Gay man gets brutally beaten and is left in Critical Condition

The article I read was about jack Price who got brutally beaten by two men outside a corner store in College Point in New York after he went in the store just to buy some cigarettes. He is still in critical condition in the hospital their. This happened on October 12, 2009 at four in the morning. The sad thing is that he got beat up because he was gay.

This is news because it not only affects this gay man but it also affects a large population of the gay population because in these times, gay people are the targets of hate crimes more than ever. It's a terrible thing and the worst part of it is that those guys who beat him up will probably not get convicted because of family connections and that they are related to famous politicians in the state of New York.

I personally think that this was a terrible thing and that those men should be convicted regardless of what family they come from. This is basically saying that people who are really wealthy can get out of any crime they want.

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The song I analyzed was “Times They Are A-Changin' lyrics”. The artist is Bob Dylan. The genre would be classic rock. The time period when this song was realeased was in 1964 and it was also released after the U.S went in the Vietnam War. The issue which is being adressed would be the vietnam war where the U.S intervened in the early 1960’s, a period of time before Dylan wrote this song. The song artist’s point of view at that time would be an opposition towards the Vietnam War. “Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Dont stand in the doorway Dont block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled Theres a battle outside And it is ragin.Itll soon shake your windows And rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin.” This quotation satisfies my claim because at that time, civilians

TERRORISM GONE WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. What are your thoughts, feelings, etc, as you read these articles?

2. What role do you think terrorism played in this massacre, if any? Why? Do you think that there was an terrorist organization behind the shooting?

3. What role did racism or religious persecution play in this incident? Why?

4. Do you think a lot of Muslim Americans have the same feelings as this man? Why or why not?

5. What do you think the military could have done to prevent this from happening? Why do you believe this? Were there signs that this man had the potential to do something like this? What were they?

6. Talk about the leadership of Kimberly Munley (the woman who stopped the shooter). What did she do? How would you have reacted in the same situation?

7. What does this incident say about race relations in America? Specifically with Arab-Americans and Muslims? Is there a reason that Muslims and people from the Arab world feel a certain way about
America?

1. I feel like the soldiers probably had a part to play in this because if i was him, i would probably feel the same way but i won't be stupid enough to actually act out on what i think. Those soldiers kept on harassing him until he finally pulled the trigger on them. I kind of feel sorry for the U.S soldiers because they were the ones who flipped his switch. I feel sorry for this man because of what he had to go through. I don't feel sorry for the actions he committed to.

2.I don't think that there was any terrorist organization behind this because he would have written it on the wall or something to show he was part of that organization.

3. The constant racial slurs with the help of religious persecution played a big role in this because those soldiers who came back from Iraq obviously feel a certain way towards Muslims and after 9/11, many people who were and are from India and other nations got persecuted in only one manner.

4. I believe that Muslims feel the same way as this man because I don't believe that Americans felt the same way as they did towards Muslims before the war. Americans started to feel this way only after 9/11 which is sad that Americans view terrorists as all men, women, and children from places like India, Pakistan, and the middle east.

5. What the military could have done to prevent this was to not make fun of this man every day because him hearing his religion and his name in a wrong way made him into this monster which nobody could stop until a soldier finally shot him down. The things which should have given the army a clue about the intentions of this man was the writings on his door saying Allah.

6. Kim just shot the guy down. I would have done the same thing if he was shooting up my army base.

7. I think after ten years, there is still some significant racism happening today. I don't think that Americans trust Muslim Americans anymore because of Osama Bin Ladin and they don't even trust Hindus either because when I came to the school I am currently in, I faced a tremendous amount of racism. I don't know why Muslims would feel a certain way about America.

Integrity - Don't Leave Home Without It 2

The first part is one paragraph summary of the article. Make sure that you read the article, then write your summary in your own words. Do Not copy word for word. Copying word for word from the source means an instant “F”. This is called plagiarism and is illegal. Read it and summarize it in your own words. Keep the summary simple and as possible, but include all the important information like: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Write it in essay form in a paragraph. (5 points)

The second part will cover the impact of the article

1. What aspect of leadership does it cover?

1. What does the author say about leadership? What kind of audience is the author trying to reach.

2. Who is it going to affect? How is it going to affect a large population of the world and possibly you?

4. What is it that makes this an important article about leadership? (5 points)

My article was about Ben Keis 's company and how he had trouble with his customers lacking integrity when they returned a product to that company. The products which they returned were all tattered and beat up compared to their original status which was never like that. Because his clients weren't honest with him and expected his company to get a full refund based on what he saw, he has now implemented a new policy which says that any product which need to be refunded has to be in a stable shape or the customer won't get all of their money back they paid for that product.

The part of leadership this covers is Integrity. The author says that some of his customers don't have any integrity and need to be more honest about returning their products in good condition. This is going to affect those who return products in bad shape and expect to get full refund even though the product is dinged up.

This makes it important about leadership because it talks about an important aspect about leadership, integrity, which means to be honest and follow correct code of values. I wish that everyone in the world would have integrity because i believe that there would be world peace. Crooks would turn themselves in, warlords or drug lords would get rif of their dirty acts of crime.

Helmets clash

1. What are your thoughts about this case? How did the video make you feel or think? Should the athlete be charged criminally for this act? Why/Why not?

2. When competing in contact sports, should you have the same rights and protections as you would as an ordinary citizen regarding assault or should there be an expectation of violence? Why/Why not?

3. From each stakeholder perspective I want you to answer the following:
Here are the stakeholders: both players, each players parent, police (or state), teammates of both players, the coach, the athletic director and principal. FROM EACH OF THESE PERSPECTIVES I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SO YOU SHOULD HAVE 9 different stakeholder perspectives!!

How would this make you feel?
What would you want done about this situation?
What would you do about this situation?


I believe that this guy who head butted the kid should be kicked out of the team because that was the stupidest thing I have seen. It is very dishonorable and he should be fined even more because that could have given him a severe brain injury. I don't care if he didn't like that guy. If i didn't like a certain tennis player, i won't hit him with my raquet. The video made me feel sick. I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy. I think that he should be charged for such a act because he intended to probably severely hurt the guy and if he had intent to doing that, he should be charged for the crime.
I think that violence is violence and no matter what sport you are in, you should be charged like an ordinary citizen because as i said, a crime is still a crime. If he did that after a football game and it was on the street corner, he should be charged for the same crime as he would doing it on the field.
Both Players: I would be upset if i was the guy who got head butted and if i was the guy who head butted the guy, i would punish myself or kick my own butt. I wouldn't want charges to be pressed. I would be apologizing to the guy who i head butted and assist him in anything he needs.

Victim: I would be pissed off about what happened to the guy who did this to me. I would want charges to be pressed and i would want him to be kicked out of the team for good for such an unsportsmanlike conduct. I would press charges.

Head Butting parents:
We would be ashamed of our kid doing such an act and punish him at home for doing this. we would make him apologize and hope that no charges would be charged. I would want him to face the light and have charges filed against him.

Victim's Parents: We would be very upset and mad. We want him to be in prison and would want him to be kicked off the team indefinitely.

Police: We probably wouldn't make a big deal of this and not make him feel bad because he is feeling like crap already. I would arrest the kid and hope for the best for him

Victim's teammates: We are upset that he did something like this. We want that kid to pay for the crime he committed. We want him to be kicked out of the team indefenitely.

Butting coach: I am upset that my player did something like this but I am hoping that no charges will be filed.. I don't want any charges to be filed.

19 year old norwegian takes Monoply world title

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19 year old Bjorn Halvard said on Thursday when he won the World Monopoly championship that
he could not believe it that he just won the tournament. On one hand, he was not able to make ends meet. One the other hand now, he can pay his rent for a good two years with the money he won. He won around 21,000 dollars on Thursday. You would think that monopoly is a game played with family and friends for fun but in Las Vegas, it is played for some real money instead of the fake one you use in the game. All he had to bring to the tournament was 1500 dollars for the admission fee and go to his table and he ended up winning the tournament. This event took place in Las Vegas and on 10/22/09.
This is news because it is oddity. Because of this event, a teenager has something to put on his resume and won 21,000 dollars. This is going to affect Bjorn or the person who won the weirdest tournament which is based on a board game. I don't believe that this will affect a large population because it is a tournament and tournaments only affect the people who won them. What makes this event important is that someone who knew how to play one board game really well ended up winning the real deal in las Vegas with what ever little money he had.
I believe that this tournament was a fun and creative idea because when i play monopoly with my family, i always wonder whether it could be played for real money and that is what happened in this case. I never imagined that people could actually do this and make monopoly into an actual betting game in Las Vegas. I think that it is a fantastic idea and they should do that with more board games like scrabble or yahztee.

1.Write about the following: In your recent reading, what has your author/main character said that has stood out to you. Something they did or said, A quote, an experience they had that you had a reaction to?

2. Talk about someone you know who either lives by the characteristics or traits your author talks about or lives like the subject of your book. Someone who you believe does what the author says to do/or lives by.

3. Is it important for us to study leadership? Is it important for us to look at what others say or do as inspiration or as an example of how to live or lead? Why or why not?

In my recent readings, something the main character has said that has stood out by setting a goal and getting help for her employees who desperately needed to go and get help in order to create a well functioning work force. She has stood out because before at the beginning of the novel, she wasn't that confident of her employees and once she started to slowly take command of that floor of her office, she began to run the office more like a manager and less like a chimpanzee.
I believe that i hold some of these traits because last year during tennis season, the team was a total mess until coach asked me and Nate Smith to help him out and to practice with them more often. I think that i hold the traits i have said in the other blogs o have written regarding this book.
I believe that it is important for us to study leadership because it also teaches us a valuable trait everyone needs to have about taking charge in life and becoming a leader no matter what trype of person you are.

Good Morning...Please respond to the following questions on your blog site. REMINDER: After today you should have responded to at least 6 people. Most of you only have around two so I don't want to hear a lot of I am done or people on facebook...make sure ALL of your assignments are done 1st!

1. Reactions to the latest pages you have read. What have you found interesting so far? What do you agree/disagree with?

2. What leadership traits has the subject of your book shown? Or what leadership traits has your author talked about being important? Use specific examples from the book including page number.

3. Talk about a specific quote or passage that has stood out to you so far. What is it? Why do you feel it is important?

4. Give me an example of a time that you had to make an ethical decision. What was the situation? Who (no names necessary) was involved? What was the ethical dilemma? Ultimately what did you decide to do and why?

My reactions to what i have read so far is wow. I really enjoyed reading this novel because it has taught me some things about being a leader and how in a situation like what the main character faced, i do have some sort of game plan in order to make my team into a winning, positive, tennis team in the upcoming season. It also gave me an inspiration in working with my team members to build the team i want to build.

Some leadership traits the main character has shown is the courage to change(p.40) and having faith in her employees(p.44). She has shown courage to change by accepting the fact that one of her groups who she managed was terrible at getting their work done and she desperately wanted them to change in a positive which was the outcome of the novel basically. Throughout this process of which her employees had been transformed into a workable bunch of people, she had faith in her employees.

"Life is too precious to spend any time at all, much less half of my waking hours, in a toxic energy dump." This quote is important to the novel because this is what the main character said in the beginning of the novel when she had the meeting with Lonnie, who runs the fish market. At the beginning of the novel, she felt that her company was hopeless with the third floor not being functional but her views about the third floor changed when she noticed change later in the novel. This is important to the novel because this novel basically built around this fact that the third floor was like a toxic energy dump and needed to change.

A time when i had to make an ethical decision was when my best friend was sick. I had to choose whether to get him medicine or go to an Iowa football game. By the way, this happened a few years ago. My friend's parents were out of town for the weekend and so were mine. I had to choose either to help him and get his medicine he needed and to get him food and all of that stuff or go to the Iowa football game with my other friends. My decision was to help my best friend out who has been my friend ever since i was four years old. I felt good about this ethical decision because i told myself that the hawkeyes had a tougher game the next week so i will go to that instead and i ened up doing that.

Fish blog 2

So far, what i have read would be the entire book and i think that it was really good because it spoke of how a person can turn a slummy business into a positive, enthusiastic one. My thoughts about the novel haven't changed. I agree with the various steps the book gave in order to be a good leader. My views of what i thought leadership was haven't changed. This book does a fantastic job of laying out steps to become a good leader. A time when i was placed in a position where i had to make a leadership decision was when i had my conference meet in tennis and i had to make a choice when i was in my semifinal round in doubles whether to come up when the opponent served his second serve and cream the guy there next to the net or hit it to the opposite side of the court and let him survive the match. Well, knowing me, I chose to cream the guy at the net and we ended up getting the runner up position in doubles and i ended up getting runner up in singles as well. "If you're on the edge, try to make the logical decision or choice." I think that this represents what i will be implementing in my tennis matches next year when i play doubles. The author used this when Lonnie was being hounded down by the employees with negative language but he made the right choice and told them to stop saying those things and Ramirez fired those who were oppesed to Lonnie's plans to make them better.

FISH

The novel I read was Fish by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen. It was about Mary Jane Ramirez whose husband died recently due to a health problem. She not only had to deal with the tragic loss but also had to deal with the third floor of the financial company which she manages. One day, she squanders upon the famous Pike Place Fish Market where she meets Lonnie who helps her make the third floor a Productive, resourceful and enthusiastic environment. What I found surprising is that this fish market functions like a fast food joint or like our Jimmy Johns sub place here or even like coldstone. I really enjoyed reading this novel because I believe that all places should function like this in order to have a successful business. The two quotes which will stay with me are "Things won't get better until you make them better" and "Life is too precious to be passing through retirement." Those two quotes will stay with me because the seconde quote is something my father realized when he turned 50 because he started to ramble that he can't work all the time. He too needs to have a little fun so he bought a motorcycle. The first quote is important to me because that is what i had to deal with my sophmore year of high school. I didn't do any math work what so ever and that laned me an ineligeblility last year. I learnt a valuable lesson that I have to fess up to things and to deal with those things in a appropiate manner.

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