...a leader. A positional leader was given a position. For example, a college graduate joins the Marine Corp and is given the position of Second Lieutenant. Another way to become a positional leader is to be given a promotion because someone in authority recognizes a talent, trait, or potential they consider to be consistent with a leader (Maxwell, 2011). At the position level of leadership, it is about power and position. Mr. Maxwell uses a great analogy to make this point. He refers to characters on the Andy Griffith Show. He describes the Sheriff, Andy Taylor as a laid back people person. Everyone knew he was in charge. He did not even carry a gun. He would talk with people and use his influence to lead. On the other hand was Deputy Barney Fife. Deputy Fife carried a gun and a single bullet but only because Andy allowed him to do so. When Barney was in charge everyone knew it. He had to tell everyone that he held the “position” of leadership while Andy was away. He often pulled his gun, unnecessarily, to show that he had the power to take control of anyone who might question his position. He was not about influencing people but about forcing his position of power upon them. According to the John Maxwell, these leaders are lonely because of the way they act. They get people’s least, not their best performance and when they ask their subordinates for something extra, they may get compliance but they rarely get commitment. Ironically, positional leaders are...
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...In the story “The Monsters” and “Andy Griffith Show” there are a lot of things in common. There are also a lot of things different. In both stories there is a lot of suspicion going on. But there were different kinds of suspicion in the story. For example, Timmy didn’t know who the person talking to him was. Another example is Timmy wondered why his power went out. In both stories the point of them has been to never judge a book by its cover. In both stories everyone was confused. There is a lot of suspicion going on. In both stories they were trying to figure out who the person was. In the story “The Monsters” there was an oddball. In the “ Andy Griffith Show” there was also an oddball. In the story “ The Monsters” there were...
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...I decided to use Colloidal silver as my topic. The main reason I choose this is my passion to educate others to the benefits of non-western doctor prescribed medicine. I have a belief there are many things which can be helped and cured using natural means, with fruit, vegetables and naturally occurring minerals. My belief is that many of the medicines toted by doctors can infact make you more unwell, then requiring more medicine and lining the pockets of the Huge Pharmaceutical companies. Hence my research and sharing of the information I have on a simple product known as colloidal silver has been misrepresented as a cure, but then goes on the state all the uses that colloidal silver can be used for topically and internally, when used in the correct doses. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-779-COLLOIDAL%20SILVER.aspx?activeIngredientId=779&activeIngredientName=COLLOIDAL%20SILVER With controversial topics that challenge the “normal” beliefs I find personally looking into uses through history often helpful thing be link here shows the uses of colloidal silver throughout history dating back to 4,000BC article written and referenced By Dr J Wesley Alexander seems to be a well-researched and factual piece of writing. He has cited 9 references used for his research http://tse.colloidalsilverkillsviruses.com/pdf/history.pdf The springer article I have included here gives positive feedback on the results of using colloidal silver and other silver products...
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...LONGMAN LITERATURE Equus Peter Shaffer Editor: Adrian Burke scanned by naruchan proofread by tigger 2 LONGMAN 3 Contents The writer on writing Introduction Structure and form The role of psychiatry Characterisation Passion and religion Critical reaction to the play The writing of Equus Reading log Author's note on the book Author's notes on the play Equus Glossary: reading the text Study programme The play's structure Staging the play Character and relationships The writer's intentions Themes Collecting relevant quotations Beyond the play Study questions Suggestions for further reading Wider reading assignments 4 The writer on writing I suppose my head has always been full of images. Peter Shaffer is one of Britain's foremost contemporary dramatists. Born in 1926 and educated at Cambridge he had a variety of jobs before becoming a playwright. During the Second World War he worked down a coal-mine; he has also worked in the New York Public Library and as a journalist. He was awarded the CBE in the 1987 Birthday Honours List. His first big success was with Five Finger Exercise in 1958, which ran for two years in London before transferring to New York. Other successes include Amadeus (which has been filmed), The Private Ear: The Public Eye and The Royal Hunt of the Sun. This last play represented a departure for Shaffer as a writer; he moved from detective stories, naturalistic drama and farce to epic theatre and the adoption of avant-garde stage techniques. It was while...
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...Equus Quarter Final Essay What is the center of your universe? Is it the sun, or maybe a loved one? Not for Alan. The center of Alan’s universe, what everything revolved about, was the sleek, fierce horse. To him is was his God. It was Equus. Everyone knows that feeling, that feeling that if one thing just disappeared your whole life would change. Bridges would burn, walls would crumble, as if an earthquake raged until every bit of your life was in ruins. That was Alan’s connection to Equus. It was his outlet for his emotions; his fears, his sorrows, his yearnings. And so it is a symbol for passion. Equus is literally the genus of a group of animals which includes horses. However in this novel, it is introduced to Alan as simply meaning horse. He first came across the word equus when in reference to his grandfather who liked to indulge “in equitation” (pg.17). His mother later explained to him that the term “came from equus, the Latin word for horse” (pg.17). Alan fell in love with the word and the animal it referred to. This particular book centers around one horse named Nugget. Alan spends his time working at the barn in which Nuggett lives. And at night he sometimes sneaks out to ride Nugget, though he refuses to ride when others are around. The entire book centers around the relationship between Nugget and Alan, so it is a symbol that connects to the entire story through all its twists and turns and is really the glue that holds all of the events together. Equus, or the...
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...Norman Cousins makes me feel like he does not believe anyone can go out and compete at their highest level. Cousins wrote “Who Killed Benny Paret” to convey the obvious message of cause and effect through the form sports injuries. The cause of the Benny’s death could have been for multiple reasons. While it is a tragedy when someone dies playing, or fighting, in the sport they love the important part of a death is finding the cause. Often the referee could be blamed for not stopping the fight quick enough. In another way, the fight promoter could be blamed even more than the referee. The promoter could have been notified of the fighter’s sudden inability to fight, and while it makes sense to dismiss the fighter the promoter could encourage...
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...‘Jeremy’ *A loud pinging noise came from Chloe’s computer screen,* which resulted in Chloe flinching in her chair. A flashing message had popped up on Chloe’s computer screen, “(1) unread message.” Chloe clicked on the flashing tab, taking her to a site called ‘Dates4Days, ‘a website which matched individuals with similar profile information with other participants on the site. Chloe had never tried a dating program before, but felt appealed to it due to her previous relationships which she had failed to progress in. Chloe was a single, 34 year old woman, who appeared 5 years older than she actually looked due to her facial appearance, however her blonde locks, and her trimmed physique still caught the attention of many bewildered men. Although her characteristics proved prosperous with appealing to single men, she had been unable to maintain a successful relationship with a partner due to trust issues. Although her track record alluded her, Chloe felt amused and clicked on the message, “Hey :) I’m Jeremy” it read, Chloe was bewildered, but also amused and clicked onto this anonymous ‘Jeremy’ figures profile. Chloe scrolled through the information that ‘Jeremy’ had placed onto the site, and something had caught her eye. ‘Interests/Hobbies’: Keeping active, cooking and listening to pop/hip hop music,’ which were very similar to Chloe’s interests. Chloe scrolled further down and recognised his age; 35, and also his location; Los Angeles, California, which happened to be...
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...Profiles belong to a very “stretchy” and versatile genre. These profiles of Griffith Park differ greatly, but they both describe the same place. A.How do they differ in terms of the details they describe? The first story has a real historic feel. The writer goes into a lot of details about the land and how the land later came to be a national park. The second story tells a story of an adventured through the famed park. b. How do they differ in purpose, angle, audience, and style? The first article is for more of a historic reason, while the second story is there simply to tell a story about a night filled with adventure. c. How do their titles forecast the content, angle, and style of each? The first title is long and detailed. The seco0nd is short and sweet. d. How do their organizations differ? How do they begin and end? The article which tells the history, lists several historic facts about the person whom created the Park. The second article tells a story which happens to take place in the park. One Article is to educate, the other is simply to tell a story. e. Finally, compare the two in a single sen- tence that follows a pattern like this one: “The Recreation and Parks piece makes me feel alive, while Percy’s piece makes me feel kind of bored. Exam With over 4,210 acres of both natural chap- paral-covered terrain and landscaped parkland and picnic areas, Griffith Park is the largest mu- Nicipal Park with urban wilderness area in the United States (Johnson-Sheehan...
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...order to give back two. At the end of ten rounds, he would still be bouncing, his opponent would have a headache. But in the last two years, over the fifteen-round fights, he had started to take some bad maulings. This fight had its turns. Griffith won most of the early rounds, but Paret knocked Griffith down in the sixth. Griffith had trouble getting up, but made it, came alive and was dominating Paret again before the round was over. Then Paret began to wilt. In the middle of the eighth round, after a clubbing punch had turned his back to Griffith, Paret walked three disgusted steps away, showing his hindquarters. For a champion, he took much too long to turn back around. It was the first hint of weakness Paret had ever shown, and it must have inspired a particular shame, because he fought the rest of the fight as if he were seeking to demonstrate that he could take more punishment than any man alive. In the twelfth, Griffith caught him. Paret got trapped in a corner. Trying to duck away, his left arm and his head became tangled on the wrong side of the top rope. Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat. He hit him eighteen right hands in a row, an act which took perhaps three or four seconds, Griffith making a pent-up whimpering sound all the while he attacked, the right hand whipping like a piston rod which has broken through the crankcase, or like a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin. I was sitting in the second row of that corner—they were...
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...horror. Mailer uses diction to mold the events in a biased and respectful way. Using words like “inspired” to describe the kind of shame that Paret was creating by loosing makes his failure seem less crucial. Again, the author makes euphemisms through his word choice by saying that Paret “[fought] as if he were seeking to demonstrate that he could take more punishment than any man alive”, as if losing was an admirable quality. Instead of claiming that Paret was indeed being ruthlessly beaten by Griffith, his “excuse” that Paret was purposely demonstrating a skill had a smaller impact on Paret’s publicity. Through detail, the reader is able to sympathize the gruesome fight and eventual death of Paret. Mailer mentions that Griffith hit Paret “eighteen right hands in a row” in about “three or four seconds”. These details create imagery and allow the audience to imagine Paret’s situation. When Paret died, it seemed to last forever. The details of how Paret slowly died while Griffith was still punching him greatly affects the audience in that Paret was technically still fighting when he passed. Mailer also uses syntax to strongly tough the audience. The statement “Paret died on his feet” was different from his usual style of long, descriptive sentences. This makes it stand out more and is more compelling. His tone throughout the passage is prideful, mixed with a touch of disgust. Mailer simply states that Paret’s...
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...A Piece of the Action Norman Mailer’s sports article on boxing, The Death of Benny Paret published in 1984, claims that Paret was a powerful young boxer who had his life cut short when he fought for keeping his welterweight title against Emile Griffith. Mailer supports this by explaining how vicious Griffith was throughout the entire fight, ending with Paret’s tragic death. He goes into extreme detail using similes and a large amount of commas to show imagery. Mailer connects with his readers by showing the tragic sorrow of a death happening right in front of their eyes, but also showing that Paret did not die in vain, but in glory. The fight was cast as brutal and vicious, and with every crowd, there comes a story. The certain sportscaster who wrote this attempts to place readers into his seat as if they were there, viewing the fight in all its glory their selves. In doing so, the writer makes sure that his words keep up with the rhythm of the battle, his words having as much impact as the punches thrown. Descriptive words that the writer uses include “clubbing” and “whimpering” accompanied by similes which simply explain the impact that each one of Griffith’s punches had on Paret. Guardado 2 “Griffith was in like a cat ready to rip the life out of a huge boxed rat…right hand whipping like a piston rod which has broken through the crankcase, or like a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin.” These phrases use extensive use of both diction and imagery to bring the battle to...
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...A quick look at how artist thru the ages have portrayed shoes. A quick look at how artist thru the ages have portrayed shoes. Look at your feet, you are probable using some kind of foot wear and if not you must definitely own at least three different shoes. Some artist found that this common piece of clothing that we take for granted is a master piece on its own. From Vincent Van Gogh to Andy Warhol, they all painted shoes in different forms and environments. Take for example Van Gogh “A pair of shoes”, they seemed kind of depressing, yet heavily use, the viewer can create the character that used these boots by simply looking at this picture. A worker perhaps or even the artist himself, they must feel comfortable with them, even love them since they look as if they had been used quite frequently. Then we have Dali´s painting of shoes, I know you were expecting a crazy painting this one is very tame. Once again we see a pair of shoes that are very worn out, it even looks as if they are melting, this time however the views sees the feet and since its Dali we have a nice reference of the snake; that could either a symbolism of the evil forms that we are enslave to or the sin that chases us all through life. With or without surrealism Dali´s paintings are exquisite, it is a known fats that feet and hands are some of the hardest things to paint, yet here Dali´s foot looks breathtaking, and as for the shoes they also tell a story. When going back to the renascence shoes were...
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...offer to meet his admirers but also popularised his book. Although a lot of stars use twitter only to stay famous, many have spread awareness and asked for help for many charities and causes that they believe in. Demi Moore’s tweet that helped thwart a distraught Californian woman’s suicide attempt is a thing to applaud. But some stars still burn bright long after their talent has faded. Courtney Love recent claim to fame is not her music but her seemingly alcohol/substance-induced tweets. Lindsey Lohan is in the news for tweeting a topless picture of herself. The entire concept seems circular because it is – prominent people stay popular for a longer time. The reason for Kim Kardashian’s inexplicable fame is simply that she’s famous. Andy Warhol once prophesised that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes and with...
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...Andy Warhol’s Subject Matter of the 1960s During the 1960s, Andy Warhol decided to experiment with pop art, a style of art that developed in England during the mid-1950s and produced realistic variations of well-known, everyday objects. He moved away from his technique of the blotted line and instead used canvas and paint. At first he had difficulty choosing what he was going to paint, but throughout the course of his pop art era he focused on four main subjects: product paintings, cartoon paintings, movie stars, and death. His first versions of pop art were called product paintings. These paintings showed popular consumer items that were familiar to the average American person, such as Brillo soap pads, Coca-Cola bottles, and the most famous of all, Campbell’s soup cans. He chose products such as these because they were top-selling products in the United States and they were considered important, useful, and economical by consumers. He drew his inspiration from the leftover Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles that he used at lunch. Andy Warhol’s second type of paintings was drawn from comic strips and comic books. Examples of these cartoon paintings include Dick Tracy (1961) and Superman (1960). Although he had begun to produce these before the product paintings, this phase lasted only a short period of time – once he discovered that Roy Lichtenstein was also painting characters from comic strips (seen in Castelli’s Gallery), he decided that he needed to find a different...
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...Foreign Ground The themes expressed in this chapter are those of crime and the struggle of single mothers. Author Wes gets into big trouble when he gets caught by the police tagging a wall. He was getting involved with the wrong crowd and being heavily influenced by them. His mother is very worried about him and even threatens to send him to military school, a threat which will prove to be true. Meanwhile, Other Wes digs himself deeper and deeper into the drug game. He runs into some roadblocks, but he is able to continue down this path by lying to his mother who is oblivious to what he is doing. Other Wes Wes started selling drugs to receive money; he told his mother he earned it from being a DJ. But Tony becomes suspicious, and thee two fight over whether Wes was lying or not. Tony couldn't believe Mary bought his story. He's been trying to make Wes a different person, nothing like himself. Then Tony gave up. Mary had began to wonder about what Tony had said. So she went into Wes's room and found a Nike box under his bed filled with drugs. When Wes came home, he found his shoe box on his bed, empty. He confronted his mother and she said she flushed his material down they toilet. He became furious with her and left to his girlfriend's house, which became the new quarters for his stach. Author Wes Wes and his friend, Shea, were caught by the police for graffiti. While Shea denied what he had done, Wes...
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