The Silver Lining

Internal Risks Internal risks are those that arise within the organization that management has some level of control. One internal risk would be human factors. Human factors are the relationship and interaction between a person and their machine and/or tools. (Corrigan, 1999) In this case, human factor is tied to a person’s skillset or knowledge about the role. For Custom Snowboards to look at a European expansion, the skillset of the employee hired and how they perform on the job is a risk.…

The American Dream Can Be Accomplished by Anyone Do you ever think to yourself on a particular day when you 're bored, on why are some people more successful than others when they don 't deserve it? Two words differentiate those people and those are ambition and laziness. The American Dream is about having a good stable career,job,income to support a potential family or just live life. It’s not about being a A-list actor or celebrity but to do what some of our parents couldn’t; that 's to…

In order to increase our happiness, we need to engage in happiness strategies. These strategies are daily activities statistically proven to increase happiness based on data collected from following happy people. However, before Lyubomirsky discusses her twelve main, recommended strategies, she prefaces part two with addressing the issue of individuality. Every individual has unique interests, values, and needs and, for that reason, every individual has an individual path to finding happiness;…

For many of us, our female role models are our moms, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters, and for our nation, its exactly the same. We have countless number of women to thank for everything we have. Things that were once only dreamed of now taken for granted. many of us are lucky to be in the United States, to have the freedom we have, to even have the parents we have. Not only have these women worked hard for the female gender equality but many brave souls have fought for their people as a…

Animal Agriculture: The Leading Cause of Climate Change Food by means of animal agriculture is – and probably always will be – an extension of our lives. Even before recorded time, humans have been raising livestock for means of survival and personal use and have only embraced this process as time progressed because it is our main source of food. We’ve adopted methods of artificial selection and gene manipulation to raise a more desirable superpopulation of livestock that environmental…

Vince always seemed to put on that he had a ton of patience, but with the entirety of the bond Mixie could tell it was fragile. It was really when he snapped, that face he made, the way he pinned her down like a kill and said that one word that caused her to shudder and wince. It wasn't just the voice of her mate, she could tell as the bond rattled, it was the command of the Alpha in him that stirred her. Mixie was only starting to realize what she had accepted, what awaited her with him. "I'm…

The complex character of Hamlet is perhaps the most accurate representation of man ever established in literature. From his unwaveringly inconsistent views of self, to his lack of control over his own life and mind, coming roundabout to the famously solemn soliloquy that encompasses the struggle of man in his entirety: whether or not life is worth living and why it is so. Hamlet represents the human condition before the solution of Jesus was available to man. Throughout the entire play he…

Are There Any Benefits To Mainstreaming? The idea of mainstreaming children or having an inclusive learning environment has been around for many years. “Inclusion is defined as providing specially designed instruction and support for students with special needs in the context of regular education settings.” (Lindsay) This just means that all students have the same equal opportunity in the traditional educational setting. Children with disabilities have been placed in a separate setting than…

has it but it also changes the lives of the people around them. This is a disease that is a struggle for not only the victim, but also the victim’s family and caretaker to cope with. Unlike most diseases, Alzheimer’s is one that fails to have a silver lining. The current state of medical research for Alzheimer’s is not one of prevention, but of damage control. Treatment options are very limited and not very effective. Researchers are still working towards better treatment options and hopefully…

Change in our communities, businesses and education is inevitable. Education of our youth has predominantly been provided by our government along with non-profit and profit private schools, which co-exist within our educational system. Since 1954, the Bayer and Freesmeyer’s families have owned and operated a group of non-profit schools, known as the Rancho Solano Private Schools (RSPS). In 2007, RSPS was sold to the Meritas International Family of Schools, a for profit Illinois-based…