June 2, 2003 Spirit One Weekly eNews

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June 2, 2003 Spirit One Weekly eNews ISSN: 1543-8074eMail Issue ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Welcome to "This Week in the News" Inside this Issue:What's NewAncient Culture - ArchaeologyAnnouncementsAstronomyContemporary Health-Mind/Body PracticesAstrology - DivinationEarth ChangeseBiz - eMarketingEcology - EnvironmentalHumorMind - Spirit - Studies Misc. NewsNews - PoliticsOpinionsParanormalRelationshipsScience - TechnologySpace MissionsSpiritualityUFO's - ET'sWorld Religions - Faiths - PracticesWriters CornerSponsor's~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What's New~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~To read this issue on line go to:http://www.newageinfo.netClick on the "Enter" LinkOn the new site, scroll down that main pagefor all of this weeks news and articles.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ancient Culture - Archaeology~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Archaeology Project in Bulgaria Sheds Light on AncientWine Orgies An archaeology project in Bulgaria is the key tounderstand what ancient mystery rituals said toinvolve wine orgies really looked like. At anexcavation site in Southeastern Bulgaria -- HalkaBunar -- indigenous archeologists explore an ancientThracian sanctuary for a third year in a row. Theirdiscoveries begin to shed light on what is still ariddle to modern science.Mystery rituals were performed only by adepts sworninto silence so they remained a puzzle throughout themillennia. "Really there must have been wine inabundance," the chief of the project, Milena Tonkova,confirmed in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.She said that the bulk of the prolific finds at HalkaBunar were namely cups.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=229 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Announcements~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Calling all writers! We Want your articles!Our New site opens Monday June 9th! Get your Articles to us today!NEW - Writers: submit your articles online!Follow this link and post your articles and/or newsstories Now!http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=Submit_NewsNote: if your articles are already online, simply postthe urlOn our site at the link above!This is an amazingly quick and easy system! Allarticles arePosted within 24 hours of submission.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Astrology - Divination~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Sun Signs - Becoming Who You Are.Astrology is made up of symbols, and the mostsignificant symbol is your Sun Sign. No, we're nottalking about the Sun Signs in the newspaper - are youkidding? We're talking about using what that symbolrepresents as the cosmos giving you the most valuableclues it can - your spiritual identity and yourpurpose for this lifetime. Are you listening? If you are, you're working hard at becoming your SunSign. You are NOT your Sun Sign automatically whenyou're born. Actually, you're more your MOON Sign! It isn't until about age thirty that the real shiftusually takes place, and you start becoming who youwere meant to be. Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=249 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*** Please Note: The weekly horoscope arrives in theafternoon on Monday. You canRead it online as soon as we receive it.http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/index.php~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Astronomy~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Our Solar System as Seen by Alien Astronomers .If alien astronomers from a nearby star system pointedtheir version of the Hubble Space Telescope at Earth,astronomer Markus Landgraf believes they would not seeour planet but they would find hints of our presence. With their infrared camera, the smart aliens woulddetect a vast donut-shaped ring of dust with a classichole in the middle, all surrounding a yellow star. Alittle math, Landgraf says, and they could deduce thepresence of a large planet, like Jupiter, that hadcleared out the hole. They would also spot Neptune'ssignature scrawled in the dust.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=231 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Contemporary Health-Mind/Body Practices~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Over Time, People 'Catch Mood' of Friends, LoversNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Laugh and the world laughswith you, the saying goes, and this is especially truefor couples and roommates, the results of a new studysuggest. It seems that couples and roommates tend to havesimilar emotional reactions as time goes by. So ifyour roommate or lover laughs out loud at movies orgets weepy over hurt puppies, you may too -- giventime. This so-called emotional convergence seems to bebeneficial to friendships and romantic relationships,making them stronger and longer lasting.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=248 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Earth Changes~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~UM Research Shows Up To Half Of Earth's SurfaceWarming Could Be The Result Of Changes In Land UseCOLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Land use changes in the UnitedStates are responsible for a significant portion ofthe country's temperature increase over the past fivedecades, says a University of Maryland study publishedin this week's issue of the journal Nature. Thefindings suggest that land use changes are responsiblefor more of the rise in global temperatures thanscientists previously had thought, say authors EugeniaKalnay and Ming Cai, scientists in the university'sdepartment of meteorology.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=226 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ eBiz - Marketing~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Birth of a Successful Internet Business Part 2 of10 -- Tools of the Trade By Shelley LoweryAn important part of developing a successful Internetbusiness is setting up your office space. Whether youoperate your business from an office building or outof yourhome, having your own "space" is an essential part ofyoursuccess.Your office space should be used exclusively for yourbusiness and be set up to best suit your needs.Below, are some suggestions to assist you in settingup youroffice:Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=280 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ecology - Environment~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The hellbender's swaggering name belies its delicatenature The Hellbender salamander - the largest in NorthAmerica - is declining in Arkansas and Missouri, and ateam of biologists is determined to unravel themystery before the 2.5-foot-long amphibian requireslisting as a threatened species. By definition, a hellbender is both reckless andextreme, but a subspecies of the largest salamander inNorth America, called hellbender, is neither. But it'sfaced with a somewhat reckless, extreme - and sudden -decline in its population, and that has biologistsconcerned.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=263 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Humor~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Hope this Makes you Smile EVER WONDER where we are headed... ...why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens ourskin? ...why women can't put on mascara with their mouthclosed? ...why you don't ever see the headline "Psychic WinsLottery"? ...why "abbreviated" is such a long word? ...why doctors call what they do "practice"?Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=213 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Mind - Spirit Studies~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Gemstone Deva Daily Update... 6/2Recommended Stones for today:Turquoise & Orange MoonstoneTurquoise: Turquoise is a protective stone, itprotects humans and animals against outside negativeinfluences. It is also an excellent protector fortravellers and in your car, you can keep a piece ofTurquoise in your car as protection stone. Turquoisepromotes relationships and gives its wearer wealth. Itabsorbs damaging vibrations and dispells the evil eye.It protects young children and helps deal withnegative experiences. It promotes faithfullness inlove and protects the virtues, promotes meditation andfulfills wishes. The stone will change colour when itswearer is sick or in danger, brings its wearer goodluck. It is a friendship stone. Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=222 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Misc. News~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~State Set to Let 12-Year-Old Archers Hunt BearsALBANY (Reuters) - Brats taking on bears? This summercould see children as young as 12 in New York's ruralforests hunting big game, like bears and deer, withbows and arrows. The move comes as the state's Senate votedoverwhelmingly on Wednesday, by a vote of 55-7, tolower the age at which children can get a juniorarchery license to 12 from 14. The legislation was introduced to equalize the age forboth junior hunting and junior archery. Before thebill, junior archers had to be 14 and were onlyallowed to hunt small game while 12-year-olds with gunlicenses were able to hunt bears and other big game.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=241 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ News - Politics~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Florida Repeals 'Scarlet Letter' Adoption Law By DANA CANEDYMIAMI, May 30 - Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill todayrepealing the state's "Scarlet Letter" law thatrequired single women planning to put their infants upfor adoption to first publish their sexual historiesin a newspaper if they did not know the identity ofthe father.A 2001 bill including a series of adoption-lawrevisions passed by large margins in both the FloridaHouse and Senate and became law when Mr. Bush declinedto veto it, with the understanding that thelegislature would revise the publication provision.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=216 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Opinions - Editorials~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Blue Pill Choice The Spacefaring Web 3.11by John Carter McKnightScottsdale - May 29, 2003In The Matrix, the hero chooses the red pill,symbolizing awareness and the struggle for humanfreedom. Most of the space community, along with muchof our society as a whole, however, hasenthusiastically embraced the blue pill alternative -willful ignorance and life in a fantasyland. Only byconsistently "just saying no" to those blue pillchoices will we get into space to stay.The Matrix, and its current sequel, The MatrixReloaded, portrays the real world as a place ofstruggle - grubby, unglamorous, dangerous andchallenging.The computer-generated fantasy world of the Matrix, bycontrast, is a place where skills can be instantlyuploaded rather than slowly mastered, where pesky lawsof nature can be circumvented, and where style pointsdefinitely matter.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=257 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Paranormal~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Spirits soar at conclave on UFOs, paranormalBy Jennifer SullivanTimes Snohomish County bureauEmployees at the Radisson Hotel near Seattle-TacomaInternational Airport have their own ghost stories. A sudden gust of wind pushing a heavy chair across thelobby, visits from a longtime-but-now-dead guest, andmaids hearing children giggling and running down thehalls when no one is there.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=250 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Relationships~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Soul Mate Relationship and Personal Growth Newsletter "Keeping your Relationship out of the Trash Can"By Susie and Otto CollinsThe other day Otto tried to throw a piece of paperinto the trash can that sits by his desk in our office.Eventhough he was just 4 feet away, he missed the can andthe paper fell on the floor. A few minutes later, he attempted to throw another piece of paper in the trashcan and this time it went in on the first try.Here's what we learned about the similarities betweenthrowing paper in a trash can and having a successfuland happy relationship.This is the same way it works in relationships. Ittakesthe same amount of "effort" to create a greatrelationship as it does to create a poor one.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=199 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Science - Technology~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Science's Big Query: What Can We Know, and What Can'tWe? SCIENCE JOURNAL By SHARON BEGLEY The Wall Street JournalWhat if stalactites could talk? If these icicle-shapedmineral deposits somehow preserved the sound wavesthat impinged on them as they grew, drop by drop, fromthe ceilings of caves, and if scientists figured outhow to recover the precise characteristics of thosewaves, then maybe they would also be able to usestalactites like natural voice recorders and recoverthe conversations of ancient cave dwellers. Is it morefar-fetched than recovering conversations frommagnetized particles on an audio tape?Such blue-sky speculation lies at the heart of anambitious enterprise: To parse the natural world intothe known, the unknown and the unknowable.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=274 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Space Missions~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~'Curse of Mars' Casts Shadow Over New Space MissionBy Dmitry Solovyov BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A new Mars mission,touted as the most thorough investigation yet of theRed Planet, is due to blast off Monday, battlingagainst the bad luck that has dogged past missions toEarth's neighbor. The $300 million euro Mars Express, the first fullyEuropean mission sent to any planet, will try to findout if there is, or ever was, life on Mars. But the European Space Agency's (ESA) mission atRussia's Baikonur cosmodrome, on the arid steppes ofthe central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, can hardlyforget that 20 of the 30 missions to Mars have beenless than successful.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=237 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Spirituality~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Dalai Lama: Tibet's spiritual heartthrob?Berlin - Numerous women have over the years offered tomarry the Dalai Lama, the celibate Tibetan spiritualleader told a German magazine.The exiled leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner toldthe weekly Die Welt am Sonntag, due to appear onSunday, that many women have followed him on histravels and "lots of them have said they wanted tomarry me".The Dalai Lama had addressed an ecumenical gatheringof Germany's young Christians in Berlin on Friday.He said he did not watch all the films that have beenmade about him. "We are subjected to so manydeceptions and illusions, there is no need to imposesupplementary ones," he said.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=223 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ UFO's - ET's~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Ufologists Pick up IntraTerrestrial Waves** Ufologists recorced electromagnetic signals andradiation emanating from an underground source** Two scientists affiliated to the Fundación InstitutoBiofísico de Investigaciones (FICI) headquartered inLa Matanza and directed by Pedro Romaniuk, one of themost well-known analysts of the UFO phenomenon and anauthor of 20 books on the subject, claimed havingpicked up radioactive signatures, microwaves, levelsof electricity and oscillations originating from thedepths of the earth. Omar Hesse and Jorge Millstein surveyed the mountainssurrounding Cachi last week -- 157 km from the capitaland 2,280 meters above sea level. After applying aRussian tester in the vicinity of the Nevado de Cachi,they concluded that the signals are not natural inorigin, and rather originate by machinery operated byintelligent beings (sic). Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=255 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ World Religions - Faiths - Practices~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Witches' Market in Bolivia Sees Brisk Sales in SpellsZoltan IstvanNational Geographic TodayMay 30, 2003Barren 12,000-foot (3,650-meter) peaks rise sharplyaround La Paz, Bolivia, the world's highest capital at11,200 feet (3,400 meters). On Cerro Cumbre, a mountain clearing that La Pazresidents call holy ground, the wind carries thesmoke-and smell-of animal sacrifice. Margarita Quispe Acho, a self-described witch, isperforming a ritual that her grandmother taught her.Through prayer and a burnt offering of llama fetuses,Acho asks Pachamama, a god that many Bolivians callMother Earth, to bring health, happiness, andespecially prosperity. Acho and other witches, medicine women, folk doctors,astrologers, fortunetellers, and sorcerers live andwork on the Calle Linares, a cobblestone street in anold quarter of La Paz known for generations as theMercado de las Brujas, or Witches' Market.Read the entire article and the rest of this sectionon line at:http://www.newageinfo.net/nuke/html/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=270 & mode= & order=0 & thold=0~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Writers Corner~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~This section is coming soon!Submission GuidelinesSpirit One - eNews & eZine Submission Guidelines Spirit One is an Interactive Publication dedicated tobringing the latest News, Articles, Resources andInformation to the online New Age/Metaphysicalcommunity. Our intent is to report on events, activities,projects, people, avenues and methods of implementingany of the various New Age/Metaphysical techniques andinformation. 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