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1.5 million Web sites are created daily on the Internet. The Web doubles in size every eight months. Web sites have 10 seconds to capture a browser's attention. By 2000, an estimated 500 million people will be on the Internet.--BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
Christian pop star Amy Grant and her husband of 16 years, Gary Chapman, announced in late December that they are separating. No reasons for the split were given. Chapman, who hosts TNN's "Prime Time Country" talk show, met Grant at a music industry party after writing "My Father's Eyes", which became Grant's first Christian hit. The two married in 1982, and have three children between the ages of 6 and 11. The Christian music industry is lending support to both Chapman and Grant.--CHRISTIANWEEK
American films accounted for 70% of the motion picture market in Europe in 1996, a jump from 56% in 1987. In Japan, American films make up over half of the film market. In Canada, 96% of the films are foreign, mostly American.--WORLD PULSE
Juno-Award winning, Steve Bell, has signed a five-album record deal with American label Rhythm House Records. The San Antonio-based label is owned by Elliott Cunningham, who was impressed by a performance Bell gave in Nashville in 1996. Rhythm House plans to release a compilation of Bell's most popular material this April at the Gospel Music Association convention in Nashville. Bell's albums have sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada. His recordings include: Comfort My People, Deep Calls to Deep, Burning Ember, The Feast and Romantics & Mystics.--SIGNPOST MUSIC RELEASE
Build Up One Another: The Work of MCCO with the Mennonites from Mexico in Ontario, 1977-1997 is a 70-page paper written by William Janzen. It traces the history of Mennonite Central Committee Ontario helping Mennonites coming to southern Ontario from Mexico with health, education, housing and immigration. Available from MCCO, 50 Kent St., Kitchener, Ont. N2G 3R1--MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ONTARIO
Vision TV recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. A non-profit broadcaster, it presents indepth Canadian documentaries, films, performing arts and comedies, and works with over 60 faith groups and broadcast ministries. It presents stories that look at issues such as faith, social justice, human rights, values, ethics, and spirituality. Ranked in the top 10 Canadian English-language speciality networks, Vision TV sponsors more than 50 hours a year of commercial-free educational viewing for Canadian children through "Cable in the Classroom".--VISION TV RELEASEA peace ad in the New York Times
Christmas day edition was sponsored in part by Mennonite Central Committee. The quarter-page ad read: "We call on the United States government and all member states of the United Nations to honour their humanitarian responsibility toward the people of Iraq." The ad pointed out that the convergency of the religious holidays in Christianity, Judaism and Islam was a time to cultivate peace.--MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
PlanetGood™ is an Internet browser that claims to prevent users from visiting objectionable Web sites. BrowseSafe, an Indianapolis-based Web software company, says PlanetGood can be used instead of other browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator on either PCs or Macs. Web sites are continuously monitored and measured to a set of criteria by a board of parents and educators. Sites are identified and categorized into over 30 different areas of content. Parents then have the freedom to choose which sites their children may visit. For more information, contact Kathy Johnson, 100-335 W. 9th St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46202; phone toll free 877-366-7233; fax 317-633-6655; e-mail info@browsesafe.com or access www.browsesafe.com.--BROWSESAFE RELEASE
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