...The Inspirational Leadership of Bono Introduction Bono, born Paul David Hewson on May 10, 1960, is the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2. Bono was born to parents Bob and Iris Hewson, and raised in a middle class neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland. When Bono was only 14 years old, his mother passed away suddenly. This loss of his mother was devastating and it moved Bono to turn to music and Christianity as a source Bono has gained access to a very public stage over the course of the past 30 years. Early in his career, however, he made the decision that this stage would serve as platform to do good and provide him an opportunity to impact the world. Throughout his life, it has been Bono's leadership and ethics that have put him in a position to effect significant global change and influence worldwide participation in humanitarian activism. Bono’s Leadership Bono has established himself as a leader in both the context of his band, U2, as well as in the worldwide arena of humanitarian efforts. Utilizing an academic definition of leadership as “a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal,”[i] Bono clearly exhibits strong leadership in each of these aspects. The process of mutual influence between the leader and followers is evident in Bono’s interaction with his fellow band members, fans, and even his family. While the common goals may differ among these groups, Bono’s ability to inspire and effect direction...
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...and has a first-person narrator; this means that the story is narrated by one character speaking for and about themselves: “He pressed my hand so firmly to his chest I could feel his heart thump against my palm” this quote shows the protagonist’s view of the situation. The story is written in the past tense, and is a flash back: “On my way to the airport I hit a Christian. This was in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, on a hot afternoon last August.” In the story there are a lot of advanced words such as: errant and blasphemer. “……I tried to tug my skirt down” this quote indicates the narrator is a girl, wearing a skirt is very unlikely for men. The narrator is broken hearted and she is sick of missing her ex-boyfriend: “…….because Levon Helm was making me miss Jed and I was sick to death of missing Jed.” She had imagined a future together with him, and therefore it hurts that they broke up: “….two bluebirds that were supposed to be Jed and me forever.” The protagonist is very impulsive and irrational. This is shown when she tells us that she threw away her cellphone because of her ex-boyfriend: “Why had I thrown away my good iPhone just...
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...1. The Helms-Burton Act The Helms-Burton Act seeks to punish foreign companies in Cuba for using property that rightfully belongs to Americans but was taken from them by the government of Fidel Castro without compensation. It allows lawsuits in American courts against foreigners who use this property. Another provision of the act calls for preventing the executives of the companies and their family members from entering the Unites States. So far, two concerns have been notified of American sanctions under the law: the Mexican telecommunication concern Grupo Domos and the Canadian mining company Sherritt International. Executives of these companies have had their visas to enter the United States revoked. About a dozen companies worldwide are under scrutiny by State Department for possible sanctions. A legal committee of the Organization of American States ruled, in a nonbinding opinion, that the Helms-Burton law violates the sovereign right of nations to govern companies in their territories. Mexico and Canada initiated a formal trade complaint under the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The trade embargo against Cuba and the Helms-Burton Act are parts of the American effort to promote democratic reforms in Communist Cuba. The D Amato´s Act The law of Amato-Kennedy is passed by Congress on U.S. 8 August 1996 and aims to punish rogue ( rogue states ) because of their support for international terrorism, their desire to obtainweapons of mass destruction...
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...The hangover 2: “It happened again”. The hangover has begun, oh yes it has. The tragic trashed trio have yet again repeated their actions from the first film, where they woke up in a chaotic Las Vegas suite with no memory of what happened the night before at all. But this time, they’d done even worse, and lost their friend Teddy, whose disappearance has totally broken his sister’s husband-to-be, Stu (Ed Helms). The wedding was to be in a couple of hours in one of the world’s amazing and exotic places, Thailand. Although Stu had decided to have a subdued bachelor party due to the unforgettable bash 2 years ago in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted to have a quiet bachelor party. However, this did not satisfy the boys, especially Phil(Bradley Cooper) and so instead, they have a buttoned up pre-wedding drink, and before they know it, they wake up totally demolished inside and out in Bangkok in a cruddy hotel with amnesia, AND with one member of the party missing which they only realise after checking up on their faces. However the worst has yet to come. They are all fully determined to find their friend Teddy although the circumstances are terrible and they have to meet with a series of humiliating disasters, and gross situations. Déjà vu has attacked them again, and what happened in Vegas was a total disaster, but what happens in Bangkok can’t possibly be...
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...Narration Seen 1st Hello everyone , Here we present a skit on corporate office of Kela co-op ltd. This is an organization which sales computers. There is a target meeting going on in the conference hall, where Sushil is heading the meet of his employees. Sushil: hello everyone, Who are we??? Everyone: We are the champions. Sushil: i don’t think we are any more. Did u had a look at sales review of last quarter. Pathetic , kapil what are you doing. Kapil: I tried my best sir. Sushil: I don’t need your best. I need your numbers. Please have a look, there is a continuous decline in your sales Mr Kothari one of the most important client of our company. Kapil: sorry sir. Sushil: you better be. Kalash i was expecting a good number form you that you should have delivered. Kalash: Sir, I won’t let you down this time. Sushil: good job kumar. You are learning well. Kumar: thank you sir. I have been facing lot of problems in recent time. Please help me. Sushil: no worries kumar. You can anytime walk in my cabin . you be with kalash instead of being with kapil stupid. Kapil: BOSSSSS .......!!!! Aakash: ......... Sushil: kapil you better don’t argue with me. We will disperse for today. I Hope i will get better results next time. Seen 2nd As you saw everybody got firing from the boss for there poor performance, those everybody has to pull there socks and perform well. Now there is a vacancy for a post of sales consultant in the organization . the interview has been schedule...
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...Decisions in Paradise The company that I work for manages Government Contracts. The office I work for is the Chicago office. We manage contracts for Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. At any point of time the Chicago office manages twenty thousand plus contracts. Many of the contracts are due monthly. The field offices that we have in these states handle these contracts when they are in the field offices region. We recently decided that our office’s will open a facility in Kava were I will be meeting with another employee from a different office. I’ll do anything to get out of Chicago for the winter. I met up with Alex at the new field office in Kava. Alex informed me that opening this office was Chris’s idea. Cheap quality labor in Kava and this island exports a lot of different things that we can use back home. They export petroleum, coffee, spices, bananas and natural gas. Giving the contracts to the companies here on the island could be mutually beneficial. The contractors get big orders and can ship the entire product in a timely manner and do it cheaper even with the shipping costs then the contractors back in the states. There can be some pushback from the local government because they might feel like we are taking advantage. Having pushback from the government would be bad, it could hold up the process and it will dwindle whatever product we have in stock. We are trying to get Kava back on track. Even though they have all these export goods...
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...I have decided to write about the Joseph Biden plagiarism scandal that came to light during his first presidential run in 1988. This particular case peaks my interest because the allegations are true as they have been confirmed by Joseph Biden himself yet he seems to fail to see his actions as plagiarism. Mr. Biden is accused of copying five pages of material for a 15 page paper assignment when attending Syracuse University College of Law. While Mr. Biden did include one footnote to attribute credit to the original work, his efforts are grossly inadequate for a student in his first year of law school. The definition of this offense is, “Plagiarism is the intentional failure to give sufficient attribution to the words, ideas, or data of others that the student has incorporated into his/her work for the purpose of misleading the reader” and then goes on to say, “Students who have any doubt as to whether they have provided sufficient attribution have the responsibility to obtain guidance from their professor or other person to whom they are submitting their work” as defined by Liberty University [ (Online, 2015) ]. “Mr. Biden maintains today, as he did 22 years ago, that he had misunderstood the rules of citation and footnoting” and that he “did not intentionally move to mislead anybody” (Dionne, 1987). It is my opinion that even though Mr. Biden claims he was not ‘malevolent’ in his actions he still had a reasonability to consult with his professor if he is unclear or confused...
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...The Jade Helm 15 is a military exercise that extends across 7 states from Texas to California. This caused an uproar and boggled many theorist, they assumed it was one of the first steps in a planned government takeover that would consequently lead to martial law. While others believed it was any other standard military exercise. Although, many people have a different stance on this issue, it could be stated that we should be concerned about these types of occurrences that would disable our constitutional rights. Throughout the history in the United States, there has been many conspiracies that questions the trust of the U.S government. For example, the planned assassination of John F. Kennedy, it was believed that Kennedy wanted justice...
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..."A Community is like a ship; everyone ought to take the helm" - Henrik Ibsen Who can take the helm? How can you and I possibly use this? Coming or going Through the years we’ve seen big companies and big names come and go, certain brands make history for a season and then eventually die out, while others keep on going and become household names for generations. This often makes us wonder what those seemingly immortal brands have that others don’t, and what their secret is to getting on top and staying on top despite the ups and downs in the market and the economy. Could it be that they just happened to have better leaders than most? Or does it have something to do with the people who work for them? Do they have some kind of superpower to magnet crowds of customers and create such hype? Or could it be attributed to sheer luck? The great golfer Gary Player once said, “The more I practise, the luckier I get.” So is that it, then? Have these big companies just been able to practise themselves to perfection? Succession Great organisations usually last longer than the people who start them. That means that when the original founders pass on, other people take over and run the company. Somebody has to be captain; somebody has to take the helm, otherwise the blocks crumble into complete chaos. However, the rise or fall of the organisation does not depend solely on its leaders. You and I both know it takes more than the best managers and the greatest bosses to make a business...
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...PERIODIZATION OF TRAINING Louie Simmons Anyone training for a meet has undergone some form of periodization. Unfortunately, most have misused a system in order to peak for a meet. Progressive gradual overload, or Western periodization, is based on a hypothetical goal. So, at any time, the percent of your contest max may be off by as much as 20%. Many times the lifter is missing weights 3 weeks from the contest. This is because their expectations are too high or possibly too low. Training should be calculated by using a formula based on math, not dreams. I suggest everyone read books on periodization by noted authors such as Tudor Bompa or Vladimir Zatsiorsky. These books explain periodization in terms of micro- and mesocycles. After all, periodization is a reference to the division of training into a yearly plan, or even a 4-year plan, i.e., an Olympic cycle. This system is used for weight lifting, powerlifting, and track and field, and of course should be used for all sports requiring the development of power. The former Soviet Union had so much data on training that they did not know what some top coaches were doing. Mel Siff (`!Supertraining`!) asked how I arrived at our 3-week pendulum system. It was quite similar to that used by the great Soviet Union SHW champion Vasily Alexeev. I stated that after 3 weeks we could not become faster or stronger, so we waved back down and started over. Mel said that Alexeev found the same to be true. So with the help of Russian and...
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... Shawn Johnson East is a 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics who was born on January 19, 1992. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was the only child of Doug and Teri Johnson. According to the biography.com website, Johnson was a very energetic child and was enrolled in gymnastics at the age of 3. At the age of six, Shawn began training with Liang Chow. Johnson attended school at Valley High School in West Des Moines. In 2009, Shawn left public school, and then completed school in 2010 by a private tutor. Shawn then began college at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and pursued in dietetics and sports psychology. At the age of 12, Johnson competed in the Junior Olympics National Championships, coming home with first in beam, and second in floor. Shawn Johnson East is married to Raiders player, Andrew East. Andrew proposed to Shawn on July 24, 2015. A couple of months later on April 16, 2016, Shawn Johnson officially became ‘Shawn Johnson East’. Shawn had recently shared her pregnancy on her youtube channel. Unfortunately, a couple of days later, it had turned out to be that Shawn and her husband Andrew had ended up having a miscarriage. Shawn Johnson is a well known gold-medal Olympian. On the other hand, Shawn had competed, and won the well-known television show, Dancing with the Stars during their eighth season in 2009. Shawn Johnson first made it to the Summer Olympics in 2008, finally being eligible as a 16-year-old. During the 2008 Olympics, Shawn had won one...
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...State VS Kelm 672 A.2d 1261 I Facts: Joan Williams received a check from Kelm for a loan reimbursement for a real estate loan. A week later after receiving the check Williams realizes that the check is uncollectable. When Williams realizes this she reports it the local police and the police advise her to process the check and let it be denied so that she may file a criminal complaint against Kelm. When it was returned with a notation that it should not be presented again, that no account was on file, Ms. Williams filed a criminal complaint against defendant. Records of the bank, testified to at trial, showed that defendant's account had negative balances from February 10, 1991 until is was closed on March 8, 1991.For her part defendant admitted the making and delivery of the check for $6000 but claimed it was delivered on February 10, 1991 and had been post-dated. She denied any intention to defraud Ms. Williams. II Issue: The issue is that Williams received a check from Kelm, which was dishonored due to insufficient funds and was to file a criminal complaint against Kelm. III Holding: The court that rendered the decision was the Superior Court of New Jersey. The State must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt in order to convict the defendant under this bad check. The State must prove that the defendant knowingly issued or passed the check for the payment of money and, two, that the defendant knew at the time that she issued or passed the check that...
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...turbulent relationship with his own family members. Bowen (Helm 2010) believed that family members are emotionally interdependent and functional in reciprocal relationships with one another. Bowen's (Helm 2010) family therapy is often referred to as Bowen family systems theory or Bowenian therapy. This study explores how members of the family distinguish themselves from their families of origin (Helm 2010). Through this, individuals learn how to still be a member of the family systems while still being separate individuals, emotionally and psychologically (Helm 2010). According to Helm (2010), Bowen also explored relationship alliances in families, called triangles. These triangles are considered the basic building blocks of an emotional system and begin with a relationship alliance between two people. Bowen theorized that when there is tension or stress in the relationship between these two people, a third person or thing is brought in to relieve this tension, known as triangulation, where two individuals are on the inside and another is on the outside of the relationship (Helm 2010). For example, if a married couple is having difficulty with each other, they may focus on their children instead of confronting the problems within their marriage (Helm 2010). When addressing the healthy family structure versus an unhealthy family structure, Helm (2010) describes Salvador Minuchin’s structural family theory. According to Helm (2010), Minuchin describes a healthy family structure as...
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...for word. The Conning Officer will repeat the given command. Upon repeating the command you shall execute the given command. After executing the command you shall advise the conning officer that the command was executed. This informs the conning officer that the command has been executed. The conning officer shall respond with “very well” if an officer, or with “aye aye” if an enlisted person. Every response to the conning officer will be followed by sir/ma’am as appropriate, unless the conning officer is enlisted, in which case only the proper response is required. Never relieve the helm nor should the helmsman surrender the helm when the vessel is in a turn, and until the vessel has been steadied on the new ordered course to steer. Once you are ready to relieve the helm, first report to the officer of the watch that you are ready to relieve the watch, and request permission to relieve the helm. Wait for the officer of the watch to acknowledge your report and gives you permission to relieve the...
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...carbon emissions. For many people, the great problem of climate change has been a failure of regulation and political will. If only, they say, the obligations of the Kyoto accord had been more comprehensive, the regulations stricter, or if more money had gone into renewables. Then the world might have reined in the temperature rise and the public would not have become so sceptical about climate change. Not so, says Dieter Helm of Oxford University. It is not the failure of the regulations that is the problem but their basic design. They have caused people to focus on the most expensive ways of mitigating climate change, rather than the cheapest, imposing high costs for little gain. Moreover, by concentrating on their own carbon production, and how to reduce it, Europeans have ignored the impact of their continued demand for goods made using carbon- intensive processes. Since Chinese and Indian manufacturing is usually dirtier than Europe’s, the real upshot of Europe’s choices has been an increase in global emissions. The regulatory approach, argues Mr Helm, has got the worst of all worlds. It is expensive, it has not cut emissions and its treaties are unworkable. No wonder the public is growing sceptical. The heart of Mr Helm’s book is an...
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