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Photoshoot From The Top Of The World !!!!

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Photographer scales Dubai’s Burj Khalifa to capture the vertigo-

inducing view from the very tip of the world’s tallest structure

  • The Burj Khalifa stands 2,722ft over the city of Dubai
  • It has been the world’s tallest building since 2010

Joe McNally ascended more than half a mile to the very tip of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest manmade structure, to capture the breathtaking view from the top.

And not content with shooting a set of photos that will have the world gripping its swivel chairs, he has also published a vertigo-inducing behind-the-scenes video on YouTube showing how he did i

Mr McNally, a photographer with 26 years’ experience shooting for National Geographic, had been visiting Dubai to teach at a special photography event in the city state.

He was given access to the 2,722ft Burj Khalifa after three years in correspondence with the building’s administrator.

 

The route to the top starts at 5am in a service lift that runs right up the spine of the building to level 160, the very last concrete floor in the towering structure.

After that, accompanied by two of the building’s maintenance workers, Mr McNally climbed a series of zig-zagging metal staircases up several more floors until they reached a final ladder.

‘Just physically climbing you’re talking about going straight up for a couple of hundred metres,’ the photographer said.

‘You’re safety harnessed to the ladder. It’s kind of a ratchet system where you can actually lean back and rest when you need to.

‘And that just is a straight ladder right up to the very top. It’s a lengthy climb and it’s physically daunting task..

At the top of the building the workers helped Mr McNally ease himself out onto the side of the Burj Khalifa’s spire, where he hung from safety ropes above a drop of more than half a mile.

There he also photographed the two men who helped him reach the record-breaking point.

‘You don’t want to go to the top of this tower and just take a snap looking down,’ he said. ‘You want to have a reference point, you want sense of humanity in the midst of this giant structure.’

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Charming Photos of Animals Expressing Their Affection !!!!

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Anyone who has spend some time with animals knows that most animals know how to show affection, to each other and even to other species.  Except that they can not speak , they know how to convey their affection and love to each other.

Here are some beautiful collection of  animals expressing their love and affection !!!!

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“ஒரு குழந்தை மாதிரி மஹாபெரியவர்” !!!

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A Divine experience of C.K. Gariyali  IAS …  with Mahaperiavar….story contributed by Prema Subramaniam in periva.proboards.com
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காஞ்சி பரமாச்சார்யாரிடம் என்னைக் கவர்ந்திழுத்தது, தன்னைச் சுற்றி உள்ளவர்களிடம் தொடர்ந்து ஒரு குழந்தையைப் போன்ற மனோபாவத்துடன் அவர் செயல்படும் குணாதிசயம்தான். அவரது கிருபையாலும், வசீகர சக்தியாலும் இயற்கையாகவே அவர்முன் நான் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டேன். ஒவ்வொரு முறை காஞ்சியைக் கடக்கும்போதும் அவரை தரிசிக்காமல் என்னால் போக முடியாது. கடவுளின் அருளால் அந்த மகானை பலமுறை தரிசிக்கும் பெரும்பேறு பெற்றேன்.

முதன்முறையாக நான் அவரைச் சந்திக்க நேர்ந்தபோது அவர் முற்றத்தில் அமர்ந்து கொண்டிருந்தார். மக்கள் வரிசையில் நின்று ஒருவர் பின் ஒருவராக அவரை தரிசிக்கச் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தனர். சற்று நேரத்தில் அதிகக் கூட்டத்தினால் வரிசை அசையாமல் நின்றுவிட்டது. வரிசையில் தங்கிவிட்ட என் உள்மன ஆவலைப் புரிந்து கொண்ட பெரியவர், உடனே என்னை உட்காரும்படி தன் கண்களால் சாடை செய்தார். சந்நிதியில் அமர்ந்து அவரது திருமுகத்தின் பேரொளியைத் தரிசித்தேன். அது ஒரு உன்னதமான தருணம். உடன் அவர் ஒரு புத்தகத்தை எடுத்தார். (அது தென்னிந்தியக் கோவில்களின் கட்டிட நிர்மாணக் கலை பற்றி டாக்டர் இரா. நாகசாமி எழுதிய நூல்) கனத்த மூக்குக் கண்ணாடி அணிந்து மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் அந்த புத்தகத்தைப் படித்தவாறே வெகுநேரம் இருந்தார். திடீரென புத்தகத்திலிருந்து கவனத்தைத் திருப்பி தனது கண் அசைவால் எனக்கு வெளியே போக அனுமதி வழங்கினார். எனக்கு ஒரே ஆனந்தம். எவ்வளவு நேரம் அப்படிக் கழிந்தது என்பதை நான் அறியவில்லை. அன்று பகல் முழுவதும் என்னை அப்படியே இருக்க அனுமதி அளித்திருந்தாலும், நான் நகராமல் இருந்திருப்பேன்.

மீண்டும் நான் அவரை தரிசித்தது, என்னுடன் பணிபுரியும் சகாவின் குடும்பத்துடன் சென்றபோதுதான். என் சகாவின் மனைவி ஆறாத் துயரத்துடன் இருந்தார். மன அமைதி தேடி அவர்கள் காஞ்சிக்கு வந்திருந்தார்கள். இது ஒருவருக்கும் தெரியாது. வந்தவர்கள், பரமாச்சார்யாரின் முன்னால் சில நிமிடம் சிறு குழுவாக ஒரே சமயத்தில் உட்கார அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர். பக்தர்கள் தங்களுடன் பழம் முதலிய பொருள்களைக் கொண்டு வந்திருந்தனர். எனது சகாவின் மனைவி ஒரு பெட்டி நிறைய உலர்ந்த பழங்களைக் கொண்டு வந்திருந்தார். அந்தப் பெட்டி பல அறைகள் கொண்டதாகவும் ஒவ்வொரு அறையும் வெவ்வேறு உலர்ந்த பழங்கள் கொண்டதாகவும் இருந்தது. அத்தனையும் பரமாச்சார்யார் முன் சமர்ப்பிக்கப்பட்டு, பின்னர் அவரது சீடர்களில் ஒருவர் அவற்றை அப்பால் எடுத்துச் செல்வார். பரமாச்சார்யார் எப்போதும் இதில் கவனம் செலுத்த மாட்டார். ஆனால் அன்று பெட்டியை அவர் முன்னால் இருந்து அகற்ற, ஒருவர் எடுத்தபோது ஒரு குழந்தையைப்போல அவர் அதைத் தடுத்தார். பெட்டியைத் தன் கைகளில் எடுத்துக் கொண்டார். பின் உடனே பெட்டி மூடியைத் திறக்கும்படி வற்புறுத்தினார். குனிந்து அதில் உள்ளவற்றைப் பார்க்க ஆரம்பித்தார். அவரது பார்வைக் குறைவினால் அவற்றில் இருந்த சிலவற்றை அவரால் அறிய முடியவில்லை. உடன் சீடர்களில் ஒருவர் அதிலிருந்த திராட்சை, பாதாம் பருப்பு, முந்திரி, அத்திப்பழம் முதலியவற்றைப் பற்றி அவரிடம் தெரிவித்தார்.

மகிழ்ந்து போன அவர், மாசற்ற ஒரு குழந்தையைப் போல, அனைவரும் அதிசயிக்கும்படியாக, அந்தப் பெட்டியுடனும் அதிலிருந்த பொருள்களுடனும் பதினைந்து நிமிடங்கள் விளையாடினார். அங்கு வந்திருந்த அனைவரும் இதை ஒரு அபூர்வ ஆன்மீக அனுபவமாக ரசித்துச் சிரித்தார்கள். பல ஆண்டுகளாகச் சிரித்து அறியாத சிரிப்பையே மறந்துபோன என் சகாவின் மனைவிகூடத் துயரத்தை மறந்து சிரிக்க ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டாள். அவள் சமர்ப்பித்த பொருள்களைஅவர் விசேஷமாக நடத்திய பாங்கு, அவளைப் பிரத்தியேகமாக வாழ்த்தி ஆசி வழங்கியதாக அவள் உணர்ந்தாள். அவளது மனவேதனை துடைத்து எறியப்பட்டது என்பதை நான் குறிப்பிட வேண்டிய அவசியமில்லை. அதன் பிறகு அவளுடைய வாழ்க்கையே வேறுவிதமாக மாறிவிட்டது.

ஒருமுறை இந்திய அரசு அதிகாரிகளுடன் சென்றேன். தென் ஆற்காடு மாவட்ட கலெக்டர் பணியை முடித்துவிட்டு பொதுநலத்துறையில் நான் பணியாற்றிக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். பரமாச்சார்யார் முன்னர் நாங்கள் அமர்ந்த உடனேயே அவர் ஒரு சிறு நடராஜர் படத்தை எனக்குக் கொடுத்தார். இதன் நோக்கம் என்னவென்று எனக்குத் தெரியவில்லை. நான் என்ன செய்யவேண்டும் என்பதை அறிந்து கொள்ள விரும்பிச் சுற்றிலும் பார்த்தேன். பரமாச்சார்யாரின் ஒரு சீடர் முன்வந்து, நான் சிதம்பரம் நடராஜர் ஆலயத்தில், சேவை புரிந்ததற்காக பரமாச்சார்யார் மகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறார் என்று சொன்னார். நானும் டாக்டர் நாகசாமியும் பல ஆண்டுகள் ‘நடராஜர் திருவிழா’ நடத்துவதில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்ததைப் பரமாச்சார்யார் அறிந்திருக்கலாம் என்பதைப் பிறகுதான் நான் புரிந்து கொண்டேன். நெஞ்சம் நெகிழ்ந்து போனேன்.

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Message For The Day…Atma and Gnana are one and the Same….

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To know the Indweller (Kshetrajna) you have to acquire the Supreme Knowledge (Jnana). This transcends every other kind of knowledge which is related to the physical and the phenomenal. No one can understand the Divine Self (Atma) through worldly knowledge. You need a diamond to cut a diamond. To understand the Divine Soul (Atma), you have to acquire Knowledge of the Spirit (Atmajnana). All the knowledge gathered by the analysis of physical objects or through the senses is only a form of ignorance. It has three elements: What is known, what is to be known and who is the knower. These three are aspects of the mind. Only that is Jnana which is known when the mind is eliminated. Atma and Jnana are one, though called by different names. True Awareness is Jnana.
– Divine Discourse, May 30, 1990.

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Know About Shingnapur, Maharashtra on this Day…Shani Jayanthi…June 8 2013!!!

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Shani Jayanti, or Sani Jayanthi, is believed to be the day when Lord Shani, one of the Navagrahas made its appearance on Earth. In 2013, the date of Shani Jayanti is June 8, Saturday. The day is doubly auspicious in 2013 as it falls on a Saturday. Shani is feared by those people who believe and follow astrology, as Shanaishchara has the capacity to create malefic influence on the horoscope and thus in their life.

In Hinduism, Lord Shani is the son of Surya (Sun God) and his wife Chaya. Suryadev’s wife Chaya had gone into intense meditation to please Lord Shiva for a son. Due to the intensity of her meditation and the rigor and austerity of the sun, the fetus in her womb turned blackish in colour before even being born After Shani Dev was born, Suryadev went to see his wife and the new born baby. However, seeing Shani’s black colour, Suryadev refused to accept him as his child.
Suryadev doubted his wife and said to her that such dark child cannot be his. Seeing such an attitude of his father, Shani Dev started to think very high of his mother, but developed hatred and anger for his father.
To become more Tejasvi and Parakrami than his father, Shani went into intense meditation to please Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva finally got impressed and asked Shani for his wish. In return, Shani Dev asked Shiva to make him more powerful than his father.
His wish was granted and Lord Shiva made him the judge and made him more powerful than his own father, Suryadev.
There is a small village in Maharashtra called Shingnapur where even today not even one door of any house remains shut. Despite doors being opened all the time here, there is never a case of theft happening. This is because of a belief that if anyone dares to steal anything from any house, Lord Shani himself will punish the culprit.  This place has a special grace of Shani Dev.
According to the mythological scriptures, Shani was born in Shingnapur. Though there is no temple of Shani here, but the village has his statue. The sculpture is black. Its length is approximately 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet 1 inch in width.
There is a famous story of this village. Once a Pandit visited this village. He was blind. One night when he was sleeping, Shani Dev appeared in his dream and asked him to visit a hill inside which was his idol to bring it out.
When Panditji told him that he is blind and won’t be able to this work, Lord Shani gave him eyesight. When the Pandit woke up, he was happy to see everything and the first thing he did was take out the idol as asked by Shani Dev. When the idol was taken out,-  people established it in a place and descendants of the priest and other residents worship Lord Shani’s idol even today.
On Shani Jayanti day, people perform special pujas at Navagraha Temples or in Shani Temples. Those Hindus having Saturn cycle or Shani cycle or Sade Sathi in their horoscope perform special pujas like Shani Yagya or Homa. Some devotees observe a fast (fasting or upvaas) on the day and the rules observed are similar to Shanivar Vrat or Saturday Fasting.Shani dev is also the god worshipped on Saturday or Shanivar. .  Visiting Navagraha shrines, Shani temples or temples of Lord Ganesha on the day is considered auspicious.
Depending upon the condition of Shani, people are provided with results. Among all nine planets, Shani is considered to be the most important because it stays on a zodiac for the maximum time, which is two and a half years.
This year, on June 8, Shani Jayanti will be celebrated all over the country. The Amavasya falling on this Saturday has special time to worship Shani Dev.
Coincidently, this year, Shani Jayanti is also on the same day as Amavasya. So it is rare thing and very lucky for people.
source:::::H.Deepa in shirdi sai speaks…
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Divine Image Of The Day…Shirdi Sai…

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Quote of BABA:

When the repeated contemplation becomes perfect and the difference between the meditation and meditator  disappears, then the mind becomes calm and steady, like the lamp on the windless night.
SOURCE:::::shirdi sai speaks….H.Deepa
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Stunning Images Of The Week!!!!….Part 2 !!!

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15 STUNNING photos from the week that was!

A sculpture titled ‘Pentateuque’ representing an elephant balancing on the back of a man by French artist Fabien Merelle on May 23, 2013 in Hong Kong.

Austrian tightrope walker Christian Waldner passes the roof of St. Stephens cathedral on a high line in Vienna.

The line was fixed between St. Stephen’s cathedral’s two south towers 60 meters above ground.


Model Hannah Fraser dressed as a mermaid swims in an aquarium to promote the film “Tears of a Mermaid” in Cannes during the 66th Cannes Film Festival May.

Liu Lingchao, 38, carries his makeshift dwelling as he walks along a road in Shapu township of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Five years ago, Liu decided to walk back to his hometown Rongan county in Guangxi from Shenzhen, where he once worked as a migrant worker. With bamboo, plastic bags and bed sheets, Liu made himself a 1.5-metre-wide, 2-metre-high, “portable room” weighing about 60 kg, to carry with him as he walks an average of 20 kilometres everyday.

To support himself, Liu collects garbage all the way during the journey and he is now 20 miles away from his hometown, according to local media.

A car is seen in the water as a span of highway bridge sits in the Skagit River, 2013 after collapsing near the town of Mt Vernon, Washington late Thursday.

The bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers tumbling into a frigid river in Washington state appears to have been caused when a semi-trailer truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge support beam, officials said on Friday.

The truck crossed the bridge safely before a portion of the structure collapsed, sending two vehicles and a mass of concrete and steel into the Skagit River.

Three people had to be rescued, officials said.   


A man carries his wife as they wade through a flooded street in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. Heavy rainfall since Saturday has killed two people in south China’s Guangdong Province, bringing the death toll resulting from rainstorms to 36 this year.

A pedestrian carrying an umbrella walks through a Memorial Day display of United States flags on the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts.

According to the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund, the flags are planted on the Common for fallen Massachusetts service members at the Memorial Day holiday, which will be celebrated May 27 in the United States.

The clouds of a thunderstorm roll over neighborhoods heavily damaged in a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

A house built on a rock on the river Drina is seen near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, about 160km from the capital Belgrade.

The house was built in 1968 by a group of young men who decided that the rock on the river was an ideal place for a tiny shelter, according to the house’s co-owner, who was among those involved in its construction.


A shepherd holds an umbrella as he watches over his flock of goats at the bank of Mahanadi river in Cuttack district, about 45 km from Bhubaneswar.

A man tows a damaged car from a property in Moore, Oklahoma, four days after the Oklahoma City suburb was left devastated by a tornado.

Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billion to $5 billion of insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said late Thursday.

Eqecat said most of the losses were attributed to the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. That storm, with winds that exceeded 320 kph, killed 24 and flattened two elementary schools

15 STUNNING photos from the week that was!

A week-old shire horse foal rest her head on her mother Orla at Cornwall’s Crealy Adventure Park near Wadebridge, England.

Once a common sight in the United Kingdom, shire horses are now classed as “at risk” by the Rare Breed Survival Trust.

The yet-to-be-named filly foal, bred in a breeding programme by the adventure park as part of a endangered species prtotection project, will be one of less than 300 predicted to be born in the country this year.

A man collects water as he bathes in an industrial waste-foam polluted section of the Yamuna River, on the outskirts of New Delhi.

The Yamuna River, holy to Hindus, traverses various urban centers like Delhi, Mathura, and Agra. These large urban centers draw fresh river water for various activities. In return, almost the entire waste water generated by these centers is disposed off into the river.

This is the prime reason for deterioration of Yamuna River water quality, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

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Stunning Images of The Week !!!

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Trail to the heavensThe European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 rocket launches from Kourou, French Guiana. It will resupply the ISS with more than six tonnes of stores.

 

Sunburst in spaceThe sun’s rays are caught by a member of the International Space Station as it orbits above the United States.

 

Magnetic presenceThe new maglev train “L0 series” on an experimental track in Tsuru, Japan. Central Japan Railway aims to launch the service between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027.

 

Burst banksThe eastern German city of Riesa lies flooded after heavy rain. The Elbe and Vltava rivers flooded, causing death and damage across central Europe.

 

Fiery forestFlames erupt from a forest fire near Lake Hughes, California. Covering nearly 80 square kilometres, it was fought by more than 1,000 firefighters.

 

Down to the groundThe Solar Impulse aircraft in a special inflatable hangar at Lambert-St Louis International Airport in Missouri, after a flight from Dallas, Texas.

 

Aerial controlA firefighting helicopter drops fire retardant at the ongoing 30,000 acre blaze near Lake Hughes, California.

 

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Breast Feed is The Best Feed !!!

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  • Babies only fed breast milk have 30% extra growth in key parts of the brain
  • They have better development in areas which control language and emotion
  • Those fed breast milk have more white matter which is used for learning
  • Those only fed formula milk have the least white matter

By EMMA INNES   in Mailonline.com….

 

Breast milk boosts brain development in babies by up to 30 per cent, according to a new study.

Children exclusively fed breast milk for at least three months have up to 30 per cent extra growth in the key parts of the brain which control language, emotion, and understanding, say scientists.

The study of under-fours showed children who have breast milk as part of their diet have a clear advantage when it comes to brain development.

Children exclusively fed breast milk for at least three months have up to 30 per cent extra growth in the key parts of the brain. Image shows how white matter develops with age

 

Children exclusively fed breast milk for at least three months have up to 30 per cent extra growth in the key parts of the brain. Image shows how white matter develops with age.


Research carried out at Brown University, in the U.S., found that by the time the babies had reached their second birthday a discernible difference could be seen in their brain structure.

Dr Sean Deoni, an engineering professor and lead author, said: ‘We’re finding the difference [in white matter growth] is in the order of 20 to 30 per cent, comparing the breastfed and the non-breastfed kids.’

Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) brain scans were taken of the babies who had been fed a diet of breast milk in the earliest stages of their development, and of those who had been fed formula milk.

The scans showed that babies fed breast milk alone had the fastest growth in myelinated white matter – tissue packed full of long nerve fibres that link different parts of the brain that are used for learning.

The babies who were weaned on a diet of formula were found to have the least white matter.

Dr Deoni’s team carried out the study to see how early the changes in brain development took place.

‘We show that they’re there almost right off the bat,’ he said.

Researchers looked at the brains of 133 babies who were born on time and came from similar families.

By comparing the myelin in older and younger children they were able to calculate how breast milk influenced the development of white matter.

The researchers backed up the results of the scans with a set of basic cognitive tests that showed language performance, visual reception and motor control were all better in the breastfed children.

The team found that the longer the babies were fed with breast milk the more developed their brains were, especially in the areas of the brain associated with movement and coordination.

While the Brown study published in the journal NeuroImage is not the first to link breastfeeding with improved development in the young, Dr Deoni claimed it is the first time MRI scans have been used to compare the brains in breastfed and non-breastfed children.

Dr Deoni said: ‘I think it’s astounding that you could have that much difference so early. I think I would argue that combined with all the other evidence, it seems like breastfeeding is absolutely beneficial.

source:::::mailonline.com
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