Ein Schweizer Origninal hat sich verabschiedet:

Der frühere TV- und Radiostar Mäni Weber ist am Freitagabend nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit im 72. Altersjahr verstorben. Wie sein Freundes- und Familienkreis am Sonntag weiter mitteilte, war Weber Anfang Monat notfallmässig ins Kantonsspital Luzern eingeliefert und wegen eines durchgebrochenen Zwölffingerdarmgeschwürs operiert worden.

Via baz.ch.

Die Kräfte des Übersinnlichen
Unsere Wahrnehmung der Welt ist relativ und subjektiv: Sie bewegt sich innerhalb der Grenzen unseres Wissensstandes und unseres Gehirns, durchläuft den Filter unserer Sinne und unseres Bewusstseins. Nach dem neuesten Stand der Wissenschaft besteht unser Universum aus elf Dimensionen, die zu erfassen uns unmöglich ist.

Der Themenabend beginnt heute mit dem Psycho-Thriller:

20:40 Uhr Dead Zone, USA 1983, 16:9 / 98 Min.
Regie: David Cronenberg
Drehbuch: Jeffrey Boam
Mit: Christopher Walken (Johnny Smith), Brooke Adams (Sarah Bracknell), Tom Skerritt (Sheriff Bannermann), Herbert Lom (Dr. Sam Weizak), Anthony Zerbe (Roger Stuart), Colleen Dewhurst (Henrietta Dodd), Nicholas Campbell (Frank Dodd), Martin Sheen (Greg Stillson)

um 22.20 Uhr dann Hermanito - Mexiko im Bann der Geister
Dokumentarfilm von Marie Arnaud
Frankreich / Spanien 2006, 16:9 / 92 Min.

Und um 23.55 Uhr Der sechste Sinn - Die Wissenschaft vom Übersinnlichen, Dokumentation von Marie-Monique Robin, Frankreich 2002, 54 Min.

Joe R. Howry bringt es auf den Punkt:

It has taken me a while to really understand this dynamic. Even now, I will, on occasion, become defensive and argumentative with people. I hate when I do that. I have to keep reminding myself that I need to be a better listener. When I am a good listener, what ensues is a meaningful conversation from which I invariably learn a great deal.

It is critical for all of us at The Star to become better listeners. It is more than a simple courtesy because our readers have taken valuable time to talk to us. That is important, but I have become convinced that our future success depends on our ability to forge a new kind of relationship with our readers.

I think most people, excluding far too many journalists, would agree that the model of the all-knowing, all-seeing media dispensing information as if it came directly from the heavens has about as much traction today as bald tires on ice. Through our own missteps and encouraged by others with their own agendas, the media, including newspapers, are no longer trusted. In those ubiquitous polls that gauge public trust, journalists find themselves competing for the bottom rung with politicians, used-car salesmen and lawyers.

We got to this position through our own ignorance, arrogance and stubbornness. We failed to see that our audiences were demanding more and better from us. We were arrogant in thinking that our audiences would not see us as anything less than noble, and we have been absolutely pigheaded in our willingness to do anything about it.

But, as they say, the times are a changin'. At newspapers across the country, there are fledgling efforts to re-engage with readers. Many newspapers have launched citizen journalism programs in which readers are invited to contribute content. Much of the content that is being solicited is the kind newspapers struggle to get or simply ignore. ( ...)

Denn vollständigen Text gibts beim Ventura Country Star zu lesen: Becoming a better listener - Efforts at citizen participation help media grow

[Via Ventura Country Star ]