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*** Geologists speculate on Noah's flood. NEW YORK (AP) - What?! New scien-
tific proof demonstrating that the great biblical Flood really *did* occur
thousands of years ago? Such is the sensational but speculative implication
in a new book "Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event
That Changed History" by William Ryan and Walter Pitman. The authors are
adjunct geology professors at Columbia U. and senior scientists at Lamont-
Doherty Earth Observatory. Geological research does find reason to believe
there was indeed a vast, sudden and deadly flood around 5,600 B.C., close
enough to the possible time of Noah to fascinate biblical literalists and
liberals alike. Till now the best stab at modern scientific corroboration of
the Flood was work of British archeologist Charles Leonard Woolley published
in 1929. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558148188-e9d
: Since the Noachian Flood legend was originally Sumerian, predating Hebrew
chronicling by a couple millennia, does this evidence verify non-Biblical
accounts rather than Judeo/Xian/Muslim doctrines? Does it matter? Really? -R
# INTERNET LATEST 'GREAT SATAN'. An Iranian cleric worries that the Net and
satellite TV will sink Islam if people are allowed to surrender to their
passions. Make more movies with Islamic themes to divert eyes elsewhere -
see www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/17480.html
: Is Islam so strong that media threaten it? Are all faiths and other Games
undermined by free communications? Does info.access corrode belief? -Ric
# PIRATES SNEER AT INTEL CHIP. A new Intel chip has an electronic identifier
which may do everything from making e-commerce safer to killing the thriving
pirated software market. Pirates aren't worried. But privacy advocates are.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/17478.html
: Are unpiratable, unbreakable, absolutely secure systems possible? Is there
a Santa Claus? Is privacy an illusion, a commodity, a process, a drama? -Ric
# CANADA'S GRID A-OK FOR Y2K. The Canadian Electricity Association promises
a warm and bright Year 2000 for those north of the 49th parallel. Some power
stations are already operating in the new century. Turn the clock forward -
see www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/17467.html
: Should Canadians, Alaskans, Scandinavians, Russians greet Y2K in Hawaii,
Bermuda, Crete, Sri Lanka, Sumatra? Where will you be at the Millennium? -R
*** Anti-cricket campaign called off. BOMBAY, India (AP) - Cricket players
from Pakistan flew into New Delhi amid heavy security only hours after Hindu
militants called off a violent campaign that had tried to stop their tour.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558142088-967
: Does your religion promote violence at sports events? Is it sporting to be
violent at religious events? Would you play a sport amid heavy security? -R
*** FDA issues warning on GBL chemical. WASHINGTON (AP) People should not
consume a chemical widely sold in health food stores and over the Internet
that is linked to one death and 54 cases of severe reactions including
seizures and comatose-like states. The chemical - sold as a dietary supple-
ment and under half a dozen names including GBL and Blue Nitro - claims to
have such effects as building muscle, enhancing sexual performance and red-
ucing stress. Instead, GBL can act on the central nervous system to threaten
life. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558142728-208
: Does health-food kill? Not everybody, just some? Are chemicals fun? -Ric
@ IRISH UFOs: Just as the by-now traditional pre-Christmas rash of Irish UFO
predictions had apparently given way to a New Year lull, our blatherbubble
has been punctured by a painful article in *The Boston Herald* (of all
places)... See http://www.blather.net/archives2/issue2no35.html
: Do UFO reports have distinct national characteristics? Do Irish UFOs look/
act/feel/smell/taste/sound different than US, Japanese, Ozzie UFOs? Why? -R
# ConGames.Com - news stories related to scams, fraud, and various
crimes of deception. This weeks' top stories are:
- Italian Lottery Threatens National Scandal
- Two Fortune Tellers Arrested In Scam
- Foreigners at Taj Mahal Report Food-Poisoning Scams
- Couple Accused of Faking Death for Insurance - The Second Time
- Woman Bought House On Credit Card Fraud
See http://www.congames.com/news.html
: What're your favorite religious, political, economic, artistic and other
frauds & scams & cons? Were/are they well-done, inept, fruitful, fun? -Ric
Hot Links:
@ Biological Parapsychology Unit: http://www.maxpages.com/parapsychology
@ UFO database: http://www.multimania.com/coruscant/
@ Insights http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/bicycle/69/
@ MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATURAL LAW PARTIES NEWS SERVICE:
http://www.natural-law-party.org - for the most beautiful predictions
@ 12-Century Astrology/Astronomy: http://explorers.whyte.com/astrol.htm
@ GREAT PYRAMID: Pharaoh's Pump Foundation - The riddle of the ages solved!
How the Great Pyramid At Giza was built, and Why! See http://surf.to/ppf
: Would you like a pyramid in your backyard? Would you rather have a roller
coaster? A lions' den? A UFO attractor? A political machine? A time machine?
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4. PODKLETNOV GRAVITY SHIELD: NASA INVESTS ANOTHER $600,000. A Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research grant went to Superconductive Components in Colum-
bus, OH to make a 12-inch superconductive disk for an experimental shield.
It's a coveted Phase II award, which goes to the top projects. A 6-inch
shield built under Phase I didn't work (WN 15 May 98), but NASA, which has
been working on this for 4 years, hopes a bigger one will. The Columbus
Dispatch quotes a NASA official: "Let your imagination run wild. What could
you do if you could cut gravity 50 percent or negate it altogether?" Well,
for one thing you could build a perpetual motion machine, in violation of
the First Law of Thermodynamics.
: What would *you* do with antigravity? Would the world become like the
Jetsons, or Ren & Stimpy, or what? Would you float into space? Please? -Ric
5. HYDRINOS: HONEY, I SHRUNK THE HYDROGEN! BlackLight Power is relocating to
the Princeton, NJ area, having purchased a building for $2M where RCA once
built satellites(WN 8 Jan 99). Randall Mills, who says he has a technique
for getting hydrogen into a state below the ground state, explained to the
Princeton Packet that "It's the most important discovery of all time... up
there with fire." Back when BLP was HydroCatalysis, Mills sold one of his
cells to NASA. I guess they're still testing it.
: If we shrink all the hydrogen, won't the universe collapse? Should we do
an Environmental Impact Statement first? If an EIS had been required first,
would he have fire now? Has NASA ever tested fire for safety & efficacy? -R
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