Source….www.lifebuzz.com
Natarajan
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” Talking Dog…” !!!
The Judges are left open-mouthed when Marc Métral introduces his talking dog Miss Wendy.
“Congratulations, in the nine years of doing this show, Simon has said he wanted a dog that could meow or sing, and you did both, incredible,” says Amanda.
Simon is totally smitten!
Source………www.youTube .com
Natarajan
“Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari is New York’s first Indian-American woman judge”…
Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari has been sworn-in as a criminal court judge in New York by Mayor Bill de Blasio, becoming the first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in New York City.
Newly appointed city judge, Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari, rises to take her place for a Judicial Swearing-In Ceremony at New York City Hall in New York on Monday.
Ms. Rajeswari, 43, who had migrated to the U.S. from Chennai as a teenager, previously worked with the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for her entire career in several bureaus including Criminal Court, Narcotics, Supreme Court, and the Sex Crimes Special Victims Bureau, where she last served as Deputy Chief.
Ms. Rajeswari took the oath of office at a ceremony in New York City on Monday along with 27 other judges appointed earlier this month to the Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court, which are part of the New York State Unified Court System.
The mayor appoints judges to 10-year terms in the New York City Criminal Court and the Family Court within the city.
“To ensure New Yorkers have access to a fair, equitable justice system, we need judges who are qualified, honest and reflective of the people of this city,” Mr. de Blasio said.
“With their wealth of legal experience, these appointees represent all five boroughs and all walks of life. From the first female South Asian-American judge in New York City to a former NYPD First Deputy Commissioner, these talented leaders truly reflect the diverse range of communities that make up our great city,” he said.
The mayor said Ms. Rajeswari has an “extraordinary, extraordinary empathy for others”.
He lauded her ability to speak in Indian, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian languages, saying she put her history as an immigrant and ability to speak all these languages to work, “helping to reach immigrants” in the Staten Island communities where she served as an Assistant District Attorney.
“And she saw as her mission to give them confidence in the justice process,” Mr. de Blasio said.
Ms. Rajeswari came to the U.S. when she was 16.
“It’s like a dream. It’s way beyond what I imagined,” she had told silive.com, a Staten Island news website.
“For someone like me, an immigrant who comes from India, I’m beyond grateful,” she had said. “I told the mayor this is not only my American Dream, but it shows another girl from a far away country that this is possible.”
Ms. Rajeswari hoped to use her new position to improve the judicial system by encouraging interpreters to have more access to aid immigrants, the news site had said.
Ms. Rajeswari had told Desi Talk newspaper that she had observed gender inequality even before coming to the US when some of her “brilliant” girlfriends in India were married off at the age of 14 and 15. “That has always stayed with me.”
As a prosecuting attorney in New York, she has come across numerous cases of spousal and child abuse with in the South Asian community in New York, Ms Rajeswari had said. “Many of the domestic violence victims have been South Asians, Sri Lankans.”
Ms. Rajeswari has served in the district attorney’s office for the past 16 years and has been the deputy chief of the Special Victims Unit for more than four years.
She has worked on cases involving women and children and said they are the ones that touched her the most.
Ms. Rajeswari said that she hopes to use her new position to improve the judicial system by encouraging interpreters to have more access to aid immigrants.
“I’m honoured to sit on a city bench and make Staten Island proud,” she said.
Currently, there are two male judges of Indian descent in civil court settings — Jaya Madhavan on the New York City Housing Court in Bronx County, and Anil C. Singh of New York County Supreme Court, 1st District, according to ethnic New India Times.
Besides her legal acumen Ms Rajeswari is an accomplished Bharat Natyam and Kucchipudi dancer who continues to perform at Indian events and temples with her troupe from the Padmalaya Dance Academy, named after her mother, Padma Ramanathan.
Source…..www.thehindu.com and http://www.ndtv.com
Natarajan
Mathematics in Nature …!!!
Nature Creates the Most Beautiful Geometry… |
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| I used to hate math when it was taught to me at school. It just never seemed to have a connection to real life. I forgot, you see, that the natural world makes use of mathematics all the time, and these fractal plants are just the proof of that. The language of God, as they say, is math. And so these beautiful plants (and one animal) represent both a real and a mathematical beauty.
Dahlia
Hoya Aldrichi
Aloe Polyphylla
Romanesco Broccoli
Amazon Lily Pad
Jeweled Carpet…
Fractal Cabbage
Sunflower
Spiraling Succulent
The Thinking Cactus
Camelia
Viola Sacculus
Chameleon Tail
Hoya Pubicalyx
Spiral Begonia
Hoya kerrii
Gorgeous Symmetry
Source…www.ba-bamail.com Natarajan |
Incredible Images of Macro Photography ….
A Tiny Wonderland in the Backyard
While studying for a degree in neuroscience, Nadav Bagim (A.K.A. Aimishboy) went through a period of introspection. He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to continue with his studies, leaving him in somewhat of an existential impasse. When his father gave him an SLR-like camera, Nadav’s life went in an entirely different direction.
Nadav taught himself how to use the camera and became fascinated with macro photography. He says that he only uses Photoshop to perform minor tweaks in his images and that his tiny models do the real work.
The Celestial Conductor
Moon River
The Offering
Life Inside a Snowglobe
Swirling
Winged Shadows
Piggy-Back Ride
Tickle Me
Hey There!
Waiting for the Princess
Sunrise Friends
Make Slime, Not War
Source….www.ba-bamail.com
Natarajan
” பக்தன் பகவானை நோக்கி ஒரு அடி எடுத்து வைத்தால் …”
அன்பர்களோடு உரையாடி கொண்டிருந்தார்கள் பெரியவாள். சகஜமாக பேசி கொண்டிருந்த பெரியவா, ஒரு சந்தர்பத்தில், சட்டென்று பேச்சை நிறுத்தி கொண்டார்கள்; உடனே, எழுந்து நின்றார்கள்.. “நான் மட்டும் வெளியே போய்விட்டு வருகிறேன்,. யாரும் என்னுடன் வரவேண்டாம்” என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு, வாயிலை நோக்கி நடந்து வெளியே போய்விட்டார்கள்.
எல்லோருக்கும் திகைப்பு; உள்ளுக்குள் அச்சம். “பெரியவா தனியே போகிறார்களே?” என்று கவலை.
கொஞ்ச நேரம் கழித்து பெரியவா வந்ததும் தான், எல்லோரும் நிம்மதியாக மூச்சு விட்டார்கள். என்றாலும், “எங்கே போய்விடு வந்தார்கள்?” என்று தெரிந்து கொள்ளும் ஆவல் அடங்கவில்லை.
பெரியவாள் அவர்களை வெகு நேரம் தவிக்கவிடவில்லை.
“எங்கே போனேன்னு எல்லோரும் கவலைப்பட்டேள், இல்லையா… ஒரு கொலைகாரன் என்னை பார்க்க வந்து கொண்டிருந்தான். அவன் மடத்துக்குள்ளே வந்தால், அவனுடன் கூடவே மகாபாவமும் உள்ளே வந்து ஒட்டிக்கொள்ளும்.
“ஆனா, என்னிடம் நல்ல எண்ணத்தோட தான் வந்தான். நான் அவன் வருத்தத்தை போக்குவேன்னு நம்பிண்டு வந்தான். அப்படிப்பட்டவனுக்கு ஆறுதல் சொல்வது ஏன் கடமை.
“அவனை மடத்துக்குள்ளே விடவும் கூடாது. ஆறுதலும் சொல்லணும்! அதனால் நானே வெளியே போய் பேசிவிட்டு வந்தேன். அவனை தனியே அழைத்துக்கொண்டு போய், அவனுக்கும் சங்கடம் கொடுக்காமல், தனியே பேசி ஆறுதல் கூறிவிட்டு வந்தேன்…”
பக்தன் பகவானை நோக்கி ஓர் அடி எடுத்து வைத்தால், பகவான் பக்தனை நோக்கி பத்து அடிகள் எடுத்து வைப்பார்கள் என்பார்கள். ஆனால் பெரியவாளோ ஒரு பாவி, மனம் திருந்தி, தன்னை நோக்கி ஓர் அடி எடுத்து வைத்தாலும், தான் நூறு அடிகள் அடுத்து வைத்து, தன் கடாச்சத்தினாலேயே அவனை கழுவி விட்டு வருவார்கள் – அடியார்களை ஆட்கொள்வதற்கு.
பகவான் நடந்து வருவார் – என்பது வழக்காறு;
பெரியவாள் நடந்து சென்றார் – என்பது வரலாறு!
Source…..www.periva.proboards.com
Natarajan
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Message For the Day…” Sufferings and Travails of this world are Illusory and Transitory…”
If the world is real, it must be cognized even during the stage of dreamless deep sleep, but we are not conscious of the world during sleep. Hence, the visible world is as unreal as the dream world. The Universe is a reflection of the Divine (Brahman). The sky might be reflected in a pot of toddy but that does not defile it. Similarly, in this vehicle called body, the Atma dwells pure and undefiled. The fruits of action, good or bad, adhere to the vehicle and not to the indweller. When such wisdom dawns, the dark shadows of the three types of Karma flee before it (The three being Sanchita – the entire accumulated Karma; Prarabdha – the Karma whose effects we undergo in the present andAagami – the Karma we perform now whose results will be felt in the future). The suffering and travails of this world are illusory and transitory. Fix your mind firmly on this great fact and set out bravely on the path of spiritual practice, the practice of devotion.
” I ‘am Sorry’ Written Across Brisbane Sky…” !!!
The words “I’m sorry”, followed by “I love you” were written across the Brisbane sky just after lunchtime on April 27. Photo: Michael Coombes/Twitter
It’s the question all of Brisbane wants answered: What on earth did he do to need to apologise in the sky?
Just after lunchtime on Monday, a skywriter plastered the words “I’m sorry”, followed by “I love you”, with the love signified by a heart, and two crosses for kisses, across the sky over the city.
Pictures of the airborne apology splashed across social media within minutes, with rumours flying about what somebody could have possibly done to warrant a gesture way that went beyond a bunch of flowers or make-up dinner.
The apology, as seen from the CBD.
The apology, as seen from the CBD. Photo: Daniela Sunde-Brown
The $4000 contrail confessional was carried out by Rob Vance of Skywriting Services Australia, based on the Gold Coast.
Mr Vance began the mercurial mea culpa at 12.58pm and finished it at 1.10pm.
“For us the words are back to front and upside down,” he said of the skywriting procedure.
“We’re working in three dimensions and can’t see what we’re doing, so it’s a bit tricky.”
Mr Vance said for now he could only confirm the person behind the apology was a man and an “interesting guy”.
But the man who requested it didn’t appear to be frantically lovelorn, he said.
“No, he was calm, cool and collected,” Mr Vance said.
While you can’t put a price on love, Mr Vance said the service usually charged $3990 for up to 10 letters or characters.
Interestingly, it’s not the first time Mr Vance has made a profit from someone screwing up.
“It’s usually along the same lines – someone saying sorry and that’s basically it,” he said.
“‘I’m sorry Barbara’ or something like that.”
The author and recipient of Monday’s message remain a mystery.
Mr Vance said he would check with his client to see if he could share the story behind the soaring sorry note.
“I’m sorry” appears over Brisbane. Photo: Amy Remeikis
Source….
Natalie Bochenski in
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au
Natarajan
Selfie With a Zebra….!!!
Snapped … A German tourist has taken this incredible photo with a zebra. Picture: Reddit/LongTimeLurker90 Source:Supplied
A MAN has taken what could possibly be the best selfie ever, after a friendly zebra decided to pay him a visit in his car.
The German tourist who snapped the priceless pic said the animal, or as he called it, the ‘horse in a black and white suit trying to say hello’, was trying to find carrots.
LongTimeLurker90 posted the photo on Reddit with the caption ‘Got pulled over by a Zebra. Took a Selfie!.’
Social media users were quick to react.
‘So lucky if he got out of that unscathed. Zebras are notorious for being a**holes
of the animal kingdom,’ on person wrote.
‘Why can’t stuff like this happen to me? Oh yeah, because I don’t live in Africa,’ another added.
Since being uploaded the photo has been viewed close to 2 million times.
Source…..www.news.com.au
Natarajan
Message For the Day….” Is there a Way to Escape from ‘karma’…” ?
Scholars say, it is impossible to escape karma. What they say is true to a certain extent. Now, you may wonder if there is a way to escape from the consequences of karma. Yes, it is possible for everyone, if they ‘earn’ the grace of God. Once you deserve and receive God’s grace, you will not be affected by karmaphala (consequences ofKarma). Hence, strive to earn divine grace. When you earn Divine grace, even if you have to experience the consequences of karma,you will not feel the pain. Consider the example of a bottle with medicine. The medicine will have an expiry date. After the expiry date, the medicine will lose its potency. Likewise, God’s grace will make the karmaphala ‘expire’, and nullify the effects of karma. The most important aspect here is to ‘deserve’ His Grace. You must cultivate necessary strength and willpower to deserve divine grace, and be free from the shackles of karma.
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