Archive for February, 2010
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Is There An Ecological Consciousness?
Click here to read the full piece from the New York TimesBut it rubs up against a fundamental problem of ecopsychology: even if we can establish that as we move further into an urban, technological future, we move further away from the elemental forc…
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Blogging Hare Krishna Valley in Australia
http://www.harekrishnavalley.com.au/blog/ I just thought I would give you a brief report on what has gone on at Hare Krishna Valley in recent months. We have planted pumpkin, zucchini, eggplant and tomatoes, which will all be ready for harvesting…
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Proposed Autism Diagnosis Changes Anger “Aspies”
By Lindsey Tanner
AP Medical Writer= CHICAGO (AP) — In the autism world, “Aspies” are sometimes seen as the elites, the ones who are socially awkward, yet academically gifted and who embrace their quirkiness.
Now, many Aspies, a nickname for people with Asperger’s syndrome, are upset over a proposal they see as an attack […]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
ISKCON’s Eco-Valley Project At The Copenhagen Climate Summitt
ISKCON’s Eco-Valley Project at the Copenhagen Climate Summit By Krishna-lila devi dasi (Krisztina Danka, PhD.) on 16 Jan 2010 Image: ISKCON Hungary Radha Krishna Dasa, as director of the Eco-Valley Foundation, was…
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Merton’s Gita intro
Christian scholar, teacher, monk, and mystic Thomas Merton’s introduction to original Macmillan printing of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, The word Gita means “Song.” Just as in the Bible the Song of Solomon has traditionally been known as …
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical calculator (also described as the first known mechanical computer) designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1901 from the Antikythera wreck, but its complexity and significance were not understood until decades later. It is now thought to have been built about 150 […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Natural Gas Royalties To Improve Hare Krishna Community
By Keri Brown for West Virginia Public Broadcasting on 2 Feb 2010 Image: Keri Brown Marshall County residents review drilling leases at “lease signing party.” From ISKCON NewsOn Sunday, dozens of people including members of the Hare Krishna …
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The Climate Killers
Meet the 17 polluters and deniers who are derailing efforts to curb global warming Click here to read the full article at Rolling Stone.
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Sarcasma
Filed under: Jokes 
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
NV’s New Temple President Weathers His First Storm
New Vrindaban recently experienced a 3-1/2 day power outage. Although this was Sikhi Mahiti’s first winter storm in NV, he remained calm throughout the outage and assisted the devotees in their service. As a result, the Deity service and devotee care continued uninterrupted throughout the entire storm.
This was the […]
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Energy Diversification: A National Security Imperative
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by T.J. Buonomo, Former U.S. Military Intelligence Officer
According to the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imports about 60% of its oil, with more than two-thirds of it used for transportation. Oil is essential to the basic functioning of the global economy, from the production of goods in factories overseas and across the country to their […]
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Govardhana Hill Finds A New Heritage
From Express BuzzMATHURA: American landscape experts, who are drawing up a conservation plan for Mount Govardhan — significant in Hindu mythology — feel the hill deserves to be recognised as a world heritage site.”Goverdhan hill is unique in the …
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
“A Poem for Srila Prabhupad” by Bhakti Lata dd
When I first drew breath
Srila Prabhupad was the air in my chest
he is the shadow
when I enter the templeroom
he is the silver voice
just beyond the margins of a bhajan
he is the rhythm of my footsteps
when I dance in a kirtan
he is the echo of my heartbeat
in the stillness when I chant
he is the smile
when I […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
New Sewing Room
To All New Vrindavan Residents,
Several months ago, the New Vrindavan Community Management Council approved a request of senior matajis who desired to restart the Radha Vrindavan Candra Sewing Department.
The paraphernalia of the RVC Sewing Dept was in disarray and scattered in several insecure locations. Their request was to consolidate all the Lord’s sewing […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Another Day, Another Snowfall
More snow we have gotten 6-8 inches (15-20 cm) since the initial blow then more snow everyday, at least a little more snow everyday. More snow. The ten day forecast has flurries or more snow everyday, and not a day where the temperature will get above freezing for the next week. Our average high temperature […]