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Category: Blog
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Communication, Critical Thinking, Education, and Research: A Society Captured in the ‘PR’ Outlook
When I researched for an image, for this blog, I found this one below, one of three images, in my paid account provided for my business, which came up with the three results with the research phrase, “capture public relations”. This image is an excellent illustration of the problem-at-hand. Featured Image: Public Relations campaign…
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ANZACmania, Australia, and America
“…What we find today is the complete absence of the kind of concern with Americanization which one found in the United States in the 1880 to 1922 period. And this is a real problem. Possibly only in Australia, among the countries with mass immigration, does one find a basic concern for integrating and creating…
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Today’s Incantation: A Satirical Comment for the Times*
Hallowed Be Thy Name The Holy Father The Institution[i] (The Powers that Be) The Holy Son Secured Employment (Labor, Work, Career) The Holy Spirit The ethos, sorry, hauntings[ii] of the Figurehead (The Leader, CEO, President, etc., in the filter of ‘public relations’) Forgive us our daily sins:…
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Stupidity of the Market Economy in Higher Education
“Still, universities continue to churn out a supply of PhDs far exceeding the academic market’s demand for them. About 70 percent of all professors are not in tenure-track positions. Only 27 percent of those who received history PhDs in 2017 were in tenure-track jobs in 2021.” … “Covid-19 intensified a [declining enrolment] trend, underway for…
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I love to drive the highways, the skyways: The Message, Still Corners
I love to drive the highways, the skyways Just to get lost I pass so many places But won’t brake cos I can’t break your heart Driving ’till dawn Call you from the station Leaving you a message that I’m gone I’m gone Seasons change so fast They don’t last And the leaves…
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Day & Night 6 2023 American Tour
I have been meaning to get to few places in Los Angeles: a visit to The Getty and a walk through the UCLA campus. I did get to walk through the campus late afternoon. It is the same as every other university campus on a late Saturday afternoon. Very quiet with almost no human present.…
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Day & Night 4-5 2023 American Tour
Day 4 was difficult, and when things get complicated it is better to step back and change the pace, and so the day become a day of necessary work and rest. Image 1: Denny’s Westwood, Los Angeles (USA) The previous night my visa card was decline twice, and it could have been…
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The Memories – Road Trip Day Gundagai: Neville Still Alive, Ruth as History, the Great Journey we Wanted
Image 1: The Tuckerbox Mythology, Gundagai Time: 12:30 p.m. Date: 23 November 2022 Place: The Dog on the Tuckerbox, Snake Gully, approximately five miles (eight kilometres) from Gundagai, New South Wales. Image 2: Dog on the Tuckerbox, Gundagai I never been, before, to “the dog on the tuckerbox, five…
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DAY 4 2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
You find the peace of the Australian country in the early morning of Gumly Gumly. Day 3 was a stay outside of Wagga Wagga at the Australian Homestead Motor Lodge. Partly rested and partly designing another, and more effective, explanation of my philosophy and history. The paper is published here. Motel owners…
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Day 3 2023 American Tour
The balance of work and pleasure continued to pan out on this third day. After a Benny’s breakfast at Denny’s, I took the morning for work on the laptop. Then I headed out to the nearby Hammer Museum. Currently there is an exhibition on American writer Joan Didion, her work, and her connections…