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thepoparena · 1 month

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Thoughts on "Quiet on Set"

I imagine, being one of Youtube’s “Nickelodeon Content Creators”, you want to know what I thought. QUIET ON SET, the new four-part documentary detailing inappropriate behavior and abuse on the set of Dan Schneider’s various Nickelodeon shows, starts off on its worst foot, with all the earmarks of trashy tabloid journalism. A couple of gossip journalists walk us through events and interject how you’re supposed to feel about them. There’s one moment where Leon Frierson, former ALL THAT cast member, talks about how uncomfortable some of the costuming made him, about how the noses on a nose-themed superhero costume has some unfortunate phallic resemblances, and then we cut to a writer from Buzzfeed going “and then the sneeze gag is basically a cum shot joke!” Frierson never says that. In a later episode, a similar comparison is made to a gag on ZOEY 101, but there it’s actress Alexa Nikolas making that connection from the workplace environment she had found herself in. It’s an authentic observation, where in the earlier example it was outsider sensationalization, playing to the “crusaders” on Twitter and Tiktok where the public side of Schneider drama has mostly lived over the past decade. They bring on Marc Summers, Nickelodeon elder statesman who had virtually no presence in this era of the channel, for all of twelve seconds so that he can watch a clip of a Schneider show and go “oh, wow, they aired that?”

You can imagine how the producers' eyes must have lit up when they learned that Brian Peck, former Nick dialogue coach and convicted sex offender, owned a John Wayne Gacy painting. I mean, yeah, that’s fucked up, but it has virtually nothing to do with anything. It is, however, a perfect “can you believe this” moment that can be clipped and shared on social media for shock value. It’s something that the documentary can ride as a viral moment.

QUIET ON SET was produced for Investigation Discovery, whose bread and butter is schlocky true crime documentaries. Shows like EVIL LIVES HERE and WHO THE (BLEEP) DID I MARRY. Not exactly tasteful television. The channel is owned by Warner Bros Discovery, and was simultaneously released on Max. Warner Bros Discovery owns Cartoon Network. The documentary puts emphasis on Nickelodeon being on the top of the children’s cable game, and often brings up the Disney Channel as Nick’s main competitor. At no point is Cartoon Network mentioned, because, well, nobody wants to say their competitor is doing better than them, and saying you’re doing better than Nickelodeon would defeat the documentary’s narrative. My point is that I do not believe QUIET ON SET comes from a genuine place. It’s cheap schlock shock documentary filmmaking that wants to attract the same crowd who watch serial killer shows for fun. However. It’s also a space where a lot of people who were hurt during this time at Nickelodeon have come forward to tell their stories, and that pretty much nullifies all the gross exploitation elements present in the early parts. When these people start speaking for themselves, the documentary has no choice but to let them speak, and its more garbage instincts fade away. By the time Drake Bell starts telling his story, the gossip journalists all but vanish until the end, and there’s a stronger sensitivity to everything. The topics raised are harrowing. Workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, child abuse, sexism on set, racism on set, and general mispractice paint a meaningful picture of the toxic environment Nickelodeon was allowing at this time. The stories told by AMANDA SHOW writers Christy Stratton and Jenny Kilgen are infuriating. And then the sexual assault of Drake Bell by Brian Peck. Not an easy watch. It shouldn’t be an easy watch. What a fucking awful thing. It’s heartbreaking to watch. The documentary handles it with an unexpected tact and evenhandedness. It doesn’t excuse Bell’s later behaviors, and it allows Schneider to come off as one of the few adults who handled the situation correctly, even if the rest of the documentary is largely against him. I wish this had been the tone of the entire piece. QUIET ON SET is an important document of a terrible entertainment workplace. It’s a shame they dumped a bunch of trash on top of it. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s one of those things that’s going to be referenced to a lot over the years, and I hope that the people who make children’s television were learn the right lessons from it.

#quiet on set #nickelodeon

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a-world-of-whimsy-5 · 11 months

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Námo’s Maiar

Námo has several Maiar serving him. They have no preferred names, and their fanas are hidden within cloaks of black velvet and veils of slate gray. They wear no crowns or other adornments. They collect the fëar of those that have passed on or were slain, cleansing them and preparing them for judgment.

Each Maia represents a different aspect of the Doomsman of the Valar: Patience, Prudence, Foresight, Indifference and Evenhandedness. If Námo is away, all five Maiar must be present when passing judgment over fëar. Nienna would aid them, advising when mercy is needed.

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tags: @cilil @edensrose @asianbutnotjapanese @fictionfordays

#námo #námo mandos #maiar #Námo's maiar #the silm #the silmarillion #The silm imagine #the silm headcanon #headcanon #my headcanon #the valar #the ainur #the maiar #💫whimsy's shenanigans

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eyeoftheheart · 2 months

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“It is my belief that there is a very strong movement today to find - or at least for the individual to find in himself - that center, that centered and centering Eye. And perhaps if enough people discover it in themselves, it may be put to work in the government as well. But unless there are people who have come to the realization in themselves of the point at the center, beyond pairs of opposites, and the way of thinking in such terms, the principle of evenhandedness is not going to operate in public life. It has to be found first in private life. I would say that whatever is about to occur in the way of transformation of consciousness will have had to have occurred, first, in the hearts of individual human beings, who will then have had - as a result of their very presence - an influence in the larger community.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Myth and Meaning (160)

#Joseph Campbell #Myth and Meaning #Soul Work #Soulmaking

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schraubd · 11 months

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Woke Up This Morning

Over the past few days, there was an interesting series of developments in the Jewish communal world involving a video that lambasted so-called "woke antisemitism".

The video was put out by a group called the "Combat Antisemitism Movement", a somewhat opaque but sprawling organization that counts a wide number of Jewish communal organizations as "partners" (though what level of connection constitutes a "partner" is obscure). It is different from typical fare attacking left antisemitism in that it doesn't primarily focus on anti-Zionist activity, but rather claims -- in a manner reminiscent of David Bernstein and his JILV* -- that various "woke" concepts, like the idea of systematic oppression, are major sources of contemporary antisemitism. It even strikingly takes some prominent far-right incidents of antisemitism (e.g., claims by the Goyim Defense League that "Kanye is Right", a White supremacist-created flyer arguing that "Ending white privilege starts with ending Jewish privilege") and tries to shift blame for them onto left-wing actors.

The video generated backlash. That's not surprising. What is surprising is the scope of it. Several major centrist Jewish players, including the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, announced they were withdrawing from CAM in response to the video. CAM, for its part, has taken the video offline "temporarily" due to "concerns raised by some of our partners, and with the aim of fostering a broad consensus."

That, to me, is noteworthy. It was not that long ago when hippie-punching was essentially a free activity in mainline Jewish institutions. You'd never see them backing off based on concerns that they were being too hostile to their left flank. Groups like CAM would positively revel in liberal tears. Backlash would be ignored, if not taken as proof of some sort of bizarre "evenhandedness", where Jewish groups accounted for the fact that most Jews were liberal by bending over backwards to show they could mock liberals with the best of them.

The response here suggests that things may be changing. As I wrote in Haaretz last week, we're in the unfamiliar situation of the Jewish conversation on antisemitism largely being directed by an alliance of the Jewish center and Jewish left, as opposed to the Jewish center and Jewish right. Certain old presumptions of what was and wasn't permissible, that relied on outdated notions of who the key constituencies were, are no longer present. Groups like CAM, who no doubt assumed that this sort of video would have met with the usual reception -- fulsome praise from the right, tacit acceptance from the center, and easily-ignored criticism from the left -- are now forced to reckon with a new reality. That is a very welcome thing to see.

* Bernstein, who authored a book titled "Woke Antisemitism", said that he had seen an initial script for the video but characterized the final product as something that "could have been stronger and more nuanced." Much of the video has more than coincidental echoes of Bernstein's argument -- including the choice to pin the "Jewish privilege" flyer on the left instead of the right.

via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/cfRXl2v

#anti-semitism #Jews #leftists #Multi-culturalism

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sorrythathappened · 3 months

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ive been engaging a lot with the hazbin fandom (and hatedom in the interest of evenhandedness, even though i disagree with most of their beef) and now supernatural is showing up on my feed. can anyone who watches both shows tell me if this is funny or not

#supernatural #spn #hazbin hotel

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bitegore · 2 years

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I was reminded that i've written like, almost an essay about Motormaster Characterization in the comments of a fic i wrote in class one time and now i'm gonna transfer them to a post so you can all see them.

Obligatory reminder at the start that a) this gets long, and b) this is my own personal take. If it conflicts with yours, great, two cakes, I like reading fics with different interpretations than my own. However, if you vibe with it, buffet rules apply, take whatever you want and however much you want and leave whatever you don't :D free headcanons to a good home or whatever, lol

In regards to Motormaster's approach to authorities, subordinates and equals:

Motormaster literally doesn't know what an "equal" is. If he were anyone else, Scrapper would be approaching him as an equal, but Motormaster has no idea what to make of equals. He has subordinates and he has authorities who must be obeyed, and if one isn't an authority one MUST be a subordinate somehow, or at least treated like one in his head. It's not really his fault that he has no social skills whatsoever, but either he needs to learn them or he needs to get out of the way, pretty much. Scrapper just kind of goes "okay, fuck it, i am your superior by rule of seniority" instead of trying to make friends as equals. Onslaught doesn't have the leave to throw his weight around the same way, so instead Motormaster acts like a dick until some other authority (here, Scrapper) gets in his way about it, but Onslaught is perfectly capable of retaliating as long as Motormaster starts it.

In regards to Motormaster having been "built for leadership" vs having the actual qualities of leadership:

I like the idea that Motormaster may have been "built for leadership" (he is probably the best leader of the bunch just by process of elimination, unfortunately) but he does not have enough emotional maturity or problem-solving skills to actually lead. This guy solves all his problems by hitting them until they go away. You cannot be a leader like that, it does not work, your team will either fracture underneath you and stop working or they will fracture underneath you and decide to get rid of you, no two ways about it.

...Motormaster is so headstrong that he refuses to listen to any ideas he can't pretend are his own or otherwise line up along what he already thinks. Scrapper can threaten him into being polite, but unless he makes politeness into a game to be won that is a prelude to fists and swords and guns (it can be done, but probably not by Scrapper) he cannot convince Motormaster of the value of being polite. He can tell Motormaster that he needs to treat his team better or he'll be ousted, but he can't convince Motormaster of the same unless he can frame it as not only not treason (he Will defend the other Stunticons' honor, after all) but the correct Decepticon response, and something that Megatron would approve of, AND that treating his team with kindness and evenhandedness is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength, AND!!!! that Mtoromaster will come over stronger not only to his team but also the rest of the faction if he jumps to violence less and trades on words rather than actions. All of which will require a really deft hand, and one Scrapper doesn't feel like wielding at the moment. ... I think that's one lesson Motormaster will have to learn from experience, actually. I can't see anyone meeting him at his level and also being someone he'd deign to listen to in the first place, so instead he'll have to suffer the consequences of his actions in some way or another to decide that he needs a new first response to conflict outside "roll over and seethe internally" and "literally start beating people"

What it really comes down to is that Motormaster lacks almost every tool in a good leader's arsenal. He is a poor communicator, he is recalcitrant, he is stubborn, he takes his failures out on his team, he claims responsibility for his teammates' successes, he is absolutely ignorant of his own flaws, he has no emotional management skills and even worse emotional mediation skills, he does not work with his subordinates but against them, and he sees nothing wrong with this. He's not entirely to blame because he is new, untested and untried and without any of the experience he would need to actually succeed at this, but he's also got no interest in changing, because he thinks he has this shit in the bag and it's only because he was saddled with a defective team full of idiots who don't know how to listen to him that anything ever goes wrong. And, of course, not only does everyone outside the Sunticons know this, but most of the Stunticons do, too :( Motormaster is the only one who thinks he's doing a decent job. The other Stunticons just also don't know how to do anything different either, since none of them have those skills either, and they've never been led by a team leader who does.

Irt the "age" of the Stunticons, something difficult to quantify because they're adult robots who were built very recently and given 0 guidance on how to be functional people:

The stunticons in general are fascinating to me because they have the like, physical and social standing and skills of a young adult (i'd place them around mid-twenties, given they're new to the Decepticons and could be likened to recent college grads) but absolutely zero life experience whatsoever, and the emotional self-management skills of an older child at best. It makes for a really interesting contradiction because they are like. SO ill suited for basically any task that isn't "go in, shoot autobots, get out" and even then they struggle with that because they don't get along well. Given a little bit of time and patience- and probably some external lessons on "being nice", "using your words", and "communicating issues and then solving them together" like the average person irl gets from the ages of 2-15 lmfao- I think they'd all be able to mature into genuinely effective fighters and a genuinely functional team, but first they like. have to not kill each other or get shot for insubordination lmao

Irt Motormaster trying to start a fight with Scrapper, a large part of the fic, but also regarding his approach to interpersonal dynamics in general, just applied narrowly:

Motormaster doesn't have any emotional processing skills, just like the rest of his team. None of them have any life skills at all. Scrapper is just impossible to rile unless he wants to be riled, and since MM has no way to escalate the situation that wouldn't put him objectively in the wrong (he cannot start hitting people here! they're of the same rank as him and both have seniority, though onslaught's position is significantly more tenuous than Scrapper's, so it's against the rules) so instead he just has to chill the fuck out or leave, which would be retreating, which would be losing. So he can't do that either. Someone help this poor truck, he can't start a fight without getting in trouble :(( his life is so hard :((((

and, finally, in the eternal and hilarious words of my friend @megatronismegagone who summed this all up better than i ever could (because I have to write whole fics to say what others can manage in a few sentences, of course)

his self awareness is at negative 1000 and his dicks bigger than his brain. hes such a fucking dude. oh my god. onslaught needs to kick the shit out of him a few times. actually no he needs someone to dunk him in the ocean and shake him dry every time he does or says some bullshit. his socialization is lower than his self awareness somehow

#motormaster #my meta #i dont think ive ever used that tag before #this is just how i write him. i think it's pretty good #i have a lot of sympathy for this abusive asshole of a truck but at the same time like. he sure sucks #guy who fucks up everyone else's life until someone kills him at age 11 because he sucks so much

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escapedartgeek · 2 years

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To treat well, to want to be treated well.

VENUS SIGN.

Venus in Libra people will try to impress you with their kindness, evenhandedness, and willingness to make your relationship work. They have a polished manner in love, which sometimes makes them appear insincere or superficial. They are gentle lovers who hate to be offended. They are threatened by bad manners and direct or abrasive expression of feelings. They not only prefer to choose the middle road, they seek the middle ground in their relationships. You can expect to be treated fairly, and you may be turned on by Venus in Libra’s willingness to concede and adjust their lives to fully accommodate you.

Venus in Libra men and women have idealized images of their relationships, even to the point where the relationship becomes bigger than life, taking on a life of its own. They can become quietly resentful if they feel they are being taken advantage of — and they make it easy for more aggressive types to bully them around.

Pleasing Venus in Libra involves treating them kindly and fairly. They love to share everything with you, so let them. Foreplay for them can be mental — they love to communicate with you about the relationship. Sharing turns them on, and tactless or uncouth behavior is a turn-off. Although they seem to put up with a lot, be fair with them. Over time, imbalance in their relationship is sure to make them unhappy, and when it comes to this, they may try to even the score in subtle, roundabout ways.

Don’t let it come to that, and you will be rewarded with a lover who puts themselves in your shoes and treats you exactly how they would like to be treated.

✨ TAGGED BY:@crystalpower

✨ TAGGING: it was demanded of me. figure it out.

#info #z takes more of a line than this description suggests but.. that kind of wanting to be treated fairly is a big deal though

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exiledintoascension · 2 months

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As the song goes: "it's too late to apologize. It's too late....(Yea, Yea, Yea).

Fuck your Apology and your rat wakandan community. No more using us as shields and scapegoats from your most deserved evenhandedness (karma, ass whoopings). We "sassy bulletbag dusties" have left. Welcome to Tartarus, Keisha.

#the communitah #save yourself #leavethehoodforever #keisha culture #freethinker #black community #black men #black women #sysbm #fuck around and find out #we did not forget #fuckhotep #not sorry #wakandans in blackistan #life #internet #Youtube

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writer59january13 · 5 months

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This accidental arsonist sparked following matchless anecdote

I attribute being a grown mad scientist

linkedin with tacit approval of parents

(both long gone to the smoky afterlife),

and donned wizard trumpeting magic spells

while dark and stormy night

(one week before Halloween),

which usher nostalgic memories

encapsulated within the following poem

initially drafted quite some years ago.

Both parents possessed pedigreed panache

(but especially my father – renown Chemist

B.B. Harris and to slightly lesser extent

late culinary cuisine queen Harmit Harms

Kuritsky - gal whose troth thy then still

livingsocial nonagenarian widower papa

pledged, while holding some bubbling

sinister looking flask in hand while both

donned trumpeting finessed affianced

doctored formula to marry, when both

partook of blind date.

This combustible transunion link analogous

to their representative first electric kool aid

basic laboratory litmus test date), which

took place without a hitch, and telepathically

encouraged begetting retinue of revered

sons and daughters, whose ken hopefully

burned with passion KRISPR incubated,

inculcated, and incurred genetic outlook

ideally transmitted to prolific brood

of begotten babes.

This kid felt embers crackling, popping,

and snapping with yen that burned from

within and without buns sin burner of this

cingular earthlinked son.

No matter a bit tentative to experiment

willy-nilly (wonka like) with rather

explosive materiel, I received truckloads

of ammunition (in tandem with benevolent

benediction) to foster dare devil and

derelict pyromaniac precocity.

Those initial awkward formative forays

assaying, assessing and carefully calibrating

this, that or other liquid or powdery substance

found me meticulously measuring and

weighing the substances using kitchen

midden malodorous kid gloves.

Frequent disappointment arose from

yours truly as well as momma and papa

when net result (of these early attempts

to blend powders and/or liquids) merely

fizzled and self extinguished

into near inaudible poof.

Continual daily practice (would lead way

for me to enter Carnegie – Mellon ---- Hall)

after countless travails, trials and trolls i.e.

uber vaporous wisps to lyft yawping banshee

like holograms, or equivalent of 10,000 maniacs)

eventually bore successful fruit in the form

of near perfect results.

Success in hotly contested field Pyrotechnics

requires striking resemblance

to any other vocation.

One must be able, eager, ready and willing

to maintain burning passion no matter any

unforeseen setbacks or heat from an

objectionable source.

Yes, there would be an errant conflagration

(sometimes set purposely by adjunct professor)

as object lesson to master usage of fire

extinguisher/fighter, a vital piece of equipment

and evenhandedness for getting hold

instantaneously jetting kickstarter live matches)

to contain any runaway flame.

I do sheepishly admit to (ahem) you

on occasion the outcome went awry.

Nonetheless, they prided their potential

fire branded wizard in the making with

kudos and praise with DYNAMITE.

Practice from indiscriminately creating

unpredictable concoctions, these lethally

marshaled nonchalant opportunities

provided quintessentially random results

though usually very wimpy in tandem

with totally tubular nerdy, geeky, freaky,

and dorky beastie boy.

As proof positive and proud testimony, they

proudly pointed (upward) to the kitchen ceiling.

There such handiworks practically covered

entire ceiling with variegated splotches.

These scorch marks keepsake frescoes to show

kith and kin unspecified years into smoky future.

Quite accurate to assume

father and mother coached,

goaded, and nurtured

exploratory ambitions and

tried not to stifle

(at least consciously or deliberately)

my early stage ambition

toward scientific artiste bent.

As homeschooled and to some extent self taught

chemically romanced muralist, I grew up (not

surprisingly) in Unitarian household paid

close attention also adhered to the pioneer spirit.

The near limitless boundaries of life, liberty and

pursuit of understanding

an underlying credo, which

allowed, enabled and provided near endless

experimentation even at the risk of life and limb.

Aside talking head

nearly burning down the house

amidst talking heads practically in dire straits,

an instinctive reflex found me immolating myself,

occasionally singeing the canine fur of Lady,

Schultz, or Socrates, et cetera no frightful

catastrophic outcomes occurred thru milieu

of mixing deceptively harmless looking

inert raw materials.

Trial and error (quite successful with latter)

via blithely cooking dicey elements forming

goulash hiccupping laboratory mishmash

practically eliminated any pained regret to take

daring risks (such as getting married – ha)

in later life.

Despite favorable and lovable upbringing,

my mother (ever the protector and/or proctor

of our family and an excellent chef boyardee

to boot) still managed to insinuate (gently

as possible) the necessity to be careful when

igniting flammable materials lest

some uncontrollable conflagration ensue.

She (mom) did frequently confess to feeling

ever so slightly jittery and uneasy with my

slapdash amateurish homebrewed pyrotechnics

and much preferred to steer my attention toward

safer hobby such as the edible objets d’arts i.e.,

the much more drab field per how to present

and aesthetically appealing and nutritious meal.

Fondness to prepare food and pretend to be

faux renowned cook (this confession admitted

rather baldly and obviously deduced) actually

competed for my most favorite avocation activity

and spare leisure time.

In other words, this chap did relish designing

his own recipes mainly from leftovers in tandem

with unpronounceable multisyllabic organic

compounds filled numerous sized dishes

and aged apothecary bottles respectively.

Without question though, the passion plus

less riskier factor to combine and potchka

dry and wet ingredients together did rank

as considerably safer medium that still

allowed, enabled and provided me an equal

opportunity to test reactions, than those

earlier iterated potentially explosive hazards.

Nonetheless, my cavalier crusading overactive

appetite, hunger and thirst to discover causative

outcomes (even with purportedly innocuous

looking household cleaning supplies or easily

acquired inert materiel) nearly witnessed an

apocalypse at three two four Level Road

on one particular nasty occasion.

I anticipated our domicile would become

rent asunder, and reduced into a black

and decker ashen funeral pyre, yet for

grace of some divine force no family

members nor pets succumbed

nor got asphyxiated from choking acrid air.

#funny #tinder

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ayejayque · 10 months

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Henri Fayol's 14 Management Principles, their Features & Importance

Henri Fayol’s 14 Principles of Management A principle is a fundamental truth. It launches a cause-and-effect connection between two or more variables under a given condition. It serves as a guide to thought & activities. Management statements are the fundamental truth based on logic. They provide rules for managerial decision-making. The principles derived are on the basis of: - Observation and analysis i.e., the real-world experience of managers. - By conducting new and untried studies. There are 14 Principles of Management as described by Henri Fayol. - Division of labor - Henri Fayol emphasized the specialism of jobs. - He recommended that work must be divided & subdivided & allotted to people as per their expertise. - Slicing of work makes it simpler and results in proficiency. - It also helps the person in acquiring speed and accuracy on the job. - Specialization leads to productivity & economy in business. - Party of Authority & Responsibility - Authority & responsibility co-exist. - With authority, comes responsibility. - With responsibility, adequate authority is required. - Authority is the right of bosses to get precision from their juniors & responsibility means duty for the job assigned. - There should be a sense of balance between responsibility and authority. - Authority without responsibility leads to irresponsibility and responsibility without authority leads to zero results. - Principle of One Boss - A worker should have only one boss. This is because: - In other words, a sub-ordinate should not receive instructions from more than one person because - - It challenges the authority - It weakens correction - It divides allegiance - It creates misunderstandings - It causes delays and disorder - There is duplication and overlapping of work and efforts - Dual bosses should be avoided unless it is absolutely required. - Unity of command offers a well-organized, constant & methodical existence. - It creates pleasant relationships between the boss and the subordinates. - Unity of Direction - Fayol backs one head-one plan. He says that there should be one plan for activities with the same objectives. - Related activities should be clustered together. There should be one plan of action for them, and the manager. - All members should be directed towards a shared and common goal. - Without unity of direction, unity of accomplishment cannot be attained. - Unity of command is only likely with unity of direction. Basis Unity of command Unity of direction Meaning A junior should receive orders & instructions from only one boss. It means one head, one plan for activities having the same objectives. Nature It is related to the working of personnel. It is related to the functioning of whole departments. Necessity It is necessary to fix the responsibility of each junior. It is necessary for the sound working of the organization. Advantage It evades disagreements, confusion & chaos. It avoids overlapping efforts and waste of resources. Result It leads to better superior-subordinate relationships. It leads to the smooth running of the whole enterprise. They are different but need to co-exist. The unity of direction is a compulsion for the unity of command. But it doesn’t come from the unity of direction. - Equity - Equity is an amalgamation of justice, kindheartedness & righteousness. - The workers be treated with kindness & evenhandedness if dedication is expected of them. - It suggests that managers should be just and neutral when dealing with their assistants. - They should give comparable treatment to people of a similar rank. - There should be no discrimination on the basis of age, caste, sex, religion, relation, etc. - Equity is important to create and maintain pleasant relations between bosses and assistants. - Equity is not a total nonappearance of harshness. Fayol said, “At times force & austerity are needed for equity.” - Order - This is about the proper & methodical handling of resources and people. - Getting things is called material order. The placement of people is called social order. - Material order- A safe, appropriate, & specific place for each item & each place to be used for a precise activity. - Social order- Selection and appointment of the most appropriate person for the apt job. - Discipline - According to Fayol, “Discipline is honesty, respect, reverence of authority & adherence to rules of the business”. - This principle suggests assistants should admire their superiors and follow their orders. - It is essential for the smooth running of the business. - Discipline is required for both subordinates and management. - Discipline can be imposed if there are good bosses at all levels. There should be fair agreements with workers. Sanctions (punishments) should be judiciously applied. - Initiative - Workers should be stimulated to take initiative at work. It is a keenness to take action without being asked for it. - Fayol advised that management should ask its workers to recommend new concepts, skills & means of work. - It helps in developing an air of belief and thoughtfulness. - People enjoy working in the organization because it adds to their enthusiasm and liveliness. - They can be stimulated with the help of monetary & non-monetary enticements. - Fair Remuneration - The remuneration paid to the should be reasonable, realistic, suitable & worthwhile of the efforts. - It should offer satisfaction to both the company and the employees. - Wages should be based on the living costs, work assigned, financial state of the business, & the going wage rate. - Logical & suitable wage rates & easy payments reduce tension & differences between the workers & management. - Fayol also endorsed the provision of free education, health & housing facilities to workers. - Stability of Tenure - Fayol highlighted that the period of service in one job should be fixed. - Employees should be selected in light of the principles of recruitment & selection. - According to Fayol. “Time is needed by an employee to get used to a new work. If he is fired before that he will not be able to render meaningful services”. - This way, the time, effort, and money spent on the worker will go to waste. - Job stability creates team essence and a sense of being wanted among workers. It increases the quality of work. - Scalar Chain - Fayol defines the scalar chain as ’The chain of bosses ranging from the final authority to the lowest”. - All orders, instructions, messages, requests, and explanations have to go through the Scalar chain. - For convenience & urgency, this path can be cut short and this is known as Gang Plank. A Gangplank is a provisional arrangement between two different points to enable quick & easy communiqué as clarified below: In the figure given underneath the blog, if D has to communicate with G, he will send the communication upwards via C, B to A, and then downwards via E, F to G. This is time-consuming. That is why a gangplank has been used between the two. - Gangplank signifies management principles they are very flexible. They can be molded and modified as needed. - Sub-ordination of individual interest to general interest - An organization is much bigger than the individuals. - All possible reconciliation should be reached between individual and group interests. - In conflicts, individuals must be sacrificed for bigger interests. - In order to achieve this, it is necessary for the employees to be honest & sincere. There should be proper supervision of work. All differences and clashes are to be resolved by mutual agreement. - Espirit De’ Corps - It means team spirit, harmony in the workgroups, and mutual understanding among all. - Espirit De’ Corps motivates workers to work harder. - Fayol cautioned the managers against dividing the employees into competing groups. It might damage the morale. - To indoctrinate Espirit De’ Corps, the following steps should be undertaken: - There should be proper coordination at all levels - Subordinates should be stimulated to develop casual relations among themselves. - Efforts should be made to create eagerness and zeal among juniors. - Efficient employees should be rewarded. Those behind should be given a chance to improve. - The importance of the subordinates must be highlighted. - Fayol suggested that face-to-face communication be developed. The managers should infuse team spirit. No space should be there for any misunderstanding. - Centralization & De-Centralization - Centralization is the concentration of authority at the top level. - Decentralization is the disposal of decision-making authority to all levels of the organization. - According to Fayol, “Centralization or decentralization depends on the size of business, the experience of superiors, the dependability & the ability of juniors, etc. - Anything that increases the role of juniors is decentralization & anything which decreases it, is centralization. - Absolute centralization or decentralization is not feasible. An organization should have a balance between the two. Features of Principles of Management - Principles of Management Are Widespread - Management principles are applicable to all kinds of organizations. - They are applicable to all levels of the organization. - Every organization must make the best possible use of management principles. - These principles are either universal or all-pervasive. - Principles of Management Are Flexible - Management principles are energetic strategies and not motionless rules. - They can be modified as per the needs. - Modification & improvement is continuous in the principles of management. - Principles of Management have a Cause & Effect Relationship - Principles of management show a cause-and-effect association between related variables. - If one variable is known, the other can be traced. - Principles of Management - Aims at Influencing Human Behavior - Human behavior is intricate and impulsive. - Management principles are focused on regulating human behavior. - Management integrates efforts and harmonizes them towards a common goal. - Principles of Management are of Equal Importance - All management values are equally significant. - No one principle has importance on any other. - They are all needed for the attainment of business goals. Importance of Management Principles The Principles of Management are important because: - Improves understanding –Managers get indications on how to manage an organization. The principles guide managers. - Gives direction for the training of managers -Principles of management allow us to ascertain what is and what needs to be. This way training needs are identified. - Role of Management -Management principles make the role of managers concrete. They can be used as refreshers as and when needed. - Guide to Research in Management -The body of management principles indicates research lines. This makes management practical & more effective. The principles help in decision making and taking actions. The researchers can study whether the rules are useful or otherwise. Read the full article

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Judge Clifton Newman was awesome . . he spoke 2 Alex Murdaugh in sentencing and the judge continued his broadly accepted evenhandedness while . . as the moment dictated . . . the Judge was addressing a convicted murderer who was defended w competence . . there was nvr a doubt the Judge knew he was talking 2 a killer . . a killer who murdered his wife and son . . unprovoked . . it was a remarkable…

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I realized I read many books on Greece this year and this is the first one I think. Winner of another History prize #DuffCooperPrize. Last year marked the 200th anniversary of #TheGreekRevolution. The book is superb. I like #MarkMazower evenhandedness of Byron. In reality his contribution was greatly romanticized. It would have been the same without him. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl8jEaXLyJG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Study Of The History Of The End Of The World, Part 6

Dispensationalist premillennialism and apocalypticism held to the Biblical warning that the days are waxing worse and worse. However, in terms of the opportunity to spread such a message and the pervasiveness of its influence, there was no better time for the field of prophetic studies than the second half of the twentieth century. Increased interest in eschatology in the waning decades of the twentieth century owed much to a confluence of advances in the means of communication as well as concerns regarding trends in world affairs.

The Evangelical prophecy studies industry consisted of a number of layers rather than a single interpretative monolith. At its most rarefied, dispensationalism --- akin to Gaul --- could be divided into three parts. Darrell Brock of Dallas Theological Seminary describes these as Scofieldian dispensationalism, revised dispensationalism, and progreesive dispensationalism (Kyle, 117). Scofieldian dispensationalists maintained sharp distinctions between God and the Church with God having an unique set of promises for each. Revised dispensationalists did not distinguish between Israel and the Church to the same degree, viewing overlap in regards to the covenantal promises made to each. Progressive dispensationalists, according to Kyle, avoided the prophetic speculation characteristic of the classic forms of dispensationalism. More academic in its approach to the study of the apocalypse than the classic forms of dispensationalism, progressive dispensationalism for the most part did not filter down to the popular level to the same degree.

From this division,the dispensationalist eschatological community was further divided between what could be considered the academics and the popularizers. The most respected academics in this theological specialty often traced their roots in one way or another back to Dallas Theological Seminary. In fact, Kyle goes so far as to call the institution “the sperm bank for dispensational thought in America (118).” Typifying this tradition would be that seminary's own John F. Walvoord whose best known work would probably be Armageddon, Oil, and the Middle East Crisis. In it, Walvoord took a firm position that the Rapture and the ensuing End Time events were at hand but with scholarly caution that avoided setting any firm dates.

It is among the popularizers that the discerning begin to notice a more questionable track record. However, a number hoping to maintain respect, position, and credibility mirrored the evenhandedness of the Dallas Theological Seminary academics. For example, in Approaching Hoof Beats, Billy Graham explicitly warned of what he believed to be nuclear holocausts and plagues described symbolically in Scripture, but he was careful not to set a date. Pat Robertson, who at one time was not afraid to articulate outlandish prophetic utterances of dubious credibility over the years such as praying away hurricanes from the Virginia Beach area in order to spare his extensive ministry properties, toned his speculations down somewhat when he started entertaining political aspirations such as his 1988 presidential campaign and establishing organizations such as the Christian Coalition, the American Center for Law and Justice, and Regent University for the purposes of renewing the culture rather than hastening the end of the world.

One of the most prominent of the eschatology popularizers was Hal Lindsey. Initially as a result of his book The Late Great Planet Earth, this Dallas Theological Seminary graduate was able to present the dispensationalist perspective before evidentially non-Evangelical venues such as Congress, the State Department, and the Pentagon. Lindsey remained true enough to his Dallas Theological Seminary training to stay just on the right side of the boundary of theological respectability even though he has played it quite close to the edge at times. For example, as a result of the speculative chronologies utilized by Lindsey in his publication Planet Earth 2000 AD, Lindsey had to clarify almost to the point of backpedaling what could have been construed as an insinuation that the Rapture was going to occur sometime around 1988. Lindsey qualified his position by pointing out the qualifiers stated in his text and that the cosmic countdown might not have commenced with the establishment of Israel in 1948 but rather with the taking of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War along with modifying a Biblical generation from forty to one hundred years. In so doing, Lindsey no doubt hoped to push the pending scrutiny to a time when he himself would not care so much about being proven wrong.

The further one got from respectable academia and ministries that valued credible reputation over short term book and video sales, the more likely one was to stumble upon conspicuous date setters. For example, Edgar Whisenant could not have been more explicit in the date he set in the book titled 88 Reasons Why The Rapture Could Be In 1988 (Abanes, 93). Charles Taylor has promoted so many dates for the beginning of the end that he could make a Jehovah's Witness shake their head in astonishment.

Despite differences in time and temperament, most within the contemporary Evangelical prophecy community share a number of similar assumptions. First, the world as we know it is tottering on the brink of destructive cataclysm. Once believers are taken from the world in the Rapture, little will prevent a series of horrors from transpiring in quick succession. Interpreters are divided as to whether these will be triggered initially by some sort of nuclear attack through which God brings about His sanctioned prophetic unfolding through the actions of man or by more direct supernatural manifestions. Second, most dispensationalists are in agreement that the fuse to ignite the conflagration of End Time events is the reestablishment of the Jewish state of Israel in the Middle East. A number of eschatologists believe that this geopolitical contention will eventually result in Word War III with Russia invading from the north as believed foretold in Ezekiel and China invading from the east as described in the Book of Revelation with an army possibly numbering at one million.

Along with this theme of global war traced to tensions over Israel will be other actors on the world stage agitating against Israel once the Church is taken up to Heaven. Leading this conspiracy will be none other than the Antichrist. Though his nature and intentions are described in detail throughout the text of Scripture, the path that he will take to achieve power and his exact identity are not things the Holy Spirit deemed appropriate for believers to know prior to the exact time of the End.

Yet a number of well-intentioned but misguided eschatologists could not resist playing what amounted to pin the tail on the Antichrist in terms of enthusiastically making guesses as to the exact identity of the world's system final tyrant. For example, given his Jewish background and position as a preeminent diplomat, Henry Kissinger was often a popular choice. Because of a birthmark that resembled a head wound bringing to mind one particular prophecy and the role he played for seeming to lessen the threat played by Russia, some speculated that the Beast might be Mikhail Gorbachev. Others even wondered if John F. Kennedy would rise from the dead after three days following his assassination that shocked the world in the early 1960's.

Despite the intense ongoing debate as to the identity of this looming prince of darkness among those that believe, there is much more agreement as to the nature of his agenda. Foremost, the Antichrist will be the focal point of worship of a system that will for a short time seemingly control and mesmerize the entire world. From Revelation 13, it is declared that this will be accomplished by merging the religious, economic, and political spheres of existence. Those unwilling to pledge a degree of loyalty crossing the boundary of patriotism into the territory of devoted worship will be denied the Mark of the Beast believed to be some form of electronic currency and identification, ultimately resulting in the execution of dissidents unwilling to comply.

Isaiah 55:11 assures that the Word of God does not come back void. Though not as many accept the truth of the Biblical message as sincere believers would like in terms of prophecy, there are a significant number today aware the world is racing ever closer to the conclusion of all things. It is hoped that this awareness would inspire the individual to seek the free gift of salvation found nowhere but in Christ and His completed work. Unfortunately, given the extent to which sin has permeated the human heart and mind, there also exists a disturbing number of individuals that distort this knowledge of the End Times in order to trap the unsuspecting in tighter and tighter forms of spiritual bondage.

By Frederick Meekins

Bibibliography

Abanes, Richard. End-Times Visions: The Doomsday Obsession. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1988.

Kirsch, Jonathan. A History Of The End Of The World: How The Most Controversial Book In The Bible Changed The Course Of Western Civilization. San Francisco, California: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.

Kagan, Donald, Ozment, Steven and Turner, Frank. The Western Heritage Since 1789 (Fourth Edition). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991.

Kyle, Richard. The Last Days Are Here Again: A History Of The End Times. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1988. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1996.

Ladd, George. The Blessed Hope: A Biblical Study of The Second Advent and The Rapture. Grand Rapids, Michigan: WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1956. Thompson, Damian. The End Of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium.

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sweetbitterbitten:

it is her space - red and ill-remembered as it is, as it was - but all the same: olly-olly-oxenfree! the four poster is den! she stands, signature saddlebacks sunk into the mattress like soot to the carpet. the cursed fireplace had never transported two into this realm before and was having bouts of indigestion because of it, sputtering sorely. she swings out like a garden gate, one hand to the finely crafted wood of the canopy - dark hair curtaining at an angle. “if you like. the red room rarely sees company. it seemed courteous to offer.”

he calls her brave and she thinks it beside the point. “daily grind and gruel,” she offers as explanation, lowering to rest her hind quarters to the plush comforter - temple to the hitching post - probing gaze without peer. head cocks; curious oddity. “this is home base when you are a monster hunter. speaking of…what kind are you?” men didn’t dream hop. monsters often did.

Red room. A monster hunter? Ha, did he actually out of all the people in the world caved into the dreams of a monster hunter? His luck, a challenge. Furrowed gaze fall down to his hands, smirk appears at the familiar charcoal tone on his hands. From fingertips to slightly beyond his wrists, there’s nothing but pitch black covering skin. In this place his magic is powerful, not bound to reality’s limits. In this place he can let smugness rule his lips and stand proud that at least he can give an even fight if there is ever a need for one. There’s only one thing he lacks, his sister, wherever she may be.

❛ It would be rude to deny such offer, granted that your tea has no signs of poison or anything of the sort, monster hunter. ❜ A step closer he goes, staring at this serenity she carries and curiosity that sparks. One hard to crack, ❛ You didn’t ask my question, I thought we were being courteous. ❜

❛ Who are you? ❜ Perhaps if she replied he would consider answering her inquiry, wouldn’t it be fair? Though, evenhandedness is not particularly one of his best traits.

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