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| BBC Documentary: 'God On The Brain'
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| posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Rudi Affolter and Gwen Tighe have both experienced strong religious
visions. He is an atheist; she a Christian. He thought he had died; she
thought she had given birth to Jesus. Both have temporal lobe epilepsy. Like
other forms of epilepsy, the condition causes fitting but it is also
associated with religious hallucinations. Research into why people like
Rudi and Gwen saw what they did has opened up a whole field of brain
science: neurotheology.
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| Lightning Strike Turns Surgeon Into Composer/Concert Pianist
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| posted on Saturday, January 26, 2008
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An Oneonta surgeon who survived a lightning strike in 1994 and suddenly
began craving piano music will make his public debut as a composer and
pianist next week. Dr. Anthony Cicoria said the lightning bolt that came out of a pay
phone during a family outing near Albany caused a near-death experience
that changed his life forever.
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| Dean Radin: 'Science & The Taboo Of Psi'
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| posted on Friday, January 25, 2008
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Do telepathy, clairvoyance and other "psi" abilities exist? The
majority of the general population believes that they do, and yet fewer
than one percent of mainstream academic institutions have any faculty
known for their interest in these frequently reported experiences. Why
is a topic of enduring and widespread interest met with such resounding
silence in academia? The answer is not due to a lack of scientific
evidence, or even to a lack of scientific interest, but rather involves
a taboo. Dean Radin discusses the nature of this taboo, some of the
empirical evidence and critical responses, and speculate on the
implications.
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| 'Miraculous' Recovery For Man Who Fell 47 Floors
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| posted on Friday, January 04, 2008
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Alcides Moreno plunged 47 stories that morning last month, clinging to
his 3-foot-wide window washer’s platform as it shot down the dark glass
face of an Upper East Side apartment building. His brother Edgar, who
had been working with him on the platform, was killed.
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| The Legend Of Cliff Young
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| posted on Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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Those who are in the ultra world already know about the legendary Cliff Young but those outside may not have heard the story. The whole nation thought he was a crazy old man to undertake an almost
impossible feat. Most feared that he would die trying. But this humble
old man proved all the critics wrong.Cliff Young, at 61 years of age,
participated in 1983’s Sydney to Melbourne race. Considered to be the
world’s toughest race, with the distance of 875 (543.7 m) kilometers
and took at least 5 days to finish, Cliff Young entered the race
against world-class athletes. Read how he achieved the unthinkable and
inspires the whole nation.
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| The Incredible Pavement Artwork Of Julian Beever
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| posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007
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Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has
worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA
and Australia. The pavement drawings have included both renderings of
old masters plus a wealth of original inventive pieces of work.
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