July 24, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, Archaeologists Find King David Palace, aviation, business, Business News, climate, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Khirbet Qeiyafa King David, Khirbet Qeiyafa King David's Palace, Khirbet Qeiyafa Site, King David, King David Palace, King David Palace Discovered, King David Storeroom, middle-east, Palace King David, politics, religion, Religion News, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
After many years of searching, Israeli archaeologists announced Thursday the discovery of a large palace and storeroom believed to have once belonged to the Biblical monarch King David.
“The ruins are the best example to date of the uncovered fortress city of King David,” lead researchers Yossi Garfinkel and Saar Ganor said, according to the Jerusalem Post. “This is indisputable proof of the existence of a central authority in Judah during the time of King David.”
The excavation was a joint project led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Antiquities Authorities that took place over seven years at Khirbet Qeiyafa, roughly 18 miles southwest of Jerusalem, according to a news release from the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA).
Finding evidence of King David, who is believed to have ruled over the Kingdom of Judah during the 10th century BCE, is a common goal of researchers in Israel because of his prominent role in Biblical history, the New York Times notes. A palace could help prove that King David was an impressive man, as the Bible suggests, and not a small chieftain.
.
Researchers working outside Jerusalem recently announced they found evidence of what may be King David’s palace.
.
.Click link below for story, video, and slideshow:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/king-david-palace-archaeologists-khirbet-qeiyafa_n_3620053.html?ir=Science&ref=topbar
.
__________________________________________________
June 21, 2013
Mohenjo
Political
amazon, Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo Glen Crawford, Andrew Cuomo Kkk Death Ray, business, celebrities, Death Ray, gaming, getty images, Glen Crawford, Glen Crawford Andrew Cuomo, Glen Crawford Kkk, Hotels, huffingtonpost, Kkk, klan member, Ku Klux Klan, mario tama, mental-health, occupy-wall-street, politics, Politics News, religion, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, target muslims, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) was the target of a self-proclaimed Ku Klux Klan member who is being accused of designing a portable X-ray weapon to target Muslims, the New York Daily News reports.
Glen Crawford, 49 — along with 54-year-old Eric Feight — was charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists with the weapon earlier this week.
.
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
.
.Click link below for story, video, and slideshow:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/andrew-cuomo-kkk-death-ray_n_3478608.html
.
____________________________________________________
June 16, 2013
Mohenjo
Technical
a rather curious dichotomy, amazon, animal welfare, anthropomorphise, business, climate, compassion fatigue, dehumanise, dichotomy, Environment, fatigue, gaming, Health, huffington post, huffingtonpost, human rights abuses, human-rights, humans anthropomorphise, humans dehumanise, mental-health, politics, religion, research, Science, Science News, society, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video, videogames
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Two things humans often do: We anthropomorphise, and we dehumanise. Which is, if you think about it, a rather curious dichotomy: when we anthropomorphise, we ascribe human characteristics to inhuman beings, and when we dehumanise, we do the opposite, denying the full and equal humanity of other members of our own species. The classic example of this is someone who invests deeply in animal welfare, but doesn’t care about human rights abuses. Obviously, it’s possible to feel passionate about both, and there’s also the issue of compassion fatigue: There’s only so much we can care about before we reach a sort of emotional event horizon and start to shut down.
.
Foz Meadows, YA urban fantasy writer, author of the novels Solace and Grief and The Key to Starveldt.
Foz is also a prolific blogger, writing about feminism, pop culture, politics and more both at her own place Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows and over at The Huffington Post. Foz’s posts constantly blow our minds away so we just had to invite her over for this year’s Smugglivus.
.
.Click link below for article and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/foz-meadows/when-sentient-al-becomes-reality_b_3434882.html?ir=TED+Weekends&ref=topbar
.
____________________________________________________
May 21, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
amazon, boniface viii, business, Catholic Church, Celestine V, Celestine V 13th Century Pope, Celestine V Examined, Celestine V Head Trauma, Celestine V Murder, Celestine V Photos, Celestine V Skeleton, central italy, Christianity, frail man, Hotels, huffingtonpost, murder theory, myaol, pope celestine v, Pope Skeleton Examined, religion, Religion News, research, Science, Science News, Skeleton Pope Celestine V, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Pope Celestine V was an elderly, possibly frail man. After living as a self-flagellating hermit in Italy, he served as pontiff for only five months before resigning at the end of the 13th century. Since his death, the so-called “Hermit Pope” has been the subject of much speculation and intrigue, with legend holding that the he was murdered by his successor, Boniface VIII.
During examinations of Celestine’s remains, a small, mysterious hole found on his skull led some to believe he died from trauma to the head. But a recent examination of the pope’s skeleton suggests this murder theory might be false. Instead, Celestine may have died slowly from natural causes as he languished in Boniface’s castle prison, where he was locked away soon after his resignation prompted fears that two popes could cause a schism in the Church.
.
Celestine V’s remains, newly outfitted with a silver mask and papl vestmetns, lie in repose at the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, in central Italy.
.
.Click link below for story, slideshow, and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/celestine-v-pope-skeleton-murdered_n_3253999.html?icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D311766
.
___________________________________________________
May 20, 2013
Mohenjo
Enthralling
amazon, B'nai Mitzvah, business, celebrities, email, entertainment, home, Hotels, religion, research, Science, Science News, surprise appearance, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video, wedding, wedding crashers, Youtube Videos
RECEIVED THIS LINK IN AN EMAIL FROM A FRIEND
Click link below picture
.
Wedding crashers, see their fun B’nai Mitzvah surprise appearance!
.
.
.Click link below for video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYuYojyDwN4
.
____________________________________________________
May 17, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
amazon, business, Catholic Church, Christianity, Coptic, coptic catholic church, Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic Pope, current-events, getty images, Hotels, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Meeting Of Pope Francis And Orthodox Pope, middle-east, photo pool, politics, Pope Francis, Pope Francis Pope Tawadros, Pope Tawadros, Pope Tawadros II, private audience, religion, Religion News, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, The Pope, travel, Two Popes Meet At Vatican, vacation
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches.
Pope Francis welcomed the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, in the first such meeting at the Vatican in 40 years, saying his visit “strengthens the bonds of friendship and brotherhood” between the two churches.
The Coptic and Catholic churches split in the fifth century over theocratic differences.
Christians comprise about 10 percent of Egypt’s population. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt counts about 10 million faithful, while the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt – whose faithful are loyal to Pope Francis – counts about 165,000.
.
Pope Francis (R) greets the Coptic Orthodox leader Tawadros II during a private audience in the pontiff’s library on May 10, 2013 at the Vatican. Tawadros II arrived in Rome the day before for a historic four-day visit to meet Pope Francis — a sign of growing rapprochement between the Vatican and the Orthodox world. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)
.
.Click link below for story and slideshow:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/pope-tawadros-ii-pope-francis_n_3251288.html
.
___________________________________________________
May 14, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
10 women, amazon, business, Gender and Religion, Haredi, Hotels, huffington post, Huffington Post Women Of The Wall, Huffington Post Women Wall Attack, huffingtonpost, human-rights, Israel, israel police, Israel Western Wall, jerusalem post, Jews, Judiasm, politics, Rabbi Susan Silverman, religion, Religion News, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, technology, Technology News, travel, Uriel Sinai, vacation, Video, violence against women, Western wall, Western Wall Clash, Women For The Wall, Women Of The Wall, Women Of The Wall Attacked, Women Of The Wall Attacked By Orthodox Men, Women Of The Wall Attacked By Ultraorthodox Haredim While Praying At Western Wal, Women Of The Wall Praying, Women Of The Wall Today, Women Of The Wall Ultra Orthodox, Women Pray Jerusalem, Women Wall, Women Wall Haredim, Women Wall May 2013, Wonen Praying At The Wall
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox jeered, spit and threw rocks at the 400 ‘Women of the Wall’ who prayed at the Western Wall today, according to the Jerusalem Post.
The women were protected by the police following a recent court order in favor of the Women of the Wall’s right to pray at the sacred site.
The Women of the Wall praised the police and condemned the action by the ultra-Orthodox in a statement released to The Huffington Post:
For the first time in 24 years, Israel Police protected nearly 400 Women of the Wall today as they gathered at the Western Wall (Kotel). The women and the police were confronted by thousands of ultra-Orthodox (haredi), both young girls watching from the side and haredi men of all ages, acting out violently towards the group of women.Women of the Wall is proud to have gotten to this historic point, in which women are praying freely, defended by the police. Likewise, the group is greatly saddened by the use of violence by haredi men. Women of the Wall calls on ultra-Orthodox leadership to denounce all forms of violence against women.
.
.
.Click link below for story, videos, and slideshow:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/women-of-the-wall-attacke_n_3251379.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl1|sec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D311766
.
____________________________________________________
May 14, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
amazon, business, celebrities, Christianity, ecumenical patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Hotels, huffingtonpost, libya, middle-east, orthodox patriarch, ottoman conquest, patriarch bartholomew, Plot To Kill Orthodox Leader, politics, religion, Religion News, research, Reuters, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, Turkey, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Turkey is investigating an alleged plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, and has stepped up security around the patriarchate in Istanbul, his spokesman said on Friday.
Spokesman Dositheos Anagnostopoulos said the patriarch had not received any direct threats but had learned of the alleged plot from Turkish media, which was later confirmed to the patriarchate by Turkish police.
“Later in the day, police informed the patriarchate of a possible threat and dispatched additional police officers,” Anagnostopoulos said.
Turkish broadcaster NTV said one man had been arrested in relation to the alleged plot, after state prosecutors in central Kayseri province received an anonymous letter saying there was a plan to assasinate Bartholomew on May 29, the anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of present-day Istanbul.
.
.
.Click link below for story and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/plot-to-kill-orthodox-patriarch-bartholomew-_n_3253191.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl1|sec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D311766
.
____________________________________________________
April 27, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, aviation, blogging, business, celebrities, entertainment, gaming, History Of Science, Hotels, huffingtonpost, Human Computer, India, internet, Math Genius, mathematician, Mathematics, religion, research, Science, Science News, Shakuntala Devi, southern methodist university, technology, Technology News, transportation, travel, vacation, Video, Weird Science, Women Scientists, World News
FROM
Click link below picture
.
Quick: What’s the cube root of 61,629,875?
Stumped? Shakuntala Devi, the woman known as the “Human Computer,” could tell you, and probably faster than any mathematical computer could.
Devi, who passed away on April 21 at age 83 in her hometown of Bangalore, India, toured the world as a prodigy for much of her life, making appearances on radio, television and in theaters, the New York Times reports.
In a 1977 appearance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Devi found the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in just 50 seconds, besting a slowpoke Univac computer that took 62 seconds to make the same calculation. The root of a number (“X”) is equal to another number (“Y”) that can be multiplied by itself a given number of times to equal “X.” So the 23rd root of “X” equals “Y” multiplied by itself 23 times.
.
Shakuntala Devi (November 4, 1929 – April 21, 2013), Indian mental calculator known as the ‘Human Computer,’ has died.
.
.Click link below for story, slideshow, and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/shakuntala-devi-human-computer-math-prodigy-dies-india_n_3164180.html?ref=topbar
.
_____________________________________________________
April 16, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
amazon, Authenticity, business, chemistry, Daily Discovery, Egypt, Error 503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, Forgery, Gospels, Hotels, huffingtonpost, Judas, Judas Gospel, Microscopy, national geographic society, religion, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, Spectroscopy, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
FROM
Click link below picture
.
A long-lost gospel that casts Judas as a co-conspirator of Jesus, rather than a betrayer, was ruled most likely authentic in 2006. Now, scientists reveal they couldn’t have made the call without a series of far more mundane documents, including Ancient Egyptian marriage licenses and property contracts.
The Gospel of Judas is a fragmented Coptic (Egyptian)-language text that portrays Judas in a far more sympathetic light than did the gospels that made it into the Bible. In this version of the story, Judas turns Jesus over to the authorities for execution upon Jesus’ request, as part of a plan to release his spirit from his body. In the accepted biblical version of the tale, Judas betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
.
.
.Click link below for story, slideshow, and video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/judas-gospel-authentication-ink-ancient-documents_n_3038312.html
.
_____________________________________________________
Older Entries
Newer Entries
