Live from San Juan, Puerto Rico, it's theCUBE. Covering Blockchain Unbound. Brought to you by Blockchain Industries. Hello and welcome back to theCUBE's exclusive coverage in Puerto Rico for Blockchain Unbound. This is where a global event from Silicon Valley, New York, all around the world. Investors, entrepreneurs all coming together to build this industry, a lot of great conversations. A lot of conversations around Puerto Rico as a place to domicile these great investments and companies. Obviously post-hurricane, a lot of action here. A lot of interest. Blockchain for good, crypto for good, also for money making. Our next guest is Scott Meis, who's the Network Society Labs. Welcome to theCUBE. Good to see you again. You have a knack for being in real inflection point and met markets. We first met almost 15 years ago in Silicon Valley. Nanotech was a field that was a great track. It's doing great work, has great impact.  You're going, you're doing crypto and doing some work. Take a minute to talk about what you're doing. Scott, what's the work? Network Society Lab, what's that about? Right, I guess we're both living on the bleeding edge. So yeah, I'm the CEO of Network Society Lab and we're a venture development firm. So we provide the same services as an incubator or accelerator, but primarily for the portfolio companies of Network Society Ventures, which is another company that's in the Network Society Koretsu, which is headed by David Orban, who's speaking here today. Is that a investment group, or is that more of an advisory service? The fund is a seed stage venture capital fund, yeah, that focuses on exponential technologies and decentralized networks, companies that are driven by that. And we work with those companies to help them be successful. Okay, so two different groups. The lab team is down and dirty, help advisory, accelerate the mission. Right, and in that same Koretsu, there's also Network Society Research, which is a think tank, and Network Society of Media, which is a media company. All right, so what are the things you're working on? Give us a taste of the kind of ventures and projects you're working on right now. Most of the work we're doing right now is what we call token sale management, and that's basically taking responsibility for executing a token sale from beginning to end, all of the activities, and bringing together service providers that are world-class in each one of the responsibilities that need to be executed in order to have a successful token event. And then we manage them the same way, a general contractor and a construction environment manages subcontractors. Is that because there's too many moving parts? There's a lot of lawyerly going on, you get tax advice, is that the reason? Why we structured it that way? Well, we want to keep a lean internal staff, so we don't want to have huge headcount, and also this allows us to work with world-class people, like for instance, on two of the projects we're doing now, Michael Turpins, the PR guy, so that automatically means that among the team, there's over 50 ICOs under the belt, and it's the same for every service provider. They've done some significant number of these, and the combined experience, the combined capability, is really the best team you can get together in the world. So talk about the global impact of this, because we were talking last night, we were saying, hey, killer app is money, and that's what blockchain, cryptocurrency, essentially decentralized apps are all going to have flowing through them, value creation, value capture with money as the killer app. What kind of projects you're working on that go outside the US, and is it global phenomenon, and what's your take on that? I'll give you a specific example, one example, which is called Wealth Migrate, and they have a coin called the Wealth E coin, Wealth with the capital E on the end, and what they are is a fractional real estate ownership company, so if you're someone who's in the emerging developing world, and you want to begin to build wealth, and you'd like to own a piece of first world real estate in the US or Australia or UK, you can go to this website, and today the minimum is about $1,000, but by implementing the blockchain further, they want to eventually get down to $1, you can buy a piece of real estate and enjoy the returns on that. So this is a closing the wealth gap, it's giving people who are just getting into the middle class the ability to own real estate and build wealth. And what's going on in Puerto Rico here, if you had the folks couldn't make it here, what's the dynamic here? I see the hurricane pretty much crushed the island. Yes. Well documented, but the entrepreneurial culture here is coming together with outside ecosystem communities. What are you seeing here in Puerto Rico? What's your observation? Well, it's actually a pretty fascinating experiment. I mean, Michael Turpin of Transform Group has been living in Puerto Rico for quite some time, and he was kind of the pied piper evangelizing in this place and saying, hey, this is a great place to come live. It's got a favorable tax structure, et cetera. And I think it's fantastic that the crypto community is essentially adopting Puerto Rico and also moving here. So all these activity is really going to give a shot in the arm to the Puerto Rican economy. And people are doing that very intentionally as a way to give back and help to rebuild the island. So what do you say to the folks out there that say, well, it's not just Puerto Rico, there's other domicile digital nations out there. I mean, today the UK announced or yesterday announced that they're going to convert to fiat currency with the faster payment system with Coinbase. It's a significant radical move. So Ken Puerto Rico can maintain a position and countries like Baja Rain, which Amazon works with, you got Armenia, you got China, you got all these, you know, Stoney. I mean, you have people who are jockeying for similar positions. I mean, is it going to be a new digital nation sovereignty structure or? Well, Puerto Rico has a particular advantage in this part of the United States.  So I think it's always going to have a little bit of a niche there. But I mean, this is truly a competitive environment. It's global, it's very competitive. There are certain nations that are very, very anti-crypto like the United States, for instance. And there are certain nations that embrace it. I mean, the one that we like best and where we're doing a couple of token sale events or ICOs is Malta. And Malta has a history of creating a regulatory environment that's very favorable to things like financial services and eye gaming. So doing digital currency is something that's a natural for them. And the government and the regulatory agencies are all in. So they're a competitor. And there are many others, as you said, but I think that's all good because competition will bring down prices, spur innovation, et cetera, et cetera. And that's fantastic. And regulatory posture and policy will be the gating factor for competitiveness for nations. Yeah, that's one of the major factors. It wouldn't be the only one, but absolutely. I mean, when you've got a situation where the regulators are saying, our mission in life is to have a light touch. We want it to be regulated. We don't want a lot of fraud going on. But we want to make it easy for you guys to be doing these things. It makes a huge difference. So what do you say to the folks out there that would say, okay, Michael Turpin, he's got so many ICOs, he's just pumping and dumping these things. He's got so many ICOs, and he's a promoter, basically. And he's not really, I mean. And he started out as a PR firm. Yeah, he's a PR firm. You got a PR firm as a leader in the industry. Some people will say, hey, I want to see Goldman Sachs come in. I want to see real players come in. I want to see more validation. The PR messaging is not going well. Look at Brock Pierce. He got taken down by John Oliver. New York Times wrapping up. So you have a lot of like, fud out there. Yes. So what do you say to that? What do people say to that? I do think there's- That's my own opinion, but I'll share it after you share yours. I mean, just one observation is, you can tell a lot about a person's personality type by what their initial reaction is to cryptocurrency. It's almost like a Myers-Briggs, right? And the- Explain that. Well, just, in my experience, I've introduced the idea of crypto, or now that I'm in the field, a lot of people have approached me, friends, and- Who want to learn? Who want to learn, but you know, it's, they come into it with certain biases, right? And for some reason, crypto really pokes at people's biases.  Right? And they go, well, you know, and I go, well, why does the United States dollar have any value? I mean, you've got full faith and credit of the government that's in debt by $20 trillion. You know, is that a good idea? And, you know, but they don't understand the- What are some of the reactions you get across the board? What's the spectrum of reactions?  The next revolution is here. It's the entire spectrum. You know, and again, like I said, it has a lot to do with what people's personalities, that people are very conservative and skeptical. They're going to be conservative and skeptical about it and look for the negative. If they're very innovative and cutting edge and open to new ideas, they're going to think it's cool and interesting and it's an agent for change. Well, a lot of people I talk to, and here's my opinion. I personally believe that you can't PR your way to industry momentum. That's the old way. So I'm down on the whole press release model just pump and dump, and you're seeing a lot of that. And it's not just to transform a group that says PR in general. There's also people with misrepresentation. So to me, that's a communication vehicle, not primary. The key is value creation. Which companies are creating value? Which ones, communities are endorsing? Who has real communities? Who doesn't? So I think as investors come in, the thing that I'm hearing is smart money's saying I want quality deals, and I got to peel away the promotional layer and look at the core data. That seems to be a flight to quality right now in this market. There's a major flight to quality. I mean, we're probably in the third or fourth era of ICOs. And there is a flight to quality because people realize what I call these deals are vaporware or field of dreams. These are the ones where there's really nothing there give me 30 million and I'll build this the most I'll boil the ocean for you. That's why we like to work with companies like Wealth Migrate because what they've done is on relatively small capital proven a business model and started a business. And now what they need is money to scale that model. And those are the ones that we prefer. And that's when people can look and say, I can see that this business model's working and that's where a lot of the risk is factored out. And now it's just about making that a bigger business. You know, the thing I tell people is when you look at selecting service providers or partners, whether it's a PR strategy advisory, it's not so much the function.  They have a really social network. So the signaling is if they are involved or you're, so it's about the network you're choosing, right? Yes. So to me, it's not so much the functional PR or the functional advisory. It's really, who's bringing the network effect? Yeah, that's true. Investors to the table, partners to the table. Well, and that's good and bad actually, because you're talking about hype, there's no more fertile hype environment than social media. I mean, one of the things I find to be really scary is that a proxy for the quality of the ICO is how many telegram followers does the chat group have, which I think is just insane, you know, so. You can game that. Yeah, absolutely. Scott, what are you working on now? What's next for you? What's some of the things that you see happening in the next year? Well, we're just staying heads down, you know, executing several of these token sale events or ICOs, and that's what we're going to do. We're also going to get back to the original knitting, which was our mission, which is expand our venture development services. So have a full, you know, pallet of things that the startups from Network Society Ventures can choose from so that we can help them make successful. Token Mechanomics is the critical decision that every company has to make. Yes. And having advisory help is great. Thanks for sharing your opinion here on theCUBE. I'm John Furrier here in Puerto Rico for theCUBE's exclusive coverage of Blockchain Unbound. Back with more coverage after this short break. Thanks for watching.


Can Christians be demon-possessed? There are really two approaches to answering this question. One way to answer this question is to look at your experience or the experiences of others. Now here's the only issue with looking to experience as the primary means of authority. Different people have different experiences that contradict one another. So to avoid confusion, we look to a better way of answering that question. We must first look to God's Word. Scripture holds more authority than our stories. We have to remember that the Bible is our ultimate authority. Now don't get me wrong, experiences count and experiences can be very good things, but experiences must be interpreted through the truths of Scripture. So what does the Bible actually teach about demon possession? Firstly, we need to define what we mean by demon possession, so let's look to the Scripture. When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he cast out the spirits with the Word and healed all who were sick, Matthew 8.16. In the original language, the term demon-possession means just that. To be possessed by a demon, to be demon-possessed is to be owned by a demonic being who literally takes up residence in your body. This results in high levels of torment and a demonically influenced physical being. Demonic possession, according to Scripture, is ownership. The question then becomes, who owns the believer? The spirit is the guarantee, the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste of our inheritance until the redemption of God's own purchased possession, His believers, to the praise of His glory, Ephesians 1.14. But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, the holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light, that's 1 Peter 2.9. And you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God, that's 1 Corinthians 3.23. So it's perfectly clear that the believer belongs to God. That's not even debated among serious Bible believers. The question then becomes, can a believer be both owned by God and a demon at the same time? That is, can the believer have both the Holy Spirit and a demon dwelling in them? Here's what the Bible says. But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world, that's 1 John 4.4. Notice that the Scripture makes a distinction between God in you and a spirit in the world. It clearly teaches that one is in you and the other is not. Now it's at this point that some might interject, but man is a body, soul and spirit. Demons may not dwell in the body where the Holy Spirit dwells, and demons may not dwell in the spirit man, but they can dwell in the soul. Now aside from the fact that this idea of soul possession was never taught in the New Testament, consider what the implications of such a reality would be. The soul is the dwelling place of the will. Do demons take control over man's free will? Let's look at the demoniac in Mark 5. When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs to meet him. That's Mark 5 too. Do we really imagine that this was the exercise of demonic will? What demon would will its captive toward freedom? The man was drawn to Jesus by his own will. So if someone wants to believe that a Christian can be demon-possessed, the burden of proof is on them. They have to demonstrate with Scripture that this is the reality. So far, we've seen that the Scripture teaches just the opposite. It clearly teaches that we are God's possession. Now on a side note, one might wonder, well then from whom do we expel demons? The answer is the unbeliever. You see, a common misconception is that we shouldn't cast demons out of the unbeliever because they may end up worse than before. This is the portion of Scripture that causes some concern. When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, I will return to the person I came from. So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all enter the person and live there. So that person is worse off than before. That's Luke 11, 24 through 26. Now some Christians believe that this portion of Scripture prevents us from casting demons out of unbelievers. They may say something like, well, if we cast demons out of unbelievers, they may end up worse, seven times worse if they don't get saved. But this is not a proper way to view or apply the Scriptures and for several reasons. Firstly, saying that you shouldn't cast demons out of unbelievers because they may end up worse is like saying that you shouldn't evangelize the lost because they may one day backslide. It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. That's 2 Peter 2, 21. But we don't neglect the lost just because they may one day end up backslidden. In the same way, we don't neglect the demon possess simply because they may end up with more demonic influence over them. Secondly, we should cast out demons from unbelievers because they're not promised tomorrow. By waiting to liberate the demon possessed, we are being presumptuous in assuming that they have more time. The Scripture says, come now, you who say today or tomorrow, we will go to such and such a city. Spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit. Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. That's James 4, 13-14. Thirdly, deliverance often results in salvation.  Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that His kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? That's Romans 2-4. Consider the demoniac in Mark 5. After being delivered, He desired to follow Jesus. Think of how religious it is to say, I'm not going to cast the demon out of you. I need to leave you in torment for my doctrine tells me so. So every instance of demon possession in the Bible involved the unredeemed. So is there any good reason to believe that a Christian can be demon possessed or demonized? Well, here are some common attempts at proving this unbiblical notion. Some may ask, what about Judas? When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered him. That's John 13, 27. If you look at what the Bible reveals about Judas, it becomes clear that Judas was not a true believer but rather a wolf among sheep. So Judas is not an example of a Christian being demon possessed. Now that you know the truth, you can't use Judas as an example of Christian demon possession. What about Ananias and Sapphira? But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land? That's Acts 5.3. Now here, some will rightfully point out that the term filled in this verse is the same term used in Ephesians to describe the Holy Spirit in the believer. But remember that especially as it pertains to the original language of scripture, context is key for meaning. Here, Peter makes it clear that Satan filled their hearts to lie, meaning this was not demonic possession but rather influence unto action. And even if this were an example of Christians being demon possessed, why didn't Peter cast the devil out of them? If the story of Ananias and Sapphira was an example of Christians being demon possessed, then the takeaway is that death not deliverance is the solution. So either this isn't an example of Christians being demon possessed or the solution for demon possessed Christians is death. Let's thank God that this isn't an example of Christian demon possession. And now that you know the truth about Ananias and Sapphira, you can't use them as an example of Christian demon possession. But isn't deliverance the children's bread, some may ask? Well, let's look at the source scripture. Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet.  And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter, since she was a Gentile born in Syrian Phoenicia. Jesus told her, first, I should feed the children, my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs. That's Mark 7, 25 to 27. Here, Jesus is not saying that New Testament believers can be demon possessed, not even close. He's simply stating that his ministry was first for the nation of Israel. That's it. And now that you know that truth, you can't use this as an example of Christian demon possession. What about the demon possessed people in Acts 8 who had demons driven out of them by Philip? What about the demon possessed people in the synagogues? What about the scripture that asks, who hath bewitched you? Well, these all have similarly simple explanations. The people in Acts 8 were said to have listened intently to Philip's message, but it doesn't say they all became believers. And just because someone goes to church doesn't mean they're a true believer, so the same would apply to the people who went to synagogue. And the word bewitched simply means deceived. Christians can most certainly be affected by deception, but not possession. And every single example you will ever hear that seems to prove that Christians can be demon possessed, can be thoroughly debunked with even just a little bit of digging. I guarantee you, hear me now, I guarantee you that every single argument that anyone will ever use to attempt to convince you of Christian demon possession will likewise fail to hold under the weight of truth. In all its warnings about demons, in all its instructions on spiritual warfare, nowhere anywhere in the entire New Testament do we see any instructions for casting demons out of believers. That's not to say that we can't be attacked. In fact, the Bible teaches that believers are attacked by demons through way of deception, but never possession. OK, so what about Christians being oppressed? Well, that's just a word that was made up as a retreat in the face of the reality that Christians can't be possessed. So if by oppressed you mean any form of ownership, then not even oppression is a reality for believers. Curses, possession, oppression, demonization, these are not biblically supported realities for the believer. For the unbeliever, it's of course a different case. So to be clear, Christians can be affected and attacked by demons. But the solution for the believer is simply drawing closer to the Lord and defending oneself with the truth of God's word. Nowhere in the New Testament do we see Christians undergoing exorcism or anything that resembles exorcism. Nowhere in the New Testament do we see Christians having to break off curses. Nowhere in the New Testament do we see Christians having to undergo special rituals and sessions in order to be free. Now again, and let me emphasize this, Christians can be attacked and affected by demons. But how we describe those attacks and how we go about defending ourselves from those attacks must be biblically grounded. So what should we do with our experiences? What about those Christians who manifest as if they're demon-possessed? What about the testimonies that we hear from Christians who have had demons expelled from them? I say we keep those testimonies. But we must interpret these experiences through Scripture and not interpret Scripture through these experiences. Were they set free? Absolutely. Did they have a breakthrough? You bet they did. Did they experience a highly emotional transformation? Of course. Were they demon-possessed? What if they were saved at the time of their experience? Did they need the rituals to be free? No. It was the Holy Spirit's power that freed them. Do Christians need to go through exorcisms or anything resembling exorcisms in order to walk in the freedom of the Spirit? They can have encounters with God that are really intense and liberating, sure. But thank God, no religious actions are necessary. You can be free from demonic attacks and effects simply by God's presence and power. Now that you know the truth, you're faced with a choice. Embrace the Scripture or cling to religious ideology, but the choice is yours. I highly recommend that you side with the truth of Scripture. Father, we thank you that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. We thank you that whom the Son sets free is free indeed. And Father, I pray that you would help us to know the truth, that the truth might set us free. Thank you, Lord, that we're free in you. Thank you that you paid the price to break every curse. We honor and we bless you. Help us to walk in that freedom through obedience to your Word and time in your presence. We thank you, Lord, for your Word, which guides us in matters of the Spirit. And I pray you liberate your people today and liberate them, Lord, from every mindset that keeps them bound. We come against every assault of the enemy and we pray peace, peace. That's what it is. It's simply the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the peace of God. You don't need to work yourself up in a frenzy. You don't need to beg for your liberty. You don't have to follow the traditions of man and jump through the hoops of rituals and superstition. The Holy Spirit sets you free even now. I thank you, Father, for doing it in the name of Jesus we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it, say Amen. Well that is it for the message. Here now is a question for conversation. Why do you suppose it's difficult to let go of traditions even when confronted with Scripture? Let me know in the comments section right now and here are some comments from a previous video titled, You Should Live To Please God Not Man. Heaven's Daughter wrote, I love this. What a timely word I can relate to this. There will always be those who will judge you, especially when you are in love with the Lord. I only want to hear the words, Well done, my good and faithful servant. The next commenter writes, I realize you can't please people because they have their own minds and opinions. You will only tire yourself out. But pleasing the Lord is not in vain. He appreciates it and he notices when you do good things for him. Evangeline Roberts writes, I have been trapped trying to please everyone and that's why I believe God sent me this video because you can't please everyone. It's either God or people. And finally, Ronnie Fierro wrote, I used to try pleasing others to be liked. Now I have to remind myself to please God and no one else. Thank you, Lord, for giving me this realization. One more time I want to remind you, make sure you're subscribed to EncounterTV on YouTube and click that notification bell when you do subscribe so that you can receive notices when we put out new content. You can also follow us wherever you're watching us. I want to ask you to join a spiritual rescue mission. Do you realize that every single day over 150,000 people pass into eternity? Many of them pass into eternity without Christ. So I'm asking for your help. We need to tell the world that Jesus saves. 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Right we are live from Morsy for Challenge Tuesday. We're not live because we're watching on YouTube. But it's live now. We're doing it live. We do all our videos live. Welcome back to Challenge Tuesday. It is number 67 or 68. Depends if we've done 67. We've got an audience for the first time today. How are we showing the audience? These are the guys that come and live a cheat day in Morsy. And we're about to do a capacity strength session and the warm-up is gonna be a little bit of a game and it is called the Hang Tough Tickle Challenge. That was hard to get out. Listen it's very simple. It's taken from gladiators, for those that used to watch it. It's gonna involve some single arm active hand. We like that sort of stuff. Great for flags and other pulling movements. But the job is to hang on the bar and the first person to fall off loses the challenge. So if you hang on with two hands, you don't get the chance to really tickle it. Put it in. Put it in. The job is... Hang on a minute. Tim wins round one. It allows less ticklish than I was expecting. But the idea is to try and get the other person off the bar by busy fingers. Three, two, one, fight! And then I want to see Zach and Darren. Three, two, one, tickle! You can't open it.  Three, two, one, tickle! I love that. Let me down Neil. Are the protective from me? So you can see we had from the sublime to the... Ridiculous. Ridiculous. The fair to the unfair. I feel like I've been missing out on this tickle thingy. I'm pretty sure you already have a tickle somewhere with my hands. I didn't realise. My wife is in trouble again. So guys we're having a great time and I retreat. We're going to get into our capacity strength session. That is challenge Tuesday number 67. Tag your friend, challenge of mate. And then let's see who's got the hang tough tickle. No grades. We just want to see who the cream will rise to the top in the hang tough tickle challenge. Until next time, class dismissed.


My name is Dr. Tim McDonald and I'm the Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer at RLDATICS. Prior to joining RLDATICS, I practiced anesthesia and engaged in patient safety activities for more than 30 years. And my passion has been helping organizations shatter the wall of silence that is what too often happens when harm occurs in health care. I was proud to be one of the architects of the Candor Toolkit that's aimed at shattering that wall. The Candor Toolkit was supported and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and it stands for Communication and Optimal Resolution. And it's a process for normalizing compassionate honesty when we respond to what we learned from and we improve after harm. Now more than ever, the world is facing an empathy and compassion crisis with patients and families, the loved ones and members of the care team suffering from the preventable harm that is occurring due to the ravages of COVID-19 and this is harm that is befalling both the patients as well as members of the healthcare team. Candor is the antidote for the compassion crisis by ensuring that we support one another and we learn from these events in a way that we can and we will prevent them in the future. Without transparency, we are doomed to repeat the problems of the past. As Sir Liam Donaldson has said, to err as human, to cover up is unforgivable, but to fail to learn is inexcusable. The hospital and the surgeon were as transparent as I can imagine anybody could be. I often tell folks that the surgeon is the poster child of what a good doctor should be. You know, he not only notified Teresa out in the waiting room that things weren't going as they had hoped, but within less than 24 hours he was in the ICU and spoke to me about what happened and that he was accepting full responsibility for and within the next 48 hours the president of the hospital visited me and once again informed me that they were taking full responsibility and that whatever I needed all I had to do is ask. And that type of response from the both the hospital and the doctor just made me feel so much better that I had so many fewer things to worry about.  But knowing that I was now paralyzed from at that point to neck down that who was going to take care of the family who was going to handle my care. How was I going to get better and met met started up with the hospital and their staff or just I mean I can't say there any other way than outstanding in their transparency with me.


Okay, so here we are at the front of the hotel. We're staying out here in Milan and Check out the body parts hunks Of cow flesh hanging from the window here by hooks It's actually decomposing the second and animal dies. They begin to decompose They are kept in a cool room here. This place is called the Butcher's Theatre Directly like two meters away from where we're staying Looks like a morgue something out of a horror movie here Absolutely sick. There's a fire inside your hut. Yeah, so those pieces of animal there were torn off of someone with a personality They're hacked off of a sentient individual who didn't want to die. People are completely disconnected from the animal Check out this massive Cathedral over here looks like something out of Harry Potter. It's absolutely majestic Amazing what humans can do pity. We caused so much suffering All right, so we're at the Cube of Truth here in Milan Check out the location. Absolutely amazing. There's so many tourists around and heaps of people standing around the Cube, which is amazing. So Talk to some people over eggs. No over No latte Bambini Bambini They kill the Bambini for latte Latte come from Mama Bambini drink the latte. No, they want to kill the Bambini They drink the latte. That's for us. We need it to make the cheese make fromage.     Do you know what a blender is? You know what a blender you make smoothies blender the boys. They don't make eggs Okay, no eggs. So they when they're first day when they're born first day put them in a blender First day of life fully conscious awake for eggs Brutal Let me show you something There's some info Vegan challenge vegan means are no harming animals Ethical Peace First bit of Italian outreach. I think they understood. How do you say cruelty in Italian? Crutale cruelty the the name it's cruel delta cruel delta.  Okay, I'll try to I'll try to say that to someone. Oh my god, man. Hey Is this in Italy? Is this in Italy?  Hey That's just pure sick. Where are you from? Kuwait, yes But it's from here cut from here animal relax Me I don't want to be cut from here me. I Mean, I don't think it's ethical good to do like if I wouldn't do it to another person I wouldn't do it to an animal. You know what I mean? Like I don't want to be killed even if it's quick What you know, you don't want to be killed even if it's really quick So I think they value their life animals. They're like they're similar to us They they avoid pain and suffering.  We have other things we can eat that doesn't involve murder Yeah, okay. Thank you. That's good. This is um Let me give you a little card Information on the back. You can do okay vegan challenge eat plant-based food. Okay. Thanks, brother. Thank you Interesting. He was quite open did not expect I thought he was gonna I thought he was gonna push back a lot harder than he did But he seemed he just said what do you want me to do?   How long till you get to the speech Tonight. Yeah, we have two hours. Yeah, so we'll get there about six ish Yeah, yeah, so it starts at 6 30. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but yeah, keep it slow. Okay, because yeah Good with English. Okay I'm gonna get off my feet because I'm starting to feel really trashed Yeah Okay, so We just did a cube of truth Got something to eat had a shower and I'm going about to do a speech here at this restaurant to the Italian crowd I'm not sure how their English is but I'll speak clearly and concisely so they can all understand and I hope it's a good workshop. Let's go. We're on the home stretch We nearly finished for this tour got a few more countries to go come and check out the buffet All right, this one. I think this one's the our vegan one Vigano, okay Hello Never before Have we had a movement of? Grassroots activists forming all over the world now you turn one person vegan where you've made a new vegan That's amazing. You turn someone into an activist. They go on to make vegans for the rest of their life And if you turn a hundred people into activists How inspiring is that so you can have a million vegans and they're pretty quiet They don't really you know do much and they're pretty nervous But if you inspire them and motivate them and talk about the moral obligation to speak about this Boom, that's how you create change. So it's more inspiring to see activists in every part of the earth because you know that if there's even 10 They could go on to make a hundred vegans, you know, and and I'm seeing it everywhere really have especially in the last year All right, we just got back from a Another speech, I think that's about the 11th workshop. I've done on this tour think we've got about four more to go and We're doing some actions in Milan tomorrow and then we're off to Berlin This is a Facebook challenge 22, you know, Vigano Vigano vegan


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And now with the Red-Headed Woman and with the performance of Desi Arnais and Lucille Ball, AutoLite hopes once again to keep you in suspense. Jensen Corporation. Hello. Hello, Linda. Yes. Hello, Frank. Look, darling, I thought I told you not to come. I know. I shouldn't call you at the office. I'm sorry, Red-Headed. You see, I... Darling, you sound so grim. Is there anything wrong? I'm going to be tough, Linda, but you see, I... Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but... Well, go on, dear. You can tell me anything. You know that. Oh, you're sure swell, Linda. That's why it's so hard to tell you. I... Frank, you haven't committed a murder or anything, have you? No. No, of course not. Well, what is it then? It's hard to justify, but... But what? Frank, you've met someone else. Is that it? Oh, it's quite all right. Is she blonde or brunette? Oh, Linda, I couldn't help it. It was one of these things. It just happens. Sometimes things do. Well, you don't have to explain, Frank. I'll send your ring back this afternoon. I hope it fits her. Good luck.  And then I felt myself getting good and mad.  For two years, my every thought, my every move had been patterned toward Frank's wishes and welfare. Other girls, the selfish type, were holding their men. It was... well, I made up my mind that the future would be different. From that minute on, I'd think of myself first, last and always. Suddenly, I wanted to get away, do things, have beautiful clothes, money, especially money. I suppose it's the kind of independence any woman wants to grab for in a moment like that. When she's found out, you can't depend on a man. Good morning, Linda. Oh, good morning, Mr. Jensen. Feeling all right? Of course. Why shouldn't I? I don't know you. You seemed a little despondent. No, I'm fine. Good, good, good. Oh, uh, will you put this away for me? What? Payroll money? What's only the fifth, isn't it? I'm going to Florida for a couple of weeks, Linda. Oh. I drew the payroll money today because I'm leaving tomorrow. Oh, that sounds wonderful. Yes, doesn't it? I've been thinking about it for years. Say, why don't you take a few days off while I'm gone, Linda? What? Why don't you, Linda? It's a good idea. Certainly I won't be needing you. Well, I could come in on the 14th and handle the payroll. No, you needn't bother. I can get Walters. Well, he's pretty busy, Mr. Jensen. I'll come back and handle it. I'll just be in the country somewhere close by. Thank you, Mr. Jensen. Looking back, I suppose I thought of stealing the payroll right then. I must have. For a few minutes after Mr. Jensen left, I visualized how easy it would be. Only he and I had the combination to the safe. He'd be far away in Florida for two whole weeks. I could leave the next day. I could have at least 10 days before anyone could find out anything was wrong. I thought about Frank and that brush off he'd given me. How easily I might forget him in new surroundings. Well, when I closed the office that evening, I took the envelope with $21,000 in bills and stuffed it into my handbag. Then, I don't know why, I took the gun Mr. Jensen always kept in the safe. Next morning, I left Kansas City and began driving west. By the next afternoon, I was well into Texas on the inland route. I knew vaguely that I had to get across the border, but the actual fact that I was a criminal hadn't quite percolated yet. A few miles out of Big Spring, the weather changed and dark gray clouds replaced the blue skies. Then I came to a roadblock and I had to detour. It was a winding makeshift road of dirt that stretched on and on for miles. I hated going so slow, but there wasn't anything I could do about it, so I switched on the radio and tried to feel comfortable and forget what I had done. Then a few drops of rain splashed against the windshield and I hoped that I'd make the main highway before it really let loose. It was then that I heard the announcement. This afternoon, in one of the most daring daylight holdups in Texas history, the North Bank of Abilene was robbed of $40,000. As far as his known only two persons participated, a tall dark complexion young man wearing a light gray suit and hat and an attractive red-haired woman dressed in a green suit. In effecting their successful getaway, one of them shot and critically wounded an elderly bank guard, a veteran of World War I. The couple left in a green panel truck and are believed headed in the general direction of El Paso. More news after our next music. Well, these were worse criminals than I was by far and they'd made a getaway.  To my right, black letters loomed suddenly against the yellow background of a sign, Midland, Odessa, Pecos. I slowed down to 30, rounding a series of blind curves. Coming around the last one, I saw a man standing in the middle of the road. I jammed down my brakes to keep from hitting him. I started walking toward me. I'm very sorry to bother you this way, but my car is out of gas and I was wondering could you perhaps let me siphon a little from your tank? Well, sorry, but I'm low myself.  I've been waiting here for hours. You're the first car I've seen. I would just take a little. Well, I can't. Honestly, I... All right, all right. Then perhaps you would be so kind as to give me a little lift to the next gas station? Oh, come on now. Don't you believe in the good neighbor policy? Well, all right. Get in. Thanks. Thanks a lot. We'll find a gas station right on here someplace. I won't even take you out of your way. Oh, that's all right. I'm going in the general direction of... El Paso? El Paso. All came together suddenly. The radio announcement and this man who was just sitting down beside me. He fitted perfectly. Dark complexion, like gray suit. I glanced at the car parked by the side of the road. Yes, it was a green panel truck. Well, senorita... Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think I can take you after all. You see, I... Oh, now, please. I have been marooning here for two hours. It's very important that I get to Pecos in the next two hours. Oh, and where are you going after that? Me? I'm going to travel all over. After Pecos, I'm going to beat it down to Juarez. That's across the border. From there, we're going... Well, that's what I thought. Look, I would like to pay you for helping me. He grew a sheaf with new bills from his pocket and dropped a fresh 20 into my lap. I opened my handbag and my fingers closed around Mr. Jensen's gun. He looked down at it. Hey, what? I said I've changed my mind. Okay, okay. That's the way you feel. I don't argue with a girl who's got a gun. I didn't even wait for him to close the door. I let out the clutch, stepped on the gas and got away fast. When I finally reached the highway, I speeded up still more. I'd had a bad scare. I wanted to talk to someone about anything and forget that man. Maybe that was why I was so relieved when I came to the little town of Pecos and saw the carnival a short distance ahead and why I stopped to look at it. Even from the car, the bright lights and the people and the carousel, gaily painted horses going round and round made me feel less lonely. I wanted to get out and mingle with the people and drink some pink lemonade and buy a red candied apple. Go in one of the midway tents and see Tortoro, the sword swallower and Lopez, the ventriloquist. But instead, I ate a hot dog in the car and bought a silver ashtray from a little Indian girl. Then a sudden burst of thunder reminded me of the approaching storm. I started the car and left the carnival behind me. Soon afterwards, it began to rain. Then a cloud burst here. Fifteen minutes later, I spotted an autocorner. As I came to a stop, a gray moustached man in a rubber hat and raincoat came out to meet me. Hello there. Hello, how far did El Paso please? I'm not planning to go there tonight, are you? Well, I... Well, you never make it. A lot of bad spots on the road. I know because in rainy nights, I always pick up a lot of money pulling the stall cars out of the mud. Well, maybe I'd better spend the night here then if you have a vacancy. I've got more vacancies than anything else. I'll fix you up with the best cabin on the plate. I used to live in it myself. Come on, I'll show you. Oh, it sounds fine. Do you mind if I use your phone first? No, go ahead. Go ahead. There's your booth over there right next to the office. Oh, thank you. I'll open the cabin door and leave the key on the trash here. You can put it in the car. I was going to phone the El Paso police and tell them where I'd last seen the man answering the description of the Abilene bank robber. I dialed and waited for her to answer. And then I remembered something. There should have been a woman, too. A woman with red hair, but the man had been alone. Operator. After all, there was more than one green truck in the world, more than one dark young man. Operator. And besides, I fought with a shock. I'm in no position to risk there maybe tracing the call and finding out my name and investigating me. I hung up the receiver. I went out and weedled a cup of coffee and a donut out of my host. And then I went up to my cabin and went to bed. I woke up about 10 o'clock. A car had driven up and stopped right outside my window. The headlights were shining in. When I got up to pull down the shade, I saw the car. It was the green panel truck I'd seen on the road.  Then the proprietor and the other man came out of the cabin next to mine. I lowered my shade and then listened to him. I'll wait till the storm is over and then I'll go on to El Paso. Is it all right if I leave my truck out here? Well, sure. There's a garage in back. Do you want to use it? No, thanks. I'll just park it here near to the door. I heard him enter his cabin. I locked my door and sat down in the bed. It was very quiet next door.  But then all of a sudden I was awake again. Voices, a man's and a woman's were coming from the cabin next door. I got up, opened my window very quietly and listened. If you do, you would be sorry. Very sorry. You are wrong, Carmencita. It would not be me who is sorry. What do you mean? It shouldn't be difficult for you to figure that out. Excuse me? Along with us, me? No. Not even for one week. Not... I would not laugh if I were you, Carmencita. After that, everything was quiet. I was stunned, frozen. Then I heard his door open. I hurried to my window and carefully raised the shade a few inches. It was quite dark and at first I could only hear his footsteps. And then I saw him. He snapped on a flashlight, looked around with it. He was carrying a roll of blankets and he put it down carefully in the wet grass. Then he opened the rear door of the green panel truck. There was a long oblong box on the floor. He stooped over and lifted what I thought was the roll of blankets. But I was wrong. From one end a head was visible. A woman's head. With red hair. I must have thrown up my hands and hit the window shade. It clattered to the top. In the tense silence of the night it sounded like a machine gun. The man outside spun around. He trained his flashlight on me. He took a long look. Then he turned around and dropped his gruesome bundle into the loud, long box. I turned away. I couldn't look anymore.  Then I took a chance. I threw on my raincoat and shoes and hurried to the proprietor's office. I was knocked on his door and called to him. There was no answer. So I wrote a quick note and slipped it under his door and hurried back to my cabin. I closed my door and was just fumbling with the key when the lights went on. No use to lock it now, senorita, and don't make a noise. He was sitting in a chair, smiling, casually pointing a gun at me, my gun that I'd foolishly left on the dresser. You were not so very smart, were you, sweetheart? This gun, it looks nice. I think you handle it good too. I almost found out this afternoon on the road, didn't I? Now look, I wasn't going to use it, honestly, well, you know, you read a lot in the papers about the trouble people get into picking up strangers, and I... Yes, yes, sure, sure. You're always careful. Stay out of trouble. Mind your own business. That is very good to remember, senorita. That's all I was doing. Well, what do you want with me? It was just too bad. You looked out of me just now. I wouldn't have known you were here. I didn't mean to spy on you. I was awake and when I heard a noise outside, I looked out. That's all. That was natural, wasn't it? Maybe, but it didn't turn out so good for you, did it? Come on now, we got an arrow here and you are coming with me. But where are we going? Just places, senorita, just places. Come on now. But what do you want with me? You don't want me. Don't want you? Why, I'm crazy for you. I've been looking for you. I've been looking for somebody just like you. Auto-light is bringing you Miss Lucille Ball and Mr. Desi Arnais in The Red-Headed Woman, tonight's production in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills, Suspense. Feeling better, Hap? No, Harlow, I think I'll take the vacation, my doctor advised. Decided where you'll go? Not yet. Well, how about the Atlantic Ocean or the Great Lakes or the Mississippi River? Say, that's a lot of water. Right. It'll remind you of auto-light's day full batteries, that they have longer and larger liquid reserve above the plates as compared to ordinary batteries. Need water only three times a year in normal car use? Or hey, better still, Hap, visit the zoo, see the camels. Tell them Wilcox sent you. What? And get tossed out on my ear for suggesting that auto-light's day full batteries can go without water longer than camels can? Well, tell them about those fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate for longer battery life. Tell them that in recent tests based on SAE life cycle standards, auto-light's day full batteries gave 70% longer average life than batteries without stay full features. Well, wherever you go, Hap, take along an auto-light's day full battery. You're always right with auto-light. And now auto-light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage our stars, Desi Arnais and Lucille Ball in the red-headed woman. A tale well-calculated to keep you in suspense. It was quite a moment. Jose motioned with a gun for me to pick up my suitcase. And right then the door opened and the proprietor came in. I got your note, Miss. Well, that's all-ish. What's the gun for, Mr? Oh, what, uh, belongs to the lady. She was just showing it to me. Oh, yeah? Well, yes. Yes, that's right. I'll take it back now. This man bothering you, Miss? Is that why you left the note? I remembered my position again. I thought of the 21,000 in my handbag. I wanted this murderer locked up, but I didn't want to risk too much investigation. I wasn't bothering her. No, no, I just thought I heard someone at the window. And when I couldn't find you, I went next door and this, uh, gentleman was kind enough to... Well, I guess you owe an apology, Mr. But I don't know when I saw you with a gun. It's okay. It's okay. Forget it. Forget it, amigo. Sure. Well, good night. All right, you. You stand over there. Well, I guess you must be crazy for me, eh?  No, I'm just fond of myself. Things have kind of changed, haven't they, Jose? Oh, you know my name, too. I know all about you. Really? Yes, I guess things have changed. All right, now. That was a good idea you had before about leaving here.  Yes, ma'am. Where are we going? Like you said, places, Jose. Just places. Now walk quietly. My car's right outside. Anything you say, Senorita. He drove while I held the gun. After we'd gone about five miles, we came to a side road. I told him to turn. It's a pretty deserted neighborhood, now. Yes. Please tell me, where are we going? Oh, you're not going very far.  Oh, you're worried about what's in that pile of blankets, huh? Yes, that's right. Somebody might find her. Senorita, please. Not a chance. Oh, look, now, why don't we talk this thing over? I think maybe we could. Uh-uh, uh-uh, I'm not buying a thing. Oh, I certainly hope you know what you're doing. Uh-oh. I'm sorry. But we're stuck in the mud. Oh, well, that's a very fancy trick. But it won't work. You don't believe me? No. Well, then get out and see for yourself. And have you drive off and leave me? Oh, no thanks. Come on. Start the car. But I'm telling you the truth. We're stuck in this ditch. You better start the car, mister. Okay, okay, anything you say. You see? Try it again. All right, but it'll only get us in deeper. What do we do next? You're running the show. You tell me. Okay, I'll tell you. Get out of the car. What do I do now? Pick up some broken branches and put them under the wheels. Like I said, you are running the show. No, no, never mind. It's too dark. I can't see you. Get back in the car here. Would you give up too easy? Why don't you think of using a flashlight? I don't have one. Well, maybe if you ask me real nice, I will let you use mine. Where is it? It's here. In my coat pocket. All right, senorita. Drop the gun. Quickly. It was over in a second. Before I knew it, he'd reach in his pocket and jump behind me. I'd forgotten the most important thing of all. I hadn't searched him. I could feel the gun against my back. Now you're going to get into the car. Hurry. Yes, sir. Now you will drive for a while, no? But I thought we were stuck in the car. That is exactly what I wanted you to think. Good, huh? Start the car. You know, senorita, you should have searched me before we started. Yes, I've already figured that out. But this whole thing is kind of new to me. Oh, come on. Let's quit the kidding. You know, I think you would have been very surprised if you would have searched me. You know why? Nothing would surprise me. Oh, I think so. Because you know, you wouldn't have found any gun. Only this. A flashlight. It feels very much like a gun against your back, doesn't it? Especially when you're very frightened. Look, let me go. I swear, I'll never bother you again. You won't bother me. Not where you're going. You won't bother anyone. Drive a little faster, please. I drove for several miles without saying a word. Then I took a chance. I speeded up to 60, then jammed. I speeded up to 60, then jammed the brake to the floor. Jose's head banged against the windshield. He dropped the gun. I grabbed it almost before it hit the floorboard. Now, out again, Mr. Finnegan. We're going to change seats. Oh, my head. I was very smart, baby, very smart. Almost as good as your flashlight gun trick. It's better. Your trick wins. Oh, well. What goes now? We're heading straight into El Paso Police Department. But, but, but, baby, you can't do that. Why can't I? Because it's too foolish.  No, the Senorita isn't. That's why you're driving straight to El Paso and the police. Yes, ma'am. Whatever you say. I certainly hope you know what you're doing. The Senorita has learned a lot in the last few hours. Drive carefully. He shrugged his shoulders and settled back behind the wheel. I decided I'd been needlessly concerned about the police. After all, no one knew I had the $21,000 in my handbag. No one even knew it was missing. When I handed the police the man they were looking for, they wouldn't bother about me. They would accept my statement that I was just a secretary on my way to Mexico for a vacation. As we entered the outskirts of El Paso, I switched on the radio and settled back to enjoy it. And now our Texas roundup of the latest Texas news. Texans who expect quick and speedy action when it comes to lawbreakers in our state won't be disappointed when they hear the outcome of the bank holdup and killing of a guard in Abilene two days ago. What? What's that? Be quiet. Be quiet. Listen. The two culprits, Manuel Milani, a non-Texan, and Betty Murphy, a red-haired Californian, were apprehended today in Big Spring, only 61 hours after their spectacular holdup of the 7th Bank of Abilene, both freely confessed to the crime, the slavery of our Texas. Hey, wait a minute. You wait a minute. Stop the car. Now, I don't believe it. Neither do I. You don't? All right, then.  Me?  Oh, stop it. It was your accomplice.  Oh, you're crazy. What do you mean? I'm crazy. Right this minute, there's a red-haired woman dead in the back of your... What the... Oh... Oh, boy, that's a good one. You know you're right. You did hear an argument, and you did see me put a red-haired woman in the trunk. She was dead? Yes, that's right. She has been that all her life. She's... The argument, as you say, you heard when something like this... After the money? It is mine, Jose. I don't think you had better forget that. If you do, you will be sorry. Very sorry. You are wrong, Carmencita. I will not be me that is sorry. You couldn't get by without me. No, not even for one week. Not one week, for heaven's sake. A ventriloquist. What do you mean, a ventriloquist? I am the best. Jose Lopez, the great.  Your relief? What about me? I thought the whole time, here I am traveling with a criminal. Me? How could you think that I was a... Why not? You've got the red hair, you're wearing the green suit, just like the description. Listen, there's only one other thing that is confusing me. What's that?  All these thousands of dollars in your purse. Well, I... Yes? Well, you... Oh, what's the use? I might as well tell you the whole story. And you know, I found myself doing it.  And then it struck us that it was still only the 13th of the month. So we drove back to Kansas City together. I put the money back and the payroll went off just like it always does. And oh, that Jose, he's so cute and so wonderful. Hey, baby, come on, hurry up with that dinner, will you? Yes, Jose, dear. Hey, what are we going to eat tonight, baby? And he better be something good, you know. A husband can testify against his wife. Same as usual, amigo baby. And chaladas with tacos and hot sauce. Yum, yum, yum. Suspense presented by Auto Light. Tonight's stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnais. Lucille, I heard your radio show last Friday night. Like it? Sure, a swell show. Mind if I could end? Of course not, Desi. I warn you, Desi, Harlow will try to sell you an Auto Light Stay Full Battery. Oh, me, I'm sold already. That's just what I was going to tell Harlow. His product is terrific. Well, thanks, Desi and Lucille.  They need water only three times a year in normal car use. 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Now, moving on to stories in all the parts of Africa, the president of Tanzania, Samia Soluho Hassan, has arrived in Kenya on Tuesday for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening ties between the two East African countries after years of conflict. Once a close ally of Kenya in the East African community, Tanzania has distanced itself in recent years from the regional bloc under President John Magufuli, a period of growing economic rivalry and accusations of unfair trade practices between the two countries. Hassan, who became the country's first president in early April after Magufuli's sudden death, was received by two ministers on her arrival in Nairobi before heading to the presidency. A series of disputes followed in 2017 and 2018 when Tanzania burned alive over 11,000 cheeks imported from Kenya. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided further fuel for this animosity with disagreements over border closures.


Dr. Juri Hazarika, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at Krishnakantohandikoi State Open University. In this video, we are going to discuss the unit number 11 of the paper Introduction to Mass Communication. This paper is of BA First Semester in Mass Communication. So the name of this unit is Communication Media in the Indian context. Today we are going to discuss the different media of communication in the context of this country India. So we know that India has a very rich legacy of different modes of communication be it the oral form of communication or other traditional folk media forms. So many messages in the early days many messages were disseminated orally through the word of mouth. So these were the messages were disseminated in the form of different folk tales, folk stories, epic stories, mythological stories, hymns, etc. The different travelers and monks who travel around the country they carried with them these kind of stories and messages and they used to tell the people and in that way the oral form of communication flourished and it moved from one place to another. So this is how the oral form of communication became very rich in this country. Okay, so here the communication is disseminated in this way and it leads the way to enrich the culture and bring about certain societal changes in the in its course. So when we talk about oral communication we are referring to the communication which is done with the help of spoken words. The words of the mouth. So we know that speech is one of the important vehicles of human communication. Speech is very important for human beings to interact with each other along with other different forms of communication but speech is considered to be one of the important ones. So in the early days when most of the population was illiterate what happened then the oral communication it proved to be a very good means to propagate the ideas and messages from one person to another. So we can also talk about the religious preachers, the people who preached about religion, who talked about religion and philosophical ideas and messages. What these people did in the earlier days they traveled around visiting different centres of pilgrimages and during their visits they used to learn about the religious matters, different epics and scriptures and when they get this kind of knowledge they used to carry this knowledge with them and moves to different places, disseminating and sharing all the information and knowledge that they have gathered during their travels. And these religious preachers are also specially known as Parivrajakas or wandering monks. So they were considered to be important persons to carry around messages, to disseminate messages during the earlier period in India. And here we can also mention the name of Vardamana Mahavira who was the propagator of the Jainism and Gautam Buddha and they were considered as the advocates of oral tradition of religious and philosophical communication in India. As we all know how these two great philosophers, how they disseminated and shared the knowledge that they gained over the years with the common people through their oral words or spoken words. Now let's move on to a comparatively modern age. Then we can talk about Mahatma Gandhi. He is one of the most powerful orators of India. His speeches, they had a lot of strength and a lot of power in bringing about change. His words, his speeches, they brought the entire, we can say that these his words brought the entire nation together in the time of crisis and the people gathered together against the British government through his speeches and his writings also carried a lot of importance but his speeches are to be given more importance. They brought about changes, they united the people and took the country towards independence. So another form of communication used by Gandhi are the prayer meetings. He organized various prayer meetings which included silent prayers, singing and chanting and you know of the people who attended the all these kind of you know meetings organized by Gandhi, they united together and in those meetings Gandhi used to you know talk about different relevant issues of that time and in that way through these prayer meetings Gandhi succeeded in passing on his messages, passing on the ideas, his opinions that he gathered that he had and these were you know taken to the people and this is how he influenced a large section of the country at the time and when we talk about the present times interpersonal communication is considered to be very favorable especially in the world of business. So far we have understood what interpersonal communication is. It is a communication that takes place between two person or a few more. The commonly used forms of oral communication in an organization may include the staff meetings that take place which happens mostly between 8 to 10 people then personal discussions that happen in an official setup, the presentations, the informal conversations all these comes under you know interpersonal communication it is and it is one of the important oral communication in the especially in the business world and in any other business setups. Now let's talk in brief about the traditional forms of communication of our country. It mostly refers to the when we say traditional media it we are mostly talking about the performing arts which are also the cultural symbols of a particular community or of the people of the land okay. These these traditional forms of media are the symbol or characteristic it it reflects the identity of the community. So here we can cite some example of traditional folk media that are folk songs, folk dance forms, dramatic performances. If we talk about dramatic performances we can mention about Bhavna of Assam. It is a form of dramatic performance of mythological stories and stories from different epics through song and dance. Traditional folk media is not confined to just song and dance we must know that. Traditional folk media also include oral literature or verbal art in the form of storytelling narratives okay. They also include art and craft the things that people do with their hands they create different kind of arts and crafts and here we can talk about the making of different masks which is called Mukha in Assamese. It is a very rich tradition very rich craft of this particular land. Then traditional media forms originated as people needed some media they needed some platform to express themselves okay and in that way traditional media developed. So these forms are that's why very close to the heart of the people and these form of media they gradually change with the time okay. For example the inclusion of latest incidents in some folk songs. So here we can mention about the Bihu songs of Assam. These Bihu songs they as they gradually as the time gradually changes these Bihu songs they include the recent happenings that are going around in the world and in that way these Bihu songs act as you know mode of communication to take these important messages to the people through the songs. In the year 1972 the International Planned Parenthood Federation and UNESCO they organized a series of meetings on the integrated use of folk media and mass media in family planning and communication programs. So from here we can talk about the use of traditional media forms for different purposes especially for the purpose of development activities. Let's move ahead with this particular issue the traditional forms of street play which is commonly called as Lugad Natak. They gained popularity during especially during the Kargil conflict as what happened during this that period when Kargil conflict was going on these plays these Lugad Nataks they took various incidents and issues and the stories of sacrifices which in which was involved in the conflict and plays were made on these themes and plays were performed around the streets of various states like Orish Shama, Pradesh etc and people were informed about the issues involved with the war and people people were made aware in that way by these street plays. So this is how we know that traditional forms of media bring societal change bring awareness inform people okay in that way they perform various roles in the society. So broadly traditional forms of communication in India can be divided into folk theater folk songs narrative forms religious discourses and puppet shows. So puppetry is a very common form of communication in India most of us we know about puppetry and I think most of you have also witnessed some of the puppet shows that it is very interesting to know that this is a very ancient form of communication puppet shows are performed mostly in the village gatherings where people gather like village malas village fairs and puppet shows are also performed in the schools school playgrounds too you know their main objective here is to bring about to carry the various messages and to disseminate those messages among the village folk or among the school children and since puppet shows are very interesting and entertaining the dissemination of messages becomes very easy and this these kind of shows and this kind of traditional folk media forms are very much close to the heart of the people and they and when messages are given through these media forms it becomes easier for the people to absorb those messages and in that way the dissemination of the message becomes very successful when we are talking about puppetry there are different types of puppetry in India such as string puppets rod puppets gloves shadow puppets and others okay string puppets I think it is the most common one strings are attached to where dolls and the person the puppeteer he controls the puppets with the help of those strings in the rod puppet a rod is attached to the puppets and in that way they are handled in the context of glove puppets the puppets are made in the form of gloves and the puppeteer wears the glove and does his performance and in the case of shadow puppets the performance is done with the help of shadows the shadows that fall with the use of here the use of light and shadow is can be seen now let's move on and let's talk about some of the instances of the use of traditional media for the development of rural areas as we talk about the use of traditional folk forms for the development of the society in the development communication so the Indian government it took various steps in the recent years to use traditional folk media for development communication in 1954 the Indian government established the songs and drama division under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and their main objective was to utilize all these forms of traditional folk media for development communication purposes so here mention can be made of one Ravi Verma who is a very well-known theater personality he had been dealing with various social issues such as alcoholism pollution class and caste inequalities so on and so forth and he and his group they come up with various performances about the social issues and they try to create awareness in the society through the tradition use of traditional folk media forms especially through the use of street theater so one of the very noteworthy street play done by his group is Hame Jawaab Chahiye which was performed in 1985 and it was made on the issue of Bhopal guest tragedy here they tried to address this this particular issue and how it hampered the society and though it has been a long time since the tragedy happened how it is still affecting the people and especially children of that area so this is how in traditional folk media can bring about awareness in the society again there are another instances like the use of folk songs which played very important role in the movements called Chico and Apico movements here what happened the folk performers the folk singers they composed many folk songs on these issue they they designed their lyrics on these particular issues and these songs became very popular in the with time and they were carried around various areas and the messages of Chico movement and Apico movement these messages were disseminated to various other corners of the country again other environmentalists they also used folk media forms such as during the campaign of save the western cards this was a campaign which took place in 1985 so during this campaign also environmentalists what they did they used folk arts of South India to disseminate their messages now let's come to the present times and talk about the development of technology with the growth of information and communication technology the IT based media forms were bound to be developed and bound to be used because they have their own characteristics they have their own advantages over traditional folk media traditional folk media can be can disseminate messages over a limited area or a limited period so the growth of technology that one spent in technology they these refuted the idea of limited space and limited period they can the technology can carry forward the messages and disseminate messages to people all around the world at a time so these are the advantages and you know with the growth of technology the Indian media scenario also embraced the various technological innovations and moved forward with their you know integration of technology into the other media forms so we can talk about internet which emerged as the very important factor in today's media scenario if we can talk about the newspaper which most of the newspapers have gone online you know they are they can be read on the online platform there are the examples of internet radios the communication forms you know these communication forms when we talk about multimedia we are talking about multiple forms of media coming together and carrying forward messages so this is how we know that technology also brought significant change in the field of communication now at the end of the video let's talk about another communication form which is called as non-dominant communication non-dominant communication processes are those media forms which run contrary to dominant values or ideological propositions and organizational norms here we can give examples of street theater based on folk songs and puppetry to deliver different messages of social importance or feature stories written on newspaper or magazines which are written on the important issues and which can you know disseminate the strong messages to the masses and which can in the meantime become you know grab a lot of attention and even appear in the national or international media platforms here we can give the examples of the issues concerning narmada dam the various issues concerning this particular narmada dam were disseminated through first of all they were disseminated through the vernacular press at the local level when we say vernacular press we are meaning the language press the press which is not English but of the local language of that particular area like asemines bingoli oria etc so the narmada dam issues were first covered in the language press or vernacular press at the very local level and gradually the strength of the messages was so great that they gradually made their way to the national media and people got to know about the issue the stories grabbed attention from different platforms and various active groups like the feminist groups the environmentalists they saw the they came to know about the particular issue and they land voice for the issue and this is how the issue grew and its importance was realized and how it became one big movement okay so these communication forms are providing media coverage at the grassroots level and they are creating awareness among the masses at the grassroots level and that's why the understanding of this particular media forms is also very important in understanding the communication scenario of this country india okay so this much we are going to talk about in this particular video in the next video we will discuss more about other communication media topics thank you


Harper Collins and Harper Audio present Reader Come Home, The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Mary Ann Wolfe. Read by Kirsten Potter. If we could modify the structure and wiring of the brain, that would be a fundamental game changer in terms of who we are, what we decide, what we think. We are in a different phase of evolution. The future of life is now in our hands. It is no longer just natural evolution, but human-driven evolution. Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullens. The question isn't what books will become in a world of electronic reading. The question is, what will become of the readers we've been? Marilyn Clinkenborg. Letter 1. Reading. The Canary in the Mind. Fielding calls out to you every few paragraphs as if to make sure you have not closed the book, and now I am summoning you up again, attentive ghost, dark, silent figure standing in the doorway of these words. Billy Collins. Dear Reader. You stand at the doorway of my words. Together, we stand at the threshold of galactic changes over the next few generations. These letters are my invitation to consider an improbable set of facts about reading and the reading brain whose implications will lead to significant cognitive changes in you, the next generation, and possibly our species. My letters are also an invitation to look at other changes, more subtle ones, and consider whether you have moved, unaware, away from the home that reading once was for you. For most of us, these changes have begun. Let's begin with a deceptively simple fact that has inspired my work on the reading brain over the last decade and move from there. Human beings were never born to read. The acquisition of literacy is one of the most important epigenetic achievements of Homo sapiens. To our knowledge, no other species ever acquired it. The act of learning to read added an entirely new circuit to our hominid brain's repertoire. The long developmental process of learning to read deeply and well changed the very structure of that circuit's connections, which rewired the brain, which transformed the nature of human thought. What we read, how we read, and why we read, change how we think, changes that are continuing now at a faster pace. In a span of only six millennia, reading became the transformative catalyst for intellectual development within individuals and within literate cultures.