On That Point

In the national bestseller novel, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how ideas and products become popular, thus reaching its “tipping point”. According to Gladwell, the tipping point is when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. One idea goes viral but not the others and Malcolm was determined to find out why. With years of research and experiments and analysis done, Gladwell concludes…

Cedar Point, the Roller Coaster Capital of the world, certainly lives up to its title. Scattered throughout the park are some of the most intense roller coasters you’ll ever hear of. I was fortunate enough to have experienced the phenomenon of riding atop the Top Thrill Dragster over summer vacation, which lasted only 20 seconds of real time, but will forever be embedded within my long-lasting memory. The fiery orange sun began to submerge below the line of the horizon, far out across the calm…

When Woodrow Wilson attended the Pairs Peace Conference, he had a ridiculously large amount of public support. Many Americans believed that Wilson’s fourteen points would make World War I the war to end all wars, but as a result was the reason for Germany to enter World War II. Wilson originally wanted all fourteen points apart of the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson initially had the intentions of a new world order, allowing freedom of international waters, freedom of international trade,…

Travel Destinations/hospitality May 7th,1015 Cedar Point amusement park Cedar Point amusement park is located in Sandusky, Ohio. This amusement park is known as one of the top roller coaster parks in the world. Cedar Park is also the second oldest amusement park in North America. This classic amusement park is located on Lake Erie Shore With Cedar Point’s history going back all the way to 1870. This park has a lot of history to it. In 1870 Cedar Point Peninsula was mostly used for hunting and…

Scientists and healthcare professionals have conducted un-ending researches to understand how a trend or outbreak becomes an epidemic or reaches a tipping point. Malcolm Gladwell tries to rationalize this phenomenon in his book “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.” Gladwell, a staff writer for the New Yorker, was formerly a business and science reporter at the Washington Post whose interest in writing focused on trends and the nature of things. The author forms…

There are key considerations to be made when selecting and implementing a Point of Sale system for a restaurant. The urge to explore new POS system functionality and hardware form factors is not uncommon among restauranteurs looking to cut costs, improve service or generate a little consumer awareness (Liddle, 2009). The lecture this semester from Chapter 13 briefly explained the system selection process. In response, I will focus on these key elements: needs versus wants, ease of use,…

A turning point in a novel is often a point when the plot heads in a new direction due to a choice or a dilemma. It’s a part in the story when a character takes an important step toward changing his or her situation. This can cause a change in the character's personality and in the events in her life. In the novel, Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz, the protagonist Esperanza unwillingly escapes her life of luxury to immigrate to the United States. Her turning point is when her mother becomes sick…

Whoosh!!! Whoosh!!! This is so much fun! ooooo!!! Wow! That was scary and fun. So if you want to learn about Cedar Point you came to the right paper. Come let's talk about Cedar point's roller coasters. Jump in and drive. The roller coasters are tall some of the rides are about 100 feet tall like the Top Hill Dragster. The funnist roller coaster is the Gate keeper! The Gate Keeper has lots of hills that drop straight down. The rapter is my favorite ride. The rapter is my favorite…

might be slush. In this project/experiment we will be determining if the mixture of water and salt will cause freezing point depression once frozen-or almost frozen.When it snows, people throw salt on the ground. The reason why they do that is to prevent ice from forming. The reason why ice doesn't form is because salt lowers the freezing point of the snow/water. The freezing point loses heat so the temperature drops and the molecules begin to move more slowly.Freezing…

On a peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio located along Lake Erie, lies America’s second-oldest amusement park, Cedar Point. People throughout the entire world know about it. With a history dating back to the 1800s, the number-one rated amusement park on the planet has seen its share of rides, rollercoasters, and trends. In the nineteenth century, Cedar Point housed a lighthouse, as well as a fishermen port, and was mainly used for fishing and hunting. However, this all changed in 1867 when a local…