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There is Physical Evidence of Reincarnation
The idea of life after death has captivated human beings from the beginning of their history, when the most primitive forms of spirituality came into existence. Questions of the soul, heaven, a light at the end of the tunnel, God, and our purpose on earth have never lessened in abundance. Thousands of major and minor religions have attempted to answer these questions to provide for an explanation for the world's mechanics and a meaning of humanity's placement in the world. Each has produced its own interpretation as to what will occur when our eyes close for the final time. And while none of these beliefs have been universally proven or shared, each has managed to acquire its own following of believers.
Today, after the Scientific Revolution and the rationality to which it has given birth, many are uncertain as to which "Universal Truth" holds the true set of rules governing the workings of the universe. Several religions have been denounced, especially the major ones (Christianity, Islam, etc.), for being monopolies on people's minds and guiding them down a narrow, tunnel-vision path. Therefore, with the great variety of voices and the presence of doubt linked to anything spiritual, it is difficult to form any assumption about what lies beyond the borders of life.
An Answer After All?
There are a series of fascinating occurrences which may finally provide an explanation to the most popular question in human history. This phenomenon revolves around the idea that human beings will live or have lived other lives after dying. Reincarnation, or being incarnated into another body, is central to the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, but is a part of a number of other belief systems as well. Some think that there are references to reincarnation in Christianity, although the majority of Christians do not agree. But the evidence does not come from religious sources; ordinary people and events serve as possible examples.
Verified Personal Accounts
Literally thousands of children across the globe have recalled detailed past lives. While critics claim that the accounts might be influenced by parents and other sources, some have been checked out and proven to be quite accurate recollections of deceased persons' lives.
- James Leininger – Obsessed with airplanes from the age of 2, James fascinated his parents by recalling very specific information about aircraft, from the names of different war planes to the names of specific parts on the vehicles. He had frequent nightmares of crashing his plane into a mountain that would wake him up in panics. The Leiningers became very engaged when their son began to tell them about his life as James M. Huston Jr., a fighter pilot who was supposedly killed in air combat. His parents did some research only to find that Huston really did exist and that his plane was shot down at Iwo Jima during the Second World War. The child was taken to Anne Barron, sister of the killed pilot, who verified the boy's details about her brother.
- Numerous accounts verified by Dr. Ian Stevenson
- Born in Delhi, India, Gopal, a three year old boy, spoke about living in a city called Mathura which was 160 miles from where he lived. Among other details, he claimed to have owned a medical company and to have been shot by his brother. It was researched and found that the name Gopal had provided as that of his company, Sukh Shancharak, was in fact the very name of the shot man he had been describing.
- In Beirut, a young boy described in detail his past life of being a mechanic killed by being thrown from his car. The specific facts he provided, including his age and family members' and friends' names, checked out to be true. He was even able to recall the exact location of the accident which took his life. There was no reason to suspect the two families had ever come into contact with one another.
Dr. Stevenson's well known Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation contains such investigations, and is a very convincing source for anyone interested in pursuing further research on the topic.
Books by Dr. Ian Stevenson
Matching Scars and Birthmarks
One of the most astounding pieces of physical evidence for reincarnation lies in scars and birthmarks on children that correspond to wounds on a deceased person's body. They are oftentimes in the same shape as the wound occurring in a child's past life memory of an injury. The wounds are also verified by medical records, such as photographs and documents created for autopsy reports. According to Dr. Ian Stevenson, the leading authority on reincarnation research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, some of the children have scar tissue too abnormally shaped and closely matching to be labeled purely coincidental. Examples of such marks include:
- scattered markings on a child's chest that match with a shotgun blast to the victim's chest
- scars on the exact area on the back of the head where the victim was knifed
- a boy born almost absent of fingers on one hand matching the described person's amputated fingers
More examples of these findings along with photographs can be found in Dr. Stevenson's book Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect.
Speaking Unlearned Languages
Xenoglossy is the phenomenon in which a person is able to speak a language he or she has never learned. For example, a fluent German speaker who has had no contact with the German language either at home or has never been to Germany displays xenoglossy. Although quite rare, this has been scientifically observed and is another possible piece of evidence supporting reincarnation. Skeptics claim that young children, whose brains are sponges for information, can learn words and phrases of foreign languages through exposure from sources outside the home environment. However, a child's intonation, the characteristic pitch and tone associated with a language or dialect, when speaking the language, is more difficult to explain. Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy is a book entirely dedicated to the scientific study of xenoglossy.
Past-Life Regression
A fourth type of evidence, although less testable and reliable than the other three, is past-life regression. Past-life regression is a hypnotic technique in which the patient is put into a trance and guided by a series of questions into the vivid memory of her past-life or lives. The memory can be and often is as realistic as real life and memories in the current life. People who pursue the method are usually those with a desire for a spiritual experience or those who try it as a form of therapy. Interestingly, the majority of those who are in favor of the technique are slightly inclined to believe in reincarnation, while those who follow a religion in which it is preached do not advocate its undertaking.
Learn more about past life regression
The typical session between the patient and therapist takes place in private, and lasts between about one to one and a half hours. First, the two converse about the patient's situation, expectations, and the procedure. Then, the patient relaxes and falls into a trance, in which she is still conscious to come out at any desired moment. The therapist often speaks of entering a portal, a door for example, through which the patient accesses the memories of another life. Throughout the process, the patient and therapist exchange words, the former speaking of her observations and emotions as the latter questions and guides her. After the regression, the results are analyzed.
Past-life regression is commonly performed as a remedy to one's personal, often unexplained issues. According to regression psychotherapists such as Brian L. Weiss, M.D., recurring nightmares, anxiety attacks, and irrational phobias may be symptoms of disturbing past life experiences. While criticized for producing false, historically inaccurate, and even harmful memories, it has proven to have a therapeutic effect in many cases. Whether true or false, the experiences have shown to cure a number of problems: depression, anxiety, phobias, and other psychological and behavioral issues.
Examples of past live regression experiences include:
- An only-Chinese speaking surgeon from China experiencing and describing in fluent English her life in 1850s San Francisco.
- A woman who drowned in her past life 4,000 years ago, after undergoing the regression, no longer having the phobia of drowning in her current life.
- A childless woman experiencing her life as a Native American being killed and leaving her children behind.
- Being overweight in her current life and seeing herself as a starving villager foraging for food and dying of starvation.
Believers, open-minded individuals, and skeptics alike can undergo past life regression to see what results from the session. Therapists claim that it works on approximately 70-80% of patients.
A Conclusion?
Although some pieces of evidence, as past-life regression, can be heavily criticized for their unreliability, others are rather difficult to concretely denounce. It is strange to think how the almost-unbelievable stories of hundreds of children can be matched with real events, how the odd markings on a child can correspond to the wounds on an identified, deceased body. Reincarnation remains a topic thirsty for research. While it will never be accepted by everyone, as no belief has ever been, the phenomena surrounding the concept of life after death allows for hope that something does wait beyond the end.
Do you believe in reincarnation?
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1. The present is a special (moving) point in long length (long segment) of time.
2. "To me", existence of I is a special (peculiar, unique, only one) existence.
3. "To me", the span of years in which I live (my lifetime) is a special span.
4. "To me", overlap of 1 and 3 is unthinkable, unimaginable (if life is only once).
5. Answer to 4, after death, existence of I will revive. Thus, life will be eternal. Also it must be the same for all.
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I know about my previous birth. Guru of my past life has revealed this to me about 15 years back. According to this revelation I am Kamta Prasad Sinha (name of my previous birth) and I was the Fourth Spiritual Head of Radhasoami Faith (Dayalbagh Group) and I was known as His Holiness Sarkar Sahab.
In my previous birth I was recognized as a Guru/Saint. In my present birth I am not a recognized Guru/Saint. It makes no difference as is evident from: " I was also a Spiritual Leader in my previous birth. I was the Fourth Spiritual Leader of Radhasoami Faith from 1907-1913. My name was Kamta Prasad Sinha. In this birth too I am working like an Spiritual Leader. I have discovered mathematical formula for Spiritual Quotient and for Emotional Quotient. I have given a definition of mind for scientific study. I have developed Gravitational Force Theory of God. I have also established an analogy between practice of meditation and psychotherapeutic techniques. All these are necessary for the establishment of Universal Religion for which I am actively working."
Reincarnation fits very well into the theory of a perfect God who is Divine Love: reincarnation does not condemn people to endless torment but opens the way for souls to evolve.
Science does in fact concur with this if we study the theorems of Kurt Godel(a believer and the successor to Einstein).
I think that just like science had to catch up to science fiction, physics has to catch up to metaphysics. I have read a lot about past life regression, and there is a lot of evidence to believe reincarnation is true. My son teaches martial arts, and has one 4 year old student. He once said, "I used to be a Ninja, but now I'm little again and have to start all over." He didn't make that up. An author named Michael Newton writes and interviews many people on this subject.
I don't consider myself a Christian, although I think Jesus existed and was probably the most psychic person who lived. Much of the time he spent on Earth his whereabouts are not known, but many believe he was studying in India. The type of Christian who has to mock what you wrote probably has never read the Bible, and doesn't realize much of what Jesus said supports reincarnation. He said to get into heaven, you had to "become like a child." After his death, he came back in a different physical form, and even his disciples did not recognize him. From what I read, birthmarks, personality and some of your looks do not change all that much from incarnation to incarnation. Plus reincarnation helps me to understand why bad things happen to good people. The law of Karma is alive and well. And energy cannot be created or destroyed. So where does our life energy go when we die?
@ ramunematt
It is your choice to not believe in reincarnation. But discrediting facts like Xenoglossy, PLR etc. shows the superstition you have in illogical thinking. It is no different from religious fanaticism.
When a child can reconstruct entire events matching with historical records and not "guessworks" or "fairy tales," there is something modern science has not well documented. .
Ian Stephenson work is probably the beginning of scientifically documenting this.
Modern science itself is presently manipulated for commercial gain.
Hi, I am very interested in the subject. I am not a young man but am open minded and I am a Catholic. The Church does not believe in it. I have read their views. My insides told me to check it out and that is what I am doing. I will order the book described earlier. I like the fact of having today's incidents to read about and think about. Thank you. My insides feel better about my paying attention.
Reincarnation has become reality Its real Shocking Look at the evidence of that Little boy who recalls everything about world war 2 it was Reincarnated
Excellent article here. For me it's hard to believe life after death could be anything else.
Great article! Several years ago, I created a website as a clearinghouse (of sorts) for some of the best resources for information about reincarnation: ReincarnationTruth.com
One of the reasons I believe in reincarnation is because Einstein himself stated that energy can never just ... disappear. It will just transfer to something else. And, because as, as a child, I had always had vivid dreams of a life I can't currently remember. But still, to this day, I have vivid dreams about crazy and unrealistic things, and also the amount of talent I have had since I was a child. I have been able to draw realistically with exquisite detail (I drew a replica of the Mona Lisa), I write music (orchestral, and band), I write novels about an alternate universe, I design dresses, I am also hoping to start making weaponry, I am preparing for the the Marines' equivalent of Navy SEAL ... among other things ... my life itself just seems to be an interesting array of a bunch of past lives mashed together ... :/
When i employed to obtain at the top of living yet lately I've developed a new level of resistance.
Есть люди, которые по складу своей психики любить не умеют. Некоторые из них эмоционально холодные, равнодушные (это патология, диапазон которой достаточно широк - от психопатии до шизофрении), другие способны любить только себя (и это тоже патология - чаще всего психопатия). Эмоционально холодный человек даже не притворяется, что кого-то любит; влюбленный лишь в себя, он обычно создает видимость необыкновенной, возвышенной любви к человеку противоположного пола.
Карты Apple на iPad mini Камера Повторяя iPad 2 в аппаратной начинке, iPad mini заметно превосходит его в деле фото- и видеосъёмки. Над экраном у планшета установлена фронтальная HD-камера с матрицей 1,2 Мпикс, а сзади – основная iSight на 5 Мпикс, способная записывать HD-видео. Кстати, человек, фотографирующий на «мини», выглядит не так глупо, как если бы у него в руках был обычный iPad.
I have a couple flash backs, the most convincing was when I laid down one night and I wasn't asleep, I was tired, but had just laid down, then suddenly I was at a different time and place, it was very real,it was more then a vision, I could feel all my senses. I was on an old dirt road, there were wagons and soldiers on horseback going past me, one was pulling a wagon, these were union soldiers, I looked down on my arm, I had a uniform on, I had two big yellow stripes, I was a corporal in the Union army, I could smell the horse manure, the wagon splashed water on me, I was so amazed, then I started thinking about what was happening and it went away. This explained why I was so caught up with the Civil war when I was only five years old, and was always for the union. I do believe now in reincarnation. I even have a theory why.
"Most Christians Disagree" Who cares what the Christians believe? Belief is practically of no value in scientific research. Christians wrongfully "believe" that if they put their faith in a Jesus that never actually existed in history, that the "god" of the bible will give them eternal life. This is the same god responsible for ordering the murder of babies. But yes, the Gospels even though fictitious and mythological writings do demonstrate that the writers believed in Reincarnation. "Who do men say that I am?" Jesus said. To which the disciples responded " You are Elijah come back from the dead". To which Jesus did not disagree. Christianity killed a belief in reincarnation way back in its history and pronounced the teaching anathema. The Catholic church would not have a reason to exist and Christianity would be exposed as a farce if reincarnation were known to be true. There would be no need for a savior and no need for sacraments so no need for Catholicism. Reincarnation proves that humans are already eternal and that we evolve by our own will , work, and merit. Reincarnation explains so much and fills in the unknown gaps in psychology. Child prodigies....how could Mozart compose an entire symphony at 3 years old? And many children as young as 3 have been documented speaking 3-4 languages from birth. Reincarnation in the context of evolution is the only teaching that makes any sense at all and is the key that unlocks all human knowledge.
I strongly believe in reincarnation. In the holy Vagavad Gita, Almighty Krishna says that birth follows death and death follows rebirth. In physics, power is always unrest and change itself into others and it can not be created or destroyed forever. So soul is a kind of power that travels through changing the bodies...............email@example.com
The article mentioned how some people might know a language without having "learned" it. I'm not positive that reincarnation is real. I haven't seen it happen first hand. But I do know that some people just know how to do something. I worked with a woman when I and the other woman were in our early 20s. One day, we got to talking about strange things that we've encountered that couldn't be explained. She showed me something she couldn't explain. She was right-handed, and I had always seen her do everything with her right hand. She took out a piece of paper, picked up the pen (I don't remember if she picked it up with the right or left hand), and then started writing with her left hand. She had beautiful penmanship. The writing looked very old, like something out of the 1600-1800s. It was very beautiful, while her regular handwriting was normal and not as good looking. The second happening was when I gave birth to my first child. She never had to study how to read. I would read to her, and then ask her to read to me. She knew all the words. The same with art. Her artwork was like a 30-40-year adult when she was in her early teens, and she was (and still is) very fast at her artwork. She knows how to all styles of art using all mediums. But when she creates her own art, it has always from the very beginning had a French style to it, even before she knew French art. And then, even though I'm her mother, for some unknown reason, I feel she is older than me. I also feel we were very close sisters once. I will often have a slip of the tongue and say, "my sister" when I'm talking about her to others.
Anyone questioning life after death has to see this video. Scientific experiment that spanned 5 years that was observed by internationally credited independent researchers & scientists. Scientific proof of life after death.
I love sceince! :)
I always keep a healthy balance of open-mindedness and skepticism to reach my own conclusions. :)
Think about this..
You are chemicals, atoms, energy and various non living elements that are constructed by intrinsic order, a sequence of events that have taken place and come together in just the precise way that forms the evolved living thing that you are today.. Fact!
In saying this, it would also be logical to state that we are simply non-living things in the first place, we only perceive an illusion that we are actually alive. ;)
Whether it involves the development of the universe as a whole or evolution on Earth, there is this evident progress from simplicity to complexity taking place, branching out in to new possibilities and outcomes.
Genetics partially explains Reincarnation. One could expect that if the memories are from the same family tree where there is genetic material being passed down , a trigger could evoke memories captured from the environment, as in Epigenetics.
One would be hard pressed to explain away genetic material that stretches over distances and years.
Perhaps Jung's Univeral Subconsciousness or Sheldrake's
Morphogenesis amy explain these events.
Reincarnation remains a mystery.
well when your atoms ever combine again you will still be you again.. except it will be like brain surgery
well I think it is real but you don't reincarnate for like a few million or billion years. .or whenever your atoms accidentally turn themselves into a human
La REENCARNACION siempre ha sido un tema muy discutido, mi firme creencia en ello me hizo con el tiempo juntar informacion de el mundo entero, casi un TERCIO de la poblacion mundial cree en la REENCARNACION, pruebas y testimoniales estan por doquier, la pagina de su servidor se hizo pensadno en toda esa gente que cree en ello, ademas, es quiza la unica en el MUNDO ENTERO que ofrece la oportunidad de crear una CAPSULA DE ITMEPO, para que asi en un futuro quienes creemos en la REENCARNACION tengamos la segurida de quienes fuimos en una vida pasada.
Saludos a quienes tratan el tema de una forma seria.
P Bustamante
I am a Sikh. Infact all eastern religions teach reincarnation, karma. Reincarnation is nothing but your mind materialising what it wants (or what it is attached to the most). When the body dies.. the mind (emotions, thoughts, ideas)..dont die. The mind doesn't die. They still alive and materialise itself taking another body.
What you will be in your next birth totally depends on what your thoughts were during the moment you died and what your thoughts are going to be totally depends on how you have lived most of your life.
If most of your life, you spend hurting others..then that is what is going to be in your mind during the time of death and your next life will be the consequence of what you did in this life.
Its all KARMA... ACTION=REACTION.
well, i have a reccuring dream that i am a girl and i get crushed by something, then immediately after that i an ancient egyptian labourer carrying a sarcophagas into a pyramid and i fall down a hole. could this mean that i was an egyptian labourer in a past life?
i know it is hard to say about it,but if we believe in god,even we can not see it.so,what's bad here to believe in reincarnation.after all we have many evidences regarding this topic:)
i believe because i have body marks and my last memory of ma last birth. i dnt want to say anything more abt it. because this is very unshared truth that cant be understood by society or any religious ....! this is one of the personal but pure truth that is standing on religious beliefs and scientific formulas..which is the cruel part of this world.
I am a true believer of reincarnation. My sister Sadhana died on 21st December 2011. I daily pray to God that she might reincarnate and I shall meet her in her new life. I am posting this with a hope that if anyone ever knows somebody who says that she was having name sadhana in her past life, please let me know.
I am a true believer of reincarnation. My sister Sadhana died on 21st December 2011. I daily pray to God that she might reincarnate and I shall meet her in her new life. I am posting this with a hope that if anyone ever knows somebody who says that she was having name sadhana in her past life, please let me know.
I believe in reincarnation because I have vivid memories of my past life and I've tried to convince people to no avail. I know fo sure that souls reincarnate and people make choices before they become bodies. The whole of nature is alive and souls are in all living things. I remember choosing to be a man and not a woman because of menses. I just wonder why so few remember!
Most of these stories have people being reincarnated years and years later from their previous lives... but has there not been one in which the individual was reincarnated from the future? After all, time is not linear.
Very intresting topic. The cycles of the seasons and stars support this and how can a child remember their death and have a birth mark that matches the death and remember places they haven't been to that exists.
But people should try to be more open minded and agnostic.
It wouldn't surprise me if it exists.
reincarnation is absolutely real. We all carry impressions and memories and characteristics from the past. Reincarnation is the only theory that makes sense. For the first time in history, we can compare photos of modern people and compare them to their past life personalities. See www.johnadams.net
This is logical that reincarnation happens. Without reincarnation this life has no mean to live. I would like to die right now if there is no birth after death. We have strong examples that supports the reincarnation.
About the change in Earth's population, given that souls are non-material, they could come and go from the Earth and so souls may simply arrive from anywhere in the universe as needed.
If reincarnation is true, shouldn't there be more evidence? of 7 billion people leaving on earth, there should be more accurence of people remembering their past.
Because new soals are created all the time.
Ultimately the argument will fall based upon numbers. There must be a fixed quantity of souls to be reincarnated. Accepting this, how then can one explain the burgeoning human population?
Reincarnation is an interesting topic. However I am not sure whether afterlife exists or not. I was a Buddhist(Though I have left it now). I believe there are things that can not be explained using existing science. We have not discovered everything yet. For example, Is universe is finite or infinite... no one knows. Can that be explained using mathematics or science ? So looking at everything wearing the glass of science is idiotic. Consider this question..Does life exist after death ? All of you have the answer either YES or NO. Those two answers are from science. Because for a question like that we have only those answers. But what happens if we have another answer. That is neither YES nor NO. That is also possible.
Lorraine cut the bullshit.
Science does not have all the answers.
We live in a cynical age of doubters and coarse mouthed fools. Those of low moral standards are never eligible for higher things that require faith in the eternal truth. They who are determined to remain in ignorance and continue in their sinful activities are like owls. They remain in a hole in a tree and refuse to accept the light of the sun. They go down!
Those of you who are good and do good to others. Who have not become cynical have faith. They will go up.
Good luck
I am amazed that it doesn't appear to occur to anyone that while we seek explanations for unusual phenomena through science, we are labouring under the assumption that science, as we know it, already has all the answers. What unaccpetable arrogance it is to assume that science has already discovered all that there is to be learned. It is healthy to be skeptical but who is to say that there is no correlation between science and what we perceive as the metaphysical? I have experienced many unusual phenomena during my life for which I have no rational explanation and I continue to remain open minded about these. However what I do believe, is that at some point in the future scientists will discover the reasons for the existence of such things as reincarnation, telepathy and precognition and that they will become an accepted part of normality. Who, after all, even a hundred years ago, would have believed you would be able to talk to someone the other side of the world on a tiny oblong gadget that has no wires or communicate instantly to anyone anywhere in the world on a small machine you can carry in your pocket? If you went back even further with such beliefs, you might have been burned at the stake!
E=MC squared
'The Gods Of Eden' by William Bramley touches on reincarnation and is a very interesting book (although some parts may be false). You can read a PDF for free if you google search for it.
Actually I would like to believe that there is
reincarnation, because qualitiatively, I am interested
in leading a better life than I live at the moment.
However, as I understand there appears to be only Circumstantial Evidence for re-incarnation -
really hard clinching mathematically precision
really provable evidence is no there.
Could you comment on this?
Sanjay Dixit
Fantastic read I believe in this totally nice that others have a similar belief
Read, Holographic Universe by michael talbot.
Perfect description for how reincarnation might be operating.
Sure, it's controversial. But I always say this to determined sceptics - explain conscious awareness. They never can. That is the key point in all these things.
I don't just believe. I know reincarnation to be the Truth. The Christian church distorted and omitted this all important fact, which explains many unexplainable things like suffering and etc.
What do thinking people think about coming back to this world as someone else. The young mother holds her dying baby in her arms, it's just karma someone tells her that her child must die. She looks in to the persons eyes with a cold stare, is this what a loving GOD is about.
Sorry people but reincarnation is not what the simple answers you think it is.
In GODS peace and question what might tickle your ears.
What non sense are u giving regarding the scars on one's body..???Even if the person is the reincarnation of some previous soul,how can the scar which was on the soul's previous body appear on the new body??That old body is gone into the soil already..right???How can the soul carry the scar along with it and place it on it's new body..??????
This is an interesting subject, regardless of fact or fiction, everything seems to go through cycles whether it is life here on earth or the birth, death & re-birth of stars in the universe. It is all quite interesting, but it's even more perplexing when you throw in the possibility of extraterrestrials from other planets.
This isn't convincing evidence. A boy is obsessed about planes. A lot of kids are obsessed with planes. When I was little I was obsessed with dinosaurs, especially T-Rex, and I was able to name several behaviors and characteristics that other children and adults didn't know. Does that mean I was a T-Rex in a past life? Of course not, it just meant that I knew a lot about them. These parents took their child's fascination of planes and projected their own imagination onto it. For all they know, they could have subconsciously heard this information on the History Channel when they were younger. In the right circumstances they could even have been taught information and been tricked into thinking it actually happened to them, as does in cases where therapists suspect their patient has repressed memories (such as rape) then later on convince their patients that it actually happened when it didn't.
The birthmarks aren't convincing either. Children are born with birthmarks on [i]every[/i] part of their body in many different shapes.
[i]a boy born almost absent of fingers on one hand matching the described person's amputated fingers[/i]
I mean wtf? How superstitious are you to believe this is evidence of reincarnation? It's just a simple birth defect, tons of people are born without fingers, arms, eyes, etc.
Xenoglossy. Really? I wish they would try harder. My first language was Spanish and I'm American, born and raised. I don't speak it anymore, but I can understand it. That's because subconsciously I still retain all the information needed to speak Spanish, I simply don't have full access it consciously anymore. Childrens brains are like sponges, they soak all the information they've come across. There is nothing paranormal about it, it is just child psychology.
":Past-Life Regression", ha. This is even lazier than Xenoglossy. Once again, simple psychology and the use of the imagination.
Anyone who knows how to think critically will see right through this article, especially if they've dabbled in psychology. The people who wrote this article make tons of wide connections, but don't care to explain why. WHY are characteristics of the skin retained after being reincarnated? WHY would memory still be retained after reincarnation? WHY would linguistic skills be retained after being reincarnated? If they want to be taken seriously, they have to come to their own conclusions instead of pointing our their "evidence" and then saying "OOOOOOOOO you can't explain this through science! OOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's so mysterious OOOOOOOOO"
Reincarnation is a fascinating subject, even more so when there is possible evidence at hand. I'm always allured to the unknown. Anyway, I enjoyed this and thanks for writing such a nice piece.
I am only 14 but I find reincarnation and the unknown extremely interesting. When I am older I think I will go for a past-life regression! This is very interesting.
Great hub, im gonna link to you.
@Jaisimha: Are you trying to show your anger or dislike for Nehru or what? I didn't see any proof there.
Anyways, great hub !! I am beginning to like hubpages more n more.
i have a dog 1 year old behaves like human only eats indian food
I believe that we are connected in one way or another so yes, I think it is very possible.
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Several health including medical organizations have argue the motive of hamangioma. A number studies have made clear that the status of estrogen points to the outgrowth of hemangioma, while others suggest that it is evoke through a maternal placenta among its role in respect to maintaining some particles amongst gestation for a fetal dermis. Moreover, according to some doctors, genetic link cannot be lined out acting as one of the grounds of hemangioma in youth. Even though the grounds are still disputed, hemangioma's occurrence is neither peculiar. As well, premature babies, girls, twins and infants with casual skin color are further prone to hemangioma. The main symptoms with regard to hemangioma are; blue or red colored spot, that forms or regresses further depending among the type, and mostly manifest around the neck, head, upper back and chest.
Although I do not believe in reincarnation of the flesh I am however, at a lost - in most cases - for an explaination for the unexplained. I've heard of similar cases to the ones you described in your excellent hub. I am a believer of the paranormal but from a more logical viewpoint in that I believe everything can be explained either physically, pschologically, or spiritually. However, explaining it is not an attempt to disregard it or to pretend that the event does not, or did not take place. For an example when we talk about unexplained spiritual forces of the paranormal what we're really discussing are everyday events which, if studied from an objective viewpoint can in fact, be explained but only from the spiritual realm it originated. We attempt to defind spiritual abnormalities from a non spiritual viewpoint and the explanation is always illusive. To define an explanation for a paranormal activity require an understanding of the paranormal - which goes far beyond a basic understanding of matter, by which we can see, touch, smell, or taste. Paranormal activies or events has no relationship to these properties except through the limitations of conscious mind which unfortunatly only recognizes matter. The subsconcious mind crosses borders of both the real and unreal and it is this mind that mankind has not mastered yet.
Anyway, I am rambling. THis is a great hub which strikes to the core of my interests in atttempting to defind an explanation for the unknown.
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Great examples and lots of food for thought on this topic. Very engaging hub!
You give a convincing argument for reincarnation. I have heard of the Past Life Regression technique, but not the stories of the children. This is a very interesting hub!


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I recently ran across an article that talked about a popular Valentine's Day tradition from eighteenth centuryEngland. Single young women would put bay leaves under their pillows at night, believing they would dream of their true love. This is just the kind of folklore I love. It also inspired me to think of another great way to express love with plants and flora this Valentine's Day. Combing things like bay leaves (laurel) or rosemary (traditional English symbol of fidelity) with traditional Valentine's Day flowers like roses brings a twist of tradition and fun superstition to the holiday. I personally prefer creating arrangements with flowers, plants, and herbs that are full of meaning. I like to attach a card to the arrangement explaining what each plant is and what it represents. It gives so much meaning to the gift. Tell your sweetheart she is the woman of your dreams with a bouquet of bay leaves and roses. Promise your unswerving devotion with a bunch of fresh rosemary. An arrangement of hyacinth tells him you will love him for as long as time endures. How beautiful that we can express the most beautiful of emotions with some of the most beautiful creations in nature.
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Celebrating Gold - Australia women celebrate after they won the final of the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay on Day One of the London 2012 Olympic Games.Read More
The Dirty Game - 2 schools battle the elements as well as each other to make the next round of the Schools' Cup Rugby Tournament.Read More
24 hours in Ulster - 24 hours in Northern Ireland during 'The Twelfth' which is the most important date in the Orange Order calendar and marks the anniversary of King William's Battle of the Boyne victory. Bonfires are set on fire the night before Orangemen and women parade across the Province. Police prevent the Belfast parade passing the Catholic Ardoyne which is a known flashpoint and are then caught between Loyalist and Nationalist demonstrators. This year a young woman was run over and seriously injured when a driver drove his car through Nationalist protesters, but most of the parades passed off peacefully.Read More
Spring Hare - Greyhounds chase the hare during the Irish Cup at Limerick Racecourse for the first prize of £67,000 and the Irish Cup Title .Read More
Downpour - Linfield's Jamie Mulgrew in heavy rain during a Danske Bank Premiership game at Windsor ParkRead More
Chinese Olympic training camp - Chinese Olympic training camp in Salto Gymnastics Club. The teams will base themselves in Lisburn before moving to London to compete in the Olympic Games.Read More
Bulldog Burger - British Bulldog Alfie takes a young boy's burger out of his hands during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee street party at Tigers Bay, Belfast.Read More
Climbing the bonfire - Young boys climb one of the largest bonfire on the Loyalist Shankill Road in readiness for the start the annual 'Twelfth of July' celebrations.Read More
Blue Rinse Brigade - Elderly ladies get their hair done at a hairdressers on Belfast's Sandy Row which is seeing alot of shops close due to the recessionRead More
Sport Portfolio - A selection of photos from different sports at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics including : 1. Opening ceremony 2. Ireland's PJ Barron competes in the Men's !5km Cross-Country race 3. Jenna McCorkell pictured during her Olympic Figure Skating 4. Irish womens bobsliegh team 5. USA's Gregory Bretz pictured in the Men's Halfpipe 6. Competitor in the ski-jumping Large Hill 7. Short track speed skating 8. Japan's Shigeyuki Dejima during the Mens 5000 meters speed skatingRead More
Mud Pack - A dejected player whose team was knocked out of the Schools' Cup Rugby tournament.Read More
Milking the moment - Fluminense, captain of the Brazilian Team, celebrates winning the Milk Cup.Read More


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Nicholas Roche has received a major boost ahead of competing for Ireland at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The 32 year old is to join BMC Racing for the 2017 season, where he will team up with fellow Olympian Richie Porte of Team Australia and US cyclist Tejay van Garderen.
General Manager Jim Ochowicz made today's announcement and gave a clear indication that Roche can look forward to more big race riding next year.
"A lot of our goals are centered around Grand Tours and we felt we needed an additional rider who could bring us experience in that field," Ochowicz explained.
We are very excited to welcome @nicholasroche to @BMCProTeam in 2017! Read more here: https://t.co/JHCSEzjIt2 pic.twitter.com/jPzMzVLuZG
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Roche missed out on the 2016 Tour De France with Team Sky and is the first Irish rider to join BMC Racing Team. He says it's going to be a good fit.
"I'm super excited because BMC Racing Team is a team that rides with a lot of the characteristics that I like. They're always up the front, riding with aggression and trying to make an exciting race. I think I'll enjoy the aggressive style of racing," the current Irish champion said.
The Men's Road Race is one of the first events schedules at Rio 2016 and gets underway on Saturday August 6th at 13:30 Irish time. Roche will compete alongside his cousin Dan Martin, who finished ninth in this year's Tour De France.
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I was labelled a misogynist by the local Labour party this morning. Following
last night's blog they suggested I should encourage more females to be election candidates.
I responded with a list of female politicians who do not enjoy the best of reputations. For the record they were Teresa O'Neill, Theresa May, Priti Patel, Amber Rudd, Dianne Abbott, Emily Thornberry. Sharon Massey and Cheryl Bacon. The list used 139 characters which didn't leave room for a smiley face but I judged it didn't need one. Surely everyone would see it as a joke?
Not if you are a socialist apparently.
Few would disagree that in recent years Britain has become an extraordinary mess in practically every conceivable way and sinks further into the morass with each successive news bulletin but I see no lack of female leadership.
Prime Minister - Theresa May.
Home Secretary - Amber Rudd.
Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party - Nicola Sturgeon.
Leader Democratic Unionist Party - Arlene Foster.
Leader Plaid Cymru - Leanne Wood.
Leader Green Party - Carolyn Lucas.
Leader Scottish Conservatives - Ruth Davidson.
Leader Scottish Labour - Position currently vacant but Kezia Dugdale until two months ago.
Leader of House of Commons - Andrea Leadsom.
Leader of House of Lords - Baroness Natalie Evans of Bowes Park.
Commissioner of Metropolitan Police - Cressida Dick.
Director of Public Prosecutions - Alison Saunders.
Leader of Bexley Council - Teresa O'Neill.
Leader of Greenwich Council - Denise Hyland.
I see no reason to suppose that female leadership is the answer to years of male failure. The only possible change might be a collective sense of humour failure.


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Motorcyles, memorabilia, trophies, pictures. 2,000 sq. ft. of motorcycle fancy in the main hall. See this extreme sport in its infancy beginning in 1914 with the National Motorcycle Race in Dodge-a 300 mile race. Memorabilia, magazines and other items through the 1990s. Home of the collection of 5-time National Sportsman Champion Stan "The Man" Engdahl. Engdahl's collection includes over 600 trophies won by him during his racing career, dozens of pictures showing motorcycling history and his famous Harley racer, Old number 46.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College Women's Tennis team (6-2) remained undefeated at home for the 2019 campaign after downing Concord University (0-1) by a 5-0 margin Tuesday afternoon at the Centennial Center Tennis Facility.
A pair of quick matches kicked off the day for Georgia College, winning in the first and second slots to secure the first team point of the day. Neither Bobcat pairing surrendered a single game, claiming victory by 6-0 margins.
Valeria Lopez (Galicia, Spain) and Emma Fleming (Suwanee) handled Brook King and Emily Hendricks in the first slot, while Jordan Bowie (Macon) and Irina Berklich (Atlanta) clinched doubles with a win over Carri Ziegler and Alli Chambers in the second.
Fleming, Bowie and Berklich each picked up their second win of the day after dominating singles play in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Fleming once again downed Hendricks, Bowie outdueled Chambers and Berklich controlled Ziegler.
In top-flight singles, Kim Yatribi (Frejus, France) also picked up a win versus Brook King, 6-0, 6-1.
The Bobcat women remain in non-conference play for their next matchup, taking on Emmanuel College (Ga.) on the road Friday, March 15 at 1 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup and the 2017 PBC Sportsmanship Institution of the Year, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Workbench — inexpensive, easy to make workbench
Seed Starting Table — homemade, collapsible table for starting plants from seed indoors
Chinese Checkers Box — box with a Chinese checkers board on the top, with hand painted playing pieces
Chicken Coop
It Begins — Putting the anti-predator hardware cloth in place, and laying out the foundation of the coop.
Getting There — The home stretch of finishing up the coop
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Stonewall Jackson - The Greatest Commander of U.S.A
Claudia Miclaus
May 13, 2019
He was the greatest commander of USA. In the Civil war of 1861, he showed his heroic deeds. His war teachings are regarded as great lessons in warfare.
General Stonewall Jackson was the great-grandson of a certain John Jackson and Elizabeth Cummins, who were sent to America as indentured slaves because they had been caught stealing money back in England.
The couple met on the ship that was taking them to their new life and instantly fell in love. Even though they were sent to different places, the two managed to find each other after serving out their sentence, and got married in the year of 1755.
The family moved from Maryland to Virginia and started buying land, which served them well later on during the war. They had four children together, and lived a long and good life together. Their grandchild Thomas Jackson was to become one of the greatest commanders that history has ever known.
Thomas Jackson was the third child in his family, and from the time he was little, he was no stranger to grief. His little sister died of typhoid, and while little Jackson was watching over his dying sister, his father passed away of the same disease.
After his father died the debts that his family owed increased, and they were forced to sell all their possessions and move to a much smaller one-room house.
A few years later, his mother remarried. The person who became the children's stepfather did not like his new children, and on top of that, he still was not able to bring the family out of their financial problems. One year later, Thomas Jackson's mother died, and he was sent to live with their uncle Cummins Jackson.
Thomas' uncle was very strict but he did take care of the children. Jackson grew up taking care of his uncle's farm, taking care of the sheep and the oxen, bringing in the yearly harvest of wheat and corn.
The problem was that when it came to education, Jackson did not really have anybody to teach him. Because of this, all that he knew came from practical knowledge and the few books that he managed to borrow.
When Thomas Jackson enrolled in the military academy, he had trouble with the entrance exams but he proved to be so dedicated in his studies there that he graduated 17th in his class, out of the 59 students.
The first time that Jackson actually went to war was in the Mexican-American war. Here, Jackson started out as a second lieutenant and began to earn his reputation as a good commander. Jackson refused to follow what he deemed to be a bad order, and in doing so he saved the lives of his troops.
But later on, he followed an order that did not seem correct, and the result was the loss of lives of innocent Mexican civilians. All in all, Jackson emerged from that war with the rank of major and loyalty of his troops.
Afterwards Jackson became a professor in the Virginia Military Institute. He taught people how to fight and win a war. So effective were his teachings, that even today they are considered to be great lessons in warfare. During his time as a teacher, he became beloved of the black community in town.
He started Sunday school classes for the African Americans in town, and he and his wife taught in those classes. He is described as being loved and revered by the students in his class, as he treated his students with respect and in return, they loved him.
Thomas Jackson's first wife died after giving birth to a stillborn baby. A few years later, he remarried and after having yet another baby that died, Jackson finally got a daughter, whom he named after his sister and mother.
It was in 1861 that the civil war began and after starting out as a drillmaster, he went on to do the heroic deeds that would put him down in history as the greatest Commander that the United States of America has ever known.
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The 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held last December in México. The meeting marked the first gathering of the global multistakeholder IGF community since the renewal of the IGF's mandate for 10 years.
The number of MEPs and European Commission officials taking part in the IGF was remarkable and underlines the significance of Internet Governance in Europe.
On 25 January, Pilar del Castillo MEP, EIF Chair and Head of the European Parliament Delegation to IGF, hosted a breakfast debate to reflect on the IGF programme and process, share impressions and identify topics of importance for the European agenda.
EIF used this opportunity to ask the panel speakers how effective the IGF is in protecting and advancing European values and interests.


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Emma Holman-West was host, on Friday 6th May, to The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP when he visited Alscot Estate along with parliamentary colleague, and MP for Stratford upon Avon, Nadhim Zahawi.
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills was invited to the thriving Warwickshire country Estate to meet personnel from a range of diverse businesses and enterprises based on the 4,500 acre site at Atherstone on Stour. He was interested to establish what the Estate is doing for local businesses and also in seeing the future vision for land that is proposed for employment use, which is greatly needed in the local area.
Whilst being served coffee from Alscot based tenant, Monsoon Estates, Emma, an innovative business leader herself, introduced both MP's to two apprentices, CJ Cruxton and Amy Brown, at The Bell, Alderminster. Nadhim Zahawi is the Work Placement and Apprenticeship Scheme advisor to David Cameron.
The visit took in 19 hectares of land proposed as an employment allocation as part of the Local Authority's Draft Core Strategy, and a former WWII RAF tower that is now utilised to house a satellite mast providing high speed broadband to businesses located in this rural community.
Leena and Avnish Malde introduced the Secretary of State and Nadhim to their family firm, Wealmoor, a 150,000 ft² vegetable packing warehouse located on the Estate and recognised for pioneering developments in the global fresh produce industry, by taking a tour of the factory. Wealmoor, a leading grower, importer and supplier to UK retailers and wholesale sectors that specialise in the supply and delivery of fresh exotic fruit and speciality vegetables, employ over 500 people at their Atherstone on Stour site. The Secretary of State was interested to hear Wealmoor's possible plans of expansion, which could potentially add another 60,000 ft² of warehouse space, and bring further employment to the area.


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"It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of the Emir of the Yazidi community, and we offer our sincere condolences to the Emir's family and loved ones, the Yazidi religious leader, Baba Sheikh, as well as all Yazidis.
"While we extend our sympathies on the passing of the Emir, we must also pay tribute to his role in the assistance of survivors of recent crimes targeting the Yazidi population and salute his steadfast devotion to his leadership position and to members of the Yazidi faith, which stretches back over 70 years.
The Special Adviser emphasised that the Yazidi community has suffered greatly at the hands of Da'esh / ISIL, and that the Emir and his family have played a key role in supporting the Yazidi survivors. He continued:
"In uniting at this time of loss, we are inspired to persevere in our collective commitment to the pursuit of accountability and justice for those who have inflicted harm upon members of this faith as well as against other communities."
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UNITAD was established under mandate 2379 of the UN Security Council to investigate the crimes committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh), which includes the pursuit of accountability for the many documented atrocities against the Yazidi community.


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Message from the Left
You may more may not know Evan Ravitz. He is, most definitely not a libertarian. From my perspective he is far Left.
Nonetheless, I count Evan as a friend and often political ally. It was he who got me involved in voting integrity politics.
I know it will be difficult to pick among the Left echo chamber that are the city council candidates in Boulder.
I offer this as information from a trusted friend from from the Left.
Ralph Shnelvar
Chair, Libertarian Party of Boulder County
This is a forwarded message
From: Evan Ravitz <email@example.com>
To: "firstname.lastname@example.com" <email@example.com>
Date: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 11:57:15 AM
Subject: Important reason NOT to vote for Macon Cowles for City Council; My picks.
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Folks, sadly, I must recommend a no vote on my former friend and colleague Macon Cowles, because he just told the Camera:
"Congestion is the friend of alternate modes," he said. "That's a recognition that in congested corridors people are likely to choose another way to get around because driving becomes untenable." http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24297318/macon-cowles-boulder-city-council-candidate-profile 3rd paragraph from bottom.
Has Macon, who claims to be a daily cyclist, not noticed that congestion impedes ALL modes, AND endangers cyclists' lives AND increases pollution (especially affecting cyclists) AND greenhouse gases??
It's hard to believe a smart man like Macon actually believes his words. Is he merely copying the longest-playing Councilman in recent decades, Spencer Havlick, who I heard say this at least 5 times, on-camera at Council meetings?
Havlick also said the most revealing thing ever about Council. I heard it once:
"Truth is not so important as people's perception of it." Council and the City live by it. If the truth hurts, they cover it up by lying with statistics, public relations, etc. They rarely rectify errors, just cover them up.
The city's policy of intentional congestion is collective punishment, which is illegal under international law and binding on the US, as Macon, a successful lawyer, well knows.
Macon is a punishing person, who swore at mountain bikers: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19214621 and at me, telling me to "shut the frig up" for emailing some truth about Council's secrecy.
I'm only enthusiastic about voting for Micah Parkin. I cannot vote for Andrew Shoemaker and Sam Weaver because of their support for the Occupancy Ordinance, which results in 100s or 1000s of empty rooms, and thwarts ALL city goals: affordable housing, decreasing in-commuting, pollution and greenhouse gases, diversity and good relations with students, who are the major victims. I'll vote for Jonathan Dings because, being on the Human Relations Commission, he brings voice for the downtrodden. Perhaps Mary Young, because she's honest that the traffic circles, etc. are a danger, especially to cyclists. But I can't vote for any of the major candidates because they all hew to Boulder's failed groupthink lines.
Please consider a NO vote on State Referendum AA, which taxes cannabis up to TWICE as much as we voted for in Amendment 44, and up to THIRTY times as much as alcohol. Most people thought they voted to "regulate marijuana like alcohol." If Boulder's posturepedic politicians pile on, the tax on pot could be as high as FIFTY times as high as alcohol! (Sales tax is on top of that.)
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If you want to start a debate, walk into a teachers' room and ask what people think about paying students for getting good grades. If you want to turn up the temperature in the room, change the topic to whether or not there should be merit pay for teachers. In my conversations with many educators, there is little agreement on either subject.
But let's follow the logic. What if central offices allocated funding to schools in the district that were more academically successful? What if resources were allocated to each school not on a per student basis, but on a per standardized-test-passed basis or some other academic measure? Am I turning up the heat? What if state DOE's apportioned money by the same standard? You probably see where this is going.
Aren't there only two consistent options involving the use of federal money to improve education?
1. Success leads to Money. Give money to successful states to give to successful districts to give to successful schools to give to successful teachers to give to successful students. In this option, the people giving the money get to define what success is and everyone is accountable (literally) to the people they "work" for--that is, the people who pay them for said success. If you consistently fail to hit targets the people who are giving the money set for you, you are not re-funded.
2. Money leads to Success. Distribute money equally on a per-capita basis and let states, districts, schools, teachers, and students work together to define and achieve success. In this option, the people getting the money get to decide what success is and everyone is accountable to one another for doing what they say they are going to do. If you consistently fail to hit targets you set for yourself without adequate explanation, you are not re-funded.
Of course there may a third option. Disconnect money and success altogether. Let success at all levels be its own reward. And let money be just a resource used to buy goods and services--keeping in mind that you get what you pay for. Naive? Un-American?
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LittleBigPlanet (2009 video game)
LittleBigPlanet (sometimes referred to as LittleBigPlanet PSP to differentiate from the PlayStation 3 game of the same name) is a 2009 puzzle platformer video game for the PlayStation Portable developed by SCE Cambridge Studio in conjunction with Media Molecule and published Sony Computer Entertainment. An addition to the LittleBigPlanet franchise made exclusively for the PSP, featuring a brand new story mode.[3] It was released on 17 November 2009 in North America[2] and 20 November 2009 in PAL regions.[1] The game's servers have been shut down since July 30 2016.
|SCE Cambridge Studio
Media Molecule
|Sony Computer Entertainment
|PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita (via PlayStation Network)
|Puzzle, platformer
The game's gameplay is exactly the same as the original PlayStation 3 version, albeit without the co-operative multiplayer aspect and one of the 'layers' in which the level 'set' is created within. The PlayStation 3 version has three 'thick' layers and four 'thin' layers, however LittleBigPlanet PSP only has two 'thick' layers and three 'thin' layers. The game consists of an introduction, 23 main levels, and 14 mini levels, 2 of which are "Mini Games".[3] These levels were created by SCE Studio Cambridge, and are based around seven different themes that draw inspiration from real-world locations including Chinese gardens, dry Australian deserts and icy Alpine stages.[4] Though most of these levels look similar to their PlayStation 3 counterpart they are, in fact, new redesigned levels. Players must traverse complicated mazes during levels using devices including switches, rotating platforms and floating lanterns that can be ridden or grabbed. The main objective of each level is to move from one side of the stage to the other, dodging deadly contraptions such as electric snakes shooting out and trying to kill your sackperson.[3] The game also features user-generated content similar to the PlayStation 3 original.
The game's overall goal is to capture prize bubbles which include stickers, costumes, materials, and objects players may use to customize their own Sackboy and levels. Players can create their own levels from a blank slate or template using various items gained in the game and items ready-made by the game's developers. These levels can then be uploaded to the game's online servers to be shared among the community.[3]
The game's story is a sequel to the original PlayStation 3 version.[3] Sackboy, the main character, decides to take a holiday walkabout around the world. The player starts in Down Under, a theme based on Australia, where they meet Bruce, a helpful character who gets the player started in the game. The player climbs to the Cave of Dreams where they meet the Mystic. It is revealed that there is to be a massive carnival in Brazil, and the player needs to go around the world to find the various creator curators and get them to go to the carnival. The player then goes to The Orient in China and meets the Emperor, who has a dragon's egg in his treasure room. The player retrieves it and gives it to the dragon with the Emperor's apologies. The Emperor then decides to go to the carnival.
The player travels to the Genie's realm, The Bazaar, set in Persia. The monkey thief king steals the Genie lamp from its owner. The player travels through the realm to retrieve it. It is returned to the owner after the player wins in a game of "Monkey Swing." The Genie helps them travel to Golden Sands (located in Arabia) on a magic carpet where a prince is building an amusement park and needs the player to build and test its safety features. Once they have that accomplished, the prince wants to go to the carnival.
The player travels to the Alpine Mountains where Clock Hans meets them when part of the roof is destroyed. He promises to go to the carnival if the player finds his children when they're lost while he repairs the roof. The player does so and Clock Hans gives permission to use his teleportation device, and the player ends up in Tinsel Town, which is based on Hollywood. The director has the player act as a stunt-man in his movies: LittleBugPlanet and The Sewn Identity. Once the movies are tested, they are both hits and the director comes to the carnival.
Once in Brazil, the player walks throughout other creators floats and helps them with getting the working. The Director needs a photo with them, Leading Lady and Big Ron. On Clock Hans' float the player helps to fix the clock on the lower deck of the float. Prince Funubis needs to start an oil well on his float. The Genie gets stuck inside his lamp and needs sackboy to get him out. Emperor Sario needs to set some fireworks off on his float. The Mystic gives the player a final object for his float inside Big Croc. Finally, the player adds the finishing touches to their parade float, and rides throughout Brazil on it as the end credits roll.
In a February 2009 press release, Sony announced a version of LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation Portable was being developed by SCE Studio Cambridge in conjunction with Media Molecule.[5][6] The game was tentatively referred to as LittleBigPlanet PSP and was first shown publicly at E3 2009 where two Australian-themed levels from the Story Mode were available to play. One of these was a surfing minigame where the goal was to keep Sackboy on a moving surfboard for as long as possible and the other was a full, platforming level. The game's aesthetics are very similar to those of the PlayStation 3 version and many similar gameplay mechanics, such as sticker switches, feature in the PSP game.[7] As with the PlayStation 3 game, Stephen Fry provides voice overs for the English-language version of the game.[8] Also, as with the PlayStation 3 game, comedy writer Dean Wilkinson provided the script for Fry, as well as writing in-game dialogue and characters. Unlike its PlayStation 3 counterpart, multiplayer gameplay does not feature in LittleBigPlanet on the PSP. However, the creation and sharing of levels has been carried over.[9]
Downloadable contentEdit
Since the game's launch, SCE Cambridge Studio has released several packs of paid-for or free downloadable content (DLC), including items such as materials, stickers and costumes, some being ports from the original PS3 Version of the game. The free kits are all a single costume with the exception being the Savannah costumes, which include both of the costumes that are given to the player in the 'Savannah' section of the original PlayStation 3 game. In the PlayStation Store; SCE Cambridge Studio released a set of "Purchasable Levels" called the Turbo! Pack[10] of 6 Levels, 121 Objects, 28 Materials, 112 Stickers, 20 Sounds Objects, 6 Music files, and 1 Background.
The game has received generally positive reviews from most critics, both Eurogamer and IGN gave LittleBigPlanet a score of 9/10 commenting that the PSP version was just as good as the PlayStation 3 version and went on to say that the title was "one of the stand-out titles" for the console,[13] while IGN commented that "The platforming's fun, the create tools are solid, and online's undoubtedly impressive – especially considering that these upload/download features are on the PSP."[3]GameSpot scored it an 8 out of 10 criticising the short storyline, the limited Sackboy manipulation, and the lack of multiplayer, but they praised the fact that almost everything else was intact from the PlayStation 3 version.[15]
- ^ a b "LittleBigPlanet PSP on Eurogamer". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29.
- ^ a b Mark Valledor (2009-10-02). "PlayStation Blog - LittleBigPlanet: Sack it to Me – "Watchmen DLC + Bento Box" Edition". SCEA. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g Greg Miller (November 17, 2009). "LittleBigPlanet PSP Review". IGN. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ Kolan, Patrick (2008-10-13). "LittleBigPlanet AU Review". IGN AU. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ Brian Crecente (2009-02-24). "LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band, Assassin's Creed Coming to PSP". Kotaku.
- ^ Miller, Greg (2009-02-24). "MEGATON: Major Franchises Assault PSP". IGN. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ "Little Big Planet PSP Hands-On". Gamespot. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15.
- ^ Fry, Stephen (2009-04-21). "Twitter". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ Tom Bramwell (August 9, 2009). "No multiplayer in LittleBigPlanet PSP". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ Turbo! Pack Turbo! Level Kit for LBP PSP
- ^ "LittleBigPlanet for PSP - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ "LittleBigPlanet (psp) reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Ellie Gibson (November 9, 2009). "LittleBigPlanet Review PSP Eurogamer". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ "リトルビッグプラネット ポータブル". Famitsu. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
- ^ "LittleBigPlanet Review". Gamespot. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02.


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Millennials. Everybody talks about them, but nobody can agree on what they're all about. They are lambasted as a lazy, entitled, and narcissistic generation, or praised for being diverse, open to change, and connected. Given the intense debate around positive versus negative generational differences, we should not be surprised that millennials themselves actually reject the label in large numbers. Generations are just like people in that they have personalities, and negatively stereotyping a generation can feel just as off putting as boxing a person in to an inflexible personality type.
I am an old millennial. There, I confessed. Lately, I am increasingly appreciating the need to stand up and own my generational label, for better or worse.
Take, for instance, an example from two weeks ago when I participated in an IQ Charrette at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. "IQ Charrette" is a clever term for "brainstorming session," and we took on no small task: brainstorming to help shape the future of the garden. Over the course of two thought-provoking days, participants spoke a lot about what the garden means to us personally and as a city. We talked about how to ensure that the garden stands the test of time, yet appeals to all kinds of people, in a way that contributes to a diverse, inclusive, community.
At the start of day one, I shared with the group that Lewis Ginter holds a special place in my heart because it's one of the first places in my adopted city that made me feel less nervous about the scary, life-changing decision I made to move here. When I first arrived in Richmond, I had trouble identifying with the city's cultural touchstones because they felt so different from up North. Lewis Ginter reminded me of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, helped ease my homesickness, and made me feel open to everything else Richmond has to offer.
I shared that story with the charrette participants hoping to convey what Lewis Ginter means to a transplant, but upon reflection, the story is also one with which other millennials can identify. I graduated law school in 2010 – a peak year of the recent economic crisis that has affected millennials like no other age cohort. I did not want to leave New York City, but I would have moved anywhere for a good job in my field (soul-crushing student debt, another feature of millennials' lives, will certainly give you motivation). I was incredibly lucky to get my dream job, but watching the career paths of the generations before me scared me. I worried that I might not like my new city and would be stuck in one place, forever. (Sidebar: in case you're wondering, it seems like a myth that millennials change jobs more often than prior generations.)
By the end of the second day, I took the opportunity to vocally identify with the label "millennial." The charrette facilitators assigned participants a cast of different "characters," and asked us to plot out on a paper map how those people might spend a day at the gardens. My small group took on a day in the life of what can only be described as a #squad of young hipsters. As my team and I talked about what new features we would build in the gardens for makers and vinyl records collectors, the words "I would love that!" leapt out of my mouth. I told the group, "Well… um… I am a millennial. An old one." I waited for them to think of me as self-absorbed and addicted to my iPhone.
Of course, my teammates had a fantastic response: they didn't engage in silencing, negative stereotyping. They, most older, took the time to engage and listen to my personal perspective. While nobody can speak for all of their demographic, I felt empowered and included to speak up for what I personally enjoy about the gardens as a young(er) person. I felt even more welcomed in to the Lewis Ginter community that the charrette participants so rightly strive to grow.
My take away is this: if you are not sure what millennials are all about, just ask one. Asking someone else's perspective turns on your creative thoughts and helps shape the future in ways we can never accomplish when we in-authentically label. Lewis Ginter knows this lesson, and I am so appreciative that they invited me back to join a small group of millennials for lunch, where we will continue discussing the garden's master planning process. I am so happy to be included and feel honored to be asked.
In other words, I am so excited I can't even. Stay tuned for more, after next week


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Ran across this article in LDS Living at MA&DB.
"For generations there's been some mention, even rumors, of a very old, secret tunnel somewhere near the temple in Nauvoo. It's been described as having red Nauvoo brick arches and walls that are lined with carved temple stones. Some versions of the story even state that there is a sunstone on one end looking down the length of the tunnel. During the reconstruction of the temple the tunnel was not discovered and the story seemed to fade as perhaps just a legend.
Last year, during the construction of the Zions Mercantile building (right across the street from the temple) again some interest was expressed as to whether a tunnel would be uncovered as they dug their basement. The building was completed last fall, and no such find was forthcoming. That is, until a single sprinkler head needed adjusting.
When the building was all but done, landscapers were installing the final sprinkler heads. One work had some trouble getting one of the heads low enough to avoid mowers. When he tried to dig the hole a little deeper, he hit a block of white stone with carvings on two sides. After some struggle, the stone was pulled out. Removal of the stone revealed an opening. The call came to Salt Lake City, "There seems to be some kind of tunnel. All we can see are brick arches. . . but it's very deep."
The stone was replaced and the tunnel covered up, but not before several photos were taken of the inside. It appears to be eight feet deep and about six feet wide. It
disappears in both directions so there is no word on how long it is. Photos reveal that there are red brick arches supporting the ceiling and the walls are actually lined with the same carved stone used for the old temple. Researchers have plans to open the tunnel this summer. Several enlarged prints of the photos that were taken are on display inside the Zions Mercantile. Once the research is complete, there will be a full feature article in a future issue of LDS Living Magazine. "