Gridlock

as well get good at it.” (p. 85). One quality of god, omnipresence, seems to be around the corner. By means of the Technological Curve, there is surveillance of nearly all first world citizens. No matter where one may go, many find themselves in a gridlock of contributing to big data. There is an ever present entity for every swipe of the plastic card and every interaction on the internet. Now extend that to every sector of life and suddenly there exists an…

Charleston, South Carolina, the jewel of the south. A town that time has yet to permeate, where horse drawn carriages still serve as a mode of transportation, resulting in over 4.5 million visitors every year (“In Charleston, S.C., Resistance to Cruise Ships”). At one point those horse drawn carriages would have toted around rich white slave owners, today they tote around any paying customer. Charleston has used its charm to intrigue the world for decades, that's why for the past four years…

harnessed blitzkrieg, “lightning war,” to bring about swift victories. Relying on mobile forces and concentrating firepower the rapid maneuver caused confusion at all levels enemy armies. This gave the Germans a huge advantage in trying to prevent the gridlock of World War I. Blitzkrieg would not have been possible as a concept, however, without the German mastery of auftragstaktik, “mission-oriented orders.” This is the basis what the United States Army today calls Mission Command. It is the…

Sectionalism is the division of the Northern and Southern political beliefs in the United States. One of the main differences between the North and the South was their opinions on slavery. The North was completely industrialized; factories were being built and because of the massive immigrant population slaves were not needed, nor benefited the Northern economy. In the South, the economy was made up of an agricultural society. The North prospered as an industrialized economy because of the…

“There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.” In her first speech since losing the 2016 Presidential Election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton perfectly summarized the feelings of millions of Democrats, who, after volunteering countless hours for Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, were left in complete despair when they saw the results of the 2016 Election: Republicans controlled both…

Led by John Bridger and Charlie Croker, a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. The team includes Charlie Croker, a thief and John's protege, Napster, a computer expert, Rob, their wheelman, Steve, their inside man, and Left Ear, their explosives expert. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve, intercepts their van and take the gold, shoots and kills John, while the rest of the team falls into…

Reform in Europe was nonexistent before the changes during the nineteenth century. Europe was a system of monarchies and two empires – each ruled with an iron fist and no regulation. Monarchs had final say in everything from political matters to who would grow a certain type of crop. Across Europe, there was a struggling peasant society that was being forcefully crushed and constantly dominated by the uncontrollable nobility. But, that soon changed with the introduction of the Enlightenment. The…

Organizational Cultural Analysis and Leadership The fourth year consolidating nursing student has to complete 360 hours of clinical on an acute care neurology unit in Kingston’s acute care hospital. This paper will be analyzing the initial foundational steps that the nursing student needs to understand before trying to apply his change project. This plan will change the current behavior of placing soiled garbage in bins that have no lids. There will be a demonstration of what type of leadership…

Obesity refers to a state in which an individual has accumulated excess fats in his or her body tissues to the extent that it might impose adverse health effects to him or her. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention use the body mass index (BMI) to determine a snapshot view of obesity in America. The BMI uses a sliding scale of height and weight to estimate whether an individual may be obese or not. This method isn’t completely accurate because it does not adequately assess individual…

Proposed Solution to the Polarization of American Politics The political division of the people of the United States has never felt stronger than it does now. After the result of the 2016 election, it feels as though half of our country feels completely betrayed while the other half is overcome with joy. This is not how the country should be. The polarization between the two main parties, Republican and Democrat, has reached a point that is becoming concerning for the near future. According to…