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Solar Radiation Data Available for Northern Caribbean Region
Solar radiation data can be downloaded for the Northern Caribbean Region. Daily, monthly and annual data are available.
Daily Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo) for Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Daily reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is now available for Haiti and the Dominican Republic. CLICK HERE to visit the new pragwater page, which provides a link to the daily image data and the method background information. The page also provides information related to the practical application of the results for scheduling irrigation in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This research received partial funding from the following sources: NOAA-CREST (grant NA06OAR4810162) and USDA Hatch Project (Hatch-402). Special thanks to Dr. John Mecikalski for providing the solar radiation data, and Alejandra Rojas for providing various GIS maps used in this research. I would like to thank my student, Victor Reventos, who made this possible through his Python programming skills.
DISCLAIMER: The information is provided “as is”. The authors and publishers of this information disclaim any loss or liability, either directly or indirectly as a consequence of applying the information provided herein, or in regard to the use and application of said information. No guarantee is given, either expressed or implied, in regard to the accuracy, or acceptability of the information.
NASA Beautifully Observes Photosynthesis From Space (VIDEO)
The North Pole Has Melted. Again.
PRAGWATER TO AGRESSIVELY PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
The world has reached a critical point in its development. The decisions we make will lead us to a prosperous and peaceful world, in which each individual contributes to the advancement of civilization; or to a world in which the human spirit is held captive by antiquated cultural practices, a world in which heinous crimes are committed upon its people (mostly women and girls) on a daily basis. One future is heaven and the other is hell. The advancement of women and girls is the key to unlocking the processes leading to sustainable development, global prosperity and world peace.
As early as the 19th Century, Abdu’l-Baha recognized the importance of women in achieving peace:
“When all mankind shall receive the same opportunity of education and the equality of men and women be realized, the foundations of war will be utterly destroyed. Without equality this will be impossible because all differences and distinction are conducive to discord and strife.”
So important is the advancement of women and girls that he recommended that daughters be given priority over sons, in regard to education.
“ ….training and culture of daughters is more necessary than that of sons, for girls will one day be mothers, and mothers are the first educators of the new generation. If it is not possible, therefore, for a family to educate all the children, preference is to be accorded to daughters since, through educated mothers, the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused throughout society.”
Implicit in the above statement is that empowered, educated mothers can train their sons to become men of strong moral character, something that is sorely lacking in today’s world.
Numerous other benefits will accrue to society with the advancement of women; including their special contributions to the various fields of science; based on their mental alertness, intuition, and spiritual qualities of love and service, in which women are strong.
“The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over women by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the balance is already shifting — force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age, less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals — or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.”
For the reasons stated above, pragwater.com will aggressively promote the advancement of women in its future posts. I sincerely hope that the readers of pragwater.com will take advantage of the valuable information that will be posted relative to this important topic.
Eric Harmsen, Pragwater Administrator
95+19 Youth Conferences
Over the next few months, 114 youth conferences will be held at locations throughout the world. The purpose of the conferences is to inspire and empower a generation of youth who are transforming their communities through acts of service. In large part, these youth represent a group known as Junior Youth Group animators. Animators lead small groups (5 to 15, ages 11-15), through a training process, which will enable them to become youth leaders and a positive force for transforming the world.
Check back here periodically to see new photos from the conferences as they become available.
Youth attending the conference in San José, Costa Rica. Youth from Central America and Puerto Rico are attending this conference.
Youth from Papua New Guinea traveling to their Conference.
Youth from Puerto Rico Arriving at the conference in San José, Costa.
Cali, Colombia Youth Conference
Facilitators arriving in Frankfort Germany, to plan the Frankfort conference.
Santiago, Chile
Burundi Youth Conference
Brazil Conference
Building Communities on a Global Scale
Frontiers of Learning Video
This video presents examples of Baha’i community development projects in Colombia, Canada, India and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Active projects currently exist in thousands of communities around the world. The implications of these projects for the future of society cannot be overestimated. Transformations are occurring on the level of culture and youth are actively engaged as leaders in these projects.
Haitian slum builds ‘Garden of Eden’
SO WHY IS PRAGWATER PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN?
The world has reached a critical point in its development. The decisions we make will lead us to a prosperous and peaceful world, in which each individual contributes to the advancement of civilization; or to a world in which the human spirit is held captive by antiquated cultural practices, a world in which heinous crimes are committed upon its people (mostly women and girls) on a daily basis. One future is heaven and the other is hell. The advancement of women and girls is the key to unlocking the processes leading to sustainable development, global prosperity and world peace.
As early as the 19th Century, Abdu’l-Baha recognized the importance of women in achieving peace:
“When all mankind shall receive the same opportunity of education and the equality of men and women be realized, the foundations of war will be utterly destroyed. Without equality this will be impossible because all differences and distinction are conducive to discord and strife.”
So important is the advancement of women and girls that he recommended that daughters be given priority over sons, in regard to education.
“ ….training and culture of daughters is more necessary than that of sons, for girls will one day be mothers, and mothers are the first educators of the new generation. If it is not possible, therefore, for a family to educate all the children, preference is to be accorded to daughters since, through educated mothers, the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused throughout society.”
Implicit in the above statement is that empowered, educated mothers can train their sons to become men of strong moral character, something that is sorely lacking in today’s world.
Numerous other benefits will accrue to society with the advancement of women; including their special contributions to the various fields of science; based on their mental alertness, intuition, and spiritual qualities of love and service, in which women are strong.
“The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over women by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind. But the balance is already shifting — force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age, less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals — or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.”
For the reasons stated above, pragwater.com will aggressively promote the advancement of women in its future posts. I sincerely hope that the readers of pragwater.com will take advantage of the valuable information that will be posted relative to this important topic.
Eric Harmsen, Pragwater Administrator
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