Slamdog Millionaire. I was really touched by this movie and I appreciate its well-deserved success. Even though I can’t stop thinking that it was pointing USA’s new target: India and Pakistan which seem to be “lack of democracy” areas in the film.
My concern is Hollywood and European cinema gave us some clues about foreign policy of the States until now. “Television is the biggest hypnotiser of all ages” just as the cinema could be the biggest propaganda tool ever. Documentaries and films have been used as propaganda tools after war period all over the world. What if they do the same now? What if all those efforts are just to indoctrinate some ideas and images about the Eastern cultures? What if…?
I should stop thinking too much and carry on enjoying the film. Enjoy!
17 Mart 2009 Salı
The means of communication
The communication has always been the crucial part of mankind’s social life. The means of communication has changed according to the changes in people’s living conditions and all other circumstances such as technological developments.
Throughout history, the technology has had a huge impact on the means of communication. In the past, smoke was used as a means of communication from one mountain to another. Needless to say that only a few simple messages could be sent and received with this primitive method of smoke signals.
Carrier pigeon was another means of communication to send messages further away. The pigeons were trained for this two way communication method of letter carrying. The letter, which was replaced with fax and e-mail consecutively, used to be a common means of communication as well. People needed to send their messages further away and faster as the world population increased and started to be globalised. This period has influenced the methods of communication.
Today, we use telephones, mobiles, text messages, e-mail, internet chat programmes as oral and literal ways of communication. The inventers and producers are aiming to develop faster, cheaper, smaller-sized, multi-tasking gadgets for communication. The communication technology has been changing to match our needs. However, the means of communication also shapes our life styles. Mobiles have been the most important things to carry after the identity card, the keys and the wallet.
And the future? It is not difficult to predict the future of communication. The trend of mobile, multi-tasking, wireless technology seems to continue to improve. HDTV’s, hologramic simulators are the clues for possibility of image transfering or the matter transfering at the speed of light in the future. We will be transfered to communicate our own messages to the other places in an instant one day. Who knows?
Throughout history, the technology has had a huge impact on the means of communication. In the past, smoke was used as a means of communication from one mountain to another. Needless to say that only a few simple messages could be sent and received with this primitive method of smoke signals.
Carrier pigeon was another means of communication to send messages further away. The pigeons were trained for this two way communication method of letter carrying. The letter, which was replaced with fax and e-mail consecutively, used to be a common means of communication as well. People needed to send their messages further away and faster as the world population increased and started to be globalised. This period has influenced the methods of communication.
Today, we use telephones, mobiles, text messages, e-mail, internet chat programmes as oral and literal ways of communication. The inventers and producers are aiming to develop faster, cheaper, smaller-sized, multi-tasking gadgets for communication. The communication technology has been changing to match our needs. However, the means of communication also shapes our life styles. Mobiles have been the most important things to carry after the identity card, the keys and the wallet.
And the future? It is not difficult to predict the future of communication. The trend of mobile, multi-tasking, wireless technology seems to continue to improve. HDTV’s, hologramic simulators are the clues for possibility of image transfering or the matter transfering at the speed of light in the future. We will be transfered to communicate our own messages to the other places in an instant one day. Who knows?
PHOTO BARRIER TO OUR PARTIES and lives!
Do we benefit from technology or does it lead us to behave in a certain way?
Digital cameras should be counted as the third popular gadget after mobiles and i-pods in this century. Obviously, they added a new habit to our daily life. Thanks to digital cameras our visual mind got coloured with thousands of shots for every single memory.
But nowadays it is getting harder and harder to entertain at parties, night clubs and any occasion. Because majority of people seem like addicted to taking photos of every inch of places and other people. After second pint the only thing in minds to take as many photos as possible and put them on facebook and tag friends one by one the day after.
Apparently, we became addicted to record every moment in our lives. In the past, there were few black and white precious pictures of old days. But now we have chance to delete a shot and take it hundreds of times to get the best one before printing. This strengthens the dominant visual culture.
Magazines have more colourful, bigger, photoshop pictures, online news stories have more video materials, advertising sector is based on visual material more than ever and so on.
Plastic surgery is in its golden age since people are obsessed with their appearance.
Even our descriptive language is getting full of more visual based adjectives.
Children read more pictorial stories instead of bed time stories which were told by parents. Imagination of our kids is forced to draw pictures of stories in a certain way (in a way).
We are surrounded by a visual world. And lost our concentration for having real fun as taking photos...
Digital cameras should be counted as the third popular gadget after mobiles and i-pods in this century. Obviously, they added a new habit to our daily life. Thanks to digital cameras our visual mind got coloured with thousands of shots for every single memory.
But nowadays it is getting harder and harder to entertain at parties, night clubs and any occasion. Because majority of people seem like addicted to taking photos of every inch of places and other people. After second pint the only thing in minds to take as many photos as possible and put them on facebook and tag friends one by one the day after.
Apparently, we became addicted to record every moment in our lives. In the past, there were few black and white precious pictures of old days. But now we have chance to delete a shot and take it hundreds of times to get the best one before printing. This strengthens the dominant visual culture.
Magazines have more colourful, bigger, photoshop pictures, online news stories have more video materials, advertising sector is based on visual material more than ever and so on.
Plastic surgery is in its golden age since people are obsessed with their appearance.
Even our descriptive language is getting full of more visual based adjectives.
Children read more pictorial stories instead of bed time stories which were told by parents. Imagination of our kids is forced to draw pictures of stories in a certain way (in a way).
We are surrounded by a visual world. And lost our concentration for having real fun as taking photos...
14 Mart 2009 Cumartesi
10 Mart 2009 Salı
Swiss student’s night club theft
CCTV trapped drunken language student as he stole from a clubber’s handbag, Bournemouth Magistrates heard today.
Andrew Newman, prosecuting said Farid Ben Mohamed, 32, of Herbert Road Bournemouth and his girl friend Michelle Hofer, 22, from the same address stole a camera and a wallet from another person’s handbag in Lava Ignite Night club of Bournemouth on January 23.
It was detected by CCTV and security guards that Miss Hofer was playing with the camera after Mr Mohamed moved them from another’s bag. He then put them in another brown bag which was unattended and zipped it up.
Terry Scanlan, defending Michelle Hofer, claimed that if a theft did take place Miss Hofer didn’t have knowledge of it and she pleaded not guilty. The magistrates released her on unconditional bail and sent her case to Wimborne court on May 7 at 10am.
Mr Mohamed who doesn’t have any previous convictions, pleaded guilty.
Stephen Nichols, defending Farid Ben Mohamed who is in custody, said that Mr Mohamed came to England from Switzerland for eight weeks to improve his English. He drank four whiskeys at that night and he is not used to drinking alcohol. His girl friend asked for a cigarette from another person in the night club. The person directed them to her handbag to get the package. He then took items from the handbag and put them into his girl friend’s bag. The police called and arrested him.
“He fully accepts the offence. He wasn’t clear what he was doing at that night. When he goes back to Switzerland he will start to work. He has got no money in his bank account. He is waiting for money from his mother,” Mr Nichols added.
An interpreter helped the couple to communicate with the court.
District Judge Roger House decided 18 months conditional discharge. Mr House said: “If you don’t commit any offence in this country nothing further happens to you.” Mr Mohamed wasn’t asked to pay anything due to spending quite a lot time in custody.
Andrew Newman, prosecuting said Farid Ben Mohamed, 32, of Herbert Road Bournemouth and his girl friend Michelle Hofer, 22, from the same address stole a camera and a wallet from another person’s handbag in Lava Ignite Night club of Bournemouth on January 23.
It was detected by CCTV and security guards that Miss Hofer was playing with the camera after Mr Mohamed moved them from another’s bag. He then put them in another brown bag which was unattended and zipped it up.
Terry Scanlan, defending Michelle Hofer, claimed that if a theft did take place Miss Hofer didn’t have knowledge of it and she pleaded not guilty. The magistrates released her on unconditional bail and sent her case to Wimborne court on May 7 at 10am.
Mr Mohamed who doesn’t have any previous convictions, pleaded guilty.
Stephen Nichols, defending Farid Ben Mohamed who is in custody, said that Mr Mohamed came to England from Switzerland for eight weeks to improve his English. He drank four whiskeys at that night and he is not used to drinking alcohol. His girl friend asked for a cigarette from another person in the night club. The person directed them to her handbag to get the package. He then took items from the handbag and put them into his girl friend’s bag. The police called and arrested him.
“He fully accepts the offence. He wasn’t clear what he was doing at that night. When he goes back to Switzerland he will start to work. He has got no money in his bank account. He is waiting for money from his mother,” Mr Nichols added.
An interpreter helped the couple to communicate with the court.
District Judge Roger House decided 18 months conditional discharge. Mr House said: “If you don’t commit any offence in this country nothing further happens to you.” Mr Mohamed wasn’t asked to pay anything due to spending quite a lot time in custody.
8 Mart 2009 Pazar
Darwin Conferences will take place in Vatican
A local Anglican church has added its support to a series of conferences on evolution and creation at the Vatican.
A series of conferences regarding the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' is due to be held by the Vatican.
The subject of the conferences is the compatibility of evolution and creation.
Scientists, philosophers and theologians from all around the world will come together in Rome to discuss Darwin's theory of evolution and Catholic teaching.
Reverend Robin Harger of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Bournemouth said that the Vatican's attitude is not surprising.
"The Christian belief is absolutely compatible with the theory of evolution. Christians should never be afraid of truth," he added.
"Theology is exploring religious beliefs while science is exploring facts."
In the past has been hostile to Darwin because his theory appeared to conflict with the account of creation, in the Book of Genesis.
However, John Cresswell of Bournemouth Natural Science Society does not agree with Rev Harger.
Mr Cresswell said: "Personally, I can not accept Genesis as a scientist and also as a historian.
"I see Genesis as an earlier belief made up of mythology. Babylonians and Sumerians used to believe it." he added.
However, Robin Harger said that Genesis and evolution are "not about the same thing." He suggests that evolution theory explains how man developed while "Genesis explains why it happened."
A series of conferences regarding the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' is due to be held by the Vatican.
The subject of the conferences is the compatibility of evolution and creation.
Scientists, philosophers and theologians from all around the world will come together in Rome to discuss Darwin's theory of evolution and Catholic teaching.
Reverend Robin Harger of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Bournemouth said that the Vatican's attitude is not surprising.
"The Christian belief is absolutely compatible with the theory of evolution. Christians should never be afraid of truth," he added.
"Theology is exploring religious beliefs while science is exploring facts."
In the past has been hostile to Darwin because his theory appeared to conflict with the account of creation, in the Book of Genesis.
However, John Cresswell of Bournemouth Natural Science Society does not agree with Rev Harger.
Mr Cresswell said: "Personally, I can not accept Genesis as a scientist and also as a historian.
"I see Genesis as an earlier belief made up of mythology. Babylonians and Sumerians used to believe it." he added.
However, Robin Harger said that Genesis and evolution are "not about the same thing." He suggests that evolution theory explains how man developed while "Genesis explains why it happened."
Tourism action plan to fight with recession
Poole Borough councillors discussed a new tourism action plan to attract more tourists to town in a meeting last night.
Graham Richardson, manager of Poole tourism management board introduced a targeted spring advertising campaign promoting “Back in Britain” “to take advantage of people holidaying at home”.
Cllr Tony Trent said that the town is “more relevant for short brakes” and it is “a benefit for people staying in the country. So the self-catering accommodation will be relevant for short term visitors.”
The tourism management board also set up an “overseas promotion” to promote Poole as a cruise ship destination. There will be daily trips from Channel Islands and France to attract French people to Poole.
Cllr Brian Clements said: “Poole town will attract more European visitors who will spend more money.”
Graham Richardson emphasized the importance of the restaurants and pubs in the Quay and offered restaurant promotions and further positioning of Poole's quality eating out product. He said: "The smoking ban led more people outside during summer when the weather is nice."
The action plan aimed to raise profile of the emerging quality independent retail offer of lower high street /old town within the Poole Quay mini guide. Cllr Michael Brooke told the councillors that there is a changing “character rather than emerging quality” of the retail shops .
The councillors also discussed further developments on the Poole tourism website, visitor guide and welcome centre in the meeting.
Graham Richardson, manager of Poole tourism management board introduced a targeted spring advertising campaign promoting “Back in Britain” “to take advantage of people holidaying at home”.
Cllr Tony Trent said that the town is “more relevant for short brakes” and it is “a benefit for people staying in the country. So the self-catering accommodation will be relevant for short term visitors.”
The tourism management board also set up an “overseas promotion” to promote Poole as a cruise ship destination. There will be daily trips from Channel Islands and France to attract French people to Poole.
Cllr Brian Clements said: “Poole town will attract more European visitors who will spend more money.”
Graham Richardson emphasized the importance of the restaurants and pubs in the Quay and offered restaurant promotions and further positioning of Poole's quality eating out product. He said: "The smoking ban led more people outside during summer when the weather is nice."
The action plan aimed to raise profile of the emerging quality independent retail offer of lower high street /old town within the Poole Quay mini guide. Cllr Michael Brooke told the councillors that there is a changing “character rather than emerging quality” of the retail shops .
The councillors also discussed further developments on the Poole tourism website, visitor guide and welcome centre in the meeting.
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