In a world where our ability to play "make do and mend" with the human body seems to increase on a daily basis, Unknown Country looks at the subject of organ donation and its potential physical, mental and even spiritual impacts.
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The end of the Mayan Calendar was supposed to mark the end of the world. Of course, it never happened. But the Mayan Calendar does mean something. In fact, it means a great deal, according to Carl Calleman. He has gone back across the changes marked in the calendar and found that they relate directly to the evolution of the mind.
The ‘end’ of the Mayan Calendar was misunderstood. But there has been a shift in the human mind, which was correctly marked by the calender, as many others have been.
This footage from France does not appear to be a computer graphic. The objects could be distant balloons, but their movements suggest otherwise.
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Plans to build a new road in Iceland were halted recently when campaigners warned that it would disturb elves living in its path.
Construction work had to be stopped until a solution could be found.
" It’s not every day in Iceland that we divert roads for elves. It’s just in this case we were warned that elves were living in some of the rocks in the path of the road – well, we have to respect that belief,"
explained Petur Matthiasson of the Icelandic Highways department.
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