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:: Monday, July 04, 2005 ::

Okay, no more Live 8 postings, I promise...
...right after I jot down these few:
"The Spirit of Live 8", from a New Jersey newspaper, points out the spiritual underpinnings of the big concert, and offers the perspective of some religious leaders. "The Live 8 concerts ... have a hefty share of left-leaning, socially-conscious bands such as U2, Green Day and Coldplay. But the concerts also have rallied the support of conservative leaders such as Robertson, the Rev. Billy Graham and 'Purpose-Driven Life' author Rick Warren." The article poses the question: "Will this alliance of high-power celebrities help fight poverty in Africa?" and offers the view of the Rev. Cletus Onyegbule, a Nigerian native: "Awareness of what is going on in Africa is very important. When there is media coverage of the actual situation there people will talk about it. That may lead to people helping the poor." Link via U2 Sermons.

A look at the morning's tabloids shows that Madonna should be cashing in from her embrace of Birhan Woldu in Hyde Park. Birhan Woldu was one of the starving African children shown in the Live Aid video 20 years ago. She had minutes to live when the cameras captured her image for the Live Aid video. With that image flashing on the big screen, Madonna embraced her during Saturday's concert. Link via No Rock&Roll Fun.

A Nobel Peace Prize for Bob Geldof? HE always sang I Don’t Like Mondays. Today, surely, must be an exception. For this Monday morning, Bob Geldof will wake with a warm glow. What he achieved at the weekend was magnificent, historic and unforgettable. To use his own description, it was “beautiful” too. ... Back in 1977 you wouldn’t have put tuppence on the scruffy frontman from an Irish punk band becoming the most admired person of our generation. But in 2005, Bob stands alongside Nelson Mandela as befitting that description.

"Sunscreen, Reapply. Or what I learned from Live 8", a few minutes in the yellow Converse All-Stars of Katharine Donelson. "The slogan for Live 8 is The Long Walk to Justice, which is not as easy to remember as Feed the World but brings up an interesting point. A friend of mine once said that justice basically is no more than getting what one deserves. And no one deserves to have to watch someone they love die when there is something that can be done about it." Link via Blogcritics.org.

"Live8 and Beyond: How African women are helping themselves ...and changing a continent", by Kavita Ramdas, president of the Global Fund for Women. While Live 8 is trying to affect change on the macro level, a lot is happening at the micro level, where things really get done. This map points out some of the good stuff the Global Fund for Women is supporting in Africa. Link via Wendy Cooper, via TheOoze Blog.

Andrew Jones' kids helped make poverty history and Andrew is understandably quite proud.

African perspectives in the wake of the big concert. A nice, managable collection of postings from Nog's Blog, via Technorati: Live 8.

A 'tipping point' for webcasting. More than 5 million of us tuned in to the Live 8 concerts via AOL and helped make history. That was double AOL's prediction of 2.5 million online viewers. "It was a defining moment for the medium a tipping point," said Bill Wilson, AOL's senior vice president for programming. "We're surprised it did as well as it did."

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