Here are some links of things I found of interest on the web this past week or so:
The 2009 World Police & Fire Games will be held at over 40 locations in the Lower Mainland later this month. Several events will be right here in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, including Archery, shooting, biathlon, wrestling and the “Toughest Competitor Alive” competition. They run from July 31 to August 9 and according to a press release on their site there will be around 10,000 competitors from 55 countries.
I wondered if this would come to pass and it has: Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park! It will be at Universal Orlando and is expected to open early 2010. The link includes a peek at some of the concept art for the park….looks good, but it’ll be interesting to see if they keep the ‘magic’ of the books.
This next news story is actually from March, but I missed hearing about it then. Catholics were warned by US Bishops of the dangers of Reiki therapy. There is so much I could say on my thoughts on the quotes in this article. Ever since I found it I’ve been thinking about what I would say, and have decided that I will just let the article speak for itself.
Staying in the Catholic vein for another interesting news item, Michael Prescott reports on his blog that bones discovered in a tomb beneath the Basilica of St. Paul, may be those of Apostle Paul.
A nice neighbourly post wishing us a Happy Canada Day from Gus DiZerega on his A Pagan’s Blog. It is also quite a thoughtful post on love of country.
And to close, here’s a video from the Playing for Change: Peace through Music website. The producer has recorded various people, all over the world singing and playing songs and edited them together so that they are performing together….If you enjoy this one, check out the site. They’re all great. Enjoy!
Until next time……