The Weakest Link

Chapter 18 Big Question: Expansion westward was inevitable and would have happened regardless of the outcome of the Mexican American War. However, as Americans moved westward and new states were formed, the question of the expansion of slavery was prominent. Wealthy slave-owners in the South were determined to expand west into California, and were by no means planning on leaving their slaves in the east. To them, their slaves were property and they saw no reason why they should be forced to…

glaring were commonplace” (Haye). Ashley knew what was coming she was prepared to work hard and fight through the pain. Another example is host of “The Weakest Link” Anne Robinson. She’s famous for embarrassing contestants on her show disrespecting them with rude comments and mockery. It is like tough love she tells them they are the weakest or an embarrassment then she sees if “They're quick, they answer back, they have the courage to take you on and they are also able to do more than one…

). Muscle memory has a large place in firearm training. If muscles remember exactly where to hold the gun and how to hold it, the person will be accurate a lot of the time. This would be needed for both the FBI and other law enforcement officers. For example, a police officer is in the middle of a shooting with other armed people. Taking the time to stand still, position himself and remember where his sights are and to line them up on the target, would take way too much time and would leave him…

They set the tone for the work ethic, attitude, confidence, and chemistry of the teams, in which determines the school's success on the field. Teams cannot work as a whole if the team is not all on the same page, you are only as strong as your weakest link. Team leadership involves a picture of the future and where they are going. The vision provides a strong sense of purpose. Team leadership is about working with all the participants whether you are friends are not. “Leaders are made, they are…

In 1990, when the World Wide Web was invented, the world was a different place. You had to balance your checkbook by hand, hoping that you were right as to not overdraw. Sending someone mail typically meant licking a letter closed. Calling someone was something done at home, or at a phone booth. Today, all of those activities can be done in the palm of your hand in a matter of minutes. With all of that information in one place, the cell phone has become one of the most targeted devices for…

Resident Advisors Going to college is a daunting task. Living on campus is even more daunting. However, there is a person who can help make this experience a more pleasant one. This person is a called a resident advisor. A resident advisor is an older student who is responsible for helping younger students living in a college or university resident hall. Resident advisors are trained to check-in and check-out students who are entering and exiting the resident hall. They are also responsible for…

Information Security Policy Compliance: Stick or Carrot Approach? Yan Chen K. Ramamurthy and Kuang-Wei Wen collaborated to write an article titled Organizations’ Information Security Policy Compliance: Stick or Carrot Approach? The article suggests internal security threats are most commonly seen in the forms of insider security breaches or employee negligence. The authors discuss results from research and surveys conducted by external control groups and through their own control groups used to…

This is the follow on from our first post on exam technique. If you have not read yet, here is the link: Good Exam Technique? Exam technique can mean different things to different people. It is not just how you write the exam, but also how you prepare for the exam. What time are you go to bed the night before the exam. What time you are you going to get up. What are you going to have for breakfast or lunch. All these factors have an impact on you on exam day and thus is part of your technique…

Which Path to Choose In this photograph of The Wizard of Oz the main focus is Emerald City glowing in the background and the two ways to choose between to get there the safest. The illuminating green castle shows the importance of taking the right path. This image resembles many situations in life where we need to be certain on which path we choose to lead us in the right direction. The magnificent Emerald City is the destination trying to be reached by the perplexed characters deciding whether…

During the Golden Era, Hollywood couldn’t make movies fast enough. Movies were in demand and the Big Five were making money hand-over-fist. They controlled everything that had anything to do with movies from production to exhibition. In 1946 the studios had made an astonishing $121,000,000 in profits. The years after World War II, the film industry changed radically and Hollywood began a period of decline. In 1950, the studios’ soaring profits dropped to $31,000,000 (Lewis, 2008). This…