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Jessica Berenbeim Art of Documentation: Documents and Visual Culture in Medieval England Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2015. 242 pp.; 147 ills. Hardcover $95.00 (9780888441942)
Laura Cleaver
As befits a study of the appearance of documents, Jessica Berenbeim's Art of Documentation: Documents and Visual Culture in Medieval England is beautifully designed and richly illustrated. It also makes an important contribution to the study of medieval manuscripts, breaking out of traditional disciplinary categorizations to offer new insights that will be of relevance to both art historians and historians. Indeed, the form and function of medieval documents has become an interdisciplinary blind spot. Art historians are often tempted to focus on illumination, at the expense of questions about the overall design of charters or books, and sometimes ignore the context in which imagery appears or the accompanying text. For their part, historians have tended to treat charters and other documents as a category of material separate from books, despite the fact that some scribes and artists worked on both, and to focus on textual content. This has caused particular problems for the study of charters, as many documents survive only as copies in books. There are, of course, exceptions to these generalizations, but Berenbeim's study is a welcome attempt to consider documents and manuscripts as part of a broad genre of documentation and to explore what these objects meant to contemporary audiences. The author's approach is grounded in art history, but she draws upon literary and historical sources to reconstruct the circumstances in which documents were made and used, and to examine the values attached to them and their potential functions. Her research demonstrates that the authority and significance of documents lay in their appearance, as well as in their textual content, and reveals a wide range of material that may be productively examined as part of a medieval culture around the making and use of documents.
The focus of Berenbeim's study is late medieval England; however, many important precursors are cited, providing an indication of the context in which late medieval documentation developed. These earlier examples are abundantly illustrated, though occasionally I would have liked more discussion of some of the features visible in the folios selected for illustration. Nevertheless, both the text and illustrations demonstrate the potential for the arguments of this book to be applied to the study of other periods and regions. Chapter 1 develops ideas presented by Michael Clanchy (notably in From Memory to Written Record), among others, treating documents as tangible representations of actions, such as gifts and agreements, that were imbued with significance by both their makers and recipients. This is followed, in chapter 2, by an assessment of relationships between charters and cartulary copies. The analysis presented here is particularly timely, as scholars in a range of disciplines are reassessing the functions and natures of cartularies, traditionally understood as having been made to preserve copies of documents. The evidence Berenbeim brings together in this book demonstrates the varied choices made by the makers of cartularies, which may be understood partly as a response to their source material but also as having been informed by the concerns of communities at particular moments in time.
Chapters 3 and 4 use the broad definition of documentation developed in the previous chapters as part of the framework for a study of the complex Sherborne Missal. Calling the missal a cartulary (as the author does at one point) seems to be stretching the term to extreme lengths. Nevertheless, Berenbeim's exploration of the representations of documents in the missal demonstrates the richness of contemporary attitudes to records and record keeping. Through the manuscript's imagery, donations were recorded at the heart of a volume associated with the church's most important ritual, the Mass. Both the content and form of the missal's expensive decoration are a long way from Christ's instruction to sell everything and give the money to the poor in order to have treasure in heaven (Mark 10:21), yet the imagery demonstrated that the community remembered and celebrated its benefactors. Indeed, the potential of saints, whose relics were also preserved in churches, to provide fixed, powerful, reference points as beneficiaries who transcended terrestrial time is a recurring motif in this study. The decoration of the Sherborne Missal resonates with images in other contexts, for example the well-known image of King Offa presenting his charter at the altar of Saint Albans Abbey in the thirteenth-century Life of Saint Alban illustrated by Matthew Paris (Dublin, Trinity College, MS 177). The observations Berenbeim offers about the missal may well prove a fruitful starting point for the study of other books and imagery, which may shed further light on monastic attitudes to documents.
The representation of documents in books is given a counterpoint in chapter 5, through a consideration of the seals of Evesham Abbey. Seals were appended to documents as signs associated with their authors, and thus markers of authority, and occasionally featured imagery related to documents and donations. The potential for seals to serve complex functions and carry rich meanings has recently become an extremely fruitful area of research, notably by Brigitte Bedos-Rezak. This chapter demonstrates that just as documents could be incorporated into narratives when they were copied into books, so narratives could be added to documents through the use of seals, further illuminating the richness of contemporary appreciations of documents.
Although narratives usually depended on shared attitudes to the power and status of documents as a genre, the value of a document lay in its status as a unique object, created in specific circumstances. The relationship between documents and copies is a central problem in Berenbeim's study, and is the subject of chapter 6, which tackles the paradoxes and challenges inherent in evidence manufactured to document often intangible actions, and the need for its preservation and interpretation as circumstances changed. The chapter focuses on Croyland Abbey, but once again the findings resonate with documentation from many other sites. The starting point for this chapter is the concept of inspeximus or vidimus, in which a document that had been inspected became the basis for a copy or expanded version that was deemed to replace the original. In theory this activity could legitimize copies, which otherwise could not carry the same evidential value as the originals. Yet in practice this seems to have provided additional opportunities for forgers, as plausible documents were presented to the king for inspection in the hope that he would endorse them with his seal or that new documents would be issued. The practice of inspeximus has received considerable attention in the context of its twelfth-century origins, but Berenbeim's study draws attention to its consequences in the later Middle Ages, when monks might inherit documents containing layers of rights and endorsements. The author explores how the monks of Croyland attempted to replicate and perhaps also improve upon forms found in their documents, including witness marks, and transformed the contents of older charters into "monumental" documents that were visually striking in both their size and decoration, reshaping the contents for new audiences. Indeed, the chapter concludes by presenting the remaking of these documents in the context of the even larger display of the building of the new church.
The decision to structure the study around a series of case studies allows Berenbeim to mine some rich seams, while largely (and justifiably) avoiding the problem of the inconsistent survival of late medieval archives. The importance of a sense of distinct collective identity at many sites emerges from the cases presented, but at the same time the makers of documents, copies, and representations of documents had to work within a shared framework of acceptable forms for their creations to be accepted beyond their own communities. In the same way, Art of Documentation has much to offer to specialists working on particular topics, including cartularies, forgery, and the reception of documents, but it is also a reminder of the benefits of looking beyond the standard subjects of our disciplines.
Ussher Lecturer in Medieval Art, Trinity College Dublin


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DAY 66 - 56 HOURS 37 MINUTES
by Judd Frazier | Mar 10, 2022
The point of undertaking this challenge is first to improve my own banjo playing and second to come up with solutions to the resistance/difficulty of daily banjo practice and then share those solutions with you.
It's day 66 of my 365 hours of banjo practice goal. I'm currently at 56 hours and 37 minutes of banjo practice which puts me behind by 9 hrs and 23 minutes. My practice hasn't been perfect but I'm not in horrible shape AND I've put in 56+ hrs of practice this year. I can feel the difference in playing tremendously. I'm going to record some playing this weekend as a point of reference and post that next week.
In writing that last sentence I'm reminded of a book that had a huge impact on me when I was in my 30's called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (not to be confused with the Art of War). If you haven't read it, consider doing so. It's a fascinating call-to-action to do the thing you've always wanted to do: in our case, learn how to play the banjo well. As an aside: none of these amazon links are affiliate links. Just sharing useful tools.
Back to my sad face emoji. The truth is I'm not sad, I'm quite proud of myself. But I'm also not meeting my goal and it's been difficult. Why?
In my Day 19 post, I touched on the idea of Planning The Day Before and Finding a Consistent Window. The first idea being that at the end of the day you look at your calendar and figure out when you are going to practice the next day. The latter idea being to look for a window of time that consistently works for you throughout the week and stick to that window of time for your banjo practice.
These techniques absolutely helped me. Yet there were still many days where my planned window of practice arrived and I just "didn't want to." I LOVE playing the banjo. In that window, there were no demands from my life. Why wouldn't I pick up the banjo and start playing?
Boredom. Or looking at it inversely: the need for variety.
Learning to play banjo (or learning anything for that matter) is often uncomfortable. Have you experienced that? When we pick up the banjo we tend to want to play the songs we know or practice the rolls that have become easy for us to play. As soon as we look to learn a new song, practice a new roll, or in the clawhammer world, learn the drop thumb technique, our bodies are often flooded with cortisol and we feel uncomfortable.
I've changed careers three times in my life, learned two musical instruments in my 40s and as a result, I'm very familiar with this uncomfortable feeling.
Growth feels great. The process of growing is often painful or at the least, uncomfortable.
While that uncomfortable feeling can't be avoided all of the time, here's one trick that has helped me get longer sessions each day, become more consistent overall and truly look forward to practicing: switch to something fun, within you practice, as often as is needed.
I've been learning Earl's Breakdown. It's an intermediate to advanced bluegrass song and it's HARD. For me. I work on it for 10 minutes and if it's really painful on a given day. I switch to song review. It feels good to play songs I know well and it helps with memorization as well overall dexterity and strength.
If learning Earl's Breakdown is going well and not painful, I keep going and that's a win across the board.
If I'm learning a song and it's painful and I switch to song review and THAT'S boring, I've gone from one kind of pain to another kind of pain so I stop playing (and also associate tomorrow's practice with pain and not look forward to it). My next option to find the joy of playing banjo is to work on writing an original song (this is something I love doing).
But sometimes working on original music is also painful (will this song ever not suck??). So in that situation, I put on music I like, pull up the chords for that song, and play along. This is often pop/rock music which is a nice break from the bluegrass sound (sacrilegious, I know).
So what is the point? To avoid boredom and the pain from growing/learning, find practice alternatives that feel great. We're still talking about practicing banjo here. I'm not saying go eat a pizza and watch Netflix if your practicing is painful or uncomfortable. The more options that you have within your banjo practice the better.
I can't tell you what an incredible difference this has made for me. The majority of my banjo practice sessions feel joyous and fun (yes, friggin JOYOUS!) instead of a chore or task. I LOOK FORWARD to practicing as opposed to dreading it or it feeling like a weight.
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The 2018 Game Developers Conference has released the results of the sixth annual State of the Industry Survey, revealing trends in the games industry ahead of GDC 2018 this March!
With responses from nearly 4,000 game developers, this year's survey results reflect a growing level of developer interest in the Nintendo Switch, with 12% of respondents currently developing games for Nintendo's unique hybrid console. This represents a significant jump from last year's survey, in which only 3% of respondents said they were working on a Switch title.
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Despite the comparatively smaller size of the Switch's install base versus competing consoles, 28% of respondents have said that their games have sold better than average on Switch, while 23% said their sales on Switch have been average. Only 16% of respondents said their games have sold less on Switch than other consoles.
Considering that 33% of respondents said this question didn't apply to them, we conclude that 76% of respondents who launched a game on Switch saw sales match or exceed those on other platforms. As the amount of games available on Switch swiftly rises, it'll be interesting to see how this statistic changes in upcoming years.
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Meredith Vieira Opens Up About Her Lifelong Struggle With Body Image: 'It Sticks in My Head'
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Meredith Vieira says she can still picture the very first time she felt ashamed of her body. Filling in for Hoda Kotb, who's currently on maternity leave, the Today show alum opened up to Jenna Bush Hager during the show's fourth hour about her lifelong struggle towards a positive body image.
The conversation got real when the co-anchors brought up People's recent "Beautiful People" issue featuring the fabulous Jennifer Garner. The 13 Going on 30 and Alias actress admitted that she hasn't always thought of herself as beautiful. Garner laughs off her early style as "band geek chic" and even says, "I was so not one of the pretty girls that I just bypassed insecurity and didn't see myself as attractive at all. It was not part of my life."
Reflecting on how a woman as beautiful as Garner could lack confidence in herself, Vieira admitted that she never felt attractive growing up either. Hager and Vieira hugged, bonding over being former "chubby girls," when Vieira shared a powerful story.
"I had a big butt—but all of me [was big], I was a chubby girl," says Vieira. "I had this bike and I was rounding the curve, and this was one of my good friends sitting on the curb with a little boy, so we had to be, like, 8, maybe, and she referred to my rear end. To this day, it sticks in my head."
Vieira says she had already been struggling with her body images, but that incident led her to adopt what she now sees as a "ridiculous" diet at a very young age: "All I did was drink Tab and eat like five Ritz crackers a day for the entire summer. I did that for like a month and a half."
Hager also revealed her own experience with dieting at a young age. In first grade, she wrote in her journal that her New Year's resolution was to lose four pounds. "And [twin sister] Barbara read it actually," she said. "And then cried for her little twin sister. Or larger twin sister. And then decided not to show me 'cause she didn't want it to break my heart—and then I found it."
Vieira and Hager, both mothers, hope that the world is becoming a kinder place for their daughters. Hager, who just announced her third pregnancy days ago, is mom to Mila, 6, and Poppy, 3. "I see my perfect little girls right now. And they look at themselves in the mirror—and they're so proud—and I'm like, 'How can I leave that? How can that stay?' I don't know the answer," she said.
Vieira ended the segment on a positive note, adding that her 26-year-old daughter, Lily, hasn't struggled with her body image in the way that Vieira did growing up. "Maybe something's getting through."
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Bouygues debuts in India with four luxury condo towers
Bouygues Construction is awarded a contract for two condominiums in Mumbay, it's first residential construction project in India.
The property developer Oberoi Realty has awarded a contract for the construction of two condominiums in Mumbai, India, to a joint venture consisting of Bouygues Bâtiment International and VSL, both of which are subsidiaries of Bouygues Construction. The project, which is worth approximately €100 million, marks the Group's first development in the property sector in India.
Nicolas Borit, Bouygues Bâtiment International Deputy CEO in charge of Asia-Pacific, said: "We are thrilled to have been chosen to carry out this massive project in India. The global expertise of Bouygues Bâtiment International coupled with the rich local operation experience of VSL was the key to winning this contract in one of South Asia's most buoyant markets."
The two upmarket complexes, named Eternia and Enigma, have been designed by architects of HB Design in Singapore, with whom Bouygues Bâtiment International has already worked on two projects (The River and Northpoint Pattaya) in Bangkok. The complexes, which will nestle against the buttresses of the Sanjay Gandhi national park, will provide an exceptional panoramic view of the cosmopolitan district of Mulund, one of Mumbai's most verdant districts, in the northeast of the city.
Located on two adjacent sites along Lal Bahadur Shastri Road, the two complexes will include four towers, providing 1,840 apartments and 4,977 car parking spaces, representing a total floor area of 605,000 m2. The 59-storey Enigma will stand 201 metres high while the 56-storey Eternia will stand 192 metres high. Situated in one of the most dynamic suburbs of Mumbai, the condominiums have been designed with bespoke fittings and quality standards, which are on a par with the most prestigious residential developments. A diverse array of facilities will be included: landscaped gardens, swimming pools, a hammam, a yoga room, squash courts, children's play areas, etc. In line with the principles of sustainable construction, the project will target LEED® environmental certification.
Works will begin in May 2016, and will involve 2,350 people on-site at peak periods. Delivery is scheduled for end 2019.
The award of this contract is an illustration of Bouygues Construction's dynamic growth in Asia. The Group has progressively developed its activities in the region, particularly in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, delivering a number of landmark projects which have covered both the building and civil works sectors. It is also currently involved in a number of major design-build projects, including the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok undersea road tunnel, the largest, longest and deepest tunnel in Hong Kong; the iconic luxurious City of Dreams hotel, the fifth hotel tower in Macao; and the MahaNakhon Tower, the tallest building in Thailand.
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If the population of village R in 1997 is 32000, then what will be the population of village Y below poverty line in that year?
Population of village R = 32000 (given).
Let the population of village Y be y.
Then, 16 : 15 = 32000 : y => y = (15x32000)/16= 30000.
Therefore Population of village Y below poverty line = 52% of 30000 = 15600.
Find the population of village S if the population of village X below poverty line in 1997 is 12160.
Let the population of village X be x.
Then, 38% of x = 12160 => x = (12160x100)/38 = 32000.
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If in 1998, the population of villages Y and V increase by 10% each and the percentage of population below poverty line remains unchanged for all the villages, then find the population of village V below poverty line in 1998, given that the population of village in 1997 was 30000.
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Mark Brazier-Jones (b.1956) is an internationally-celebrated artist, master furniture and lighting designer and engineer, who cut his teeth working in the 1970s and 1980s on music sets for Duran Duran, Elton John and David Bowie. In his own words: 'Form does follow function, but part of furniture's function is decorative', and that is clear in his output, which blurs the boundaries between art design and function.
His work is held in museums across the world - the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the Louvre, Paris and the Museum of Art and Design, New York - and pieces have been described as being modern design icons.
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Who would have thought that vuvuzelas could still come in handy? Daniel Kabala is happy he still has one to blast on. Not for football; but because it keeps the elephants away from the village maize fields. It will be harvest time soon in the Caprivi, and a blast at three in the morning is a call to arms against the gigantic plunderers.
Elephants just hate vuvuzelas. Maybe it's because they like their own trumpeting better, or their fine-tuned senses can't stand the tuneless din. Daniel knows one thing: when he gives a blast on his bright red plastic tube, the elephants disappear and the crops are safe. The gigantic robbers prefer to come at night, and in just five minutes they can destroy a maize field says Daniel's sister Rebecca. Elephants eat up to 350 kilos each a day.
Rebecca is furious. In February a herd of elephants ate her entire field. She pulls her baby higher up her back and asks "What should the family eat? Someone should shoot the elephants, but for that you go to prison." Daniel has a different point of view. Elephants have always lived here, he reasons, and he can thank the marauding herds for his job: the village pays him to keep watch.
Conflict between farmers and wildlife is nothing new in the Caprivi or the rest of Namibia. But the ever growing areas under cultivation have forced the elephants into even smaller spaces, like around Ngonga village. Sometimes there are deaths on either side.
Is there a solution to the problem? Or must elephants give way to the relentless march of mankind, and disappear forever? Some wildlife and environmental experts believe they have found a way out of the problem. It goes by the name of KAZA, standing for Kavango-Zambezi trans-frontier area and named after the two main rivers that flow between the neighbouring countries of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. The low lying floodlands are home to buffalo, hippos and elephants, to name just the larger species in the lush area.
KAZA is set to become a huge trans-border wildlife conservation area; the largest on the continent and "the most important wildlife conservation area in the world" according to the WWF, including 36 national parks, protected areas and conservancies that will bind together an uninterrupted corridor where wildlife can roam.
It isn't an entirely new idea, but it could usher in a new era of wildlife protection. The trick is to include local people in the planning and running of the conservation area. In the past, national parks were separated from where people lived, and brought no benefit to villagers like Daniel and Rebecca. It was the same story when private investors set up lodges and safari operations. It seemed as if the previous colonial masters still reaped all the benefits, while the locals suffered the losses.
Protecting wildlife is one half of the equation, the other is bringing investment that will benefit the region's inhabitants. It's development through wildlife conservation, and the figures are as enormous as the elephants seem to the locals. "The area is as big as Germany, over 350,000 square kilometres," says WWF biologist Phillip Göltenboth. Money will flow in from various international sources, including 20 million Euros from the KfW, the German development bank. In August this year the five African countries involved will sign a formal agreement, providing a solid foundation for the KAZA project.
So what's in it for the villagers? Wildlife biologist Russell Taylor puts it simply: "Conservation works when people see that they have better lives with the elephants than without them." And he points to Namibia's example, where villages have come together to form communal conservancies which have rights over wildlife, and benefit directly from income paid by trophy hunters and tourists.
There is no contradiction here. Trophy animals may only be shot according to quotas set by the government. A rich American or European may shoot one elephant, but the whole cost of the safari and hunting right may amount to US$ 60,000, most of which goes to the conservancy, which in turn employs game guards who prevent poaching. Wildlife numbers actually increase.
Hunting, photo safaris, eco-lodges in which conservancies have a stake; all of these provide jobs and bring income to villages to spend on schools, boreholes and other worthwhile infrastructure.
Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is fully committed to the project, but says one thing must be clear: people should not have to wait too long to see the benefits. And they are more likely to come from tourism than agriculture, according to Ralf Kadel, an agronomist working for the KfW. For a start, large scale agriculture would rob households of water. Looking at tourism, the number of visitors to southern Africa is likely to grow by 6% a year. But will they come to the KAZA area?
There are risks to the project. Parts of southern Angola are still mined, and government has a slender hold on development there after 20 years of civil war. Zimbabwe has slid steadily backwards economically under Mugabe's rule. But there is a good chance of success, according to the KfW's Kadel, and Namibia's communal conservancies are a model. Already 17% of Namibia is under communal conservancy management.
Elephants came to Botswana to flee the civil war. Now they can go back, says Chase. He believes that single bulls play a major role by testing out territory and 'reporting' back to others in the herd. At the end of the Angolan civil war Chase counted just 38 elephants there. Now there are over 8,000. "They even negotiate minefields," says Chase, although he doesn't know how. Elephants are mysterious creatures, but Chase is certain that if they are allowed to wander widely again that everybody will benefit, and that the trees along the Chobe river will grow again.


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This is the Copenhagen studio of Mikkel Mortensen/Yellows where I have been working quite a lot this year and where I have a lot more work scheduled in the nearest future to look forward to..lucky me!
Tomorrow Therese Sennerholt is launching this new print and irresistable new postcard alphabet (that will also be sold in Lotta Agaton Shop).
Styling by my talented intern Josefin Hååg, photo Guido Hildebrand.
We are all set for christmas in Lotta Agaton Shop and the shelves are filled with new stuff. I will be here all day with Emelie, Josefin and Lisa and we serve hazelnut coffee, lussebullar and cheezy christmasmusic with your shopping. Don't miss out..Rådmansgatan 7, open 10-18. V Ä L K O M N A !
Concealed motorbikes become urban sculptures by Berlin photographer Christian Werner.
The founder of Rika, Ulrika Lundgrens home is featured in the latest issue of Italian Elle Decor.
I am so in love with Madeleine Biörcks big handmade amazing ceramic vases that we just received in Lotta Agaton Shop, please stop by on thursday to have a look..To celebrate this and to survive bad weather and christmas madness we will serve lussebullar and hazelnut coffee with your thursday shopping. Ho ho ho!
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Brand new Plug table by Rick Owens has just been exhibited at Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud in Brussells.
I just managed to lay my hands on the last stock of these amazing planners that are handmade in Rotterdam, they will arrive in in Lotta Agaton Shop an about two weeks. Yey...talking about the shop, it is now filled up with lots of great new stuff and this week christmas moves in so make sure to stop by on thursday!
PS Also the Playtype G R E Y posters are finally back in stock.


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Ruidoso News Published 12:20 p.m. MT May 17, 2017
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1097 Mechem Drive, 575-808-8340. Live entertainment from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.
501 Mechem Drive, 575-257-2495. Live entertainment from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
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Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd. Live entertainment Friday and Saturday. Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, live professional stand up comedy.
1852 TREATY ROOM
Located on the main casino floor at Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Canyon Rd. Live entertainment Friday and Saturday.
CREE MEADOWS COUNTRY CLUB
301 Country Club Drive, 575-257-2733; live music the last Wednesday of the month with Bob the Fireman and Linda from 6 to 8 p.m.; karaoke with D.J. Pete, 6 p.m. Thursday; live music Friday with Terry Bullard.
GRILL CALIENTE
2800 Sudderth Drive, 575-630-0224. Live entertainment from 6 to 8 p.m.Sunday with Delaney Davis.
NO SCUM ALLOWED SALOON
933 White Oaks Rd., White Oaks, 575-648-5583. Live entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
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2704 Sudderth Drive, 575-257-2273; Thursday through Sunday, sports at various times. Free movie at 6 p.m. Friday. Open mic night Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m., sponsored by the Ruidoso News. Live music at 7 p.m. Saturday. Jazz brunch noon to 3 p.m. Sunday with Michael Francis and Friends, free admission.
THE QUARTERS
2535 Sudderth Drive, 257-9535; DJ, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday; karaoke every Monday and Tuesday night.
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Live music, Friday and Saturday in the restaurant.
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2516 Sudderth Drive, 257-9982; live music Friday and Saturday night.
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Danville's 'America's Got Talent' star Sophie Pecora releases first EP
Sophie Pecora, 16, wants 'Raise the Bar' to want to 'spread positivity and hope'
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By Chuck Barney | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2020 at 11:14 a.m. | UPDATED: November 20, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.
Sophie Pecora, the young Danville singer-songwriter who captivated millions of TV viewers last year on "America's Got Talent," has released her first EP.
Titled "Raise the Bar," the independently produced EP dropped on Friday and features six songs, including "7th Grade," a song about schoolyard bullying that earned her Brad Paisley's Golden Buzzer pick on "AGT."
In an Instagram post, Pecora, 16, wrote, "My first ever EP is out now!! I really just want to spread positivity and hope in this world. I hope these songs make you feel something good."
Pecora has been performing live and writing songs since she was 9 years old. But her first big break came last summer when she wowed the judges on "AGT." Taking the stage with her acoustic guitar, she touched hearts as she sang and rapped her way through self-written tunes that exhibited the kind of nimble wordplay, social awareness and compassion rarely found in someone so young.
my debut EP Raise the Bar is out now everywhere!!!❤ https://t.co/pKslWY0dzm pic.twitter.com/cHg1ULKww8
— Sophie Pecora (@SophiePecora) November 20, 2020
Among the songs she performed on "AGT" was "Misfits" (also included on the EP), which touched upon issues of teen angst, body image and self-worth, and featured an uplifting line that insisted, "Someone else's beauty doesn't take away from your own."
Those "AGT" appearances have helped Pecora attain an impressive social media fan base. Her YouTube videos have generated over 15 million views, and her TikTok site has more than 15.5 million likes. Last year, "7th Grade" took first place in the Teen Category of the prestigious International Songwriting Competition.
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Solid Strategy, Smart, Patient Drive Propel Bourdais to Fifth Place Finish in INDYCAR Classic
Sebastien Bourdais drove a smart, patient race and benefitted from a solid strategy and a timely yellow flag to finish fifth in the INDYCAR Classic on the 3.41-mile 20-turn Circuit of the Americas permanent road circuit in Austin, TX. Bourdais, in the No. 18 Team SealMaster – Dale Coyne with Vasser-Sullivan machine, qualified 17th. He essentially held station, getting as high as ninth when other cars pitted, but sat in 14-16th place for most of the race as he managed his tires and stayed out of the trouble that plagued several other competitors. With 17 laps remaining Bourdais pitted for the final time. While on pit lane a yellow flag came out catching multiple drivers, including two of the leaders, out with the pits closed. When the race resumed, Bourdais was in sixth place. On the restart, Bourdais passed Patricio O'Ward for fifth place where he remained over final ten laps of the 60 lap contest.
"It's great to get a top-five finish after the weekend we were having. Great job by the No. 18 SealMaster Honda team. A solid strategy and a good job in the pits. It was a very static race, not much going on. I didn't really go anywhere. Then toward the end some guys decided to gamble, but I had to stop and then try and run fast. The guys ahead of me didn't go anywhere. So we weren't really very far from them. Then the yellow came out as we were in pit lane. That's about as lucky as you are going to get. I feel bad for the leaders because they really didn't deserve that, but we didn't deserve the problem we had in St. Pete, so I guess things even out."


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LAST GAME - ALLEN TYLER LEGACY GAME LOG NEXT GAME - EVANGEL
LONGVIEW VS TYLER LEE
TYLER LEE 0 0 0 0 0
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Longview 3rd Tyler McCray 2 Run
Longview 4th Alonte' Darden 40 Interception Return
Longview 4th Aaron Johnson 13 Run
STATISTIC LONGVIEW TYLER LEE
Passing Yards 18 66
Passes 4-12-0 4-12-3
LOBOS SHUT OUT RED RAIDERS
LONGVIEW - Longview's football team blanked Tyler Lee on Friday, 21-0, because Longview kept Lee from moving in the air, while the Lobos moved the ball on the ground.
Before 9,000 spectators at Lobo Stadium, the Longview defense picked off three passes, the most important a 36-yard return for a touchdown by Alonte Darden with 6:29 remaining. Longview's defense forced five turnovers and held the Red Raiders to 121 total yards of offense. Longview, ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press' Class 4A state poll, improves to 1-1, while Lee drops to 0-2.
Longview's defense had to hold ground until the Longview offense hit its stride.
The stride came with 4:17 left in the third quarter, when a two-yard touchdown plunge by Tyler McCray broke a scoreless tie. The touchdown capped an 87-yard drive on 10 consecutive rushing attempts. The drive started when the Longview defense forced Lee fullback Chase Wiley to fumble, with Longview linebacker Chris Weaver pouncing on the loose ball.
Lee's best chance to tie the game in the second half was late in the third quarter, when the Red Raiders received the ball on the Longview 36-yard line after a 14-yard punt. With 1:53 left in the third quarter however, Longview safety Lamarcus Howard intercepted a Wagner pass in the end zone for a touchback.
The Lobos clinched the win when Darius Watters recovered a Wagner fumble, then the Lobos ran eight straight running plays, capped by a 13-yard touchdown run by Aaron Johnson with 1:25 remaining.
Longview had 233 yards rushing on 47 carries, led by 99 yards from McCray. Jonathan Oliver added 57 yards on 10 carries, while Da'Cedric Hunt had 47 yards on six second-half carries. The running game made up for struggles in the passing game, as the Lobos had just 18 passing yards.
Neither team could get on the scoreboard in the first half. In that half, Longview's defense was outstanding, holding the Red Raiders to 22 total yards and two first downs, none in the first quarter.
However, the Lobos could not take advantage of two early scoring opportunities. On their second drive, the Lobos had a fourth-and-inches at the Lee 26-yard line, but the Lobos were called for illegal procedure, then fullback Oliver could not hang on to screen pass from Johnson, which probably would have gone for a first down.
Longview's other first-half scoring opportunity came with 3:58 left in the second quarter, when Longview defensive end Chris Knighton intercepted a Wagner pass and returned it to the Lee 44-yard line. On the ensuing drive however, the Lobos were knocked back for minus one yard.
The Lobos had 95 total yards and four first downs in the first half, with no first downs in the second quarter.
Longview's defense finished with seven tackles for losses, with two each from Knighton and Melvin Templeton. The Lobos held standout Lee running back Da Da Brown to 25 yards on 18 carries. Brown had 178 yards rushing in last year's 20-12 Longview win, including a 97-yard touchdown run.
Longview plays Mont Belvieu Barber's Hill this Friday at Stephen F. Austin State University's Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches. Lee hosts Dallas Kimball this Friday.


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The Bronx Ink News and features from New York's greatest borough
Categorized | Bronx Blog
Regis Philbin comes home to Cardinal Hayes High School
Posted on 22 October 2010.
by David Patrick Alexander
Regis Philbin speaks in the auditorium that now bears his name
Regis Philbin is famous for a lot of things: hosting "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", bantering every morning on "Live with Regis and Kelly" and following the triumphs and defeats of his beloved Fighting Irish at Notre Dame. But in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, Philbin, 79, has a new distinction: his high school auditorium now bears his name.
Cardinal Hayes, an all-boys Catholic high school on the Grand Concourse, has a long list of notable alumni. In addition to Philbin (class of '49), other former students include director Martin Scorsese and the late comedian George Carlin (who didn't graduate), as well as former NBA star Jamal Mashburn and current Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Willie Colon.
Cardinal Hayes has traditionally been a way out for students growing up in Morrisania and other poor neighborhoods in the Bronx, where 38 percent of families live below the poverty level. The long-time athletic powerhouse has a 99 percent graduation rate, school officials say.
Bringing back famous grads like Philbin is meant to inspire the current students. At a Mass before the auditorium was dedicated this week, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of the New York Diocese praised Philbin as a role model. "Scholars tell us that young people learn best by example," Dolan said. "I say Regis is a good example of a man of faith and a man of charity. Today we are honoring him by renaming the auditorium in his name."
Philbin may be a celebrity but the school itself is also a star, Dolan said. "I think Cardinal Hayes is second only to Yankee Stadium as the most famous place in the Bronx."
He got no disagreement from the cheering crowd of students. "Right now, we are having Mass with the archbishop, which is something big," said senior Raymond Garo, who hopes to attend Syracuse University next year. Although more than 60 years have passed since Philbin was a student, Garo said some things hadn't changed. "I'm sure back when Regis was here it was a lot stricter," he said, "but it's always the same traditions that follow."
Philbin took the podium and passed on a few memories. "It was a tough town," he said. "In the 50s, 60s, 70s, you'd be sitting there watching the Yankees game and hear [the late sportscaster] Howard Cosell saying the Bronx is burning." An emotional Philbin then spoke directly to the current students: "You guys all look like champions to me."
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Steve McGeady Class of '69. UP HAYES AND ALL IT'S LOYAL MEN.


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Thank you people of Pittsburgh!!! What a great city with a great vibe!
Special thanks to the Dolen and Komljenovic families for selflessly giving us their time, medical advice and care, great food and atmosphere, driving us around the city, even duct tape, as well as packed lunches and amazing home-made cake! Most importantly, thank you for making us feel like at home.
Thank you for all you've done for us. Can't wait to see and host you in D.C. Go Pirates!


I am often asked about the name of our church. Questions about "hills" and "snow" in Oklahoma raise realistic questions as to the origin of the name, "Snow Hill." We may get a couple of snows a winter and only occasionally more than an inch. We have some small "mountains" in Oklahoma but nothing when compared to the Rockies.
Our church does sit on what is considered a "hill" in northeast Grady County. So, early this morning when it began to sleet and drop freezing rain – yes, our meteorologists here in OK distinguish between the two – we knew we might have to cancel services. By 7:00 a.m. our parking lot was glazed and sand trucks were working the highway. We value our opportunities for corporate worship but thought safety the better judgment this morning.
We will look forward to next week.


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package course.examples.services.loggingservicewithmessenger;

import android.app.Service;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.os.Message;
import android.os.Messenger;
import android.util.Log;

public class LoggingService extends Service {

	private final static String MESSAGE_KEY = "course.examples.services.loggingservicewithmessenger.MESSAGE";
	private final static int LOG_OP = 1;

	private static final String TAG = "LoggingService";

	// Messenger Object that receives Messages from connected clients
	final Messenger mMessenger = new Messenger(new IncomingMessagesHandler());

	// Handler for incoming Messages
	static class IncomingMessagesHandler extends Handler {

		@Override
		public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

			switch (msg.what) {

			case LOG_OP:

				Log.i(TAG, msg.getData().getString(MESSAGE_KEY));

				break;

			default:

				super.handleMessage(msg);

			}
		}
	}

	// Returns the Binder for the mMessenger, which allows
	// the client to send Messages through the Messenger
	@Override
	public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
		return mMessenger.getBinder();
	}
}


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There have been a number of articles over the last week or so revisiting the floods and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, now at its 10th Anniversary. Glenn Reynolds has a summing up at USA Today entitled "Lessons in disaster for the next Katrina." He raises five major points:
The press did a lousy job. Which is putting it mildly. They outright lied and fabricated stories to make their reporting more dramatic, and to provide a basis for partisan attacks against President Bush.
Crying wolf is dangerous. Reynolds notes that the media had sold so many storms as the "storm of the century" that people had stopped listening; thus delaying many from evacuating.
Be prepared, because basically you are on your own. "When roads are flooded, washed out, blocked by trees and power lines, etc., it takes a while to get them back in order. That means you need to be prepared to get by for at least a few days — and, much better, at least a couple of weeks — on your own. That means having extra food, water, medications, fuel, batteries, etc. on hand. It also means getting along with your neighbors. For a few days at least, and maybe longer, they'll be all the help you have."
Really, when they tell you to evacuate, listen.
This will all happen again.
There has also been linkage to older articles. For instance, this 2011 NPR article entitled "The Key To Disaster Survival? Friends And Neighbors." From that article:
Because of his own experience in Katrina, Aldrich started thinking about how neighbors help one another during disasters. He decided to visit disaster sites around the world, looking for data.
Aldrich's findings show that ambulances and firetrucks and government aid are not the principal ways most people survive during — and recover after — a disaster. His data suggest that while official help is useful — in clearing the water and getting the power back on in a place such as New Orleans after Katrina, for example — government interventions cannot bring neighborhoods back, and most emergency responders take far too long to get to the scene of a disaster to save many lives. Rather, it is the personal ties among members of a community that determine survival during a disaster, and recovery in its aftermath.
When Aldrich visited villages in India hit by the giant 2004 tsunami, he found that villagers who fared best after the disaster weren't those with the most money, or the most power. They were people who knew lots of other people — the most socially connected individuals. In other words, if you want to predict who will do well after a disaster, you look for faces that keep showing up at all the weddings and funerals.
"Those individuals who had been more involved in local festivals, funerals and weddings, those were individuals who were tied into the community, they knew who to go to, they knew how to find someone who could help them get aid," Aldrich says.
In other words, the public are the first responders.
Michael Grunwald has taken a look at the real culprit of the disaster, at least in New Orleans--the Army Corps of Engineers. One of the stories he points to is a Washington Post article from September 21, 2005, which noted that the flooding was because of faulty levees.
And, yesterday, I noted this article on "Katrina: What the Media Missed," which discusses not only the lies perpetrated by the media, but that the media missed one of the greatest stories of all: how the National Guard and Coast Guard worked very effectively to save thousands of lives.
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71st Army Day 2019: PM Modi, President Kovind Salute Country's Valiant Heroes
by Chitra Home Chowdhury
71st Army Day 2019: PM Modi, President Kovind Salute Country's Valiant Heroes: – Indian Army is celebrating its 71st Army Day on this Monday. The Army Day which is touted as a big day is rejoiced and celebrated in recognition of Field Marshal K M Cariappa's taking over as India's first commander in chief from General Francis Butcher.
General Francis Butcher was the last British commander in chief who really contributes a lot in the sector of the Indian army to declare the 15th January as the Army Day.
Though India received its independence and freedom on 15th August 1947, it took almost one year and four months for any Indian officer to take the charge of being an Indian Army. 71st Army Day 2019 Quotes
The reins of Indian Army then transferred to Carriappa on Jan 15, 1949. Indian Army also pays homage to soldiers on this Army Day who contributed and sacrificed their lives for the country and its pride.
Fondly regarded as the Kipper among the Army fraternity, Cariappa also received a post of Field Marshal along with Sam Manekshaw. Kipper made an outstanding and remarkable contribution when he was ordered to being witnessed the partition of undivided India in 1947.
Afterward of the partition of India, the war that took place soon eventually between India and Pakistan.
PM Modi, President Kovind Salute Brave Jawans
The honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter to extend their greetings and wishes on the 71st anniversary of Army Day.
The honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President Ram Nath Kovind also salute the martyrs on the occasion of Army Day.
"On Army Day, I convey greetings to the soldiers, veterans and their families. Every citizen of India has unwavering trust and pride in our Army, which protects the nation and is also at the forefront of humanitarian efforts during times of natural disasters and other accidents," Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes on his official page of the micro-blogging site.
On Army Day, I convey greetings to the soldiers, veterans and their families. Every citizen of India has unwavering trust and pride in our Army, which protects the nation and is also at the forefront of humanitarian efforts during times of natural disasters and other accidents.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 15, 2018
"On Army Day, greetings to the valiant men and women of the Indian Army, to veterans and to families of those who have worn the uniform. You are our nation's pride, the sentinels of our liberty. Citizens sleep securely knowing you are ever awake and ever vigilant," President Ram Nath Kovind stated about this special day.
On Army Day, greetings to the valiant men and women of the Indian Army, to veterans and to families of those who have worn the uniform. You are our nation's pride, the sentinels of our liberty. Citizens sleep securely knowing you are ever awake and ever vigilant #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 15, 2018
Here' are memorable and crucial facts about Indian Army
Indian Army is the biggest army in the world so the whole world is proud of the Indian armed forces. It is headed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), a four-star General. At present General Bipin Rawat is COAS.
Indian Army received a good award and ranking in the field of the marshal to only two officers. Sam Mankeshaw (in 1973) and K M Cariappa (1986) the duo was conferred the rank of Field Marshal, a five-star rank that is a ceremonial position was in gratitude and reorganization of their service.
The Indian Army originated from several and different of East India Company who was set up to fight on different fronts. Indian soldiers in British Army fought Anglo-Afghan wars who took part in both first and second world wars. So gradually the Indian army became the British India Army and finally received its name the Indian Army post independence of the nation.
Indian Army is the 2nd largest standing army in the whole globe, with around reportedly 1, 129, 900 active troops and 960,000 reserve troops respectively.
The Indian Army, till date, delivers a voluntary service. Though a provision for military conscription was made in the Constitution, which never has been imposed.
The headquartered of the Indian Army is situated in New Delhi, fields 35 Divisions within 13 Corps. The army operates 6 operational commands and 1 training command respectively.
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Teens Underestimate Dangers of Alcohol
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Nolan Jenkins' senior picture taken just a few months before his death.
On a Friday night two weeks before prom, senior Nolan Jenkins has everything going his way.
His lacrosse team is doing well in the post-season, he has a great date for prom, and he has been accepted into CNU.
Unfortunately, it took one mistake to change all of that.
On May 19, 2006, 17 year old Jenkins died from drinking and driving.
Jenkins had attended a party that night, one where alcohol was being served. Despite having a few drinks, Jenkins decided to drive home. On the way, he crashed and was ejected from his car. In addition to alcohol being a factor in Jenkins's death, speed and the fact that he was not wearing a seatbelt played a role as well. Following Jenkins' death, 11 minors would be charged with underage possession of alcohol.
"I was in complete denial, thinking, 'No, this couldn't have happened, I just saw him a few minutes ago, he wouldn't make that decision'," Jenkins' mother and retired AHS teacher Anita Jenkins said.
Many parents are unaware of just how many teens drink alcohol, but according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, close to 80 percent of high schoolers have tried alcohol. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among teens in the United States. In fact, consumption of alcohol is greater in teens than it is in adults.
"They think they know the negative consequences, but what overrides that is the thought that it would never happen to them," Jenkins said. "They don't realize that even after one beer, statistics show that you are 60 percent more likely to make another destructive decision."
Teens have several reasons to justify their underage drinking. They may look to alcohol just out of curiosity, as a way to relieve stress, to fit in with their fellow students, or to feel more mature.
When choosing to abuse alcohol, many teens are unaware of how they put themselves at risk. Despite the belief that nothing bad could ever happen, according to the CDC, at least 4300 teen fatalities occur annually as a result of alcohol.
After her son's death, it took a while for Jenkins to come to terms with what had happened. "It was a numbness," she said. "I kept looking for him and wondering where he or his car was."
Jenkins allowed herself eight weeks to cope with the event before returning to teach at AHS. "There was a choice of either moving on or going backwards, and I chose to move forward," she said.
Years following Nolan's death, Jenkins decided that she wanted Nolan's story to be told, so she began speaking to AHS students during pre-prom assemblies. "You watch videos in Driver's Ed and you read all these articles, but I felt that with Nolan's story, I could really bring home a more personal level with that."
"I felt that if one person could hear Nolan's story, they could understand the fact that it takes a moment to make a bad decision and that they should think before making those decisions," she said.
Jenkins will be speaking at this year's prom assembly, which will be on Wednesday, April 9.
With Spring Break and Prom on their way, there are opportunities for parties and events with alcohol present. Jenkins suggests that while attending these, students should think before they act, specifically when it comes to drinking. "There is a way of having fun that doesn't involve alcohol," Jenkins says.
"I know some say, 'We'll take away the keys and we won't go anywhere,' but I don't see that as a solution because once you have that drink, the concept of, 'They took my keys' makes you go look for the keys, and that's exactly what happened to my son. He wasn't thinking of the safety part, he was thinking, 'I will get my keys and I'll get in the car.'"
In the case students do decide to drink, however, Jenkins believes that the best option is for teens to look to their parents to pick them up. "You have to have good communication between you and your child ahead of time to say, 'Look, when that happens, it is not about being punished or disciplined, I'm concerned for your safety,' because I would give it back in a heartbeat for Nolan to have made that phone call."
Nolan's death serves as a reminder to all teens that underage drinking is a problem and its consequences should be taken seriously. To those who continue to have misconceptions of how dangerous alcohol can be, Jenkins says, "Maybe they should have been around on May 19, 2006, and they could've maybe come to my son's funeral. Maybe they would've had a different outlook on that."
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Yes, by all means, do something about the fake news that is propagating through Facebook and Twitter. But let's not forget that we have been in the post-truth era for some time (indeed, one wonders whether we ever entered the truth era in the first place).
After all, the rise of the post-truth era is made possible by the failures of the education system to prepare people to identify truth for themselves, and the failure of traditional media to present the news in an honest and forthright manner.
It's true, Facebook could easily cut down on the torrent of fake news stories circulating through social media simply by blocking access to a few sites. We could begin with the obvious: the
, the
. That would prevent sites like
from portraying their parody as
. And we could also cut off blatant miscreants like
the Rightists
Some of the more prominent election memes were instigated by
abcnews.com.co
for example: "I was paid $3000 to protest a Trump Rally"). No, it's not the ABC network. That's
- the 'go.com' is in there because the news was lumped in with Disney's other properties for cross-promotion purposes.
But these 'fake news' sites are actually pretty funny. And it would be a shame to censor them. And if people can't tell the fake news from the real news, it's mostly because the real news does such an excellent job of parodying itself.
We would
to believe the real news can be trusted. But time and again it proves the opposite. Let's look at exactly the sort of thing we are faced with when truing to fine the 'truth' in traditional media:
Polls and Surveys. Yes we all love 538 (and in Canada, 308). But that doesn't make up for the plastering of almost-daily poll results in every media outlet in the country (along with the usual made-up 'expanations' of why the polls went up or down). Polls are not news; punditry about pools is barely disguised fiction.
Anniversaries. How much of traditional media 'news' content is filled with the observation that it was '50 years since...' or '100 years ago on this day...' and so on. We have holidays for that! But of course, the traditional media also reports that it's a holiday, same time, every year, as though it's news.
Endorsing the corporate candidate. In an article quoting Barack Obama as criticizing fake news the Providence Journal does not even not the irony of its lede: "Hillary Clinton was the choice of nearly every American newspaper editorial board. It didn't matter." In Canada, we had a similar case where every newspaper endorsed former prime minister Stephen Harper. These newspapers are looking out for their corporate owners - and their readers see it plainly.
Uncritical reporting. It's not just Donald Trump who was allowed to say pretty much anything without correction. The news media is full of people making preposterous claims. Where is the filter that allows us to screen out claims that Mexico will pay for the wall, or that corporate tax cuts will create jobs?
Reliable sources. They aren't. When factcheck.org analyzed the election, it found that the sources of most of the lies weren't the campaigns themselves, but the supposedly trustworthy institutions like the parties' national committees. We have to learn that institutions lie, they lie frequently, and they lie very well, and the traditional media actually helps them do this.
Media hype. Why do we even have a hype cycle? It's driven by the traditionmal media's propensity to make (or repeat) outlandish claims for often dubious technologies. Even inventions of some value fall victim (and are therefore unfairly criticized). The hype has a predictable pattern than should make it clear it's not news: "a hotbed topic; a sexy, futuristic, 'cyberpunk' technology; and the potential for financial returns."
Fear. Irrational fear. I just got email from Forbes saying "what are you going to do when you lose your job in 6 months?" Never mind that this will happen to a small percentage of us (and that Forbes readers are generally able to bounce back). The purpose here is to make us terrified and afraid. Just as are the crime stories, the immigrant stories, etc.
Supermoon and other misleading trivia. To read the traditional media, it was a once-in-a-lifetime event to see a 'supermoon'. Not counting the supermoons of 2011, 2013, and 2014, to name a few. Glorifying even the most trivial (non-controversial) thing seems to be what the traditional media do. Even then, they get many of the details wrong. But it's far easier than reporting the news.
Advertorial - not to be confused with advertisements that look like news stories, these are news stories that are advertisements. You see them on your evening television news every day - a promotion for a new restaurant, a plug for a movie, a story about the next new Christmas toy 'craze'. Or those Black Friday stories (which are really odd coming from Canadian television).
Obsessively chasing non-scandals. For example, spending more time talking about Hillary Clinton's emails than all policy issues combined.Even it it were a scandal (and it genuinely wasn't) it wouldn't have deserved this much coverage. What wasn't covered? Anything to do with policy.
Unnamed sources. As Jeff Jarvis says, "the source matters". Yet in so many cases, the source in the traditional media is not named. We don't know whether it's a campaign insider or someone posing as a campaign insider.
The echo chamber. We hear many complaints about social media being an echo chamber. But traditional media are the biggest echo chamber of them all. We hear from the same sources, the same spokesmen, the same suits and the same pundits.
Fake experts. Who are the experts called upon by traditional media? Often, they are sources provided by lobbyists and speakers' bureaus. As this article notes, "Being published in the media sometimes provides commentators with "expert" status even if they lack expertise on the subject matter being discussed and have no relevant research on the topic."
Reposting press releases - when I ran the Moncton Free Press I would see the exact same content coming from the local newspaper site and Canada NewsWire. There's nothing inherently wrong with a press release, but the newspaper was attributing it to 'STAFF' and passing it off as news, which is blatantly dishonest. The practice never slowed, not even when they were called out on it.
Sloppy sloppy sloppy reasoning. The traditional media commits logical fallacies on a regular basis. Surprisingly, when I pointed this out to them, they changed nothing.
Poor design. We get reams of old articles shared through social media pretending to be articles from today. OK, sure, it was wrong of the conservative news site to promote this article on changing the electoral college vote in Maryland. But if NBC News made the date much more prominent, it would be impossible to fool people. But that would cut down on archive views.
Nationalism. Being Canadian, I am exposed to a lot of nationalism in media - not only our home-grown nationalism, but also from the U.S. (of course) and even from places like Britain, China and Russia. It just underlines to me how far at odd are nationalism and truth.And just how much it is relied upon by traditional media.
Think tanks. These supposedly 'independent' voices are not. They are funded by various interests (historically from the far right but now from across the spectrum) to spead misleading research and (sometimes) outright lies. In Canada we have the Fraser Institute, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and many more. These should never be given an uncritical platform. But this is what the traditional media gives them every day.
Institution envy. There are a few sources that make the traditional media go gaga. Thus we get 'The Harvard Study...', the 'Oxford report...', a 'Yale analysis...' and so on. There's nothing about the source of these items that makes them more likely to be true, nor more important, yet traditional media can't get enough of them, even though they collectively exhibit a pronounced slant.
As Jessi Hempel
, "In the past, the sources of accurate information were recognizable enough that phony news was relatively easy for a discerning reader to identify and discredit. The problem, (Snopes managing editor Brooke) Binkowski believes, is that the public has lost faith in the media broadly — therefore no media outlet is considered credible any longer"
We won't solve our problems with the truth by suppressing fake news. We see this in less democratic regimes, and it's never successful. We solve the problem only by having some news agencies that
- that are trustworthy, and can be
to be trustworthy.
And note: it's not enough to create a news media that
think can be trusted. The disaffected inhabit all sides of the political spectrum. The media needs to win back the Sanders supporters, the Trump supporters, and sceptical readers in Moscow and Beijing.
Yes, the failure of education and growth of inequality have been reported elsewhere. As Ben Williamson writes, " the statistics from the EU referendum indicate that the vote for leaving the EU was concentrated in geographical areas already most affected by growing economic, cultural and social inequalities, as well as by physical pain and mental
ill-health
and rising mortality rates."
And as he notes, "
Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller
of the think tank Demos wrote a report 5 years ago that highlighted a need to teach young people critical thinking and scepticism online to 'allow them to better identify outright lies, scams, hoaxes, selective half-truths, and mistakes.'"
But let's not blame the less-educated. The most educated people in society have
this the environment we're living in.
Backchannel -
According to Snopes, fake news is not the problem
Code Acts in Education -
Social media and public pedagogies of political mis-education
Digital Digs -
Pluralism and the nonmodern, nonliberal society
FactCheck.org -
How to spot fake news
Fast Company -
How We Got to Post-Truth
Fake U.S. News is a Global Problem
Medium -
A Call for Cooperation Against Fake News
Quartz -
Oxford Dictionaries declare 'Post'Truth' the word of the year
the Conversation (
Andina Dwifatm)
Everyone's an expert: in the digital era, fakes need to be exposed
Washington Post.
Donald Trump is crashing the system. Journalists need to build a new one
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