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Hearing Rod Sterling’s comments were extremely helpful. After watching my first episode of the Twilight Zone with my Dad a few years ago, I always wondered where the ideas for The Twilight Zone spawned. Thus, when the students asked the question, “Where do ideas come from?” I was delighted to hear Sterling’s answer. His answer was quite profound. Sterling simply answered that ideas come from “one’s experiences.” I thoroughly enjoyed how he showed that story is personal and comes from the…

Introduction This paper evaluates resources using three pieces of literature. All three literature works are on the topic of single parent families. It focuses on the emotional, physical, and mental effects between single parents and their children. The first evaluation is an article from a website. The title is “Single-parent families” and has no author. The second evaluation is on a magazine article, “Understanding Single Parent Families” by Kirsten Schuder from Lifestyle magazine. The final…

infant (Story & Barboza, 2007). The magnets could be swallowed and fuse together, tearing the child’s intestine (Palmeri, 2007). 17.4 million toys were recalled due to faulty magnets (Thottam, 2007). The other reason for the recall was high levels of lead based paint, a result of Mattel’s poor management of their supply…

action with the lead paint and magnets coming lose. The recalled the design flawed toys and changed the design. They also recalled the toys with high levels of lead in the paint. The external vendors in China were cutting cost to save time and money. Mattel addressed their overseas factories, contractors, and suppliers to take measures to ensure compliance with company standards. The Chinese government agreed to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the U.S. They conducted lead…

In today’s world, music drives the entertainment industry like never before, as hit after hit singles top the charts, it is difficult to say “everything that shine ain’t always gonna be gold” (Cudi). Remarkable singles are usually covered out of respect for the original artist, by different performers, in different styles. A lesser known cover artist, Lissie, performed a ground-breaking interpretation of an original single by a rap super star known as Kid Cudi. Although, Kid Cudi and Lissie have…

“Danger signs in pregnancy” was found in the Health Reference Center Academic database from the Tennessee Electric Library. Despite the unidentified author, the article remains credible because of the status of the publication on an academic database. The article addresses the danger signs that are found in pregnancy. The layout of the text is a bulleted list of information of all the dangers, and then an in-depth coverage of the listed topics, in addition to the bulleted list, the article lists…

While majority of toys are safe, some can pose serious risk for children. Regrettably, a majority of recalled products are in response to child related incidents; for instance, in 2014 an estimated 251,800 toy-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms nationwide-- 73% to children younger than 15 years of age while 34% were children younger than 5 years of age United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2015). Although recalls are a preventative measure in helping to prevent…

Annotated Bibliography Wechsler, Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002. Print. Scholarly This book delves into the detrimental effects of binge drinking, and how to minimize the act itself. By charging students erroneously high amounts for alcohol they will still buy some, but will not abuse it. I will incorporate this book presenting the case that by selling alcohol at college sporting events, students will not…

There are millions of people worldwide who either play the guitar, or would like to play the guitar. There are equally as many people claiming to have the "miracle" training course that will have you "playing like the pros" in a week (or some other ridiculous time frame). That's impossible and here's why... What if I told you I had an 18 part video series that will teach you how to do brain surgery in 7 days or less. Would you buy it? Would you trust yourself to perform the surgery on another…

Fast fashion system mainly contains two components that make it superior from other systems. One component is short production and distribution lead times, which helps match supply and demand so eventually minimize the gap between them. Another component is highly fashionable design capabilities that enhance the desires of consumers and increase sales (Cachon and Swinney, 2010). As a fast growing fast fashion brand, Zara is “the most innovative and devastating retailer in the word”, called by…