Matthew Pinto is president of Ascension Press, creator of the Amazing Grace book series, publisher of the The Great Adventure Bible Timeline, and distributor of Christopher West's writings of Theology of the Body. The series Amazing Grace is co-authored with Jeff Cavins. Matthew is also the author of the best-selling book "Did Adam & Eve have Belly Buttons?" as well as co-author to the sequel, "Did Jesus Have a Last Name?"
Bir Krsna Goswami is a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He spent his childhood in Long Island, New York, and became a member of the Krishna conscious community, ISKCON, in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada's disciple. In early 1978 Bir Krishna Goswami took sannyasa in Lima, Peru. In 1995 he began to work on the Governing Body Commission.
Early years
Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at Northwestern University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the Krishna consciousness movement. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada's disciple.
From the beginning, Bir Krishna Goswami distinguished himself by his oratorical skills, his spiritual dedication, and his devotion to studying the writings of his spiritual master, through which he acquired a deep knowledge of the process of Krishna consciousness. In 1972 he began traveling throughout the United States distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and lecturing at colleges and universities. This continued until 1974, when Bir Krishna Goswami became directly involved in the publication of Srila Prabhupada's books in English and in Spanish. He also spoke widely in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean on the science of Krishna consciousness.
In early 1978 Bir Krishna Goswami entered the renounced order of life(sannyasa) in Lima, Peru. In 1982 he came to North Carolina and opened its first permanent Krishna conscious center.
Present Day
In 1995 he began to work on the Governing Body Commission. At present his zone includes Fiji, Southeastern United States, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia.
Early years
Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at Northwestern University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the Krishna consciousness movement. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada's disciple.
From the beginning, Bir Krishna Goswami distinguished himself by his oratorical skills, his spiritual dedication, and his devotion to studying the writings of his spiritual master, through which he acquired a deep knowledge of the process of Krishna consciousness. In 1972 he began traveling throughout the United States distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and lecturing at colleges and universities. This continued until 1974, when Bir Krishna Goswami became directly involved in the publication of Srila Prabhupada's books in English and in Spanish. He also spoke widely in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean on the science of Krishna consciousness.
In early 1978 Bir Krishna Goswami entered the renounced order of life(sannyasa) in Lima, Peru. In 1982 he came to North Carolina and opened its first permanent Krishna conscious center.
Present Day
In 1995 he began to work on the Governing Body Commission. At present his zone includes Fiji, Southeastern United States, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia.
Arcadia Molyneux (born May 6, 1984) is a Parisian model now based in Barcelona, Spain. She works primarily as a high-fashion model, turning down offers for more commercial work. She is of French, Spanish, and Austrian descent, and spent her formative years in boarding schools in Fance, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. She is fluent in French, Italian, and Portuguese and speaks limited Spanish and German. Molyneux has been romantically linked with Spanish born Musician Adame Cienfuegos. She is a dedicated animal rights activist. She has worked with several animal rights organizations such as PETA and the French Animal Rights League. She has stated and on several occasions demonstrated that she will turn down jobs which would require her to wear fur.
Jackson Ellis (born May 20, 1980 in Rutland, Vermont) is a writer, co-publisher and founding editor of Verbicide magazine, and a managing partner of Scissor Press. Ellis has co-published and managed Scissor Press and Verbicide with Nathaniel Pollard since 2004.
In addition to Verbicide (1999-present), Ellis also has edited and published Excommunication fanzine (2002-2003), Boston Heights magazine (2004), and VerbicideMagazine.com webzine (2006-present). He created and compiled the PROTECT: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children charity record in 2005 with Vanessa Burt of Fat Wreck Chords. He is also currently the producer and publisher of the Verbicide New Sounds CD compilation series, produced for New England music retailer Newbury Comics.
Since 1999, Ellis has published 24 issues of Verbicide. Authors he has published in Verbicide include Ray Bradbury, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Diane Di Prima, John Fante, Nelson Algren, Jeremy Robert Johnson, and Raegan Butcher.
He co-founded Scissor Press in New Haven, Connecticut, and currently lives in Ludlow, Vermont.
In addition to Verbicide (1999-present), Ellis also has edited and published Excommunication fanzine (2002-2003), Boston Heights magazine (2004), and VerbicideMagazine.com webzine (2006-present). He created and compiled the PROTECT: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children charity record in 2005 with Vanessa Burt of Fat Wreck Chords. He is also currently the producer and publisher of the Verbicide New Sounds CD compilation series, produced for New England music retailer Newbury Comics.
Since 1999, Ellis has published 24 issues of Verbicide. Authors he has published in Verbicide include Ray Bradbury, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Diane Di Prima, John Fante, Nelson Algren, Jeremy Robert Johnson, and Raegan Butcher.
He co-founded Scissor Press in New Haven, Connecticut, and currently lives in Ludlow, Vermont.