As Americans and people around the world come to terms with the death of Osama bin Laden, it may be time to look at a question closer to home.

Mattingly Looks Past Dodgers' Financial Fray New York Times Angel Pagan came to New York on Friday to have a magnetic resonance imaging test on his sore oblique muscle. Pagan, the Mets' center fielder at the start of the season, strained the muscle on April 21, the first game when Jason Bay returned from the ... and more »

ESPN (blog)

Pridie tempering loss of Pagan ESPN (blog) AP Photo/Frank Franklin II Jason Pridie took the sting out of the news that Angel Pagan will not be returning from the disabled list soon. On a day when Pagan was in New York being examined by team doctors after a flare-up of pain in his ... Mets' Angel Pagan still feels pain, return is uncertainThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Pagan suffers setback, out indefinitelyMLB.com Mets' Pagan has setback from strained left obliqueSportingNews.com msnbc.com -New York Daily News (blog) -New York Post (blog) all 50 news articles »

From our friends at Chessdom.com [excerpted]: Chess is a Medicine for Antiaging By Leonxto Garcia for FIDE Chess in Schools Commission This important material is contributed by Mr.Leonxto Garcia, famous chess journalist. Material describes the researches of neurology, proving how chess is used for antiaging. In 21st Century, human life will be longer. This will create a lot of health expenses

After Turkey punked out and in a snit fit decided it was not, after all, going to host the 2011 European Individual Women's Chess Championship that it had previously contractually committed to host, I didn't know what the heck was going to happen, but assumed the worst that the event would just be cancelled.  After all, who gives a flying-f about "women's chess" when it comes right down to it,

Report from Reuters.com 25,000-year-old cave paintings discovered in Spain BILBAO | Wed May 4, 2011 2:57pm EDT BILBAO (Reuters) - Paintings depicting horses and human hands made by prehistoric humans around 25,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in northern Spain, regional officials said on Wednesday. The red paintings, found by chance by archaeologists looking for signs of ancient

Author's Note : I circled around to this topic for a couple of months, and finally wrote it on the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero , killed on March 24, 1980 for living his religious convictions.

Angel Pagan, Don Mattingly and Steve Cohen Newsday (subscription) (blog) Greetings from Citi Field, site of the inaugural Bankruptcy Bowl. There's no getting around the reality that having the Dodgers and Mets in one place - two jewel franchises, enduring embarrassing, economic turmoil - is a blight on Major League Baseball ... and more »

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Mets outfielder Angel Pagan to get MRI tonight on sore oblique The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Conor Orr/The Star-Ledger David Butler II/US PresswireAngel Pagan will receive an MRI tonight in New York City on his sore oblique. NEW YORK ― Mets outfielder Angel Pagan will be in New York tonight getting an MRI on the sore left oblique muscle ... Mets CF Pagan to remain on DL after setbackESPN Pagan suffers setback, out indefinitelyMLB.com Angel Pagan suffers setback on verge of returning from DLmsnbc.com New York Daily News (blog) -Baseball Nation -SB Nation New York all 40 news articles »

Mashad, Iran, May 2 - 5, 2011 Standings after R5 - the lady from Mongolia (a very dangerous player) is a full point ahead of everyone else.  Harika Dronavalli is a disappointment - she should be beating up on everyone, but she isn't.  Well, let's see what she does in the final round.  Are the Indian ladies planning an ambush, leading to a 3-way tie for first place with 4.5 each?  We'll see...

New York Daily News

With Budget Unveiling, Bloomberg Draws the Battle Lines WNYC "We are forced to do the best we can with what we've got. The state has shifted the burden from them to us." Following the unveiling of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget, the battle lines are now drawn between the mayor and City ... Bloomberg to cut more than 6000 NYC teaching positionsCNN International Bloomberg's $65.7 Billion New York City Budget Proposes 6000 Teacher CutsBloomberg NYC Mayor's Budget Would Cut 1 Out Of 12 TeachersNPR Brooklyn Daily Eagle -Patch.com -The Associated Press all 331 news articles »

Add Wiccans and Druids to the list of faiths that have their own chapel at the Air Force Academy.

The Pagan Blog At Patheos Patheos They speak of the lore in ways that resonate with me as a Pagan. Chris Helmsworth does an excellent job of illustrating the coming of age of a God, and of a man. He exudes the energy, attitude and bearing I would expect from Thor every moment of the ...

Raggin' on the pagans: Films get fresh with the old-time religions Vancouver Sun Pagan mythology isn't subject to the same brand of inquisition. We can poke fun, dismiss and completely mock old myth without risk to life, limb or the bottom line, which explains why ancient mythology has been used as movie fodder from the very ...

Mets CF Pagan to remain on DL after setback ESPN NEW YORK -- New York Mets center fielder Angel Pagan suffered a setback in his rehab assignment with Class A St. Lucie, and will not be activated from the disabled list Saturday, as had been planned. Looking for more information on your ... Pagan suffers setback, out indefinitelyMLB.com Angel Pagan suffers setback on verge of returning from DLmsnbc.com Mets outfielder Angel Pagan has setback in recovery from oblique injuryNew York Daily News (blog) Baseball Nation -SB Nation New York -Twackle all 9 news articles »

Several folks have pointed out to me a photo from the May 3rd print edition of the Washington Post. It is a shot of Arlington National Cemetery headlining a section on the death of Osama bin Laden. It, perhaps inadvertently, makes very clear why the military, and all Americans, should take the needs and accommodation of modern Pagan faiths seriously. [...]

Spring Pasture Management Focus of May KENA Dinner Meeting TheHorse.com Pagan formed (KER) in 1988 to be an international research, consulting, and product development firm dealing in the areas of equine nutrition and sports medicine. Pagan received the 2005 American Feed Industry Association award in equine nutrition ... and more »

Cow by Susan Hawthorne (Spinifex 2011), 166 pages, trade paperbackWhat an extraordinary book of poetry this is! It’s all about cows! Or is it?In the second poem of the book, Queenie, a cow who could be called the protagonist or main character, tells us:these are stories about cowswho have lost their histories.To me these poems are also about women and goddesses whose histories we have lost.In her

Yesterday conservative Washington DC-based newspaper The Washington Times published an editorial mocking and criticizing the Air Force Academy for erecting an outdoor worship area to benefit Pagan cadets. I normally don’t pay much attention or respond to Pagan-bashing editorials, but in this case the anti-Pagan sentiment came hand-in-hand with a complete lack of fact-checking and [...]

BBC News

Jobs Report Has More Bad News Than Good News CNBC.com AP There was more bad news than met the eye to Friday's jobs report, even beyond the bump up in the unemployment rate. While the top-line number of 244000 jobs created sounded great when it came off the tape, the internals were somewhat weaker. ... Snap Analysis: Jobs report shows strength with a caveatReuters Strong Job Report Shows US Economy Gaining SteamNew York Times US Economy Adds Jobs, but Unemployment Rate RisesWall Street Journal Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -TheStreet.com all 699 news articles »

Do you like this Article? This Examiner has had the privilege of interviewing many local pagans on how they came to their spiritual path.

David Icke - London Rome - Beltane Ritual - Osama symbolic sacrifice - royal wedding - papal beatification.

AFL.com

Hundred up for key Blue AFL.com The Blues, still reeling from the aftershocks of salary cap sanctions, were well on their way to their first wooden spoon under Denis Pagan and Russell had taken the first step in a tough initiation into the big league. Fast-forward to the present day ... Blue happy under radarSportal.com.au all 67 news articles »

Eros is the son of Aphrodite and the god of love - usally highly erotic love. Becuase love is blind, he is often represented blindfolded. A sting from his arrow produces either uncontrollable love or insurmountable disinterest in the first person seen be Eross victim after wounding. If you need to spice up your love life (or even create one), Eros is the one to work with.

Review of the book by Janell Moon in our "Creativity" section

Description: Perennial evergreen shrub that grows up to 10 ft in warm climates with slender branches and long narrow pointed leaves. Leaves give off oil from small dotted glands on underside of leaves that smells like lemon. Long runs of tiny white of light purple flowers on ends of stems in late...

Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in Joy. Not knowing Joy, we do not know ourselves.
~ Marianne Williamson

At last, I am back and (more or less) rested from my trip!  However, today, I am headed right out the door again, to give readings at the Dancing Moon Bookstore in Raleigh.

So I am offering just a very brief check-in today, to introduce the next step in our journey through the houses of the zodiac.

In May we’ll be visiting the topics that have to do with the Fifth House of the astrological Wheel.  This will be a fun time — literally!

That’s because the Fifth House, ruled by happy-go-lucky Leo, is the Fun House! It rules such matters as games, fun, excitement, and enthusiasm in general.  It is also the house that is concerned with romance, children, and our child-like wonder of life. Thus, is sometimes called the house of “recreation and procreation.”

Its gift (and challenge) to us is to develop our creativity and express ourselves.  In the Fifth House, we discover what it really means to love, create, and live joyfully.

So stay tuned!  And as always, your thoughts are always most welcome!

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New York Post

President meets a 'harsh' critic New York Post A 10-year-old boy whose firefighter dad died on 9/11 was thrilled to meet President Obama during yesterday's wreath-laying ceremony, but that didn't stop him from offering the commander in chief a critique of the raid that killed ... Thousands converge on Ground Zero, await President Obama's arrivalThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com At Firehouse in Midtown, a VIP Stops By for LunchNew York Times 10-year-old whose father died on 9/11 shares emotional moment with President ...New York Daily News Washington Post -Atlanta Journal Constitution -SILive.com all 275 news articles »

The face of the military is changing. What used to be seen as a bastion for evangelical Christianity is now expanding its lists of faiths to include Wiccans and Druids.

Tech. Sgt. Brandon Longcrier uses white sage to consecrate a Pagan worship area on the hill overlooking the Cadet Chapel and the Visitor Center at the Air Force Academy just after sunrise on the winter solstice, Dec.

Sydney Morning Herald

Former Marine Found Guilty in Wife, Sons' Murder Case Fox News | AP WATERLOO, Ill. -- A jury has convicted a former Marine of three counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation deaths two years ago of his wife and their two sons. The jury returned the verdict Thursday against 34-year-old Christopher Coleman ... Coleman guilty of killing familyUPI.com Coleman guilty on three counts of murderSTLtoday.com Lawsuit filed against televangelist for 3 murdersChicago Tribune phillyBurbs.com -KSDK -KMOX.com all 372 news articles »

Angel Pagan: Pagan goes 0-for-4 in rehab game Rotoworld.com Angel Pagan (oblique) went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts Thursday at Single-A Port St. Lucie. The Mets were hoping to activate Pagan from the disabled list on Saturday but may ask him to spend a bit more time in the minor leagues getting his timing right ...

Kansas City Star

Worried investors dump raw materials Financial Times A record plunge in oil prices led the sharpest sell-off in commodities in two years on Thursday as investors fled the market amid mounting concern over the strength of the global recovery. Investors dumped dollar-denominated commodities that would ... Crude, Gasoline, Heating Oil Tumble on Economy: Oil ProductsBloomberg Oil's Plunge, Dollar's Rise Trigger Broad SelloffWall Street Journal Oil drops below $100 on worry of weaker US demandFayetteville Observer Transport Topics Online -Sydney Morning Herald -Los Angeles Times all 1,738 news articles »

USA Today

Osama bin Laden death: Intelligence reveals US rail threat from al-Qaida The Guardian Pakistanis walk by the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Information found at the scene has revealed a desire by al-Qaida to attack the US rail network. Photograph: Nathalie Bardou/AP The first intelligence from the treasure trove ... Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary AttackABC News Osama bin Laden dead: al-Qaeda 'planning to attack trains on 9/11 anniversary'Telegraph.co.uk Al-Qaeda weighed train attack to mark Sept 11AFP Monsters and Critics.com -New York Daily News -NBC New York all 384 news articles »

A Mets Month in Review Rising Apple Pagan then strained his oblique, and was subsequently placed on the disabled list. The Mets not only need a healthy Pagan to return, but also a productive one too. Josh Thole: Similar to the excitement over Ike Davis, fans were equally ga-ga over Josh ... New York Mets Dealing with the Injury Bug AgainBleacher Report all 2 news articles »

Scotland Courier

History society opposes hydro schemes near pagan ritual site Scotland Courier A Highland Perthshire history society have grave reservations about plans lodged for hydro schemes due to the potential impact on "scenic beauty" and also to them being located near the site of one of the last pagan rituals in the UK. ...

New York Daily News

Obama Visits Ground Zero msnbc.com President Barack Obama and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, left, meet with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero. When using Facebook Connect your image and ... AP Source: Obama to meet some from bin Laden raidSan Jose Mercury News Witnesses say man may have pulled gun as Obama motorcade passed near Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Obama thanks officers at NYC police stationSeattle Post Intelligencer Politico -The Week Magazine -New York Daily News all 322 news articles »

The Stevens County coroner told KREM that the Colville man and his stepdaughter who were found dead April 28 near Kettle Falls both died from gunshot wounds to the head.The coroner isn't saying yet whether the deaths of 32-year-old Jason Lykke and 14-year-old Alora Smith where a murder-suicide.

16 Strikeout Applesauce - Lincecum gets 12 K's, Mets may get Bay & Pagan back soon Amazin' Avenue The cavalry may be on the way, though. Jason Bay may return to the lineup today after he and his wife Kristen welcomed Garrett Jason Bay to the world yesterday. Congratulations to the Bays on ... and more »

Metal Underground

Pagan's Mind Streaming New Song "Eyes Of Fire" Metal Underground Bravewords.com is hosting an exclusive stream of the track "Eyes of Fire" from the new album from Norwegian metallers Pagan's Mind. The album, entitled "Heavenly Ecstasy," will be released on May 31st in North America on SPV/Steamhammer. ...

Patriot-News

NJ man arrested in Lower Paxton threatened life of ex CBS 21 At the scene, police arrested Rene Manuel Torres-Pagan, 21, of Newark, NJ for Burglary, Terroristic Threats and Possession of Instruments of Crime. Torres-Pagan had lived at the mobile home in the past and the victim is an ex-girlfriend of his. ... New Jersey man accused of breaking into ex-girlfriend's Lower Paxton home ...Patriot-News NJ Man Accused of Breaking Into Ex-girlfriend's Home in Dauphin County and ...FOX43.com abc27 - Harrisburg, Pa. news and weather from WHTM-TVNJ man broke into home ...abc27 all 8 news articles »

The Pagan Blog At Patheos Patheos I had every intention of waxing eloquent on the AFA dedication of a Pagan chapel, but Rep. Simon has won my heart away. His entire speech was a “shame on you” to those who feel they must impose their religious values on the rest of us, ... and more »

Martin Pagan's Walk-Off Helps Timber Creek Advance WFTV Orlando Martin Pagan hit a three-run walk-off homer over the left field wall Tuesday night to give Timber Creek a 6-3 win over Oviedo in the opening round of regionals. The win sends the Wolves – the District 4 champs – to the Class 6A region semifinals ... and more »

Daily Mail

Pagans rejoice! Air Force Academy opens outdoor chapel for Wiccans, Druids and ... Daily Mail At the Air Force Academy in Colorado, a prayer circle and veritable Stonehenge on the Rockies will now serve as a place of worship for the academy's neo-Pagans. The Colorado school has long faced criticism for only supporting evangelical Christianity. ... and more »

Just a few quick news notes for you on this Thursday. COG Local Council Protests Go Daddy: The Dogwood Local Council of Covenant of the Goddess (COG), a regional body that serves Witches and Wiccans living in Georgia and Alabama, have sent out an announcement that they have stopped using the Internet domain service Go Daddy [...]

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama to lay wreath at Ground Zero but won't glorify Bin Laden killing The Guardian Obama on his way to visit Ground Zero, boarding an Air Force One plane at Andrews air force base in Maryland. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama is to lay a wreath at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday night and meet the families of ... Obama looks forward to private meetings at Ground ZeroUSA Today Obama Visit to Ground Zero Strives to Bring Closure for VictimsFox News President Obama lands at Kennedy Airport, heads to Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com NBC New York -Capital New York -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 874 news articles »

The Guardian

Jackie Cooper dies at 88 Washington Post The actor rose to prominence as a child star and remained in show business for six decades. Actor Jackie Cooper, shown in 1978, died May 3, 2011. "He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told the Reuters news service. "He wore out. ... Six Facts About Jackie CooperHollywood Reporter Jackie Cooper Passes Away As Superman Gets EngagedContactmusic.com "Our Gang" Star Jackie Cooper DiesMyFox Washington DC OzarksFirst.com -TMZ.com -BBC News all 684 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

Pakistan Warns US Against Future Unilateral Military Action Voice of America Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir addresses a news conference at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 5, 2011. Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Thursday lashed out at the United States for not consulting his government ... Pakistan army orders cut in US military personnelThe Associated Press Pakistan army says to review U.S. cooperation if more raidsReuters Pakistan warns America not to stage any more raidsFox News Seattle Post Intelligencer -Indian Express -New York Times all 1,882 news articles »

Mets lineup vs. Giants ESPN (blog) Comparing Harris/Pridie is more relevant. about 13 hours ago @AdamRubinESPN Starting to wonder if Willie Harris, not Jason Pridie, goes when Angel Pagan activated. Pridie would need to go thru waivers for minors. about 13 hours ago @AdamRubinESPN More ... and more »

Martin Pagan's Walk-Off Helps Timber Creek Advance WFTV Orlando Martin Pagan hit a three-run walk-off homer over the left field wall Tuesday night to give Timber Creek a 6-3 win over Oviedo in the opening round of regionals. The win sends the Wolves – the District 4 champs – to the Class 6A region semifinals ...