Pot Churches; JW's Rushed Out; allah Baby; Bench Press; GM's Lost Plant; Aborting in Missouri; Abortion in Every Campuses; Nanocar Race; Red-eyed Mutants; 3D Fabric; and Brain Drug

Society

Colorado rejects attempt to ban pot churches coloradoan

The International Church of Cannabis is set to open in Denver on April 20th and has been billed as "the first large venue in the world where adults can legally consume cannabis in a social environment.” According to Steve Berke, the 113 year old church's new landlord, “Elevationists believe that one can find the path to spiritual fulfillment through the ritual use of cannabis.” The church doesn't plan on selling marijuana or accessories, but plans to host guest speakers, artists, comedians, musicians, and documentary film screenings. Despite the affiliation with marijuana, Berke insists: “this is not just a bunch of lazy stoners getting together to get high. We really want to impact [the] neighborhood. We want to do great things for the community.”

Embracing the Sting; Death by Insurance; Sermons on their Mind; Balfour Repentance; and Seeing Again (One Day)

Suicide

The right to die on one’s own terms: At 94, sick, tired and living alone, ‘Dad got the death he wanted’ news.nationalpost

Richard Brown wanted to die. An elderly widower who lived by himself in the same Vancouver house that he’d owned for decades, he wasn’t terminally ill. He wasn’t immobile. He had coronary heart disease and he’d endured painful episodes of gout. He’d been in hospital frequently.

Practicing Blowing Up South Korea; Coded Broadcasts; Deserting Syria; Israel's New Impeachment Law; Geshur's Mighty City; Girls Self-Identifying as Plaintiffs; Christian Flag Burns Atheists' Eyes; Cloning Against Climate Change; Google Powers Down; Chasing AI; Bots n Dogies; Bending Memory; and Accidental, Serious-Hard Alloy

North Korea

North Korea ‘practising blowing up South Korean ports and airports with nuclear warheads’ independent.co.uk

The drill rehearsed “making preemptive strikes at ports and airfields in the operational theatre in south Korea, where the US imperialists nuclear war hardware is to be hurled,” the North's official Korean Central News Agency said.

G7's Global Crisis; Emoji Bible; The 20-Week Unknown Ban; Children-Approved Gene Therapy; DNA Tracer; Designing in the Air; Stealth Moto; Buses over Cars; Jumping Roach

Global

G7 vows growth efforts as Japan's Abe warns of global crisis in.reuters v

"Global growth remains moderate and below potential, while risks of weak growth persist," they said in a declaration. "Global growth is our urgent priority."

Not All About State Recognition; Threatening Shield; Georgia Games; AU Backs US; China's Imploding Base; The Global Anti-Corruption Dream Team; ALawyer; Drilling for Cheese; Copyrights in a 3D Printing World; Inventory Management Swarm; SSM and Military Chapels; Superintendent's Personal, District-Wide Bathroom Policy; 1st National Gay Rights Monument; Liberal Demand for Unconditional Surrender; and Cheating Eyes

Two-State Solution

Gold: Israel opposes French plan even if it includes ‘Jewish state’ recognition jpost

“There are many problems with the French initiative, one of them is the lack of recognition of a Jewish state,” Gold said Thursday. “But even if that were changed, it wouldn’t alter many fundamental problems with the French initiative.”

Gold voiced anger at France’s vote last month at the UNESCO executive board meeting in favor of a resolution on Jerusalem that expunged any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.

Kansas, North Carolina, and Georgia on the Bill; Fantasy Trumps Reality with Visitors; So Bright They're Outrageous; Another Bunker for Sale; Silver Trumpets; Obama to Push 2-States Beyond Presidency; Networked Motors; Printing with Nanomaterials; Automated Brick Layer; and Crown of Syringes

Society

New Kansas law lets campus religious groups restrict members ctpost

Kansas' conservative Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting the state on a collision course with civil liberties groups.

North Carolina to Limit Bathroom Use by Birth Gender nytimes

North Carolina legislators, in a whirlwind special session on Wednesday, passed a wide-ranging bill banning transgender people from bathrooms and locker rooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates.

Disney Will Stop Filming in Georgia if Gov. Signs Religious Liberty Bill fortune

Walt Disney..., along with subsidiary Marvel Studios, announced plans on Wednesday to boycott filming future movie projects in the state of Georgia should Governor Nathan Deal sign the bill.

Historyish

English Heritage turning Tintagel into 'fairytale theme park' theguardian

A group of 200 Cornish historians has criticised plans by English Heritage to turn Tintagel Castle into what it has called a “fairytale theme park” based on the legend of King Arthur rather than highlighting its true past.

Space

Astronomers report most 'outrageously' luminous galaxies ever observed sciencedaily

Astronomers report that they have observed the most luminous galaxies ever seen in the Universe, objects so bright that established descriptors such as 'ultra-' and 'hyper-luminous' used to describe previously brightest known galaxies don't even come close. The lead author says, 'We've taken to calling them 'outrageously luminous' among ourselves, because there is no scientific term to apply.'

End of the World

Hunker in their bunker foxnews

Dave and Sue Prentiss, of the bucolic town of Limestone, are looking to sell their near-20 acre property, which comes complete with an underground missile silo -- the kind that are favored by the prepping community to be retrofitted into livable bunkers in case the end of the world is upon us.

Israel

Silver Trumpets Pierce the Heavens in Prayer Rally Opposite Temple Mount jewishpress

Thousands of people filled the Western Wall Plaza on Tuesday afternoon, facing the Temple Mount, to beseech God for compassion and deliverance from the evil machinations of those who are seeking to destroy Israel. The mass prayer gathering was a lead-up to Ta’anit Ester (Fast of Esther), which was first decreed by Ester 2500 years ago when the Jews living in the Persian Empire were in danger of extinction at the hands of the evil Haman.

Obama to Push for Israel-Palestine 2-State Solution After Leaving Office sputniknews

US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he plans to continue to push for establishing a peaceful two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after leaving the White House.

Tech

Engineers develop networked self-analyzing electric motors phys.org

A team of engineers from Saarland University are developing intelligent motor systems that function without the need for additional sensors. By essentially transforming the motor itself into a sensor, the team led by Professor Matthias Nienhaus are creating smart motors that can tell whether they are still running smoothly, can communicate and interact with other motors and can be efficiently controlled.

This one’s a little geeky, but still interesting :)

New method can deposit nanomaterials onto flexible surfaces and 3-D objects phys.org

Now, researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth. The technique could make it easier and cheaper to build devices like wearable chemical and biological sensors, flexible memory devices and batteries, and integrated circuits.

Automation

Fastbrick Robotics Animation of Brick House Construction industrytap

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Apostasy

Crown of syringes replaces traditional crown of thorns in CofE Easter Passion film christiantoday

A "crown of syringes" has replaced the traditional crown of thorns in a film released by the Church of England to mark Easter. The film is a modern-day Passion Play and stars people who have fought drug addiction, crime and homelessness with the help of faith.

This one was an odd one from the Church of England.

Other...

In Theory: Why are theoreticians filled with wanderlust? cern