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Seeing Into the Mind of a Trance Medium: Harley Monte

"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...

created by sara star | 16 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago
481 views | 30 recommendations | 1 comment

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Rhonda J Mangus

Social institutions contribute to homosexual youth suicide

"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...

created by Rhonda J Mangus | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
1138 views | 107 recommendations | 35 comments

Jose Matutina

Van Praagh Out with a New Book

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 | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
112 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments

jjenet

New NASA Rovers To Explore The Red Planet: Mars

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...

created by jjenet | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago
224 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment

'Demonic' Intervention in Human Evolution

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 | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Amy Judd

Independent Spirit Awards 2009; The Wrestler wins big

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 Amy Judd | 45 wks ago
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Citizen Journalism in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks NowPublic Frontpage 11-29

Gauravonomics

Should citizen-journalists be paid?

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...

created by politisite | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
285 views | 32 recommendations | 15 comments

LotusFlower

Nurse suspended over prayer

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...

created by LotusFlower | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
138 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments

Can we really transplant a human soul?

" 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...

created by Ladyannmarie | 1 year ago
468 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment

Let's try to rediscover the spirit of Christmas

Michael Popowski

Let's try to rediscover the spirit of Christmas

"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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
123 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment

ING DIRECT Suspends Foreclosures

"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...

created by MortgageAuditor | 1 year ago
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Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover

jjenet

Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover

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...

created by jjenet | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
143 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments

mchawk

To live and die on Mars

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...

created by mchawk | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
81 views | 11 recommendations | 0 comments

sage_82

Is the Economy that Scary? Halloween sales are Up!

"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...

created by politisite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
596 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments

British PM defends Games visit

"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...