In its most basic sense, ‘pakikisama’ means going along with others. Among friends and even relatives, it is considered obnoxious and unacceptable to give a direct command. To minimize the directness or “impact” of the command, Filipinos use paki nga or maki- so as not to offend. Even a boss in the office would use ‘paki-’ the equivalent of “please” in English, in giving a request to a subordinate even when some one is of great and more elusive status int he commnuity. This is part of
Words: 843 - Pages: 4
Barack Obama Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States —becoming the first African American to serve in that office —on January 20, 2009. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago, where he met and married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their two daughters, Malia Ann
Words: 8904 - Pages: 36
James Ferencsik Cyber Attack Somewhere in July of 2009, our enemy North Korea decided to launch a lucrative yet damaging cyber attack on the United States and South Korea. These attacks were accomplished by the use of a botnet. A Botnet is basically a large system of computers that are linked together that are violently attacked by some form of virus. Can be room to room, state to state, and even country to country. This attack was done in a total of three waves. The first wave which occurred
Words: 330 - Pages: 2
Bill Gates When one thinks of computer software, one must think of Microsoft. In fact if you use a computer, chances are that you will have some type of program on there that is developed by Microsoft. The CEO, chairman, cofounder, and owner of 147 billion shares of Microsoft is Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III was born in the midst of a scenic Seattle on Thursday, October 28, 1995 to his parents Mary and William Henry Gates Jr. His childhood was uneventful and was well raised. He went
Words: 981 - Pages: 4
Student Veterans: Free Tuition Comes With Many Costs When a service member is discharged from the military, it is appropriately termed “separation” because it comes with the grief and uncertainty that being torn from one’s family brings. The past several years were structured for service members, and they were inseparably tied to some sort of social system, whether it was with a battalion, a platoon, or a four-man team. Solitude was rare. Most service members go to college after separation where
Words: 1466 - Pages: 6
The White House Website The white house website was launched originally in October 1994, during the first President Clinton’s administration. During President George W. Bush administration, the website had one color background with light color scheme; there were only three color dominating on the web page, white, gray and navy blue. At that time, the website began also to show signs of more structure, display more links and diffuse breaking news summaries and introduced more details to public. The
Words: 442 - Pages: 2
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President Of the United States of America from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives
Words: 745 - Pages: 3
Introduction The role of leaders in the development of human society was traditionally extremely important. It is an undeniable fact that successful leaders contributed to the general progress of society even though not all of their actions were good. Nevertheless, regardless the actions of a leader, he/she stimulates his surrounding to certain actions or even counter-actions which inevitably lead the group or the entire society to progress. At the same time, it is necessary to underline that the
Words: 5755 - Pages: 24
world around us, to have lasting effects on today. ! ! The generation of today has had their minds molded and formed to change and try to grow successfully in this lifetime. The three events that changed many things in this world are the election of Bill Clinton for president, The peaceful split of Czechoslovakia and the trial and conviction of John Gotti. John Joseph Gotti Jr. was born to John Sr. and Philomena Gotti in 1940. He was the fifth of thirteen children in his very large family. John and
Words: 1317 - Pages: 6
and M.A. and went on to earn a Ph.D. from Brown University. She earned membership in the ASME, and like her husband lectured at Purdue University. Lillian died on January 2, 1972. y favorite leader is William Henry Gates III, or Bill Gates to most people. Bill Gates is a computer engineer and world-class entrepreneur. He founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 with a high school friend named Paul Allen. The leadership role that he serves is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation
Words: 345 - Pages: 2
