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Rites of Passage, Time to Pass the Torch On

There are many times that we find ourselves on a whole different path. Our life is never the same ever again. There is no going back. It is important to acknowledge these significant times. As many cultures do...

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,...

QE2 to lose funnel!

Is nothing sacred in Dubai!From: 7days.aeThe Dubai-bound QE2 will undergo a dramatic make-over when it gets here - including having its iconic red funnel sliced off, according to the liner’s crew. It has been...

4.6 million to protect butterfly reserve

"December 9, 2007 Mexico's mass butterfly migration It’s one of nature’s miracles – every year, 250m butterflies migrate the 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico.Ay, caramba!” cried Luis Miguel as we...

Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

Who Will Light the Olympic Flame?

"As the most controversial torch relay in Olympic history comes to an end, folks here wonder: Who will light China's fire? Guessing the person who will light the huge flame inside the National Stadium has become...

Heckler interrupts Obama's Western Wall visit

Heckler interrupts Western Wall visit JERUSALEM — Barack Obama made a visit early Thursday morning to one of the most sacred spots in Jerusalem, the section of the western supporting wall of the Temple...

Obama: Unclear on the Concept of Law?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell certainly Obama's stance may backfire in his promises to eradicate guns from the citizens of the United States, contrary to the Supreme Courts decision allowing...

The Koran: Words beyond worth

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHaving read the Koran cover to cover and being Catholic having the Bible drilled into me as a child the comparisons are eeriely similar, both preach tolerance,...

Badung, Denpasar's Big Sister

"Badung Regency, south coast of Bali When the other rival kingdoms in south Bali were defeated by the Dutch in 1900, Badung Kingdom gained an expansive links trade. But it was last only for six years as Badung was finally invaded in 1906 through a massive battle known as...

Gianyar - The Mother of Ubud

"Gianyar Regency is located at central Bali , with Ubud as one of the district in Gianyar regency became a famoust tourist destination in the world. Until the fourteen century Bali was ruled Bali by the Warmadewa...

Mahatma garden built in Klungkung | The Jakarta Post

"Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Biren Nanda laid the cornerstone for the construction of Mahatma Sacred Garden in Paksebali village of Klungkung regency on Sunday. He said he was pleased to see the enthusiasm of...

SPCA and Hindus Butting Heads Over a Cow

"Two organizations that revere the lives of animals are about to butt heads in the United Kingdom, as a Hindu temple files suit against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for killing the temple's sacred cow. The lawsuit claims that the RSPCA...

TARA: Running an M3 through our heritage

Here is a no-holds-barred statement of fact, re. desecration of the Hill of Tara. That the Irish government is still getting away with allowing this kind of desecration to go ahead, and not only at Tara, is proof...

TARA: Heaney claims motorway near Tara desecrates sacred landscape

The destruction of the Hill of Tara continues, with illegal Irish government collusion. Learn more about this here: http://www.globalartscollective.org/acf/about.htm"Heaney claims motorway near Tara desecrates sacred landscapePOET AND Nobel laureate Séamus Heaney has...

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