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The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individuals with the values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that will integrate them into the institutional structures of the larger society. In a world of concentrated wealth and major conflicts of class interest, to fulfill this role requires systematic propaganda. In countries where the levers of power are in the hands of a state bureaucracy, the monopolistic control over the media, often supplemented by official censorship, makes it clear that the media serve the ends of a dominant elite. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/43042-manufacturing-consent-a-propaganda-model-book-excerptThe mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general... more
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Peace be upon you. ..... I was near the Sirte front with 23 fighters. We were under attack by well-armed rebels for more than a day and a half, and we suffered fatalities." ..... He went on to announce the launch of the strategy NOONA MIME [N - NATO - M - MAJLIS INTIKALI (NTC)]. This strategy involves creating multiple flash points of instability to continually disrupt every NATO plan, rendering the ongoing presence of NATO in Libya untenable. Thus the NTC will be abandoned and the Resistance can demolish it within a month. Recent events have shown that the NTC is very weak with their rebels failing to take over Bani Walid and Sirte in the last few days. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/43013-strategy-noona-mimePeace be upon you. ..... I was near the Sirte front with 23 fighters. We were under... more
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You might share same interests and passions, but there is more to friendship than this, as a new study states that we choose our friends based on their genes.You might share same interests and passions, but there is more to friendship than... more
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Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or write articles on just about anything that interests you? Why not build a blog. No need to worry about those technical computer languages and codes. Learn how to do all these by simply clicking some buttons. Yes, thanks to WordPress Free Blogging Platform Software.Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or... more
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It's starting the Copenhagen conference on climate change and the hope is that the world will be able to reach an agreement to stop global warming. Although the U.S. and China have already expressed their intentions to reduce emissions but without binding commitments immediately, in the world there are increasing efforts to push world leaders to do something. On december 7, 56 newspapers published in 45 different countries have published the same editorial to ask for concrete initiatives.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/nature/copenhagenplanet071209.htmlIt's starting the Copenhagen conference on climate change and the hope is that... more
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Wouldn't it be great to be paid for pursuing your own passionate interests? This article explores the possibility of companies encouraging daylighting. "Sneaking side projects into a 9-to-7 schedule is becoming a way of life. We look at the benefits of encouraging "passion projects" at work."
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Some call it the side hustle, others call it the side project, but it's been coined as "daylighting" - working jobs on the side while at another one. And for young creative professionals, it's become a way of life. "The slash/slash generation are best described as do-it-all teens and twenty-somethings that undertake multiple careers - often creating brand names for themselves." While the notion of employees doing their "own thing" at a business can be threatening, it may also be an opportunity for those who manage it responsibly. How can companies free people in the slash/slash generation from the rigidity of corporate policy? Can companies accommodate multiple interests and passions to further develop the potential of their employees? What if they actually allow, or even encourage, "daylighting"?
Lines are blurring, and it's no longer enough to just focus on work/life balance. Companies today also need to focus on the work/work balance. Side projects reflect the different interests and passions of each employee. Rather than suppressing creativity, nurture it, knowing that a happier workforce is proven to be more productive, and loyal. By encouraging "daylighting" in working hours, companies are making an investment in more well-rounded employees, whose increased knowledge and experience is bound to give back.
Of course, daylighting needs to be transparent to one's team, and it can't be in a competitive product or service. The obligation to exceed expectations in your full-time job must come first. And, there is a fine line between daylighting and procrastinating from other stuff that has a deadline. Daylighting should not happen at the expense of other responsibilities. Instead, daylighting should fill the time when you might otherwise daydream and zone out. Done right, daylighting should serve your full-time job just as much as it serves you.
Google has taken measures to encourage outside interests, enacting the 70/20/10 rule, which allows employees to spend 20% of their time on "Innovation time off" pursuing their own ideas that relate to Google and then 10% of their time on stuff completely unrelated to Google. This could be reading a book, drawing in Photoshop, or going to a museum. By doing this, Google gains a loyal employee by allowing them to do whatever they want without Big Brother looking over their shoulder. At the same time, it captures innovative thinking due to random stimulation.
Other companies like 37signals have gone as far as "paying for employee passions, interests, and other curiosities. We want our people to experience new things, discover new hobbies, and generally be interesting people."
We believe that all companies should encourage daylighting. Here are a few tips each company can do to nurture the new talent coming up in the ranks.
1) Set aside 10% of each day for "daylighting." Encourage your employees to pursue their own passion projects (whatever they may be).
2) Fund outside projects. Create a fund for each employee to pursue their passions. Behance offers each employee $500 to always continue to learn.
3) Mentor the side projects. Set aside a bi-weekly / monthly meeting to mentor employees on entrepreneurial side projects. Have employees present their findings / experience in front of the company.Wouldn't it be great to be paid for pursuing your own passionate interests? This... more
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