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The United States of Charlie Sheen
Forgive me, but I'd like to ask you a possibly colossally stupid question. Is Charlie Sheen — in addition to being a boorish actor — an apt metaphor for the American economy? Now, don't freak out. Let's talk this through. From an economic perspective, Charlie's just a vehicle to sell ads, ads mostly for mass-produced […]
Umair Haque
Forgive me, but I'd like to ask you a possibly colossally stupid question. Is Charlie Sheen — in addition to being a boorish actor — an apt metaphor for the American economy?
Now, don't freak out. Let's talk this through. From an economic perspective, Charlie's just a vehicle to sell ads, ads mostly for mass-produced stuff, whose ultimate result seems to be to get people to buy stuff they don't need with money they don't have, which itself fuels a vicious cycle of inequality, greed, desperation, and cynicism. And for that, his reward was a cool $1.25 million every episode. But is predictably lowest-common-denominator titillation an activity that's really worth hundreds of millions to society — especially when people, towns, cities, and the entire country are struggling to make ends meet? And if it is, given the fact that "Two and a Half Men" isn't exactly the Mona Lisa, can such a society said to be capable of "valuing" stuff in any reasonably meaningful sense of the word — or is it inherently incapable of investing in that which endures, matters, and multiplies? As @Chris23 elegantly summed it up in response to my tweet: "America & Sheen: Bingeing without remorse, and productizing its own self-destruction."
But let's look, now, at the other side of the argument. Taking potshots at the decline of the West is the new black for pundits and professors, talking heads and rock stars. Doomsayers have been glumly, dismally predicting America's decline for decades. And isn't Charlie Sheen not just a sex symbol, but what you might call a success symbol — as he'll be the first to tell you, in the terms of the modern American dream, he's WINNING. Who wouldn't want a trove of beautiful women on speed dial, designer drugs stashed in every seven-star hotel from here to outer Mongolia, and several million bucks a month for doing, well, not a whole lot?
Call me hopelessly idealistic, but here's a short list: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Michelangelo Buonnaroti, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. It's not that they weren't without the their very human shortcomings and imperfections — but rather, that they dreamed bigger and aimed higher: at building the most noble and just nation the world had ever seen, at emancipating the enslaved, creating the greatest art the world had ever known, and at redrawing the boundaries of liberty, to name just a handful things that might matter just a wee bit more than WINNING the nakedly aggressive, hypermaterialistically myopic, tigerblood-drunk economic game we're stuck in now. And there are plenty of unsung people who, like those well-known luminaries, choose a more meaningful path every day. Someone who decides to become a pastor, a nurse, a social entrepreneur, or a teacher isn't doing it to WIN — but to matter.
In fact, on reflection, it would seem that even Charlie Sheen is not the highest apex of human accomplishment. On the contrary: Charlie Sheen is the tired face of the American dream, in ways that we don't often enough have the backbone, wisdom, or grace to (want to) admit, starting with a hilariously bankrupt definition of "success."
What's wrong with this stunted definition? It's simply, simplistically about zero-sum, near-term WINNING — in a way that chronically, systemically undervalues the future, nature, other people, society, and even our own selves.
Let me put those stark economics in naked human terms. One of my intellectual heroes, the great psychologist Erich Fromm, after a lifetime spent contemplating the essence of a meaningful life, concluded: "Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." We might not want to admit it, given a fist-pumping, back-slapping culture of sweat-drippingly competitive conspicuous hyperconsumption, but deep down, I'd bet we all know it: Fromm hit the nail on the head, and speaks to a deeper void in our collective soul.
Rebooting prosperity might require a deep, fundamental, enduring reset of the rates at which we value the future, nature, society, one another, and our own selves. It might mean turning our backs not just on yesterday's self-destructive habits, but on refusing to wantonly, lazily wallow in those self-destructive habits — and doing stuff, for a change, that matters.
Maybe it's time to stop starring in the sitcom of our own self-destruction. Maybe it's time to rewrite the script, instead of mutely playing out tired, toxic parts bereft of human meaning.
We might just have to turn off the laughtrack and get serious about not just WINNING the future (sorry, Barack Obama) but about reclaiming our humanity. The only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence isn't denominated in dollars and cents — but as a brave few have always known, in the flourishing of infinitely vulnerable, endlessly powerful human potential.
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Umair Haque is Director of Havas Media Labs and author of Betterness: Economics for Humans and The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. He is ranked one of the world's most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. Follow him on twitter @umairh.


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Lobster fisher's pro-Trump speech sets off political spat
by: PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press
Posted: Aug 25, 2020 / 09:24 PM GMT-0500 / Updated: Aug 25, 2020 / 09:24 PM GMT-0500
FILE – In this March 13, 2020, file photo, lobsters await shipping at a wholesale distributer in Arundel, Maine. The United States and the European Union have announced a modest agreement to cut tariffs on less than $300 million worth of annual trade between them. The EU will drop import taxes on U.S. lobsters for the next five years and will work to make the move permanent. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine lobster fisher spoke in favor of President Donald Trump's trade policies during the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, earning a rebuke from the state's Democratic party, which faults Trump for hurting the industry.
Swan Island lobster harvester Jason Joyce said he was skeptical of Trump in 2016 and didn't support him then, but has since come around because of the president's trade deals. He referenced last week's announcement that the European Union agreed to drop its 8% tariff on U.S. lobsters for the next five years. The EU has also agreed to work to make the move permanent.
Joyce also said he approves of Trump's June move to reopen the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, off the New England coast, to commercial fishing.
"As long as Trump is president, fishing families like mine will have a voice," Joyce said.
Maine Democrats said before Joyce's speech on Tuesday that Trump has done more to hurt the lobster fishery than aid it. Trump's trade hostilities with China have taken a valuable market away from the U.S. lobster industry, Maine Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Marra said.
"Trump's failed trade war with China upended Maine's vital lobster industry and turned hardworking lobstermen and women into collateral damage," Marra said. "He promised us better trade deals, but instead he instead got played by China, and Maine workers got the bill."
Maine is the center of the U.S. lobster industry, and the business is central to the state's economy, tourism and culture. Lobster fishers have had several strong years at Maine's docks. They have topped 100 million pounds (45,360,000 kilograms) of lobster for nine years in a row after never previously reaching that mark, according to state records that go back to 1880.
But the industry faces numerous challenges, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the seafood business, the trade fight with China, a stubborn bait shortage and new protections designed to reduce risk to endangered whales.

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Restrictions on liquor license categories: Excise Department awaits clarification
June 12, 2021 by Maheesha Mudugamuwa No Comments
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Safe and Secure Level One hotels permitted sale to in-house foreigners
By Maheesha Mudugamuwa
The Excise Department is awaiting an official clarification from the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of the Covid-19 Outbreak Task Force committee in order to continue the restrictions presently imposed on various categories of liquor licenses issued by the Department which are presently kept closed in view of the prevailing travel restrictions imposed in the country, The Sunday Morning learnt.
The Department informed that it is waiting for an official clarification on the names of the liquor licenses that should be kept closed during the period of travel restrictions.
Deputy Excise Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe told The Sunday Morning that the terms used by the Department regarding liquor license specifications, were not the terms referred to by the said Covid-19 decision making committee, and that therefore, it is not clear as to which licenses should remain closed.
"Therefore, we are waiting for an official clarification," he added.
According to Kumarasinghe, liquor licenses of 82 safe and secure Level One hotels are in operation at present and these hotels can only serve liquor to in-house foreigners. These hotels that engage in tourism and quarantining facilities, as approved by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), were given permission to sell liquor only to foreigners for in-house use, he explained.
Other than that, all other licenses are currently restricted, and once the clarification that has been sought is given, the Department will take necessary action, he added.
Meanwhile, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Buddhika Pathirana alleged in Parliament last week that the Finance Ministry was attempting to issue five new liquor manufacturing licenses.
He alleged that attempts are being made by the Ministry headed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also the Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister, to increase its revenue.
However, the Finance Ministry has denied the allegations.
When queried about the same, Kumarasinghe also denied the allegations, saying that as per their knowledge, there were no such plans at present.
Children's kinetic skills programme held at Torrington Grounds
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A kinetic skills program by the Department of Sports Development was conducted on the occasion of the World Children's Day which falls tomorrow. The program began this morning at the Torrington Ground
Boossa Prison inmates stage a hunger strike
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A group of inmates held at the Boossa Prison in Galle has launched a hunger strike this last morning (10).


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Phoenix1 and Team SoloMid triumph in the League of Legends spring playoffs
By Cassandra Marshall 2017-04-26T11:32:27.115Z
If you didn't tune in for the third place match, you missed out.
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Cloud9, Team SoloMid, FlyQuest, and Phoenix1 all flew out to Vancouver, Canada to fight for glory in the final stages of the League of Legends playoffs. Each team had ups and downs throughout the spring split, and despite the perception that spring is just a warmup for the summer split, there was still a lot on the line.
Cloud9 and TSM were fighting for the championship, and the honor that comes with it: both teams have been to the finals in the past multiple times, and have faced off against each other six times now. Both teams have been the best in North America at one point in their career, and both teams badly wanted that title back. Beyond the bragging rights and validation, the winner of the spring split also earns the right to represent North America on the international stage in Brazil. Meanwhile, FlyQuest and Phoenix1 are both young organizations who had faced struggles throughout the split. Earning third scores the winner a generous amount of championship points, which can take a team to Worlds. The dust has cleared, the winners have been crowned, and we've learned some important lessons from the final days of 2017's spring split.
Third place slugfest
The third place match only drew about five thousand fans to the Pacific Coliseum: large sections of seats were empty. Neither FlyQuest nor Phoenix1 have the appeal and draw of Team SoloMid and Cloud9. They're both young organizations. Phoenix1 entered the LCS in the summer of 2016, and went through an incredibly rough first split where they lost their first nine games. Like their namesake, they rose from the ashes and fought out a won against the (at the time) undefeated Team SoloMid. That performance, led by their jungler Inori, was what turned Phoenix1 from a joke into an actual team that demanded respect. They escaped relegations, rebuilt their roster, and headed into spring ready to fight for a top slot.
Unfortunately, they ran into problems along the way. There were conflicts within the organization, and their support Adrian left. Jungler Inori, the face of the organization, was replaced with Cloud9 legend Meteos. It wasn't until the very end of the split that the roster stabilized, with support Shady coming in on Week 9, just before playoffs. Inori returned to the roster, but spoke candidly about how it was tough to fill the shoes of Meteos. Even in Vancouver, when Meteos wasn't in the city, the crowd chanted his name.
Anyone who didn't show up was the poorer for it. Phoenix1 came roaring out of the gate against FlyQuest, taking a decisive game one. FlyQuest were a team that nearly didn't make playoffs; they were one loss away from being seventh place, and Immortals would have taken their place. Balls, Hai, and LemonNation were part of the old Cloud9, and fans have often criticized them, suggesting that they can't keep up with the new dynamos. This match was crucial to FlyQuest. They had the chance to prove that they were still contenders, that they weren't holding new jungler and ADC Moon and Altec back...
Then, of course, there's the business side of things. FlyQuest needs sponsors, they need to grow roots as an organization. While they have an affluent owner, that doesn't mean much in terms of actually remaining sustainable in today's LCS ecosystem. A third place finish in their first split, without that infrastructure, would have made a statement.
FlyQuest battled back in games 2 and 3, playing a slow and confident game. Like a glacier, they advanced forward, pushing Phoenix1 back and choking out their advances on the map. The teams traded back Kog'Maw and Ivern as priority picks, testing each others weaknesses in picks and bans.
Just when Phoenix1 looked shattered, they rallied. Inori, draped in the flag of his home province, pulled off a dominant 6-2-7 performance on Elise. Phoenix1 eventually took the series, and the third place finish. From a bottom of the barrel team to making third in a turbulent split, Phoenix1 proved that they are an org that has what it takes to overcome adversity and stick around in the LCS.
Winner takes all
The arena was packed for Team SoloMid up against Cloud9, but the first two games were... disappointing. Cloud9 rolled over and showed their belly for the first two games. They were both over in fifty minutes, and everyone was puzzled. What happened to the Cloud9 of the spring split? Where had they gone?
Maybe they were trying to intentionally trigger that reverse sweep magic, or maybe they just needed a couple of games to rally, because Cloud9 came back alive in game 3. Game 3 lasted as long as the first two games combined, coming in at just over forty seven minutes. Cloud9, led by Contractz and Sneaky, scraped out a win. Rolling off that momentum, they took TSM out in a clean game 4.
The stadium came alive. This was the series we had all been hoping to see. Game five was a forty two minute, edge of your seat match that swung back and forth between Cloud 9 and TSM, with both teams coming out ahead before falling behind due to a lucky teamfight or clutch maneuver. Finally, TSM made the dangerous choice to contest an Elder Dragon, Cloud9 engaged, and TSM turned and mopped them up.
Team SoloMid took the entire split, and are now heading to MSI to represent North America. They'll have to prepare to face a higher tier of competition... including SKT T1, who are looking their strongest yet after taking the LCK championship from KT in a 3-0 match. While they may struggle internationally, at least they gave us in North America one hell of a show before heading off to Brazil. After Worlds, some NA fans questioned whether they'd be tuning in and getting involved in the LCS once again. The answer seems to be yes—as long as the games are this entertaining.


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Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape from courtroom indicted by feds
By World Tribune on April 28, 2019
by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019
A Massachusetts judge and a courtroom officer were charged by the federal government with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant sneak out the courtroom's back door as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waited at the front door to detain the immigrant.
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District Court Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and Trial Court Officer Wesley MacGregor were indicted on charges of "conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of a federal proceeding – aiding and abetting provide for sentences of no greater than 20 and five years in prison, respectively; five and three years of supervised release, respectively; and a fine of $250,000," said a press statement from the Department of Justice.
The incident occurred at the Newton courthouse in April 2018. Authorities say an ICE agent was at the courthouse to detain the illegal immigrant, a Dominican who had twice been deported and had been barred from entering the U.S. until 2027.
In February 2017, the Newton City Council voted to declare their jurisdiction a sanctuary city.
The DOJ's statement detailed the April 2018 incident:
"The ICE Officer announced his presence to Courthouse personnel, including Joseph, upon arrival. Prior to the afternoon session, the courtroom clerk – at Joseph's direction – allegedly instructed the ICE Officer to leave the courtroom and wait outside in the lobby, stating that in the event that the defendant was released, it would be through the courtroom and into the lobby.
"At 2:48 p.m. the case was called and the proceedings were captured on the courtroom's audio recorder, as prescribed under the rules for all State District Courts. The audio recording captured Joseph, the defense attorney and the ADA speaking at side bar about the defendant and the ICE detainer. Joseph then allegedly ordered the courtroom clerk to 'go off the record for a moment.' For the next 52 seconds, the courtroom audio recorder was turned off, in violation of the District Court rules. At 2:51 p.m., the recorder was turned back on, and Joseph indicated her intent to release the defendant. According to the charging documents, the defense attorney asked to speak with the defendant downstairs and Joseph responded, 'That's fine. Of course.' When reminded by the clerk that an ICE Officer was in the courthouse, Joseph stated, 'That's fine. I'm not gonna allow them to come in here. But he's been released on this.' Immediately following the proceeding, MacGregor allegedly escorted the defendant, his attorney and an interpreter downstairs to the lockup and used his security access card to open the rear sally-port exit and release the defendant at 3:01 p.m."
The illegal immigrant was caught by immigration officials about a month later and is now in immigration proceedings, authorities say.
Joseph, who was appointed as a District Court judge in 2017, has been suspended without pay, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said.
The arrest of the judge "is a hard-nosed move by President Donald Trump against sanctuary cities and states," Breitbart's Neil Munro wrote. "These anti-enforcement jurisdictions are proliferating as progressives and business interests ally to protect their supply of cheap labor, which helps to minimize wage increases in Trump's Hire American economy."
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De Jong issues plea to ex-teammate De Ligt De Ligt would certainly improve United's leaky defence but there are serious question marks over whether he would be convinced to join.
Australia vs South Africa scorecard The Kiwis desperately need Martin Guptill to find some form, while Tom Latham owes them a score after a poor tournament. Australia began to lose wickets in a hurry after Carey's dismissal and they were eventually bowled out for 315.
Greek conservatives take strong lead in exit poll He also cemented a deal with neighboring North Macedonia under which that country changed its name from plain "Macedonia". He had toppled New Democracy from power by campaigning against the austerity policies that had affected Greeks for years.
Competition watchdog to examine Amazon-Deliveroo deal Deliveroo noted that it was competing with a number of major companies in the sector and that the investment would help to create jobs and restaurants to expand.
Nick Kyrgios 'wanted to hit' Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon Nadal acknowledged Kyrgios' antics but said he didn't want to comment on them. "The umpire today was horrendous", added Kyrgios . This time the ball went in, nearly hit me, no problem. "On big points he played well, he was on fire with his forehand".
AMD fires back at 'Gargantuan' NVIDIA with Radeon RX 5700 tag cuts AMD has reduced the prices of its Navi-based Radeon 5700 lineup of GPUs that are scheduled to launch on 7 July. Soon, the cards will enter their testing phase, so we will know more about their updates and how they perform.
Hiring Rebounds In June As Employers Add 224000 Jobs Hiring has cooled from an average of 223,000 jobs per month in 2018, in part as the economy runs out of workers. The professional and business services sector was the biggest contributor to employment, adding 51,000.
Congress-JD(S) internal feud responsible for crisis in Karnataka: BJP Congress government plunged into a crisis on Saturday with 13 MLAs of the alliance submitting their resignation to the Speaker. Cutting his visit short, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy will be flying back to India from the USA on Sunday evening.
Stranger Things' Maya Hawke Has Two Very Famous Parents! You may recognise Maya from her starring role in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women , in which she played Jo March. It has been reported that her co-workers have been crushing on her, which gives birth to a show within the show.
Dogecoin Surges 37% on Binance Listing, Major Moves for Altcoins It implies that the DOGE can also be utilized for P2P payments, conversion, trading, and mining just like Bitcoin. The CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao emphasized on the reasons behind the decision to add Dogecoin to his platform.
First Teaser For Disney's Live-Action Adaptation Of 'Mulan' Released Liu Yifei stars as Mulan , the young Chinese woman who masquerades as a man so she can join the army in her father's place. Disney unveiled its new trailer for their live action Mulan remake during the Women's World Cup on Sunday (July 7).
Mercedes Partners With BMW on Autonomous Driving Technology Daimler AG is now working series development projects not only for specific Level 3 but also for Level 4 and 5 vehicles as well. Some 1,200 technicians from the two German auto giants will team up in a bid to develop self-driving technology.
"Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) Lands with an 8" display On the inside, Samsung included a 2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 processor, only 2GB RAM , and 32GB expandable storage. In addition, this tab also gives you the Family Share feature. who can share schedules, notes, photos, and reminders.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation no more? Biden says Trump will lead to the organization's implosion Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida, on June 27, 2019.
Meghan Markle makes surprise appearance at Wimbledon to support friend Serena Williams The dream mixed-doubles partnership of Serena Williams and Andy Murray didn't disappoint in their long awaited Wimbledon debut. It was a repeat of last year's semi-final, which Williams also won before losing to Angelique Kerber in the final.
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Buhari in Niamey signs agreement establishing AfCFTA
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The agreement was given a boost when the presidents of Nigeria and Benin signed on to rapturous applause on Sunday morning at the two-day summit in Niger's capital Niamey.
It is hoped that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) - the largest since the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1994 - will help unlock Africa's long-stymied economic potential by boosting intra-regional trade, strengthening supply chains and spreading expertise.
The presidency said that since its adoption, the AfCFTA had been signed by 52 countries, with 24 ratifications, thus ensuring its entry into force after it surpassed the threshold of 22 ratifications by AU member states.
President Mnangagwa will join fellow Heads of State and Government here for the Extraordinary African Union Summit which starts today.
The AfCFTA will remove barriers and tariffs and open up trade in Africa for the continent's more than 1.2 billion people.
The deal was given a boost when Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and largest economy, announced this week it would join the pact in Niamey, after having unexpectedly pulled back from the agreement a year ago.
He posted photos of the president signing the agreement.
Sudan's protesters claim victory after power-sharing deal with military council
The protest alliance says it is now in charge of appointing the new prime minister and a transitional government of technocrats. At least 136 people have been killed since June 3, according to doctors close to the protest movement.
This comes three days after the Nigerian presidency announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the agreement.
"The participation of Zimbabwe would mean opening up to 29 additional countries, mainly from Central Africa, West Africa and North Africa which provides an enlarged market access for the country's exports", he said.
"An old dream is coming true, the founding fathers must be proud", said Faki, adding that AfCFTA would create "the greatest trading area in the world".
"I am determined to do whatever I can to guarantee the smooth take-off of the Secretariat, and help make sure that it turns out to be a world-class institution, which will become the pride and joy of all Africans", he said.
"What is important to us in the OPS is the need to immediately log into the initiative", he said.
The Niamey Summit will be one of the most attended AU Summit by Heads of State and other personalities in recent time, he noted.
The summit also saw the launch of a digital payments system for the zone and instruments that will govern rules of origin and tariff concessions, as well as monitor and seek to eliminate non-tariff obstacles to trade, the African Union said.
The AfCFTA will create a single continental market for goods and services; enhance free movement of business persons and investments; enhance competitiveness at the industry and enterprise level through exploiting opportunities for full-scale production.
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Mr. Ted Meisel is a Co-Founder and serves as Executive Chairman at WiserCare. He also is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman of the Finance Committee at AVIA. He also serves as Board Member at Transparent Partners. He serves as Advisor at Abundant Venture Partners and as Senior Advisor at NextEquity Partners. He served as Board Observer & Board Member at Business Talent Group. He brings to the firm extensive experience in the operations and strategy of digital media and advertising companies. He provides input to potential investments and was an active board member at Forbes Media and Marketshare Partners, where he worked with the management teams on strategic, operational, and organizational issues. He is the former CEO of Overture Services, the pioneer of search advertising. He joined the company in 1998 and led it to $1 billion in worldwide revenues by 2003, its fifth full year of operations - when Yahoo! acquired Overture for $1.8 billion. He stayed on as president of the newly-named Yahoo! Search Marketing division for two years, integrating with other Yahoo! units and leading it to continued and rapid revenue growth and an expanded worldwide footprint. Prior to Overture, he was an executive at CitySearch, now a division of IAC/Interactive Corp. CitySearch became the leading internet city guide, ultimately absorbing its main competitor, Microsoft's Sidewalk. His responsibilities at CitySearch included editorial, product management, product design, professional services, business development, and engineering. Before he became an internet executive, he spent eight years with the consulting firms of McKinsey & Company and Strategic Planning Associates (now Mercer Management Consulting) in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Singapore. He is the Chairman of WiserCare (shared decisionmaking for patients with a diagnosed condition), a board member of Tap11 (platform for marketers to leverage social media), and an advisor to FatTail (workflow and yield management platform for publishers). In addition to his business interests, he is Vice-Chairman of the board of Hope Street Group, a bipartisan group of business leaders and professionals devoted to changing socioeconomic policy so that we have a vibrant middle class as the century unfolds. HSG is especially active in reforming our education and health care systems. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Stanford Law School and lives in Los Angeles. He is also an Angel Investor. He served as Board Member at HealthFinch.
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Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
The Codes and Statutes of the State of California - Page 959
by California, Theodore Henry Hittell - 1876 - 1861 pages
The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California, Volume 1
California - Civil procedure - 1874
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The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Ohio: With the Subsequent ...
Ohio, George E. Seney - Civil procedure - 1874 - 872 pages
...revising court, to reverse or modify any part of the judgment. II. SEC. 35. WHO MAY BE MADE DEFENDANTS. Any person may be made a defendant, who has or claims...determination or settlement of the question involved therein. 1. Cestuu que trust are not necessary parties to a suit by the trustees. West v. Morris, 2 Disney,...
Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme ..., Volume 36
Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874
...the relief demanded, may be joined as plaintiffs, except where it is otherwise provided." § 2759. " Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims...controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a Fleming v. Merahon. necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved...
Code of Procedure of the State of New York: With Art. VI of the Constitution ...
New York (State) - Court rules - 1875 - 481 pages
...demanded, may he joined as plaintilfs, except as otherwise provided in this title. 1 11s. Any person may he made a defendant who has or claims an interest in...party to a complete determination or settlement of the qnestions invoived therein ; and in an action to recover the possession of real estate, the landlord...
Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa: From the ..., Volume 2
Thomas Foster Withrow, Edward Holcomb Stiles - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875
...negotiable instruments transferred In good faith and upon valuable consideration before due. SEC. 2761. Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims...the controversy adverse to the plaintiff ; or who is u necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question Involved in the action....
The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California: As Adopted in 1872 ...
California - Civil procedure - 1876 - 867 pages
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Remedies and Remedial Rights by the Civil Action, According to the Reformed ...
John Norton Pomeroy - Actions and defenses - 1876 - 844 pages
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...abolished all distinctions between actions at law and suits in equity, has declared that in all cases any person may be made a defendant, who has or claims...who is a necessary party to a complete determination and settlement of the questions involved, and has finally authorized a several judgment to be rendered...
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 15
Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876
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New York (State). Superior Court (New York), James Clark Spencer, Samuel Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876
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Unprecedented. A pandemic that has the government reeling in its ability to curb the coronavirus contagion through multi-level lockdown scenarios, whilst trying to keep its economic furnace burning to halt the longer-term meltdown that will be difficult to arrest. Society's attention and concerns are now turning away from the curve and more to the economic casualties, especially those exacerbated through irrational, inconsistent and somewhat draconian decisions by those in authority.
One gets a sense that President Cyril Ramaphosa has done reasonably well thus far, when it comes to rising to the multi-pronged pandemic challenge. However, it appears his inconsistent lieutenants are being ill-advised and letting us all down when it comes to pushing and pulling on the levers to barriers of social and economic activity.
The fact is that our economy was sliding into junk status before the coronavirus disease reached our shores, and we are now faced with rapidly rising job losses with some projecting unemployment will rise high above 40% before the end of winter. Our reality now is that every day that any segment of the economic engine room is impeded or halted, leads to job losses and business closures. This in turn affects every citizen of the country in some way or another.
Questions are now being asked about government's clarity and rational thinking in decisions that appear to raise unnecessary barriers to social and economic activity, especially where these appear to have negligible impact on containing the pandemic.
Judgment calls are indeed tough to make and casualties will be with us on both battlefronts (pandemic and economy), but it's not a question of tackling one or the other. It's about balance and the ability to preserve both lives and jobs that give livelihood and life in the long term.
MASSIVE STIMULUS BRINGS SHORT TERM RELIEF
Last week's announcement of a R500 billion stimulus package is to be welcomed. It will help to alleviate pressure on the poor and preserve some jobs in the small business and informal sector. But it borrows money from the future and, in doing so, the Treasury's purse is drying up. All the more need to preserve every job and future rand to circulate through the economy.
The reality is that massive injections offer only temporary respite, whilst increasing the incline of the mountain we need to scale. This will indeed require our government to govern differently, with a focus on the two main areas of economic policy adjustments that stimulate growth, and government activity that drastically and meaningfully reduces waste.
In both areas OUTA will work hard to influence and demand new ways to get us out of the hole. We most certainly need to see urgency in government leading the way when it comes to slicing their fat, whilst removing inefficiency and ineptitude throughout all levels of government. Without economic growth and drastic government cuts, most of the R500 billion stimulus will be a long-term noose around our collective necks.
Our Supporters can bank on the fact that OUTA will closely monitor the Covid-19 stimulus package and related spending. We will also put pressure on government at the highest level, holding it to account and demanding that it rises to the need for change in their leadership and spending conduct.
A positive spin-off we must take from this crisis is society's demand to "reboot" government's commitment to transparency and accountability, with meaningful actions to show this. But this won't happen on its own and civil society will have to lead the way in defining what it is we mean in our demands for government to act on its mandate to society. The days of lip service and the long delay in corrective conduct must end.
Thank you to all our Supporters for your ongoing contributions and continuous backing of the OUTA team's work. These are not the easiest of times, but we need your support more than ever as we continue our relentless effort to build a peaceful, prosperous and inclusive South Africa.
Dr Heinrich Volmink, Director of our Public Governance Division, who is a medical doctor and registered specialist on public health medicine, has taken a three-month sabbatical to join the frontline fight against Covid-19. Julius Kleynhans, OUTA's Operations Executive, will act for Heinrich over this period.


How do a people protect themselves against a government when that government is the only way to protect them?
(Ad-In) We heard recently that the Department of Justice will be investigating the unconstitutional actions of the IRS as they targeted and intimidated groups based on their political affiliation, business that is eerily similar to the political intimidation used by tyrants.
That's great and all, but wasn't Obama's Justice Department in charge of letting guns walk to Mexican drug cartels and ended up getting US Border Patrol agents killed? And wasn't the DOJ guilty of illegally stealing thousands of phone records from the Associated Press?
That's great the IRS corruption will be investigated, but I think the American people would feel a lot better if they were being investigated by a legitimate justice system instead of one that resembles more like a third-world dictatorship.
Perhaps an alternative is called for. Is there a third party that can litigate against the government that so obviously cannot litigate itself?
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Education, Guatemala, Sponsor a child, Unbound
April 7, 2018 Unbound Apr 7 2018
'I will fight for my dreams'
Transita smiles in welcome outside her home.
By Jordan Kimbrell, writer/editor
I recently had a conversation with my grandmother about dreams. We talked about how sometimes they evolve as we mature, or even fade away to be replaced by new ones. I once dreamed of becoming a professional actress (I even started out as a theater major), but anyone who had seen me as a child with my nose constantly in a book wouldn't be surprised to learn my dream had changed and I ended up as a writer/editor.
What is true of most dreams is that, for them to become reality, they require hard work. For me that meant going back to get my master's. Luckily, I received a teaching assistantship and had access to student loans to make my educational dreams a reality. But these resources aren't always available in places where Unbound works, and even with an Unbound sponsorship, once a student reaches upper levels of education the cost may be more than she can afford.
That was the reality Transita, 26, in Guatemala faced when she graduated high school in 2013. She's been sponsored since 2003, but the many expenses that go along with college were simply more than the sponsorship could help with.
"I graduated from high school in 2013, but I could not afford to follow my dreams of going to college," Transita said. "It was frustrating; I felt my dreams had ended."
Transita's parents work as day laborers in agriculture, and her father also grows his own corn and beans. In addition to supporting Transita, her parents also care for her younger brother and grandfather.
With the needs of the household to consider, Transita had to get creative to make her dreams come true.
"I really wanted to continue in college, so I thought of starting a tortilla business because this is something that I know how to do well," she said. "I learned to make tortillas when I was 11. My mother says I make great tortillas. My mother is a great role model; she is a hard working woman."
Transita (right) and her mother, Gilberta, make tortillas together.
A pile of dough is ready to be transformed into tortillas.
Transita started her business selling tortillas in 2014 with just the money she had in her pocket and a bit extra form her parents. She typically sells more than a $100 a week worth of tortillas, which helps not only pay for college, but also for other needs of her family.
"I give the money to my mother and she decides our priorities," Transita said. "But from that money she buys food and pays for tuitions and other education expenses."
By 2015, she was able to pay for her college enrollment. Transita is well on her way to achieving her dreams. She's now in her third year of college, pursing a degree in education.
"I study very hard to get excellent grades," Transita said. "It's a big challenge because I have to make and sell tortillas all day and then study hard at night.
"I dream of teaching, I believe it is my vocation. I don't claim I'll make a fortune in this field, but I do claim I'll become a richer human being. I hope I can teach young adults to become great professionals and great people. I hope to make many friends and transfer knowledge to others."
Transita doesn't shy away from hard work, and tells those younger than her how important it is.
"Grasp the opportunities that come before you," she said. "Don't be embarrassed of working; your triumphs will be much sweeter if you work for them."
As Transita works toward completing her college education, her dreams are evolving and growing.
"I dream of getting a doctor's degree in education," she said. "And maybe … maybe become a dean at a university or the education minister for my country. I know these are big dreams, but I will fight for my dreams."
Help support a dream. Sponsor today.
Jordan Kimbrell
Writer/Editor
Jordan joined the Unbound family in 2011, after completing her master's in English: Creative Writing from Kansas State University. Jordan is constantly inspired by the hope and creativity displayed by the sponsored members and their families and loves being able to share their stories with the rest of the world. Jordan lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her cats, Mina and Isabeau, and can often be found playing board games with friends.
2 thoughts on "'I will fight for my dreams'"
David A Pack says:
Is anyone assisting Transita with costs these days, 4/19? or did she graduate this year?
Unbound says:
Thank you for your question about Transita. Our records show that she has graduated and is no longer part of the Unbound program.
Thank you again for your question.
-Jordan Kimbrell, writer/editor


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Do actors say their lines word for word?
Originally Answered: Do actors speak thier lines word to word or they mix up thier own words ? Typically it's word for word or really close. That's mostly because other actors are listening for their cues, as are the crew.
How do you tell if you're good at acting?
20 Signs You Were Destined to Become an Actor
You watch a lot of movies.
You find performing to be fun.
You love studying.
You dream about it.
It's not all about the money.
You are inspiring.
You have a lot of viewers on your YouTube channel.
You are always concentrated.
Do uncredited actors get paid?
A famous actor is going to be a member of SAG, and will be paid at least scale for appearing in an uncredited part. Scale varies a lot from extras (background actors) to performers. While scale for an extra is $150/day a regular performer is around $900/day.
What are the words that actors say called?
Dialogue: The written words spoken by the actors/characters. Downstage: The front of the stage or the part closest to the audience.
What is the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th Wall?
The first wall is the one behind the actor, 2nd and 3rd walls are to the left and right of the actor, and the fourth wall is the wall in front. It's the set. Walls 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are the three sides of the set, and the 4th wall is the audience or camera. The walls behind and to both sides of the stage.
Why is it called 4th Wall?
The fourth wall is an imaginary wall that separates the story from the real world. This term comes from the theatre, where the three surrounding walls enclose the stage while an invisible "4th wall" is left out for the sake of the viewer. The 4th wall is the screen we're watching.
Do actors get paid for shows on Netflix?
Originally Answered: Do actors get paid for shows on Netflix? Actors get paid for time spent in filming, and they may also get paid "residuals" for shows that are shown later on Netflix or other streaming services. Generally, small roles and background actors are only paid for time spent during filming.
Who created the fourth wall?
Is it bad to break the fourth wall?
Breaking the fourth wall is an interesting way to get audiences to connect with characters. Whether if it's in a drama or comedy, when a character stops to address the audience, a connection is made. It pulls the audience into the film. It allows them to feel as if they're in on the drama, the action, and the hi-jinks.
What is the purpose of breaking the fourth wall?
The fourth wall is an imaginary barrier between a film or television show and the audience. It's what separates the real world from the fictional world. Breaking the fourth wall is when the characters acknowledge they are in a movie and interact directly with the audience.
Why does Deadpool break the fourth wall?
Besides his healing factor, Deadpool's most famous superpower is his ability to "break the fourth wall," which means he can interact with the audience and acknowledge the fact that he exists in a fictional universe.
What is the fourth wall concept?
: an imaginary wall (as at the opening of a modern stage proscenium) that keeps performers from recognizing or directly addressing their audience.
What is it called when a character breaks the fourth wall?
The method of breaking the fourth wall in literature is metafiction. Metafiction genre occurs when a character within a literary work acknowledges the reality that they are in fact a fictitious being.
Is being an actor stressful?
Acting is a serious job that involves a lot of hard work. Most actors are constantly faced with the stress of chasing roles because most jobs don't last that long. Actors must not only spend a lot of time honing their craft and improving their skills, they must also devote many hours to finding and attending auditions.
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At the National, I interviewed some of your favorite handlers in an effort to peel back the layers of the onion, and get to the heart of what makes them tick.
We had loads of fun and hope you enjoy it!
Patrick Shannahan, Faansie Basson, Laura Vishoot, Ron Burkey, Derek Fisher, Kristi Oikawa, Mike Neary, Wyatt Fleming, Bryan White, and Gordon Watt.


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The internet is full of courses you can take to help set you on the right path, and help you understand the lay of the land when it comes to self-publishing. All courses featured in this blog post are up-to-date and mirror the best practices in the self-publishing industry today.
No course is ever going to be perfect, but their is sure to be a course to suit your own particular need as a writer.
Check out the list of 6 best courses for writers, assembled to help you excel in the literary landscape.
Book coach Jennie Nash breaks down process of producing a book to benefit your business, provide you with knowledge and information, and show you how to become an expert in your chosen field.
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Writer and entrepreneur Patrick Doucette shows you how to create valuable content, along with a compelling book cover and description. Describing each step in detail, giving you the tools and resources to build your successful self-publishing business. Taking your writing career to the next level.
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I've created a very minimal flow that subscribes to an MQTT broker (mosquitto) with topic "readings" and stores whatever it receives into a file "readings.json".
The content of the file storage (the messages) is not really a valid JSON - every JSON message coming from the MQTT broker is just appended to the file, but I am trying to figure out how to import/export flows between different instances in an automatic way - without human interaction.
Then I open the web browser on <MY_LOCAL_IP>:1880 and check around in the dashboard, I am not able to find this job I would like to import.
Clicking on menu > Import > Library I get an empty list, but I was expecting to find my custom flow.
Is there a way to automatically import a flow from a JSON file? I am looking for something that does not require human interactions.
What should I do if I want to automatically deploy this automatically imported flow?
Also: various people on the internet claim they have automatically imported flows, but the screenshots they show and the procedure they describe look like it's referring an outdated version of Node-RED.
The editor provides an http API for administering your flows.
The /flows endpoint can be used to get/set the complete flown configuration - it's what the editor uses when you hit deploy.
The /flow endpoint can be used to manage individual flows (ie tabs in the editor). It uses a slightly different payload format, but it shouldnt be too hard to figure out.
Do I have to HTTP POST all the /flows at once or can I perform multiple calls one per each flow?
I am thinking at having a directory with multiple JSON files - each file with a meaningful name, looping via bash and submitting each JSON file content as a separate flow with a dedicated curl request.
Edit probably need to use PUT/POST /flow multiple times... I need to figure out if a flow ID is always required or if there is some sort of UPSERT/PATCH where someone could replace whatever is already there.
The flow I am trying to submit has been exported from the web UI, so I am assuming it is valid.
According to this: https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/post/flow/ it seems I need to wrap the exported content into this as the field nodes, is this the intended way? Should I manually remove all the fields id as they are replaced by Node-RED anyway?
Also in the reference doc there's this " Requires permission: flows.write", which I am assuming it's not relevant unless I start introducing authentication and all of that security stuff, right?
When wrapping the exported flow into the required structure with nodes, then the API was complaining about the first node in the list of type "type": "tab",. So I tweaked a bit the request making that "special node" as the label in the wrapper struct for nodes.
That worked, then when manually exporting the flow again from the web UI I found that "wrapper struct" to actually be a new "synthetic node" of type tab included as the first in the nodes array.
Is there a way to get all this stuff done automatically? Like some export option or something?
What's the purpose for that "configs": [ ] field in the wrapper?


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Two-Sector Model of General Equilibrium
Harry G. Johnson
This important book presents a theory of general equilibrium and was the first to present in condensed form the construction of the two-sector model, its applications to the theory of distribution and public finance for income redistribution, and its conversion into a growth model. It assembles a body of analysis that was previously available only in scattered journal articles and a few textbook chapters.
In the first of three chapters Johnson constructs the two-sector model, using only geometric tools, and establishes the basic relationships between commodity and factor prices and between production allocation and the distribution of income. He then discusses the determination of full general equilibrium and the possibility of multiple equilibrium. In a second chapter he examines the effects of various kinds of changes in the parameter of the system on the distribution of income. He also considers both changes in factor quantities and changes in technology, and the economics of various kinds of government policies for the redistribution of income, with special reference to the possibility of altering the distribution of income by trade union action and by minimum wage laws. Finally the author converts the two-sector model into a model of economic growth by converting one of the sectors into a capital-goods producing sector. He discusses questions such as the stability of equilibrium and the uniqueness of the steady-state growth path of the economy.
The book is rounded out with three appendixes: the basic mathematics of the one-sector growth model, the standard against which the analysis of the two-sector model is mainly constructed; an analysis of the distributional effects of excise taxation; and an extension of the analysis to the general equilibrium consequences of the existence of public goods. This is an essential text for students and is especially useful for courses in price theory, international economics, and public finance.


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Beyond Mass Communication
Beyond Mass Communication: A Communication Studies Agenda for India
by Ramesh N. Rao
At The Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, June 14, 2001
Thesis: At the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as in terms of the research agenda of both Indian scholars and Western-trained Indian scholars, what is proffered as "communication" in India is almost always some journalism or mass communication related inquiry or information. There is a need to understand, and to train students and teachers in the broader and more useful of communication areas: from public speaking and the study of rhetoric, to interpersonal and intercultural communication.
Introduction: Most universities and colleges in the U.S. now have departments of communication, speech communication, or mass communication. The "subject" or "field" of communication remains heterogeneous, eclectic, and multidisciplinary, and the diversity of communication theory reflects the complexity of communication itself.
Human beings are "communicative" animals, and therefore how and what and why we communicate has been studied since antiquity. However, the study of communication in the U.S. and in Europe is a Western, Euro-centric endeavor. Almost all that is taught in American universities and colleges, in the communication schools and departments, is based on Western academic tradition. Most Western theory is dominated by a vision of individualism, and most Western theories are dominated by language. In East Asia, for example, verbal symbols, especially speech, as well as Western-style rationality are not especially viewed as enhancing the quality of communication.
In recent years many scholars have recognized that communication is central to all human experience. These scholars, some trained in traditional academic disciplines, and some in departments of speech and mass communication, have come together in the new field called communication. This field is characterized not only by its focus on communication as a central topic but also by its attention to the entire breadth of communication concerns.
(Above paragraphs, a summary from Littlejohn's "Theories of Human Communication", fifth edition)
Defining Communication
Communication, like many other such broad concepts (for example, "culture"), is difficult to define. It may not be fruitful to try and come up with a single definition. Instead, we may try and identify the elements of communication. A debate on these matters in the 1990s suggested several reasonable possibilities for defining communication. The debate centered around nine classes of behavior that might be considered communication.
Most communication scholars agree that intentional acts that are received do count as communication, but they disagree on what else might be treated as communication. What choice a scholar makes about what constitutes communication will lead him/her down different theoretical trajectories, to ask distinct questions, and set them up to conduct different kinds of communication studies.
Communication Axioms
We cannot NOT communicate
Communication can be intentional or unintentional
Communication is circular
Communication is transactional
Communication is dynamic
Communication is unrepeatable
Communication is irreversible
Communication is an evolution of meaning
Communication is complex
Communication will not solve all problems
Communication is not a natural ability
More communication is not always better
Communication as a "mode of inquiry"
Communication is a "mode of inquiry" founded upon the human capacity to conceive, craft, receive, and respond to messages. Operating within this mode of inquiry, a person asks not only "What do people, things, artifacts, and institutions mean or convey as messages," but also, "How do they convey this meaning?" The latter question, How is meaning achieved? is important because it acknowledges that making messages is an ongoing, often unpredictable process by which meanings themselves expand, contract, transform, or disappear. Because of the changing nature of the rules that govern messages and meaning, this mode of inquiry emphasizes novelty and invention as well as formula and custom.
New understanding, new knowledge, or a newly shared conceptual framework may evolve during and because of communication. The very act of explaining, negotiating, justifying, encoding, or decoding, influences the outcome of a communication effort. Writing and speaking, for example, can be ways of discovering, ways of managing, ways of controlling, ways of liberating. Always what we know about a topic is related to, but distinct from, what we can communicate about it. And in the gap between what we know and what we can say, we learn what we don't yet know or don't know well enough or can't know at all. This gap both humbles and motivates us as communicators.
Employing communication as a mode of inquiry involves attempting to understand both the potential and the limitations of any particular medium of communication, symbol system, or language. The self-conscious use of communication to investigate, discover, identify, or create knowledge exemplifies communication as a mode of inquiry.
Essential Skills:
Theories and techniques of speaking, writing, and listening
Principles and processes of human communication
Principles of critique and dialogue
Processes of expository prose as a means of thought and expression
Practice at speaking and writing
Evaluation of source materials
Principles of research
Confidence with the elements of argument and persuasion
Presentation and reception of criticism
Collection, organization, presentation of external and internal knowledge, ideas, information
Conversation among people with divergent histories, views, assumptions, ideas
Clarification of individual values
Public confidence and empowerment
Pleasure at the exchange of ideas, information
Appreciation for the well-constructed communication
(Report of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Task Force, Truman State University, 1994)
Western genres of communication theories
Structural and functional theories: generally designate the belief that social structures are real and function in ways that can be observed objectively. Structuralism and functionalism go back to Plato (who believed that truth is ascertained through careful reflective thought) and Aristotle (who believed in knowledge through observation and classification). Modern structuralism recognizes Durkheim and Saussure as key figures.
Although structuralism and functionalism are often considered in combination, they differ in emphasis. Structuralism, which is rooted in linguistics, stresses the organization of language and social systems. Functionalism, which is rooted in biology, stresses the ways organized systems work to sustain themselves. Many organizational communication researchers take a structural-functional approach in their work.
Cognitive and Behavioral theories: While structural-functional and cognitive-behavioral theories tend to espouse the same general ideas about knowledge, the primary difference between the two genres is in their focus and history. S-F theories tend to focus on social and cultural structures, whereas C-B theories tend to focus on the individual.
Psychology is the primary source of the C-B theories. Traditionally, psychological behaviorism has dealt with the connection between stimuli (rewards) and responses (learning). Cognitive research is "variable-analytic" in that it attempts to catalog significant variables and show ways these are related to one another. A cognitive theory of communication, for example, might expose the ways people evaluate such message features as credibility, organization, and argumentation, and it might predict the kinds of information that would have an impact on how a person thinks.
Interactionist Theories: view social life as a process of interaction. These theorists regard social structures as products, not determinants, of interaction. For example, a family is shaped by the way its members communicate. Reverses the S-F approach. Interaction leads to or reinforces shared meaning and establishes conventions like rules, roles, and norms that enable further interaction to take place. For example, a social theory of organizational communication might show that organizational culture is achieved by story telling and rituals, and that because these story telling and rituals are not the same in different organizations, organizations have very different cultures.
Interpretive Theories: try to discover meaning in actions and texts, from ancient scrolls to the behavior of modern teenagers. The goal of interpretation is not to discover laws that govern events, but to uncover the ways people actually understand their own experience. These theories usually emphasize language as the center of experience, and they describe the process whereby the active mind uncovers the meanings of experience. Interpretive communication theories include cultural interpretation, organizational culture, and textual interpretation. Interpretive and interactionist theories have a strong kinship based on their mutual concern for language and meaning and their use of interpretive methods.
Critical Theories: are especially concerned with inequality and oppression. Most critical theories are concerned with the conflict of interests in society and the ways communication perpetuates domination of one group over another. Many critical theories are based on Marxism although most of these have extended well beyond original Marxist thought. Many of these theories are structural in orientation, because they are looking for the underlying social structures that affect class and gender relationships. Critical theories share with interpretive approaches the central concern for language and for the ways language affects experience.
(Above section, a summary of material from Littlejohn's "Theories of Human Communication")
Communication studies in India
In India, most of what is studied as communication is "mass communication". From the early "diffusion of innovation" studies, and surveys of radio broadcasting to reach farmers in remote locations, to the latest "diffusion of innovation" studies and the fashionable content analyses of advertising or newspaper or television coverage of some issue or crisis or concern, almost all of what is presented in conferences and submitted to journals in the field is "mass communication" related. There are few, if any, enquiries into Indian rhetoric and argumentation, communication styles of men and women based on caste, religion, and region, bargaining and negotiation styles, interpersonal communication between and among sexes and in different age groups and across social positions, and intercultural communication between people of different regions, speaking different languages, and with different caste, community, and religious affiliations.
Why communication studies in India?
Culture affects psychology and cultural differences cause different individual and social behavior. Social scientists theorize human behavior observing people in their cultures. Therefore, theories tend to be culturally bound. A Japanese novelist, Hota (1957) wrote that east of Burma modest silence is a virtue whereas west of Burma eloquence is a virtue. Neither the word "communication" nor "identity" existed in Japanese till recently. Not only concepts but also the contexts in which the concepts are used differ from one culture to another. In the West, "persuasive communication" is taught in a positive context. In Japan, it is viewed negatively.
The reaction to "non-applicability" of Western theories is varied. The extreme reaction is total rejection. This happened in the 1930s, and some original works were born out of this intellectual movement. But many of them became too nationalistic and fanatic and ended in failure.
In the 1970s a new intellectual movement called nihonjin ron (studies of Japanese culture and society) was born, and a number of studies on the nature of Japanese society, communication patterns, individual behavior, social consciousness, business management, and government policies were conducted. These studies supplement Western theories by covering areas ignored by Western scholars.
(Ito, in "Rethinking Communication", Volume 1, 1989)
Similar to the Japanese experience, I find that there are very few studies in the communication field that draw upon and adumbrate the Indian experience. Most of the studies are in the area of mass communication, diffusion of innovations, and so on, and there has not been one Indian scholar in the communication field who has brought in his/her knowledge of Indian rhetoric, philosophy, psychology, language, or religion to supplement the study of communication.
The few exceptions include the 1988 book, "Communication Theory: The Asian Perspective" edited by Wimal Dissanayake. In it is an essay by Prof. Dissanayake titled "Foundations of Indian Verbal Communication and Phenomenology". Dissanayake discusses five propositions in this essay:
Indians do not conceive of language as only a means of verbal communication, but also as an entity in its own right with an independent life of its own.
Indians see language as an instrument serving the function of classification and, hence, are unable to grasp the deeper truths which cannot, according to Indians, be broken up into segments and classified.
Indians use language in conformity with their logical pre-suppositions which are markedly different from the Western, Aristotelian logic and, hence, at times appear to be muddle-headed.
Indians prefer to talk in generalities and abstractions rather than in concrete terms.
Indians often stress the negative aspects in keeping with their Weltanschauung, and this predilection is mirrored in the language they use.
The few other articles on Indian rhetoric and communication theory include the following:
William G. Kirkwood (1989). Truthfulness as a standard for speech in Ancient India. The Southern Communication Journal, 213-234.
Lawrence Davis (1988). Deep structure and communication. In W. Dissanayake (Ed). "Communication Theory: The Asian Perspective. Singapore: AMIC. (Davis discusses Bhartrhari's "structureless thought")
William G. Kirkwood (1990). Shiva's Dance at Sundown: Implications of Indian Aesthetics for Poetics and Rhetoric. Text and Performance Quarterly, 93-110.
William J. Starosta (1976). The Village level worker as Rhetorician: An adaptation of Diffusion theory. Central States Speech Journal, Vol. 27, 144-150.
Anjali Gangal & Craig Hosterman (1982). Toward an examination of the rhetoric of Ancient India. The Southern Speech Communication Journal. 277-291.
Neville Jayaweera (?). Some tentative thoughts on Communication Theory and Advaita. Asian Journal of Communication.
Usha Vyasulu Reddy (?). Communication Theory: An Indian perspective. Asian Journal of Communication
Therefore two possible areas of research, study, and application present themselves:
Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication
Interpersonal communication involves communicating with one or more persons face-to-face with the possibility of immediate feedback. Others have defined it as "the exchange of symbols used to achieve interpersonal goals". The study of "Intercultural communication" can be traced to the post WW II era when business and government were expanding globally. Government and business personnel working overseas often found that they were ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of working among people of different cultures. In response to this situation the U.S. government passed the Foreign Service Act in 1946 and established the Foreign Service Institute. The institute's theorists formed new ways of looking at culture and communication. Early on the field was characterized as inter-disciplinary, and later it became increasingly centered in the discipline of communication. The field continues to be influenced by interdisciplinary contributions, including ideas from cultural studies, critical theory, and the more traditional disciplines of psychology and anthropology.
Public Speaking and Rhetoric
Public speaking differs from other forms of communication in the sense that the speaker and listeners simultaneously participate in creating the message. Another characteristic is that public speaking occurs in response to a specific situation. Unlike dramatic or literary works, which "speak to the ages", the principal test of a good speech is whether it responds most effectively to the needs of the situation in which it is presented.
The study of how messages affect people is called rhetoric. Rhetoric is concerned with the role that messages play in:
Shaping, reaffirming, and modifying people's values
Binding people closer together or moving them farther apart
Celebrating significant events
Creating a sense of identity among people
Conveying information and helping people to learn
Nurturing, strengthening, or changing people's beliefs
Leading people to take (or not to take) action
The study of interpersonal communication in India will help students learn to pay better attention to their communication behavior in interpersonal settings. From learning how best to express concern or affection, to dealing with conflicts effectively, and to saving and protecting face, a conscious attempt at increasing efficacious communication should pay rich dividends in society.
India is a multicultural nation. But it can also be a nation divided by language, region, ethnicity, caste, and customs. There has been no serious attempt at teaching students how to deal with difference, stereotyping, the issues of caste and regional identities, and the influence of history on our psychological and societal make-up. The study of intercultural communication at least at the college level will enable students and instructors to pay more self-conscious attention to the dire need for enhancing intercultural understanding.
There are innumerable benefits to studying and practicing public speaking. In a democracy, in a mature democracy, we expect every citizen to articulate his or her ideas and demands. One effective tool at loosening the stranglehold of feudalism in India, it is public speaking skills. Almost every college student in the United States has to take a course in public speaking. It enables students to evaluate messages and appeals of all kinds; makes them more sensitive to people and situations; and increases their self-confidence and willingness to engage in serious dialogue with others. These attributes will enhance their value as good citizens, productive employees, and satisfied human beings. Some of the specific skills that students are taught in public speaking courses include:
How to listen carefully and critically in order to understand and evaluate what others say
How to decide what they want to speak about and to select what to say
How to find the material for a speech by examining their own experience, consulting with others, and using a library
How to think critically about what they read and observe so that they will reason soundly when addressing an audience
How to organize a speech to make it clear, coherent, sensible, and effective
How to use language skillfully to convey both meaning and mood
How to use their voice and their body to present themselves and their message in an effective, compelling way
How to adapt general principles to their particular speaking situation, with emphasis on the dimensions of informing, persuading, and entertaining
How to understand and benefit from reactions to their speeches so that the audience's response helps them improve their skills
Finally, the study of Indian rhetoric will provide students lessons in history, language, and philosophy. For too long these subjects have been parceled out among departments that have not interacted closely or effectively, and thus what students have learned about these have come piecemeal. Teaching Indian rhetoric within a communication studies department will provide a fresh boost to some of India's greatest contributions to humankind.
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New Delhi: A new report from Australia has found that one in three people working for parliamentary offices in the country has been sexually harassed, detailing a widely concerning culture of abuse in Australia's highest governmental offices.
The 456 page report, commissioned by Australia's government, included interviews and surveys with more than 1,000 participants who are current and former employees in parliament.
Titled "Set the Standard," the report showed that women experienced a higher rate of sexual harassment, bullying and sexual assault than men. Forty percent of women experienced sexual harassment there compared to 26% of men. More people who identify as LGBTQ+ experienced harassment compared with than those who identify as heterosexual — 53% compared to 31%.
The report also found that 63% of female parliamentarians experienced sexual harassment, compared to 24% of male parliamentarians. The number is far higher than the national average of women who report being sexually harassed, which is 39%.
Approximately 1% of respondents reported experience of sexual assault, but the survey did not ask them to detail their experience.
The report explores some of the root causes of a culture of sexual harassment. More than half of those who reported sexual harassment said it was coming from someone who had a more senior position than them. Of the people who said they had been bullied, more than 75% said it came from someone more senior than them.
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Respondents also noted that they didn't believe reporting instances of harassment and abuse would result in any change, and most said it would negatively impact their career and personal life. Only 11% of people who experienced sexual harassment reported it.
'Some people described feeling that the only options were to tolerate the misconduct or leave, rather than expecting that the misconduct could be addressed," the report said.
The report detailing the extent of the culture of sexual misconduct in Australia's parliament comes just months after thousands protested in March in another wave of the #MeToo movement.
The protests were in part sparked by Brittany Higgins, a former staffer in parliament, who revealed she had been raped in a minister's office in 2019. Then, four more women came forward to say the same man raped them as well.
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