Monday, June 21, 2010

Kenya man claims his murder victim was a ritual sacrifice for human hair

                                       Family members grieving for the murder victim, Ms. Devina Amenya
The latest man to claim that he is a killer has told police that he belongs to a cult that specialises in ritual killings. The man, who is said to come from Uyoma in Rarieda District, was arrested after claiming that he killed Ms Devina Amenya in a lodging in Keroka town.  He has told police that the cult has branches in Kisumu, Kericho, and Nairobi. “He said they kill their victims and shave off the hair, which they present to their leader every last Friday of the month as proof that they have accomplished a mission,” said local police boss Shadrack Maithya.

Full article: http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nyamira%20self%20confessed%20killer%20belongs%20to%20cult/-/1056/943904/-/12rtcpv/-/

'Crying judge' (from the infamous "Anna Nicole Smith trial) pitches 'Psychic Court' paranormal reality show

"Judge Larry" may have landed his long-awaited TV show. "Psychic Court" will take litigants and viewers into the world of the paranormal.  After gaining national notoriety for his emotional and at times tearful handling of the 2007 televised court battle over Anna Nicole Smith's remains, Larry Seidlin was rumored to be a contender for his own courtroom TV show.  No networks have yet bitten, but the now-retired Broward Circuit judge has shot a pilot for "Psychic Court," which is being marketed for cable or syndication.

Full article: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-06-21/news/fl-judge-seidlin-pyschic-court-20100621_1_anna-nicole-smith-larry-seidlin-judge-larry 

Russian newspaper reports on previous UFO sightings near Soviet and U.S. nuclear military sites

Persons familiar with my work know that I investigate nuclear weapons-related UFO activity. Over the past 37 years, I have interviewed more than 120 former or retired U.S. military personnel who were involved in UFO incidents at nuclear missile sites, weapons storage depots, strategic bomber bases, or atmospheric test sites in Nevada and the Pacific.
Full article: http://www.theufochronicles.com/2010/06/recent-russian-newspaper-article.html 

Are signals from extraterrestrials being missed by our astronomers?

Last week Hubble Space Telescope images definitively showed that the bright flash of light seen on Jupiter was simply a meteor. Albeit, a blinding bright meteor to be seen across 400 million miles of interplanetary space. As reported by Ian O’Neill Hubble failed to find any telltale debris as seen in Jupiter comet and asteroid impacts.  Now Hubble astronomers tell us that Jupiter super-meteors might be detectable as frequently every few days. Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley just got lucky because he was viewing a video transmission of Jupiter when the brilliant flash appeared.  This event was sobering to me because my mind invariably wandered to wondering if a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization might be just as transient.

Full article: http://news.discovery.com/space/do-we-overlook-alien-beacons.html


Psychologist tries to understand mysterious of the 'Placebo Effect'

The phrase “mind-body connection” has many connotations. For some, it’s shorthand for New Age quackery. For others, it’s a source of hope and a way to reconcile their spiritual life with modern science.  For Tor D. Wager, it’s just another day at the office.  Dr. Wager (pronounced WAY-gur) is a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado. His specialty is neuroscience and brain imaging, but his passion is the placebo effect — a phenomenon that has undergone a resurgence in recent years and is now being studied by researchers in many corners of science.

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/health/22prof.html