Archive for July, 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Project’s Fate May Predict The Future of Mining
By ERIK ECKHOLM Published: July 14, 2010 in the New York Times var articleToolsShareData = {”url”:”http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/15\/us\/15mining.html”,”headline”:”Project\u2019s Fate May Predict the Future of Mining”,”description”:”The Obama …
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Saturday, July 31st, 2010
“Machines” by Michael Donaghy
Dearest, note how these two are alike: This harpsicord pavane by Purcell And the racer’s twelve-speed bike. The machinery of grace is always simple. This chrome trapezoid, one wheel connected To another of concentric gears, Which Ptolemy dreamt of and Schwinn perfected, Is gone. The cyclist, not the cycle, steers. And in the playing, Purcell’s […]
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
On The Road Again
I am in Chicago staying at my Aunt Ruth’s on the way to the 2010 National Kidney Foundation Transplant Games in Madison Wisconsin that start this weekend. I was really busy tying up loose ends before I left and doing conditioning work ergo no posting. One of my events will be a 20k (12 mile) […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
A Humane Egg
Published: July 11, 201o in the Editorial section of the New York Times var articleToolsShareData = {”url”:”http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/12\/opinion\/12mon4.html”,”headline”:”A Humane Egg”,”description”:”There is no justification for the abusiv…
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Organic Food, Health, And The Burden of Proof
From Dr. David Katz at the Huffington Post Paradoxically, my long-standing interest in organic food has encompassed both ardent support and concerned opposition. My support fo…
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Getting Sick Eating Peaches
We were a couple of days late starting peach harvest so some of them have soft spots. I was freezing some yesterday and whenever there was one with a soft spot I was sorting them out for fresh eating or giveaway (anyone stopping by in the next few days will leave with organic peaches. (consider […]
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
ISKCON’s 2nd Generation Go Green At French Mela
By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 9 Jul 2010 The chateau of New Mayapur in France This August, 350 “Kulis,” or members of ISKCON’s second generation, from France, England, Italy, Spain, Germany and Belgium will converge on the rura…
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Veg And The City: My Beef With Locavores
Check out our friend Devadeva Mirel’s blog “Sabjimata” for her own take on this in her post “The Locavore’s Dilemma”From Victoria Moran at the Huffington Post The ally relationship can be an odd one. I remember my shock in thi…
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Care For Cows Newsletter July 2010
The latest from our friends at the Care For Cows goshala in Vrndavana. Click here to read.Click here to go to the Care For Cows website.
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Venus and Mars…
A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. ‘House’ for instance, is feminine: ‘la Casa.’ ‘Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ‘el lapiz.’ A student asked, ‘What gender is ‘computer’?’ Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male […]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
The Eco-Caravan: Slovenian Pada-Yatra
By Ananta Das for ISKCON News on 8 Jul 2010 A few days ago, Slovenian devotees started their 9th annual pada-yatra festival called Eco-caravan 2010. The eleven-day program was inaugurated on Sunday by “reawakening” the pada-yatra deitie…
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
What Are You Doing For Cow Protection?
By HH Sivarama Swami Krsi goraksya vanijya. Krsi means ploughing or agriculture and goraksya, cow protection. These are the staples of society, this is what people live on. All living entities subsist on grains. So the ksatriyas may direct and instruct people, the brahmanas may perform their yajnas, but if they don’t eat then giving […]
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Letter From a Visitor
A few weeks ago, New Vrindaban Communications sent out a press release across the state of West Virginia regarding the upcoming Ratha Yatra. Jenny’s newspaper included Ratha Yatra in its Calendar of Events. Jenny saw the listing and drove two hours with her son to get to New Vrindaban. They spent the […]
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
He Reasons Ill
“Sometimes the liberated souls recruit disciples who then go out and preach, following the example of their spiritual master. Great souls sometimes begin movements or societies in which devotees can live and practice bhakti. And sometimes they construct temples where the public can come to see the Deity form of Lord Krsna and taste His […]
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Invitation To Welcome 6 Goswamis to New Vrindaban
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING THE SIX GOSWAMIS
TO NEW VRINDABAN
Date : 25th JULY 2010.
Day : Sunday
Time : 5:00 Pm
PLace : GOVARDHAN HILL (H.H Varsana Maharaj’s Land)
Schedule
5:15 pm Abhishek of Sri Sri Radha […]