"All of a sudden, my hand started to shake. But I looked at it, and it's not shaking. I feel a tightening like someone has a vise around my head. I look... and there's nothing there. And I don't know what is coming...
"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...
I’ve known about this book signing weeks before by way of an ad in the bookstore. I remembered James van Praagh, the man on the poster as a world-famous medium and decided to set a date on my...
created by Jose Matutina | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago 111 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments
From the time of our birth, humans have felt a primordial urge to explore - to blaze new trails, map new lands, and answer profound questions about ourselves and our universe.Robotic missions have found evidence of...
There is a theory that something or somethings existed alongside evolving humans. Call them nature spirits, gods, demons,.. whatever you like to label them - there seems to be evidence we were not alone in our evolution here on Earth. The Dzogchen religion, based on lucid...
opinion by sam_micheal | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 223 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
The Independent Spirit Awards 2009 took place in Los Angeles tonight and 'The Wrestler' was the clear big winner, winning three awards including best feature. Mickey Rourke won the award for the best male lead and...
created by amyjudd | 37 wks ago 143 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Should citizen-journalists be paid? As sites like NowPublic and other spread their sea legs into the new world of web 2.0, questions begin to arise on paying writers and photographers for content or maintain...
Caroline Petrie is by all accounts a good nurse, she also believes in god and this has led to her suspension from work after she asked an elderly patient if she'd like her to pray for her. This has raised the...
" Written by Danny Penman The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have...
"Isn't it wonderful what secularism can do to a religious festival? In many shops, schools, councils and government departments we can't even call it Christmas any more, because that's insufficiently inclusive....
created by adrock2xander | 48 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago 111 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
"Wilmington, Del.-based ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank, said Monday morning that effective immediately, it will suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties through the end of March 2009. The company also said it would suspend all evictions...
A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.Spirit's solar array produced only 89 watt hours...
It's a week of mixed emotions for all Mars-watchers.One one hand, we bid 'farewell' to the Phoenix Mars Lander. On the other, we bid 'good morning' to the Mars rovers.As winter takes hold of the Northern...
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"FAYETTEVILLE - Buying a Halloween costume can get expensive. The average cost of an adult costume is around $40, and kid's costumes aren't much cheaper. In such a scary economy, you wouldn't expect people to be...
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he looked forward to celebrating the Olympic spirit in Beijing, hitting back at a political rival who questioned his decision to attend the Games. Brown told Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday that he expected both British and...