Undercover

Operation Slapshot refers to a code name that was given to an undercover operation conducted by New Jersey state police to take down a gambling ring that took place throughout the United States. It involved people on NHL teams, either players (both current and former), coaches, staff members, state troopers. It was started in 2001 and went on until 2006, when it was brought down. The investigation was started off a tip, and lasted for four months, when it was made public in early 2006. Over…

Managers can be promoted from within a company, or they can be brought in from an outside source with no knowledge of any type of what lower level work consists of because they may have always been in a management position. This can be the reason why some upper level managers are not aware of the day to day functions that their employees have to perform. Managers can be very distant from what goes on day-to-day work and can lose track of the things that make the company flow and it may be hard…

The Cold War, a conflict between two of the world’s largest superpowers that lasted around half a century, had many changes and continuities that affected the world not only politically but culturally as well; especially in the film industry. From 1946 to 2000, spies and cloak and dagger operations were utilized by both sides, which directly translated into the film industry. But as the Cold War progressed, the space race began, which led to the desire for advanced technology and the increased…

protagonist is almost the exact opposite. Although it would never happen in real life, Alex Rider is a 14 year old teen who works for MI6, a British spy agency. In the previous books in the series, he has gone to a secret academy in the Alps, Cuba, and undercover with a terrorist group. Now, he goes to Russia to live with one of the richest men in the world. He later finds out that he has to foil an evil plot that the man has. In Ark Angel, Anthony Horowitz uses no symbolism and…

kept saying that that was impossible, but the next day, he said that he might have accidently touched the blood he saw in the men’s bathroom on the day of the murder, which is how blood got on his shoes and tools. They kept Roman in a cell with an undercover cop. After some questioning from the cop, Roman confessed. Roman went into detail on how he did it. The next day, Roman denied everything to the interrogators. A few hours later, he broke down, and told them the details too. Roman was taken…

Elimination of privacy is another prominent motif that is explored through these novels. Initially, the society in The Circle is almost identical to the readers’ society. Yet as the novel progresses, Mae slowly transforms into the company’s ideal employee, gradually brainwashed into believing that self-exposure is ‘the right thing’ to do, as “privacy is theft”. The horror is accentuated due to the similarity between the society in the novel and the society of the readers, hinting a possibility…

James Kenderick Critique Big Momma’s House feels that actor Martin Lawrence himself Crossed Dressing as woman doesn’t feel that he didn’t have the right script to work with as if to say that it wasn’t funny enough, but to others it was the only issue with that was it didn’t have its comic instincts where there wasn’t enough of what they were hoping for. Ever wonder what it would be like Going to extreme lengths in protecting Witnesses it’s one thing but to hide your true identity in…

Superlative. The dictionary defines superlative, more or less, as being of the highest kind, quality, or order, surpassing all else, or others, supreme. In my opinion however, this definition does not define the word superlative, but rather, Perry Gay. As the Chief Executive Officer of Toppenish community hospital he has single handedly proven himself, not only as a strong leader, but as an effective manager as well. Through his leadership characteristics, motivational strategies, job design,…

The idea of the ninja, a masked figure dressed in black, an assassin cloaked by night, as stealthy as a tiger, has existed throughout history. This idea has fascinated and captivated us to the point where ninjas exist in modern pop culture. Movies depict easily recognizable martial arts heroes such as Bruce Lee. However, not everything we think we know about these shadow warriors is true. Most people today have no idea where or why the ninjas originated and many confuse misconceptions with fact.…

After watching Please Don’t Bury Me Alive, Zoot Suit, Real Women Have Curves, … and the earth did not swallow him, Bless Me Ultima and Walkout my perspectives on Chicano Cinema entirely became different from the impression I had before, on the subject. I had heard of the word Chicano before and knew that it is associated with being Mexican-American but I had no extensive knowledge of all that applies to being a Chicano, Chicano history, culture, heritage and what is considered a Chicano film. I…