Monday, November 14, 2011

Jesus appears on cliff in Ireland

Jesus Christ is said to have helped many people who were close to the edge. Now comes word that he might have gone over the edge -- and onto the side of a cliff in Ireland. Tourist Sandra Clifford's picture has got a lot of people excited.
Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/woman-photographs-jesus-on-cliff_n_1093107.html


Woman in Nepal village beaten for suspicions of using witchcraft!

A woman of Mahadeva-3 in Saptari district has been beaten by locals 13 times since past four years accusing her of practicing witchcraft, but the administration has not taken action against any offender till date. Siya Devi Mandal, 45, was dubbed a witch by her neighbors and thrashed brutally last November by her neighbors Shyam Prasad Mandal and his wife Rukmini Devi Mandal after the couple’s eight-year-old daughter complained of abdominal pain.
Full article: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=38295

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Stolen Yeti claw and scalp replica's to be returned to Nepal monastery where they were stolen from twenty years ago

Mike Allsop will fly from Kathmandu to the Everest region on Friday to take the models to Pangboche Monastery, which sits at 4,000m (13,123ft).  The originals were stolen from the monastery in the 1990s.  They first came to light in the 1950s when an expedition to find the mythical yeti came upon the monastery.
Mr Allsop will also take with him a replica of a yeti skull-cap, which was also stolen in the 1990s.
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13228780

SETI pioneer Jill Tarter (Jodie Foster in Contact) discusses the future(?) of SETI without Allen Telescopes and budget cuts

For many alien enthusiasts, Jill Tarter is synonymous with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. As the SETI Institute’s research director — and the inspiration for Jodie Foster’s character in Contact — she’s done more than anyone to raise the search for cosmic company from a fringe effort to serious science.  After receiving a TED prize in 2009, Tarter had grand plans for the Allen Telescope Array, a proposed field of 350 big-nosed radio dishes that would be the world’s only dedicated SETI telescope, as well as its most sensitive. But this week, budget cuts forced the ATA’s existing 42 dishes into hibernation mode. The rest are now just a dream.
Full article: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/jill-tarter-qa/