Oh death, oh death where, where is thy sting? Oh death where, where is they victory?
This statement rings melodious in my mind. It is from Handel’s messiah, and I can listen to it endlessly, without getting tired.
But for the last few days, I sing it in my heart as I think of Easter. And the resurrection. It is said that Jesus overcame death…and this is supposed to be the core of our salvation, i mean, we who are christians.
And just the other day, some ministers perished in a plane crash. And we saw the victory of death. At least over Kibaki.
Deaths victory for him was so much that he decided to go back to Godly ways. In the process, he asked Kenyans to pray and be forgiven…what have Kenyans done to be asking for this forgiveness?
The sting of death is...when people were massacred in Turbi, Northeastern province, and Kibaki did not call for prayers. Neither did he send those army jets we see being paraded on national holidays to protect the lives of these very deserving Kenyans.
The sting of death is ...only when cabinet ministers die?
Death’s victory. And I’m thinking, who is the winner when Kenyans in North-eastern are dying of famine (which can and should be prevented)
Who is the victor, when money is allocated to the wrong projects, and the rest of the country continues to suffer endlessly?
Who is the victor, when unscrupulous people steal from the public coffers and enjoy a lavish lifestyle, while the rest languish in untold suffering?
I am still wondering, in this death and resurrection period…oh death, where is thy sting?
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The Media Maverick columnist got it all wrong
In his weekly column, he starts by saying that news people forgot the fourth medium- the internet, that they could exploit “to a staggering effect” to inform netizens of the Marsabit plane tragedy.
He goes on further to claim that the Daily Nation only carried a 2*2 inch photo on the internet edition of the ill- fated planes’ tail. He surely did not look better into that site because I personally uploaded those photos. Or maybe his browser had a problem?
While it is true that the BBC website offered its readers “the story in pictures,” and had a wealth of links such as country profiles- it is not true that the Kenyan online news continues to be basic and static. Indeed. The first place everyone –even those in Kenya who have internet access - go to whenever there is breaking news, is the websites!
And there is evidence that our audiences are always satisfied with the services they receive because of the tremendous amount of feedback we (online editors) get through e-mails and comments on the site, and through online discussion forums.
Most Kenyan online news sites are constantly updated throughout the day, using the last technology applicable.
It is not true that the country has refused to accept the online platform as a major news medium. If this where true, the millions of online readers at nationmedia.com would have already shifted their base, to the so called intenational channels, who, by the way, rarely report anything positive from the region.
On the fateful day, as the president declared 3-days of national mourning, no less than 30 minutes elapsed before a full update was posted on the daily nation website, in addition to the breaking news story that was already there.
If the media maverick wants to do a critique of online journalism, there are several avenues he could start with, not the sizes of photos posted on the sites.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Sunday, April 09, 2006
What drives us?
What drives us?
I don’t know what drives people. Or even what drives them to be great thinkers. J P Satre (and Simone de Beauvoir) are some of the people I admire. Well, I’m actually taking this bit from my old diary. At this particular moment, I don’t really think I admire him.
I can’t remember the main reasons why I admired him…because I wrote this some two years ago! Anyway, one thing about JP Satres’ ideas is that he did not believe in God. And yet today I went to church…actually for the first time in almost a year. Its not that i don'n like going to church, just that my work does not allow me to go on Sunday! Because i always work on Sunday. I go to church sometimes on a Wednesday evening, but that mass never feels like the Sunday one!
Any way, on this particular Sunday, I experienced some great change. Was it joy or happiness? I really can’t describe it but it is the kind of feeling I used to get when I first got fascinated with chatting online.
And I remembered. When I was a child I attended mass everyday. And sometimes when I step into that building I do not feel like I have missed anything. It is like a routine that I followed so many times and even mastered it. Every time they open the big book to read some verse of the bible…it is not new. I can almost say the next sentence. And yet, if one does not regularly attend church, society frowns on them.
Church going is a routine that we have mastered forever. I think about communication theories that talk about “conditioning”. If I put it in simple language….there was a guy named Pavlov. He had dogs. He fed them at a particular time daily..or is it he rang a bell when feeding them? Anyway, the dogs associated the bell to food…. If they had a capacity to think we can effectively say, they stopped thinking.
I think I admired both Satre and de Beauvoir because they challenged the cultural and social assumptions – and expectations of their society towards them.
Must we go to church every Sunday?
I don’t know what drives people. Or even what drives them to be great thinkers. J P Satre (and Simone de Beauvoir) are some of the people I admire. Well, I’m actually taking this bit from my old diary. At this particular moment, I don’t really think I admire him.
I can’t remember the main reasons why I admired him…because I wrote this some two years ago! Anyway, one thing about JP Satres’ ideas is that he did not believe in God. And yet today I went to church…actually for the first time in almost a year. Its not that i don'n like going to church, just that my work does not allow me to go on Sunday! Because i always work on Sunday. I go to church sometimes on a Wednesday evening, but that mass never feels like the Sunday one!
Any way, on this particular Sunday, I experienced some great change. Was it joy or happiness? I really can’t describe it but it is the kind of feeling I used to get when I first got fascinated with chatting online.
And I remembered. When I was a child I attended mass everyday. And sometimes when I step into that building I do not feel like I have missed anything. It is like a routine that I followed so many times and even mastered it. Every time they open the big book to read some verse of the bible…it is not new. I can almost say the next sentence. And yet, if one does not regularly attend church, society frowns on them.
Church going is a routine that we have mastered forever. I think about communication theories that talk about “conditioning”. If I put it in simple language….there was a guy named Pavlov. He had dogs. He fed them at a particular time daily..or is it he rang a bell when feeding them? Anyway, the dogs associated the bell to food…. If they had a capacity to think we can effectively say, they stopped thinking.
I think I admired both Satre and de Beauvoir because they challenged the cultural and social assumptions – and expectations of their society towards them.
Must we go to church every Sunday?
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Quelles sont les TIC?
Les TIC sont les Technologies de information et communication.
Les Technologies de l’information, qui implique- les ordinateurs
Technologies de communication, qui peuvent inclure – les téléphones, conférence vidéo
Le TIC sont les technologies qui soutien la communication par les ordinateurs, l’Internet, et les technologies de www.
Comment est-ce que les TIC peuvent aider la formation?
L’Afrique manque de spécialistes des sciences et mathématique. De plus, l’Afrique n’a pas de ressources électroniques bien développés. Alors, le processus de développement des modules de l’apprentissage libre et de l’éducation à distance (AleD)peut améliorer l’éducation à distance dans une manière économique et flexible.
L’éducation ALeD suive les exigences du marché africain - dans une manière évolutive et viable. Cette approche peut augmenter le nombre des étudiants sans une augmentation des ressources, et aussi reverser le concept de «drainage de cerveaux»
En Afrique on consomme toujours ce qu’on ne produit pas, pourtant, il est important de produire ce qu’on consomme. Ce pourquoi il est important de maîtriser les TIC et developer les produits qui peuvent aider le processus de développement en afrique.
Il est important de utiliser les contenus libres «les contenus ouverts.» et de créer des «contenus libres et de logiciels de sources-ouverts»
Les avantages de l’apprentissage électronique
• La création et partage de savoir
• Liens aux ressources électroniques des fournisseurs externes
• Références en ligne
• Existence de sources libres et des contenus ouverts
Les Technologies de l’information, qui implique- les ordinateurs
Technologies de communication, qui peuvent inclure – les téléphones, conférence vidéo
Le TIC sont les technologies qui soutien la communication par les ordinateurs, l’Internet, et les technologies de www.
Comment est-ce que les TIC peuvent aider la formation?
L’Afrique manque de spécialistes des sciences et mathématique. De plus, l’Afrique n’a pas de ressources électroniques bien développés. Alors, le processus de développement des modules de l’apprentissage libre et de l’éducation à distance (AleD)peut améliorer l’éducation à distance dans une manière économique et flexible.
L’éducation ALeD suive les exigences du marché africain - dans une manière évolutive et viable. Cette approche peut augmenter le nombre des étudiants sans une augmentation des ressources, et aussi reverser le concept de «drainage de cerveaux»
En Afrique on consomme toujours ce qu’on ne produit pas, pourtant, il est important de produire ce qu’on consomme. Ce pourquoi il est important de maîtriser les TIC et developer les produits qui peuvent aider le processus de développement en afrique.
Il est important de utiliser les contenus libres «les contenus ouverts.» et de créer des «contenus libres et de logiciels de sources-ouverts»
Les avantages de l’apprentissage électronique
• La création et partage de savoir
• Liens aux ressources électroniques des fournisseurs externes
• Références en ligne
• Existence de sources libres et des contenus ouverts
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