Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Atheists
http://xkcd.com/774/ Filed under: Jokes
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
New Vrindaban Celebrates Janmastami and Prabhupada’s Vyasa-puja
On Wednesday, September 1, millions of people around the world will observe the ancient Vedic festival called Krishna Janmastami. Technically, Janmastami marks the day on which Lord Krishna descended from the spiritual world to the planet earth 5,000 years ago. Commonly, however, Janmastami is known as the joyful celebration of Lord Krishna’s […]
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Srila Prabhupada’s Master Plan For New Vrindaban
“Krishna by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows and that should be the main business of New Vrindaban. Vrindaban is also known as Gokula. Go means cows, and kula means congregation. Therefore the special feature of New Vrindaban will be cow protection, and by doing so, we shall not […]
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Move To Curb Factory Farms Gains Momentum
By ERIK ECKHOLM Published: August 11, 2010 in the New York Times var articleToolsShareData = {”url”:”http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/12\/us\/12farm.html”,”headline”:”Farmers Lean to Truce on Animals\u2019 Close Quarters”,”description”:”Ohio farm…
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Krishna Camp 2010
Hey Everybody! This is the biggest and best year ever so far at Burning Man!
Krishna Camp is partnering with Sacred Spaces Village, Red Lightning and Entheon Village, providing yummy nutritious vegetarian/vegan/raw prasadam delicacies with a healthy dose of Kirtan, sound Krishna philosophy and of course LOVE
So if you’re coming to the Playa we’re […]
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Portugal Gives Itself A Clean-Energy Makeover
Click here to read the full article from the New York TimesStill, aggressive national policies to accelerate renewable energy use are succeeding in Portugal and some other countries, according to a recent report by IHS Emerging Energy Research of C…
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Swamped
I have been weeding, harvesting, planting fall crops, dehydrating, freezing, cooking tomatoes into freezable sauce, numerous non food producing projects, recuperating on the couch. Repeat. I swing from very busy to very tired and not having enough energy to deal with everything. The blog is suffering. Filed under: Cows and Environment
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Art Seminar Details Memo/ Reminder
Dear Devotees:
Here is current information about the New VrindabanArt Seminar with Dhriti & Ram das that runs from Sept. 13 th through Sept 22 cd.
Costs are as follows:
10 -day course & materials:
$200 (covers materials & travel expenses for Dhriti & Ram)
Lodging (if required): $150 from Sept. 12 th through 23 rd in Guest Lodge.
(Option is […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
India Asks: Should Food Be A Right For The Poor?
Click here to read the full article from the New York TimesJHABUA, India — Inside the drab district hospital, where dogs patter down the corridors, sniffing for food, Ratan Bhuria’s children are curled together in the malnutrition ward, hovering …
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Temporary Assistance Needed
Hare Krishna:
I am looking for temporary assistance between now through Oct. 5 th or 13th.
Need basic computer skills, English spoken and written, ability to communicate with other, and visible sadhana. Main services will include Janmastami Festival Planning and execution as well as Radhastami Festival. Assist with Art Seminar (can even take the seminar, […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
The Food And Climate Connection
Click here to watch a very inspiring video on “The Food And Climate Connection” from WhyHunger.Click here to visit the WhyHunger Food Security Learning Center
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Lord Balarama Appearance Day Program
TUESDAY 24 AUG. 2010
5:00PM___5:15PM :Welcome
5:15PM___5:30PM: Special dance performances by devotee children!
5:30PM___6:00PM: Balarama Quiz – special surprises for winners!
6:00PM___7:00PM : Class by Malati Devi Dasi
7:00PM___7:30PM : Artik
7:30PM___Feast in Honor of Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Food And Faith: Agriculture As A Theological Act
From Kent Hayden at the Huffington PostWendell Berry has said that eating is an agricultural act. I have always suspected that agriculture is a theological act. The way we produce and consume something as basic as our food not only determines our ph…
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold on Station WLTV-14
WLTV-14 visited the Palace Rose Garden this morning and interviewed Damadara dasa.
They discussed a number of different items, including Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold, Janmastami, and Prabhupada’s Appearance Day.
This 30-minute interview will appear on “Your Town with Steve Mazure.” The show will air for one week, beginning Friday, August 20 at 9:30 pm. “Your […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
Latest ISCOWP News
The latest ISCOWP News is now available online in PDF file.
Check it out at this link:
http://www.iscowp.org/uploads/NLVOLUMNE20_ISSUE%202.pdf
