St. Louis Post-Dispatch

During the Labor Day week of 1932, an imaginative boy in the small town of Waukegan, Illinois left his uncle’s funeral in an attempt to escape the disquiets and mystery of death. In search of life and meaning, the young boy discovered a carnival tent, and within it, a man who would change his life, and consequentially, the lives of thousands of others. The boy found just what he needed: an instruction to “live forever”, that would greatly affect his future and inspire him to become the…

[forget] it, I’m not working.’” (Jonsson, 2015). This statement is yet another theory regarding this new outlook on policing but what can be confirmed is the sudden rise in violent crime. For example “murders in New York are up by 20 percent, and St Louis, where…civil unrest began last August, has seen shootings spike by 39 percent and homicides by 25 percent” (Jonsson, 2015). FBI director James Comey even stated that the Ferguson effect can be attributed to police officers being less aggressive…

(2015, September 5). How psychology can help Ferguson heal. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved fromhttp://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/how-psychology-can-help-ferguson-heal/article_f6d6e76e-92c7-59a8-b7da-6321c3be882f.html Larry, B., Ford, F., Rebecca, L., Haeyoun, P., & Alicia, P. (2014, November 24). What Happened…

Contemporary TV: This Is Us This Is Us is a new NBC show that premiered on the 20th of September of this year and International Business Times reporter, Caitlyn Hitt, summarizes the beginning of the first episode with, “It centers around five people — one couple, two siblings and a big wig trying to discover his roots [who all happen to be celebrating their 36th birthday]”(Hitt). This Is Us fits into Jason Mittell’s definition of “narrative complexity” through its unique use of operational…

disputes that Chopin used narrative techniques when writing this short novel. My goal in this paper is to prove that the review by C.L Deyo fits the evidence the most. In 1899, an unsigned author from the Providence Sunday Journal and C.L. Deyo from the St.…

The higher education system in the United States has been evolving for decades. During the seventies, from the after effect of multiple US conflicts and invasions, second wave feminism, social protest, and globalization, going to a college or university after high school was slowly becoming the norm. Today, the vast majority of kids are planning on continuing their education after high school. When students are coming out of college with thousands of dollars in debt, it begs the question, is the…

With home invasions and burglaries becoming more and more prevalent, many homeowners are concerned about the security of their home and the safety of their family. Homeowners are now considering the option of installing home security systems to protect their family and their home. Home security systems are becoming more common and monitoring companies are becoming very popular as a way to increase the effectiveness of a home security system. Floodlights and alarms are good; however, a company…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…