Archive for January, 2010

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Numbers Game — Moundsville Flasher Racks Up Fans On Facebook

I acknowledge that social networking websites have the potential to be a tool for good, like organizing prayer events or sharing knowledge, but if you really want to be a quick success,  nothing sells like controversy.  Jump on one and ride the wave. It requires no intellectual effort at all.
Marshall County Flasher Has Facebook Page; […]

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Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Turning Carbon Disclosure Into A Virtue

By LESLIE KAUFMAN Published: December 28, 2009 in the By Degrees series in the New York Times Cupping their hands near holes drilled for cable routing, workers at the Boeing Company’s four-acre data processing site near Seat…

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Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Peter Walks On Water

If you aren’t familiar with Christian New Testament stories read Matthew 14: 24-33 to get the humor.
Filed under: Jokes

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Friday, January 29th, 2010

To Save The Planet, Save The Seas

By DAN LAFFOLEY Published: December 26, 2009 in the New York Times Peterborough, England FOR the many disappointments of the recent climate talks in Copenhagen, there was at least one clear positive outcome, and that was the progress …

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Friday, January 29th, 2010

Post Fast Debriefing

After Day 16 I started adding back more types of foods first fruits and veggies and then slowly a little grain. Day 20 I went to the temple for the first time since starting fasting and it was Yoga Day USA and a feast. I had avoided going before because the food is usually pretty […]

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Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Need Help With A New Year’s Resolution

From our friend Ali Krishna in Gainesville… I admit it. I’m obsessed. I’m a fanatic. I can’t stop thinking about it. So I’m going to do something about it. This year, I will beg, I will plead, implore, request, abjure, advocate, beseech, …

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Thursday, January 28th, 2010

The Bhakti-lata

“Thus the Lord brought the desire tree of devotional service to this earth and became its gardener. He sowed the seed and sprinkled upon it the water of His will.
“PURPORT
“In many places devotional service has been compared to a creeper. One has to sow the seed of the devotional creeper, bhakti-lata, within his heart. As […]

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

World Prayer Day for the Yamuna River

On Saturday, January 30, New Vrindaban Community will join with over 180 communities world-wide in a day of prayer and chanting. This is an international effort aimed at protecting the sacred Yamuna River in Vrindaban, India. There is currently a 30-day stay order on the construction of a bridge that would […]

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat from Power Generators

By ALEC APPELBAUM
Published: February 24, 2009
Later this year, a double-rigged crane will hoist a giant power turbine part way up One Penn Plaza, a black monolithic skyscraper next to Madison Square Garden. When the natural gas-powered generator on the 12th floor starts, it will not only produce some 6.2 megawatts of electricity — enough to […]

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Green Acres Is The Place To Be!

Click here to read the full article from the Wall Street JournalHistory shows economic downturns or disasters such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks frequently trigger a short-lived appetite for escape, and that those approaching retirement often crave…

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Festival Of Inspiration: 2010 May 7, 8 & 9th New Vrindaban, WV

This is the 10th Year Anniversary of the Festival.
Each year, Festival coordinators seek talented devotees to make presentations, conduct work shops or give seminars. We welcome a wide variety of topics. If any of the gentle readers know qualified persons or are interested themselves in […]

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Off To The Races

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: December 19, 2009 in the New York Times I’ve long believed there are two basic strategies for dealing with climate change — the “Earth Day” strategy and the “Earth Race” strategy. This Copenhagen cli…

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

“Smile Please?” by Anuradha Keshavi

“When a devotee with all his heart and soul serves Krsna, dresses him in nice garments and gives him a flower, Krsna smiles. If you can get Krishna to smile upon you just once, your life’s goal is fulfilled.” – Srila Prabhupad, Lecture SB 3.25.12, 12th November, 1974

Vishaka mataji’s girirajji
As my eyes took in the […]

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

Clear-Cutting The Truth About Trees

Click here to read the full article from the New York TimesA few environmental groups in Copenhagen were considered unwelcome guests for loudly pointing out that the carbon-trading proposals bandied about at the meetings subsidize forest destruction an…

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Monday, January 25th, 2010

Radio Mirchi’s Annual Cow Fashion Show at ISKCON

by Nishal Lama, mybangalore.com

participating cow with a complete makeover
How many would have really thought that there could be a fashion show with models being the cows. The Kombu Mela celebration that was held at ISKCON in the city on January 14 showed exactly that: cows replacing the model, where the designers where replaced by the […]

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