BBC Radio 4 lost its formal image for a few minutes this morning after newsreader Charlotte Green dissolved into giggles while reading a bulletin on the Today programme. She lost control after playing a clip of the oldest known recording of the human voice. Green’s hysterical outburst started after a studio member remarked that the [...]
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I haven’t had a chance to watch any of The Passion from the BBC yet, and while I have heard a couple of grumbles about Biblical and theological accuracy most of the comments I have heard have been very positive. Andrew Graystone on EvangelismUK sums up reviews from across the press:
Daily Express - Page 15 - [...]
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The Atheist Delusion in the Guardian by John Gray. Several reviews flying around the web - very helpful article.
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Great picture from the Barnsley game of the BBC pundits getting used to a non-frills day out at a northern football ground!
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A couple of people have flagged up this article from The Guardian on children and their television watching:
A generation of “multitasking” children are living their daily lives - including eating and falling asleep - to the accompaniment of television, according to a survey of youngsters’ media habits.
The flickering of the screen accompanies most of them [...]
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Mister Nifty pointed out Grunge Textures which is a get site to get free backgrounds for your presentations. On top of that they are high enough quality to be useful for print design as well. As they say on their site:
We have a growing collection of quality images ready for you to download including Aircraft [...]
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Bible.org has launched a new blog, Jesus in Prime Time: Engaging the Public Square about Jesus. They describe it as being “made up of leading Christian professors, writers and thinkers who have come together to engage the media and culture about the person and work of Jesus Christ.” The contributors include Craig Blomberg, Darrell Bock, [...]
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Time Magazine interviews N.T. Wright about heaven.
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Youth Specialties links highlights Seventeen Tackles New Teen (Pregnancy) Trend in their weekly email. Go read the article, very interesting and thought provoking. Here are a few clips:
I’ve definitely had my issues with Seventeen magazine in the past, and as a young sex educator am always a little leery of studies like [...]
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Business Week have provided a communication coach to analyse a Steve Jobs presentation and pull out 10 tips that we can all think about. Given that we are trying to share something even more important take a look at it:
3. Provide an outline. Jobs outlined the presentation by saying, “There are four things [...]
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