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# New claim over discovery of the lost Ark of the Covenant. An archeologist
who claims to have found the Ark of the Covenant directly below the cruci-
fixion site of Jesus Christ has died after giving a deathbed interview to
WorldNetDaily. Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Ark of the Covenant,
the crucifixion site of Jesus Christ, and more have been the subject of
controversial claims made by an archeologist who spent much of his life
documenting sites and events from the Bible. Fortuitous find and death:
http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/19990809_xex_new_claim_ov.shtml
@ The Ark of the Covenant - a lack of hard evidence:
http://www.anchorstone.com/wyatt/aoc_update02.html
http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/lostarks/
and http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/ark/
: Does your belief system require physical evidence to substantiate faith in
your doctrines? Is evidence irrelevant to belief? Do Arks crumble and fade?
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# A MINISTER'S CURSE-FREE TV. You want to watch South Park, but don't like
the swearing? A new language censor cleans up Cartman's mouth, offering
some accidental entertainment. Now, if it could only turn lies into truth:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/culture/story/21214.html
: Is a curse-free South Park like non-alcoholic beer? Do theocrats take all
the fun out of life? Would you buy software that ADDS profanity to film/TV?
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# Religion linked to good health. RALEIGH (AP) Seniors who attend church or
synagogue regularly might hold the secret of longevity. In another report
linking good health with religion, Duke U. researchers say seniors with
regular church or synagogue attendance are healthier and more likely to
outlive the non-religious. Therefore, superstition is better than reason.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560667298-bb5
: Would any social activity have the same benefit as religious attendance?
Do serious atheists outlive serious believers? Is your life better sustained
by technical or spiritual means? Does attending Black Masses lengthen life?
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# Lycos nixes 'Jews for Jesus' ad. WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) Lycos, a popular Web
destination, said it will not renew an advertisement from Jews for Jesus
because of complaints from some in the Jewish community. The ad, which
promotes a book on the group's religious philosophy, read: "The end of the
world is no time to finally realize Jesus is the Messiah. (It's all in the
book.) Click here for a free copy!" Lycos' general counsel said the firm
did not want to give users the impression it endorsed Jews for Jesus. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560667303-35f
: Would you accept ads from Kurds For Kabballah, Amish For Allah, Khmers For
Krishna, Athabaskans For Adonai, Irish For Isis, Newfies For Nostradamus??
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# PICTURES AT A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION. Drive in a virtual desert, paint in thin
air, morph into an avatar, play with cyber gypsies. You must be visiting
Siggraph's Millennium Motel. Monthly, weekly, daily, hourly rates avail-
able: http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/culture/story/21218.html
: Since the human brain synthesizes experiences (memories and thoughts) by
filtering sensation thru a neurochemical network (Mental Map), how can we
distinguish between 'reality' and a well-constructed virtual exhibition? Do
we want to draw such a distinction? Is reality a crutch? Are dreams better?
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Eclipse-O-Rama-Lama-Fa-Fa-Fa:
# Solar eclipse sweeps across Europe. NOYON, France (AP) - Clouds butted in,
traffic jammed & people marred the moment trying to reach 90 million miles
with camera flashes. But when the solar system switched off the lights for
showtime, eclipsies from Europe & other darkened lands broke into cheers.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560668853-f21
# Pope shortens session for eclipse. VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II
kept his weekly audience with pilgrims short Wednesday so they could see
the solar eclipse. After this morning's audience, the pope helicoptered to
Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer retreat in the hills southeast of Rome,
and watched the phenomenon through a piece of welder's glass he held in
front of his eyes. Screaming "My eyes! My eyes!" the pontiff fell from a
parapet. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560665598-ab7
# Also: Autobahn eclipse view sites sought, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560666348-b57
# And: Last solar eclipse of century, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560660619-a45
# METEOR WATCHING BY BALLOON. NASA scientists launch a camera-equipped,
helium-filled balloon to broadcast the upcoming Perseids meteor shower
online. Even clouds can't mar this view. No thumbprints on the lens, eh?
http://wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/21215.html
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More-Than-Eclipse-O-Rama:
@ Aug.11, 1965, six days of rioting in the Watts section of Los Angeles:
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/Watts_riots_1965.html
@ Los Angeles Riots - Series of reports
http://emergency.com/la-riots.htm
@ Remembering the Riots
http://firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9710/nuechterlein.html
@ Civil Rights and Police Reform in Los Angeles: 1965 to 1997
http://www.ldfla.org/time_line.html
@ Purchase the book - Fire This Time : The Watts Uprising and the 1960s
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306807920/caldernet
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813916267/caldernet
@ Purchase the book - The Watts Riots (World History Series)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560063009/caldernet
: What else happens on 11 August? Do you prefer riots or eclipses? Would you
riot for an eclipse? Would you riot for justice, for food, for liberty, for
abduction? Have you ever been in a riot? Was it exhilarating? Were you shot?
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