Simpson Saga 2011-12 Annual Newsletter

I'm trying something new this year and uploading our SimpsonSaga as a picture (jpgs)   I think you can just click on it to read it larger. This is just the front page of a 4 page newsletter.  I have not put it all up since it is personal. If you would like a copy send me an email phil_simpsonCMS@mac.com We will then send a copy as a pdf. I want to also see if I can do it as a download somewhere like dropbox or on a website  (any ideas?). Worth a try..... 


POSTSCRIPT  (3 Feb 2013)
SAGA2012 click on the link and see our family newsletter SimpsonSaga 11-12 via #Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jmxjq0uyqbvvy8v/dSp1y0sngV/SAGA2012.pdf
its pretty tongue-in-cheek! 

Christian Muslim Solidarty

When I saw this, I immediately tweeted it on to my 'followers' but then felt I needed to add it to the blog which seems to make it a little more permanent. You can find it on YouTube: 

#MyJihad: This Video Will Renew Your Faith in Humanity 

It is about an Imam Mazhar Shaheen from Omar Makram Mosque in Cairo and his visit to Qasr-el-Dubara Church in Cairo to bring Christmas Greetings. He did his doctorate at the famous Azhar University in Cairo, in Q'ranic Rhetoric. it shows........ 

I found it an astonishing statement of solidarity, discovered though working closely together. It gave me a real sense of hope..........     I hope you find it inspirational as well. 

Laconic History of the World

I was alerted to this amazing map via Twitter.  You must click on the full version on HugePic  to explore. But it is basically a one word 'wordle' (word cloud) on each country based on their wikipaedia History.  The  designer writes the following description on his Tumblr

maphugger:

Laconic History of The World (2012)
My first attempt at a typographic map. Don’t be content with the shrunken version up there: this thing is pretty dang sprawling: I’ve prepped a mind-boggling 12,500 pixel wide version you can enjoy exploring:
http://hugepic.io/d2012641f/3.00/57.89/9.67
This map was produced by running all the various countries’ “History of _____” Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out the most common word to fit into the country’s boundary. The result is thousands of years of human history oversimplified into 100-some words.
I’ve also prepared a reader’s companion to highlight a few of the more interesting findings. Read it here.

EVERYWHERE IS WAR

A friend  Philip Mounstephen commented:

How depressing! Reminds me of Bob Marley's setting of Haile Selassie's speech to the League of Nations: 'Until the philosophy which hold one race superior / And another / Inferior / Is finally / And permanently / Discredited / And abandoned / -Everywhere is war.'

PLAYING FOR CHANGE









Which in mind mind sent me straight to the Playing for Change version of 'No More Trouble':  if you've not heard it before you really should .......