un buen año

"La incredulidad pone nuestras circunstancias entre nosotrosy Dios, pero la fe pone Dios entre nosotros y nuestrascircunstancias" (F.B. Meyer) ¿Cómo será su nuevo año? ¿Lleno de incredulidad,lamentándose de los problemas cual si Dios no fuese capaz dedarle la victoria o lleno de fe, creyendo que, con Dios, nohabrá problema que impida que sus conquistas sean cada vezmayores?

lo que importa son los sueños

"Si usted tiene sueños casi imposibles de realizar,se prepare para probables fracasos -- sino que Diosesté incluido en ellos." No importa si sus sueños son grandes o pequeños y ni seson fáceis o difíciles de ser concretados. Lo que importaes si usted confía o no en Dios para verlos realizados.

En tu relación de pareja debes tener tacto en público

En tu relación de pareja debes tener tacto en público

La forma en que las cosas son tomadas por tu pareja podrían variar mucho dependiendo de quien más esta alrededor de ustedes. Si tu estás invitada/o a un asado, podría ser un mal momento para empezar a hablar de los ronquidos o de como se ve tu esposo/a cuando usa cierto tipo de ropa. El compartir verdades con otros acerca de tu pareja, cuando esas verdades podrían afectar de forma negativa la forma en que ellos ven a esa persona debiera ser meditado antes.

Eso no es decir que debieras mentir, pero hay ciertas preguntas que tu puedes evitar teniendo tacto. Si tu compañero tiene tendencia revelar cosas personales a los otros, siéntate a conversar con tu compañero y explica como esto termina haciéndote daño y haciéndote sentir incómodo.

frase sabia

"La paciencia tiene más poder que la fuerza."

frase sabia

No basta decir solamente la verdad, mas conviene mostrar la causa de la falsedad."

Aristóteles

chemicals in cigarrate

As smokers, we don't think about the chemicals in cigarettes. We think about how cigarettes help us cope with the stress of daily life, how they calm us down when we're angry, help us relax at the end of a long day, comfort us when we're sad or lonely. Harmful chemicals in cigarettes? No, we don't think much about that.
The truth of the matter is that smoking does the opposite of just about everything we give it credit for. When the chemicals in cigarettes are inhaled, they put our bodies into a state of physical stress by sending literally thousands of poisons, toxic metals and carcinogens coursing through our bloodstream with every puff we take. And those chemicals affect everything from blood pressure and pulse rate to the health of our organs and immune system.

While researchers are still working to uncover all of the hazards cigarettes present to human life, we do know that air tainted with cigarette smoke is dangerous for anyone who breathes it -- smoker or not.

Let's take a closer look at some of the harmful chemicals in cigarettes and how they affect our health.

Chemicals in Cigarettes: Carcinogens
A carcinogen is defined as any substance that can cause or aggravate cancer. Approximately 60 of the chemicals in cigarettes are known to cause cancer.
TSNAs
Tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) are known to be some of the most potent carcinogens present in smokeless tobacco, snuff and tobacco smoke.

Benzene
Benzene can be found in pesticides and gasoline. It is present in high levels in cigarette smoke and accounts for half of all human exposure to this hazardous chemical.

Pesticides
Pesticides are used on our lawns and gardens, and inhaled into our lungs via cigarette smoke.

Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is a chemical used to preserve dead bodies, and is responsible for some of the nose, throat and eye irritation smokers experience when breathing in cigarette smoke.

Chemicals in Cigarettes: Toxic Metals
Toxic / heavy metals are metals and metal compounds that have the potential to harm our health when absorbed or inhaled. In very small amounts, some of these metals support life, but when taken in large amounts, can become toxic.
Arsenic
Commonly used in rat poison, arsenic finds its way into cigarette smoke through some of the pesticides that are used in tobacco farming.

Cadmium
Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that is used in batteries. Smokers typically have twice as much cadmium in their bodies as nonsmokers.

Chemicals in Cigarettes: Poisons
Poison is defined as any substance that, when introduced to a living organism, causes severe physical distress or death. Science has discovered approximately 200 poisonous gases in cigarette smoke.
Ammonia
Ammonia compounds are commonly used in cleaning products and fertilizers. Ammonia is also used to boost the impact of nicotine in manufactured cigarettes.

Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is present in car exhaust and is lethal in very large amounts. Cigarette smoke can contain high levels of carbon monoxide.

Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide was used to kill people in the gas chambers in Nazi Germany during World War II. It can be found in cigarette smoke.

Nicotine
Nicotine is a poison used in pesticides and is the addictive element in cigarettes.

A Word About Secondhand Smoke
Also known as environmental tobacco smoke, secondhand smoke is a term used to describe cigarette smoke that comes from two sources: Smoke that is exhaled by the smoker (mainstream smoke) and smoke produced by a smouldering cigarette (sidestream smoke). Secondhand smoke is known to contain at least 250 toxic chemicals, including 50 cancer-causing chemicals. According to the U.S. Surgeon General, there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. That means if you can smell cigarette smoke in the air, it could be harming your health.

If you smoke...
...use the tools below to help you get started on your smoke-free journey. There is no time like the present to stop the madness that cigarette smoking is. You'll be rewarded with benefits beyond what you can probably imagine and they'll start to occur faster than you think. Within 20 minutes of your last cigarette, your body will begin to heal and improvements to your mental and physical health will continue to grow with time invested in smoking cessation.

secondhand smoke and children

Children face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child's body still developing physically, but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults. Adults breathe in and out approximately 14 to 18 times a minute, where newborns can breathe as many as 60 times a minute. Up until a child is about 5 years old, the respiratory rate is quite fast; usually between 20 and 60 breaths per minute.

When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke, young, developing lungs receive a higher concentration of inhaled toxins than do older lungs. And think about it: young children have less control over their surroundings than the rest of us. Babies can't move to another room because the air is smoky. They depend on us to provide them with clean air to breathe.
Facts About Secondhand Smoke and Children
Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy often weigh less when they are born than those who are born to non smoking mothers.
Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are at an increased risk for developmental issues such as learning disabilities and cerebral palsy.
SIDS (sudden infant Death Syndrome) Fetuses exposed to chemicals in cigarettes through the placenta are thought to be at an increased risk of SIDS. There are a variety of opinions about the role secondhand smoke plays after birth in SIDS deaths, but a California EPA study has estimated that between 1900 and 2700 children die annually of SIDS due to secondhand smoke exposure.
Children who spend one hour in an extremely smoky room inhale enough toxic chemicals to equal smoking 10 cigarettes.
Asthma - the EPA estimates that between 200,000 and 1,000,000 kids with asthma have their condition worsened by secondhand smoke. Passive smoking may also be responsible for thousands of new cases of asthma every year.
Among children under 18 months of age in the United States, secondhand smoke is associated with as many as 300,000 cases of bronchitis or pneumonia each year.
Children in smoking households experience more middle ear infections. Inhaled cigarette smoke irritates the Eustachian tube, and the subsequent swelling leads to infections, which are the most common cause of hearing loss in children.
It has been estimated that between 50 and 75 percent of children in the United States have detectable levels of cotanine in their bloodstream.
If you smoke, quit now!

And please...protect your children from the dangers of secondhand smoke by providing them with smoke free air to breathe. They depend on you.

Third-Hand Smoke - A Threat to Our Children

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have coined a new term that describes yet another set of dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in the January, 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics discuss how this new health hazard, third-hand smoke, is especially dangerous for children.
Third-Hand Smoke
Have you ever stood in a check-out line and known there was a smoker nearby, even though no one was smoking at the time? Or have you perhaps walked into a room that had the unmistakable smell of stale cigarette smoke lingering, regardless of the fact that a fan was moving the air? This is what researchers are calling third-hand smoke -- and it represents the toxic deposits that are left behind long after a cigarette is put out.
Cigarette smoke contains gases and small particles that are deposited on every surface they come in contact with, be it the smoker's hair and clothing, or the environment the cigarette was smoked in. Dangerous for young children who may crawl on contaminated surfaces and ingest toxins via hand-to-mouth, third-hand smoke is a serious health risk for our kids, especially those who live in the homes of smokers.

In discussing the hazards of transferring toxins clinging to the smoker and his or her surroundings to children in the vicinity, Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, lead author of the study and assistant director of the MGHfC Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy explains,

"When you come into contact with your baby, even if you're not smoking at the time, she comes in contact with those toxins. And if you breastfeed, the toxins will transfer to your baby in your breast milk."
Winickoff adds however, that nursing a baby if you're a smoker is still a better choice than bottle-feeding.
Researchers involved in the study surveyed more than 1,500 households in an effort to learn about adult attitudes regarding the danger third-hand smoke represents to their children and how that might affect smoking in the home. Highlights of what they discovered include:

approximately 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers believe that secondhand smoke is hazardous for children.
On the issue of whether third-hand smoke threatens the health of children:
65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers felt that third-hand smoke harms kids.
When asked about rules regarding smoking in the home:
approximately 88 percent of nonsmokers said they didn't allow smoking, while only 27 percent of smokers prohibit smoking in the home.
However, both non-smokers and smokers who felt that third-hand smoking was harmful to children's health were more inclined to restrict smoking in their homes.
The Chemicals in Cigarettes
Researchers have identified upwards of 4,000 different chemical compounds that are present in cigarette smoke, including 200 poisonous gases, 60 carcinogens and several heavy, toxic metals.
The Chemicals in Cigarettes: What They Are and How They Affect Us
Secondhand Smoke
When a cigarette is smoked, about half of the smoke is inhaled and exhaled (mainstream smoke) by the smoker and the other half floats around in the air (sidestream smoke). The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke makes up environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Secondhand Smoke Facts
Also known as secondhand smoke, ETS plays a role in a multitude of health problems that can affect nearly every organ of our bodies. From heart disease and cancer to respiratory problems that steal our ability to breathe, secondhand smoke is toxic and dangerous to anyone exposed to it.
Children and Secondhand Smoke
Children face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child's body still developing physically, but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults. Adults breathe in and out approximately 14 to 18 times a minute, where newborns can breathe as many as 60 times a minute. Up until a child is about 5 years old, the respiratory rate is quite fast; usually between 20 and 60 breaths per minute.
Secondhand Smoke and Children
When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke, young, developing lungs receive a higher concentration of inhaled toxins than do older lungs.
They Depend on Us
Young children have less control over their surroundings than the rest of us. Babies can't move to another room because the air is smoky, or the floor is contaminated with the toxic residue of cigarette smoke. They depend on us to provide them with a healthy environment to grow up in.
Do your part to insure that children don't suffer the health hazards posed by cigarette smoking. Ban smoking in your home and car, and if you smoke, quit now.

Third-Hand Smoke - A Threat to Our Children

Third-Hand Smoke - A Threat to Our Children
What is Third-Hand Smoke?
By Terry Martin, About.com
Updated: January 6, 2009

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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) have coined a new term that describes yet another set of dangers associated with cigarette smoke: third-hand smoke. Study results published in the January, 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics discuss how this new health hazard, third-hand smoke, is especially dangerous for children.
Third-Hand Smoke
Have you ever stood in a check-out line and known there was a smoker nearby, even though no one was smoking at the time? Or have you perhaps walked into a room that had the unmistakable smell of stale cigarette smoke lingering, regardless of the fact that a fan was moving the air? This is what researchers are calling third-hand smoke -- and it represents the toxic deposits that are left behind long after a cigarette is put out.
Cigarette smoke contains gases and small particles that are deposited on every surface they come in contact with, be it the smoker's hair and clothing, or the environment the cigarette was smoked in. Dangerous for young children who may crawl on contaminated surfaces and ingest toxins via hand-to-mouth, third-hand smoke is a serious health risk for our kids, especially those who live in the homes of smokers.

In discussing the hazards of transferring toxins clinging to the smoker and his or her surroundings to children in the vicinity, Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, lead author of the study and assistant director of the MGHfC Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy explains,

"When you come into contact with your baby, even if you're not smoking at the time, she comes in contact with those toxins. And if you breastfeed, the toxins will transfer to your baby in your breast milk."
Winickoff adds however, that nursing a baby if you're a smoker is still a better choice than bottle-feeding.
Researchers involved in the study surveyed more than 1,500 households in an effort to learn about adult attitudes regarding the danger third-hand smoke represents to their children and how that might affect smoking in the home. Highlights of what they discovered include:

approximately 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers believe that secondhand smoke is hazardous for children.
On the issue of whether third-hand smoke threatens the health of children:
65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers felt that third-hand smoke harms kids.
When asked about rules regarding smoking in the home:
approximately 88 percent of nonsmokers said they didn't allow smoking, while only 27 percent of smokers prohibit smoking in the home.
However, both non-smokers and smokers who felt that third-hand smoking was harmful to children's health were more inclined to restrict smoking in their homes.
The Chemicals in Cigarettes
Researchers have identified upwards of 4,000 different chemical compounds that are present in cigarette smoke, including 200 poisonous gases, 60 carcinogens and several heavy, toxic metals.
The Chemicals in Cigarettes: What They Are and How They Affect Us
Secondhand Smoke
When a cigarette is smoked, about half of the smoke is inhaled and exhaled (mainstream smoke) by the smoker and the other half floats around in the air (sidestream smoke). The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke makes up environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Secondhand Smoke Facts
Also known as secondhand smoke, ETS plays a role in a multitude of health problems that can affect nearly every organ of our bodies. From heart disease and cancer to respiratory problems that steal our ability to breathe, secondhand smoke is toxic and dangerous to anyone exposed to it.
Children and Secondhand Smoke
Children face a higher risk than adults of the negative effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is a child's body still developing physically, but their breathing rate is faster than that of adults. Adults breathe in and out approximately 14 to 18 times a minute, where newborns can breathe as many as 60 times a minute. Up until a child is about 5 years old, the respiratory rate is quite fast; usually between 20 and 60 breaths per minute.
Secondhand Smoke and Children
When the air is tainted with cigarette smoke, young, developing lungs receive a higher concentration of inhaled toxins than do older lungs.
They Depend on Us
Young children have less control over their surroundings than the rest of us. Babies can't move to another room because the air is smoky, or the floor is contaminated with the toxic residue of cigarette smoke. They depend on us to provide them with a healthy environment to grow up in.
Do your part to insure that children don't suffer the health hazards posed by cigarette smoking. Ban smoking in your home and car, and if you smoke, quit now.

BIGGER THAN WE THINK

Our Galaxy Is Bigger Than We Thought
Tuesday January 6, 2009
Honey, I blew up the galaxy.
Well, not exactly. It appears that the Milky Way Galaxy has always been larger than we originally thought. We're also moving faster and unfortunately more likely to collide with another galaxy as well.

Astronomers making high-precision measurements using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope to remake the map of the Milky Way say our solar system is about 28,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s center. At that distance, the new observations indicate, we’re moving at about 600,000 miles per hour in our Galactic orbit, up from the previous estimate of 500,000 miles per hour.

That increase in speed, said Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, increases the Milky Way's mass by 50 percent, bringing it even with the Andromeda Galaxy. "No longer will we think of the Milky Way as the little sister of the Andromeda Galaxy in our Local Group family."

The larger mass, in turn, means a greater gravitational pull that increases the likelihood of collisions with the Andromeda galaxy or smaller nearby galaxies.

Taking advantage of the VLBA’s unparalleled ability to make extremely detailed images, the team is conducting a long-term program to measure distances and motions in our Galaxy. They reported their results at the American Astronomical Society’s meeting in Long Beach, California.

The VLBA can fix positions in the sky so accurately that the actual motion of the objects can be detected as they orbit the Milky Way’s center. Adding in measurements of motion along the line of sight, determined from shifts in the frequency of the masers’ radio emission, the astronomers are able to determine the full 3-dimensional motions of the star-forming regions. Using this information, Reid reported that “most star-forming regions do not follow a circular path as they orbit the Galaxy; instead we find them moving more slowly than other regions and on elliptical, not circular, orbits.”

“The new VLBA observations of the Milky Way are producing highly-accurate direct measurements of distances and motions,” said Karl Menten of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, a member of the team. “These measurements use the traditional surveyor’s method of triangulation and do not depend on any assumptions based on other properties, such as brightness, unlike earlier studies.”

The astronomers found that their direct distance measurements differed from earlier, indirect measurements, sometimes by as much as a factor of two. The star-forming regions harboring the cosmic masers “define the spiral arms of the Galaxy,” Reid explained. Measuring the distances to these regions thus provides a yardstick for mapping the Galaxy’s spiral structure.

“These direct measurements are revising our understanding of the structure and motions of our Galaxy,” Menten said. "Because we’re inside it, it’s difficult for us to determine the Milky Way’s structure. For other galaxies, we can simply look at them and see their structure, but we can’t do this to get an overall image of the Milky Way. We have to deduce its structure by measuring and mapping,” he added.

Reid and his colleagues found other surprises, too. Measuring the distances to multiple regions in a single spiral arm allowed them to calculate the angle of the arm. “These measurements,” Reid said, “indicate that our Galaxy probably has four, not two, spiral arms of gas and dust that are forming stars.” Recent surveys by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that older stars reside mostly in two spiral arms, raising a question of why the older stars don't appear in all the arms. Answering that question, the astronomers say, will require more measurements and a deeper understanding of how the Galaxy works.

continental airlines hace su primer vuelo con biocombustibles

Por una visión responsable hacia el futuro
Continental Airlines realizó vuelo de demostración con biocombustibles

Lunes 5
de enero




Para la compañía los biocombustibles sustentables para la aviación constituyen una opción real en el corto plazo.
Continental Airlines realizó el día de hoy una demostración del uso de biocombustibles sustentables para propulsar un avión comercial por primera vez en América del Norte.
El vuelo de demostración (realizado en colaboración con Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, y UOP, una empresa de Honeywell) representa el primero realizado con biocombustible sustentable por parte de una línea aérea comercial, utilizando un avión birreactor, en este caso un Boeing 737-800 dotado de motores CFM International CFM56-7B.
La mezcla de biocombustibles incluye componentes derivados de algas y jatrofa, ambas fuentes de combustible sustentable de segunda generación que no repercuten de manera negativa en los cultivos de alimentos ni en los recursos hídricos; tampoco contribuyen a la deforestación.
El Boeing 737-800 de Continental, cuyo distintivo de cola es el 516, despegará y aterrizará en el Aeropuerto Intercontinental Bush de Houston, operando bajo un certificado de tipo de aeronave “experimental”, especialmente expedido y no transportará pasajeros.
El vuelo tendrá una duración aproximada de dos horas y los pilotos de pruebas de Continental someterán al avión a una serie de maniobras tanto normales como fuera de lo normal, como apagado y rearranque de un motor en pleno vuelo y operaciones de aceleración/deceleración. Un ingeniero de Continental registrará a bordo todos los datos.
El vuelo operará con una mezcla de biocombustible consistente en 50 por ciento de combustible derivado biológicamente y 50 por ciento turbosina convencional en el motor número 2. Después del vuelo, Continental participará junto con sus socios en un minucioso análisis del motor con el fin de garantizar que el efecto para el motor y para la aeronave, así como en términos de desempeño, no difieran sustancialmente entre el biocombustible y el combustible convencional.

get a head started on christmas

Get a Head Start on Christmas
by DreamTeamWriters

Make-Your-Own Christmas Plates
Unpacking our Christmas decorations made me a bit sad last year. It was clear some of our holiday crafts from years' past hadn't stood the test of time. Construction paper projects were faded and bent ... and apparently hot glue doesn't stick forever. I re-glued Santa faces and snowman hats, and ironed paper projects as best I could, but I realized if I wanted our special keepsakes to last longer, I'd have to work with more durable materials. Read more.

Christmas Craft Party
Last year, the first weekend of December arrived with a packed calendar: Ellie's performances in the Nutcracker ballet. Family coming to see the show. Our church holiday fair. The holiday craft fair at Caitlin and Ellie's school. Something had to give, and for the second year in a row, it was going to be the school craft fair. This news was met glumly, but the holiday spirit was quickly revived when I suggested a mini-holiday craft party of our own. Read more.

Early Letters to Santa
A week or so before Christmas the year Sabrina was 2, I was full of holiday cheer. In an effort to spread my good cheer, I asked my darling daughter -- for about the hundredth time that season -- what she hoped Santa would bring. I was sure I knew what Sabrina's answer would be, because she'd told me many times before: a baby doll stroller. Then, sweet little Sabrina in her red-and green-outfit and matching tights said something that unraveled all of my carefully planned preparations, "A cradle for my baby." Read more.

Say Cheese -- Or Else!
"Someone might call child protective services on you," joked my mother-in-law. At least I hoped she was joking. I knew why she was calling -- she'd received our latest holiday photo. I hoped this wasn't shaping up to become one of our typical holiday disasters, like the crooked tree that dropped all of its needles at once, or the time I slightly singed baby Nolan (now 5) posing him in a diaper and Santa hat surrounded by colorful holiday lights. Read more.

Get Into Giving
"Did you see this?" 7-year-old Henry asks, squealing with excitement as he points to a shiny new toy in a catalog that he found in our pile of mail. "Circle it!" Julia, 9, commands. This materialistic activity, which consists of circling coveted toys in catalogs, has become a regular activity around our house this holiday season. Hiding all the toy catalogs the next day only makes me feel like the Grinch with a wig, and I'm stumped over how can I help our children experience how wonderful it feels to give to others. Read more.

la luna mas grande del 2009

La Luna llena más grande de 2009 llegará este fin de semana. Es una Luna de perigeo hasta un 30% más brillante que las que se verán en el transcurso del año. ¡Prepárese para ver el brillo de la Luna!


NASA

Enero 8, 2009: Cuando Luna llena del mes pasado ascendió sobre Florida, Raquel Stanton, que la observaba desde la playa Cocoa, se dio cuenta de que algo estaba sucediendo.

"La Luna estaba increíblemente bella; ¡y se veía más grande de lo usual!", comenta. "Toda mi familia se dio cuenta y observó con asombro."

Al igual que millones de personas alrededor del mundo, ella había sido testigo de la Luna llena más grande de 2008 (una "Luna de perigeo", 14% más grande y 30% más brillante que otras lunas más pequeñas que ella había observado con anterioridad). "Nunca la olvidaré."

Alerta: ¡Está a punto de suceder nuevamente!

Este sábado 10 de enero por la noche, otra Luna de perigeo se avecina. Será la Luna llena más grande de 2009, casi idéntica a la que impresionó a quienes la observaron en diciembre de 2008.

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Arriba: La Luna de perigeo de diciembre de 2008. "¡La Luna estaba muy brillante y GRANDE!" Sólo verla con mi telescopio era suficientemente emocionante, pero tuve que tomar esta fotografía para registrarlo", comenta el fotógrafo Ron Hodges, de Midland, Texas.

Johannes Kepler explicó el fenómeno hace 400 años. La órbita de la Luna alrededor de la Tierra no es un círculo, es una elipse y tiene un lado ubicado 50.000 km más cerca de la Tierra que el otro. Los astrónomos llaman "perigeo" al punto de máximo acercamiento y es en ese punto donde la Luna estará este fin de semana.

Las Lunas llenas de perigeo tienen lugar una o dos veces por año. El año 2008 finalizó con una de ellas y ahora 2009 comienza con otra. Es la mejor clase de déjà vu para aquellos que aman la magia de la tierra bajo el fulgor de la Luna.

Enero es un mes de nieve en el hemisferio norte y la combinación de nieve + luz de Luna de perigeo resulta simplemente impresionante. Cuando la Luna se encuentre por encima de nuestras cabezas, a la media noche, los terrenos blanquecinos revivirán con el brillante reflejo que hará desaparecer a la noche, aunque no se hará de día. Se podrá leer el periódico, andar en bicicleta, escribir una carta y al mismo tiempo contar las estrellas ubicadas por encima de la cabeza. Es una experiencia descomunal que realmente merece ser vivida.

Arriba: La Luna llena de perigeo de diciembre de 2008. "Un viento frío soplaba mientras la Luna se ponía sobre la granja de uno de mis vecinos", comenta el fotógrafo Eric Ingmundson, de Sparta, Wisconsin. "La próxima vez (el 10 de enero) planeo usar un trípode."

Otro momento mágico tiene lugar cuando la Luna de perigeo se encuentra cerca del horizonte. Ese es el momento en el cual la ilusión se mezcla con la realidad para producir una vista realmente espectacular. Por razones que los astrónomos o psicólogos no terminan de comprender, las lunas cercanas al horizonte se ven anormalmente grandes cuando se asoman entre los árboles, edificios y otros objetos sobre la superficie. Este fin de semana, ¿por qué no dejar que la "Ilusión Lunar" amplifique una Luna llena extraordinariamente grande? El orbe "hinchado", que nace al atardecer por el Este, puede parecer tan cercano que usted casi podrá alcanzarlo y tocarlo.

Pero usted no será el único. Incluso en el perigeo, la Luna se encuentra a 360.000 km de distancia; y sin embargo, la distante belleza atrae a poetas, buscadores de estrellas y a la NASA por igual: "Regresa", parece decir, "Realmente no estoy tan lejos".

lo que un abrazo puede expresar

LO QUE UN ABRAZO PUEDE EXPRESAR


SEGURIDAD
No importa cual sea nuestra edad ni nuestra posición en la vida, todos necesitamos sentirnos seguros.
Si no lo conseguimos,actuamos de forma ineficiente y nuestra relaciones interpersonales pierden su placer.

PROTECCIÓN
El sentirnos protegidos es importante para todos, pero lo es más para los niños y los ancianos, quienes dependen del amor de quien lo rodean.

CONFIANZA
La confianza la obtenemos de la sensación de seguridad y protección que recibimos.
La confianza nos puede hacer avanzar, cuando el miedo se impone a nuestro deseo de participar, con entusiasmo en desafío de la vida.

FORTALEZA
Quizás pensemos que la fortaleza es una energía desarrollada, gracias a la decisión de un individuo, pero siempre podemos transmitir nuestra fuerza interior, convirtiéndola en un don para el prójimo, para confirmar y alimentar la energía ajena.
Cuando deseamos transferir nuestra energía con un abrazo, aumentamos nuestras propias fuerzas.

CURACIÓN
Nuestra fortaleza se convierte en una poderosa fuerza curativa, cuando la transmitimos, por medio del contacto físico.
El contacto y el abrazo, imparten una energía vital, capaz de curar o aliviar enfermedades y dolencias.

AUTOVALORACION
El reconocimiento de que valemos, es la base de toda satisfacción y todo éxito en nuestra vida.
Mediante el abrazo, podemos transmitir el mensaje de que reconocemos el valor y la excelencia de cada individuo.

PERTENENCIA
Nuestra autovaloración aumenta, cuando tenemos la sensación de pertenecer a un grupo, primero a la familia, luego a un grupo de amistades.

APRECIO
Con un abrazo comunicamos aprecio y agradecimiento, por la variedad de abundancia de la vida.

FELICIDAD
Cuando vivimos bajo un arco iris de buenos sentimientos (asombro, humor, entusiasmo, satisfacción, etc) el corazón se nos desborda de regocijo, tanto, que se nos hace difícil no compartirlo

CELEBRACIÓN
Una celebración, requiere reunirse con otros, para compartir un acontecimiento inolvidable.
En estos momentos, un abrazo significa "estoy alegre de que estés compartiendo conmigo".
El idioma de los abrazan, nos ayuda a hablar con el corazón y nos ayuda a ver nuestro verdadero yo.

la ira de herodes

La ira de Herodes al enterarse de que Cristo había nacido en el mundo culminó con la matanza de todos los niños de dos años o menos que vivian en Belen y alrededores [Mateo 2,16] convirti éndose as í en los primeros en derramar su sangre a causa de Cristo . Este hecho revela la absoluta contradicción entre la luz y la oscuridad. "Dios es luz; en Él no hay absolutamente ninguna clase de oscuridad " [1 Juan 1,5]. La luz, cuando viene al mundo, es una afrenta al mundo de la oscuridad y siempre la oscuridad trata de atacarla.



Los seguidores de Cristo debemos caminar en la luz, tal como Él está en la luz. Caminar en la luz nos lleva a la comunión de los unos con los otros [1 Juan 1,9; Santiago 5,16], pero dado que la luz es tan contraria al mundo de la oscuridad, también nos trae la oposición del mundo: la crítica, la calumnia, la persecución y hasta el martirio.



Vivir "en la luz" significa llevar una vida libre de todo lo que es pecado y obedecer a Dios. Ciertamente sabemos que a pesar de haber sido perdonados y recibidos como hijos de Dios, mientras caminamos por este mundo continuamos sujetos a nuestra concupiscencia, que muchas veces nos puede dominar y llevar por caminos de maldad. Por eso hemos de permanecer en oración y vigilantes para no ser dominados por el mal. Pero si pecamos, tenemos en Cristo el perdón de nuestros pecados, no para vivir con una falsa confianza, pensando que podemos pecar cuantas veces queramos que al fin y al cabo Dios siempre nos perdonará, pues no sabemos ni el día ni la hora en que el Señor vendrá por nosotros; antes al contrario hemos de vivir permaneciendo constantemente en el amor.



El Evangelio nos indica cómo se puede aplicar nuestra vocación cristiana en la vida práctica, y lo hace explicando el poder de la sangre de Cristo [1 Juan 1,7], reiterando que la promesa de la sangre de Jesús, derramada en su sacrificio redentor, nos limpia de todo pecado [1 Juan 2,2]. La purificación que realiza la sangre de Jesús está siempre a nuestro alcance, para librarnos de la mancha del pecado y de sus efectos [1 Pedro 1,2] .



Hay varias prácticas que nos permiten experimentar con mayor intensidad el poder de esta realidad. Primero, tratar de obtener un entendimiento de Dios a través de la oración y la lectura de la Biblia acerca de nuestra necesidad de purificación. Luego, cultivar el deseo de ser purificados, reconociendo que Dios desea que todos sus hijos sean "puros de corazón". Además, promover una actitud de entrega a Dios, un deseo de desapegarnos de los hábitos de pecado y entrar de lleno en la luz del Señor. Finalmente, podemos reafirmar la fe en el poder de la sangre de Cristo, dejando que Dios quite de nosotros toda incredulidad que endurezca nuestro corazón. Estos son pasos prácticos que nos ayudan a experimentar el poder que tiene la sangre de Cristo para limpiarnos del pecado [Juan 6,53 – 56].



Jes ús es el nuevo Moisés que, asumiendo la historia de su pueblo, camina junto con el Nuevo Pueblo de Dios, hacia la posesión de la patria eterna, saliendo de la esclavitud del pecado, pasando por las aguas bautismales y siendo conducido por el Señor bajo una nueva Ley: la Ley del amor. Efectivamente "De Egipto llamó, el Padre Dios, a su Hijo" [Mateo 2,15]. Y Él nos llama desde nuestros Egiptos, desde nuestras esclavitudes, para que ya no vivamos para nosotros mismos, sino para Aquel que por nosotros murió y resucitó.



"Padre Celestial, concédeme una experiencia del poder purificador de la sangre de Jesús. Deseo ser un testimonio vivo de la luz, obediente a Ti y libre de la mancha del pecado"

tus hijos y la salud dental

Tus hijos y el cuidado dental

Empieza a cepillar los dientes de tu hijo/a de forma temprana en la vida de manera que desarrolle una rutina. Como padre tú eres el modelo a seguir más poderoso y necesitas poner un buen ejemplo cuidando tus propios dientes y encías. Los chicos de menos de 4 o 5 años de edad van a necesitar ayuda con el cepillado ya que ellos no tienen las habilidades para hacerlo ellos todavía.

Estos son unas sugerencias para ayudar a tu hijo/a con el cepillado de dientes:

Los niños deberían cepillar sus dientes al menos dos veces al día, es mejor después del desayuno y luego cerca de media hora antes de ir a dormir.

Después de cepillar los dientes a la hora de dormir, tu niño/a no debería comer o beber nada excepto agua.

Una vez que tu hijo/a puede cepillarse por si solo, tu aún deberías supervisar el cepillado para asegurarte que él ella llegue a todas las partes de los dientes y encías.

Los niños pueden aprender a pasarse hilo dental por si solos como a los 8 años, requiere un poco de destreza motora y coordinación, aunque algunos niños pueden dominar esto un poco mas temprano.

El ayudar a tu hijo/a a aprender una rutina de buen cuidado dental le ayudará a evitar problemas mas tarde, La buena higiene oral y el uso de dosis bajas de flúor son las formas más efectivas formas de ayudar a reducir el riesgo de caries y enfermedades de las encías.