Appearance day of Lord Sri Krsna.

(The following is a public lecture by Srila B.G. Narasingha Maharaja on the occasion of Sri Krsna Janmastami, given on August 22nd 2011 at Govindaji Gardens)

(The following is a public lecture by Srila B.G. Narasingha Maharaja on the occasion of Sri Krsna Janmastami, given on August 22nd 2011 at Govindaji Gardens)


Today we are celebrating the appearance day of Lord Sri Krsna. Krsna appeared 5237 years ago. That makes the birthday of Krsna the oldest celebrated religious festival in human history. Not only is it the oldest, but it is the original basis of many religious stories told in Buddhism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism and many other different religions around the world. The first story of God coming on this earth is the story of Krsna. We have that story of Krsna because it was recorded in the Srimad Bhagavatam 5000 years ago. There is also another book, written around the same time called the Hari-vamsa. The spiritual knowledge and wisdom around Krsna is explained in the Bhagavata Purana. But there are many little details, because Krsna did not come alone. When God appears in this world, He comes with His brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, His whole dynasty, many friends – He brings His whole village. The details of all that are in the book Hari-vamsa. There are so many details of Krsna – what food He likes, what clothes He likes to wear, what musical instruments He plays, what battles He fought, what language He speaks. That is the first question – when God came to this world, what language did He speak? He appeared in India, but in India there are many languages. The answer is that He spoke your language! Whatever language you spoke, that’s the one He spoke. He even spoke the language of the animals. Krsna had many pets – cows, deer, and horses, even dogs – and He could speak to all of them in their own language. So many of these details are in the book Hari-vamsa and today we will discuss some of those details.

I am not here today to convince you that Krsna is God. You may need to know more about why we say that Krsna is God, but today I am not going to discuss those things. We are going to talk about some of the details such as who was Krsna’s mother, who was Krsna’s father etc. But the details are complicated. I can barely keep up with my own family – what to say of Krsna’s? Krsna’s family is very complex.

In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that Krsna comes whenever there is a decline in religious principles. He comes in every age (yuge yuge). Krsna is known as a great actor, like in a drama, so when Krsna comes He often comes in various disguises. He doesn't always come as the original Krsna – He comes as avataras. Sometimes Krsna shows His full power, and sometimes He only shows a part of His power. Whenever Krsna comes in human society, He has a mother and a father. He selects who will be His mother and who will be His father from His devotees. But the interesting part of the story is that Krsna has an original mother and father also. The original mother and father of Krsna are known as Yasoda and Nanda. So, 5237 years ago Krsna appeared in this world with Yasoda and Nanda as His parents. But at the very same moment, He accepted another mother and father known as Vasudeva and Devaki. Generally the story is simplified and we are told that Krsna was born with one mother and one father, but that is not the detailed story. Krsna appeared in the village of Vrndavana and His mother was Yasoda and at the exact same moment, Krsna appeared in Mathura and His mother was Devaki. The Krsna born in Vrndavana is known as Svayam Bhagavan – the original Krsna. The Krsna that appeared in Mathura is Visnu. The most striking difference between Krsna and Visnu is that Krsna is dvi-bhuja (two handed) and Visnu is catur-bhuja (four handed). There are also other forms of God and if we see them, we will run away in fear. But those who see Krsna, the original beautiful form of God, runs towards Krsna in love. Krsna is the most lovable object in our life.

Yasoda and Nanda are always the mother and father of Krsna. When Krsna comes to this world, He sends His mother and father first and they are born. Then, when the time is perfect, Krsna appears from His mother, just like the sun rising out of the ocean. His birth is a miracle. When this happened over 5000 years ago, this story spread all over the world. That story entered different cultures and different religions and thus you will find in different places around the world the story of God appearing on this earth. But His birth is a miracle. We must understand that we are born in a certain way, but Krsna is born differently. We are born due to our karma, but Krsna does not come due to karma. He simply appears. Then the dream begins and Krsna’s mother thinks, “Oh, I have given birth to this baby.” When Krsna came in this way to Mother Yasoda, He also brought His sister at the same time. Mother Yasoda then fell asleep and everyone in the house also slept, and in the bed with Yasoda was baby Krsna and a baby girl.

Now in Mathura, a big drama had been going on for a long time. Vasudeva and Devaki had been put in prison by Kamsa and they had been there for many years. Whenever any children were born to them in prison, Kamsa would come and kill the baby immediately. Devaki was the sister of Kamsa. The reason Devaki and Vasudeva were in prison was because of this – on the day of Devaki’s marriage to Vasudeva, Kamsa put his sister and her husband into his chariot to take them to their new home. Suddenly there was a sound from the skies. A great voice declared, “Kamsa, you are such a fool! You are proudly driving the chariot with your sister, but her eighth son is going to kill you!”

Now Kamsa was not a good man. He was a thousand times worse than today’s politicians! He was greedy, evil and violent. He was an asura – a demon. When Kamsa heard this voice, he was shocked. He grabbed his sister’s hair, pulled out his sword and attempted to cut off her head. He was thinking that, “If I kill my sister, she will have no children, then there is no chance of her eighth son killing me.” But Vasudeva immediately grabbed him, “What are you doing? Would you kill your own sister? People will wonder what type of man you are! You will get such a poor reputation. “

It was a very critical situation with Kamsa, so finally Vasudeva said, “You don’t have to worry about her. When any children are born, I will bring them to you immediately and you can kill them.” Vasudeva spoke many flattering words to Kamsa to cool his anger and he made this very extreme promise.

After a year had passes, Devaki gave birth to a son and Vasudeva brought the baby to Kamsa but he told him, “This is the first baby, but your problem is with the eighth child.” So Kamsa agreed and let them keep their son. But then a very strange thing happened – it was already strange but it’s going to get stranger! Narada Muni came to see Kamsa and Narada thought, “This king is so evil and he is already causing so much suffering to innocent people. We need to speed up his karma!” It was also said that the eighth son would be Krsna, and Krsna had killed Kamsa in a previous life. Kamsa’s name in his previous birth was Kalanemi. Narada Muni told him that, “The eighth son will be Krsna, your old enemy, and He will kill you. But you can’t trust Krsna – He may come as the second son, or the third. It’s better you kill all the children.”

Actually, nothing happens by accident. Even an accident is ultimately not an accident. Life is complicated and it involves previous lifetimes. You have things in this world because you have an education and you work, but that is not everything. You have things because of what you did in a previous life, in ten previous lives, in one hundred previous lives. This life is complicated.

After talking to Narada, Kamsa arrested his sister and her husband and put them in prison. Every year, as children were born, he killed them in the prison. If we examine the story at this point, it is clear that Kamsa is evil. But a saint was the one who gave the suggestion to him to kill all the children! So the question arises, who were these poor children? Why were they killed What was their karma?

When Kamsa was Kalenemi in his previous birth, the children of Devaki that he was killing were his own sons. Their grandfather was Hiranyakasipu, one of the greatest demons ever known in the universe. He cursed his own grandsons that they would take birth and they would be killed in that way. This is the family business of demons – they don't even have good wishes for their own children. So these first six children were previously the six sons of Kalanemi and Kamsa killed them all. He was killing his own children.

Then the seventh son appeared. This was Krsna’s brother, Balarama. In India Balarama is very famous. He is also known as Sankarsana. Ananta is His expansion. But Krsna told Yogamaya, the spiritual power of Krsna who helps create the lila of Krsna, “Take My brother to Vrndavana before He is born, so that He does not have to face Kamsa.” Everyone in the prison thought that Devaki had had a miscarriage. The next year, on this day, on the lunar calendar, Krsna appeared in two places at the same time. He came to Mother Yasoda as a baby with two arms, and with His sister. In Mathura, at the same moment, Krsna also appeared as Visnu with four arms.

In Vrndavana, after seeing Krsna, Yasoda slept. But in Mathura, Vasudeva and Devaki didn't sleep. They understood that, “Bhagavan has become our son!” Vasudeva and Devaki offered prayers in glorification of the Lord. If we study those prayers, we can clearly understand who is God. If we understand who is God, we will automatically understand who is not God! We will immediately broom out so many bogus bhagavans.

After hearing their prayers, Visnu took the form of baby Krsna. At that moment, everybody in the world slept. Nobody was awake. When you have had a successful day, you are able to have a good sleep. When God appears on the earth, everyone has a good sleep, even the demons. At that time, all the locks on the prison door opened and Vasudeva picked up baby Krsna and walked out of the prison. It was flood season and he came to the river Yamuna which parted and Vasudeva and Krsna crossed the river. He then came to the village where Yasoda and Nanda lived. Generally we call that whole area as Vrndavana, but that village is actually known as Gokula. Vasudeva entered that house, the door opened and he saw Mother Yasoda sleeping. He saw one little baby girl and he picked her up and replaced her with Krsna. Then he crossed the Yamuna, returned to Mathura, entered the prison and immediately the all doors closed again.

So now there are two Krsnas in the bed with Yasoda. The Visnu-avatara from Mathura entered into the body of the original Krsna and they became one. Then at that moment, everyone in the house woke up, heard the baby crying and they all came running to see. For a moment, Mother Yasoda thought, “Where is the girl?” because she remembered that there were twins – a boy and a girl. But when she saw the beauty of Krsna, she forgot about everything and thought that it must have all been a dream.

Meanwhile, in Mathura, that baby girl began to cry and everybody woke up. The guards heard the crying and ran to Kamsa to tell him that the eighth child had been born. When Kamsa entered, Devaki told him, “This is your niece. Please don't kill this girl. You are in danger from a boy – the eighth son was supposed to kill you. This is a girl.” But no – he pushed them down, grabbed the baby by the feet and he prepared to smash her head on the wall. Suddenly, that baby slipped out of the hand of Kamsa, stood in the sky and took the form of Goddess Durga with sixteen arms holding many weapons. This goddess has many names – Durga, Bhadra, Bhadrakali – she has many names. She chastised Kamsa, “You are a bigger fool than we thought! The one who has been born to kill you has already appeared!” Then she disappeared into the sky. Kamsa had killed the six sons of Devaki who were previously his own sons, but this could not change his destiny. The will of God is above everything. He had done many horrible things, but he had changed nothing.

Kamsa then apologized to his sister and brother-in-law and allowed them to leave the prison and return home. Some time later, Kamsa’s associates came to him and told him that Vasudeva and Devaki were not to be trusted. They suggested that they should be imprisoned again and all the children in the whole kingdom up to ten years old should be killed. Anybody here who knows the Jesus story will immediately remember the same thing happened in Judea. The only difference is that this is the original story. The other is a duplicate.

So due to bad company, Kamsa arrested his sister and her husband again and put them in prison for sixteen years. Then he started a campaign to kill all the children. For this program he employed one friend named Putana. She came to poison Krsna, but Krsna killed her and saved all the children in the whole kingdom. But when Putana was killed, at once Kamsa knew where Krsna was. He didn't need to kill any more children. For sixteen years Kamsa sent powerful demons with magic powers to kill Krsna, but one by one, Krsna killed them all. After sixteen years, Krsna came to know about His other mother and father being locked up in prison by Kamsa, so He went to Mathura. There, He fought with elephants and wrestlers and finally He fought with Kamsa, and with His left hand He hit Kamsa and killed him. Then He set His mother and father free.

These activities are known as krsna-lila and by hearing krsna-lila we can be freed from karma. This means we can be freed from suffering. All of you today have come from your homes; some of you have even come from a different country to this place. This means that you have an original place – Krsna also has an original place.

Krsna says that He is God and He shows it – not once or twice, but many, many times by His knowledge, His activities, by His power, by every means He proves that He is God. But nowadays, particularly in India over the last fifty years or so, like to imitate Krsna. They like to say that they are God. Then we read in the newspapers that such-and-such bhagavan went to hospital. If we go to hospital, then that is alright – we are humans so we may have to go to hospital. But in India, God goes to hospital! Then they will say that, “That is his lila!” What fool wants to go to a hospital? Nobody!

It should also be noted that Krsna was on this earth for 125 years. Sixteen years He was in Vrndavana and that is known as His lila of youth. Vrndavana is known as the original home of Krsna, and that eternal home of Krsna is beyond our temporary time/space reality. One of the characteristics of God is that He doesn't grow old. Have you ever seen a picture of Krsna as an old man? He is nava-yauvana – ever youthful. This year I went to the Vatican and I saw pictures of ‘God’ there. He had white hair, a big white beard and wrinkled skin. Now what if you were God? Would you like to be old or young? It is obvious – we would want to be youthful. There are many ideas of God, but the original idea is Krsna and He is always youthful, He is never old. And when God wants to remove your sin, He just does it. He doesn't have to die or suffer to do it. At Kuruksetra, Krsna was 55, but when he is with Arjuna at Kuruksetra He looks like a sixteen-year-old boy. He has no moustache or beard because He never grows old.

These are some of the wonderful aspects of Sri Krsna.

Sri Krsna Bhagavan ki jaya!

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What is the Air Force's Secret X-37B Space Plane Doing in Orbit?

Written by Nancy Atkinson and published by Matt on Thu May 20, 2010 12:12 pm via: Universe Today

Last month's launch of the US Air Force X-37B secret mini space plane has fueled speculation about the real mission of this vehicle and if it could possibly be used for a new type of military weapon. The X-37B launched on April 22, 2010 and has the ability to stay in orbit for up to 270 days.

X-37B ready to go. Photo Credit: Boeing

While the Air Force provided a webcast of the launch, since then there has been no word — leaked or official – about the status of the mission. "There has been a lot of speculation about what this vehicle could do and what sort of capabilities it could provide to the U.S. military, and some of that speculation was based on more science fiction than fact," said Brian Weeden from the Secure World Foundation. "While a successful completion of the X-37B flight, landing, and turn-around will certainly be a significant step forward in reusable space vehicle technology, it is a long ways away from a single-stage-to-orbit capability."

Weeden has put together a fact sheet on the X-37B, looking at the technical feasibility of some of the proposed missions for the mini space shuttle look-alike, and says the there's almost no chance it could be used as a new weapon or a new weapon delivery system.

The X-37B will land unpiloted at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It uses solar arrays and lithium ion batteries to generate power instead of fuel cells like the space shuttle, a major reason why it can stay on orbit for much longer.

Weeden said that after looking at all the proposed missions for the X-37B, he concluded the most likely is probability is that it will be used as a flexible, responsive spacecraft to collect intelligence from space and as a platform to flight test new sensors and satellite hardware.

"One of the downsides to using satellites for collecting intelligence is that once they are launched they have a fixed set of sensors and capabilities," Weeden said. "The X-37B brings to space the capability to customize the on-board sensor package for a specific mission, similar to what can be done with U.S. reconnaissance aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71. In many ways, this gives the X-37B the best of both worlds," he added.

Here's a brief look at the potential uses for the X-37B:

On-orbit sensor platform and test bed, with the ability to return payload. "What it offers that we have seldom had is the ability to bring back payloads and experiments to examine how well the experiments performed on-orbit," said Gary Payton, the undersecretary of the Air Force for space programs. "That's one new thing for us."

Given the R&D that likely was put into the X-37B, this approach probably isn't very cost-effective, but Weeden said this is the most likely use the spaceplane. X-37B payload bay could hold various sensors used for intelligence collection of the Earth from space, potentially including radar, optical, infrared, and signals/electronic intelligence suites to flight-test and evaluate new sensors and hardware.

Deployment platform for operationally responsive space satellites. Weeden said this has a midrange chance of being X-37B's mission, and he quotes Payton: "We could have an X-37 sitting at Vandenberg or at the Cape, and on comparatively short notice, depending on warfighter requirements, we could put a specific payload into the payload bay, launch it up on an Atlas or Delta, and then have it stay in orbit, do the job for the combatant commander, and come back home. And then the next flight, we could have a different payload inside, maybe even for a different combatant commander."

But given it still would be dependent on the availability of EELV, it may not have a very quick response time for launch.

On-orbit repair vehicle. Weeden said this option has a fairly low chance of being X-37B's real mission. While it could be used to rendezvous with malfunctioning satellites and repair or refuel them, the X-37B is limited in altitude (it has been rumored that it will have a maximum altitude range of 700 or 800 km (about 500 nautical miles), potentially high enough to access most Sun-synchronous satellites, but this is unconfirmed, plus not many existing operational military satellite components will fit in the X-37B cargo bay. And as the engineers who tried to figure out how to fix the Hubble Space Telescope robotically, without humans, on-orbit repair is extremely difficult, if not impossible.

On-orbit inspection of satellites. This option has a low potential, as well. The X-37B could be used to rendezvous and inspect satellites, either friendly or adversary, and potentially grab and de-orbit satellites. However, the X-37B cargo bay is much smaller than many operational satellites, and most of the space in the bay is likely to be filled by the required robotic arm and other gear.

Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS) weapon or delivery system. Weedend says that chance of this being X-37B's mission is zero. It could be launched in response to a pending crisis and remain on orbit for a length of time to respond to high value/very time sensitive targets. However, since the X-37B re-enters like the space shuttle and lands at an estimated 200 mph (321 kph), this means it travels in the atmosphere much slower than a ballistic arc or a hyperkinetic weapon, so it would need to carry conventional explosives to do any significant damage. Also, after re-entry would be a slow moving, not-very-maneuverable glide bomb, easy prey for any air defense system along its path to the target.

Written by Nancy Atkinson and published by Matt on Thu May 20, 2010 12:12 pm via: Universe Today

7 Tips for Giving up Gossip

1. Recognize that gossip doesn't undo the situation you're talking about. It only puts in motion another situation based on negative feelings.

2. Know that comparing yourself to others is useless. Everyone has his or her own talents. In this way, give up jealousy and the wish to put others down.

3. Be aware of and transform your own thoughts, words, and deeds rather than commenting on those of others.

4. Train your mind to see others' positive qualities and discuss them. This will make you much happier than gossiping ever could.

5. Forgive, knowing that people do harmful things because they are unhappy. If you don't make someone into an enemy, you won't want to gossip about him.

6. Have a sense of humor about what you think, say, and do, and be able to laugh at all of the silly things we sentient beings carry out in our attempt to be happy. If you see the humor in our human predicament, you'll be more patient.

7. Practice saying something kind to someone every day. Do this especially with people you don't like. It gets easier with practice and bears surprisingly good results.

Good Practice!

Verguenza Raul! Hay que tener Verguenza

Me asombra que tengas tanto miedo a unas señoras que caminan por la calle en un domingo.

Impiden marcha de las Damas de Blanco

Lunes 26 de Abril de 2010 07:00 EFE Noticias - Archivo Noticias

Alejandro Ernesto / EFE

Por EFE
LA HABANA
Decenas de seguidores del Gobierno de Raúl Castro impidieron hoy, por tercer domingo consecutivo, el desfile del grupo disidente de las Damas de Blanco, que piden con marchas pacíficas en La Habana la libertad de sus familiares, opositores cubanos encarcelados en el 2003.

Seis miembros del grupo fueron objeto de un nuevo acto de hostigamiento a su salida de la misa dominical en la iglesia de Santa Rita, cuando se disponían a iniciar su marcha por la habanera Quinta Avenida, en una jornada en la que Cuba celebra elecciones para renovar las Asambleas Municipales (gobiernos locales) de la isla.
Como ya ocurrió el domingo 18 de abril, un agente de seguridad escoltado por dos mujeres policías comunicó a las Damas de Blanco que necesitaban un permiso oficial para desfilar.
Laura Pollán, esposa de Héctor Maseda, condenado a 20 años de prisión, reiteró a los agentes su negativa a acatar "órdenes verbales'' si las autoridades no entregan al grupo un documento legal sobre la prohibición de marchar por la calle.
En un formato similar al del pasado domingo, acto seguido decenas de seguidores del Gobierno portando banderas cubanas acorralaron a las seis mujeres y comenzaron a corear lemas revolucionarios y gritos contra ellas pidiendo que "se vayan''.
Entre empujones, el grupo disidente logró cruzar la calle hasta un parque a pocos metros de la iglesia de Santa Rita, seguido de la "contra-marcha'' que rodeó a las mujeres físicamente.
Allí los partidarios del Gobierno continuaron con sus lemas, mientras las seis mujeres permanecieron en medio del círculo en silencio y haciendo con las manos los signos "V'' de victoria y "L'' de libertad.
Las Damas de Blanco, que se identifican por vestir de este color como símbolo de paz, tienen por tradición realizar reuniones, protestas y marchas en las calles de La Habana con gladiolos en las manos para reclamar la liberación de sus familiares, condenados a penas de hasta 28 años de cárcel.
Hoy, el presidente del Parlamento de Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón, hizo, sin citarlas expresamente, una referencia a este grupo de mujeres, en declaraciones a la prensa después de depositar su voto para las elecciones municipales.
"Algunos que están por acá (en alusión a corresponsales), me sorprenden, yo los hacía en misa, allá en Santa Rita'', dijo

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Se acercan los Centro Americanos 2010

Ya faltan menos de 100 dias,

El Deporte de Tiro con Arco estrena facilidades nuevas, en el municipio de Cabo Rojo. Espero poder tomar fotos del fogueo y algunos resultados. El deporte de Tiro con Arco, traera gloria a este pais, sin duda alguna, y espero que las situaciones y circunstancias que sirven de escollo a los atletas en formacion se transformen o desaparescan para bien del deporte.

What Storm Troopers do on their day off

Stormtroopers aren’t fighting in battles every single day like you see in the Star Wars films. Here’s what they do when they have some free time.

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The Art of Listening

Subject: The Art of Listening-  Swami Chinmayananda

The Art of Listening
By Swami Chinmayananda
We can learn a lot from every event in life. Just as the honeybee has the special instrument
(proboscis) to extract the very essence in the flowers, human beings have a special faculty (power of
discrimination) to maintain the quality of life by learning the art of true listening.
Listening is the channel most often used for "learning." It is a vital communication function; it
improves our ability of understanding, self-awareness and self-application.
Effective listening is not mere "hearing."

 In fact, we all know from our personal experiences that mere
hearing – or poor listening – can very well result in:

· Frustration
· Indifference
· Misunderstandings
· Misleading judgments
· Embarrassment
· Poor human relations and
· Many other psychological blocks and maladjustments

Yes, listening has become almost a forgotten skill. Very often we are led to believe that speaking
represents action and power, while listening connotes weakness and apathy. We find that resistance
to listening tends to be the cultural norm!
Sometimes, we pay attention to what interests us, and block out larger areas of reality. Another block
to listening occurs when we form an opinion about the level of what is being said. We label the
information ahead of time as unimportant, too boring, too complex, or as being nothing new. Due to
such internal distractions, we become biased listeners, and our minds are tuned out rather than tuned
in!
Some people fake attention – just to please the speaker! Some have the habit of interrupting when
others are talking. Personal problems sometimes manage to creep into our minds – diverting our
attention – while someone else is talking. Fatigue is another limiting factor in listening, as listening
takes concentration and effort. It is easier to daydream and let our minds become preoccupied when
our energy level is low.
A semantic barrier is very common in most of us. No two persons have exactly the same meaning for
the same word or expression. We evaluate an individual's competence and motivation through our
semantic filters. We make judgments about people, based on our varied beliefs, knowledge, education,
upbringing, what we understand, and what we see and perceive.
In short, the blind spots are within us. The angularities or the changing moods of the mind are
barriers to effective listening. The barriers are caused by:

· Faulty memories
· Shades of ego
· Tendencies and attitudes
· Beliefs
· Images of past experiences
· Prejudices of the past
· Likes and dislikes
· Expectations and anxieties for the future

Only when we become aware of our blind spots will we be able to understand and reshape our beliefs,
values, and attitudes. Therefore, it is necessary to train the mind to widen its perspective and see
things in an objective way.
Let us have a "listening mind" – a mind that is open, unprejudiced, objective, alert, attentive, and
relaxed.
Let us have a "balanced outlook" – enjoying spiritual strength, inner stability, mental beauty, and
physical perfection.
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BMW 5 Series gets First Ever Plastic Transmission Cross Beam

Tomado de http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=20092

New applications for lightweight components are constantly being found in the automotive sector. For the first time, a transmission cross beam has been manufactured of the plastic polyamide and used as standard in the new BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo 550i. By choosing Ultramid A3WG10 CR instead of aluminum, it was possible to reduce the weight of the part by 50%.

The first transmission cross beam made of plastic (front part) has been developed by ContiTech Vibration Control in close cooperation with BMW and BASF. It is applied as a standard in the new BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo 550i. By using Ultramid® A3WG10 CR instead of aluminum, it was possible to reduce the weight of the part by 50% (rear part). Photo: ContiTech Vibration Control, 2009

The cross beam, which was developed by ContiTech Vibration Control in close cooperation with BMW and BASF, received an award just a few days after standard production of the vehicle got started: In the Industry category, it landed the first place Innovation Award conferred by the Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK).

The transmission cross beam - a structural component designed to withstand high load - is the direct link to the engine-transmission mount. It contributes to the overall rigidity of the vehicle and supports the forces and torque of the engine-transmission unit. ContiTech produces the component from exceptionally strong polyamide in an injection molding process. With the help of BASF's ULTRASIM development instrument, it was possible to reduce the weight by 1 kg compared to the same component made of metal - a milestone in lightweight car construction. In addition to weight reduction, development focused on optimum vehicle acoustics and crash safety. As proven by elaborate testing, these two goals were achieved.

Furthermore, the developers managed to ideally adapt the component to the available installation space. The plastic transmission cross beam also fully satisfies the high temperature requirements that result from the proximity to the exhaust system. Another advantage is better recyclability. ContiTech thus contributes to sustainability with this product as well.

Posted Dec 15, 2009

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Feliz dia de accion de gracias!

Saludos a todos, debemos de degustar todo hay con extrema atención para mostrar agradecimiento con nuestras obras por toda esa misericordia que llega a nuestras vidas en forma de alimento. La atención correcta es el inicio del camino hacia los demas senderos del camino octuple que libera del sufrimiento.
Namaste!

The Canticle of the Creatures

The Canticle of the Creatures

~Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord,

All praise is Yours, all glory, honor and blessings.

To you alone, Most High, do they belong;

no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name.

We praise You, Lord, for all Your creatures,

especially for Brother Sun,

who is the day through whom You give us light.

And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendor,

of You Most High, he bears your likeness.

We praise You, Lord, for Sister Moon and the stars,

in the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.

We praise You, Lord, for Brothers Wind and Air,

fair and stormy, all weather's moods,

by which You cherish all that You have made.

We praise You, Lord, for Sister Water,

so useful, humble, precious and pure.

We praise You, Lord, for Brother Fire,

through whom You light the night.

He is beautiful, playful, robust, and strong.

We praise You, Lord, for Sister Earth,

who sustains us

with her fruits, colored flowers, and herbs.

We praise You, Lord, for those who pardon,

for love of You bear sickness and trial.

Blessed are those who endure in peace,

by You Most High, they will be crowned.

We praise You, Lord, for Sister Death,

from whom no-one living can escape.

Woe to those who die in their sins!

Blessed are those that She finds doing Your Will.

No second death can do them harm.

We praise and bless You, Lord, and give You thanks,

and serve You in all humility.

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"Krsna says: tesam satatam yuktanam. Anyone who is sincerely engaged in My service I give him the intelligence. Krsna is the most intelligent. So if He gives the intelligence who can compete with you?"

Oracion por Nosotros Mismos!

DIOS te amo y te necesito, estás en mi corazón, bendíceme y bendice a mi
familia, mi hogar, mis amigos y enemigos (porque de ellos también
aprendí), guarda mis bienes espirituales, mis sueños y proyectos, sé mi
abogado y ejerce tu sabiduría para defenderme de los problemas que
padezco. Protégeme de los males que me acechan y aleja de mí a aquellos
que solo desean mi perdición. Hoy te pido me concedas la gracia de...
Conocerte y Vivir en Tu Conciencia y Dicha siempre Renovada, Salud para
los enfermos, paciencia para los que te esperamos y me comprometo a
difundir tu nombre y tu capacidad de escucha; en nombre de Jesús... Amén."

Puerto Rico en la nueva teoria de Apophis

Aparenta ser que los cientificos encuentran menos probable un impacto, lean el adjunto, Hay datos de Universidades de EEUU y del Radio Observatorio de Arecibo. Los mismos seran discutidos en una reunion a ser realizada en Puerto Rico mañana Jueves 8 de Octubre del 2009. Muy interesante:
Lean llas siguientes citas en el texto
"They will present their updated findings at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in Puerto Rico on Oct. 8"
Cuantos puertoriqueños sabian de esta reunion?
""Updated computational techniques and newly available data indicate the probability of an Earth encounter on April 13, 2036, for Apophis has dropped from one-in-45,000 to about four-in-a million."

NASA: asteroid Apophis slightly less likely to hit Earth.

Image Credit: Don Davis/NASA

Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036.

The Apophis asteroid is approximately the size of two-and-a-half football fields. The new data were documented by near-Earth object scientists Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. They will present their updated findings at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in Puerto Rico on Oct. 8.

"Apophis has been one of those celestial bodies that has captured the public's interest since it was discovered in 2004," said Chesley. "Updated computational techniques and newly available data indicate the probability of an Earth encounter on April 13, 2036, for Apophis has dropped from one-in-45,000 to about four-in-a million."

A majority of the data that enabled the updated orbit of Apophis came from observations Dave Tholen and collaborators at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy in Manoa made. Tholen pored over hundreds of previously unreleased images of the night sky made with the University of Hawaii's 88-inch telescope, located near the summit of Mauna Kea.

Tholen made improved measurements of the asteroid's position in the images, enabling him to provide Chesley and Chodas with new data sets more precise than previous measures for Apophis. Measurements from the Steward Observatory's 90-inch Bok telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona and the Arecibo Observatory on the island of Puerto Rico also were used in Chesley's calculations.

The information provided a more accurate glimpse of Apophis' orbit well into the latter part of this century. Among the findings is another close encounter by the asteroid with Earth in 2068 with chance of impact currently at approximately three-in-a-million. As with earlier orbital estimates where Earth impacts in 2029 and 2036 could not initially be ruled out due to the need for additional data, it is expected that the 2068 encounter will diminish in probability as more information about Apophis is acquired.

Initially, Apophis was thought to have a 2.7 percent chance of impacting Earth in 2029. Additional observations of the asteriod ruled out any possibility of an impact in 2029. However, the asteroid is expected to make a record-setting — but harmless — close approach to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, when it comes no closer than 18,300 miles above Earth's surface.

"The refined orbital determination further reinforces that Apophis is an asteroid we can look to as an opportunity for exciting science and not something that should be feared," said Don Yeomans, manager of the Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL. "The public can follow along as we continue to study Apophis and other near-Earth objects by visiting us on our AsteroidWatch Web site and by following us on the @AsteroidWatch Twitter feed."

The science of predicting asteroid orbits is based on a physical model of the solar system which includes the gravitational influence of the sun, moon, other planets and the three largest asteroids.

NASA detects and tracks asteroids and comets passing close to Earth using both ground and space-based telescopes. The Near Earth-Object Observations Program, commonly called "Spaceguard," discovers these objects, characterizes a subset of them and plots their orbits to determine if any could be potentially hazardous to our planet.

JPL manages the Near-Earth Object Program Office for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Cornell University operates the Arecibo Observatory under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va.

For more information about asteroids and near-Earth objects, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

- courtesy of: NASA Headquarters; Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Cierro Cita

Rama

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"Krsna says: tesam satatam yuktanam. Anyone who is sincerely engaged in My service I give him the intelligence. Krsna is the most intelligent. So if He gives the intelligence who can compete with you?"

Por que Creo en el Dialogo Interreligioso

Saint Francis: Model of Dialogue

Fr. Pierre de Bethune reflects on the witness of Saint Francis of Assisi toward other religions. This excerpt is taken from his article "Christian-Buddhist Dialogue as Spiritual Experience," which appeared in Bulletin 52, (January, 1995).
The image of Saint Francis, painted during his lifetime (1181/82-1226), is from the Sacro Speco at Subiaco, where Saint Benedict lived as a hermit in the fifth century.

As long as our meeting with others is limited to a search for profit, albeit spiritual, a true encounter is not possible, because it is not so much the person of the other believer that we encounter, but his/her riches, received as "things." However, at this point if we consent to go further with our companions on the Buddhist way, we are gradually brought to a change of attitude. We realize that this meeting in depth brings about a real impoverishment. There are the various roads which converge towards this evangelical beatitude. In experiencing other religious traditions we discover other images and names for the Absolute. We see how the spirit is equally at work, and this discovery can help to liberate us from our possessiveness in this domain.

Here St. Francis of Assisi enlightens our path. His biographer, Thomas of Celano, sites the practice of the Poverello to treat sacred texts with great respect, even those from secular authors. A brother asked him one day why he so carefully collected the writings even of the pagans, where the Name of the Savior was not present. He answered: "My son, it is because we find in them the letters that spell out the glorious Name of Our Lord God. All that is good in these writings belongs neither to the pagans nor to anyone else, but to God alone, from whom we receive every good." A particular good does not belong to us. We do not possess the truth. Then we can "rejoice in the truth" that we find in others and purify ourselves of an exaggerated attachment to our truths of the faith.

Rama
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"Krsna says: tesam satatam yuktanam. Anyone who is sincerely engaged in My service I give him the intelligence. Krsna is the most intelligent. So if He gives the intelligence who can compete with you?"

Oremos por las victimas de Sumatra!

Oremos pidiendo misericordia, por las victimas del mas reciente sismo en Sumatra.
Siempre tenemos que recordar que lo unico que nos puede librar de correr la misma suert es la misericordia divina.
Debemos de orar por un mundo que ha olvidado hacerlo por si mismo.
Rama

Magnitude 7.6 - SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

2009 September 30 10:16:09 UTC

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Magnitude	7.6
Date-Time	Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:16:09 UTC Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 05:16:09 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	0.789°S, 99.961°E
Depth	80 km (49.7 miles) set by location program
Region	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances	45 km (30 miles) WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 220 km (135 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 475 km (295 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 960 km (590 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=521.5 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009mebz

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The magnitude 7.6 southern Sumatra earthquake of September 30, 2009 occurred as a result of oblique-thrust faulting near the subduction interface plate boundary between the Australian and Sunda plates. At the location of this earthquake, the Australian Plate moves northeast with respect to the Sunda plate at a velocity of approximately 65 mm/yr.

On the basis of the currently available fault mechanism information and earthquake depth of 80 km, it is likely that this earthquake occurred within the subducting Australian Plate rather than on the plate interface itself. The recent earthquake was deeper than typical subduction thrust earthquakes that generally occur at depths less than 50 km.

The subduction zone surrounding the immediate region of this event has not witnessed a megathrust earthquake in the recent past, rupturing last in an earthquake of M 8.5 or larger in 1797. Approximately 350 km to the south, a 250 km section of the plate boundary slipped during an Mw 8.4 earthquake in September 2007, while approximately 300 km to the north, a 350 km section slipped during the Mw 8.7 earthquake of March 2005. In early 2008, the plate boundary updip of today’s earthquake was active in a sequence of Mw 5-6 earthquakes. It is not clear how today’s earthquake is related to the sequence of megathrust subduction zone events on the shallower section of the plate boundary.

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