Archive for May, 2006
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Here are four links that are fun,
educational and enlightening, the kind of links it’s fun to
share.
This is a potpourri of links, some fun, some interesting, some educational that are worth sharing. I hope you find them useful and enjoyable.
This is a collection of time lapse videos of the cosmos. It’s a fascinating collection.
The [...]
Hot Button Issues and the “Media”
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006The controversy around Da Vinci Code is as
important as a representation of institutional mistrust as it is important
because it is historically inaccurate.
Thomas Frank in his book What’s the Matter With Kansas?, said the “hot button” issues are diversions from more serious policy issues. Thomas de Zengotita says in Mediated: How the Media Shapes your [...]
A New Bishop in Uganda
Sunday, May 28th, 2006The Central Conference of Africa has elected
The Rev. Daniel Wandabula, district superintendent in Uganda and Sudan to the
episcopacy.
An email from Tafadzwa Mudabanuki of United Methodist Communications advises that the Central Conference of Africa has elected The Rev. Daniel Wandabula to the episcopacy. Bishop-elect Wandabula served as District Superintendent of Uganda and Sudan. His [...]
Somalia’s Renewed Violence
Saturday, May 27th, 2006News reports today say Somalia is
experiencing the worst violence since the fall of the national government in
1991. The Council of Foreign Relations carries a report that identifies growing
concern over the potential for Somalia to harbor terrorists.
Somalia is experiencing the worst violence since the fall of its government in 1991 according to news reports today. [...]
Da Vinci Code and Catholic Communicators
Friday, May 26th, 2006The panelists who presented to the Catholic
communicators enlarged upon these inaccuracies and also discussed how the book
misrepresents Opus Dei, a movement that identifies itself as leading people to
see God in daily life through acts of faith.
The Da Vinci Code defames the Roman Catholic Church in the view of some Catholics, and according to others it [...]
Africa Public Opinion
Friday, May 26th, 2006Public opinion research on Africa is not
always easy to come by. Simon Robinson of the TIME Global Health Blog has
provided a link to afrobarometer.org that is a treasure trove of public opinion
research from several nations on the continent.
Research to determine perceptions and attitudes, actual circumstances, hopes and desires is critically important to communicators today. [...]
Crime in New Orleans
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Crime in New Orleans is different, according
to an article in TIME. And criminals from New Orleans re-located to Texas
behave differently in custody.
While in New Orleans this week I listened to a shopkeeper tell me about crime in the city. Her contention is that today it’s different than before Katrina, and before [...]
New Orleans Unrecovered
Monday, May 22nd, 2006Recovery eludes New Orleans. Despite
progress toward renewal in some areas the city remains a population in
waiting.
Standing on a median strip in front of the Ernest C. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans yesterday, passing traffic drowned out the voices of the board of the National Council of Churches offering a prayer for recovery. [...]
Frank Rich on the Da Vinci Code and Exploiting Religion
Monday, May 22nd, 2006Frank Rich writes that Sony Pictures hired a
bevy of consultants to get Christians to create “teaching moments” that
subsidized a movie that most Christians find offensive. He says it rivals Tom
Sawyer bamboozling his friends to painting that fence.
It rivals Tom Sawyer’s bamboozling of his friends into painting that fence.–Frank Rich
Sony Pictures hired a bevy [...]
The Violence in Sao Paulo
Sunday, May 21st, 2006The violence of Sao Paulo is both
frightening and saddening. Violence seems to be as Brazilian to our southern
neighbors as it is to us in the U.S.
The man holding a gun to my face was drunk, angry and shouting at me in Portuguese. He stood between me and a way out of a plot [...]
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