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"Search Hound" is a new Internet search engine that filters out Web sites containing keywords commonly associated with offensive sites such as sex-oriented ones. Connect at www.searchhound.com.--EVANGELICAL PRESS NEWS SERVICE
Gegrapha is the name chosen to represent the global community of Christians in journalism. The word is Greek for "I have written" (used in John 19:22). By linking together through e-mail, Christian journalists are able to support each other in prayer and be sympathetic to one another for job-related challenges. The name was chosen for its ambiguity to make participation in the group easier for journalists working in areas hostile to Christianity and is unique enough that Web browsers can find it easily. Gegrapha also plans to publish a book of testimonies gathered from Christian journalists.--EPNS
Of 262 films reviewed by the Motion Picture Association of America by the middle of 1998, 164 earned an R-rating.--EPNS
Ship-of-fools.com is a satirical Christian Web site that attracts about 10,000 visits a month. Regular features include: Gadgets for God (including Jerusalem earth sandles with each insole packed with genuine holy soil from Jerusalem); Mystery Worshipper (anonymous church service news); the Fruitcake Zone (links to odd religious Web sites); and John Calvin's Newsround (a digest of strange religious stories). Simon Jenkins, editor of the site, explained "We are bored by dull conservatism of most Christian periodicals. Our supporters and contributors are very much like us, people who don't fit comfortably in the average pew."--EPNS
A movie theatre in American Fork, Utah irked Hollywood this summer when it took the liberty of clipping several minutes of gratuitous sex and nudity out of Titanic. When Paramount found out, it demanded the film back. But that didn't stop a video store in the same community from offering families a similar edited version when the movie was released on video. Sunrise Family Video, which refuses to stock any R-rated movies, announced it would splice out the sex and nudity for $5.00 US. After only two days, people have taken in more than 250 copies of the movie for editing. Despite threats of legal action from Paramount's home-video division, proprietor Carol Biesinger believes she is operating within the law.--PLUGGED-IN
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