Jim Halpert

it. In his argument with jones he had paid no attention to the white scenery around him that was slowly filling up with black profiles. Over a hundred of them had surrounded Underhill, his children and jones. They all possessed hungry eyes, eyes of vampires. Jones grinned, and as he did the figures came closer, watching as Underhill spun around to take in the view. “You didn’t think I spent all that time watching your house because I wanted proof?” he scoffed, “No. I spent my time seeking…

The movie 13 Days is about the Cuban Missile Crisis that occurred during October 1962. The movie shows how John F. Kennedy and his advisers tried to negotiate with the Soviet Union to take their missiles out of Cuba. The United States first saw what looked like missiles with a U-2 spy drone on October, 16. Kennedy’s advisers had many different ideas for him to take the treat out. The Joint Chief of Staff wanted Kennedy to invade Cuba and destroy it with air strikes. Kennedy did not want to…

Pay Servers A Livable Wage The U.S.'s minimum tipped wage has been frozen since 1991. The minimum wage for non-tipped employees has almost doubled, during the same time. This is a good reason for a wage increase. I have never been a server myself, because of the federal tipped minimum wage. The hourly rate you get paid, is assuming that you can make a living with the tips you get instead of the hourly wage. What if, you don't get tipped enough? You would either have to take a second job or…

In Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin claims that many who are world-class performers go through an extensive specific type of work that is designed to improve their performance. Colvin backs this claim up by explaining and demonstrating the results of deliberate practice through numerous examples of experiments and papers performed and written by experts and authors. Colvin’s purpose is to answer people’s curiosities on how to achieve great success in order to demonstrate that great performance…

According to Merriam-Webster, Puppetry is the skill or activity of using puppets in performances. Not many peoples first thoughts when they hear of plays in the area think of puppetry, but it happens to be one of the oldest forms of art and is also still practiced around the world. In my opinion I would not want to sit in a theatre and watch a bunch of puppets because my first though of puppets are people holding things over there hands or people hidden behind a curtain with only the puppet…

In the 1998 film, The Truman Show, featuring Jim Carrey as the main protagonist, it poses philosophical questions pertaining to Plato’s allegory of the cave found in The Republic. The main character of a fictional television show was Truman Burbank who lived in an alternate reality that was actually a television set that he perceived to be real. From his birth, to early childhood, teenage years, and adult life, Truman has been filmed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through a television…

Employee Retention Introduction The main reason in reviewing this article, Talent retrention: Six technology-enabled best practices by Oracle (2012) is to explore employee retention by defining and exemplifying the relationship between employees and their bosses. According to Oracle (2012), many organizations suffer massive losses from low employee turnover. In situations that there are competitive employees, the organization has to advertise the vacant positions, train or coach new employees,…

Looking Back on My Youth As adults, we often reminisce about our childhood days. We enjoy going back to the carefree days of innocence. We can almost hear the laughter of days gone by, as we feel a smile come across our face. It’s amazing how reminiscing can change our mood and how much joy it brings. A trip down memory lane is priceless and good for the soul. We get to visit with our loved ones, who are no longer with us, or those far away. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” written by…

A studio lamp suddenly falls out of the sky in front of his house. A homeless man resembling his late father (Brian Delate), who supposedly drowned in a boating accident when Truman was a child, tries to make contact but is forcibly removed from the 'set'. Truman's car radio picks up the communications traffic between the 'backstage' people. Despite the attempts of his friends and family to convince him that he is just imagining things, Truman decides that he wants to follow his secret yearning…

 HOME DYNAMICS Cody Hoogerwerf, resides in a one-story home in Menifee, California. He lives with his biological parents Mr. Scott and Mrs. Lisa Hoogerwerf, and older brother, Justin Hoogerwerf, who is 18 years old. Mrs. Hoogerwerf reports that Justin gets frustrated with his brother because he is not patient with him. Mrs. Hoogerwerf reports that Cody gets along with her and his father. Cody enjoys his movement room, Shriek and SpongeBob video’s, swinging, trampoline, shopping for more…