The Politics of Hope

Posted on July 15, 2009 by idshunt
Randy Bisenz asked:




Throughout history political leaders have used the Politics of Fear to motivate the public into supporting their agendas. If the general public believe that something or someone threatens their lives, livelihoods, or lifestyles they tend to concede power to government and authority figures. This makes it easy for unethically savvy leaders to make just about whatever they wish to have happen – happen.

Sometimes the Politics of Fear are frightfully effective. After WWI the ***** managed to convince the public that Jews were gong to take everything away from them. The German citizens were told that the Jews were a threat to their livelihoods and lifestyles. The citizens of Germany gave their power away to the ***** and found themselves living in a harsh police state that committed the largest genocide in history.

One characteristic of societies that are ruled by the Politics of Fear is that they tend not to deliver prosperity to anyone except for a handful of insiders. The only economics that work very well with the Politics of Fear are to devote a significant part of the economy to the business of war and enforcement. When more of the economy is devoted to these activities livings conditions and civil liberties suffer. The culture becomes repressive.

On the other hand the Politics of Hope tend to stimulate economic growth, and skew that growth away from war and enforcement and into things like entertainment, travel, and investment. People are much more likely to spend and invest if they feel hopeful about the future. People are much more likely to give to charity in a climate of hope and optimism. This produces a culture that is expansive and promotes freedom and expression.

Creating an environment of hope and optimism is the job of leadership. It is disturbing to see that when society is threatened or at war that most leaders begin to talk in pessimistic tones – as if this is the only way they can appear seriously concerned about what is going on. This however, is the signature of minds that lack vision or the ability to inspire.

It is especially important to maintain a hopeful and optimistic attitude during times of challenge or hardship. This is how we are able to emerge from trying circumstances with the greatest amount of momentum. Consider what leadership did to help us emerge from the Great Depression. FDR talked about opportunity and led the way for business by investing in the country’s infrastructure and creating jobs. Think about the stock market. Stocks rise and fall on the perception that things are going to get better or worse for a particular company or the economy as a whole. Great leaders are able to inspire the public and instill a feeling of we can do this in the minds and hearts of citizens.

This approach stimulates the Will of the People to take on challenges that otherwise seem too daunting. Willpower is perhaps the most important quality required to persevere, overcome adversity and emerge victorious. It is certainly possible to motivate people through fear – but it is nowhere near as powerful as stimulating their will through inspiration.

Our society faces some of the greatest challenges in the history of humankind. We need great leaders to inspire us to do whatever is necessary to move through these challenges as efficiently as possible so we can create and maintain a high quality of life on planet Earth.

Remember this when you vote. Vote for the candidate with the best visionary and leadership potential. This will be the person capable of seeing through the problems to the solutions and communicating this vision to the public. Such a leader can inspire the hope and optimism necessary to summons the collective will of the people to move beyond our challenges and towards a brighter future for all. Support these leaders and we can transform the Politics of Fear into the Politics of Hope.

In closing I suggest you read Restoring Democracy, an article on the Bright Future website. It contains clues about why we tend to elect politicians instead of leaders, and how we change this trend.

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politics polls

Posted on July 3, 2009 by idshunt
azfar asked:




More and more over the years, working people in this country have found that the laws have been actively shifting responsibility for American workers’retirement survival away from the companies that employ them, onto the workers themselves. Apparently, the fact of the change hasn’t really sunk in yet, because there are far too many people who are still providing inadequately for a retirement income, come the day they need to step out of the workforce. It’s as if they still think that they have a comfortable pension to look forward to. My father, in the middle of the cratering of the stock market two years ago, was just 60, and freshly retired. He had no pension, and his Social Security benefits were still years away. He had nothing to go on but his savings. He wanted to exercise the option of cashing out his stocks, but he was worried about how he would then have nothing to turn to if he lived to be 90.

When all these newly-retired people all around who had just been set free of a life of hard work watched their entire life’s work disappear as the stock market went up in smoke, the general advice they got back then, what my father got too, was to withdraw less each month to preserve their capital, and then to go work at Wal-Mart. Now my father did not want to do that; and his reasons were novel. He felt that he would only need to see his investments differently in his mind. He visualized having two sets of investments – one was cash and bonds that could see him through the first half of his retired life; the other part was the stocks he held that had taken a beating in the recession. He thought he would leave his stock funds untouched, and believe that they would bounce back one day so that they could fund the latter part of his retirement.

Believe it or not, this plan that my father has picked for himself is exactly the thing that experts recommend these days; in fact, it’s been bandied about for about two decades now. As long as you had a stock market that’s treating you well in retirement, the 4% rule, the undisputed benchmark in retirement planning, applied. The rule says that as long as things are going well, you’re supposed to invest your retirement nest egg about 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds. You can start out withdrawing 4% a year, and go up on a sliding scale from there to keep up with inflation. They said that you had a 90% chance of staying solvent up until your last day this way. The rule however, does not really hold together in severely difficult times such as these.

The main spanner in the works in finding a way to fund retirement income is inflation. If it weren’t for it, you would just need to invest in bonds to be set for life. But with inflation, you need to invest in something that will grow your fund because even with very low inflation, in 20 years, your dollar will buy you just half of what it does now. A great way to guarantee a decent retirement income would be to divide into five-year periods the time you have after your retirement, and adopt a different strategy for each five-year period. In the first phase, as soon as you retire in a time like this when interest you get approaches zero, you put your money in an immediate payout annuity for a five-year period. Once this is done with, you’ll need to find a deferred annuity or a bond ladder to generate your retirement income. The idea is that each phase of your retirement asks for a slightly more risky investment strategy to make up for your falling capital, and for rising inflation.

Of course there are some who say that this kind of measured response will do nothing through a difficult financial period such as this. They say, invest in mutual funds as aggressively as you can, because trusting in the markets is your best chance.

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Panama: The Politics

Posted on June 25, 2009 by idshunt
Laurie Cooper asked:




Politics in Panama has been more of constitutional democracy throughout the 20th century. The history of coup led by General Manuel Noriega back in 1968 has brought power to the military as Noriega had manipulated most of the highest officials of the government. It resulted to economic and diplomatic conflicts within Panama which affects the US relation to Panama. When Panama lost efforts to remove the dictatorship of Noriega, the US stepped with intentions to protect its assets established in Panama. When Noriega had slowly lost its power with low civil and public supports, he surrendered to the US. The Panama was then restored to democracy by 1991.

At present, politics in Panama is under the framework of constitutional representative democracy. There are three branches of the government namely executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch consists of the president who is elected by the people for a term of five years. He serves as the head of the government and the head of the state and appoints the members of the national cabinet. Currently, the president of Panama is Martin Torrijos who was elected since 2004. Together with the president are two vice presidents. The two vice presidents in the current politics in Panama are Samuel Lewis Navarro who serves as the first vice president and Ruben Arosemena Valdez serving as the second vice president. They are also elected for the same term. Legislative branch previously consists of 78 members but was changed to 74 in the 2004 political reform. Finally, the national Supreme Court, the 5 superior courts and 3 courts of appeal composed the judicial branch of Panama.

The politics of Panama also composes other independent commissions that functions separately from the three executive branches. One of which is the Electoral Tribunal which takes responsibility in the electoral law and policies and its implementation. They are in charge of voter’s registration, flow of election, judgment of electoral conflicts and disputes and other matters related to election. Politics of Panama also involves the independent responsibility of the Controller General of the Republic of Panama whose main function is to take charge of State funds. They are responsible for managing public fund taking into account budget flow and expenditures of the State. Also, independent responsibilities are given to the Ministry of Public whose main function is to oversee the country’s interests and its municipalities.

The most known and active political party of Panama is Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) who concerns with economic matters and focuses on Panama’s child’s welfare and urban poor. Other political parties of Panama include The Arnulfist Party, the president’s current party, which emphasizes on rural population of Panama. The National Liberal Republican Movement and Democratic Change and The Popular Block are two political parties that consist of pro-business groups and former Christian Democrats. These two parties comprise the upper and middles class with ties on the business community in Panama.

Politics of Panama has been generally corrupt in the past years. However, there are various attempts from the current government to make political reforms to support sustainable economic development in Panama.

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When Politics Come In Handy

Posted on June 8, 2009 by idshunt
Andrew Kasch asked:




Many people in modern society are very politically motivated. They belong to a political group and as a result have strong opinions about most current events and topical issues, not surprisingly most of which are usually shared by all the other people who belong to the same group. Sometimes it’s as though they have to check with the group to find out what they actually think about something.

Does that seem sad to you? Me too. However there are times when being politically slanted can come in handy. It isn’t all just sounding like a clone produced by an idealistic cult. Sometimes those of us who actually think about things before responding have a disadvantage.

This seems counter-intuitive to us normal people who don’t run every single thing everybody says through a political filter. I mean, we actually listen to people and don’t suspect a hidden agenda when the person behind the counter at Denny’s asks us for our order. We think that getting into an argument with the waitress at the point because she didn’t address global warming is a bit nuts. But we are a bit short-sighted, and don’t understand how being a political nut can actually be a benefit in many situations.

For example, let’s say you find yourself in a group of starving people that are waiting for food to be distributed by some government authority. Now let’s say that you are really against the killing of certain sea mammals. OK, so they announce on the loudspeaker that the expected food shipment didn’t come today but a small group of natives managed to club one of these mammals to death and it has been grilled up medium-rare. However there is only enough for about 60% of the people. Because you are so appalled at the whole notion, you know not to bother stampeding with most of the other starving people towards the front.

OK, lets go with a more realistic example. Let’s say a scientist stops by your work and wants to demonstrate a new power source which uses human anger as it’s fuel. None of your co-workers care much about politics and thus are pretty easy going people. When the scientist tries to demonstrate the product, there is no fuel at hand for it. So your boss makes a slanted statement in support of the opposite political party as you, and now you are the one who gets to fuel the new energy source.

All right, all right, here is an even more realistic example. A co-worker accidentally states that she thinks Americans should support whoever happens to be President regardless of which party you belong to. Now you can finally put that person in their place and let them have it. Justice will at least temporarily be done, and no doubt you will gain the respect of everyone in your office.

Basically whenever unwarranted anger is needed, or lashing out at people who don’t deserve it will save the day, your political affiliations will be a needed and much appreciated resource. Don’t bother waiting around for thanks. Just be happy that you are helping to save the world a little bit at a time.

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Navy Seals Vs. Army Rangers (differences, Similarities)

Posted on April 21, 2009 by idshunt
James Kara Murat asked:




Both Navy SEALs and Army Rangers are highly respected but distinctly separate wings of the United States armed services. Army Rangers and Special forces both roll up to the U.S. Army, while on the other hand Marines and Navy SEALs roll up to the U.S. Navy.

Army Rangers

With origins dating back to colonial times the Army Rangers are part of the US Operations Special Forces that became a more permanent part of the military around the 1970’s.

Army Rangers are front line special light infantry American troops and their primary focus is on infiltration by land, air or even sea they are specialized in the recovery of personnel and special equipment, conducting raids and direct action operations.

Selection

To be selected to be a Ranger a soldier has to prove his physical capability through various endurance tests designed to establish that he’s physically capable of entering the program. Once into ‘Ranger School’ his training is categorized into three phases namely Crawl training, Walk training and Run training.

Crawl training: is to develop the foundations and trains the soldier in hand –to hand combat, immersion in water and the use of fists and sticks in combat.

Walk training: covers rappelling, ambush training, knots tying and intermediate level airborne operations.

Run training: is the advanced training covering such aspects as water bound infiltration, troop extraction in hostile situations, working with explosives, skills for sabotage, navigation and reconnaissance

Only on completion of the above does a Ranger officially graduate from Ranger School.

Navy SEALs

The Navy SEALs were established formally around the 1960’s but have their roots dating back to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Navy SEALs specialize in sea, air and land specific missions and operations, Basic Underwater Demolitions (BUD), reconnaissance, information warfare, personnel recovery, unconventional warfare, counter terrorism, internal defense on foreign soil, and security assistance.

Selection

In order to make it as a Navy SEAL an individual has to undergo a seven month long Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training which is divided into phases:

Indoctrination: to prepare the new initiates physically and mentally for the gruelling training ahead and the ways of the Navy SEAL.

Similarities

Both Army Rangers and Navy SEALs undergo very Intense and gruelling training programs designed to weed out the ones who just don’t cut it.

The U.S. Navy SEALs and the U.S. Army Rangers do not recruit women. Women do however work in several significant posts in support levels with the Navy SEALs, and serve at group levels in the U.S. Army Special Forces.

Both elite units exist for covert operations and while there are several differences in the way they operate there are definitely areas of overlap in terms of functions.

Differences

Rangers operate in platoon sized or larger units and are capable of handling direct action missions while Navy SEALs operate in smaller teams and handle specialised covert operations.

Rangers primarily perform military support functions while Navy SEALs are primarily for selective roles and most often not directly get involved in “front line” combat.

The Rangers are typically known to be ready for rapid deployment, has an airborne advanced infantry and generally tends to fight primarily using conventional warfare. Navy SEALs on the other hand are responsible for unconventional warfare, they are all trained paratroopers, they integrate with foreign forces, are generally independent and have high sustainability working within small groups with limited or no support; they specialise and execute underwater reconnaissance , infiltrations and demolitions.

While both Army Rangers and Navy SEALs are highly skilled specialized forces whose functions tend to overlap, the Army Rangers specialty is land warfare, while the Navy SEAL as the name suggests excels where water bodies are involved.

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A To Z Of Indian Politics

Posted on February 3, 2009 by idshunt
Indian Sawaal asked:




While in school we are taught a for apple , b for ball and such stuffs , school of politics of India has entirely different teaching. Here is how it looks like :

A for Aam Aadmi : India is very diversed country with all major religions , various languages , caste living in one country. But chiefly there are only two set of people. Aam and Khaas. aam includes 99% of people of India while khaas includes top business and corporate heads , IAS ,IPS and political brass . Of course with their families. So since aam aadmi is majority , Indian politics runs of claims of doing wonders for aam aadmi and ending up doing wonders for khaas!!!!!!!!

B for Babri Mashjid :

It is very sensitive issue involving two major religions in India . Hinduism and Islam. But for Indian politics babri is important issue to divide and get votes. Secular takaat is defined by those who didnt participate in babri and communal are those who did participate.

While this is fading into being no issue with urban masses but it still continues to form psychic of people who actually vote.

C for Caste :

Not important factor is metros and mega cities , caste is still a very important social issue and form basis of votes. Mayawati’s social engineering concept and her massive victory showed how caste matters in politics.

D for Delhi :

Its dream of all political parties. Har karam apna karenge ae kurshi tere liye is slogan of all . Now just Indian politicians , a defense expert according to pakistanis and comedian according to Indian , Zaid Hamid also dreams of ruling delhi someday!!!!!!!!

E for Election Commissioner :

A person who is not liked by all political parties but are left with no option but to obey his orders!!!!!

F for Farmers :

Farmers committing ******* is blamed on previous government ,farmer loan waver is taken credit by all . Sugar cane price becomes issue for which all political parties try to take credit

G for Gandhi :

No. Its not mahatma gandhi. Mahatma gandhi is for 2nd october and international branding. For Indian politics gandhi is indira gandhi , rajeev gandhi , sonia gandhi and rahul gandhi. Ohh i forgot priyanka gandhi , varun gandhi and ofcourse menka gandhi.

If its congress politicians , pledge loyality to sonia gandhi and rahul gandhi is obligatory . If politician is from other party opposing this gandhi family is number one thing .

H for Hindi :

Ask raj thakeray and abu azmi , how a language can be made into issue and score political points using that.

I for Industrialization :

For details ask communist on singur issue!!!!!!

J for Junta :

Faceless community which can be manipulated , divided and used for political mileage.

K for Karunanidhi :

One cannot make government in delhi without his support. UPA has it , NDA had it. Karunanidhi is ingredient without which no political collation recipe seems complete.

L for Lal Krishna Advani :

He dreamt of becoming prime minister but that dream was never realized. Lal krishna advani would be judged in history of modern India who practically polarised the votes by his babri campaign.

Lately he tried to correct his image but he could never succeed in it.But even after retirement he would be part of indian politics being in psychic of Indian voters , specially right wings and minorities.

M for Madam/Mamta/Maya :

Dial M for Indian Politics. Indira gandhi was one big madam of Indian politics and now we have mayawati , mamta and madam sonia gandhi. Indian politics has had femine power which has potential to rule . They can be bully at times , they can be ruthless at times but largely they are good for running their parties giving one success after another.

N for Naxals :

Naxals is said to be biggest threat to country. But for political reasons effective counter naxal strategy becomes difficult to be formed. Lalu blames communist who blame mamta who blames again communist. So its merry go round and naxals keep on striking.

They are india’s taliban. While taliban of pakistan want to implement their version of a holy book , naxals want to implement their version of holy book called mao , marx and lenin theories.

O is For Opposition :

A position in parliament which gives license to go for rampage . A position which is not liked to be held by any party and goal remains to get out of this position at any cost.

P is For paisa , power and parliament :

While goal is to reach parliament , the other two Ps are side product of reaching parliament and for some main goal.

Q is For Quitting Party :

Ability to quit party and forming own party is key to political success. But it can back fire too. Famous and successful quitters are sharad pawar , mamta banerjee , chandra shekhar and upcoming is raj thackeray.

R is For Regionalization :

Divide and divide and divide. Golden mantra of Indian Politics since eternity. Why only maharathi manoos?. Manoos for every state and win state election , send one or two mps to center , support center government and get job done.

S is For Secularism :

A term which is undefined in Indian politics. While official definition means position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions; The related political belief in the separation of religion and state but largely secularism in India is used as term to keep right wing out of government. Often countered by right wing by word calle pseudo secularism.

T is For Terrorism :

Terrorism is not modern phenomena but lately this has seen rise in leaps and bounds. Weak government , strong government , terrorism and religion etc are important political issues.

U is for Unity under Obligation :

Other name is coalition which is practise of current Indian politics.

V is for Votes :

Vote ka mamla hai dilbar , khalbhali hai brain ke andar. Votes is right given to people to pass verdict about who would rule them. Votes designed to give power to people has been nicely used by politicians. Those who understand are lazy enough to vote and others who vote are lazy enough to understand!!!!!!!

W is for Wealth :

No need to elaborate . In time of recession one buisness strives.

X is for X-Factor :

This x-factor is unseen factor which has largely remained undefined. Is it charisma or is it in born?. Good speakers but bad implementers or ability to loose memory once elected. Its something in politicians that make them impossible to be ignored , impossible to give up and impossible to remember their election promises.

Y is for Yes Sir/Madam :

The ability to re assure leaders of respective parties about loyalty , about their way of thinking and in turn being able to survive in highly lucrative career.

Z is for Zero Hour :

An hour designed to raise questions to government and not infamous for absenteeism in parliament.

Author Name : Sharad Goswami

Link : A To Z Of Indian Politics

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Women and Leadership

Posted on November 2, 2008 by idshunt
Andrew Sandon asked:




Women and Leadership

Recent years more and more women have appeared on the international arena as successful political leaders. This tendency shows that women have the same leadership abilities as men and can successfully perform as Presidents and Prime Ministers. This trend is a good sign for leadership in the world which can be interpreted as a great step towards equal opportunities and the ability of public to overcome prejudices against women abilities to lead and rule.

Women leadership abilities are formed under the influence of individual characteristics, internal and external environment. It is concerned with why they choose a particular course of action in preference to others, and why they continue with a chosen action, often over a long period, and in the face of difficulties and problems. This type of communication provides additional channels of communication and provides a means of motivation, for example, through status, social inter¬action, variety in routine jobs, and informal methods of work. It is admitted that women leaders are “more likely to be transformational leaders, defined as those who serve as role models, mentor and empower workers and encourage innovation even when the organization they lead is generally successful” (Evanston, 2005).

Without the direct participation and support of an institution’s leadership, this power cannot be pushed to its full potential. Leadership requires many of the characteristics common to all leaders, but also requires special abilities to manage any organization in today’s rapidly changing environment. One model for thinking about strategic change sees the exis¬tence of leadership as a social system built on ‘influence paths’ or ‘loops’.

Most women leaders posses greater ability to motivate and inspire followers In order to achieve optimal goals three basics would be taken into account: motivation, reward and commitment. Motivating other people is about getting them to move in the direction they want them to go in order to achieve a result.

Motivation can be described as goal-directed behaviour and ability to contribute to a solution. Followers are motivated when they expect that a course of action is likely to lead to the attainment of a goal and a valued reward – one that satisfies their needs. It is reasonable to believe that strong commitment to work is likely to result in consci¬entious and self-directed application to do the job, regular attendance, nominal supervision and a high level of effort.

Referring to Eagly’s study Evanston (2005) states that: “Women also scored higher than men on one measure of transactional leadership — rewarding employees for good performance” (Evanston 2005). This explains why some countries prefer to elect female Presidents and Prime Ministers.

“Women presidents, prime ministers, and heads of state have commanded powerful nations throughout history. Great historical leaders include Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Queen Isabel I of Spain, Queen Elizabeth I of Great Britain, Catherine the Great of Russia, Empress Dowager Tz’u-his of China, and others” (Boyd, 2002). Probably, the most famous women of all times is Margaret Thatcher who proved the image of an “iron lady” able to compete with men on the political arena. Being an excellent example of an ideal female leader Margaret Thatcher possesses such features as vision of the future and personal charisma (Margaret Thatcher, 2005). The other famous female leaders include: Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. “The world record amount of female world leaders was 13, in July of 2002, when Lativa, Finland, New Zealand, Ireland, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh, Sengal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and South Korea all had female leaders (Current Female World Leader Count 9, 2005).

General leadership skills are not sufficient in enriched environments. It must directly relate to the tools, medium, strategies, and competencies found within this culture. The recent tendency shows that female leader possess the competencies to use and evaluate new tools, but she must also have the insight into the impact these tools will have on the future of their countries. The ability to develop a shared vision for future political and economic changes within a country and in the world is an essential part of leadership.

Female leaders bring to politics a new vision of the problems and new strategies to problems solving. For instance, the example of African female leader depicts that women “bring motherly sensitivity and emotion to their presidency” (Female presidents show how the U.S. lags, 2005). Female political leaders show that leading others is not simply a matter of style, or following some how-to guides or recipes. Ineffectiveness of leaders seldom results from a lack of know-how or how-to, nor it is typically due to inadequate skills. Leadership is even not about creating a great vision. It is about creating conditions under which all followers can perform independently and effectively toward a common objective.

To overcome limitations of male leadership Liberian President” her presidential campaign on her experience and wisdom — and on bringing a woman’s touch to the civic reconciliation necessary for Liberia” (Female presidents show how the U.S. lags, 2005).

Female leaders help each of their followers to develop into an effective self-leader by providing them with the behavioral and cognitive skills necessary to exercise self-leadership. An important measure of a leader’s own success is he success of her followers. The strength of a leader is measured by the ability to facilitate the self-leadership of others first critical step towards this goal is to master self-leadership. If leaders want to lead somebody, they must first lead themselves.

The list of female Presidents includes: Mary McAleese, Ireland (1997) and Ruth Dreifuss, Switzerland (1999-2000), Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Arias, Panama (1999-prersent ) and Tarja Kaarina Halonen, Finland (2000- present), etc. The Prime Ministers are Helen Clark, New Zealand (1999- present), Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Bangladesh (1996- present), Janet Jagan, Guyana (1997, President 1997-1999) so on. (Women Leaders. 2005).

In spite of this list and world’s political practive it is supposed that women cannot be cussessful leaders because of conviction. In the article “Why Can’t Women Be Leaders Too?”

Robin Gerber explains his vision of women leadership stating that: “women’ conviction is not just having a belief, but holding strongly to it. It’s one thing to talk about change; it’s another thing to actually do something” (Graham, 2005). It would be possible to agree with Robin Gerber if not a numerous examples of successful female leaders.

The other leadership quality which appeals to many people is that female leaders are more trustworthy than men. Women leaders are able to implement new style faster than men. For instance, female leader in Peru is characterized as: “She’s a good woman, the woman who is going to move us forward, because the men can’t be trusted,” said Magda Acuna, who sells shirts and slacks. ”They rob. They’re corrupt. Women are more honest.” (Vecchio, 2001). In pursuing and achieving objectives, Women leaders are more open to new ideas, insights, and revelations that can lead to better ways to accomplishing goals. This continuous learning process can be exercised.

To conclude it is possible to say that female leadership proves the fact that the world is needed in new vision and novelty brought by women. Recent years, global population are looking for leaders who are willing to give it all they have and they will follow, and female leaders are able to join strong leadership skills with female nature. Women leadership is the best process currently available for improving political effectiveness . The design retains needed principles from the traditional system; incorporates political principles, and builds a new system that works to accomplish overall objectives. The importance is that the process of effective leadership will be of extreme importance in the next 10 years and continues to advance rapidly and change becomes imperative. With a female leaders and transformational leadership any country will be “equipped” with the necessary and proper tools to successfully perform on the international arena and succeed on the national basis.

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Politics and Sports:cuba

Posted on October 21, 2008 by idshunt
Alejandro Guevara Onofre asked:




POLITICS AND SPORTS:CUBA

By alejandro Guevara Onofre

Like Park Chung-hee (Asia/South Korea: 1962-79) and Idi Amin Dada (Africa/Uganda: 1971-79), Fidel Castro is a sports fanatic and enjoys watching all types of Olympic sports. Fidel Castro has visited the national team’s training camps, sports schools, National Schools Games and spent time with the students-athletes and Olympic players. Since 1990, the Cuban dictatorship has spent more than $80 million per year into Olympic sport. However, Cuba is not an Olympic paradise. Cuba’s modern sporting history has been marked by sporting defections.

Every dictatorship has a style of its own. Leonidas Rafael Trujillo had one: Dominican music. Francois Duvalier had one: Haitian culture. Kim Jong Il has one: the cinematography. He likes films as “Gone with the Wind”, a famous film American. The dictator of North Korea wrote an essay “On the Art of Cinema”.

The Idi Amin Dada regime was notorious for torturing political prisoners, forbidding dissent and free speech. Under the dictatorship of Idi Amin Dada, about 350,000 people were killed. But he loves Olympic sports like Fidel Castro Ruz. During 1970s he had become an outspoken champion of sport in the Third World. I remembered that the Ugandan team won two gold, four silver and three bronze medals during the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1974. Overall Ugandan team ranked tenth, before Wales, Trinidad Tobago, Tanzania and Jamaica.

Fidel Castro once said: “What has Cuba’s role been in the Olympic Games? What has it achieved? What has been the fruit of our efforts to promote healthy clean sports? At the 1972 Olympics, we finished 14th among 122 countries. At the Montreal Olympics in 1976—Juantorena remembers this well, and so do we—we finished 8th among 88 participating countries. In 1980, in Moscow we finished 4th among 81 countries; in 1992, in Spain we finished 5th among 169 countries; and in Atlanta, in 1996 we finished 8th among 197 countries. Could anyone refuse these figures”. But under one of the world’s oldest surviving dictatorships, the sport has become a useful way for women and men to access to freedom.

Certainly, Cuban sport is a story of both frustration and miracles. The Cuban government reacted with increduly when in 1980 Roberto Urrutia, a weightlifter, unexpectedly announced his decision to seek asylum in the United States. At the age 14 Urrutia made weightlifting high top priority, and ten months later he established national records. Urrutia entered the 1975 Pan American Championship at the age of 18 and won gold medals for Cuba. In December, in Matanzas, he become the first Latin American weightlifter to obtain a World record. In 1976 he finally realized his dream of competing in the Olympics. Like Alberto Juantorena (track and field), Teofilo Stevenson (boxing) and Mireya Luis Hernandez (volleyball), Roberto Urrutia Hernandez, former member of Youth Communist Union, was a symbol of the Cuban Revolution. Roberto, was born on December 12, 1956, in La Havana, won 3 gold medals at the 1978 Weightlifting World Championships and ended world Soviet’s-year domination of international weightlifting. Certainly, he was voted Hero of the Year by Prensa Latina. Before the Moscow Olympic Games, Roberto Urrutia defected to the United States via Mexico.

In the past few years, we have seen a number of events take place: Taimaris Aguero, a player, came to seek freedom in Italy; Odelin Molina, an outstanding footballer from La Havana sought political asylum in the United States; and Dulce Tellez, a sportswoman, came to San Juan de Puerto Rico.

Aguero, who at 1,77, was considered one of the best female athletes in the Americas, at the age of 16 she become the youngest person ever to be a member of Cuban Team. During the 1993 World Junior Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aguero finished first in the competition for best setter. When Tanya Ortyz, setter from 1987 to 1995, announced her intention to retire at the end of 1995, Aguero was considered a leading candidate for the post. Therefore, she was keywoman when Cuba finished first at the 1998 World Championship. In 2000 Aguero helped the Cuban team reach victory at the Olympic Games. If not the greatest setter ever, she is certainly the most celebrated in volleyball history. Nowadays Taimaris Aguero is one of the most remembered and dearest sportswomen by Cubans. Behind baseball, volleyball is the most popular sport in Cuba.

Dulce Tellez was named best player in the 2006 Pan American Championships in Puerto Rico. Under her leadership Cuba won the bronze medal in volleyball in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She left Cuba in July 2006—three months before the World Championships in Tokyo. Before the 2006 World Championships, Cuba was ranked 3rd in the world. Now it is ranked 7th. Meanwhile, Odelin Molina, was born on August, 1974, in La Havana, was one of Cuba’s best footballer and played the 1991 World Championship Under-16 in Italy. In 1995 he defected to the United States, where he lives now.

SPORTING DEFECTIONS

1. Abvin Sánchez, Lazaro-Soccer…1995…United States

2. Aguero, Taimaris-Volleyball…2001….Switzerland

3. Aldama, Yamilé-Track and Field…2003…United Kingdom

4. Arocha, Rene-Baseball…1991…United States

5. Arrojo, Rolando-Baseball…1996…United States

6. Barthelemy, Giorbis-Boxing…1990…United States

7. Blanco, Enrico-Boxing…1967…Canada

8. Bordabehere, Roger-Cycling…1994…Venezuela

9. Borrell, Lazaro-Basketball…1999…Puerto Rico

10. Brito Ferrer, Michel-Gymnastics….2003…United States

11. Brito, Javier-Volleyball…2004…Puerto Rico

12. Caballero, Angel Oscar-Basketball…1999…Puerto Rico

13. Cala, Yosleider-Volleyball…2003…Puerto Rico

14. Campoalegre, Ramón-Water Polo…1998…United States

15. Casamayor, Joel-Boxing……..1993…..United States

16. Castillo, Ulises-Boxing……….1993…..United States

17. Contreras, José Ariel-Baseball…2002…Nicaragua

18. Chappe, Taimi-Fencing…2002…Spain

19. De la Pena, Janerky-Gymnastics…2003…United States

20. Delgado, Alberto-Soccer…2002…United States

21. Dennis, Angel-Volleyball…2001…Belgium

22. Díaz, Juan Carlos-Baseball…1996…Dominican Republic

23. Dominguez, Iván-Cycling…1998…United States

24. Duquesne, Alfredo-Basketball…1994…Canada.

25. Garbey, Ramón-Boxing…………1993…..United States

26. García, Ives-Swimming…2001…Puerto Rico

27. García, Osvaldo Junior-Water Polo…1995…United States

28. García Martínez, Aliet-Soccer…2000…..United States

29. Gato, Ramón-Volleyball…2001…Belgium

30. Gilbert, Andres-Basketball….1993…Puerto Rico

31. Gomez, Juan Carlos-Boxing..….1995…Germany

32. González, José-Cycling…1994…Venezuela

33. Gregory, Elvis-Fencing…2002…Portugal

34. Griñan, Fernando-Soccer…….1996….United States

35. Guillen, Alain-Water Polo…1998…United States

36. Guillen, Arnaldo-Water Polo…1998…United States

37. Hernández, Adrian-Baseball…2000…Dominican Republic

38. Hernandez, Alain-Soccer…2000…Costa Rica

39. Hernandez, Ihosvany-Volleyball…2001…Belgium

40. Hernandez, Jorge Luis-Volleyball…2001…Belgium

41. Hernandez, Livan-Baseball…1995…Mexico

42. Hernandez, Odalys-Softball….1993…Puerto Rico

43. Hernández,Orlando-Baseball…1997…By boat

44. Herrera, Roberto Carlos-Basketball….1999…Puerto Rico

45. Herrera, Ruperto-Basketball…1994…Canada

46. Hurtado, Diobelys-Boxing…1995…United States

47. Ibañez, Ciro-Weightlifting…1986….United States

48. Juncosa, Abel-Shooting….1999….Canada

49. Lapera, Ulises-Field Hockey…1999…Canadá

50. León Tamayo, Charles-Gymnastics…2003…United States

51. Marshall, Leonel-Volleyball…2001…Belgium

52. Martinez, Juan Carlos-Water Polo…1993…United States

53. Martinez, Rey-Soccer…2002…United States

54. Matienzo, Richard-Basketball….1994…Canada

55. Miranda, Arturo-Diving…1995…Canada

56. Montalvo, Niurka-Track and Field…1997…Greece

57. Muñoz, Daimara-Swimming…1998…Puerto Rico

58. Nuñez, Jesús-Cycling…1998…Venezuela

59. Nunez, Vladimir-Baseball…1995…Venezuela

60. Ortega, William-Baseball…1996…México.

61. Perez, Angel-Kayak…1993…United States

62. Perez, José-Track and Field…1997…Puerto Rico

63. Piedra, Armando-Water Polo…1995…United States

64. Pino, Héctor-Basketball…1999…Puerto Rico

65. Ramírez, Rio-Diving…1993…Puerto Rico

66. Rodriguez, Heriberto-Cycling…1998…Venezuela

67. Rodriguez Osorio, Gunther-Swimming…2003…Puerto Rico

68. Romero Mayeta, Laseer-Volleyball…2001…Bélgica

69. Rosales, Nubis-Swimming…1998…Puerto Rico

70. Salas, Maikel-Volleyball…2004…Puerto Rico

71. Sánchez, Alex-Baseball…1994…By boat

72. Sánchez, Alexis-Track and Field…1998….Puerto Rico

73. Toca, Jorge Luis-Baseball…1998…By boat

74. Trevejo, Iván-Fencing…2002…Portugal

75. Urrutia, Roberto-Weightlifting….1980….Mexico

76. Valdés, Tatiana-Kayak…1994…United States

77. Vázquez, Juan-Basketball….1999….Canada

78. Wilson, Jesús-Wrestling…1994…United States

79. Zayas, Daniel-Weightlifting…1987…United States

REFERENCES

-Alfonso Jorge. “Cuba en los Juegos”, Bohemia, La Habana, 26 de julio de 1991

-Baxter Kevin. “Contreras to learn money changes everything”, Miami Herald, Miami, 5 January 2003

-El equipo cubano de voleibol sufre su novena fuga de jugadores en el extranjero, en

-Enciclopedia de los Comités Olímpicos Nacionales Tomo-3. Comité Olímpico Internacional,Lausana, junio de 1980

-EE.UU : tercer atleta de Cuba deserta en campeonato de gimnasia, 25 de agosto de 2003, en-Fernández Mario. “El pariente pobre”, Suplemento Deportivo Deportetotal Diario El Comercio, Lima, 31 de mayo de 2004

-Fernández Urbano. “Deporte : Las pesas hacia Moscú”, Cuba Internacional, La Habana, mayo de 1980

-Lidz, Franz. “After the fall”, Sports Illustrated, New York, 15-22 july 2002

-García Anne-Marie. “La frustración de Yamilé Aldama”, Granma Internacional, La Habana, 20 de febrero de 2000

………………… “Iván Trevejo recuerda a los Mártires de Barbados”, Granma Internacional, La Habana, 3 de diciembre de 2000

Montesinos, Enrique. “La batalla por reparar la infamia contra los atletas cubanos no ha terminado”, Granma, La Habana, 24 de octubre de 1999

-The Competition Results Volume III : The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Atlanta , 19997

-The Official Results of the 1984 Olympic Games Olympic Record, Olympic Committee, Pasadena, 1984

-Valle Manuel. “Taimi Chappé Valladares : espada de victorias”, en El Deporte Derecho del Pueblo, La Habana, 11 de diciembre de 1991

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Gordon Brown’s Public Image

Posted on September 6, 2008 by idshunt
Joanna Steele-Perkins asked:




 

Whether or not you are interested in politics, I am sure you cannot have avoided seeing pictures of  Gordon Brown in every newspaper.  In all the recent photographs , he looks exhausted and down trodden.

  This is hardly surprising. Key Politicians from his party have resigned publicly and Gordon has been left picking up the pieces. This combined with disastrous results from the recent local elections, is enough to send any politician to the depths of despair. But Gordon is a fighter and not a quitter, so on he goes.

 I cannot profess to be politically minded, so I am not in a position to offer Gordon advice on this level, however I feel I could offer him advice on how look more positive and less tired, just by careful choice of the colours he chooses to wear. Gordon Brown has dark eyes and grey hair so would be classed as having “cool” colouring. This means he needs to wear colours that have a “blue” undertone. Colours with a yellow hue will make him look sallow and tired.

Recently I have seen him wearing a purple tie, which is along the right lines but worn in the wrong situation. The tie did have a “blue” undertone complimented his white shirt and grey suit, but he was wearing this subtle combination at a time when he was trying to assert his leadership. Strong, contrasting colours send a message of authority and leadership.

If Gordon had worn a red tie with a crisp white shirt and dark charcoal suit, he would have looked stronger. The tie would need to be a blue-red, but still a strong, clear red, which would have doubled as representation of Labour Red.

 Wearing colours that suit your skin tone, hair colour and eyes can make all the difference to how well you can look. You may be “dead on your feet” but by wearing a colour that flatters you, you can look as fresh as a daisy. Conversely, even if you have just come back from holiday and had 10 hours sleep, you can still look like you have partied all night, if you wear a colour that isn’t right for you. Anyone can use colour to convey a message of health and control over their life, even if they don’t feel that way inside.

If you wear colours that suit you and then choose them carefully for the situation you will find yourself in, you can not only look your best, but also convey the message you want and make others see you in the capacity in which  you wish to be seen.

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What Do Navy Seals Do When They Retire?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by idshunt
James Kara Murat asked:




 

The U.S. Navy SEALs, or the United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land Forces, are the U.S. Navy’s elite Special Operations Forces. They conduct clandestine operations from the sea, air, and land. Navy SEALs are considered silent professionals who have acquired razor-sharp precision and are known to possess unbending standards coupled with uncompromising loyalty and sense of teamwork. Counterterrorism operations, direct action operations, unconventional warfare, and special reconnaissance are just a few of the missions included in their career as Navy SEALs.

Navy SEALs are subjected to training in a wide diversity of environments and on a great variety of fields. Each setting and mission requires them to employ special procedures, tactics, and techniques. Physically, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, the Navy SEALs are molded to face any task thrown at them on a mission. Hence, even after their Navy SEALs careers, they easily adapt to the civilian world of employment. The following are the most common jobs that ex-Navy SEALs men are known to be employed at:

o Business and Business Administration — Ex-Navy SEALs make good financial administrators, human resources specialists, security administrators, social science specialists and the like. Aside from being capable of running their own businesses, ex-Navy SEALs are able to administer, supervise, monitor, and perform professional management services vital in an organization’s operation, something they have learned to do in the Navy.

o Health Care — From physicians to dentists, health scientist to health system administrator, physical therapist to occupational therapist, ex-Navy SEALs do not find it hard to get employment within these areas. Ex-Navy SEALs find it easy to be driven by the goal of providing high standards when it comes to medical care. Like their Navy SEALs training, they find it motivating and challenging to answer the needs of patients with various medical problems requiring medical management and creativity.

o Architecture/Engineering/Technical Support — From civil, electrical, to environmental engineering jobs, architectural jobs, and other technical support jobs, ex-Navy SEALs are able to show excellence in this area that requires the application of general knowledge of mathematics and physical science. These kind of jobs may entail planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining structures and facilities that may be use for shelter, transportation, and so on and so forth.

o Trades and Specialized Skilled Occupations — This category can include various occupations like fire protection and prevention specialist, maintenance mechanic, rehabilitation specialist, chef, electrician, and a whole lot more. These jobs require professional knowledge and abilities for full performance, something that ex-Navy SEALs have been equipped with during their training and in their navy career.

Whatever the job title, every position that ex-Navy SEALs seek after their navy career speaks of compassion, energy, and commitment. And like their SEALs career, they find these jobs professionally rewarding and emotionally satisfying.

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