Monthly Archives: November 2006

Darfur & FFI

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Two fun items on the agenda: Darfur: Who Will Survive Now? and FFI The Holocaust Memorial Museum had a special display of photographs on the outside of their building last week to raise awareness about the situation in Darfur. They projected enormous photographs onto the three walls on the outside of the building, which were accompanied by music. The images, which were taken by several photojournalists, were hauntingly beautiful. The multimedia presentation was incredibly effective. If you check out the links above, you can see…

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Human Trafficking

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Another good article:The Vatican on the Human Slave Trade. There is a Russian film called Lilja 4-ever, about a Russian girl who gets tricked into going to Sweden, only to become a sex slave. It’s a poignant introduction to the widespread practice of abducting girls and selling them, which happens to thousands of women a year all over the world-specifically from Eastern Europe. Protection Project said in 2001 that more than 2 million women and children were sold into the sex trade every year. Last…

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Telling Stories - Interactive Edition

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Go to this feature and watch the Congo story. The photographs are wonderful. Props to Gabe. It’s interesting to think about the different ways that audio is integrated with photographs to make slideshows. Sometimes the effect is great (see above), and other times it seems like someone just said, “Let’s make a slideshow!” When there are no ambient sounds or subject voices, figuring out the best way to tell an audio story can be tough. Should the photographer talk about her/his images? Should the reporter…

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Click -n- Kill

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There is a guy who used to work in my office (before my time) who would spend his slow days hunting online. YES.. you heard me right. Hunting. Online. This revelation called for some investigating into this so-called sport. A guy named John Lockwood started an online hunting service so that disabled people could hunt. He hooked up a gun and a computer and all you needed was a mouse to get a big kill. That’s right folks, you can (or could) kill an actual…

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boooooRAT

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I thought Borat was a good laugh… but that might be because I was five feet in front of the screen with my neck at a 90 degree angle, and already predisposed to laughing. But somebody didn’t like it, and there are a lot of other somebodies out there who didn’t like it either. Is Borat’s humor insensitive? Repetitive? Is it funny or is it juvenile and raunchy? I think all of the above. It’s another testament to the uniqueness of human taste. I don’t…

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Writing New Songs

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1. I think the new Killers CD is good - Sam’s Town. The two tracks I like most are “Bones” and “When You Were Young” - interestingly… their singles. 2. Saw Babel. Heavy on emotion, light on depth and context. 3. Rumsfeld Resigns And a beautiful quote from Hayden‘s song “Don’t Get Down” - please listen to it. “Write a songAll your old ones don’t mean a thing if you don’t singAny new ones”

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Enjoy the SnacKs

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CHICAGO, IL- And so, I apologize for my absence, but keep in mind that I have thought of many things to write in my blog, but for some reason have not had the time to realize them. #1- Automatic check-in machines in hotels should be banned. They are insulting not only to the customer, but to the institution itself.#2- The Best Halloween Costume of 2006 goes to K-fed and Britney: “You look just like every girl in my hometown.”#3- Oslo on Woodward is the #1…

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