...Executive Summary With the zombie apocalypse, came initiatives to providing ongoing solutions and safety measures for survivors at Blue Mountain, a former summer camp. In the middle of the year, Rob Carlson, a former dentist and mountain climber, and Carol Montega, the US Army’s first and only female Green Beret at the time of the apocalypse, assessed the situation of traveling to New York state’s CDC in July to find a cure for zombie-ism by co-teaching a proposed zombie evasion training program, especially for the 10 out of 50 scientist who had no training and would be traveling with Carol Montega. This training class had two goals: 1. Scientist would know how to hunt, build a fire, and to find edible plants to eat. 2. Generally survive in the wilderness With the nature of this training program that should begin on June15th, certain stipulation have to occur such as trainees must arrive with their own rifles and camping equipment, and lastly, all trainees must have undergone a 10-day quarantine to ensure they have not been infected with the zombie virus. However, the brief study finds the prospects of the training program in its current state are not positive. The major areas of flaw require further investigation and remedial action by the co-trainers. Recommendations include: • Discussing with co-trainers about why 3 of 10 scientists haven’t been quarantined • Improving/increasing scientists learning how build fire without matches and surviving in general • Increasing...
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...Zombie Apocalypse Case Study Analysis Beth Roberson Comm/215 10 May 13 Linda Stock Case Study Analysis The Zombie Apocalypse This is a case of The Zombie Apocalypse and Dr. Rob Carlson, a dentist and mountain climber from Ottumwa, Iowa. Dr. Carlson found himself rescuing 50 survivors with 10 of them being scientist and led them back to the camp of The Blue Mountain which used to be a summer camp. A short while after the Apocalypse major Carol Montega from the U.S. Army showed up with 20 soldiers following behind her. She has planned on taking her team to the CDC in New York City. The Scientist have not been trained to survive in the wilderness on their own. Major Montega has to make sure that everyone who is staying behind while the others go to New York are going to be safe by providing rules and solutions to some problems that may arise while they are gone. Some problems may exist that may be out of their control, such as the scientist will have to figure out how to accomplish the things they need to do like training, and getting quarantined before they travel to New Yourk to find a cure for the zombie virus. Background This case study will give you information about the scientists training to survive in the wilderness. They will learn how to hunt, build a fire, find edible plants and generally survive in the wilderness. The scientist and the soldiers must come...
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...short story ”from one mind, into another,” you will hear about a man who has lost his memories after a car crash, in a zombie world. The man evolves throughout the story, and quickly takes the name Mark Jacobs. It is this developing of a new identity after amnesia, and his ability to quickly adapt to the post zombie apocalypse world, that is intriguing me in this short story. That is why I have chosen this topic to analyse in me paper. What is trigger this progression, is it the environment or a specific event, how does he evolve as a person, and how does he adapt to the world. The story start by a man is waked up by a radio, in a turned over car. The man looks at his jacket and finds out that his surname is Jacobs. But he cannot remember his first name, but think that Mark sounds nice. But why is it so easy for him to pick a name? The place Mark wakes up in can be described as a post-apocalypse place. The roads and buildings destroyed, blood everywhere, and bullet casings all over the place. Mark even calls it a sort of a warzone. Mark is properly a soldier, because he is wearing a camouflage jacket with a nametag, just like the uniform worn by the military. So he knows by instinct what to do in a warzone like the one he is located in. He knows that he have no time to spare, and therefore he is choosing the name, that first comes in mind for him. In this case it is Mark, it could be because his unconsciousness still remember his name is Mark, and that is why he likes the...
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...world, and many people believe that there could be a zombie apocalypse. However, there exists a mental illness in which people believe that they are already dead, mentally making them “zombies”, this illness is called Cotard’s Syndrome. This rare illness only has a few documented cases, since it can be easily confused with other illnesses. Both diagnosing and treating this illness can be very difficult for doctors. Although this Syndrome is extremely rare, the public should have at least some knowledge about it to prevent further confusion, and also so doctors can diagnose it more quickly and prevent the patient from self-harming themselves. Cotard’s Syndrome, is a rare mental illness in which the patient believes that they have already passed away, or that their organs have shut down. There has been a case study of a “43- year- old woman who believed that she had ‘no brain, nerves, chest, or entrails and was just skin and bone’ that ‘neither God or the Devil existed,’ and that she did not need food, for ‘she was eternal and would live forever.’ she had asked to be burned alive and had made various suicidal attempts.” (Berrios). Even with the illness being so rare, there have been multiple case studies done upon it, which means that it may not always be linked to other psychological disorders as many believe. With many psychological disorders, there is the risk of the patient harming others, which has been seen in a few cases, it is more common for a patient to harm themselves...
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...Legalization of Marijuana In today’s society what is accepted in different American cultures as far as drugs are on a thin line of what people accept. The Gore Vidal was published on September twenty-six nineteen seventy, so the discussion on marijuana has been talked about over forty-four years now. It is about time that the American society accepts legalization of marijuana. Many Americans do not see anything wrong with a doctor prescribing them “legal drugs.” People think of marijuana in a negative ways because they are against the law. Many people don’t realize that there are many things that are legal that are a lot worse than marijuana things like prescription drugs, alcohol, and even in some instances cough medicine, but none of these are illegal why is that? When in all reality can we really put a difference on which is okay in today’s society. In the article that Gore Vidal wrote, he believes that our society should legalize marijuana. In comparison to Gore Vidal an article on the website called the Huffington post they also think that there are good reasons to legalizing marijuana and also some negative stand points. America has been fighting to legalize marijuana for nearly forty-four years now. Recreational marijuana is for sale in Colorado, one of the few states that have actually gone through with legalizing it in the United States. There is a Huffington Post article about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and the effects of it. Amendment 64 is the...
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...Donald Ng Jer Yi English 110 R75 October 18, 2013 Video games: a boon, not a plague We all have that one day of the week where we just want to cut loose from the burden of work and assignments. This “free” day would be used to engage in leisure activities which would reduce stress such as playing video games. However, the video game industry has come under heavy fire from the mainstream media, whom claim that there is a direct link between video games and violence amongst gamers. Despite the numerous reports that claim it is directly related to violence, video games are beneficial because they enhance the cognitive flexibility and teach moral lessons. Video games are games that are played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or any other display. Video gaming has become increasingly popular because some people feel the need to “escape” from the harsh reality, and dive into their fantasy realm that is video games. Whether players take the role of the great detective they dream to be in “L.A. Noire” and bring criminals to justice, or a Dark Lord of the Sith and spread fear across the galaxy in “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic”, they indefinitely found their place and enthusiasm in video games. As a matter of fact, certain genres of video games are now played as a competitive sport; Counter-Strike (First Person Shooter), Starcraft (Real Time Strategy) and even the football simulated game of FIFA are now played as...
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...described going 24 hours without Internet like to quitting an alcohol or cigarette habit. People who have been asked questions about being without Internet said they feel lonely and felt upset at being deprived of it. One person actually said it was like “having my hand chopped off.” The students recognized that there are joys in life besides browsing the web, but still said they were feeling distress, sadness, boredom or paranoia. "Media is my drug; without it I was lost," said a British student. "I am an addict. How could I survive 24 hours without it?" One wrote: "Emptiness overwhelmed me." Another said he "felt incomplete." This isn’t only in the US but worldwide with many other young adults in many other countries. It isn't news that studies are finding that video games trigger dopamine releases in the brain. While Dopamine has a few uses, the one that matters here is how it acts as a...
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...Choosing a TV programme of your choice, explain how it creates its particular ideological perspective The television has been around us for centuries and it has become a major source of information to society. Spreading information amongst the people means spreading a particular kind of ideas. These ideas or beliefs provide people with a way of understanding the world and they are referred to as ‘ideology’. It is believed that the media is used to set certain ideology in society. Consequently, television, as a part of the media, has its own role in putting through these ideas. In this essay I am going to explain what ideology is and how it affects society through television. I am also going to give an example of creating particular ideological perspective using the American horror drama television series The Walking Dead (AMC, 2010) developed by Frank Darabont. Ideology, as I already mentioned, is a particular set of ideas. However, we call ‘ideological’ only the ideas that relate to the distribution of social power. (Branston, G. and Stafford, R., 2010, p. 172) There are different ideologies, such as religious, political, etc. and each of them imposes its own way of seeing the world. Yet, ‘ideology’ was first defined by classical Marxism. Karl Marx claimed that our society is capitalist, i.e. it is divided into two major groups: the dominant class (the richer/ bourgeoisie) and the working class (the poorer/proletariat). The higher class are the people with power, the people...
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...Since the beginning of time, the idea of greed came together in what place? In humans it lives and thrives but never in the same way. Numerous types of greed exist, and none can be really labeled good, and some neither bad. Greed that motivates a person to study hard in order to reach their goals can be considered a type of good greed, but then greed that leads people to harm others in order to get what they want would be a type of bad greed. For most people, money means the world to them, and they just want more. The idea of money blinds and they will even go as far as to take from those that don't have anything more to give. As Alexis de Tocqueville, a famed French visitor in 1835 once said "I know of no country, indeed, where the love...
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...Driving Employee Retention Through Engagement Georgina Shores Florida State College at Jacksonville One of the key topics in Human Resources today is employee retention. Retention is defined by businessdictionary.com as “an effort by a business to maintain a working environment which supports current staff in remaining with the company.” (Business Dictionary, 2013) In today’s business world, the cost of hiring and training new employees is high. It is essential to an organization’s bottom line to attempt to keep quality, valued employees happy and employed in order to keep turnover rates down. Retention is a theme that should be kept in mind from the point of hire. There are several drivers of employee retention that should be looked at when discussing the topic. Employee engagement, satisfaction or dissatisfaction with management, unrealistic employee expectations of the job upon hire, compensation issues and advancement issues are just a few that all factor in to whether or not an employee decides to stay or to seek other employment elsewhere. In the course of this paper I will examine each of these topics and what an organization can do to decrease turnover rates within. Employee engagement is defined by investopedia.com as “the level of enthusiasm and dedication a worker feels toward his or her job.” (Business Dictionary, 2013) An employee that is engaged is his or her work is more productive in day to day tasks and is more likely to take a personal interest...
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...G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS An imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group. Published by The Penguin Group. Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, USA. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.). Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England. Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd). Penguin Group (Australia), 707 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3008, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd). Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Center, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi–110 017, India. Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd). Penguin Books South Africa, Rosebank Office Park, 181 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parktown North 2193, South Africa. Penguin China, B7 Jiaming Center, 27 East Third Ring Road North, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England. Copyright © 2013 by Rick Yancey. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission in writing from the publisher, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Reg. U.S. Pat & Tm. Off. Please...
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...Loading... Animals In The News Weird News Things You Can't Do Naked Paranormal Smarter Ideas More Log in Create Account August 24, 2012 weird-news The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community Edition: U.S. FRONT PAGE Politics Ann Romney's Heartbreaking Loss 7k Why Do Fox News Female Anchors Wear So Much Makeup? 4k Mitt Romney Makes Birth Certificate Joke 31k Leaked Documents Link Romney Money To Some Shady Business 24k Paul Ryan Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A's 'Free Speech Rights' 4k Go to Politics More in Politics Pollster 2012 Blog Speculatron Off The Bus Election Dashboard You might also like World Green Black Voices Latino Voices Gay Voices Business Target Hides Horrible Truth From Customers 2k 10 Things You Should Never Pay For 200 Leaked Documents Link Romney Money To Some Shady Business 24k Romney Will Be President, CU Professors' Model Predicts 27k Texas Judge: Obama Reelection Could Lead To 'Civil War' 13k Go to Business More in Business Small Business Money You might also like World Tech Media Arts Sports Weird News Crime Crime BREAKING: Gunman Shoots 5 Outside Empire State Building 16k Child-Welfare Agency...
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...Praise for Jesus Is _____. “Judah Smith is a unique gift to my generation. In Jesus Is _____ , he will motivate you to let go of your preconceived, limited view of Jesus so you can embrace who He really is in our lives—more real and relevant than we have ever imagined.” —S te v en F u rtick , le a d pa Stor , e le vation c h u rch a n d author oF th e Ne w Yor k T im es beStSeller G r e aTer “Perhaps the most daunting and humbling task we have as Christians is to finish the sentence ‘Jesus is . . . .’ As many of us saved by His grace are aware, He is King. He is Lord. He is salvation. But to many in our world, He is most prominently . . . misunderstood. There is not another human being on earth whom I know personally, who could tackle a book subject like this as well as Judah Smith. To Judah, Jesus is everything. And from that platform he writes this book. I eagerly await its impact in my city, New York City, and beyond . . . it’s overdue.” —c a r l l entz , le a d pa Stor , h illSong c h u rch , n e w Yor k c it Y “Every once in a while a book is written that does not only contain a powerful message but the author is a living embodiment of the message thus making the book all the more life changing! The book you are holding in your hands is one of those. As you read through this book you will discover that Jesus is not at all like you thought and so much more than you imagined.” —c h r iStin e c a in e , Fou n der oF th e a21 c a mpa ign 00-01_Jesus Is.indd...
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...Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction Chapter 1 - Priming Chapter 2 - Confabulation Chapter 3 - Confirmation Bias Chapter 4 - Hindsight Bias Chapter 5 - The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy Chapter 6 - Procrastination Chapter 7 - Normalcy Bias Chapter 8 - Introspection Chapter 9 - The Availability Heuristic Chapter 10 - The Bystander Effect Chapter 11 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect Chapter 12 - Apophenia Chapter 13 - Brand Loyalty Chapter 14 - The Argument from Authority Chapter 15 - The Argument from Ignorance Chapter 16 - The Straw Man Fallacy Chapter 17 - The Ad Hominem Fallacy Chapter 18 - The Just-World Fallacy Chapter 19 - The Public Goods Game Chapter 20 - The Ultimatum Game Chapter 21 - Subjective Validation Chapter 22 - Cult Indoctrination Chapter 23 - Groupthink Chapter 24 - Supernormal Releasers Chapter 25 - The Affect Heuristic Chapter 26 - Dunbar’s Number Chapter 27 - Selling Out Chapter 28 - Self-Serving Bias Chapter 29 - The Spotlight Effect Chapter 30 - The Third Person Effect Chapter 31 - Catharsis Chapter 32 - The Misinformation Effect Chapter 33 - Conformity Chapter 34 - Extinction Burst Chapter 35 - Social Loafing Chapter 36 - The Illusion of Transparency Chapter 37 - Learned Helplessness Chapter 38 - Embodied Cognition Chapter 39 - The Anchoring Effect Chapter 40 - Attention Chapter 41 - Self-Handicapping Chapter 42 - Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Chapter 43 - The Moment Chapter 44 - Consistency...
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...Chapter 1 I Get What I Pay For Welcome to Red Grove. Population 200 “Now, two hundred and one,” I murmured as I passed the painted wooden sign in my trusty red Jeep. Small towns like Red Grove always made me think of horror movies as if a gap-toothed, overall-wearing butcher might hobble out of his deep woods shanty, pitchfork in hand, at any moment. The town had an off the charts creepy factor. On my right, a dark forest worthy of the Brothers Grimm. On my left, a cemetery edged in a weathered wrought iron fence. I think there were more than two hundred headstones. More dead than living. Nice. There must be some mistake. I came here to start over. Could a new life be hiding behind the unappealing rural exterior? My promised house remained a mystery. I double-checked the notebook with my father’s scrawled directions resting on the passenger’s seat next to me. Technically, I’d lived in Red Grove as a child, but we’d moved before I turned two. I didn’t remember the town at all or the residents, living or dead. I shifted my attention back to my driving. “Holy shit!” I proclaimed as I overcorrected the wheel, and my foot drifted from the gas. The man on the side of the road was so attractive I could’ve died—literally. He was planting something. A tree, I think. Every time his shovel hit the dirt, a ripple coursed through his shoulders and down his stomach. I raised an eyebrow at the glint of sun on tanned, shirtless skin. Dark hair, low slung jeans. I tried not to...
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