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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
P:30: Are news outlets bias? Newspapers/radio/TV/etc. How can you tell if you are being manipulated?![Merit Badge in The Blogging Banana Bar
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Your blogging is always welcome at [Link To Item #1985857] .](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-The_Blogging_Banana_Bar-2246010_9.gif)  Even though, I never worked as a professional Journalist, I graduated from the school of Journalism at Edinboro State University in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. I even earned good grades in classes. I have to say one of the things discussed in a class was the dependency Journalism outlets have on advertising to be able to exist. It may cause an outlet to be careful what they say to the public about a given story. Consider the stories of guns and gun control in the USA. When I did some minor research on this subject, I found that the NRA, which is often in the news. is not necessarily the largest progun organization in the USA. Yet it is often the one quoted in a news release. It is also the only one that ever sent into my home an advertisement for membership. If these organizations pour money into the media, is it not a fact, that the media may treat them favorably in stories. TV stories disturb me because, although you get news it is often not Indepth. Once I checked out stories of fires in California on the three major channels ABC, NBC, and CBS. All three channels reported deaths. Each channel talked about a different amount of people who had died in the fires. Nor did any channel say this is the estimate at this time or indicated any given count by any given establishment. And once even different ways in which the fires had started. When I see a story I want to know facts more than that it just happened. You can still ask yourself who, what, why when and where to look into the facts of any given story. Or if you are really into it call the news media in question and talk to a real reporter. Look at the real facts. Check the same story in a more than one type of media. Some news agents are more trustworthy than other news agents. I like PBS. They stick to facts and delve into particulars of stories. They call in experts in special fields to interview on camera. People with Doctorates in a field of study often have a grasp of the news about a special happening because they are in touch with up-to-date information in their field of study. Experts being interviewed on camera may have different sides of a situation in the news. Get both the pros and cons of a story. For instance, I have looked at pictures supposedly of aliens. So far none of them are exactly unexplainable. Besides, if the world ever can send one of our own vessels to another world is it going to be just to fly around the sky and not make contact? Also look at the time element. I read a headline today that the tomb of Jesus had just been opened for the first time in??? years. I saw that tomb opened by a group of men several years ago 3 to 10 years ago. Sorry I'm not sure of year. The story I saw actually followed the men into the tomb. So, the headline was misleading. You have a certain amount of time in your life. You should not waste it on misleading stories. Unless you are just reading for entertainment. Just my opinion. Have a spring day. apondia#1781748 apondia#1781748 |
Prompt: That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. Write about this in your Blog entry today.  I used to play classical guitar. I stopped for a while then a few months ago I decided to resume playing. I had to do some retraining of my fingers. It is turning out to be a good thing to be doing. when I play, my pet family all sit around and listen. so, if I miss a few notes or fret a chord improperly the audience doesn't seem to notice. Over Easter I was looking at music books for classical guitar on Amazon and found, "The Davidic Cipher" by Dennis McCorkle. This is a new learning experience for me. It is about the musical importance of the psalms. It traveled me to a new dimension. My grandfather, my mother's father, sent my brother and I New Testaments, with the psalms included, when we were young children. We lived in Pa. he lived in Florida. I read the psalms long before I understood that they were musical, and long before I ever read the Old Testament. Now, I am always happy when I can find recordings of the psalms being sung by a choir or person on CD. So, this book about the historical side of the Psalms is very interesting. It shows a side of the temple worship in Israel. It also evaluates the historical movement of music down through a lot of ages and different cultures. The build and use of different musical instruments are explained. Tunings and chords have a special relevance in this book. I took a music theory class in a small bible college in the 1980's. This is an addition to knowledge acquired in years passed. As long as we are on the earth we should be adding to the knowledge of our youth. People who can write what they learn; so others can read it and share learning are special. This song will grab you with its sound and its lyrics. It has been around for a long time. It has a meaning that should be understood by anyone listening. Hal le Lu YAH. We sing YAH! Anyone who believes in one GOD will understand. This is my Easter blessing which I share with you. |
"The best road trip or vacation you've ever taken." prompt from BCoF  Road trips and vacations are something I never take. For now, I have a lot of pets. No one would take care of them. And I would miss them if I went somewhere. They get upset even if I go to the grocery store. Anyway, we used to camp with horses in Texas. We kept our horses in an Airforce Base Stable. One weekend the stable governors organized a trail ride complete with a trail boss. It was a true adventure. We rode 50 miles out to camp on a lake. We means my first husband and I, When we did this, there were people who drove the cars, and this particular time, we took a boat, because the campsite was on a lake. We cooked on campfires and we water skied with the boat. It was the only time I ever water skied. Plus, the lake had a bottom that graduated downhill, so we could walk the horses out and then swim them in the lake. At a certain depth (riding bareback) I could slide backwards on the horse, grab the end of his tail, which was floating straight out behind him, and he would turn and swim back into the shallows. At that time, my horse was a Tennessee walker paint, 16 hands. A very gentle soul. After the 50-mile ride back home. I gave our horses two days off in stable and paddock, complete with baths and grooming for shine. They worked hard that weekend and deserved a rest. I don't know exactly dates for this time in my life sometime in the late 1960's. My life was different then. ![Merit Badge in Fancy
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