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STRANGE SOUNDS’ HEARD WORLDWIDE — WHAT IS IT? / ALEX COLLIER'S BAD NEWS

by: maboulette

Most explanations for the strange sounds worldwide phenomenon are being attributed to either man-made activity or something paranormal. But does the answer actually lie in The Holy Bible?

As the frenzy over the strange sounds heats up, it was only a matter of time before religious people chimed in, citing Bible verses and pointing to this curiosity as a portent of Armageddon. For non-believers, it’s easier to think the weird noises being heard worldwide are explained by nature or intervention by mankind.

But considering this religious angle seriously leads to the conclusion that the Bible does have a lot to say, and that, as usual, it is knowledge which goes back to the Ancients.

Some believes the strange sounds are being made by a Shofar, an ancient horn used to bring down the walls of Babylon and still revered to this day. 

Revelation 1:10-11, might explain these weird sounds are explained.

“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”

Of course, one must be a believer in Christianity to give this theory weight, but it is striking that the Bible has predicted this phenomenon so chillingly. Many commenters on videos of this global happening liken the booming noises worldwide to that of a trumpet call. And sprinkled throughout the responses are other, more supporting bible verses seemingly predicting this event.

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Why Cinema Audiences Are So Furious About The Devil Inside / An Investigation Into The Invisible World

by Brendon Connelly

Despite it winning at Friday’s box office with almost $17 million, and being on track to close out the weekend in the number one position, the found-footage horror film The Devil Inside is leaving audiences up in arms – and I’ve heard first hand of several crowds pretty much flipping out as the end credits roll.

The market research company CinemaScore use exit polls to grade audience reaction and publish the results and, for the first time that I can remember, they’ve attributed a film the bottom-tier F grade. This just doesn’t happen. In CinemaScore terms, any F is an epic F.

A Paramount exec has responded to the F grade, e-mailing Deadline to say:

People love us or hate us but I think evil spirits corrupted CinemaScore’s model. Because the breakdown was ‘A’ = 16%, ‘B’ = 18%, ‘C’ = 24%, ‘D’ = 23%, ‘F’ = 19%. I’ll admit I went to public school but I think this should have got us a ‘C’!

Whatever the grade, these numbers show an unusual swing towards lower results. And it seems there’s a pretty simple reason why the audience are reacting this way – but to tell you what it is, I have to deliver a spoiler, of sorts.

Now, I haven’t seen it with my own two eyes but the film apparently ends in a very unorthodox and abrupt manner.

Very unorthodox and abrupt. And then a URL and message appear on the screen, directing the audience to “find out more” online.

You may recall a similar debacle with the Red Riding Hood tie-in novel, where the final chapter was missing and only published on the web after the movie had opened.

But this isn’t a tie-in piece of merchandise, this is the actual primary artefact. This is the film itself. You’ll pay your ten dollars – or even worse, pounds – and you take your seat and you give it the benefit of the doubt. And then, in the end… you’ll be spat out and told to go online to scratch around in the search for a conclusion to your experience.

The URL that appears on the screen is The Rossi Files. Should you visit it you’ll see that there’s a series of fake newspaper articles and bits of backstory bric a brac, and a few more video clips.

Interestingly, none of them offer any kind of resolution. Little Bleeders have confirmed that even after they went home, logged on and trawled through this site, they were still left without any kind of narrative closure.

Anecdotal evidence canvassed by Bleeding Cool suggest that audiences are errupting into booing and leaving the cinema angry. Many people have been seen asking for their money back. We’ve called in reports from five separate screenings and every single one, we’ve been told, ended with the audience enraged.

Now, I haven’t seen The Devil Inside and, really, until now, I hadn’t much wanted to. But now I’m curious. Is this ending as flat-out insulting as the widespread dissatisfaction suggests? Or is it a misunderstood provocation (cf. The Last Exorcism)? Mob mentality certainly has a history of getting things wrong.

An Investigation Into The Invisible World

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Add slaves to a math equation and what do you get: Upset parents in Gwinnett County / The Handbook of Human Ownership

by Maureen Downey

I understand cross pollination between subjects, but interjecting slave imagery into a math problem without any context does not seem to fit the bill.

As a parent, I would have been dismayed to discover my 9-year-old figuring out such math problems as, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?”

And parents in Gwinnett were perplexed and disturbed by such math questions on a third grade math worksheet, according to Channel 2 Action News.

According to the AJC:

One word problem stated, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” Another said, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?”

Such questions can evoke bitter memories in Georgia, where African Americans were enslaved for generations until the Civil War and the elimination of slavery.

“It kind of blew me away,” Christopher Braxton, a parent of a child at Beaver Ridge Elementary School, told Channel 2. “I was furious. … Something like this shouldn’t be embedded into a kid of the third, fourth, fifth, any grade.”

Another Beaver Ridge parent, Terrance Barnett, said, “I’m having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery or slave or beatings is in a math problem. So that hurts.”

Gwinnett County School District officials said teachers were attempting to incorporate history into math lessons. “Teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity,” district spokeswoman Sloan Roach told Channel 2. Roach acknowledged the questions gave no context for the issues they raised.

“We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that these questions were not appropriate,” she said. Parents told Channel 2 that the school’s principal was collecting the assignments and would shred them so they wouldn’t be circulated.

Officials said that under district policy, the worksheet should have been reviewed before being handed out to students, but that process was not followed in this situation. They said they would work with math teachers to come up with more appropriate questions.

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Americans Think Science Will Save the Economy / The Venus Project

By BusinessNewsDaily Staff

What does your average American think is the key to economic recovery? Science, according to new research.

According to a compilation of polls, science have benefited society and have helped make life easier for most people. A vast majority (91 percent) also believe that research and development are important to their state's economy.

However, nearly 60 percent of Americans don't believe we are making enough progress in medical research, and 54 percent don't believe the U.S. has the best health care system in the world. Additionally, most believe the lack of progress is affecting America's ability to be competitive, with 77 percent saying that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge in science, technology and innovation.

"Americans support further investment in health research and have indicated that the federal government must do more to sustain and build our economy," said Research!America chair and former Illinois Congressman John Porter, head of the organization that conducted the polls. "Scientific research has proven to be an emerging, economic driver in cities that have committed to building their life sciences industry. To secure our position as a leader in science and innovation, we need to elect officials that will support a robust investment in research. That is why the 2012 elections are critical to our nation's well-being."

The majority of Americans also believe that investing in health research is important to job creation, economic recovery and global competitiveness, and they are willing to pay for it. For example, half of those surveyed are willing to pay $1 per week more in taxes if they knew that the money would be allocated for medical research.

"These findings offer an intriguing look at how research impacts so many aspects of our lives and why it must be more of a focal point in the national conversation, particularly during an election year," said Mary Woolley, president and chief executive officer of Research!America. "Looking at science as a solution to our economic woes and health challenges is a smart strategy for elected officials and candidates. Americans see science as a solution, and our public policy should reflect that."

Grooming the next generation of scientists is also key to our country's health and prosperity, Porter said. More than 70 percent of Americans believe that the federal government should place more emphasis on the number of American students who pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers.

The poll data summary also provides a glimpse into some of the top health policy issues for 2012, such as rising obesity rates in this country.

"We need an integrated strategy involving both the public and private sector to address the obesity epidemic," said Woolley. According to America Speaks!, 52 percent of Americans say government should play a role in prevention research to help Americans make behavioral changes that can help them overcome obesity, smoking and other hazardous and costly health threats.

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'Discovery of a lifetime': Stone Age temple found in Orkney is 800 years older than Stonehenge - and may be more important / Kymatica

By TED THORNHILL

A 5000-year-old temple in Orkney could be more important than Stonehenge, according to archaeologists.

The site, known as the Ness of Brodgar, was investigated by BBC2 documentary A History of Ancient Britain, with presenter Neil Oliver describing it as ‘the discovery of a lifetime’.

So far the remains of 14 Stone Age buildings have been excavated, but thermal geophysics technology has revealed that there are 100 altogether, forming a kind of temple precinct. 

‘It’s opening a window onto the mysteries of Neolithic religion.’

Experts believe that the site will give us insights into what Neolithic people believed about the world and the universe.

Nick Card, an archaeologist from the University of the Highlands and Islands, said: ‘It’s an archaeologist’s dream site. The excitement of the site never fades.

‘This site is a one-off.’

Professor Mark Edmonds from the University of York, meanwhile, describes the excavation as ‘a site of international importance’.

Some parts of the temple are 800 years older than Stonehenge, which lies 500 miles to the south in Wiltshire.

The site is very close to the Ring of Brodgar stone circle and the standing stones of Stenness and is surrounded by a wall believed to have been 10-feet high.

Archaeologists found red zigzag lines on some of the buildings’ inner walls that they believe is Stone Age art – the oldest ever found.

So far only around 10 per cent of the site has been examined – and it could take decades to uncover and analyse everything there. 

Kymatica