Laut Studienautoren sind Menschen ab etwa 40 Jahren aber nicht mehr besonders empfänglich für diese Methode. Damit auch diese Zielgruppe den Forschern nicht durch die Lappen geht, will man es bei ihnen jetzt mit einer E-Mail-Therapie probieren. Ob da wohl gruselig-bebilderte Attachments mitgeschickt werden?

Eine andere Initiative zeigt, dass der Telering-Slogan "Weg mit dem Speck!" noch lange nicht ausgereizt ist: "Übergewichtige Jugendliche sollen dank eines neuen Konzepts Gewicht verlieren – mit Hilfe ihres Mobiltelefons, das Bewegungen erfasst und Warnmeldungen anzeigt." Fettleibige Jugendliche, die in einer Abnehmklinik interniert sind, werden im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes von ihren Handys überwacht. Das geht über bewegungsempfindliche Sensoren.

Wenn die Kids sich zu lange träge verhalten, werden sie vom Telefon gescholten. Andererseits gibts auch Lob vom Handy, wenn sie sich viel bewegen. Mich erinnert das ja ein bisschen an Tamagotchis, nur dass die Rollen hier vertauscht sind. Tja, vorher weniger essen hätte sich für die armen Kinder ausgezahlt, jetzt gibts Rundumüberwachung.

Manche von den Jugendlichen würden ihr Handy wohl am liebsten nur noch weit, weit weg werfen. Passender Rahmen dazu wäre die Handy-Weltmeisterschaft gewesen, die am 23. August in Estland stattgefunden hat. Die erstmals den Wettbewerb austragenden Esten dominierten auch, gewannen den Weitwurf der Männer und der Frauen. In der Freestyle-Kategorie gewann ein Hund namens Cara mit einer Weite von 30 Zentimetern.

Und weil dieser Eintrag ohnehin viel zu bierernst ist, hier noch ein kleines Video. Aber nur klicken, wenn ihr über 18 Jahre alt seit!

Hola Mario:

En esta ocasión quiero compartir contigo este estudio de las escrituras.

Yo creo que existe la posibilidad que Jesucristo no haya tenido una vida pre-terrenal en los cielos antes de venir a la Tierra.

Es notable como la carta a los Hebreos en sus dos primeros capítulos menciona que Yahweh dice que Jesús heredó un nombre más excelente que ellos, una vez que Jesucristo murió y resucitó. (Hebreos 1:4)

Si Jesucristo vivió  en los cielos…

¿Cómo es posible que heredara un nombre más excelente que ellos (los ángeles)?

Se supone que es la segunda criatura más excelsa del universo.

Para los Trinitarios es Dios.

La Biblia dice que Jesucristo aprendió la obediencia por las cosas que padeció. (Hebreos 5:8).

Yo creo que las escrituras es un libro lógico.

¿Es posible que aprenda obediencia Dios mismo?

¿Es posible que aprenda obediencia un ser espiritual poderoso que vivió decenios al lado del Padre?

No me suena coherente.

Yo creo que es cada vez más real la posibilidad que Jesucristo jamás haya vivido en los cielos antes de venir a la Tierra. Más bien fue engendrado en el vientre de María y llegó a ser el Mesías Prometido. La simiente de Abraham que daría la bendición a la raza humana.

El heredero legítimo del Trono de David. Para ello tuvo que ser un hombre. Al igual que Adán. (Lucas 1:31,32)(1 Cor. 15:45)

Los Testigos de Jehová enseñan que Jesús fue ”transferido” desde el cielo.

Esa doctrina carece de apoyo bíblico.

La Biblia dice que Espíritu Santo vendrá sobre María y que su Hijo será engendrado. (Lucas 1:35).

Sin ser dogmático, creo yo que es perfectamente posible que el Mesías haya sido engendrado en el vientre de María, ya que sería llamado Grande e Hijo de Dios.

Lo que deduzco es que Jesucristo no tuvo una vida pre-terrenal.

Los textos que mencionan que Jesucristo es “el pan del cielo” o que fue “enviado” por Dios, tienen una explicación bastante lógica. Claro que Jesucristo fue “enviado” por Dios.

¿Acaso no fue enviado Isaías el Profeta?

Jesucristo es el “pan del cielo” en el sentido que tiene una comunicación directa con su Dios y Padre Celestial y por el hecho que vino a hacer la voluntad de su Padre. Aquí Jesús habla de una forma no literal y no creo que se deba entender asi.

Juan 1:1 no es para mi una explicación satisfaciente de la Deidad de Jesucristo antes de venir a la tierra, no a la naturaleza Divina que disfruta ahora.

La palabra griega utilizada es LOGOS y esta se vierte como Palabra o Verbo.

¿Pero se refiere a Jesucristo?

No necesariamente.

Puede perfectamente referirse a la Palabra de Dios. A Su Propia Palabra que subsiste para siempre y que es eterna como Dios. La Palabra de Dios ha estado desde el principio.

Me gustaría saber tu opinión sobre este tema.

Ya sabes que como ex Testigos de Jehová, tenemos que partir desde 0 como tú dijiste una vez. Pero tampoco no quiero contaminarme con doctrinas que son más de carácter humano y no divino.

Eso si me carga cuando otros cristianos llaman “hereje” cuando uno saca conclusiones que no están de acuerdo con la mayoría de los cristianos.

En este sentido comparto contigo, pero no de manera dogmática la posibilidad que Cristo no haya tenido una vida pre terrenal en los cielos.

Aún sigo investigando este tema y me llamo la atención la explicación que das de la palabra Logos en Juan 1:1 que me parece muy razonable.

Me gustaría tener contacto contigo para tener buenas conversaciones de la Biblia.  

Saludos hermano  

C. Z

Santiago de Chile

www.yeshuahamashiaj.org

ww.elevangeliodelreino.org

www.ladoctrinadedios.blogspot.com

The battle between Comcast and its users has been raging for a while. Due to piracy, Comcast tried to throttle users using BitTorrent clients. This led to many unhappy articles all over the nets of users complaining that their BT wasn't as fast as before.

Comcast was brought to its feet as it finally removed its throttles. Now, it's imposing a new limit. Is it really fair?

Well, considering that there are other ISPs (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) have no limit on their bandwidth, this still is a pretty good deal. 250 GB is a lot of bandwidth to be using in the first place if you are an honest person who uses the web. If you are a pirate and like to torrent movies, this still is pretty good for more high power users.

To use 250 GB of bandwidth is quite a lot. Playing games, downloading applications, music, and movies, surfing the web, and uploading to ftps, barely brings my neighbor to 50 GB a month, and he's sharing his connection to the public world!

I believe that unless you are hosting an illegal server or something, using 250 GB is pretty godlike, and you should tell me your secrets. As long as Comcast isn't throttling connections, a slight limit is appreciable. Besides, other companies limit to 20 - 60 GB bandwidths.

If you aren't happy, then move to Verizon FiOS... whenever that comes to the area.

Voltaire.

Estudio conjunto de la Universidad de Illinois y Microsoft (2007)

Der Web-2.0-Experte Richard Joerges beschreibt die Idee des Web 2.0 wie folgt: Zusammen sind wir stark, lautet das eine Motto. Das andere: Das Ergebnis ist eine Potenz und nicht nur die Summe des Ursprünglichen.

Sind das nicht auch Grundsätze des BDK? War der BDK also (wieder einmal) seiner Zeit voraus? Den Web-2.0-Begriff gibt es erst seit 2004. Den BDK seit 40 Jahren…

Während noch vor wenigen Jahren Flugblätter und Aushänge an Schwarzen Brettern die Hauptkommunikationsform des BDK war, ist es heute die E-Mail.

Der BDK-Hamburg informiert seine Mitglieder regelmäßig und tagesaktuell mittels Webseite (die auch von jedem dienstlichen PC aus über das polizeiliche Intranet erreichbar ist!), E-Mail, Weblog, Flugblätter, der Verbandszeitschrift KASTOR und der anerkannten Fachzeitschrift „der kriminalist“.

Durch mehrere Redakteure auf Bundes- und Landesebene ist gewährleistet, dass die Informationen zeitnah für die Mitglieder und jeden Interessierten abrufbar sind.

Darüber hinaus gibt es an jeder Dienststelle einen BDK-Delegierten, der für jeden Kollegen ansprechbar ist und als „BDK-Außenstelle“ fungiert. Durch diesen direkten Draht zur Basis ist andersherum für die Verantwortlichen im BDK-Hamburg gewährleistet, ständig am Puls der Zeit zu sein, Probleme schnell aufgreifen und Lösungsmöglichkeiten erarbeiten zu können bzw. schnell Hilfe anbieten zu können.

BDK-Schlagwortwolke

Please respond ASAP (in the next two weeks).  We're considering a new text service and want to know the level of interest.  Thanx!

Oh, if you're OLD and prefer to e-mail (just kidding!), you can e-mail your "yes" vote to shawn@elevationgeneration.org.

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by Lauren at Unexpected Blessing

I first stumbled across Dan’s blog (LABAIRI) quite awhile back. I left a comment and he emailed me to thank me for my kind words. We’ve kept in touch here and there, mostly I read his Twitter updates. (I Twitter too - unxpctdblessing is my username there) A few weeks ago I asked him if he would be willing to do an interview as he is a dad who has PPD experience. Dan opened up and is very honest and forward with his answers. I sincerely hope you enjoy today’s interview as much as I did when I first received his reply!

Would you share with us your insight on your wife’s journey as she struggled with PPD?

Jenna suffered PPD with all three of our children. Each time was different, PPD isn’t the same for every woman – it’s not even the same for one woman! The second bought was the worst. It was just a dark time – so dark that there are moments during that year that Jenna and I don’t even remember. We look at pictures and have no idea the circumstances. The darkness was just overwhelming. Nothing was right and everything was difficult. She suffered a lot, and I was really at a loss at how I’d be able to help her through this.
What were some of the first signs you noticed that made you think things weren’t quite right?

During the first time around, we didn’t know this was even happening – only 5 years ago, but awareness has come a LONG way since then. But looking back I guess there was a huge lack of motivation to do anything from getting out of bed in the morning to get up in the middle of the night to feed our son. It seemed odd – but we thought that this must just be sheer exhaustion from Jenna also working part-time. Plus, during those first 8 months after Liam was born, our relationship was tanking. I remember thinking if this is what marriage is like after kids that I didn’t want any more of them. (You can laugh – we have three and another on the way from Ethiopia!)

How have you grown as a man and as a father as a result of PPD?

Wow, great question. As a father, PPD grew me up really fast. As Jenna had moments where she was unable to care for the kids as she would have liked, I had no choice but to step in and make it work. I wasn’t secure in my parenting skills by any stretch of the imagination (the first diaper I ever changed was Liam’s). But I loved my family more than life, and these times forced me to step up to the responsibility.

As a man, I know I am more sensitive to expectant and new mothers. I know how hard it can be. I know the hell that it can be on the family. I advocate for fathers to step up and care for their wives as this is the “for better or for worse” part of the vows we made before God. I’ve never been a “manly-man” with the barefoot and pregnant mentality, but this time reinforced that caring for our wives as Christ loves the church is the only way to make a marriage work. There is a lot of sacrifice to be made as a husband/father, with or without PPD. I’m definitely a better person for having been through this with Jenna.

How did your faith support you through your journey?

WOW. We couldn’t have done this without our faith. Almost without a doubt, without our faith we would never have made it through that first year after Liam. Those were really dark times. The Psalms were a great comfort as we journeyed though PPD. David talks so often of going through the valley and crying out to God for help. Those passages of lament gave words to the cry of our hearts, cries that found words difficult to come by. We also couldn’t have done this without our faith community. Especially after PPD was diagnosed and we could talk about it with some clarity, people brought us meals, they stayed with us and helped out wherever they could. The support structure our faith community gave us was invaluable and at least for me reaffirmed the beauty of the local church and the potential she has to do good in this world.

What do you love about being a father?

Coming home from work and having a little person scream “DADDY!” at the top of her lungs while running to give me a bear hug! Those moments make all of the bad ones disappear in seconds.

What lessons have you learned from PPD?

Hmm. What first comes to mind is that no one is immune from pain. I think we all figure that PPD (or anything else bad) won’t happen to us. Jenna had NEVER suffered any sort of depression before PPD. There were absolutely no warning signs on this one. We never prepared ourselves for the worst. Jenna and I had no plan for PPD when it happened, no safety net or plan b. As a result, we’re going through an adoption right now, which is going very well. But in the back of my mind, I’m preparing for what might go wrong – and there is plenty to go wrong in international adoptions. It’s given me a healthy dose of preparedness that I’d never had before.

Depression isn’t just a bad thing. I know, that sounds like an insane statement to make, but let me explain. Depression allows you for a time to see life, and perhaps embrace life, as it really is – broken and in desperate need of repair. As a result of PPD, I savor even the “just OK” times in life because I know how bad it can get.

People are good. Surrounding yourself with a support network is one of the best things you can do for PPD. Do this before you experience tragedy; experience the joys of community as well.

Share with us some of the ways you were able to participate in your wife’s recovery.

1. Realize that this is something that I can’t fix. Once that was cemented into my head, I was free to just be the best husband / father I could be.

2. Take over duties/chores. Taking away the stresses – cleaning, cooking, etc. – that I could seemed to free her mind to think about the kids. Along with this, I also had the freedom to flex my hours at work. I stayed home until the kids were fed and clothed. I was home for the bedtime routine and canceled my evening appointments. This isn’t easy, but this speaks VOLUMES to your wife – you’re making her a priority.

3. I went with her to her first PPD group meeting. I wanted to show my support, even if it was just driving her to the wellness center so she didn’t feel like she’d get lost. Along with this, I made her being able to go to PPD group a priority. I rearranged my schedule, took appointments out of my schedule, etc. To make that happen.

4. I made every effort to help her start Life After Baby, the support group she started at our church – helping design web images, fliers, etc. She has since graduated from the group herself, but the group will still meet with new leadership this coming year.

Let’s face it. Parenting is not easy. What are some of your most difficult daily parenting challenges?

We now have three kids. Jenna’s pretty much recovered from her third trip through PPD (this hasn’t been the worst, just the longest – Addi is 2). Daily challenges: navigating the kids through the best friends/worst enemy phase of being siblings. They can turn on a dime, and helping them work through the worst enemy side of that coin is not easy. Finding alone time with each of the kids and making sure that each is getting a good amount of personal attention. And I guess that last challenge would be more on the marriage side of things, but making sure that Jenna and I don’t lose touch in the process of caring for the kids. It’s easy to focus everything on them and give the leftovers to each other. We’ve got to make each other a priority!

Shameless plug time. Tell us about your blog and why you started it.

My blog: labairi (or life as best as I remember it) was started basically as an outlet for me to write my thoughts on life. I’m an avid journal writer, and figured I’d put that to good use for the world to read–No grand ambitions, just a guy and his thoughts. It’s definitely evolved in the past three years as I’ve allowed myself to become more transparent with what’s actually going on sharing our journey and my thoughts on PPD as well as my own bouts with depression and anxiety. Since starting the blog, it’s been amazing to see what being transparent can do. I’ve connected and helped several PPD dads and family members helping them walk through some of the worst moments. I’ve been able to read books on fatherhood sent to me by authors. And I’ve just met some incredibly cool people that encourage me to be a better person. My blog is sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but always real.

And last but not least - if you had a chance to share one piece of advice with an expectant father (new or experienced), what would it be?

Embrace every moment good and bad, you can’t get them back. Choose your family above your golf game and if you can help it, your work life. You may make less money, but in the long run you’ll be investing in something that lasts for eternity. ]]> http://collaborateur.wordpress.com/?p=60 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:45:29 +0000 wpray55 http://collaborateur.wordpress.com/?p=60 Microsoft and IBM have long dominated the enterprise messaging market, with Novell and Oracle holding onto a small and loyal set of customers. Google continues to threaten to enter this market but, as my colleague Guy Creese points out, still has a ways to go. This market hasn't changed much in several years, other than it's slow evolution in becoming integrated with hot new technologies like social networking. Now Cisco has jumped into the enterprise messaging market with the announcement of the acquisition of PostPath.

On the surface, Cisco has the size and resources to potentially challenge Microsoft's and IBM's dominance of the enterprise e-mail market. However, like Google, Cisco has a ways to go and displacing Microsoft and IBM as a preferred e-mail solution vendor will be very difficult. 

The e-mail market is established. To win, you have to take market share from Microsoft or IBM.  Their solutions are mature, integrated, and entrenched. Once in place, e-mail solutions tend to stay. 

Cisco's software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach, ability to tie the PostPath solution to their existing collaborative technologies (notably WebEx), and knowledge of enterprise IT give them a shot taking market share. Initially, it is clear that Cisco is targeting Microsoft. 

It won't be easy. Cisco has to answer the questions of why and how for enterprises. Why would an organization want to incur the cost to leave an e-mail solution that works for them today and how would an organization actually migrate to the Cisco solution?   

Both Microsoft and IBM are launching SaaS offerings that include e-mail and are meeting their customers enterprise messaging needs. Cisco is going to need a strong "Why" story. And if they don't offer an easy "How" answer, then even a good "Why" story might not be enough to persuade many customers to leave their current solution. But, hey, this is technology. Anything can happen.

Note:  This is a cross-posting from the Collaboration and Content Strategies blog.

Oscuridad mundial: En Septiembre 17, 2008 desde las 21:50 a las 22:00 horas.
Se propone apagar todas las luces y si es posible todos los aparatos eléctricos, para que nuestro planeta pueda 'respirar'. Si la respuesta es masiva, la energía que se ahorra puede ser brutal. Sólo 10 minutos y vea que pasa.
Si estamos 10 minutos en la oscuridad, prendamos una vela y simplemente la miramos y nosotros estaremos respirando y nuestro planeta. Recuerde que la unión hace la fuerza y el Internet puede tener mucho poder y puede ser aun algo más grande.

ESTE APAGÓN SERÁ DE 21:50 A 22:00, A LA MISMA HORA LOCAL DE CADA PAÍS EN TODO EL MUNDO

Pase la noticia, si usted tiene amigos que viven en otros países envíeselo a ellos.

My favourite e-mail.

e-mails,sometimes are interesting,not evertime.I'm fed up with spams.I seriously don't understand my eligibility as a nurse in Australia and a lottery ticket winner of Florida.I sometimes wonder whether people really sit down and type the mail addresses to send me some trash which I'm gonna crush and throw it to outer space within a click's time.Job offers are becoming a joke.I don't even have a proper degree in my hands,But I am awaiting some mail to call me as the dean of Brooklyn hospitals in the near future.This mail is probably the best-'Buy our products:Sanitary Napkins for half price from Kentucky enterprises',I was embarassed and irritated to the core.So many advertisements.As Jules winfield(Samuel Jackson-Pulp Fiction)says "I dare you,I double dare you motherf****r!Send me a mail,send me one more mail and I will shoot you!"And forwards are the biggest menace.They swarm like maggots and suck huge space that my mail loads forever.I seldom read anything rather unsubscribing autonomously subscribed 'groupshit'.There are very few forwards I read,from my trusted list of address-book people and this one is my top-favourite.I haven't come across any poetry or a short story having such an impact on me.Like a dinosaur's whack,the pain in my mind evokes another drop of tear everytime I go through this.

-Sent to me by one of my high school teachers-

When you are 1 year old,she fed you and bathed you.You thanked her by crying all night long.

When you were 2 years old,she taught you to walk.You thanked her by running away when she called.

When you were 3 years old,she made all your meals with love.You thanked her by tossing your tossing your plate on the floor.

When you were 4 years old,she gave you same crayons.You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.

When you were 5 years old,she dressed you for the holidays.You thanked her by plopping into the nearest swamp.

When you were 6 years old,she walked with you to school.You thanked by screaming, "I'm not going!"

When you were 7 years old,she bought you a basketball.You thanked her by breaking a window of the neighbour's house.

When you were 8 years old,she handled you an ice cream.You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old,she paid for piano lessons.You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

When you are were 10 years old,she drove you all day,from soccer to gymnastic to one birthday party after another.You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old,she warned you not to watch TV shows.You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

When you were 12 years old,she took you and your friends to movies.You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 13 years old,she suggested a haircut.You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

When you were 14,she paid for a month away at summer camp.You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15,she came from work looking for a hug.You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16,she taught you how to drive a car.You thanked her by never pickng her up.

When you were 17,she was expecting an important,call.You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18,she cried at your high school graduation.You thanked her by staying partying until dawn.

When you were 19,she paid you for college tution,drove you to campus carried your bags.You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 20,she asked whether you had proposed anyone.You thanked her by saying "It's none of your business."

When you were 21,she suggested certain careers for your future.You thanked her by saying,"I don't want to be like you."

When you were 22,she hugged at your colege graduation.You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.

When you were 23,she gave you furniture for your first apartment.You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.

When you were 24,she met your fiancee and asked about your plans for the future.You thanked her by glaring and growling "Muhh-ther,Please!"

When you were 25,she helped to pay for your wedding,and had cried telling thst she loved you.You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 30,she called with some advice on the baby.You thanked by responding with "Things are different now."

When you are 40,she called to remind you of a relative's birthday.You thanked her by saying that yo were "really busy right now."

When you were 50,she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.You thanked by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then one day,she quietly died.And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on your heart.IF SHE'S STILL AROUND,NEVER FORGET TO LOVER HER MORE THAN EVER.IF SHE'S NOT,ATLEAST REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

-Mail ends-

After all the tastiest fish also has thorns.The original mailsender had attached a footer to it which made me scold against his maternal and paternal existence."IF YOU LOVE YOUR MOM,THEN SEND IT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS."

O Peek é um pequeno gadget portátil que serve apenas para receber, ler e enviar e-mail. A princípio, o aparelho será vendido apenas nos Estados Unidos pelo preço de US$ 99,95 (equivalente a pouco mais de R$ 160).

O dispositivo é um bloco retangular com uma tela LCD colorida de 2,5 polegadas (resolução de 320 x 240 pixels) e um teclado QWERTY, que pode ser configurado para acessar praticamente qualquer serviço de e-mail existente, seja o POP de um provedor ou uma conta gratuita de um webmail como Gmail e Hotmail.

Nas cores cinza escuro, vinho e verde água, o aparelho mede 10,2 x 6,8 x 1,06 cm e pesará 109 gramas, conforme noticiou o site Mobile Burn. O usuário fará um contrato mensal com a operadora T-Mobile de US$ 19,95 (em torno de R$ 33), que permitirá leitura ilimitada de e-mails e escrita a partir de até três contas.

O portátil Peek vai na contramão dos atuais smartphones, que trazem também recursos de voz, enviam mensagens de texto, têm mensagem instantânea e uma série de outros recursos. O objetivo do gadget, segundo a fabricante é o de realizar apenas uma tarefa, mas da melhor forma possível - um conceito batizado de unitask.

Via TechLive

Não espere ver "duas Luas" no céu na noite desta quarta-feira (27). Ao contrário do que prega um e-mail falso que circula na internet, Marte estará bem longe da Terra e não vai rivalizar com o satélite pela supremacia do brilho no céu.

O boato pela rede é tão intenso que afetou o índice das notícias mais lidas da Folha Online, colocando uma notícia de 2003 na lista. De acordo com a mensagem, que circula em vários idiomas, Marte "parecerá tão grande quanto a Lua cheia". O e-mail afirma ainda que o planeta estará a cerca de 55,76 milhões de km da Terra.

Reuters

Marte está a 360 milhões de km da Terra, mas boato na internet diz que são 55,76 milhões de km e prega visão de "duas Luas" no céu

"É uma notícia falsa e requentada. Na verdade, Marte está agora se afastando da Terra", afirma Roberto Boczko, professor doutor de astronomia do Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas da USP (Universidade de São Paulo).

Na realidade, o Planeta Vermelho está hoje a cerca de 360 milhões de km. A mais recente grande aproximação entre os dois planetas ocorreu no dia 24 de dezembro de 2007 --88 milhões de km. E a próxima está marcada para 27 de janeiro de 2010, quando a distância será de cerca de 100 milhões de km.

Em agosto de 2003, a distância entre Marte e Terra chegou a 55,7 milhões de km, oferecendo uma oportunidade única de observação. Foi a maior aproximação em praticamente 60 mil anos --recorde que vai se manter até 28 de agosto de 2287.

Na avaliação de Boczko, o fenômeno "não tem grande importância do ponto de vista da astronomia". "Todo ano Marte se aproxima bastante. Em 2003, foi mais do que de costume. Mas é algo corriqueiro".

Mesmo com essas distâncias, diz o professor, é impossível que os habitantes vejam duas Luas. "Marte nunca chega a ter um brilho que rivalize com a Lua", diz. Ele explica que, geralmente, o Planeta Vermelho tem um brilho menor que a maior parte das estrelas no céu. Quando há grandes aproximações, essa luminosidade é equivalente, no máximo, à de grandes estrelas.

Ho compiuto la Grande Traversata di quella che è definita l'Ottava Meraviglia del Mondo, la Cattedrale di Ghiaccio d'Europa. 

E' stata un'esperienza indescrivibile, una volta nella vita la consiglio a tutti, basta un po' di cautela con i dislivelli per chi soffre di cuore. Ma la vista, posso assicurare, è immensa, oltre l'umano.

Ti fa sentire piccolo e, come diceva Kant, dinanzi alla Natura così grande, così potente, avverti qualcosa di nuovo e unico: il sublime. Il sublime dei monti, il sublime dei ghiacciai, il sublime degli spazi infiniti, il sublime della bellezza, il sublime dell'Altissimo, l'immenso umano Dio.

Già, pure umano questo immenso Dio. Perchè si comprende che sublime è anche la mente dell'uomo, che riesce a cogliere una simile grandezza. l'Altissimo innalza, trasfigura la nostra umanità, la chiama a vette che solo Lui conosce, le vette che colmano l'infinito dei cuori e che, in qualche misura, tutti sentiamo dentro, come sete di assoluto, di libertà. 

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Non solo per questo parlo dell'immenso umano Dio.

Spulcio la settantina di e-mail che sono arrivate durante la mia assenza. Tolte le newsletter, i comunicati stampa e le pubblicità varie, restano una dozzina scarsa di lettere dense di umanità.  Si tratta di amici che mi fanno commuovere per quello che scrivo.

Uno di essi, trafitto da un tumore all'occhio diagnosticato dall'oggi al domani, ha dovuto rivoluzionare la sua esistenza e aggrapparsi più che mai alla fede che, come sempre, passa attraverso mani umane, quelle dei medici e della scienza che progredisce. Da 7 mesi di vita che gli avevano dato, passa ad una diagnosi a prognosi aperta, ma con la vista irreparabilmente compromessa. Miracolo di una fede, ma, se penso che io ieri, con il dono della vista, godevo di paesaggi che il mio amico, probabilmente, non potrà più assaporare, allora  il mo cuore si apre a sentimenti altrettanto indicibili...

Poi, sempre oggi, il mio cammino di cercatore di Dio viene illuminato dalla testimonianza di un altro amico, un sacerdote che, con una serenità che ha del miracoloso, si rimette all'obbedienza del suo vescovo. Io mi scaldo, mi accendo, al suo posto non ci starei. Lui mi insegna, ancora una volta, la via dell'umiltà. Quella che porta a scalare le vette più alte, quella scelta da questo Dio che faticosamente cerco, questo immenso umano Dio.

Andrea

PS: dai prossimi giorni riprenderanno i consueti post. Questo era dedicato a chi mi continua a seguire, chi chiede notizie, chi vista il blog anche quando è in ferie (ebbene sì, siete sempre in tanti, tra il mo stupore) e di chi, persona che non conosco di persona,  mi manda persino una cartolina per dirmi che continua a leggere i miei articoli. Se tutto questo accade, giungo alla conclusione che non è merito mio: temo proprio che Dio, per vie imperscrutabili, ci metta davvero tanto del suo.

Outro detalhe: o gás produzido nos campos petrolíferos do país, em boa parte, é queimado ou desperdiçado, e torna nossa dependência em projetos com o da Bolívia, que mais tarde foi abortado por Evo Morales naquela intervenção tupiniquim aos empreendimentos da estatal brasileira em território boliviano.

O referido documento eletrônico ainda não chegou às redações dos principais jornais – O Globo, O Estado de S. Paulo e Folha de S. Paulo – ou ainda não fora mencionado pela diretoria da Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP). Se isso tivesse acontecido, com certeza, provocaria rebuliço no mercado de ações no Brasil e no exterior.

Os papéis da Petrobras subiriam vertiginosamente assim como aconteceu quando se informou sobre os campos gigantes na Bacia de Santos. Aliás, o mercado acionário é bastante sensível. Qualquer notícia provoca um verdadeiro alvoroço.

E, agora, a questão do gás natural cai como uma bomba no colo dos investidores ou dos apostadores de plantão. Isso porque o Brasil menos dependente das exportações poderá dar uma guinada na matriz energética.

A hora é de aguardar os desdobramentos dos próximos capítulos deste fato.

Fortunately, my e-mail filter just directed that straight to the "Discard" folder. I probably wouldn't have ever seen if if I hadn't looked in there.

This month, I paid for a 1 year subscription to TuffMail, and don't plan on renewing my subscriptioin to FastMail. For those of you who just send me e-mail, nothing should change. I've been running my mail on TuffMail since last month. That's the beauty of owning your own domain name. I can change e-mail service providers whenever I want, and I don't have to send everyone a new address.

I decided it was time to do the same thing with my blog, so now I'll probably actually start advertising it as http://blog.mvpittman.com, rather than the direct LiveJournal or WordPress addresses I was using before... I guess that will require an e-mail to at least the 10 people that matter.

Back to the e-mail thing. The main reason I did the switch was cost redution. FastMail had lots of features, but I didn't need all of them. They were working on features I wanted, but they weren't fast enough in implementing them. No real problems with the service, but for what I need, TuffMail does the job fine and I'll end up spending less money... so maybe I can find that extra money to keep up my World of Warcraft subsription now...

Anyway, this calls for the obligatory comparison of features between services, to somehow justify that I've made the right choice. However, I wrote this blog post a month ago, and still haven't transferred my paper comparison list to any electronic format... maybe I'll make a post a bit later, when I have time. Or, maybe when I decide that e-mail just isn't important enough for me to pay for, and just go with a free service or one that comes with my AT&T Yahoo! DSL account, I'll post that.