By far the saddest line in this story is, “Even his family had forgotten about him.” An Indian man who spent more than 50 years in jail without trial has been awarded 300,000 rupees ($6,800; £3,800) compensation by the Supreme Court. The court also awarded 77-year-old Machang Lalung 1,000 rupees a month. Mr Lalung was…
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Buddhist master to be mummified
Hmmm, doesn’t seem like a very Buddhist thing to do. But I am learning that there are all sorts of Buddhists… Buddhist monks in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh have decided to preserve the body of their master so he can be worshipped forever. Disciples of Yogi Amtrin, who died on 1 July…
Mysterious Volcano Movements
Watch out folks…something seems to be stirring under the big island of Hawaii…. Slump in volcano mystifies scientists HILO » The summit of Kilauea volcano slumped yesterday. Nobody knows why. The activity, similar to a balloon slowly losing air, was first noted at 5:45 a.m. By 4:20 p.m. the process, called deflation, had stopped after…
Report: Angelina Jolie Expecting Baby
Hmmm….and here I thought they were just friends…cd LOS ANGELES – Angelina Jolie is expecting a baby this summer with Brad Pitt, according to a report on the People magazine Web site. “Yes, I’m pregnant,” the magazine quoted Jolie as telling charity aid worker Monday in the Dominican Republic, where she is filming “The Good…
Cy the dead kitten
Okay, this is just too dusturbing not to post. Poor thing. Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was…
Where is N.Korea's Kim? Is he in China? Or in Russia? Did he fly?
The plot thickens further…is Kim Jong Il anywhere? Where’s Waldo? cd Where is N.Korea’s Kim? Officials hunt for clues – Yahoo! News UK SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Jong-il entered China for a rare overseas trip, but a day after the media reports first emerged mystery remained over the secretive communist leader’s agenda and…
What will you do for free photos?
Zeta…Thank you for sending this to me…I laughed my ass off…to the rest of you…enjoy…! cd Free Photos
From the margins of society, a lust for literature
I am sometimes guilty of using my friends as a window to the world…this is, of course, hardly a cross section of any society. My friends are generally highly educated, well read, or at the very least more interested in understanding life than Wheel of Fortune…. Still, it is nice to imagine America heading in…
An interesting graphic…
I like this…I bet you do too…lol cd
M3 becomes a liability for the Fed
I don’t claim to understand this but Chuck at accesstrading.com sent it to me, so I’m sure that the implications are profound…could you explain a bit Chuck? cd M3 becomes a liability for the Fed M3 becomes a liability for the Fed