Newsletter 189
[1]Lights, Camera, Africa
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Anonymous | Economist | 16 December 2010
Inside "Nollywood"—Nigeria's thriving film industry. No studios. Tiny
budgets. Market traders put up money. Itinerant writers hawk scripts. 50
full-length features per week. All straight to DVD. Pirated almost
immediately
[2]Into The Friar
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Cliff Doerksen | Chicago Reader | 23 December 2010
Conversation with a friar (not a monk). Mostly about his brown robe. Fifty
years ago friars sewed their own. Now work contracted out to convents.
Public finds robe less threatening than priest's black suit and white collar
[3]Souring Of Turkey's European Dream
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Orhan Pamuk | Guardian | 23 December 2010
Turkey spent decades trying to emulate and join Europe. Now it has given up.
Two main reasons: first, frustration at European Union's refusal to accept
Turkey as a member; second, anger at EU support for invasion of Iraq
[4]Santa's Privacy Policy
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Lauren Hughes | McSweeney's | 23 December 2010
"Sharing is one of the joys of Christmas. For this reason, we share your
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Brent Landau on =THE REAL CHRISTMAS STORY=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/brent-landau-on-real-christmas-story
Religious studies scholar Brent Landau says that the Christmas story is the
part of the Gospels that is least based on history. Jesus probably was not
even born in Bethlehem. [7]Continue reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/brent-landau-on-real-christmas-story
Topic
[8]Relationships
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Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
[9]Continue reading…
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Book of the Day
[10]Journey of the Magi: Meanings in History of a Christian Story
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10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/journey-magi-meanings-history-christian-story-by-richard-trexler
-by Richard Trexler -
The Magi story, the story of the wise men, is probably one of the best
examples of places where people have read into the Bible all sorts of
beliefs that are not exactly there. For example, the idea that there are
three of them, Matthew’s Gospel never says that. What Richard Trexler’s book
is doing is, firstly, exploring how this interpretation began in early
Christianity, how these details start getting added in one by one.
[11]More recommendations…
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Browsings
[12]polit2k People, we're in deep trouble - Fox News -
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