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Kudos to These Brave Children !!!

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Each day you hear of tales of bravery and courage. However, these children —  –showed great courage and put their own lives in danger to save the lives of others. For this, the country has bestowed upon them the bravery award for their great valour and spirit of selflessness. 

Here are some of their unmatched tales of valour.

1) Mhonbeni Ezung

Mhonbeni Ezung, 8, was given the national bravery award for rescuing her grandmother from a river when she fell into in at Wokha village in Nagaland. She is the youngest recipient of the award this year. After Ezung’s grandmother fell into the river, the little girl managed to pull her out of the five and half feet deep water. Later she fed her grandmother and ran to a nearby village and, returned with locals who took the grandmother to a hospital.

2) Resham Fatima

On February 1 2014, Resham Fatma, a 17-year-old resident of Lucknow, was on the way to tuitions when her uncle Riaz Ahmed, picked her up at knife-point. He took her to a highway and threatened her to marry him. Upon refusing, he poured concentrated sulphuric acid over her head. She suffered serious burns but Resham still took an auto which dropped her to a nearby police station. The uncle was arrested a week later.

3) Zeal Marathe

 

 

Zeel Jitendra Marathe, resident of Vadodara, Gujarat, saved some kids in a bus accident. On February 20 last year, she and some other kids were going for a picnic to Shivrajpur along with their school teachers. While returning, the driver lost control of the bus due to which the bus fell towards its right and continued to drag for around 100 kms.  The kids started falling from their seats. Upon seeing, Zeal managed to come out of the bus and save a few other children. She called up police and ambulance and tried to keep the other kids conscious.

4) Gunjan Sharma

Gunjan Sharma 13, was conferred the award for offering herself to hostage taker to save friends. The incident took place in December 2013 when she along with her classmates were abducted in Assam’s Simaluguri area. Sharma, the daughter of a businessman, has told the media that the gunman had stuffed a pistol into her mouth to prevent her from responding when security personnel called out her name during a search operation inside the jungle along the Assam-Nagaland border. Eventually, the gunman freed her.

5) Devesh Kumar

The Sanjay Chopra Award for 2014 will be conferred on 16-year old Devesh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh who was shot in the stomach while he chased two chain-snatchers running away with jewellery stolen from his school principal. “I will always chase bad people and protect the weak,” he said.

6) Rumoh Meto 

Rumoh Meto of Arunachal Pradesh was given the award for saving a 32-year-old who was stuck to a 33 KV high voltage line.

SOURCE::::: http://www.rediff.com

 

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Jan 26 2015

Message For the Day….” Self Confidence is the Root of the Tree of Life and Character, its Fruit …”

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The greatness of an individual depends on the cultural perfection attained. ‘Culture’ does not connote mere diligence. It means the removal of evil thoughts and propensities, and the promotion of good thoughts and qualities. It is important that young students live a life characterised by peace and self-control so that they will have a peaceful and contented life later as a citizen. Human life is comparable to a tree and the kinsmen of the individual to its branches. On these branches the flowers of thoughts and feelings blossom. These flowers gradually develop into fruits of good qualities and virtues. The nectarine juice present in these fruits is character. Without roots and fruits, a tree is mere firewood. Self-confidence is the root of the tree of life and character, its fruit. With the hope that you will all become exemplary citizens, purify your hearts and reform society, I bless you all.

Sathya Sai Baba

Bitter Experience of a British Journalist with British Airways …

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A British Airways Boeing 747.

First-class airline tickets are expensive. Prices can easily reach $US15,000 a flight, and that’s not even for the really opulent first-class suites that have become more prevalent on the most prestigious carriers.

Those go for as much as $US30,000.

Just for the sake of comparison, Mercedes-Benz is offering its CLA sedan — an entire car — for $US29,995.

For that kind of money, passengers in first class expect a fine glass of champagne, in-flight entertainment, and an environment free from … dried-on stains and thick layers of dust.

That’s why a YouTube video posted by British journalist Owen Thomas last weekend was so shocking. (CNN originally reported Thomas’ experience.)

In the 29-second video — which has garnered more than 1 million views — Thomas documented his “filthy” first-class experience on board a British Airways jet from London to St. Lucia.

Thomas grows increasingly annoyed as he shows off the “cheap, motel-esque” dried stains and deep layers of dust that encrust his very expensive seat.

“This is British Airways first class and it is absolutely filthy,” the enraged journalist says in the video. “You see the marks on here you can just scrape off with you finger.”

“It’s when you open your seat, the real horror begins. This is first class. This is British Airways first class. It’s disgusting,” Thomas added.

British Airways didn’t let the video pass without comment.

“We have contacted our customer to apologise. We are very sorry that on this occasion we have fallen short of our usual high standards,” a representative for the airline told the Telegraph.

“We pride ourselves on delivering a relaxing and pleasant experience in first class, and are taking immediate action to address this issue.”

Thomas’ encounter with what looks like a fairly offensive level of filth is alarming, given that BA has built a solid reputation in recent years for quality service, especially in the first class cabins. After all, the airline’s motto is “To Fly, To Serve.”

But this incident seems to be the exception rather than the rule. British Airways is a Skytrax four-star airline, and reviews for the carrier’s service are generally positive.

And besides, it’s not as if YouTube is jammed with videos about poorly cleaned first-class seats — on BA’s planes or anyone else’s.

SOURCE::::: BENJAMIN ZHANG  in  www.businessinsider.com .au  and YOU TUBE

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Jan 24 2015

 

Message For the Day…” Incarnation of God in Human Form is Only to Spread the Message of Love … “

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There is no point in talking sweetly if there is no sweetness in your heart. Sweetness in speech and bitterness in heart is not the quality of a human being. There should be sweetness in your thought, word and deed. This is the true sign of a human being. Human beings are considered most sacred because they have the unique quality of love in them. God incarnates in human form only to spread the message of love. Once you have love in your heart, you can conquer the whole world. There is love in you, but you are not able to express it in the proper way. Develop the spirit of brotherhood. Even when you come across your bitter rival, address him as brother and talk to him with love. When you address him as brother, his heart will melt and hatred will disappear at once. Hence fill your life with love. Nothing is superior to love in this world.

Sathya Sai Baba

கூந்தலூர் குமர குருபரன் …சனி பகவானிடம் இருந்து நம்மை காக்கும் கடவுள் ….

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குன்று தோறாடும் குமரன் தமிழ் நாட்டில் உள்ள திருவாரூர் மாவட்டம், குடவாசல் வட்டம் கூந்தலூரில் வள்ளி, தெய்வயானையுடன் குமரகுருபரனாக, வரங்களை வாரி வழங்கும் வள்ளலாக கோவில் கொண்டுள்ளான். கூந்தலூர் ஆனந்தவல்லி உடனுறை ஜம்புகாரண்யேஸ்வரர் ஆலயம் திருநாவுக்கரசரால் பாடல் பெற்ற வைப்புத் தலமாக இருந்தாலும் .முருகன் ஆலயமாகவே புகழ் பெற்றுள்ளது. அருணகிரிநாதர் இத்தலத்து முருகனை “தரையினில் வெகு வழி சார்ந்த மூடனை” என்ற திருப்புகழால் சிறப்பித்துள்ளார்.இந்த ஆலயம் 1600 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையானது. இந்த ஆலயத்தில் முருகப் பெருமான் தேவமயிலுடன் ஈசான்ய பாகத்தில் எழுந்தருளியுள்ளது தனிச் சிறப்பாகும். மேலும் தன்னை வணங்கி நிற்கும் சனி பகவானுக்கு எதிரில் முருகப் பெருமான் கோயில் கொண்டு அருள் செய்வது வேறு எங்கும் இல்லாத தனிச் சிறப்பாகும்.

“நாள் என் செயும், வினைதான் என் செயும்,
எனை நாடி வந்த கோள் என் செயும்,
கொடும் கூற்று என் செயும், குமரேசர் இரு தாளும்,
சிலம்பும், சதங்கையும், தண்டையும், தோளும்,
கடம்பும் எனக்கு முன்னே வந்து தோன்றிடினே”
ரோம ரிஷி

என்று அருணகிரிநாதர் அருளியபடி, கர்ம வினைப்பயனாக நமக்கு சனி பகவானால் ஏற்படும் பாதிப்புகளிலிருந்து கூந்தலூர் குமரகுருபரன் நம்மைக் காக்கிறார்.திருக்கூந்தலூரில் உரோம மகரிஷி பல ஆண்டுகள் தவம் இயற்றி இத்தலத்து சிவனை வழிபட்டு வந்தார். இப்பகுதியில் உள்ள மக்களின் வறுமை நீங்க தன் தாடியிலிருந்து பொன் வரவழைத்து அளித்து வந்தார். ஒரு நாள் சிவன் திருவிளையாடலால் தாடியிலிருந்து பொன் வரவழைக்க முடியவில்லை.இதனால் மனம் வருந்திய சித்தர் தன் தாடியை நீக்கிவிட்டு நீராட மறந்து ஈசனை வணங்க ஆலயம் சென்றடைந்தார்.

  ரோம ரிஷி
நீராடாமல் ஆலயம் புகத்துணிந்த சித்தரை விநாயகரும், குமரப் பெருமானும் தடுத்து நிறுத்தியதாகவும், புறத்தூமையை விட அகத்தூய்மையே சிறந்தது என்ற உண்மையை நிலைநாட்ட, பிறகு சிவனே ஆலயத்துக்கு வெளியே வந்து காட்சி அளித்ததாகவும் கூறப்படுகிறது. இது ஒரு சனி,செவ்வாய் பரிகார ஸ்தலமாக விள்ங்குகிறது.இவ்வாலயம் கும்பகோணத்துக்கு அருகிலுள்ள நாச்சியார் கோயிலிலிருந்து பூந்தோட்டம் செல்லும் வழியில் 10 கி.மீ தொலைவில் உள்ளது. இனி இத்தலத்துத் திருப்புகழையும் அதன் பொருளையும் காண்போம்.

தனதன தனதன தாந்த தானன
தனதன தனதன தாந்த தானன
தனதன தனதன தாந்த தானன …… தனதான

தரையினில் வெகுவழி சார்ந்த மூடனை
வெறியனை நிறைபொறை வேண்டி டாமத
சடலனை மகிமைகள் தாழ்ந்த வீணணை …… மிகுகேள்வி

மண்ணுலகில் பல (தீய) வழிகளிலும் போய் கெடுகின்ற அறிவில்லாதவனை, குடி வெறி கொண்டவன் போன்ற பித்தனை, நீதி, பொறுமை முதலிய நற்குணங்களை விரும்பாத (மத) செருக்குக் கொண்ட அறிவிலாப் பொருள் போன்றவனை, ஒரு மகிமையும் இல்லாத தாழ் நிலையில் இருக்கும் வீணனை, மிகுந்த நல்ல கேள்வியையும்

தவநெறி தனைவிடு தாண்டு காலியை
யவமதி யதனில்பொ லாங்கு தீமைசெய்
சமடனை வலியஅ சாங்க மாகிய …… தமியேனை

தவநெறியையும் விட்டுக் கண்ட வழியில் திரிபவனை, கெட்ட புத்தியால் கேடு, தீமை செய்கின்ற குணங்கெட்டவனை, மிக ஒழுங்கீனமுடைய துணையற்றவனை,

விரைசெறி குழலியர் வீம்பு நாரியர்
மதிமுக வனிதையர் வாஞ்சை மோகியர்
விழிவலை மகளிரொ டாங்கு கூடிய …… வினையேனை

நறுமணம் நிறைந்த கூந்தலை உடையவர், பிடிவாதமுள்ள மாதர், சந்திரனை ஒத்த முகத்தை உடைய மாதர், விருப்பத்தை எழுப்பும் காம மயக்கிகள், கண் என்னும் வலையை வீசும் மகளிர்- இத்தகையோருடன் அவ்வச் சமயங்களில் கூடிய தொழில் உடையவனாகிய தீவினை மிகுந்தவனை,

வெகுமல ரதுகொடு வேண்டி யாகிலு
மொருமல ரிலைகொடு மோர்ந்து யானுனை
விதமுறு பரிவொடு வீழ்ந்து தாடொழ …… அருள்வாயே

நிரம்ப மலர் கொண்டு விரும்பிப் பூசித்தாகிலும், அல்லது ஒரு பூவோ ஒரு இலையோ கொண்டாகிலும், உன்னை நினைந்து, நல்ல வகையான அன்புடன் கீழே வீழ்ந்து உனது திருவடியைத் தொழுமாறு அருள்வாயாக.

ஒருபது சிரமிசை போந்த ராவண
னிருபது புயமுட னேந்து மேதியு
மொருகணை தனிலற வாங்கு மாயவன் …… மருகோனே

பத்துத் தலைகளுடன் போருக்கு வந்த ராவணன், இருபது கரங்களுடன் ஏந்தின வாளானது, ஒரே பாணத்தால் அற்று விழும்படி (பாணத்தைச்) செலுத்தின திருமாலின் மருகனே!

உனதடி யவர்புக ழாய்ந்த நூலின
ரமரர்கள் முனிவர்க ளீந்த பாலகர்
உயர்கதி பெறஅரு ளோங்கு மாமயி …… லுறைவோனே

உன்னுடைய அடியார்களும், உனது திருப்புகழை ஆராய்ந்த நூல் வல்லவர்களும், தேவர்களும், முனிவர்களும், கொடையால் ரக்ஷிப்போர்களும் உயர்ந்த நற்கதியைப் பெற அருள் விளங்கும் அழகிய மயிலில் வீற்றிருப்பவனே!

குரைகழல் பணிவொடு கூம்பி டார்பொரு
களமிசை யறமது தீர்ந்த சூரர்கள்
குலமுழு தனைவரு மாய்ந்து தூளெழ …… முனிவோனே

ஒலிக்கின்ற கழல் அணிந்த உனது திருவடியை தாழ்மையுடன் கும்பிடாதவர்களும், சண்டை செய்யும் போர்க்களத்தே தரும நெறியைக் கை விட்டவர்களுமான சூராதி அவுணர்களது குல முழுமையும் மாண்டு போய்ப் பொடியாகும்படிக் கோபித்தவனே!

கொடுவிட மதுதனை வாங்கி யேதிரு
மிடறினி லிருவென ஏந்து மீசுரர்
குருபர னெனவரு கூந்த லூருறை …… பெருமாளே.

கொடிய விடத்தைக் ‘கொடு’ என வாங்கி, அழகிய கழுத்தினில் இரு என்று அதை நிறுத்தி, அங்கேயே அதைத் தாங்கி நிலைக்கவைத்த சிவபெருமானுக்குக் குருமூர்த்தி என வந்து கூந்தலூரில் குடி கொண்டுள்ள பெருமாளே!

[பொருள் ஆதாரம்- திரு செங்கல்வராயப் பிள்ளை, திரு முருக கிருபானந்த வாரியார்]
மாலதி ஜெயராமன்,
குடந்தை.

SOURCE:::: http://www.muruganbhakathi.org

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Jan 24 2015

Most Vulnerable PASSWORDS of 2014 !!!

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Your password may not be as safe as you think.

Your password may not be as safe as you think. Source: ThinkStock

PASSWORDS offer a sense of security for your personal data, although it appears some people just can’t grasp the concept.

In what is fast becoming one of the most entertaining annual reports, SplashData has released the worst passwords of 2014.

Compiled from more than 3.3 million leaked passwords held by users in North America and Western Europe, the company has listed the 25 most common passwords found on the internet.

Despite constant warnings that common passwords make it easier to be hacked, “123456”and “password” continue to hold the top two spots that they have held since the list first emerged in 2011.

Number combinations dominated the top 25 with “12345,” “12345678,” “123456789” and “1234” all landing in the top 10.

Favourite sports also ranked highly with “baseball” and “football” appearing in top 10, while “hockey,” “soccer” and “golfer” were listed in the top 100.

The password management application provider offered three simple tips for those wanting to remain safe from hackers.

They recommend using passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters, avoiding using the same username/password combination for multiple websites and using a password manager to protect passwords.

SOURCE:::: http://www.news.com.au

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Jan 23 2015

Message For the Day… ” God Never Lets You Down… “

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You may be subjected to calumny, insult and dishonour; you may be plunged into poverty or pain; but the person who has surrendered to the Will of God will welcome each of these gladly and bear it with equanimity. The Lord will never give up His children. Those devoted to God have to be patient and calm, under the most poignant provocation. The fact is, the pious and the God-fearing are those who are visited by travails and troubles: in order to teach mankind these great truths, Krishna enacted this drama with the Pandavas as the cast. Every incident in their lives is but a scene in His play. Intending to declare to the world their intense devotion and its efficacy, and also to hold them up as examples for the Kali age that was to come, the Lord contrived this thrilling drama. There is nothing more in this than that purpose of the Lord.

Sathya Sai Baba

” What the Customer Wants …. Customer Gets … ” !!!

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Airbus A380 Emirates

Emirates is not only the A380′s biggest customer, it can be argued that the airline is the superjumbo’s only customer that matters.

And what the customer wants, the customer gets. At least that’s what Emirates is hoping for.

Emirates wants an A380 “neo” — a superjumbo with newer, more fuel-efficient engines.

(“Neo” is the designation that Airbus gives to aircraft models that have had their engines and aerodynamics upgraded.)

As Business Insider reported last September, Emirates’ CEO Tim Clark said the airline could order another 60-70 non-neo superjumbos, valued at a whopping $US29 billion.

This figure seems to have changed.

This week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the outspoken airline boss said that his company would up the potential order to 100 additional A380s, if a new engine option becomes available, Bloomberg reported.

In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Clark essentially told Airbus that “if you build it, we will buy it.”

The total value of those 100 superjumbos? $US43 billion.

Although some airlines have had a hard time filling the seats on the massive double-decker plane, Emirates doesn’t seem to be one of them.

According to Bloomberg, flights on the airline’s fleet of A380s are putting money in the bank. Routes to popular destinations, such as London, are operating at 90% capacity. Emirates is also increasing A380 flights on its US and South Asia routes.

Clark believes upgraded engines could save his airline 10-13% in costs.

This latest development should comes as welcome news to the Airbus superjumbo program.

In short, the A380 is struggling.

Airbus didn’t sell a single superjumbo to an airline in 2014. And Amedeo, the leasing company that did buy 20 A380s in 2014, can’t seem to find anybody to rent them to.

Emirates Airline's Airbus A380

Fortunately, Airbus has Emirates. Of the 317 A380s ever ordered, 140 of them have been by the official airline of Dubai.

And of the 152 aircraft that have actually been delivered, 57 have gone to Emirates. The airline has even agreed to take delivery of its A380s early, in order to give Amedeo more time to find customers willing to lease the superjumbo.

Which makes Emirates a critical partner in the future of the A380. If Airbus wants to keep its superjumbo program going, it’s going to need Emirates.

And what about that $US43 billion price tag?

That’s just the sticker price. With Emirates quite literally flying the plane on the deal, don’t expect Tim Clark’s airline to pay anything more than $US30 billion.

Under the circumstances, that would be a great outcome for both parties.

SOURCE:::: BENJAMIN ZHANG   in  www.businessinsider.com

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Jan 23 2015

Image of the Day…Largest Picture Ever Taken … !!!

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Did you see the largest picture ever taken, released on January 5? The picture has a staggering 1.5 billion pixels, so you’d need 600 HD television screens to display it. It shows the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, closest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Now daveachuk on YouTube has created this wonderful fly-through video, showing detail in the gigantic Andromeda pic. Enjoy feeling small! And remember … each one of those white dots? Each one is a sun, much like the sun that powers all life on Earth.

Enjoy the video! And be sure to watch until the end!

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the full image, which is made up of 411 Hubble images, takes you through a 100 million stars and travels over more than 40,000 light years. Our thanks to Alex Grossman on G+ for sharing! As he said:

Wow. Just wow.

Bottom line: Fly-through video of the largest image ever taken, of the Andromeda galaxy, nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Prepare to feel small!

SOURCE:::: www. earthskynews.org and You Tube

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Jan 22 2015

 

Message For the Day….” What Should We seek From God …” ?

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“When the Lord takes on the deluding human form, He moves with us, mixes and dines with us, behaves as our very own kinsman, well-wisher, friend, and guide; and also saves us from many a calamity that threatened to overwhelm us. He showered divine mercy on us and solved the toughest problems that defied solution, in remarkably simple ways. When He was near and dear to us, we were carried away by pride that we had His grace and did not try to fill ourselves with that supreme joy, to dive deep into the flood of His grace. We sought from Him mere external victory and temporal benefits, ignoring the vast treasure that could have filled our hearts. We never contemplated on His reality. We might be born many times over, but can we ever have such a friend and kinsman again?”, remarked Arjuna recounting the time he spent with Krishna. 

Sathya Sai Baba