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Witches, spells magic, oh my! The truth about wicca

You don't hear to much about the practice of Wicca in the media. Wicca is, no doubt, one the most misunderstood religions in the world. Wanting to learn more about the practice, I commissioned a Wiccan high...

created by notaboutreligion | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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Afghanistan: under the spell of dollars

“My name is Samiullah. I am from Surkhrud district of Nangrahar province, Afghanistan. We live on Warsak Road in Peshawar. I work with an NGO in central Daikundi province of Afghanistan” the new student introduced himself. “So why did you choose to join this...

opinion by Abdulhadi Hairan | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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Mohali Test: India 134/1 at tea; Dravid-Gambhir slam 50

"Mohali, Dec 19: Rahul Dravid gave a glimpse of his ‘Wall’ stature as he cracked his gritty 54th Test fifty off 151 balls. The effort ensured that the second spell of the day was dominated by the home team as the Indian scorecard read 134/1 at tea time. "

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created by nehalarya | 49 wks ago
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Swedish Muslim finds Muhammad in a mango

Personally I think the Divine have better things to do than graffiti our fruit....But who knows ? The Virgin Mary likes to show up on stop signs, or so I have heard. "Rubina Sheikh from Helsingborg in southern Sweden believes she’s received a message from God – in a...

created by World_Groove | 1 year ago
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'Simplfy English spellings' says British academic

Finally someone comes along and tells people to get rid of irregular English spelling. What is surprising is that someone is British and a prominent phonetics professor from University College London, one of...

created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The death of the British pub?

Two dozen pubs are closing every week across Britain as more and more people buy booze from supermarkets and have more 'nights in'. The pub is a British instution and unless something is done soon it will be a...

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created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Whys be Good at Spelling?

Mark Twain once lobbied the Associated Press to use phonetic spelling: "The heart of our trouble is with our foolish alphabet. It doesn't know how to spell, and can't be taught."Maybe since so many people are spelling poorly (I know most of my fellow university students had...

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created by Rob Walker | 1 year ago
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English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans

"Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans By George Pitcher and Martin Beckford The Archbishop of Canterbury will today spell out how he hopes a new set of rules can solve "one of...

created by jaydeepmensa | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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World's first robotic barman could spell last orders for pub staff

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World's first robotic barman could spell last orders for pub staff

Hey, I've been served by some barmen that could pass for automaton's not in that they were so fast but essentially just went through the motions, and that of course will be the problem with Mr. Asahi - no real...