Unitarians examine The Spirituality of Letting Go

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By Jean StrahlendorfSpecial to The PREVIEW

On May 18, the Pagosa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will present a talk entitled The Spirituality of Letting Go, presented by Pauline Benetti.

This service has been created specifically for all of us who believe we are captains of our own ships, in charge and in control, and for whom the idea of letting go is somehow synonymous with surrender, with waving the white flag and giving up a truly frightening prospect.

So come all ye problem solvers, decision makers, movers and shakers. Sit down and do nothing, for a time, while we examine the spiritual practice of letting go.

A warning, however: Since the unexamined life is not worth living, you will be expected to listen to your life this morning, yesterday, the day before and interact with experiences you find there.

Benetti is a 10-plus year member of the Pagosa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and is approaching her 76th anniversary on this planet. It is time now, she believes, to take stock and listen to the accumulated experiences of all those years and hear what they have to say. That means sit down and do nothing.

The Pagosa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship sponsors a childrens spiritual educational program and encourages families with children to please join us for our Sunday service. Our childrens religious programs teach our Unitarian Universalist heritage, ethical living, moral precepts to love your neighbor, work for a better world and to search for truth with an open mind. We also offer a number of inter-generational program activities. Arts and crafts projects also are utilized to illustrate these principles.

The service begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Pagosa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall. The address is Unit B-15, Greenbriar Plaza. Turn east on Greenbriar Drive off of North Pagosa Boulevard by the fire station, then left into the back parking lot and look for the big sign. All are welcome.

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"HaHa" Russia Stops Space Travels! Obama’s Sanctions Working – Video

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Russia kills off International Space Station over Ukraine, official says – Video

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Japanese Astronaut Leaves ISS… and his robot friend – no comment – Video

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NASA Asked How to Keep Space Station Going Without Russia

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Lawmakers have asked NASAs chief how the U.S. can maintain use of the International Space Station if Russia delivers on a threat to end its participation after 2020 as the crisis in Ukraine strains relations.

We will need to step back and evaluate the costs and benefits of maintaining the station without our Russian partners, House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, and members of the panel said in a letter today to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

Russias Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said May 13 that his country would no longer export Russian engines for U.S. military rockets and also may withdraw from operations of the civilian space station. Rogozin was among Russian officials singled out for U.S. economic sanctions over his countrys takeover of Crimea from Ukraine.

Our international space partnerships, including our partnership with Russia, have historically endured political division, the lawmakers wrote. But Deputy Prime Minister Rogozins statements raise serious concerns about the strength of those partnerships.

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Since ending its manned space program in 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has depended on Russia to shuttle crews to and from the station that orbits 260 miles (418 kilometers) above the Earth.

Two U.S. companies, Orbital Sciences Corp. (ORB) and Elon Musks Space Exploration Technologies Corp., have NASA contracts to ferry supplies to the space station.

In addition, the government has contracts with SpaceX; Boeing Co. (BA); Sierra Nevada Corp.; and Blue Origin LLC, founded by Jeff Bezos, the chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., to develop a rocket and capsule capable of carrying astronauts to the station by 2017.

The lawmakers asked Bolden for information on international negotiations to keep the International Space Station functioning beyond 2020, and what the impact of a Russian withdrawal would be.

As we move forward, it is important that we fully understand our nations independent capabilities with regard to ISS operations, the lawmakers wrote.

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Hubble Space Telescope Catches Jupiter's Great Red Spot At Its Smallest Size Ever [PHOTO]

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The Hubble Space Telescope took this photo of Jupiter, using its Wide Field Camera 3, on April 21, 2014. NASA, ESA and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

The diameter of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, at its widest, was measured at 41,000 kilometers (25,476 miles) in the late 1800s, Hubble officials said in a statement. Earth's diameter, by comparison, is 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles). More recent observations, from the 1970s and the 1980s, via NASA's Voyager spacecraft, put the Great Red Spot's diameter at 23,335 kilometers (around 14,500 miles). The new Hubble observations were taken on April 21, using the space telescope's Wide Field Camera 3.

A close-up look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, ESA and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Much like the mystery surrounding the Great Red Spot's staying power, astronomers aren't sure what is causing the giant storm on Jupiter to shrink. The Great Red Spot is an anticyclone, spinning counter clockwise, in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, with wind speeds of 430 to 630 kilometers per hour (270 to 425 miles per hour), NASA said. The origin of the storm's signature red color is also unknown.

Hubble observed the Great Red Spot of Jupiter in 1995, 2009 and 2014, and noticed a dramatic change in its diameter. NASA said that the diameter of the storm was 13,020 miles in 1995, 11,130 miles wide in 2009 and currently 10,250 miles wide. Previous studies estimate the rate of shrinkage at 580 miles per year. The astronomers also noted that the shape of the Great Red Spot has changed, going from an oval to a circle.

A size comparison of Jupiter's Great Red Spot based on Hubble observations from 1995, 2009 and 2014. NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Amy Simon, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said eddies, or circular currents of gas, may be changing the composition of the Great Red Spot, which could be diminishing in its power. "In our new observations it is apparent that very small eddies are feeding into the storm," Simon said in a statement. "We hypothesized that these may be responsible for the accelerated change by altering the internal dynamics and energy of the Great Red Spot."

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