The village that fell asleep: Kazakhstanis hit by mystery sleeping sickness that causes them to doze for days have fluid on their brains, doctors claim

A mysterious sleeping epidemic that makes residents of a village known as Sleepy Hollow doze off for days at a time is caused by excessive fluid in the brain, according to doctors. Doctors, however, have been unable to identify the cause of the condition that has affected residents in the remote village of Kalachi, in northern Kazakhstan, for nearly four years. Locals say the strange sleeping disorder is getting worse, with nearly 14 per cent of the towns 600 residents having been affected Read more AND VIDEO : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2876077/The-real-Sleepy-Hollow-Doctors-say-Kazakh-villagers-hit-mystery-sleeping-sickness-excess-fluid-brains.html#ixzz3R4vurHtB

Man born with a womb prepares for hysterectomy

A businessman is preparing to have a hysterectomy after doctors discovered he was born with a womb. The 37-year-old Lancashire man discovered he has a full set of female reproductive organs after undergoing scans for suspected bladder cancer. Now the man, who is being called Rob in order to protect his identity, has reportedly been advised by medical staff to have the organs surgically removed, even though it could trigger the menopause. Doctors believe Rob has a rare condition called persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS). This results in men developing both external male genitalia and internal female reproductive organs. Most cases are diagnosed at birth or puberty, although people can discover they have intersex bodies — also known as differences of sex development (DSD), at any age. Related Articles Woman born with no womb gives birth to miracle twins Woman born with no womb gives birth to miracle twins 31 Jan 2015 Something is wrong with my vagina, but I'm scared to see a doctor 30 Jan 2015 Father turns to crowdfunding site for help raising disabled son rejected by his mother 06 Feb 2015 Metabolic type testing fixed my ailing body 06 Feb 2015 Rob's condition was revealed when he underwent an MRI scan after complaining about blood in his urine. He said: "The diagnosis came as a bombshell. I've never seen myself as anything but an ordinary bloke who has a normal sex life. I was shocked when the consultant said I had a fully functioning set of women's reproductive organs, and I was even having periods. "It appears I could even potentially get pregnant. But I've been told by doctors I'll be having a hysterectomy in the next few weeks. Bizarrely, that could lead to menopause."READ MORE-http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11397560/Man-born-with-a-womb-prepares-for-hysterectomy.html

ANIMAL WELFARE -STAND UP AGAINST POACHERS-Frontline teams 'unaware' of wildlife smuggler tactics

Front-line transport workers largely lack awareness on how criminal networks disguise illegal wildlife products, it emerged at a summit in Bangkok. Customs officials and wildlife trade experts say that educating freight forwarders and handlers of air, ship and land cargoes could help the fight against trafficking. Their recent meeting with transport operators was the first of its kind. "There was a genuine shock (among participants from the transport industry in the meeting) as to the magnitude of wildlife trade and the methods of disguise used by traffickers to transport these commodities," said Martin Palmer, an expert in global trade compliance requirements and international transport. "For example, when a rhino horn is ground down to powder, it's almost impossible to identify the difference between a box of grey chalk and a box of rhino horn powder, from a visual check. "Facts like these came as a big surprise to participants from the transport industry." Wildlife organisations say around 35,000 elephants are killed for their tusks every year, mainly in Africa. The South African government has said poaching of its rhinos reached a record of 1,215 last year. Only around 3,000 tigers are now left across the globe, which is only 5% of what the population was a century ago. Experts say despite international efforts against wildlife trafficking, criminal networks have been adopting new tactics in transporting the illegal goods - which are estimated to be worth up to $23bn annually, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. "And a lot of these people (from the transport industry) said over and over again that a lot of freight handlers lacked awareness," said Tom Milliken, an elephant and rhino trafficking expert with Traffic, an international wildlife trade monitoring network.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31162726

EVIL BEAVER

What inspired you? 1) Other artists who make amazing work inspire me.

What are your aims? 2) Would like to continue to write good songs and release quality music.

What  plans do you have for the future? 3) we are tour for the first half of the year in the u.s.a and in Europe the second half.

Darla Watkins- INTERVIEWED BY MARK ANTONY RAINES AKA GHOSTMAN

As a paranormal investigator I have traveled to Florida, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky and have set-up investigations as well as been lead investigator on numerous private & commercial paranormal research jaunts.i am on FB and have a few notes that i have written based on some personal research, articles i have read and my views of the paranormal as a whole -- also have a youtube channel with evp's --BarbDarla-- Is this what u had in mind? My childhood home was also home to the builder of the 1800’s; he was a presence in my life & growing up that was just an accepted part of life. There were times the spirit was more predominant than others but remained a silent part of our physical world. I have investigated and researched the paranormal in New York, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia; this also includes numerous undisclosed residential investigations. I concentrate on helping the individual understand what is happening in their home and try to help them with their questions and concerns.HAVE THEY CHOSEN TO REMAIN IN A DARKENED PHYSICAL REALM 
May 11, 2013 at 10:19pm 
Be cautious of the level 4 spirits who contact & chat; they may be wanting your sensitivity as a possession of their own – thinking they feel the existence of physical life again; not accepting of their own death or having to examine & see their own physical life before them as they relive the misery, hurt and pain they caused from selfish acts of greed or jealousy against another. 

Ask questions directly; speak to those of the light who seek their guides to find their way; those who want to evolve & move on to another higher plane of existence – they have achieved their purpose of remaining earthbound but have lost their way or they have lost contact with their spirit guide & now reside in the darkness. 
.. spirits/ghosts who still possess the human qualities of anger, greed, jealousy & material possessions will not speak directly about spirit guides or the light that they should seek … giving evasive, nonsensical answers that are irrelevant to the question as they choose to remain in the darkened physical world draining unsuspecting living beings of their energy, sensitivities and causing mischief & meaningless anger, frustration & chaos in day to day living hiding underneath the mask of communication from the spiritual realm; hunting & using an unsuspecting paranormal investigator or researcher’s eagerness to have evidence of the afterlife. 

Do we ghost hunt or do the ghost hunt us? 
Darla 

MY PAST IS NOT MY PRESENT?

Yes it was wrong for me to commit a crime -criminal damage in 1986 -Essex only excuse i have is i just split from my first, girlfriend ,only two woman in my life i know married to my second since 1991.I went to court twice got fines and a years probation which sometimes i did not attend as went weight training down the gym  instead yes did get in trouble.Since then i have been a normal life apart from a small dispute in Bideford about litter in garden -got warning letter.I  have been a volunteer for -meals on wheels,furniture store,helping people through befriending ,worked with special needs,challenging behavior,learning problems,sex offenders, mental health and i believe my past has not been a problem as i will tell or put in writing if requested about my past,i hope this does not affect and volunteer work i do now or in the future .

ART,CRYPTOZOOLOGY AND MAN , A POST OF AN IDEA

Caveman without fully knowing it was the first cryptologist via witnessing the animals,flora,insects in thier time.In what inspired them to create or find art in which we are left with in different   .The earliest evidence of artistic activity, in the form of diagonal etchings made with a shark tooth, was described cultures and forms.Sounds a crazy idea so far folks but the link between art,cryptozoology and man  is thier and i hope by doing this blog post was meant to be a talk originally but don't think anyone would listen too.This post is just to put my idea weather or not i can prove it is more difficult but tahts part of  the fun and deabate .Man came from apes than grow and was art born or a concept.I dont know if an idea already out in the world if so sorry  -here is some info from wiki-  In 2014 on a 500,000 year old fossil of a clam found in Java in the 1890s associated with Homo erectus. ^[3]
Some archaeologists have interpreted certain Middle Paleolithic artifacts as early examples of artistic expression.^[4][5] The symmetry of artifacts, evidence of attention to the detail of tool shape, has led some investigators to conceive of Acheulean hand axes and especially laurel points as having been produced with a degree of artistic expression.
The Mask of La Roche-Cotard has been taken as evidence of Neanderthal figurative art, although in a period post-dating their contact with Homo sapiens. There are other claims of Middle Paleolithic sculpture, dubbed the "Venus of Tan-Tan" (before 300 kya)^[6] and the "Venus of Berekhat Ram" (250 kya). In 2002 in Blombos cave, situated in South Africa, stones were discovered engraved with grid or cross-hatch patterns, dated to some 70,000 years ago. This suggested to some researchers that early Homo sapiens were capable of abstraction and production of abstract art or symbolic art. Several archaeologists including Richard Klein of Stanford are hesitant to accept the Blombos caves as the first example of actual art.
Cryptozoology (from Greek κρυπτός, kryptos, "hidden" + zoology; literally, "study of hidden animals") is a pseudoscience involving the search for animals whose existence has not been proven. The animals cryptozoologists study are often referred to as cryptids, a term coined by John Wall in 1983.^[1] This includes looking for living examples of animals that are considered extinct, such as non-avian dinosaurs; animals whose existence lacks physical evidence but which appear in myths, legends, or are reported, such as Bigfoot and Chupacabra;^[2] and wild animals dramatically outside their normal geographic ranges, such as phantom cats (also known as Alien Big Cats).
Cryptozoology is not a recognized branch of zoology or a discipline of science.^[2] It is an example of pseudoscience because it relies heavily upon anecdotal evidence, stories and alleged sightings.^[3][4][5]The coining of the word cryptozoology is often attributed to Belgian-French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans