the story starts about the narrator’s father and the description of his labor and job. Her father is a fox-farmer who raises foxes which are skinned so that their pelt can be sold to fur traders. At the cellar of their house, the narrator and her brother (Laird) would observe their father doing skinning in an inquisitive admiring sort of way. The scenery of the narrators surrounding seems to be in a
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Summary of Max Weber’s the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a study of the relationship between the ethics of ascetic Protestantism and the emergence of the spirit of modern capitalism. Weber argues that the religious ideas of groups such as the Calvinists played a role in creating the capitalistic spirit. Weber first observes a correlation between being Protestant and being involved in business, and declares his intent to explore religion as a potential cause
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Summary of Pride and Prejudice
Summary of Pride and Prejudice Setting: Rural England; early nineteenth century Principal Characters Mr. Bennet, father of five daughters Mrs. Bennet, his opinionated wife Elizabeth, their intelligent middle daughter, and Mr. Bennet's favorite child Jane, Elizabeth's beautiful older sister Lydia, the Bennet's impetuous youngest daughter Mr. Binglcy, Jane's rich and amiable suitor Mr. Darcy, Bingley's arrogant and wealthy friend Reverend Collins, a conceited bore Mr. Wickman,an army officer Summary The story was set primarily
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Chapter 1 Summary: Warren J. Keegan: Global Marketing Management, 7th Edition
Chapter 1 Introduction to Global Marketing § What is Global Marketing? Global Marketing is the process of focusing the resources and objectives of a company on global marketing opportunities. It means widening the business horizons to encompass the world when scanning for opportunity and threat. This decision to entering new markets depends strongly on the company’s resources, managerial mindset and the nature of opportunity and threat, which not every company is able to. In the
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Summary of "the Sun Also Rises"
Chapter I introduces us to Robert Cohn, who will serve as a foil to the novel’s narrator and protagonist, Jake Barnes. Cohn is descended from two prominent New York Jewish families. He encountered anti-Semitism in college, at Princeton, and learned to box as a response to it. Soon after college, Cohn married a wealthy woman with whom he had three children, but his wife left him for a painter. Cohn founded a journal and then
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Philadelphia Movie Summary
Philadelphia - Summary Main characters: · Andrew Beckett: A handsome, self-assured hotshot law graduate from Penn is on a fast track to partnership at his lawfirm. But he's hiding a dark secret from his self-satisfied employers: he's HIV-positive. When he gets fired while battling AIDS he decides to bring suit. He is warmhearted and cares much for his family who - especially his lover Miguel and his mother Sarah - are extraordinarily supportive during the
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Death of a Hired Man Summary
A man and woman converse on the porch of their farmhouse. The man is just coming home in the evening; his wife meets him at the door to warn him that Silas, the old “ne'r-do-well hired hand”, had returned that day. They were afraid of why he had returned and what he would try to do to them. They had never done anything wrong to him but sometimes he would just get those ideas in
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An Evolution of Wireless Technology: A Summary of “smart Wi-Fi” by Alex Hills
In “Smart Wi-Fi,” Alex Hills argues that as more people start to use wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks, improvements to the wireless technology are needed to ensure reliable and secure services. An increase in popularity of Wi-Fi has come at the cost of creating difficult problems for designers of the technology. However, Hills notes that there has been “substantial progress” towards solving many of these problems. Hills covers some of the developments in wireless local
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