Scientists discover giant trench under Antarctic ice | Earth | EarthSky…
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படித்ததில் பிடித்தது …பணம் மட்டும் சந்தோஷம் கொடுக்காது …
அரசு ஊழியர் ஒருவர் பெரியவாளை நமஸ்கரித்து விட்டுத் தன் கஷ்டங்களையெல்லம் சாங்கோபாங்கமாக விவரித்தார். “பணம் இல்லாதவன் பிணம் என்பது சரியான வார்த்தை! கடன் வாங்கி குடித்தனம் பண்ண வேண்டியிருக்கு. இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் பணம் இருந்தால் சந்தோஷமாக இருப்பேன்”. “உன்னோட சம்சாரம் – குழந்தைகள் எல்லோரும் உன்கிட்ட பிரியமா இருக்காளா?” கேட்டார் பெரியவா “எல்லோருக்கும் என்னிடம் ரொம்பப் பிரியம். எனக்குத் தலைவலின்னா கூட தவிச்சுப் போயிடுவா…” என்றார் இவர். “சரி.. உட்காரு” அவரும் சற்றுத் தள்ளி ஓர் இடத்தில் அமர்ந்து கொண்டார். பத்து நிமிஷத்துக்குள் ஒரு பெரிய மனிதர் மனைவியுடன் வந்தார். பெரிய தோரணை. பழக்கூடை, புஷ்பக்கூடை சகிதம் வந்து பெரியவாளை நமஸ்கரித்து சொன்னார்: ”நான் ஏழையா இருந்தால் செளக்கியாமா இருப்பேன். பங்களா, கார் – எதுவும் நிம்மதியைக் கொடுக்கல்லே. எனக்குச் சக்கரை வியாதி. எந்த ஒரு நல்ல பொருளையும் வாயில் போட முடியல்லே… இரண்டு பையன்ளும் குட்டிச் சுவராகப் போய்விட்டார்கள். உலகத்திலுள்ள அத்தனை கெட்ட பழக்கமும் இருக்கிறது. நிறைய கடன். வயதான காலத்தில் நிம்மதி இல்லாமல் இருக்கின்றோம்” என்றார். இதையேல்லாம் அர்சு ஊழியர் கேட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தார். தன்னுடைய வாழ்க்கையே மேல் என்று அவருக்கு தோன்றிவிட்டது. பெரியவாளுக்கு நமஸ்காரம் செய்துவிட்டு நிம்மதியாக சென்றார். இதற்க்குத்தான் உம்மாச்சி தாத்தா அவரை உட்கார வைத்தாரோ ??? பெரியவா…. “பணம் சந்தோஷத்தை கொடுக்காது என்பதற்க்கு இது ஒரு உதாரணம்” என்று கூறினார்கள் பெரியவா.
source::::input from a friend of mine
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Ducks… ” Who is at Fault ” !!!
Nice and Cute … I agree with the comments… Getting it reblogged in my site Take off with Natarajan… Looks like both ” husband and wife ” telling ” I am not at fault ” !!!
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They do resemble a husband and wife after an argument. Don’t they? 😛
I know I know all of you are nodding in agreement. 😉
” Mom..Why Only Name to Me.. No Password …” !!!
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” கணபதிக்கு தினமும் நெய் தீபம் …”
காஞ்சி மஹான் எப்போது எந்த இடத்தில் அமர்ந்து பக்தர்களுக்கு அருள் பாலிப்பார் என்று சொல்லவே முடியாது.அன்றொரு நாள் மடத்தில் பின்கட்டிலுள்ள சதுரமான பாறாங்கல்லின் மீது மஹான் அமர்ந்திருந்தார். அப்போது பாறை உறுத்தலாக தெரியவே, மஹான் அதை என்னவென்று தடவிப்பார்த்தார்கள். கல்லில் ஏதோ எழுத்துக்கள் செதுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது அவர் கண்களுக்குத் தெரிந்தது. உடனே மடத்து சிப்பந்திகளிடம் சுண்ணாம்பைக் கொண்டு வரச்செய்து பாறாங்கல்லின் மீது லேசாகத் தடவச் சொன்னார்கள். தமிழில் எழுதப்பட்டிருந்த அந்தக் கல்வெட்டில் இருந்த எழுத்துக்கள் தெளிவாகத் தெரிந்தன.
கணேசருக்கு தினசரி நெய் தீபம் போடுவதற்காக, சில ஆடுகளை அளித்திருப்பதாக அதில் ஒருவரின் எண்ணம் எழுத்து வடிவமாக இருந்தது.
மஹாபெரியவா பழங்கால விஷயங்களை எங்கிருந்தாலும் தெரிந்து கொள்வதில் மிகவும் ஆர்வமுள்ளவர். தொல்பொருள் ஆய்விலும், கல்வெட்டு ஆராய்ச்சியிலும் மிகவும் அக்கறையோடு ஈடுபடுவார். அதனால் அத்துறை நிபுணர்களை உடனே அங்கே வரவழைத்தார். வந்த நிபுணர்கள் கல்வெட்டை மிகவும் உன்னிப்பாக ஆராயந்து அது ராஜ ராஜசோழன் காலத்துக் கல்வெட்டு என்றும் அதில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ள கணேசமூர்த்தி, காஞ்சி மடத்திற்குள் ஆதிசங்கரர் மண்டபத்தின் வாயிற்படிக்கு வெளியில் உள்ள கணபதியே என்றும் தங்களின் ஆராய்ச்சி முடிவைச் சொன்னார்கள்.
இதை அறிந்த மஹான், சென்னையைச் சேர்ந்த சில பக்தர்களை உடனே காஞ்சி வருமாறு பணித்தார்கள். அவர்களிடம் கல்லில் காணப்பட்ட செய்திகளை விவரமாகக் கூறி, “பரம பக்தர் ஒருவர் கணேசருக்கு தினசரி நெய்தீபம் ஏற்றுவதற்காக தர்மம் செய்துவிட்டுப் போயிருக்கிறார். அவ்விதம் நடக்காவிடில் தமக்குப் பாவம் வந்து சேரும்” என்று கவலையோடு மஹான் வந்த வேதவிற்பன்னர்களிடம் தெரிவித்து இருக்கிறார். அவர் மனம் வாட பக்தர்கள் பொறுப்பார்களா? தினசரி நெய்தீபம் ஏற்ற ஏற்பாடு செய்துவிடலாம் என்று அப்போதே அவர்கள் உறுதி அளித்தார்கள். அந்தக் கைங்கர்யத்திற்காக ஒரு டிரஸ்ட் உருவாயிற்று. ஏழை பக்தனின் விருப்பப்படி கணேசரின் சந்நிதியில் தினமும் நெய்விளக்கு எரியலாயிற்று. இது மிகவும் சிறிய விஷயந்தான்.
ஆனால், அதைக்கூட விட்டுவிடக்கூடாது என்கிற நற்குணம் மஹானிடம் இயற்கையாகவே இருந்தது. என்றோ, யாரோ எழுதிவிட்டுப் போன தர்மப் பணியை அலட்சியம் செய்யாமல் அதை நடைமுறைக்குக் கொண்டுவந்த மஹான், நடமாடும் தெய்வமாக இருப்பதில் வியப்பென்ன இருக்கிறது!
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Paintings wherein Visitors are able to ‘Step Inside’ !!!
- Illusions are by Tromp l’oeil artists which translates into ‘deceive the eye’
- Visitors are able to ‘step inside’ the paintings to take amusing photographs
- The paintings are part of an exhibition taking place in Seoul, South Korea
By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD in mail online.com UK
At first glance, these surreal photographs look like they could have been shot on a film set.
But they are, in fact, two dimensional painting that trick the viewer into thinking they exist in three-dimensions.
The paintings are the work of Tromp l’oeil artists, which translates from French into ‘deceive the eye’.
At first glance, these surreal photographs look like they could have been shot on a film set. But they are, in fact, two dimensional painting that trick the viewer into thinking they exist in three-dimensionsWHAT IS TROMP L’OEIL?
Trompe l’oeil painting has been around since ancient Greek and Roman times.
It first appeared in the legendary tale of two painters, Zeuxis and Parrhasius, who were trying to decide which of them was the more accomplished artist.
They brought two covered canvases to show each other. Zeuxis revealed his first – an image of a bunch of grapes so lifelike that birds pecked at the canvas.
Zeuxis then leaned over to pull the cover off Parrhasius’s painting, only to find that the covering itself was the painting. Having been fooled, Zeuxis admitted defeat.
They are part of an exhibition at a museum in Seoul, South Korea, allowing visitors to ‘crawl into’ the paintings to take amusing, and often bizarre, photographs
Catching money falling from a truck, and even getting peed on, are all possible at the exhibition.
The Trick Eye Museum contains hundreds of oversized paintings enabling guests to orient themselves in perspective with the images.
For instance, visitors can seem as though they are hanging off a cliff or taking part in Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
If it wasn’t for the steps at the bottom of this image, the illusion suggests that the spear has left the painting
This painting is part of an exhibition at a museum in Seoul, South Korea, allowing visitors to ‘crawl into’ the paintings to take amusing, and often bizarre, photographs
The paintings are often amusing takes on classical work such as this one of The Scream by Edvard Munch
Some of the images take up entire rooms and have been turned on their side allowing the subject to look like they are climbing the walls or standing on the ceiling.
There are also giant paintings of sushi pieces reaching out from the frame and images of angel wings stretching out from the walls.
Trompe l’oeil has been around since ancient Greek and Roman times.
It first appeared in the legendary tale of two painters, Zeuxis and Parrhasius, who were trying to decide which of them, was the more accomplished artist.
They brought two covered canvases to show each other. Zeuxis revealed his first – an image of a bunch of grapes so life-like that birds pecked at the canvas.
Zeuxis then leaned over to pull the cover off Parrhasius’s painting, only to find that the covering itself was the painting. Having been fooled by his rival’s handiwork, Zeuxis admitted defeat.
During a time when ‘virtual reality’ is taking over the digital world, artists have shown that all you really needed is a brush and a canvas to trick the mind.
Pere Borrell del Caso was a Spanish Catalan painter, illustrator and engraver, best known for his painting Escapando de la crítica (Escaping criticism) (1874). A take on it is shown here and is an example of trompe-l’¿il. It blurs the boundary between real and fictitious space
Trompe l’oeil paintings such as this have been around since ancient Greek and Roman times. They are the ancient version of ‘virtual reality’
Visitors at the museum have to carefully position themselves on the two-dimensional paintings, such as this water bucket, in order to trick the viewer into thinking they are three dimensional
The exhibition has giant paintings of sushi pieces reaching out from the frame and images of angel wings
Entertaining paintings, like the one of this afro, have led to visitors coming from far and wide to see the exhibition
The Trick Eye Museum contains hundreds of oversized paintings enabling guests to orient themselves in perspective with the images
During a time when virtual reality is taking over the digital world, artists have shown that all you really needed is a brush and a canvas to trick the mindsource::::mailonline.comUK
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What is the Origin of the Phrace ” Caught Red Handed ” ?…
Carl F. states: During WWII, I saw my father go to get a physical for the Navy, when he returned home for a week before shipping out he had red ink on the back of his hand that took 2 or 3 days to wash off. He said after the physical if you passed they would brush red ink on to show you passed but gave no reason why. So when traveling people he met would say, “I see you got caught red handed.” Where did the phrase “caught red handed” come from?
This expression, “caught red handed”, has its origins in Scotland around the 15th century. Given the context it was often used in the earliest references, the phrase “red hand” or “redhand” probably came about referring to people caught with blood on their hands.
The first known documented instance of “red hand” is in the Scottish Acts of Parliament of James I, written in 1432:
That the offender be taken reid hand, may be persewed, and put to the knawledge of ane Assise, befoir the Barron or Landeslord of the land or ground, quhidder the offender be his tennent, unto quhom the wrang is done or not… And uthers not taken reid hand, to be alwaies persewed befoir the…
It subsequently popped up numerous times in various legal proceedings in Scotland, nearly always referring to someone caught in the act of committing some crime, such as “apprehended redhand”, “taken with redhand”, etc.
The first documented instance of the expression morphing from “red hand” to “red handed” was in the early 19th century work Ivanhoe, written by Sir Walter Scott:
I did but tie one fellow, who was taken redhanded and in the fact, to the horns of a wild stag.
Its use in Ivanhoe subsequently helped popularized it throughout the English speaking world.
It further morphed to the full “caught red handed” phrase about a half a century after Ivanhoe was published, first appearing in Guy Livingstone written by George Alfred Lawrence and published in 1857:
My companion picked up the object; and we had just time to make out that it was a bell-handle and name-plate, when the pursuers came up – six or seven “peelers” and specials, with a ruck of men and boys. We were collared on the instant. The fact of the property being found in our possession constituted a ‘flagrans delictum’ – we were caught red-handed.
source::::today i foundout .com
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Jokes for the Day…”Tale of Two cities& Twins …”!!!
Three men were discussing at a bar about coincidences. The first man said, ” my wife was reading a “tale of two cities” and she gave birth to twins”
“That’s funny”, the second man remarked, “my wife was reading ‘the three musketeers’ and she gave birth to triplets”
The third man shouted, “Good God, I have to rush home!”
When asked what the problem was, he exclaimed, ” When I left the house, my wife was reading Ali baba and the forty Thieves”!!!
“That’s funny”, the second man remarked, “my wife was reading ‘the three musketeers’ and she gave birth to triplets”
The third man shouted, “Good God, I have to rush home!”
When asked what the problem was, he exclaimed, ” When I left the house, my wife was reading Ali baba and the forty Thieves”!!!
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We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk, and the next Twenty-four years telling them to sit down and shut up
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A man looks out the window into his back yard and sees his dog shaking and tossing something into the air. He rushed out to find that it was the neighbors’ rabbit, Mr. Bun Bun, and he was very dead. Mr. Bun Bun was also filthy with dog drool and mud, but thankfully there was no blood: his back must have broken at the first shake.
The man decided that he could not possibly explain to his neighbors how his dog had gotten into their yard and broke into the rabbit cage and killed Mr. Bun Bun while they were away.
He bathed Mr. Bun Bun until completely clean and dry, placed him back in his cage, re-latched the door and hoped they would believe that their rabbit had passed away peacefully.
Several days later, the man notices his neighbor mowing his lawn, so he walks over and asks how things were going.
“Well” the neighbor says, “not so well. We lost Mr. Bun Bun last week, and we are all still very upset about it all.”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.”
“Yes, we found him one day when we got home, and he must have died in his sleep because he looked so peaceful.”
(Whew!) “Well, that does not sound too bad.”
“Oh no, and we were not surprised: I mean he was very old, and had really started to show his age the last few months.”
“I guess I am a bit confused then, as to why your family is still upset.”
“Well, we buried the little guy out by the back fence and thought we were all done with it, but you are not going to believe this: Someone dug him up, cleaned him up and put his body back into his cage as some form of mean and nasty practical joke.”
source::::joke a day.com
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Message for the Day… ‘Cow is a Mother To Human Beings Too’…
Message for the Day…” You will Experience Divinity Only When…”
People get carried away by the body and forget the Divinity within. Have strong faith in God. Do not have faith in this body, which is temporary. Body is like a water bubble, mind is like a mad monkey. Don’t follow the body, don’t follow the mind. Follow your conscience. That is the principle of the Divine Self (Atma). You will experience Divinity only when you follow your conscience. Love everybody, but do not trust anybody. You have to repose your trust only in God. What is the reason? Why should you not trust others? It is because Man is impermanent. God expects only love. You can cultivate love easily. Love is within you, develop it. You have to share this love with everybody. Love even the one who hates you. To harm a person who harmed you is nothing great. Real greatness lies in loving even the person who harmed you.
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