News from the Nest
18 Ways To Protect Your Home From Evil Spirits
Tue, 08/10/2010 - 8:14pmIt seems that in many parts of the world, even with all our diverse cultures and beliefs, the act of hanging a protective charm on our doors to bring luck or keep evil spirits out of our homes is widely practiced. 1. Horseshoe Possibly the most famous of these charms is the horseshoe. Believed to repel witches from entering your house, as well as to bring good luck to all who pass, the horse
Decipher Natures Divine Messages
Tue, 08/10/2010 - 8:14pmOne shies away from fortune-tellers and from fortune-telling. We should take each day as it comes and not fall prey to delving into the future. Anyway, whatever will be will be. So why this undue curiosity? All one has to do is be receptive to the signs and advice that nature is constantly throwing our way. If read right, these signs can help us to recognise the road ahead and to understand our
Exhibitions Remember Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 7:29pmExactly 65 years after the first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmaments two-week exhibition at Londons Friends House offers an insightful reminder of the effects the apocalyptic assault continues to have on its victims. Curated by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the collection reveals a pocket watch stopped at the time of the detonation, clothes scorched by the impac
Judge Halts Wolf Hunts In Montana And Idaho
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 7:29pmA federal judge on Thursday reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the three states where Rocky Mountain wolves roam. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said in his ruling that the entire Rocky Mountain wolf population either must be listed as an endangered species
Camden Preparing To Close Its Libraries, Destroy Books
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 7:29pmCamden is preparing to permanently shut its library system by the end of the year, potentially leaving residents of the impoverished city among the few in the United States unable to borrow a library book free. At an emotional but sparsely attended meeting of the library board Thursday, its president, Martin McKernan, said the city's three libraries cannot stay open past Dec. 31 because of seve
Decapitated Goats Lead To Reward Offer
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 7:29pmIf you know who decapitated three goats and left the bodies in full view near San Jose's Alum Rock Park -- and you've been sitting on the information -- perhaps $2,500 might loosen your tongue. San Rafael's In Defense of Animals is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of whomever slaughtered those goats in what may have been some manner of Santeria ritual. Ritualistic sl
Prayers At Greece Town Board Meetings OK, Judge Rules
Mon, 08/09/2010 - 7:29pmThe Greece Town Board can open public meetings with prayer, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Charles Siragusa ruled Thursday that the prayers at the board meeting are not unconstitutional. The Town did not begin having prayer at meetings in order to proselytize or advance any one, or to disparage any other, faith or belief, and #61486; Siragusa wrote. The Towns prayer p
Senate Confirms Kagan As 112th Justice
Sun, 08/08/2010 - 8:35pmThe Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and fourth woman, selecting a scholar with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal legal bent. The vote was 63-37 for President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed retired Justice John Paul Stevens. Five Republicans joined all but one Democrat and the Senate's two independents to support Kaga
A Kauai Kumu Hula Dances To Defend Wailua
Sun, 08/08/2010 - 8:35pmThere was a period, last November, when unremitting lightning brought day to the night skies over windward Kauai, as thunder boomed, cracked and rolled. Brisk winds swept in rains so heavy and insistent that streets ponded, mud slid and streams rose, flooding buildings, forcing evacuations, closing bridges and breaking water lines. When it was over, Mayor Bernard Carvalho surveyed the damage and i
Fertility Statues At Ripley's In Gatlinburg Said To Get Women Pregnant
Sun, 08/08/2010 - 8:35pmFor couples having trouble conceiving, it might be just what the witch doctor ordered. A pair of mystical 5-foot-tall ebony fertility statues are on display through Aug. 29 at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium. According to Ripley's, more than 2,000 women have said they have become pregnant soon after touching the statues. The intrigue started in 1993 after the statues were acqui
California Gay Marriage Ban Overturned
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmSame sex couples in California do have a right to be married, according to a ruling issued today in federal court in San Francisco that overturns a ban on gay marriage in the state. US District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker determined, after lengthy deliberation, that a California ballot initiative banning same sex marriage violates the US Constitution because it denies equal rights to gays and les
Authorities Admit To Storing Airport Body Scans
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmDespite claims by the TSA that electronic body scan images "cannot be stored or recorded," some federal police agencies are in fact saving tens of thousands of images, according to a report by CNET News. According to CNET, the U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had saved thousands of images that had been recorded from a security checkpoint in a Florida courthouse. The revelatio
Purslane: A Weed Worth Eating
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmPurslane sprouts from sidewalk cracks, invades gardens and earns contempt from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which classifies it as a "noxious weed." It also happens to be a "superfood" high in heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids and beta carotene, one tasty enough to spread, like the weed it is, to farmers' markets and fancy restaurants. "We have all this sitting in our front yard, and
Research Shows The Refined Sugar Helps Cancer Cells Proliferate
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmPancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same. Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found. They said their finding, published in the journal Cancer Research, may help exp
US Says 74 Percent of BP Spill Oil Gone
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmNearly three-fourths of oil from the BP spill is gone from the Gulf of Mexico, with 26 percent remaining as a sheen or tarballs, buried in sediment or washed ashore, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday. "It is estimated that burning, skimming and direct recovery from the wellhead removed one quarter (25 percent) of the oil released from the wellhead," the scientists said in the report "BP Deepwat
Pagan Pride Celebrated
Sat, 08/07/2010 - 9:59pmOkanagan Wiccans, Druids, Pagans, Witches, Heathens, Shamen, and members of many other earth-based faiths will gather to celebrate their Pagan pride Aug. 21. More than 100 gatherings around the world will join together in the world-wide celebration of Pagan and earth-based faiths. The Congregationalist Wiccan Association of BC and The Threads That Bind Us invite you to come and enjoy informativ
Many Dietary Supplements Are Contaminated
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 10:53pmMany popular dietary supplements contain ingredients that may cause cancer, heart problems, liver or kidney damage, but U.S. stores sell them anyway and Americans spend millions on them, according to Consumer Reports. The consumer magazine published a report on Tuesday highlighting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's lack of power to regulate such supplements, and said the agency rarely use
Hudson Selectmen OK Fortune Teller
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 10:53pmWhen Gina Mitlo looks into the future, she sees herself running a successful fortune telling business. Selectmen approved her vision last night, as the board granted Mitlo a license for her business, Astrology Plus, on Washington Street. "Did you know that was going to happen?" Executive Assistant Paul Blazar joked shortly after selectmen approved the license. For the past three months, M
Neolithic Stone Network Found On Orkney
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 10:53pmArchaeologists revealed today that they have discovered the first evidence in the UK of stonework painted with a pattern, suggesting Neolithic people enjoyed decorating. It comes a week after the researchers, working at the Brodgar peninsula on Orkney, found plain painted stones thought to be around 5,000 years old at the spot. The site, described as a possible Neolithic temple precinct, is
LA Area Pagans Celebrate Lammas/Lughnasadh
Fri, 08/06/2010 - 10:53pmPagans and other spiritual seekers in LA and the surrounding areas celebrated Lammas or what is also called Lughnasadh, on Sunday, August 1st in a variety of ways. Some will celebrate the same Sabat on the weekend of August 7 and 8, as well. But Sunday was the day most pagan groups celebrated this years First Harvest. Lammas or loaf mass day is the festival of the wheat harvest. Although m
