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Breathtaking Cockpit Photo Of A Marine’s F-18 Firing A Live Missile!!!!!

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The  above image is going viral on social networks.

The reason is obvious: is an absolutely stunning photograph, just released by the U.S. Marine Corps, showing Capt. Christopher Prout with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing as he shoots an AIM-7 Sparrow missile from an F/A-18C Hornet near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, on May 16, 2013.

VMFA-232 moved to Tyndall for a deployment for training (DFT) used to prepare the squadron for future combat and contingency operations.

source:::::businessinsider.com

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Stunning Images of The Week !!!

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Storm surge  A man run away as waves crash over a barrier in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. Strong storms have battered the country’s coast.

 

Battling the blazeA plane drops fire-dousing chemicals near Santa Barbara, California, during attempts to quell a 170-acre grass fire. Some 2,000 people were evacuated.

 

Ferry cross the murkyA boat navigates past the Sydney Harbour bridge in Australia amidst thick fog. Flights and ferry services were delayed as a blanket of fog covered the city.

 

Animatronic apeDesigner Sonny Tilders unveils a six-metre tall, 1.1-tonne gorilla created for the world premiere of the King Kong musical in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Rising rocketA Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft is lifted to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Three astronauts blasted into space on 29 May.

 

Breaking the cageTwo bears seen through the bars of a private zoo near a restaurant in Pristina, Kosovo. A campaign has been launched to free bears kept in such conditions.

 

From sea to airA Japanese US-2 seaplane takes off. Japan has just signed a contract to provide the aircraft to India – the first time Tokyo has exported arms since 1967. (

 

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A Market with Working Railway Track !!!!

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Imagine a train going right through a busy market filled with tourists and locals alike! We’re not kidding; it’s a moment you won’t forget.   It is in Hua Hin , Thailand !!!!

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A marketplace with a working railway track through it.

If you’re driving from Bangkok to Hua Hin (which takes about 2.5 hours), make sure you schedule a stop in Maeklong Railway Market in Samut Songkhram, some 60km away from the capital. Locals call it Talad Rom Hoop Market, which translates to “Market Umbrella Pulldown” but tourists call it Scary Market (read on to find out why). At first glance, it looks like any typical open-air market in Thailand. The market is filled with stalls displaying juicy fruits, fresh vegetables, a variety of spices, herbs, seafood and plenty more.

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Message For The Day…Education Has no Meaning without Viveka and Vinaya ….

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Education must result in the development of wisdom (Viveka) and humility (Vinaya). The educated person must be able to distinguish between the momentary and the momentous, the lasting and the effervescent. As an educated person, you must not run after glitter and glamour but must seek the good and golden. Keep the body in good trim, the senses under strict control, the mind well within check, the intellect sharp and clear, unhampered by prejudices and hatreds, and the feelings untouched by egoism. You must know the Divine Self,Atma too, for that is the very core. That is the effulgence which illumines your inner and outer selves. You must also cultivate Vinaya(humility). As an educated person, you must be grateful to your parents, who with great sacrifice have given you all the facilities that you now enjoy.– Divine Discourse, Jul 25, 1958.   

 

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Microsoft Was a Decade Ahead in Inventing a Tablet !!!!!

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Apple’s iPad is a revolutionary product that is cratering the PC industry. But it wasn’t Steve Jobs’ idea.

A full decade before Jobs launched the iPad in 2010, Bill Gates launched Microsoft’s touch input tablet computer.

Here it is:
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Bill Gates with a Microsoft tablet in 2000

Two years later, Gates showed up with an improved model, a color tablet. It used the Windows XP Tablet operating system.

Here it is:
Bill Gates tablet 2002

Bill Gates in 2002

 

Unlike today, Microsoft didn’t manufacture the tablet itself. Lenovo produced the tablet in 2000 and other partners, like Fujitsu, made the XP tablet in 2002. Here’s a closer look at the Fujitsu tablet.

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Fujitsu Windows XP Tablet from 2002

So if Microsoft was a decade ahead, why did Apple become the King of the Tablets?

Last July, during an interview with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates explained that Jobs “did some things better than I did. His timing in terms of when it came out, the engineering work, just the package that was put together. The tablets we had done before, weren’t as thin, they weren’t as attractive.
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World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep !!!!

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1) At The Top, Burj Khalifa, Dubai – Standing over 2,700 ft high, Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building.  2) The View from The Shard, London – The 360-degree view of London from 800ft up is nothing short of magical.  3)Aurland Lookout, Norway – At first glance, the structure is terrifying as there seems to be nothing to stop you from falling over the edge. 4)The Sphinx Observatory, Switzerland –  Views here include those of the Jungfrau, Eiger and Monch. And on clear days, all the way up to Germany’s Black Forest. 5)The Grand Canyon Skywalk, Mohave, Arizona, USA – Located at a height of 4,770ft, the views are spellbinding and the canyon’s famous blazing sunrises and sunsets take on an entirely different character here. 6)Suspended platform at Iguazu Falls – The Iguazu Falls are so vast that they are shared by two countries—Argentina and Brazil. 7)Dachstein Sky Walk, Austria – In clear weather, you can see as far as Slovenia and the Czech Republic. 8)Sky100, Hong Kong -It boasts 360-degree views out over the harbour, interactive displays and booths and 3D projection devices.

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

World’s Scariest Places To Stand And Peep

 

source::: yahoonews.com

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Indian -American Boy is The New Spelling Bee !!!

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MARYLAND: The US-born son of immigrants from India overcame his longstanding problem with words of Germanic origin Thursday to win the 86th national spelling bee.

Arvind Mahankali, 13, from New York City, correctly spelled knaidel, a type of dumpling also known as a matzah ball, to become the sixth youth of south Asian heritage to win the coveted title in as many years.

He is also the first boy to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2008.

Mahankali, the eldest son of an IT consultant father and a physician mother, had placed ninth in 2010, then third in 2011 and 2012. More often than not, it was words of Germanic words that denied him the championship.

“The German curse has turned into a German blessing,” he said after besting eight other finalists in a nail-biting finale to a three-day nationally televised competition that started with 281 contestants from eight nations.

Earlier in the evening, Mahankali had aced such words as tokonoma (a recess opening in a Japanese living room) and kaumographer (someone who transfers designs onto cloth with a hot iron).

The youngster plans to save the $30,000 cash prize — plus a $2,500 US savings bond — for college, where he hopes to eventually get a doctorate degree in science.

Second place went to Pranav Sivakumar, 13, from Illinois, while Sriram Hathwar, 13, from New York, came in third. Amber Born, 14, a crowd-pleaser with her tension-breaking jokes, was the best among the girls in fourth place.

Arvind Mahankali, 13, from New York City, correctly spelled knaidel, a type of dumpling also known as a matzah ball, to become the sixth youth of south Asian heritage.

Arvind Mahankali, 13, from New York City, correctly spelled knaidel, a type of dumpling also known as a matzah ball, to become the sixth youth of south Asian heritage.

source::::Economic Times..

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