While making documentaries for discovery channel‚ Thomas Friedman got an idea to go to call centres across the world and document young people on America’s standing. He says that Globalization took over when he was sleeping and that he couldn’t explain it. Tom travels to Bangalore and meets Nandan Nilekani who casually mentions that the world’s economic playing field was being levelled. This propelled him to write a book on globalization and outsourcing called “The world is flat”. The Flatteners
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Chapter 1: Using Rhetoric in our everyday lives. Chapter 2: Changing the mood‚ mind‚ or willingness to act. Chapter 3: Three issues with rhetoric Chapter 4: Character‚ Logic‚ and emotion Chapter 5: Decorum Chapter 6: Converting character into a tool for persuasion. Chapter 7: Tactics of Practical Wisdom. Chapter 8: Using selflessness for personal gain. Summary: Rhetoric is the art of influence‚ and therefore
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John Glen Bonajos 11-1468 Section BA3 July 22‚ 2011 Chapter-by-Chapter Book Summary ST. MATTHEW CHAPTER 1 * Total Number of Verses: 24 * Personage in the Chapter: Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob‚ Judah‚ Pharez‚ Zerah‚ Hezron‚ Ram‚ Ammin’adab‚ Nashon‚ Salmon‚ Boaz‚ Obed‚ Jesse‚ David‚ Solomon‚ Uriah‚ Rehobo’am‚ Abi’jah‚ Asa‚ Jehosh’aphat‚ Jeho’ram‚ Uzzi’ah‚ Jotham‚ Ahaz‚ Hezeki’ah‚ Manas’seh‚ Amon‚ Josi’ah‚ Jeconi’ah‚ She-al’te-el‚ Zerub’babel‚ Abi’ud‚ Eli’akim‚ Azor‚ Zadok‚ Achim‚ Eli’ud‚ Ele-a’zar
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Safety Tips for Using Household Electrical Appliances Electric Heater Do not use an electric heater fitted with a 2-pin plug. Check for damage before use. Do not use an electric heater near any combustible materials. Keep children away from an electric heater. Avoid using portable electric heater inside a bathroom. Induction Cooker Switch off an induction cooker if its surface is cracked. Switch off an induction cooker by its control switch after use. Ensure good ventilation for
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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A troubled Asian-American man seeks revenge on the men who severely beat up his brother and put him in a coma. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: JOHNNY‚ an Asian-American man‚ was adopted as a child and raised by his adoptive parents and his brother BENNY. Johnny loves baseball and often daydreams about the game. It comforts him. Disturbed by memories of his past‚ Johnny tries to move forward with his life‚ but his temper and anger get him into trouble. His therapist was helping him‚ until his therapist died.
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Summary – Chapter 1 starts with a young boy named Ralph‚ searching the area around him to find other life after their plane crash landed on a deserted island. Ralph eventually finds another boy with the nickname "Piggy" and they realize that are no adults and that they can’t find their plane. Then they decide to go to the shore to swim and Ralph tells Piggy that his dad will save them since he is in the navy but Piggy tells him that the pilot had told them that an atom bomb had gone off and everyone
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Despite the assumption that the United States has attained full democracy‚ there are still many incidences of biases. The main motive for Banaji Mahzarin R. to write the book was to bring to light the biases that people keep in their minds or brains as well as showing how those bits of knowledge about individuals and about their skin color‚ education‚ age‚ and religion can manipulate behavior. In the book‚ Karen Zach is presented to be training in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. She had always
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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s book Dictee defies categorization‚ blending media such as poetry‚ historical texts‚ and images in order to form a combination of an autobiography and a work of art. The combination of mediums that form the book is not just a complication of Dictee--it is fundamental to the way we read and understand the work. Through the confusion inherent in approaching Cha’s writing and her use of text (for reasons as simple as the inclusion of French and )‚ the reader is allowed and encouraged
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t’s 2035 A.D.‚ where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots‚ Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide‚ but the result of one of the robots. All robots are programmed by three laws‚ but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions‚ and possibly murder. But if Spooner’s suspicions are true‚ he is going to have
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