Swimmer trapped by "Beach Balls"

In Croatia Mario Visnjic went for a skinny dip off Valalta beach. The sea water was so cold that it shriveled up his testicles. Mario got out of the water and went straight to his deck chair where his testes slipped through the two slats of wood. As he sat there relaxaing, the warm sun expanded his stuff back to normal size. He then found himself stuck in the deck chair. Mario had to call beach maintenance on his cell phone in order to get freed from the chair. The maintenance crew had to cut the deck chair in half in order to free Mario.

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FEAR FACTOR:
This is a rediculous lawsuit that made the news for oddity. In 2005 Austin Aitken sued NBC for $2.5 million. He said that watching an episode of Fear Factor caused him suffering, injury and great pain. He claimed that watching the contestants eat rats made him light headed and dizzy which made him throw up. He also said that becuase he was disoriented, he ran into a doorway. Obviously the Judge threw the case out. After the lawsuit, austin said he has seen Fear Factor many times but eating rats went too far. He said he sued to send a message to NBC and other networks about their programming. what a fool

Diversity Article Summary

Since my last article was about how diversity is positive in schools and work places, the article i chose to do now is about how diversity management can be bad for you. People say that diversity management is the new way to deal with discrimination in the workplace. Many corporations are looking into getting more diverse management however, diverse management can be a means of evading hard choices about equality and justice at work. For real though. :)

Song Analysis

Song: Hurricane
Artist: Bob Dylan
Genre: Folk
Time period/year of release: 1966
What is the issue being addressed by the song? In 1966 A black man named Rubin Carter was convicted twice for the Murder of three people in a bar. After serving 20 years of 3 life sentences he was later released because of an appeal that said that the motive that was presented was discriminatory. Bob Dylans song gave Rubin Carter 2 more trials, and you could say Rubin is out of jail because of Bob Dylan
What is the song artist’s point of view or opinion? Bob Dylan protests the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The song put together alleged acts of racism and profiling against Rubin Carter. Dylan believes it was a false trial and conviction.All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
Cite song lyrics (or music video images) to support and fully develop the artist’s perspective.All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy ni***r.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.
Here's the story of the Hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin' that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world
What are contextual factors surrounding the writing of this song? (Were there any major social events taking place around the time of the song’s writing? Examples: war, oppression, economic crisis, social liberty success or struggle.)
This song was written right around the Civil Rights Movement. It was just 3 years after Martin Luther King JR's speech in D.C.
links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_(song)
Back up the artist: Bob Dylan had to rewrite his song, Hurricane, with altered lyrics because in the first song he references two men in robbing bodies, and it could have resulted in a law suit. However, Dylan's song helped federal judges realize that the based on racism rather than reason and concealment rather than disclosure, which set aside Carter's conviction.
Peoples Reaction: There is no general reaction in America over this. It is mainly 2 sided. America was still pretty racist down in the south and some just wanted as many black people locked away as they could get, others were disgusted by the discrimination. Bob Dylan being one of them. With Bob Dylan drawing all the attention with his song, the focus was taken off of other stars protesting, like Mohammad Ali.
Aftermath: Up until 2005, Carter was the executive director of the Association in Defense Against the Wrongly Convicted. In court rooms now we are seeing a more diverse Jury. At the time, Carter's was all white.

Diversity Article

I read an article about diversity's positive impact in the workplace. Researchers have learned that diversity in a workplace can enhance creativity and group problem solving skills. Overall diverse groups perform better than those with more similarities.
I think N.U is a great school to go to because of its diversity. When a lot of people get their first jobs they can't handle the diversity and don't know how to act or treat people who aren't similar to them. Growing up with diversity all around us at N.U. has a very positive impact

Fort Hood

1. What are your thoughts, feelings, etc, as you read these articles?
I thought it was kind of ironic that the man who went on a psychotic massacre was a psychiatrist. What also amazes me is the amount of fatalities after massacres. I would think they would be much higher. I man has a gun while other people are helpless and he only manages to kill a handful of them.
2. What role do you think terrorism played in this massacre, if any? Why? Do you think that there was a terrorist organization behind the shooting?
3. What role did racism or religious persecution play in this incident? Why?
I'm going to answers this question as one. Maybe it was a coincidence that the man who went on a massacre was of middle eastern decent, because he was born and raised in America. But its also possible that his race and religion had everything to do with it, that's what everyone seems to believe.
4. Do you think a lot of Muslim Americans have the same feelings as this man? Why or why not?
Well i assume almost all of them do. But with this man being born and raised in America i would think that he would develop a liking for American people and not want to shoot them!
5. What do you think the military could have done to prevent this from happening? Why do you believe this? Were there signs that this man had the potential to do something like this? What were they?
I dont think there was much the military could do! After all the man was a psychiatrist. You have to be some what out of your damn mind to kill someone!! i think he was just a crazy head to begin with.
6. Talk about the leadership of Kimberly Munley (the woman who stopped the shooter). What did she do? How would you have reacted in the same situation?
What Kimbo did was really brave! She put her life in jeopardy to do a heroic thing. It's hard to says what i would have done if you put me in the middle of the massacre but i hope i would act as bravely as she did!
7. What does this incident say about race relations in America?
For me I've always wondered why people get mad over racial comments because i never do. If an Asian came up to me and said, whats up civil war? i would be like, tremendous knowledge of history my friend. Or if a black man said, hey white boy go eat some corn. I will say, great suggestion, i am in the mood for some corn after all.

2nd Leadership Article

This leadership article i read was called, Self Confidence - The 4 Power Secrets. The article tells you 4 reasons why people might lack self confidence, then it shares what to do about those 4 things to gain confidence. The article said the 4 reasons we lack confidence are, we are hard on ourselves, we are negative, we focus on what we can not do, and we hate our body. As a whole, i believe the article is saying that you need to love yourself, and be positive and accepting in order to gain self confidence.

The article covers confidence in the category leadership. It is teacher you how to become a better leader by gaining more self confidence. I would say the article could be directed towards all ages. It isn't just children who are hard on themselves and hate their body. Both children and adults can think negative about themselves. Personally i try to stay positive but the big one for me would be focusing on what i can't do. I, like many people, prefer things going perfect and doing things perfect, but many times that is demanding too much which leads to you being hard on yourself. This is an important article about leadership because it goes back to the basics and teachers you how to become a better leader.

I think the 4 "power secrets" are absolutely true and are very common. It is much easier said than done though. They are kinda of common sense and i'm sure people have recognized that they are negative and hate their body but they need to learn how. The explanations of how, in this article are a little broad. People need to learn how to stop being negative but all the article says is, just be positive and you will no longer be negative.