Cyber Or 26 What’s In A Name

Cyber Or meets "whats in a name". Dr, Dror investigates Cyber Or (light) and the names by which it flies under. " BY Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror Over the past few years, an important new phenomenon has emerged in Jewish Life in the US and in Israel as well. That is the development,...

With fasts and prayers, Hindus across world celebrates Shivratri

Hindu devotees of Lord Shiva are praying on Monday with ritual bath and prayers to celebrate Shivratri. Unmarried women fast on this day to pray for a good husband. It is also believed that the almighty comes...

Canada's Stonehenge

" An academic maverick is challenging conventional wisdom on Canada's prehistory by claiming an archeological site in southern Alberta is really a vast, open-air sun temple with a precise 5,000-year-old calendar predating England's Stonehenge and Egypt's pyramids. ...

A shocking ritual in which a baby is dipped in boiling water

A three-month-old infant was dunked into a vessel full of boiling water and lifted out, in a mysterious religious ritual by a couple at  Jumalapur village in Bijapur district - Karnataka state India on the 27th December 2008 The horrifying act drew shocked...

No driveway car "wash" in Washington State

Better get ready to buy a new Atlas, as the Pacific Northwest renames one of it's own "Ington State". It's a darn good thing I like keeping my truck in a tip top redneck "dirty" state.... otherwise I would be...

Aborigine skulls to be taken home

In 2004 The UK government launched a consultation document to consider the repatriation of human remains held in Britain to aboriginal groups and based on the news included below it would appear the the correct decision was eventually made. Thousands of ancient human parts -...

Parenting Subcontractors

" Catherine Castrence is not a morning person. So between getting her daughters dressed and fed breakfast, letting the dog out and giving an insulin shot to the family's diabetic cat, the Reston, Va., working...

Teen sues father after forced circumcision

"AN EASTERN Cape student is suing his father and traditional leaders in a landmark court case after he was abducted and violently circumcised last year. In court papers filed at the Bhisho High Court Division of...

Freezing His Butt Hof: New Ice Immersion Record

Immersing himself in a tank of ice for over an hour, Wim "The Iceman" Hof has broken his own world record and reaffirmed his nickname."A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by...

Vice President leaves Jakarta for Mecca

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to perform `umrah` (minor hajj ritual) and to witness the Kabah washing procession in Mecca. The vice president left for Saudi Arabia from Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Cengkareng,...

Nose Bidet Achieves Sudden Popularity

"In recent decades, Western culture has become more open-minded to Eastern medicine and remedies. Many health insurance companies now offer competitive reimbursements for patients seeking care via acupuncture and...

A traditional holiday fist-fight in Peru

As a part of the Christmas celebration in Cusco, Peru including religious processions, dancing and a huge market, volunteers can battle it out and release all of their anger whether it is personal or financial issues during the past year.  It could be an effective...

Saudi plans monorail for Muslim holy places: report

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia is planning a five billion dollar monorail network to transport millions of pilgrims around the Muslim holy sites during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Monday. The oil-rich desert kingdom is to carry out a feasibility...

What in the Sam Hill is a Black Friday?

Americans have a retail ritual in November not unlike our Canadian Boxing Day.We in Canada have no such day, but with our dollar the way it is lately, it appears we're not opposed to the idea. Many Canadian...

Puttin' Around the Russian Blogosphere

Of course Putin is a bad guy and he has designs on lengthening his reign over what should be a powerful country. But, according to this Russian blogger, now is not the time. The time will come in March of next...

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