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Santa Fe New Mexican Special Insert
At the conclusion of a summer strike in 2011, the New Mexico nurses union (District 1199NM, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees) paid for an 8-page insert to the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. The full 8-page insert is here as a pdf….
India: Think Before You Speak
As printed in the 20 November 2007 edition of DNA (Daily News & Analysis), Mumbai edition. By Prachi Rege Our assumptions could lead to major communication problems. Prachi Rege attends a seminar on General Semantics — a theory that makes us aware of our behaviour…
India: National Workshop
Reprinted with permission from: Centre for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Twelfth National Workshop Cognitive Language Skills for the 21st Century 3rd – 5th November 2007 A Report One of the dominant concerns of contemporary social and political theory and one…
India: National Workshop on General Semantics
As printed in the 6 November 2007 edition of DIVYA BHASKAR DAILY, Gujarat, India. General Semantics is a topic somewhat unfamiliar to the common man, but it concerns something that plays a very significant role in our daily life. The twelfth National Workshop of the…
He takes little at face value
(Reprinted with permission of the author, DIANA KUNDE) Sun, Nov. 5, 2005 Special to the Dallas Morning News FORT WORTH—What do you answer when your toddler asks, “What’s this?” What’s likely to follow when a politician begins a sentence with: “The fact of the matter…
Capitalizing on Career Chaos
I contributed to the book by a mentor, Dr. Helen Harkness, Capitalizing on Career Chaos: Bringing Creativity and Purpose to Your Work and Life, (2005, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, ISBN 0-89106-209-2). Following are the excerpts that document my case study. Success Based on the Authentic Self…
Avoiding dating disasters
(Reprinted with permission of the Dallas Morning News) Expert advises altering expectations as people seek new relationships Monday, December 29, 2003 By ALINE McKENZIE / The Dallas Morning News [Disclaimer: I’ve never used the word “expert” to refer to myself about anything. Not seriously. The…
Brimming with knowledge
From the July 18, 2003 print edition of the Dallas Business Journal Mike Whiteley Tarrant/Denton editor When 16-year-old honors student Taylor Hess got expelled for carrying a bread knife onto the campus of L.D. Bell High School in the bed of his pickup, school officials…
It’s a study of our lives (in so many words)
(Reprinted with permission of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram)Posted on Tue, Aug. 13, 2002By PAUL BOURGEOIS Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH – Our language affects our behavior, and our behavior affects our language. That is the very basic idea behind the Center for General Semantics, a…