Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Permanent housing being built for pandits Written by Golden Triangle Media 11/10/2006 Since they first started arriving Oct. 28, 321 Vedic pandits, as well as their cooks and assistant cooks, from India have gathered on the Maharishi University of Management campus to foster peace and harmony in the world. The pandits who have arrived thus far are only a portion of the 1,000 who are expected to arrive within two months to swell the numbers of the Invincible America Assembly so the Maharishi Effect is achieved in the United States. Temporary housing for 300 to 400 pandits has been made available on the M.U.M. campus while Maharishi Vedic City constructs more permanent facilities. Five of the M.U.M. residence halls have been renovated for the pandits living, dining and group practice of Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs. In Vedic City, three methods of construction are under consideration for housing. Negotiations are under way with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for unused manufactured homes, which were surplus after Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, 30 manufactured homes in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design have arrived in the city and are being connected to utilities. Each home has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, 1.5 bathrooms, a washer and dryer and other amenities such as air conditioning. The ceilings are eight feet high, and the walls are made of smooth sheetrock. The exterior consists of white concrete panels. Thirty such homes can be delivered in a week, and concrete piers are in place for 100 homes. The city also is looking into marble peace colonies constructed of factory-cast panels in Sthapatya Veda design. The clay-plaster interiors that include a fine marble powder mix are meant to give the buildings character while making them comfortable and cost-effective. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17450954&BRD=1142&PAG=461&dept_id=567522&rfi=6 Permanent housing being built for pandits Written by Golden Triangle Media 11/10/2006 Since they first started arriving Oct. 28, 321 Vedic pandits, as well as their cooks and assistant cooks, from India have gathered on the Maharishi University of Management campus to foster peace and harmony in the world. The pandits who have arrived thus far are only a portion of the 1,000 who are expected to arrive within two months to swell the numbers of the Invincible America Assembly so the Maharishi Effect is achieved in the United States. Temporary housing for 300 to 400 pandits has been made available on the M.U.M. campus while Maharishi Vedic City constructs more permanent facilities. Five of the M.U.M. residence halls have been renovated for the pandits living, dining and group practice of Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs. In Vedic City, three methods of construction are under consideration for housing. Negotiations are under way with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for unused manufactured homes, which were surplus after Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, 30 manufactured homes in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design have arrived in the city and are being connected to utilities. Each home has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, 1.5 bathrooms, a washer and dryer and other amenities such as air conditioning. The ceilings are eight feet high, and the walls are made of smooth sheetrock. The exterior consists of white concrete panels. Thirty such homes can be delivered in a week, and concrete piers are in place for 100 homes. The city also is looking into marble peace colonies constructed of factory-cast panels in Sthapatya Veda design. The clay-plaster interiors that include a fine marble powder mix are meant to give the buildings character while making them comfortable and cost-effective. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17450954&BRD=1142&PAG=461&dept_id=567522&rfi=6 US Vedic Community Leaders in Green Energy Written by Danielle Wagner The power of wind (FAIRFIELD, Iowa) A community in Southeast Iowa will soon be hoping for more windy days. There's an 80-foot-tall, 35 kilowatt wind turbine located just north of Fairfield that will soon be supplying wind energy to two organic greenhouses in Vedic City. The wind turbine previously generated electricity in California for 20 years, before being replaced by newer technology. The refurbished turbine needs nine-mile-per-hour winds to generate energy, and it's estimated to save $6,000 a year in energy costs. "What we anticipate is that in certain times of the year, especially in the fall and in the winter there's more wind, we'll have more wind and more energy than we even need for our operation so we have a contract with Access Energy, our utility company, to also buy back any extra energy that we have," Vedic City Economic Development Director, Kent Boyum, said. The nearly $100,000 project is being partially funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant applied for three years ago. The turbine should pay for itself in 10 years. -- ' ); document.write( addy27637 ); document.write( '' ); //-->\n ' ); //--> This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ' ); //--> ">Danielle Wagner, Reporting http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5658367&nav=1LFs Want to start your own business? Learn how on Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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