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9 Mio. Seitenzugriffe auf WJT2005 |
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Wednesday, 31 August 2005 |
Die offizielle Website des Weltjugendtages
verzeichnete in der heißen Phase des Weltjugendtages vom 1. bis 23.
August 1,65 Milionen Besuche und rund 9 Millionen Seitenzugriffe,
erklärte die zuständige Internetredakteurin Christiane Kolfenbach
gegenüber pulitzer.de. Die Pressestelle des Weltjugendtages hat auf der
Website und in ihrer Pressemitteilung statt der Seitenzugriffe die viel
höhere - aber völlig belanglose - Zahl von 68 Millionen "Hits"
verbreitet.
Not 68 million hits but 9 million page impressions... this is the
significant statistical number of activity (during around 1.65 million
visits) on the WYD website from Aug 1until Aug 23, 2005.
WYD keeps
publicising the much higher - but senseless - number of "hits" on all
objects like pictures and buttons, reviving in a mood gigantism a
frequent error from the early years of the web. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 August 2005 )
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Weltjugendtag in Zahlen / in Numbers |
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Monday, 29 August 2005 |
Die Weltjugendtags-gGmbh hat die neusten Zahlen zum Weltjugendtag
bekannt gegeben - von der Zahl der angemeldeten Pilger bis hin zu den
100.000 Kilometern, die das Weltjugendtagskreuz zurück gelegt hat.
Nicht bekannt ist laut WJT-Geschäftsführer Johanns die Zahl der
angemeldeten Pilger, die kein Visum bekommen hat. Johanns: "Mich würde
auch viel mehr interessieren, wie viele hier geblieben sind."
After the end of the World Youth Day, WYD Ltd. has published figures
about almost everything. The number of pilgrims or the number of
kilometers the WYD cross has travelled. Not included in the list is the
number of registered pilgrims without a visa.
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Peaceful and vibrant Vigil with 700,000 |
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Sunday, 21 August 2005 |
 Foto: Ulli Schauen At the Vigil on Marienfeld with Pope Beneditk XVI. - 700,000 visitors from 190 nations.
Four people from Bangladesh from four religions are holding their candles while celebrating the vigil.
They are part of the 21member strong Bangladesh group. In rhe foreground from left to right: Mafizur Raman (Muslim). Sabinash Chandra Roy
(Hindu), Painshwe U Marma (Buddhist) and Hokon John Palma (catholic) -
with pilgrims fom a group from Passau (Bavaria) in the background. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 August 2005 )
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WJT-Rucksäcke für AIDS-Hilfe versteigern... |
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Friday, 19 August 2005 |
 WYD / David Boucherie When Cologne author Christian Gottschalk heard that a
colleague had sold
his official blue WYD bag in an ebay auction for 80 Euros, this
got stuck in his mind. Authors, especially freelancers, always do need
additional cash. Lateron Gottschalk heard a pilgrim from Kenia on TV
saying
the church's prohibition on condoms was a good thing. This stuck in his
mind too. And after a while he had an idea: Make a charity auction with
World Youth Day bags with all the money going to a project for AIDS
orphans in Africa.
Als der Kölner Autor Christian Gottschalk hörte, dass ein Kollege von
ihm seinen blauen Weltjugendtagsrucksack für 80 Euro bei ebay
versteigert hatte, ging ihm das nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Freie Autoren
brauchen nun mal Geld, und auch Gottschalk hatte so einen Rucksack.
Dann hörte er im Fernsehen einen kenianischen Pilger sagen, er fände
das Kondomverbot des Papstes super. Auch das blieb hängen. Dann zählte
Gottschalk eins und eins zusammen: Eine Rucksack-Auktion zugunsten
eines afrikanischen AIDS-Waisen-Projektes, das wäre es. |
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Protestant Dissatisfaction and Hope |
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Friday, 19 August 2005 |
Hannover protestant bishop Margit Kaessmann has said she was not satisfied with the present state of ecumenical relations." If you are not able to create unity yourself you should not permanently call the world to unity," she told Bayrischer Rundfunk radio. She said she hoped Pope Benedikt would send a clear signal during the meeting with protestent church representatives today. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 August 2005 )
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In Chaos, Germans improvise / but what about Rain? |
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Friday, 19 August 2005 |
Despite their reputation of being highly systematic and
organised, the German authorities during World Youth Day are learning
the art of improvisation. Be it traffic, the pilgrims' food or
the organisation of the media: It's all but smooth. The highest
risk will be on Saturday and Sunday, when the 405,000 registered
pilgrims have their accomodations taken away to be sent overnight to
the open space at Marienfeld. With between 39 and 51 percent
probability of rain forecast at the moment.
Die Deutschen
haben zwar den Ruf, systematisch und effektiv die Dinge angehen. Aber
während des Weltjugendtages lernen die Zuständigen zu improvisieren,
sei es beim Nahverkehr, bei der Verteilung des Essens an die Pilger
oder auch bei der Betreuung der Medien. Das höchste Risiko sind die
Organisatoren für die Nacht zum Sonntag eingegangen. Die Pilger haben
dann keine Unterkünfte mehr und werden für die Nacht auf das offene
Marienfeld verwiesen. Regen ist angesagt, mit einer Wahrscheinlichkeit
von 39 bis 51 Prozent... |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 August 2005 )
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Summary on WYD Visa Affairs |
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„We suffer." Christians from Israel |
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Wednesday, 17 August 2005 |
reportage (in German) on Christians from Israel who came to World Youth Day. -
you may buy the publishing rights of this story for your publication,
it is originally written for the "tageszeitung" (taz), Berlin.
„We suffer. We cannot do anything“ Eine Gruppe arabischer Christen aus Israel ist zu Gast in Opladen „Wir
sind eine Minderheit innerhalb einer Minderheit.“ Anan, 30, kommt aus
Nazareth. Die Geburtsstadt Jesu liegt im israelischen Teil Israels.
Anan ist Araber – und Christ. Als Araber gehört er zu einer Minderheit
in Israel. Und als Christ gehört er zu einer Minderheit unter den
Arabern. In ganz Israel leben 1,3 Millionen Araber, das sind etwa 20%
der dortigen Bevölkerung. 116.000 davon sind Christen.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 29 August 2005 )
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Finally, the little War on an Issue, it's the Condom! |
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Wednesday, 17 August 2005 |
At WYD Toronto "Pro-Choice" and "Anti-Abortion" groups had demonstrations. And now, finally WYD cologne has an issue like that which can be fought over in the streets.
It is "pro-contraception" versus "pro-abstinence".
Pro-Condom activists had a press conference for the use of condoms criticising the church for its official anti-contraception that they hold partly responsible for high HIV/AIDS-rates in catholic-dominated countries. And they put up posters in the subway stations with slogans like "Abstinence has a high failure rate".
Now, the other faction has stricken back - attacking the posters. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 August 2005 )
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Media finance part of Pope's flight costs |
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Tuesday, 16 August 2005 |
Journalists who buy tickets for the Pope's airplane to travel
with him partly help to finance his travel to Cologne, the german paper
DIE WELT reports today. This time there were 121 applications for the
tickets for the papal jet. 70 will fly, among them 40
journalists, six photographers and 24 camera and sound crew.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 August 2005 )
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Tuesday, 16 August 2005 |
WYD hotel booking partner HRS is still paying for banner ads on the internet to attrackt customers. Even though 400,000 pilgrims have flooded the city in the past few days, hotel rooms are still available in Cologne, and even to a reasonable price, HRS-employees told us. The hotels were not asking for higher rates, taking the special kind of clients into account who were coming to Cologne on this occasion.
Kurzentschlossene können noch nach Köln kommen und bekommen dort sogar ein Hotelzimmer, zu einem bezahlbaren Preis, und zwar nicht weit draußen, sondern in der Stadt, erzählten uns heute Angestellte des WJT-Hotelbuchungspartners HRS . HRS schaltet immer noch Bannerwerbung im WWW, um Kunden für die Hotels zum Weltjugendtag zu werben. |
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