#Barkane (2002)

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Weekly Press Briefing #81

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from January 7 – January 13. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 12: He Shall, From Time to Time aired on January 12, 2000.

Season 2, Episode 11: The Leadership Breakfast aired on January 10, 2001.

Season 3, Episode 10: H-Con 172 aired on January 9, 2002.

Season 4, Episode 12: Guns Not Butter aired on January 8, 2003.

Season 5, Episode 10: The Stormy Present aired on January 7, 2004.

Season 6, Episode 12: Opposition Research aired on January 12, 2005

Season 7, Episode 10: Running Mates aired on January 8, 2006.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from January 7 - January 13:

Bradley Whitford posted promo for a memorial screening of Not Going Quietly, the documentary about Ady Barkan.

Dulé Hill posted photos of himself and his daughter Kennedy on a USO trip. 

Josh Malina posted an AI-altered photo of himself with wings sprouting from his head. 

Marlee Matlin posted a slideshow of herself and her husband having date night at The Academy’s Governors Awards. 

Marlee Matlin posted a video sharing one of her favorite tattoos and celebrating 37 years of sobriety. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted promo for Modern Warrior live in LA on January 17. 

Rob Lowe posted photos with the guys from NFL on Fox from his new game show, The Floor. \

Rob Lowe posted a photo from the last table read of the second season of his Netflix show, Unstable. 

Rob Lowe posted a promo video for The Floor. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself napping with his dog Daisy.

Rob Lowe posted a video of himself singing with Robert Downey Jr. as they get ready for his episode of Rob’s podcast.  

Donna Moss Daily: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

Daily Josh Lyman: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

No Context BWhit: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

@twwarchive: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

Edits/Artwork

#joshdonna: heart eyes by @nacejisbon [VIDEO EDIT] #joshdonna: options by @nacejisbon [VIDEO EDIT]

Editors’ Choice: 

This week, we’re recommending fics with a found family component to them! Be sure to share your favorites as well!

fathers and sons by rearviewmirror | Rated T | Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry | Complete | “It’s good to be a little scared. Scared means you care. Caring means you’re gonna do great.” the way old friends do by mikaylawrites for swancharmings | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | They’ve formed a natural trio at events like these; they’re the in-laws, so to speak. While everyone else is getting up to their usual antics, they’re likely to be the ones quietly observing in the corner of the room, or convening in the kitchen to catch up on each other’s lives and sneaking food when Abbey isn’t looking. Donna, Toby, Charlie, and the chaotic people they love. breathe by jazzjo | Rated G | C.J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | She had never expected to see past her twenties, let alone this. She has her little brother and his family next door, music in all her days, and this family she's found in the midst of everything. Yes, she thinks, this is all she’ll ever need. now don’t lose your fight kid by sam_writes_fics | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | The night of the Illinois Primary. a glamorous invitation by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | CJ joins Toby, Josh, and Sam for Thanksgiving. brothers in arms by hufflepuffhermione | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Do you have any siblings, Joshua?” the teacher asked. Have. Present tense. He worried the faux wood of the desk with his fingers, his head pounding as the teacher raised his voice with another “Joshua”. Josh finally allowed a strangled, “No,” to escape, and put his head down on the desk, because saying that two letter word meant that it was true, that he was now an only child. Josh Lyman was no longer a brother, and he didn’t know who he was anymore. Josh Lyman and how he reclaims the title of brother. if you’re looking for the girl of your dreams, she’s in brooklyn with me by starsontheceiling for TheBreakfastGenie | Rated G | C. J. Cregg & Josh Lyman (No Pairings Listed) Complete | “Why do you talk to me like this?” “Because you never had a big sister, and you need one.” Snapshots of CJ and Josh, over the years.

Stay tuned for our reblog with this week's fics!

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Although numerous historically traumatic events occurred earlier, the 19th century in Canada was marked by government policies to assimilate Aboriginal peoples based on the assumption that Whites were inherently superior to the “Indians” they considered to be savage and uncivilized. The Indian Residential School (IRS) system was one of the key mechanisms by which the government attempted to achieve their goals of eliminating their “Indian problem” (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples [RCAP], 1996), which ran from the 1880s until the last school closed in the mid-1990s. By 1930, roughly 75% of all First Nations children between the ages of 7 and 15 attended IRS, as did significant numbers of Métis and Inuit children (Fournier & Crey, 1997). It has been estimated that over 150,000 Aboriginal children in Canada attended IRSs (Barkan, 2003).

Children as young as 3 were forced, by law, to leave their families and communities to live at schools designed to “kill the Indian in the child” (RCAP, 1996). These schools taught Aboriginal children to be ashamed of their languages, cultural beliefs and traditions, and were largely ineffective at providing proper or even adequate education (Deiter, 1999; Friesen & Friesen, 2002). In addition to the significant number of mortalities and children who went “missing” from these schools, many were also victims of chronic mental, physical, and sexual abuses and neglect (RCAP, 1996). Not surprisingly, IRS Survivors have been more likely to suffer a variety of mental and physical health problems compared to Aboriginal adults who did not attend (First Nations Centre, 2005).

examples of historical trauma

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Ki Name Dakbo Tomake Lyrics | কী নামে ডাকবো তোমাকে লিরিক্স | Prosenjit | Indrani Halder

Ki Name Dakbo Tomake Lyrics | কী নামে ডাকবো তোমাকে লিরিক্স | Prosenjit | Indrani Halder

Ki Name Dakbo Tomake Song Is Sung by Babul Supriyo And Kabita Krishnamurthy from Barkane Bengali Movie. Starring: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Dipankar Dey And Lily Chakraborty. Music Composed by Ashish Kumar And Song Lyrics In Bengali Written by Lakshikanto Ray. Ki Name Dakbo Tomake Song Ki Name Dakbo Tomake Song Details: Song : Ki Naame Dakbo Tomake Movie : Barkane (2002) Singer :…

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Merci Hel ! Ça me rassure d'avoir ton analyse linguistique. Parfois (de plus en plus souvent), je suis assez soucieuse de la teneur et du vocabulaire des articles de presse (et assimilés) présents dans nos médias nationaux !

Je suis bien contente de t’avoir assistée dans ta Quête linguistique et toute prête à commisérer sur l’air de « c’était mieux avant ». D’accord, la presse de masse n’a pas toujours fait dans la dentelle (!!) et ce depuis ses débuts, mais je suis sincèrement perturbée de voir tant d’articles publiés dans de grands titres réputés écrits comme une rédaction de lycéen sous hakik (pensée émue pour Marcel Colucci)...

Je te copie in extenso, vu qu’il est court mais réservé aux abonnés, l’article du Diplo de ce mois consacré, justement, aux mutations récentes de la presse écrite, c’est saisissant autant que démoralisant :

Vendre de la discorde plutôt qu’informer

Un journalisme de guerres culturelles

(par Serge Halimi & Pierre Rimbert)

Le juste milieu ne rapporte plus. Hier assise sur la manne publicitaire, la presse modérée recherchait une audience de masse et la cajolait en simulant l’objectivité. La recette change. Désormais, les médias prospèrent en alimentant les guerres culturelles auprès de publics polarisés et mobilisés. Pour le meilleur ou pour le pire. Et sous le regard vigilant, parfois sectaire, de leur propre lectorat.

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Il rachète à tour de bras médias et éditeurs (Vivendi, Editis, Prisma), convoite Europe 1, taille dans les effectifs et les dépenses, encourage un journalisme de racolage destiné à l’extrême droite (CNews), fait régner la terreur dans les rédactions — et menace de poursuivre en justice Le Monde diplomatique, qui enquête sur ses activités en Afrique : s’il fallait personnifier les nuisances du capitalisme médiatique, le nom de Vincent Bolloré s’imposerait d’emblée.

Abondamment commentée dans la presse, la brutalité du milliardaire breton ne fournit pourtant pas le meilleur indicateur du mouvement qui bouscule le paysage journalistique des années 2020. Car la force montante ne se trouve ni dans l’infographie des propriétaires (1), ni dans le Bottin des annonceurs. Elle se devine dans l’empressement des directions éditoriales à s’excuser quand un article déplaît à leurs lecteurs. Ce nouveau pilier de l’économie de la presse fut longtemps considéré comme la cinquième roue du carrosse médiatique : les abonnés. Leur influence croissante fait résonner au cœur des rédactions les clameurs et les clivages de nos sociétés. Cette irruption ne concerne pour le moment qu’une poignée de titres. Mais elle traduit un mouvement de fond.

Certes, l’appropriation privée rebat toujours les cartes du grand Monopoly de la communication. Mais elle a cessé de bouleverser un secteur depuis longtemps soumis à sa logique marchande. Et à son corset managérial : alors que les écrans dévorent toujours plus avidement le temps et les conversations, les forces qui produisent l’information se raréfient. En France, le nombre de journalistes s’effrite à un rythme modéré (— 6 % entre 2008 et 2019), mais l’effectif a chuté de près d’un quart aux États-Unis. Cette moyenne masque une disparité : les rédactions américaines ont supprimé 36 000 emplois dans la presse écrite tandis qu’elles créaient 10 000 postes dans les médias non imprimés (2).

Longtemps prophétisé, le régime d’information à deux vitesses — riche pour les riches, pauvre pour les pauvres — s’installe sous nos yeux. Il réverbère la géographie des inégalités éducatives et culturelles. Moins agile à se déployer en ligne compte tenu de l’âge et des habitudes de son lectorat, la presse locale s’appauvrit, se concentre ou, comme aux États-Unis, s’éteint : plus de 2 100 quotidiens et hebdomadaires y ont disparu depuis 2004, soit un quart du total, bien souvent remplacés par un réseau de sites partisans dont l’allure journalistique, la maquette classique et la couverture territoriale servent de paravent à la diffusion d’articles de complaisance financés par des intérêts liés aux partis politiques (3). La survie de la presse locale reposait sur la publicité et les petites annonces, deux ressources englouties par Facebook et Google, qui, eux, ne produisent pas d’informations mais pillent celles des journaux qu’ils ont préalablement privés d’annonceurs.

Proportionnel au nombre de paires d’yeux tombées sur la réclame imprimée, le prix de la publicité obéit à une tout autre règle sur Internet, où la qualité du ciblage remplace la quantité de public touché. Or, dans ce domaine, nul ne surclasse les prédateurs de la Silicon Valley. Leur concurrence force la presse généraliste à vendre ses espaces numériques à prix sacrifiés : de l’an 2000 (quand Google crée sa régie) à 2018, ses recettes publicitaires ont été divisées par trois (4). La pandémie leur porte le coup de grâce. Au deuxième trimestre 2020, la mise à l’arrêt de l’économie a sabré 20 % des revenus procurés par les annonceurs du Monde (5) — et 44 % au New York Times (6 août 2020).

Ci-gît le modèle du « double marché » inventé en 1836 par Émile de Girardin qui, d’un côté, alléchait le chaland par un faible prix de vente et, de l’autre, vendait le lectorat aux marchands souhaitant placer leur réclame. Cette économie impliquait une double dépendance : aux annonceurs quand tout allait bien ; aux actionnaires, sollicités pour remettre au pot, en période de vaches maigres. Elle connaît son âge d’or dans les années 1960 et 1970, puis, sur un mode plus frénétique, lors de la « bulle Internet » qui éclata en 2000 : dans les couloirs de Libération, un quotidien alors gavé de publicité, les dirigeants éditoriaux gloussaient qu’ils pourraient désormais se dispenser des ventes. Les journaux dits « gratuits » concrétiseront en 2002 cette stratégie de génie — avant de disparaître dans le trou noir de l’économie numérique.

Au cours de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, la prééminence de la ressource publicitaire avait transformé la vision du monde social renvoyée aux lecteurs : « La couverture du monde du travail a diminué et changé d’orientation, passant de la puissance des syndicats en tant qu’institutions aux désagréments que les grèves imposaient aux consommateurs », observe Nicholas Lemann, professeur de journalisme à l’université de Columbia (6). L’ère de la réclame avait coïncidé avec une élévation sensible du salaire, du statut et du niveau de diplôme des salariés de la presse. Elle se clôt dans un climat de précarité des producteurs d’information, de discrédit des médias, de défiance radicale entre les classes populaires et les couches intellectuelles. « Pour la toute première fois, moins de la moitié des Américains font confiance aux médias traditionnels », s’épouvante en janvier dernier une société de conseil (7). L’élection surprise de M. Donald Trump en 2016 aura dissipé aux yeux des lecteurs du New York Times le mirage d’une société de marché pacifiée par les vertus de l’éducation et de la communication. Un nouveau modèle émerge, mieux ajusté à l’anémie publicitaire et aux réalités d’une société fracturée : celui de médias hyperpartisans, de masse ou de niche, financés lorsqu’ils relèvent de l’écrit par une solide base d’abonnés.

L’abonné : « Temps futurs ! Vision sublime ! » Les médias sont hors de l’abîme… Hier jugé hors d’atteinte et hors du coup par les génies d’Internet, convaincus que l’information en ligne serait gratuite ou ne serait pas, ce souscripteur fidèle fait quinze ans plus tard l’objet de toutes les convoitises. Des chaînes payantes, plates-formes de diffusion vidéo et audio ont démontré que, à l’époque de la gratuité et du piratage généralisés, les utilisateurs restent disposés à payer un service spécifique pourvu qu’on ne le trouve pas ailleurs.

Au jeu de la conversion de l’audience gratuite en lecteurs payants, seuls les journaux les plus puissants et les plus spécialisés triomphent. Pour ceux nés à l’époque de l’imprimerie, la réussite économique passe par le sacrifice progressif du papier et de ses coûts d’impression et de distribution. Le Monde compte 360 000 abonnés numériques au début de cette année et vise le million en 2025, pour seulement 100 000 abonnés papier. De son côté, après une décennie de numérisation à marche forcée, le New York Times a plastronné : « Pour la première fois, les recettes des abonnés au numérique dépassent celles des abonnés au papier » (5 novembre 2020). À cette date, 4,7 millions de souscripteurs sur écrans rapportaient à peine plus que les 831 000 abonnés à l’édition imprimée : le salut économique impose donc un recrutement numérique tous azimuts. Dans un raccourci saisissant de notre époque, des fabricants de papier journal, comme Norske Skog, reconvertissent leurs machines afin de produire du carton d’emballage pour Amazon (8)…

« Avant Internet, le New York Times, comme tous les journaux, se contentait de servir ses maîtres publicitaires. Aujourd’hui, en l’absence d’autres formes de revenus — subventions gouvernementales, fondations à but non lucratif —, c’est le lecteur qui décide si une publication vit ou meurt, résume Ross Barkan, journaliste et militant de l’aile gauche du Parti démocrate. Et cela confère au public un pouvoir nouveau (9). » À première vue, la bascule marque un bond vers l’indépendance : les abonnés ne réclament-ils pas la meilleure information possible là où les annonceurs n’exigent qu’un temps de cerveau disponible ? Naguère perçu comme hétérogène et dépourvu de moyen de pression, le lectorat a rarement disposé d’une influence sur la ligne éditoriale. En se fixant une identité, politique (en France) ou locale (aux États-Unis), chaque publication naissante sélectionnait d’emblée une audience correspondant à sa vision du monde. De leur côté, les responsables de la presse « de qualité » se faisaient de leur clientèle l’image reflétée par le courrier des lecteurs : libérale éclairée, allergique au sectarisme, intéressée à la chose commune et à la marche du monde, ne formant son jugement qu’à partir de faits liés par des raisonnements ; la figure de l’« honnête homme ��, en somme, pour qui la lecture du quotidien représentait, selon la fameuse formule de Friedrich Hegel, « une sorte de prière du matin réaliste ». Le journalisme s’inventait un peuple de croyants dont il serait le dieu.

Ce mirage s’est dissipé. Toute source de financement comporte un risque d’influence éditoriale, et le modèle de l’abonnement ne fait pas exception. Les années 1990 et 2000 avaient été marquées par une discordance entre la polarisation sociale croissante des populations et l’homogénéité relative des médias dominants. Les parts de marché, estimaient les comptables de la presse, se gagnent au centre, comme les élections. De l’ère Brexit-Trump, l’élite du journalisme aura retenu cette leçon : l’exacerbation des divisions politiques — et surtout culturelles — alimente l’audience, mobilise les lecteurs et génère du profit. « Les entreprises cherchaient auparavant à attirer un public le plus large possible ; elles s’emploient désormais à capter et à retenir de multiples fractions de lectorat, a résumé le journaliste américain Matt Taibbi. Fondamentalement, cela signifie que la presse, qui commercialisait naguère une vision de la réalité supposée acceptable aux yeux d’un large éventail, vend à présent de la division (10) » (lire « Comment Donald Trump et les médias ont ravagé la vie publique »). Plutôt que ses « vieux » lecteurs, qui considèrent encore le journal comme une entité éditoriale à part entière, le New York Times s’emploie à séduire des « communautés » qui reçoivent sur les réseaux sociaux les liens d’articles isolés, détachés du reste de l’édition du jour, mais correspondant étroitement à leurs attentes. Sur chacun des sujets qui les mobilisent, ces petits groupes accueilleront tout faux pas par une tempête de tweets indignés.

Du consensus sédatif au dissensus lucratif, le virage épouse opportunément le fonctionnement des réseaux sociaux. Hier propre à Facebook et à Twitter, le modèle de la chambre d’écho qui renvoie inlassablement aux utilisateurs ce qu’ils veulent lire et entendre s’étend désormais aux médias traditionnels, à cette différence que les lecteurs paient cash pour recevoir les informations qui les caressent dans le sens du poil. D’autant plus persuadés que Twitter arbitre la vie publique qu’ils y passent eux-mêmes une partie significative de leur temps d’éveil, les journalistes confondent volontiers l’activisme polémique alimenté au quotidien par quelques centaines de « twittos » blanchis sous le clavier avec les attentes de leurs centaines de milliers d’abonnés. Échaudés par quelques orages d’indignation numérique, bien des dirigeants éditoriaux évitent de prendre à rebrousse-poil les militants du clic. « Le journalisme en ligne financé par les lecteurs favorise un contenu éditorial plus idéologique : des articles qui réaffirment ce que pense déjà son public, plutôt que de le contredire, écrit Lemann. Ainsi fonctionnent les chaînes d’information câblées (11). »

Selon une enquête réalisée fin 2019 par le Pew Reseach Center, 93 % des personnes qui utilisent Fox News comme source principale d’information politique se déclarent républicaines. Symétriquement, 95 % de celles qui choisissent MSNBC se disent démocrates ; tout comme, dans la presse écrite, 91 % des lecteurs du New York Times (12). Divisés de part et d’autre d’une barricade culturelle, deux publics enfermés dans leurs chambres d’écho respectives arment leurs convictions, les répercutent en ligne et, au moindre écart, somment leurs médias favoris de rectifier le tir ou de purger les déviants.

Mais les rafales de tweets qui charpentent les polémiques en ligne influencent-elles vraiment la production d’information ? Dans une large mesure, explique une enquête en cours de publication (13). Partant d’une série de plusieurs milliers d’« événements » lancés sur les réseaux sociaux et repris dans les médias traditionnels, les chercheurs établissent que la popularité d’un sujet apparu sur Twitter — mesurée au nombre de tweets, de retweets et de citations qu’il génère — détermine la couverture que lui consacre la presse : « Une augmentation de 1 % du nombre de tweets correspond à une augmentation de 8,9 % du nombre d’articles. » Et le phénomène est encore plus prononcé dans les journaux où les rédacteurs s’activent le plus ardemment sur la messagerie en 280 signes.

Car les journalistes ont trouvé dans ce réseau social souvent narcissique, péremptoire et moutonnier un monde qui leur ressemble. « Twitter est une fenêtre sur l’actualité du monde, c’est pourquoi certains des comptes les plus actifs appartiennent à des journalistes », claironne une page consacrée aux « bonnes pratiques » du groupe fondé par M. Jack Dorsey (14). C’est la définition même de l’effet Larsen : les journalistes les plus bouillonnants sur un réseau social où piaffent nombre de leurs collègues répercutent dans leurs colonnes l’écho de cet environnement électronique. Issus de plus en plus exclusivement de la bourgeoisie cultivée, au point que plus de la moitié des rédacteurs du New York Times et du Wall Street Journal sortent des universités d’élites américaines (15), les gens de presse oublient que Twitter lui-même attire une clientèle plus diplômée, aisée, urbaine, jeune et de gauche que la population au milieu de laquelle elle vit. Et que la « fenêtre » est elle-même distordue, puisque les 10 % de « twittos » les plus prolixes produisent 80 % des tweets (16). « Il faut souligner que les utilisateurs de Twitter ne sont pas représentatifs de la population générale des lecteurs de presse », insistent les auteurs de l’enquête précitée.

Mais il est si doux et, pour un temps, si payant de prendre son reflet pour le miroir du monde…

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(1) Lire « Médias français : qui possède quoi ? ».

(2) Elizabeth Grieco, « 10 charts about America’s newsrooms », Pew Research Center, 28 avril 2020, www.pewresearch.org

(3) The New York Times, 19 octobre 2020.

(4) Séries longues de la presse éditeur de 1985 à 2018 — presse d’information générale et politique française, nationale et locale, ministère de la culture, www.culture.gouv.fr

(5) La Lettre A, 30 juillet 2020.

(6) Nicholas Lemann, « Can journalism be saved ? », The New York Review of Books, 27 février 2020.

(7) www.axios.com, 21 janvier 2021.

(8) L’Usine nouvelle, Antony, 17 juin 2020 ;  Les Affaires, Québec, 30 juin 2018.

(9) Ross Barkan, « The gray zone lady », The Baffler, mars-avril 2020, https://thebaffler.com

(10) Matt Taibbi, « The post-objectivity era », TK News, substack.com, 19 septembre 2020.

(11) Nicholas Lemann, « Can journalism be saved ? », op. cit.

(12) Elizabeth Grieco, « Americans’ main sources for political news vary by party and age », Pew Research Center, 1er avril 2020.

(13) Julia Cagé, Nicolas Hervé et Béatrice Mazoyer, « Social media and newsroom production decisions », Social Science Research Network, 20 octobre 2020 (prépublication).

(14) Jennifer Hollett, « How journalists can best engage with their audience », Twitter.

(15) Proportion plus élevée au sein de la Chambre des représentants, du Sénat, des juges fédéraux ou… des patrons du Fortune 500. Cf. Zaid Jilani, « Graduates of elite universities dominate the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, study finds », The Intercept, 6 mai 2018, https://theintercept.com

(16) Stefan Wojcik et Adam Hughes, « Sizing up Twitter users », Pew Research Center,  24 avril 2019.

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The racism prevalent in Palestinian Arab society sometimes seems to have no limits.

It is one thing to read a poll which describes almost every single Palestinian man, woman and child as hating Jews, and that Palestinians are the most anti-Semitic people on the planet. It is another to hear the stories of how that Arab hatred manifests itself.

Waiting for a bus while being Jewish. Seven Jews were shot while they stood at a bus stop near the town of Ofra in the Israeli Territory of Area C in December 2018. A Palestinian rode his car and sprayed the civilians – including a pregnant woman – who were just standing there with gunfire.

Going to work while being Jewish. Jewish workers were shot and killed in the Barkan Industrial Zone, designed to be an area of coexistence, in October 2018. The Palestinian Arab had internalized that Jews should really not be working there.

Standing next to a store while being Jewish. Ari Fuld was just standing outside a store when a Palestinian Arab teenager stabbed him in the back and killed him in September 2018. Why should Palestinians have to see Jews shopping?

Riding a bus while being Jewish. Jews were riding a bus in Jerusalem in April 2016. Appalling. A Palestinian Arab teenager blew up the bus.

Looking like a tourist who might be Jewish. A Palestinian ran through Tel Aviv stabbing people, including an American named Taylor Force in March 2016. How outrageous to see people visiting the Jewish State!

Riding a car while being Jewish. A Jewish couple drove with their kids on the road and were shot and killed by a Palestinian terrorist, who thought Jews should really not be driving anywhere near him in October 2015.

Praying in a synagogue while being Jewish. Jews were in synagogue reciting their prayers when Palestinian Arabs entered with an axe and meat cleaver, slaughtering four of them in November 2014. Jews praying in Jerusalem is about as outrageous a thing as any Palestinian Arab can imagine.

Sleeping while being Jewish. Five members of the Fogel family were stabbed to death – including a three month old – while asleep in their beds in the town of Itamar in March 2011. How could Jews be sleeping in their homes so close to Arab villages? Who do they think they are?

Having a Passover Seder while being Jewish. Dozens of seniors were having a quiet Passover seder at a hotel in Netayna in March 2002. Outrageous. A Palestinian Arab walked into the room and blew the place up.

Having pizza while being Jewish. Mothers and children were enjoying pizza on a hot afternoon of August 2001. Clearly too much for a Palestinian Arab man who blew the place up, murdering 15 and wounding over 100.

How should Jews feel when when every simple action makes Palestinian Arabs so enraged that they want to kill them?

How maddening is it for Jews to live with the constant anxiety of having their presence, their innocence, and their existence, questioned?

When antisemitism is so deeply instilled into Palestinian society, how can coexistence ever be possible?

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The Well Truly Exists

Figure 1: The Well (Barkan, 2016)

Is the legend of Okiku real or fiction? Japan is well known for their horror myths and ghost stories. Some might say that the myth truly exists but how much of it is correct. “Even fictional stories can reflect ways the author sees, visualizes, and experiences the real world” (Lundberg, 2018).

The story of Okiku has been told for centuries. It takes place in Western Japan in Himeji Castle that was built in the 14th century. Okiku was the servant at the Castle when she overheard samurai Aoyama's plot to kill his lord and she reported it. When Aoyama found out the cause of his failure, he decided to kill her. He accused Okiku of stealing a valuable golden dish, she was tortured to death and executed, and her body was thrown into the well.

The appearance of Sadako comes from a long history of Japanese ghosts specifically has similar characteristics of yuueri ghosts. They are women with long black hair, white face, and a long white robe. It was the classic way of how Japanese women would look when being buried. In Japanese tradition, women wore their hair tied up while living but when they died it was let down. Symbolically, the purity of the soul was represented by wearing a white robe.

The myth of Okiku was exchanged from oral tradition to other forms of storytelling. According to Lundberg, myths “are not relegated to some forgotten or hidden past; they are here in the present, alive in the stories we tell, including those told through popular culture and new media.” First, it appeared in Koji Suzuki Ring novel in 1991. Later, it was adapted into other formats, such as films, TV shows, Kabuki play, manga and video games. In 1998, the character Sadako who represents Okiku appeared in the Japanese movie Ringu. Hollywood version of the movie was released in 2002 followed by two more sequels. It is about a videotape that leads to a phone call where the viewer receives information about their death that would happen in 7 days. The 4 teenagers mysteriously died after 7 days by watching a tape and newspaper reporter Rachel decided to investigate this incident. After she watched it, she only had 7 days to untangle the mystery. Recently, the prototype of the video game is made where using Virtual Reality technology you take the role of Sadako/Samara (More information here).

The myth of Okiku is told for centuries and is transformed through time, space and different ways of storytelling. Reflecting back to the initial question whether it is real or fiction nobody can say for certain. But, it is known that to this day, the well actually still exists.

References

Lundberg, A., & Dillon, R. (2017). Vampires in Video Games: Mythic Tropes for Innovative Storytelling. Tropical Liminal: Urban Vampires & Other Bloodsucking Monstrosities. Research Gate.16(1), 47-61. DOI: 10.25120/etropic.16.1.2017.3578

Lundberg, A. (2018). Week 5: Reality, Virtuality & Exchange. [Powerpoint] Retrieved from https://learn.jcu.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-3269587-dt-content-rid-11114709_1/courses/18-BA1002-SIN-INT-SP52/BA1002%205%20REALITY%20%26%20VIRTUALITY.pdf

Squires, J. (2017, January 17). Okiku's Ghost: The True Scary Story That Inspired 'The Ring'. Retrieved August 03, 2018, from https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3421393/okikus-ghost-true-scary-story-inspired-ring/

Wanczura, D. (n.d.). The Japanese Ghost Story of Okiku. Retrieved August 05, 2018, from https://www.artelino.com/articles/ghost_story_okiku.asp

Hyperlink Reference:

Elizabeth, D. (2016, June 24). This Video Game Allows You to Actually Become That Scary Girl from 'The Ring'. Retrieved August 05, 2018, from https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-ring-video-game

Image Reference:

Barkan, J. (2016, June 21). Sadako's Secrets: Explaining "Ringu" at the Asian Art Museum. Retrieved August 09, 2018, from http://www.jetaanc.org/ringu/

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Jeda Yoga Retreat Explains About the Different Forms of Hot Yoga

Traditional forms of yoga have been practiced for more than 5-thousand years. Hot yoga is in fact a very new kind of yoga seeing that it has only appeared in the last 50 years. Hot yoga is a phrase that recognizes any range of yoga routines performed within a warmed surrounding.

“The cause behind doing yoga within a warmed place is to make the whole body to perspire which helps the removal of poisons via your blood flow & skin. Moreover, it can offer a more improved, most helpful practice since the hot temperature warms up the muscle tissues which makes them more functional and less susceptible to fortuitous injury” said a spokesperson of Jeda Yoga Retreat.  

The temperature variation of a specific hot yoga classroom varies somewhere between 30-50 degree Celsius for the practice, encompassing a humidity level varying from 40-60 percent.

There’re more than simply an individual form of hot-yoga, the most renowned being Bikram yoga. This program includes 26 postures & 2 breathing routines that are practiced in succession, two tomes each throughout the ninety minute session. Forty five minutes of this session is dedicated to standing up positions and the extra forty-five minutes are particularly for the floor stances.

Versions of Hot Yoga:

Bikram yoga isn’t the only form. Other types encompass the Barkan Method, Forrest yoga, power yoga, Core Power Yoga, Moksha yoga and Tribalance yoga.

Moksha yoga is a variety of hot yoga which was set up by Ted Grant together with Jessica Robertson in Toronto, Canada in 2004. This method is dedicated to the availability of the practice and thinks that yoga is for all people. Furthermore, it has dedicated eco-friendly and sustainability guidelines which are generally applicable to each of the Moksha yoga studios across the globe.

The Barkan Method of Hot Yoga was established in 2002 by Jimmy Barkan, a trainee of Bikram Choudhury. Barkan's technique is in line with the teachings of Bikram's yet it involves positions from other kinds of yoga and doesn't stick to a permanent collection of poses. Unlike Bikram, Barkan incorporates a vinyasa motion within his classes - a set of interrelated stances that can be coordinated together with the respiration.

Forrest yoga was established in the 1980s by Ana T. Forrest. Its objective is on psychological and bodily re-conditioning. It helps and really encourages people to look at how much they understand about their body on the mat and draw it into their day to day life.

Tribalance yoga is another version of hot yoga with a program more or less the opposite of Bikram yoga. As for instance, the classes require dim light sources to make a more inner journey within the pupil, which is unlike Bikram yoga, in which bright lights are a regulation.

Jeda Yoga Retreats offer wonderful yoga accommodation in Bali with its superior set up. If you’re looking for hot yoga and hot yoga in Bali, please contact us now!

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Weekly Press Briefing #71: October 29th to November 4th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 29 - November 4, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 6: Mr. Willis of Ohio aired on November 3, 1999.

Season 2, Episode 5: And It’s Surely to Their Credit aired on November 1, 2000.

Season 3, Episode 4: On the Day Before aired on October 31, 2001.

Season 4, Episode 6: Game On aired on October 30, 2002.

Season 5, Episode 5: Constituency of One aired on October 29, 2003.

Season 6, Episode 3: Third-Day Story aired on November 3, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 6: The Al Smith Dinner aired on October 30, 2005.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 29 - November 4:

Allison Janney posted a photo and touching message in memory of Matthew Perry. Amy Landecker posted in memory of Ady Barkan, sharing a photo of herself and Bradely Whitford with Ady and a thoughtful message. 

Bradley Whitord posted a video of himself and Matthew Perry, along with a moving tribute to his late friend. 

Dule Hill posted a video collage of his stay at St. Regis Mexico City with his wife Jazmyn (their first trip in 4 years!).

Josh Malina posted an infographic about a 17-year-old taken hostage by Hamas.

Kim Webster posted a photo of herself and a friend in Halloween costumes. 

Kim Webster posted photos of herself in costume as Jessica Rabbit. 

Marlee Matlin posted a birthday message for Henry Winkler and a photo of herself holding his book. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo and message in memory of her brother-in-law Dr. Jay Goldstein, who passed away this week. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself and her “girls” at the National Association of the Deaf Breakthrough Awards. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a graphic promoting Dule Hill playing for All Rise on Celebrity Jeopardy on November 2nd. 

Rob Lowe posted a throwback photo of himself as a little kid. 

Donna Moss Daily: October 29 | October 30 | October 31 | November 1 | November 2 | November 3 | November 4

Daily Josh Lyman: October 29 | October 30 | October 31 | November 1 | November 2 | November 3 | November 4

No Context BWhit: October 29 | October 30 | October 31 | November 1 | November 3 | November 4

@twwarchive: October 30 | October 31 

Edits/Artwork:

#thewestwing : wE cHaNgED TiMe zOnEs by @abigailbrtlet [VIDEO EDIT]

Editors’ Choice: 

Sometimes you just need a change. This week, we’re recommending some of our favorite alternate universe fics! There are so many great ones that we had trouble narrowing it down, so be sure to share some you love as well!

darling, so it goes (some things are meant to be) by mikaylawrites | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Hey,” Josh says as he approaches his friend, gesturing in the general direction of the stage. “Who is this?” Sam rolls his eyes. “I’m doing well, thank you for asking.” When Josh doesn’t respond, Sam gives him what he wants by responding, “It’s Donna.” “Donna?” “Donna Moss.” The name sounds vaguely familiar, but Josh can’t put his finger on why. “You know, Donna? She and I were on Andy Wyatt’s tour together last fall? She’s the one who said she didn’t believe I could go shot for shot with her at a dive bar after our St. Louis show and ended up having to drag me back to the hotel and put me into bed afterward.” The story of rising country singers Josh Lyman and Donna Moss everybody talks (it started with a whisper) by JessBakesCakes | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress | Being the White House Press Secretary, Josh realizes, is one of the toughest jobs in the administration to begin with. But with her co-workers' propensity for going viral, CJ certainly deserves a raise. (The West Wing, set 20 years later.) Wear the Crown by sam_writes_fics | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress | but some knights are meant to wear the crown. and proving worthy of its power is a noble quest indeed. // royalty/fantasy au yeah, me too by smallandblueandloud | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler | Complete | “Josh, what is it?” He’s got his gaze firmly three inches to the left of her face. “Have you been getting the feeling that something’s going on? Something they’re not telling us?” (or, Toby knows something. CJ and Josh don't. They'll be #19 and 20, eventually.) rewrite an ending or two by jazzjo | Rated G | C.J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt | Complete|  It didn’t do her well to dwell on the reasons why her mornings were the most peaceful part of her day.  It did her even less good to press on the bruise that was her discomfort at leaving after closing.  or, on a clear day you can see forever, and it's the first clear day in years. i think i missed the gun at the starting line by ansatz for heliotropic | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | "I really wanna win this thing." // After qualifying for the Olympics in 2016, but being unable to compete due to an injury, Donna Moss is back, ready to run, and completely focused on earning a medal for Team Canada. Enter Josh Lyman, reigning Olympic champion with a heart of—you guessed it—gold. Two countries, two sports: one chance to fall in love? Flour Dusted Smiles by JediAnnieScrambler | Rated T | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | “Did Sam let you in?” Toby asked, crossing the kitchen. CJ jumped between him and the oven, holding her arms out like a shield, “You can’t look in the oven.” “It’s my oven!” “You weren’t supposed to be here until later!” Butterfly is the Worst Stroke by myrmeraki for dogsbreath | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | A snapshot of swimmer Sam and his increasingly tired boyfriend. Yeah I headcanon butterfly to be Sam's favorite stroke, yeah it's also *the* worst stroke, this does not conflict.

We will be reblogging this post to add this week's fics shortly!

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Jeda Yoga Retreat Explains About the Different Forms of Hot Yoga

Traditional forms of yoga have been practiced for more than 5-thousand years. Hot yoga is in fact a very new kind of yoga seeing that it has only appeared in the last 50 years. Hot yoga is a phrase that recognizes any range of yoga routines performed within a warmed surrounding.

“The cause behind doing yoga within a warmed place is to make the whole body to perspire which helps the removal of poisons via your blood flow & skin. Moreover, it can offer a more improved, most helpful practice since the hot temperature warms up the muscle tissues which makes them more functional and less susceptible to fortuitous injury” said a spokesperson of Jeda Yoga Retreat.

The temperature variation of a specific hot yoga classroom varies somewhere between 30-50 degree Celsius for the practice, encompassing a humidity level varying from 40-60 percent.

There’re more than simply an individual form of hot-yoga, the most renowned being Bikram yoga. This program includes 26 postures & 2 breathing routines that are practiced in succession, two tomes each throughout the ninety minute session. Forty five minutes of this session is dedicated to standing up positions and the extra forty-five minutes are particularly for the floor stances.

Versions of Hot Yoga:

Bikram yoga isn’t the only form. Other types encompass the Barkan Method, Forrest yoga, power yoga, Core Power Yoga, Moksha yoga and Tribalance yoga.

Moksha yoga is a variety of hot yoga which was set up by Ted Grant together with Jessica Robertson in Toronto, Canada in 2004. This method is dedicated to the availability of the practice and thinks that yoga is for all people. Furthermore, it has dedicated eco-friendly and sustainability guidelines which are generally applicable to each of the Moksha yoga studios across the globe.

The Barkan Method of Hot Yoga was established in 2002 by Jimmy Barkan, a trainee of Bikram Choudhury. Barkan’s technique is in line with the teachings of Bikram’s yet it involves positions from other kinds of yoga and doesn’t stick to a permanent collection of poses. Unlike Bikram, Barkan incorporates a vinyasa motion within his classes – a set of interrelated stances that can be coordinated together with the respiration.

Forrest yoga was established in the 1980s by Ana T. Forrest. Its objective is on psychological and bodily re-conditioning. It helps and really encourages people to look at how much they understand about their body on the mat and draw it into their day to day life.

Tribalance yoga is another version of hot yoga with a program more or less the opposite of Bikram yoga. As for instance, the classes require dim light sources to make a more inner journey within the pupil, which is unlike Bikram yoga, in which bright lights are a regulation.