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Look Where This Aircraft Stopped … !!!

March 6, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

A PLANE has skidded off a snowy runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, crashing through a seawall fence before stopping just metres from the water’s edge.

None of the 125 passengers and five crew members on board was seriously hurt, but six people suffered minor injuries, sources told The New York Post.

Fuel was leaking from the MD-88 jet and emergency responders were spraying foam to prevent a potential fire after the wing was shorn off.

Sources said Delta Flight 1086 from Atlanta was landing during a snowstorm when it slid off the side of Runway 13 and crashed into a Flushing Bay seawall around 11am Thursday (3am Friday AEDT.

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Frightening … a Delta passenger plane has skidded on the runway at LaGuardia Airport. Picture: Instagram/veeestchicSource: Supplied

Delta Airlines said in a statement: “Customers deplaned via aircraft slides and have moved to the terminal on buses. Our priority is ensuring our customers and crew members are safe.

“Delta will work with all authorities and stakeholders to look into what happened in this incident.”

Passenger Sam Stern, 64, of Sarasota, Florida, was seated with his wife in an emergency-exit row and had to yank out the window so everyone could escape.

“We came in for landing, the plane hit the ground. As it started to apply the brakes, it started skidding. It didn’t spin around or anything,” he said. “It ended up hitting the embankment. The wing broke off.”

“I’m fine, I hurt my back. Everybody was shaken up, but everyone remained calm and was very caring about everybody else,” he added.

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A first responder on the ground was also heard asking if the controller was in touch with the Flight 1086 pilot.

“I’m calling up … no response,” the controller said.

“OK, sir, he is leaking fuel on the left side of his aircraft … heavily. His wing is ruptured,” the responder said.

The incident marked Delta’s first mishap since December 5, 2013, when a 767 returned to land at Madrid-Barajas Airport in Spain after a tire failure at takeoff, according to the Aviation Safety Network.

This story originally appeared in The New York Post.

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Image of the Day…. Smallest Full Moon On March 5 2015…

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EarthSky Facebook friend Curtis Beaird in south Georgia captured the shot above.

Tonight’s full moon is the smallest full moon of the year. We’ve heard it called the micro-moon or mini-moon. This March 5, 2015 full moon lies about 50,000 kilometers (30,000 miles) farther away from Earth than will the year’s closest full moon – the full supermoon and Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon – on September 28. The March 5 moon is the year’s farthest full moon because full moon and lunar apogee – the moon’s farthest point in its monthly orbit – both fall on the same date.

Every year has a closest full moon, of course. The mini-moon returns about one month and 18 days later with each passing year, meaning that, in 2016, the year’s smallest full moon will come on April 22. In 2017, it’ll come June 9. In 2018, the year’s smallest full moon will come on July 27. And so on, no doubt until our earthly calendars are long forgotten.

By the way, as an aside, mark your calendar for that September 28, 2015 full moon – the Harvest moon – and closest full moon of this year. It’ll also stage a total eclipse of the moon, which some will call a Blood Moon eclipse. It concludes a series of four straight total lunar eclipses that started on April 15, 2014.

The crest of the moon’s full phase comes on March 5, 2015 at precisely 18:05 Universal Time.

Although the full moon occurs at the same instant all around the world, our clocks read differently in different time zones. In the United States, the moon turns exactly full onThursday, March 5, at 1:05 p.m. EST, 12:05 p.m. CST, 11:05 a.m. MST or 10:05 a.m. PST. So the Americas won’t see the moon at the instant it turns full because it happens during the daytime hours, when the moon is below the horizon and under our feet.

The moon looks full for several days around full moon. William Vann submitted this shot. It’s the rising almost-full moon on March 4, 2015.

No matter where you live worldwide, look for the full moon tonight, lighting up the nighttime from Thursday nightfall until dawn Friday. As with any moon at the vicinity of full moon, tonight’s moon rises in the east at early evening, climbs highest in the sky around midnight and sets in the west in the vicinity of sunrise.

In North America, we often call the March full moon by the names of Sap Moon, Crow Moon, Worm Moon or Lenten Moon. But in recent years, we’ve also heard the term mini-moon to describe the year’s smallest full moon. It’s not a name (like Sap Moon). It’s not bound to a particular month or season. It’s just a term to describe the year’s smallest moon.

What is a mini-moon or micro-moon? Like most astronomers, we at EarthSky have always referred to the year’s smallest full moon as an apogee full moon. The terms mini-moon andmicro-moon stem from popular culture. They roll off the tongue more easily than apogee full moon. As some indication of the appellation’s growing popularity, we’ve found that theNASA Astronomy Photo of the Day and timeanddate.org sites both like to call the smallest full moon a micro-moon.

Billie C. Barb submitted this photo of the rising moon on March 4, 2015 from the state of Washington, saying it was “. . . a love affair between the moon and the evergreens.”

Bottom line: The micro-moon or mini-moon – smallest full moon of 2015 – comes on March 5, 2015 It lies about 50,000 kilometers (30,000 miles) farther away from Earth than will the full moon supermoon of September 28, 2015.

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Message For the Day…” One has to Conquer the sense of Me , Mine and the Emotions of Lust and Anger …”

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Desire and bondage to the objects desired and the plans to secure them are attributes of the individualised selves, not of the Self or Atma resident in the body. The sense of me and mine and the emotions of lust and anger originate in the body-mind complex. Only when this complex is conquered and outgrown can true virtue emanate and manifest. The sense of ‘doer’ and ‘enjoyer’, of ‘agentship’, might appear to affect the Atma, but they are not part of the genuine nature of the Atma. Things get mirrored and produce images, but the mirror is not tarnished or even affected thereby. It remains as clear as it was. So too, a virtuous person might be subjected to some contaminating activities due to a backlog of acts in previous lives, but they cannot obstruct the person’s present nature or activities. The virtuous person has these genuine, basic attributes: purity, serenity, joy and is ever cheerful.

Sathya Sai Baba

HolikaDahan and The Stories Related to the Festival….” Victory of Good Over Evil “

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The festival of Holi is associated with different mythological and spiritual stories. Out of the many tales, the most prominent is that of a devotee – Prahlad, his father Hiranyakashyap and Hiranyakashyap’s sister Holika. This story behind holika dahan is a testament to the power of bhakti (devotion).

King Hiranyakashyap worshiped Lord Brahma for years and, with penance he was able to impress him. Lord Brahma granted wishes of the king which were:

– King Hiranyakashyap cannot be killed by human being or an animal

– He will not die either in his home or outside the home

– He will not die in the day or at night

– He will not die either by astra or shastra (weapons)

– King Hiranyakashyap will not die either on land or in the sea or in the air

With such blessings the king had become invincible and wanted people in his kingdom to preach him as God. Everyone did except King Hiranyakashyap’s son Prahlad who preached Lord Vishnu. Offended by his son’s disobedience, King Hiranyakashyap decided to kill Prahlad and made several attempts too. All his attempts went in vain as Prahlad was saved by Lord Vishnu each time. King Hiranyakashyap then asked Holika, his sister, to kill Prahlad. Holika had a gift – she could not be harmed or burned by fire. Holika’s blessing was in the form of a shawl, which would protect her. As asked by her brother, Holika get herself seated in the flames with Prahlad on her lap to kill him. All the while Prahlad kept chanting Lord Vishnu’s name. As soon as the fire soared, the blessed shawl of Holika fluttered away to cover Prahlad. In this way, Prahlad lived and Holika burnt and died. This is how Holi gets its name from Holika and is celebrated as a festival that marks the victory and power of bhakti (devotion).

In some parts of the country, story of Pootana or Putana is also prevalent as the reason to celebrate Holi. The demon king Kansa (uncle of Krishna) feared getting killed one day by Lord Krishna. Kansa sent Putana to kill Krishna through her poisonous breast milk. She came to baby Krishna and started feeding of her poisonous milk. Lord Krishna, knowing her demonic intentions, sucked out Putana’s life-force while she fed him her milk and she turned into her original giant and scary form. Lord Krishna sucked all her blood until Putana was killed. It is said that it was the night of Holi when Putana was killed and Lord Krishna proved his greatness. Some who view the origin of festivals from seasonal cycles believe that Putana represents winter and her death the cessation and end of winter.

We can follow whichever story behind celebrating Holi but all the stories have the same crux – Victory of good over evil. In 2015, Holika Dahan is being celebrated on 5th March.

HOLI GREETINGS TO ALL

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யார் சித்தர்…? …பித்தர்கள் நாம் …. நமக்கு என்ன புரியும் … ?

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யார் ஸித்தர்?”

தொகுத்தவர்-டி.எஸ்.கோதண்டராம சர்மா.

தட்டச்சு-வரகூரான் நாராயணன்

பிற்பகல் இரண்டு மணி,கடுமையான வெய்யில் நேரம்.

வங்காளத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஒரு பெரியவர் வந்தார்.

விழுப்புரம் அருகில் வெங்கடாத்ரி அகரம் என்ற

கிராமத்தில்,1948 சாதுர்மாஸ்யம். பாஷ்ய பாடம்

நடந்ததால்,பெரியவாளை உடனே தரிசிக்க

முடியவில்லை.

(ஸ்ரீகாஞ்சி காமகோடி பீடத்தின் ஐம்பத்தெட்டாவது

பீடாதிபதியான ஸ்ரீ ஆத்மபோதேந்திர சரஸ்வதி

ஸ்வாமிகளின் அதிஷ்டானம் வெங்கடாத்ரி அகரம்

அருகில் வடவம்பலத்தில் இருப்பதாக, ஸ்ரீமடத்தின்

ஆவணங்களிலிருந்து தெரியவந்தது. ஆனால்,சரியான

இடம் தெரியவில்லை. மகாப்பெரியவாளின் முயற்சியால்

அந்த அதிஷ்டானம் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டது. 17-01-1927ல்

அந்த இடம், முறையான வழிபாட்டுக்கு உரியதாக

மந்திரச் சடங்குகள் மூலம் துவக்கி வைக்கப்பட்டது.)

“பெரியவா எங்கே?” என்று ஹிந்தியில், கொதிக்கும்

குரலில் கேட்டார், வங்கத்துச் சிங்கம்.

“சாயங்காலம் தரிசனம் பண்ணலாம்” என்றார்,

மடத்துச் சிப்பந்தி.

வந்தவர், துர்வாசரின் அவதாரம்!

“என்னது? சாயங்காலமா?… என்னை வரச்சொல்லிவிட்டு,

அவர் வெளியே போய்விட்டால் என்ன அர்த்தம்?..

அவர் வருகிறபோது வரட்டும்,நான் ஊருக்குப் போகிறேன்”

என்று பயங்கரமாக உறுமிவிட்டு, அருகிலிருந்த

சேர்ந்தனூர் என்னும் ரயில்வே ஸ்டேஷனை நோக்கி

நடக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.

மடத்துப் பணியாளருக்குக் கோபம் வந்தது.

“என்ன மிரட்டுகிறீரா?..உம்மை யார் வரச்சொன்னது”

சாமியார் வேஷம், வேறே! தாடி,ஜடாமுடி…!

இத்தனை கோபம் கூடாது….”

அவர் சொல்லிக்கொண்டிரூக்கும் போதே, பாராக்காரன்

ஓடி வந்தான்.

“சாமி,அங்கே பாருங்க, கரும்புத் தோட்டத்திலே நம்ம

எசமான் ஓடிப் போறாங்க”

சிஷ்யர் பெரியவாளை நோக்கி ஓடினார்.

பெரியவாளும் வங்காளச் சாமியாரும், தனியாக

சந்தித்து ஒரு மணி நேரம் பேசிக்கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்.

பின்னர், பெரியவாள் சிஷ்யரை அருகில் அழைத்து,

வங்காளப் பரதேசிக்கு, சிற்றுண்டி வாங்கிக் கொடுத்து

ரயிலேற்றி விடச்சொன்னார்கள்.

சீடர் அவ்வாறே செய்துவிட்டுத் திரும்பினார்.

அவரைப் பார்த்ததும் பெரியவா சொன்னார்கள்.

“நான் காசியாத்திரை செய்துவிட்டு, வங்காளம்

மிதுனாப்பூர் வழியாக வந்தேன். அப்போது,இந்த ஸாது

சில தினங்கள் முகாமில் தங்கியிருந்தார். யோக புருஷர்;

ஸித்தர்.கோபத்தை மட்டும் ஜெயிக்க முடியவில்லை.

முகாமிலிருந்து விடை பெற்றுச் செல்லும்போது,

‘மறுபடி தரிசனம் எப்போது கிடைக்கும்?’ என்று கேட்டார்.

பதினைந்து வருஷம் கழித்துத் தென்னிந்தியாவில்

கிடைக்கும்- என்றேன்.ராமபிரான் வருகையை

எதிர்பார்த்து பரதன் நாள்களை எண்ணிக்கொண்டிருந்த

மாதிரி, இவரும் நாள்களை எண்ணிக்கொண்டு,

இன்றைக்கு இங்கே இத்தனை மணிக்கு வந்திருக்கிறார்.

இவர்களில் யார் ஸித்தர்?

ஸித்தர்களில் பெரியவர்-சிறியவர் என்ற பாகுபாடு உண்டோ?

பித்தர்கள், நாம்! என்ன தீர்மானிக்க?

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Joke of the Day… ” Well…There You go…’ !!!

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An angry wife was complaining about her husband spending all his free time in a bar, so one night he took her along with him.

“What’ll you have?” he asked.

“Oh, I don’t know. The same as you I suppose,” she replied.

So, the husband ordered a couple of Jack Daniel’s and threw his down in one shot. His wife watched him, then took a sip from her glass and immediately spat it out.

“Yuck, that’s TERRIBLE!” she spluttered. “I don’t know how you can drink this stuff!”

“Well, there you go,” cried the husband. “And you think I’m out enjoying myself every night!”
SOURCE:::: http://www.joke a day.com

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With Home Remedies , Feel at Home … And Relax…

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Effective Home Remedies for an Aching Throat

The throat itches, is swollen and burning, and even the simple act of swallowing becomes a scary prospect? You’re not alone! Throat aches are some of the most common phenomenon as we move into the winter season.

Here are 10 ways you can calm that aching throat down without having to go see a doctor:

1. Keep your nasal passageways open

Doctors agree that two of the most common causes of throat pain are the buildup of snot and dryness, that occur mostly from breathing too much through the mouth when the nasal passageways are closed.

There are materials that fight nose congestion, especially those containing Pseudofrin (no need to doctor’s note) which will help open the nasal passageways.

Using nose sprays (with a salt water solution) may also help keep those passageways open and breathing easier.

2. Home remedies to gargle with:

Salt Water: This is the old favorite, and you can create it by mixing 1/4 teaspoon of salt in 1 cup of warm water (the warmer the better, within your tolerance levels, don’t let it get cold or loses effectiveness). If you have it at home, this is a good time to add 1 tablespoon of Listerine for its germ killing benefits. This you gargle several times a day, and will help you to rinse and neutralize acids in your throat. You will notice that the burning sensation is going down and the area will usually start to heal. Don’t let up on the gargling.

Raspberry Tea: Pour a glass of boiling water on 2 tea spoons of raspberry dried leaves, soak for 10 minutes and then filter. You can add 1 tea spoon of apple vinegar and/or honey, and then gargle 4 times a day.

Sage Leaves: Mix 1 spoon of sage leaves with 1 cup of boiling water, soak for 10 minutes and then filter. You can add 1 tea spoon of apple vinegar and/or honey, and then gargle 4 times a day.

Turmeric: For a burning sensation in your throat, mix 1 cup of boiling water with 1/2 a spoon of turmeric (anti inflammation) and 1/2 a spoon of salt. Gargle twice a day. If you hate gargling, you can also mix 1/2 a spoon of turmeric with 1 glass of hot milk, and slowly sip it.

Hot sauce and water: Hot peppers containt a material called capsicum which alleviates pain and reduce inflammation. You can prepare this by grinding a cayenne pepper and adding 5 shakes of the ground material to a cup of hot water. Warning: it WILL burn, buy try to gargle this every 15-30 minutes and see if it does the trick.

When the body is aching and weak, logic dictates that you rest. Same goes for throat ache. It’s very important to save up your energy, to allow the body to fight the infection. If the throat pain doesn’t require medical attention, resting will help cut down the healing time.

3. Horseradish Cocktail

A traditional Russian remedy: Mix 1 cup of hot water with 1 table spoon of pure horseradish (or a horseradish root) with 1 table spoon of honey and 1 table spoon of cloves. Sip slowly over the course of an hour.

4. Vinegar

A useful home remedy based on apple vinegar: Take 1 cup of hot water and mix 1 table spoon of honey and 1 table spoon of apple vinegar. Sip slowly without letting the liquid cool down. Drink as often as possible.

For gargling: Mix 1 spoon of salt, 1/2 a cup of vinegar and 1 cup of hot water. Drink every 15 minutes as needed.

* Be sure to melt the salt in the vinegar before adding the water.

5. Rest

What does resting have to do with a sore throat? A lot. While you rest, your body has more energy to fight the infection in your throat. If you’ve taken some of our home remedies, be sure to rest between to give your body a fighting chance.

6. Citrus Fruits

Lemon Juice: Mix 1 cup of hot water with 1 table spoon of honey and 1

table spoon of squeezed lemon juice. Sip slowly.

Lime Juice: Mix 1 table spoon of lime juice with 1 table spoon of honey in hot water, and drink as needed.

7. Steam

An old remedy for an aching throat is a steam tent. Sit with your face over a steaming bowl of hot water and cover your head with a towel to keep the steam in. Add 1-2 drops of Eucalyptus extract for a much greater help.

8. Lozenges

Some doctors say that sugar can help reduce throat ache and accompanying cough, but even Lozenges without sugar can calm down an aching throat by keeping your mouth and throat moist, which will make you feel less pain.

9. Popsicles

An ice popsicle can calm down a burning throat. Make sure you aren’t sucking on the popsicle, but cutting small pieces and letting them melt in your mouth.

10. Drink plenty of liquids

This may go without saying, but when you suffer from an aching throat, you should drink at least 8-10 cups of water a day (preferably not cold water). This will keep your throat well oiled, will prevent the dry feeling you get and even aid the fight against inflammation.

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” Chic Leaving the Nest and Takes a Giantleap from the Hilltop…” Watch !!!

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Cameraman from the BBC took this amazing video of a chick leaving the nest,

while the parents wait at the bottom. Believe-it or not, he made it in one piece.

Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026vg7w Within the first few hours after hatching a Barnacle gosling must make a giant leap from it’s clifftop nest falling over 400ft in order to reach the ground below.

SOURCE:::: http://www.YOU TUBE.com

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How to Enhance Positive Energy in Our House …

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HOW TO INCREASE POSITIVE ENERGY IN OUR HOUSE

Very Useful suggestions/Guidelines from the Wise/Experts

1) Open all windows in the house and allow fresh air and sunshine to enter the house. Free flowing air and sun are excellent negativity removers. Keeping the windows closed prevents positive energy from coming inside your house and negative energy from going out.

2) Throw out all the clutter out of the house. Clean your house. Dispose of all the old unwanted things lying in the house. Clutter is a negativity magnet. It attracts and accumulates negative energy in the house.

3). Walking barefoot in the house helps all your negative energy to be absorbed by the earth.
Grounding is important to keep the energy balance in our body.
Walking barefoot on grass is also an excellent way to ground yourself.

4) Always leave your footwear at the entrance of the house. Our footwear collects negative energy.
Hence in the olden days, these were kept out of the house. People used to enter the house only after washing feet with water. This action ensures that all the negativity remains outside or are grounded by earth and does not enter the house.

Now it has become difficult to keep the footwear outside. So preferably remove them near the entrance door.

5) Go out in the open air. Take walks in the garden or open ground. Being amongst nature re-energizes or charges you fully.

6) Sweeping the floor also ensures that the negative energies are shaken and moved out with the dirt.

7) Rock salt is another negativity remover. Wash or mop your floor with a fistful rock salt in a bucket of water. This ensures that every nook and corner of the house is rid of negative energy.

8) Potted plants or trees around your house or society also ensures more positive energy in the house and area.

9) Bathing or Soaking your legs and hands in rock salt water once in a while removes the negativity attached to your body.

11) Repetition of Prayers, increases the positive vibrations in the house.

12) Keep your thoughts, action and speech Positive. Negative thoughts will bring in negative vibes. So avoid all negative thoughts, speech and actions.

12) Keep your house well lit and illuminated. Light removes negativity.

13) Keep faith in God and in yourself.

You are the Creator of your own destiny by the Choices you make.

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” Tippi Degre “…A Little Girl…A Modern Version of Mowgli of ‘ Jungle Book ‘ !!!

March 5, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Tippi Degre: A Child of the Wilderness

With a best friend that weighs 5 tons, a group of cheetahs to hang around with and a giant bullfrog as a Teddy bear, Tippi Degre is hardly your average little girl. Perhaps a modern version of Mowgli, the boy from the famous ‘Jungle Book’ novel, she was born in Namibia to French wildlife photographer parents, who raised her in Africa.

Today, her parents published a book with her story and remarkable photos from when she was growing up, the first 10 years of her life spent almost entirely in the wild.

Tippi has spent all of her childhood running and playing with animals you don’t meet every day – Lion cubs, snakes, mongoose, cheetahs, a zebra, giraffes and even crocodiles. The adorable girl sees nothing wrong with her childhood, she had no friends and so the animals became the only friends she had other than her parents.