Power does imply strength and control and furthermore we have already witnessed what power can do which is to ‘suppress’ the poor and the commoners.

Don’t we struggle hard each day to earn our hard earned money but ultimately where does all of this go? All of these should go into the government’s treasury but sorry not for developmental purposes but for looting people in a number of ways ranging from increase in price of essential commodities like bread, vegetables, milk which has been increased from Rs3 as instead of an increase of (Rs.5 an increase which was demanded by the KMF authorities) to a hike in water and electrical tariffs which would be gifted to as New Year Gifts in the coming months, increase in tolls and also in our taxes which we pay to the government. We pay our hard earned money as taxes for developmental purposes and not for watching ‘Porn’ films by the Ministers as we have already witnessed that too which is regarded as a high institute as a ‘Public Office’ where serious business is being held.

Don’t we now know how our money is been spent? To watch movies, films, blue films and to party with young pretty girls and to increase their loot for themselves, for their family and for their children. But for us ‘We’ ourselves cannot make our ends meet and therefore we are unable to give our children a good and a secure future, leave out our family in here as we know we all struggle hard including our family to earn a decent living to have a secure future for our family and children.

Don’t you think the government is trying to exploit us in various ways from increasing prices of essential commodities to levying tolls and by increasing taxes wherein the Government goes all out towards the people to inform them to pay their taxes in time!!! Should we even pay them a ‘Pie’ from our hard earned money?

The Congress has been submerged in scams and is still holding out to a straw while we have also seen what the BJP government also could do by been submerged in a lot of incidents ranging from mining to various others including spreading rumours of Congress leaders getting arrested over the issue of black money stacked overseas in order to influence the people and to attract more voters towards their party.

Now it’s left up to you to decide which Party you would like to go in for-for these parties or for a New party or for the JD (S). Just look through the puzzle and who do you feel has been quite active. Though you would surely say the BJP by always been in the news, the JD (S) has been fighting from behind the screen whereas the Congress has not been that active as it was before. Do you want the Old people back in the hot seat over the age of 65 -80 years or do you want to see some youngsters in the age bracket of 20 years and beyond) occupying the hot seat in the future and providing us with a stable government and a secure future for our Motherland India and by freeing us from the political turmoil we have seen almost everyday!!

It’s your choice and your decision but make it count seriously as possible while going to a polling booth as we do have a ‘Right’ given to us and that is indeed the ‘Right to Vote’ which we should use it as ‘Judiciously’ as possible.

Let the KBC show Begin!

Yes, it is also a ‘Kind of Kaun Banega Corepati Show’ indeed!!

Do hope most of you would make the right choices.

Welcoming all of you to cast your Votes in Large numbers during the next election to reach to at least 85 -90%.

Don’t you want to see your city entering into the Guinness Book of World Records!!

 Therefore be sure to come and vote in large numbers during the next Elections!!

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The GOP has worked overtime in the last two years to stygmy any progress to be made by the Obama administration, even at great expense to both the economy and the growth (restoration and development) thereof. Of course, the reasoning behind this is simple enough – anything they can do to discredit the “First Black President of the United States of America” would be a plus, but more important is that they unseat the Democratic Party in the next presidential elections.

It hurts when celebrities and public figures use thier popularity the wrong way – big names such as Matt Damon and Donald Trump whom one would expect to know better tend to speak with minimal information. The Donald’s attacks on Barack Obama’s viability as president was uncalled for, especially considering that the United States is essentially and literally a nation of immigrants. Matt Damon, whom I love on the other hand, is obviously speaking out of impatience in his desire to see changes made. True, change has been slow and The President does seem to take his time on some issues, but there is no denying the fact that the change experienced in the American economy has both been real and measurable over the past four years. Well, at least, Jason Bourne clearly has a passion for his country -  wonder what the real estate mogul really has to show for… anything, that is, besides a woeful credit score.

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It’s the hypocrisy of democracy, simply enough. It has little to do with the flight of the American people, but more to do with how long either party can hold on to the Oval Office and influence policy to please other wealthy people and make themselves richer! Only America can wake up and make matters right; too bad history shows that the majority is usually wrong, while an informed minority is informed enough to make the right choices. Too bad history shows that the ignorant majority tends to win the vote while the informed minority is silenced by overwhelming unpopularity. Way to change the world, America.

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Figure 1 shows the four friends gathered around the table at the diner.  The teenagers are dressed in a hoodie, vest, leather jacket, and track jacket.  Figure 2 shows the teenager sitting on the bench.  gets on the bus forgetting her purse. The teenager runs around the corner, and appears to have evaded the police. It then shows the woman exiting the bus and the teenager handing her the purse. This is another stereotype because people think that teenagers steal all the time.  The police call the teenager over and give him a donut as a reward.  The police having donuts in with them are another stereotype against the police. These two advertisements show that teenagers do drugs and steal which is a stereotype within itself because they steal in order to get money to do drugs.  In the Above the Influence commercial, the logos appeal is that most teenagers are susceptible to peer pressure and often times make poor decisions.  The teenager in the video got rewarded, but at an expense to the diner.  The Honesty commercial pathos appeal was surprise when the teenager stole the purse, then confusion due to so many logical fallacies.

To read the full article, please go to the author’s website.  This article has been moved do to copyright concerns.

Figure 1 shows the four friends gathered around the table at the diner.  The teenagers are dressed in a hoodie, vest, leather jacket, and track jacket.  Figure 2 shows the teenager sitting on the bench.  gets on the bus forgetting her purse. The teenager runs around the corner, and appears to have evaded the police. It then shows the woman exiting the bus and the teenager handing her the purse. This is another stereotype because people think that teenagers steal all the time.  The police call the teenager over and give him a donut as a reward.  The police having donuts in with them are another stereotype against the police. These two advertisements show that teenagers do drugs and steal which is a stereotype within itself because they steal in order to get money to do drugs.  In the Above the Influence commercial, the logos appeal is that most teenagers are susceptible to peer pressure and often times make poor decisions.  The teenager in the video got rewarded, but at an expense to the diner.  The Honesty commercial pathos appeal was surprise when the teenager stole the purse, then confusion due to so many logical fallacies.

To read the full article, please go to the author’s website.  This article has been moved do to copyright concerns.

Aristotle was a philosopher, and also a famous writer, so many references to his work.

Aristotle has a lot of expertise, and provide many contributions as the basis of historical development.

Aristotle, a pupil of Plato, and learn a variety of knowledge with Plato, he even criticizes Plato.

He has a number 47 of the works that still survive. And also considered the first biologist.

Thoughts on logic as a science is providing a lot of views, and reviews about him. In fact he made ​​the basis of the scientific method, and menghasilan write a lot of activity in other sciences.

Also mentioned, Aristotle was the teacher of Alexander the Great, and have influence in Catholic education, and theology.

            According to Albert Bandura’s social learning theory aggressive behavior is, “learned observationally through modeling,” (Cherry, n.d.). In American History-X, Danny learns through the example that Derek sets. After having lost their father to being shot by an African American while trying to put out a fire Derek becomes Danny’s primary source for influence. Early in the movie a group of whites and blacks are playing basketball when the game gets heated. Derek places a bet, blacks against whites and the winner keeps the basketball court. After a victorious win, the group of whites celebrates and Danny observes as this act of racism and hate gets rewarded through Derek.
            Another scene shows Danny showing off his DOC gang tattoo which represented his official place in the DOC to Derek as if it were something to wear proudly, which before Derek was released from prison he very well would have been proud. Danny also sought Derek’s approval for a paper he wrote on Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. This depicts Danny trying to get his older brother’s approval which the new Derek did not give. Danny was subjected to countless accounts of Derek’s racism, discrimination and acts of violence. There were countless opportunities in which Danny’s eye witness accounts could have molded his thoughts and beliefs about races other than his own.

            Danny also becomes a subject to conformity through Derek’s recruitment speech to a group of young white kids with Danny at his side listening to every word his older brother says. Derek was influential enough to get these kids to follow his ideals and as he was recruiting them he was spreading his word into the mind of Danny. Derek had successfully persuaded the whole group into his neo-Nazi way of thinking.

            Another scene depicts the obedience of Seth and Danny toward the neo-Nazi gang’s leader, Cameron Alexander. Seth wants Danny to tell what he’s learned in his time with the DOC. He asks Danny who he hates and Danny replies, “Anyone who isn’t white protestant.” He then says, “Some of them are alright, I guess.” Seth then corrects Danny by saying, “None of them are fucking all right,” and asks him if he remembers what Cameron said. This shows the obedience that Danny and also Seth have by following Cameron’s directives.

            The social influence theory would also apply to Danny’s situation. Once Derek started recruiting for the DOC it was no longer just Derek who held influential power over Danny. The group as a whole was in the position to further incorporate Derek’s beliefs into Danny. After Derek was sent to prison he was no longer the primary source for Danny’s corrupt way of thinking. Members of the gang took Danny in and continued the cycle where Derek left off.

            Although the theme of this paper has been to point out Danny’s trail to destruction and corrupt thinking, Bandura’s social learning theory once again comes into play later in the film. After Derek tells Danny of his time in prison and how that experience changed his way of thinking towards blacks, Danny too comes to the realization that his Nazi mentality is also flawed and it is portrayed symbolically when he and Derek remove all the Nazi memorabilia out of his room.

            American History X is an excellent resource for the application of social psychology. Through the many personalities featured in the film there are endless theories that can be applied in relevance to the film. It brings to light the power of negativity and influence and it also depicts a story of racism and hate which is something we still fight to ward off today. In many ways, American History X has brought the old psychology text to life.

Sources

American History X. Prod. Michel De Luca. Dir. Tony Kaye. Perf. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong. DVD. New Line Cinema, 1998.

Cherry, K. (n.d.) Social learning theory: An overview of Bandura’s Social Learning Theory. About.com. New York, NY. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/sociallearning.htm

            President Theodore Roosevelt, nicknamed “Teddy”, was in Mississippi to settle a border dispute and his hosts wanted to please him by taking him hunting. The hunting was so terrible that his hosts decided to trap a bear cub and allow the president to shoot it. President Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot the poor cub inspired cartoonist Clifford Berryman to draw a cartoon of the depicting the president and his trip. After the cartoon was widely published it led to the inspiration of Morris and Rose Michtom who created the first toy bear which they named in honor of the president; “Teddy’s Bear.” Teddy’s bear became so wildly popular that the Michtom’s sought help from a wholesale firm called Butler Brothers. Together they founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company; the first teddy bear manufacturer in the United States.

Sources

Clay, Marianne. (n.d.) The history of the teddy bear. Retrieved from             http://www.teddybearandfriends.com/archive/articles/history.html

Bellis, M. (n.d.) History of the Teddy Bear: Teddy Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear.        Retrieved from http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Teddy_Bear.htm

How does a person decide between right and wrong? The base the decision on the foundation that of what is accepted and not accepted

 For example obligations that refrain from fraud, rape, and murder.

 Virtues honesty and loyalty.

 The majority of these examples are taught to you in childhood. But it doesn’t stop there. Throughout life people are faced with learning more ethical behavior.

Think about this… A man kills another man. This is unethical. Look closer. Scenario #1 an intruder kills the owner of a convenience shop. (Ask a person if this is ethical)

 Scenario #2 A convenience shop owner is attacked by an intruder and is defense for his own life shoots the man and he dies. (Ask a person if this is ethical)

 Both scenarios a man dies but under different circumstances. One ethical one not.

This shows that ethics is not a set law. Ethics is standards that people base actions on either being right or being wrong.

Cultural diversity understands that each individual is unique and recognizing over individual differences.

With a diverse culture people can learn from one another

Differences are cause by: race, gender, social status, age, and religious beliefs.

By understanding each other and moving beyond these differences people can come together.

There are barriers that exist.

Language/ communication

Religion

People’s resistance to change

Benefits of diversity are

 Competitiveness

 Increased adaptability

 A broader service range

 A variety of viewpoints.

Even if you’re one of many who purposely avoid the news channels because you’d rather not hear of murders, wars, missing children, lies, and gossip you’ve probably heard whispers about the death of Muammar Gaddafi. The opinions are clearly divided. There’s the group that has negative opinions about this leader and they are rejoicing at his demise. Then there’s the group that is enraged at his death because they feel it is unjust. If you’re one of the ones on the fence and not sure what to believe perhaps the facts presented here will provide some clarity.

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was the dictator of Libya (North Africa) for the past 42 years. Western media and propaganda is tainted with biased opinions and falsehoods (which have been taken as facts) regarding Gaddafi and his rule of Libya.

Under Gaddafi’s regime Libya, a land rich in natural resources, achieved the highest living standards in Africa; remained free of debt; and was home to the Great Man-Made River project which made water available to people throughout the heat-stricken country.  Libya’s leader strongly supported a United States of Africa (Google it) and previously served as the Chairperson of the African Union – an organization consisting of numerous African states with the purpose of accelerating the political and socio-economic integration of the African continent & achieving peace and human rights for all inhabitants of the land.

Imperialism is “the creation and/or maintenance of unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationships, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination.” [The Dictionary of Human Geography; Johnston, Ronald John (2000)] Imperialism today is primarily implemented by Western forces whose goal is to have one country/one leader for the entire world (New World Order). Anyone who is against imperialistic strategies is seen as a threat to progress and expansion. Muammar Gaddafi was openly an anti-imperialist.

Gaddafi worked for a nation free of Western rule and influence. The next statement may be difficult for Westerners to believe because in the West you must pay for everything – there is no such thing as free … or is there? Under Gaddafi’s rule Libyans were privileged enough to have free education and health care as well as free electricity and interest-free loans (no usury!). In addition to that, newly wed couples received a monetary gift of $50,000 and the government subsidized 50% of the total cost for new car buyers. Are you getting an understanding yet as to why Western powers orchestrated the death of Muammar Gaddafi? Wait, there’s more.

“In 2010 Gaddafi offered to invest $97 billion in Africa to free it from Western influence, on condition that African states rid themselves of corruption and nepotism [1].” Gaddafi’s dream of a developed, United Africa was about to come true – “and nothing is more terrifying to the West than a developed, United Africa.”[ Reuter’s, 2011]

One aspect of Gaddafi’s master-plan to free Africa from Western control was the introduction of the dinar. The dinar is a single African currency made from gold. This in itself is a major threat to the economic status and financial independence of all countries whose primary monetary means is the euro or the dollar – both of which can loose value completely because they are not backed by any real resource. The dinar is a currency backed by gold and many African countries were ready and willing to sell oil and other natural resources for payment in gold dinar only. This clearly would upset the balance of the world’s economy, which the West currently has control over, because a nation’s wealth would then depend on the amount of gold it had. A small amount of research into continents with natural resources, including precious metals, clearly shows which continent has the greatest amount of gold – Africa. Gaddafi was in the process of making the gold dinar a reality at the time of his death.

This ruler’s death was orchestrated because of money, greed, and power. You will continue to be bombarded with falsehoods and negative statements about Muammar Gaddafi’s life and rule of the Libyan nation but ask yourself why would NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) be so quick to justify their reasons for invading Libya and killing Gaddafi before he even had a chance to go to trial. Is not everyone entitled to the due processes of law? Why wasn’t he allowed to publicly speak for himself? Why was his son killed also? How is it that an American comedy show (Second Chance, 1987) predicted and televised a skit of Gaddafi’s death years before it actually happened? How is it that Libya was such a successful country if Gaddafi was supposedly such a bad leader? What would the West have lost if Gaddafi had lived to see all of his plans carried through?

The murder of Muammar Gaddafi is an evil that rose from the West’s illegal war against Libya … and anywhere there may be injustice and falsehood let us fight against it.
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 [1] Nepotism – patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics

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1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.”
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.
10. Dramatize your ideas.
11. Throw down a challenge.