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An outfit that claims to be "the first and world's largest public school of Wiccan and Witches" has become available for sale. Yesterday, WitchSchool.com was listed to be auctioned off to the highest bidder during an eBay Auction.

In Global Warming: Who Loses -- and Who Wins? , Gregg Easterbrook points out that the climate change associated with global warming could wreak havoc not only with the environment but with our world order as well. Struggling backwaters could be abruptly transformed into boomtowns if their climates become favorable. And world powers could be thrown into recession or worse if their climates become less desirable or altogether uninhabitable. For example, the Arctic Circle, he notes, could become hot real estate, while Europe could become icy and plunge into recession.

BeanBagOne Entertainment announces the completion of "The Summer Of Love Oral Archive by Rock Scully". The one-hour recording is an audio history featuring former Grateful Dead manager Scully telling it like it really was, from the Be-ins and Acid-Tests to Monterey Pop, The Summer Of Love, The Dead, The Who, The Stones, The Beatles, Janis and Jimi. The package includes unreleased photos and rare memorabilia.

Sahaja Yoga, an internationally acclaimed meditation founded by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970, has been invited by NBC-10 to offer meditation workshops at "Fit Fest" Health Expo. Sahaja Yoga means "Spontaneous meditation" and it is being practiced in over 90 countries today. The "Fit Fest" will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center, April 14 and 15, 2007.

Zen Sticks, a new meditation tool, will be relieving stress throughout the month of April on Living In Style, a 30-minute weekend news magazine show that discusses everything from gardening and travel to home decorating and fitness.

Hoping to educate both believers and freethinkers on the historical context of atheism and non-belief, AtheismQuotes.com has revealed its line of freethinker and atheist merchandise. With items provided through CafePress, AtheismQuotes.com provides thousands of products with over 700 freethinker and atheist quotes from which to select.

Earlier this month, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the nation's oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization, received a formal apology from the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia, for wrongfully denying Mr. Jasmeen Singh Nanda entry to the city courthouse.

For centuries, hot peppers have been credited with mysterious medicinal properties due to their unique ability to produce natural heat. Throughout history, hot peppers have been used to fight topical pain, headaches and even heart attacks, but today nature's tasty heat generators are also being used to treat common allergy symptoms.

Swetha Lodha of Mystic Board has announced the start of Online Tarot Classes. She says, "This is a small effort on the part of MysticBoard.com to encourage and spread awareness about tarot." She further adds, "It has received a very positive response from experts, novices as well as the skeptics. I still cannot believe that, what I started as a hobby almost two years ago has become so popular."

Village Earth, who created the first wiki for appropriate technology, has joined forces with Appropedia.org, the largest wiki for sustainable development, appropriate technology and poverty reduction.