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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Going up? Or down?
Japan plans snail-paced space elevator for 2050 CNET – TIM HORNYAK – Feb 23, 2012 Japanese construction company Obayashi wants to build an elevator to space and transport passengers to a station about a tenth the distance to the moon.
Let them eat nuts and bolts
Forbes reveals that farmers are at the top of the list of careers headed for the dustbin in the US: food production increasingly outsourced. Jobs Outlook 2012: Careers Headed For The Dustbin Forbes – JENNA GOUDREAU – Feb 7, 2012 … more
Posted in Economy, Food: Field to Table, Occupation
Tagged careers, food production, global specialization, outsourcing, US employment, US jobs
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Evidence of ancient, worldwide Vedic civilization
In 2007, Times of India reported the unearthing of an ancient Vishnu idol in an old village in Russia: Ancient Vishnu idol found in Russian town Times of India – PTI – Jan 4, 2007 MOSCOW: An ancient Vishnu idol … more
Posted in History
Tagged archeology, P.N.Oak, Russian history, Taj Mahal, Vedic civilization, Vishnu idol, Vishnu idol in Russia
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Example better than precept
It so happens that it’s the time of the Tibetan New Year, and today’s New York Times Dining & Wine section ran an article that caught my eye: Tibetans’ (Forbidden) Special Treat New York Times – JULIA MOSKIN – Feb … more
Posted in Food: Field to Table, People, Philosophy
Tagged Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama eats meat, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan New Year
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God and the universe do not depend on wild guesses
There’s More to Nothing Than We Knew New York Times – DENNIS OVERBYE – Feb 20, 2012 …The question of why there was a Big Bang or any quantum particles at all was presumed to lie safely out of scientific … more
Posted in Science & Technology
Tagged Big Bang, birth of cosmos, cause of all causes, origin of the universe
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Hypocrisy behind prosecutor’s application to ban Bhagavad-gita As It Is
‘Ban Gita’ court battle restarts in Russia Samay Live – Feb 16, 2012 – Nearly two months after a Russian court rejected a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, a top Siberian prosecutor has now demanded the removal … more
Posted in Law, Religion, Vedas
Tagged Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Russian Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Russian prosecutor
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Archaeologists would upturn historians’ dismissal of Vedic literature
Krishna unexplored: Scientists Times of India – PRATIKSHA RAMKUMAR – Feb 18, 2012 CHENNAI: While the Western world has been doing cutting edge research on Jesus Christ and the Bible, India lags far behind in tracing the legacy, life and … more
Posted in History, Religion, Science & Technology, Vedas
Tagged archaeology in India, archeologists, Dwaraka, epics
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Bhagavad-gita: Handbook for Human Civilization
The Globalists’ Worst Nightmare Land Destroyer Report – TONY CARTALUCCI – Mar 11, 2011 Self-Sufficiency: a universal solution to the globalist problem. …By moving to the city, people give up private property, cease pursuing productive occupations, and end up being … more
Posted in Economy, Food: Field to Table
Tagged food production, globalisation, rural life, self sufficiency, urban migration
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Radha Krishna Temple
This album, produced in 1971 by George Harrison on the Apple Records label, begins with “Govindam Adi Purusham”, arranged by George Harrison, who is thought to have played harmonium and bass guitar for both “Govinda” and “Hare Krishna Mantra”, with … more
Posted in Audio, Early Hare Krishna movement, George Harrison
Tagged Apple Records, early Hare Krishna recordings, George Harrison, Govinda, Govindam, Hare Krishna albums, Radha Krishna Temple, Yamuna devi dasi
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Hogs and dogs, lions and tigers
What if it’s about them? Youtube – Judge Napolitano, Fox News Freedom Watch – Feb 13, 2012 “What if what we call public opinion is just a manufactured narrative that makes it easier to convince people that if their views … more
Posted in Government, Politics
Tagged Democracy, electing a president, elections, Judge Napolitano
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