Sun down This stunning image of an onlooker during the annular solar eclipse in May 2012 is one of 50 finalists in smithsonian.com ‘s annual photo contest.
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Some Evergreen Quotes ….With Speaking Images !!!!
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Message For The Day…Vibuthi or Tiruman is Ultimate !!!!
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Wedding Ring…”Lost and Found “….After 16 Years !!! in a Carrot !!!!
A Swedish woman has discovered her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden, 16 years after she lost it, says a newspaper.
Lena Paahlsson had long ago lost hope of finding the ring, which she designed herself, reports Dagens Nyheter.
The white-gold band, set with seven small diamonds, went missing in her kitchen in 1995, she told the paper.
Although the ring no longer fits, she hopes to have it enlarged so she can wear it again.
Mrs Paahlsson and her family live on a farm near Mora in central Sweden.
She took the ring off to do some Christmas baking with her daughters, but it disappeared from the work surface where it had been left, she explained to Dagens Nyheter.
The family searched everywhere and years later took up the tiling on the floor during renovations, in the hope of finding the ring.
It was not until 16 years later when Mrs Paahlsson was pulling up carrots in her garden that she noticed one with the gold band fastened tightly around it.
Lena Paahlsson and husband Ola say it is incredible that the ring has been found“The carrot was sprouting in the middle of the ring. It is quite incredible,” her husband Ola said to the newspaper.
The couple believe the ring fell into a sink back in 1995 and was lost in vegetable peelings that were turned into compost or fed to their sheep.
“I had given up hope,” Mrs Paahlsson told Dagens Nyheter, adding that she wanted to have the ring adjusted to fit her.
“Now that I have found the ring again I want to be able to use it,” she said.
Lena Paahlsson says the ring was on a small carrot she was about to discard!!!!!
source:::::bbc.com
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Wonders Of Nature Before You For a” Click “!!!!!
A couple of Colorado Rocky Mountain chipmunks out on a limb enjoying life. (Photo and caption Courtesy Betsy Seeton / National Geographic Your Shot)
Shot on a trip to Kenya and Tanzania while we were stopped admiring a number of giraffes. Many had oxpeckers on and about them and I noticed this one with four lined up evenly spaced. I took the shot just before they moved and broke the symmetry. (Photo and caption Courtesy Claudio Bacinello / National Geographic Your Shot)
SOURCE:::::National Geographic …Your Shot
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No consultation Fees For These Doctors !!!!!
Ever heard of SIX FREE DOCTORS, whose advice is most crucial to a healthy life style?
but we do not pay any heed to it ? as there are no visiting fees!
Therefore their value is unimportant!
These are :
1. SUNLIGHT:
The sun says, spend a little time with me while reading, exercising, listening to music, meditating, even chatting up with friends – do it with me! Just you and me, cause I am your BEST friend.
Physically and metaphorically Sunlight is beneficial to all. Giving light, its best, to everyone, regardless of caste or creed.
2. WATER:
6-8 glasses of water in a day, replenishes all the liquids of the body. And H2o is oxygen to every cell in the body. Our body thrives on fresh water. It is the greatest detoxifying agent ever produced. And it is FREE!
3. AIR:
Your Prana Shakti – Life breath! Just being aware of your breathing for a little while, invigorates every cell in the body.
PRANAYAM ( deep breathing ) – is a must, to exhale all carbon and take in all oxygen, in a clean and open environment.
It is a luxury today to breathe fresh air. Do not neglect this.
Holding a breath and then releasing it, clears all the diseases in the body.
4. DIET:
After consuming 3 of the 5 natures elements (Ether, Water, Air, Earth & Fire) get to the natures produce.
Vegetables & fruits.
The Lord has provided plenty of choice. No need to be a Vegan, but the amount of cleansing the vegetables and fruit does to the system is amazing!
The enzymes thus produced protect every cell in the body. Proteins are present in lentils and yogurt too.
Too much meat takes away 70% of the energy to digest it. So be moderate. We are basically herbivores and not carnivorous – by nature.
5. EXERCISE:
How can anything be consumed without the corresponding arrangement to digest the same? The body must move. Walking can be a good form of exercise!
But stretching the body is very essential. Starting from bed , when waking up and then being physically vibrant through the day.
Household work is NOT an exercise, it’s a chore!
Exercise in a proper state of mind and not under stress or duress. Relaxation is the reason for exercising a healthy state of mind. Exercise alone and not rushing!
6. REST:
Last but not the least the 6th doctor is REST!
None of the above is possible without enough sleep, relaxation and rest from meetings a deadline!
Rest is the most important factor which gives impetus to all other 5!
So do not neglect it. Resting with beautiful, positive and creative thoughts is of course always recommended.
If you have negative thoughts, keep slogging, so you do not have the time to nurture them.
When resting have all the positive thoughts, nourishing thoughts, the foremost being Thanksgiving to the Lord, followed by love
and compassion towards all the relationships you encounter – choicelessness in love.
source::::input from a friend of mine…
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Stunning Photography….Rain Drops !!!!!
The Most Beautiful Pearls… |
| Nature is packed full with beautiful things, especially when we stop and consider them in detail. Some of them are huge creations, and some are tiny, like the rain drops. These are the visage Russian photographer, Andrew Oskin, looks for. That moment after the rain but before the drops disappear into the hungry ground. They become strings of pearls, chandeliers, bridges and patterns – all with the grace of natural beauty, existing only for a fleet moment in time.
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India Puts World”s First Smartphone in Space !!!
India has become the world’s first country to launch a smartphone into space – loaded with a number of experimental ‘Apps’, some serious and some just for fun.
The British-built Strand-1 spacecraft, developed by scientists in Surrey, was sent into orbit from Sriharikota in India to test the capabilities of many standard smartphone
components for a space environment.
Launched into a 785 km Sun-synchronous orbit on Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO’s PSLV launcher on Monday, the spacecraft is an innovative 3U CubeSat weighing 4.3 kg and is the world’s first “phonesat” to go into orbit, as well as the first UK CubeSat to be launched.
Developed by a team from the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), STRaND-1 is a training and demonstration mission, designed to test commercial off-the-shelf technologies in space.
“STRaND-1 from SSC and SSTL is an example of the real synergy of academic research linked to commercial development and exploitation that is the hallmark of Surrey,” Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, SSC Director and also Executive Chairman of SSTL, said.
“This launch is SSTL’s first with ISRO, and I am looking forward to exploring opportunities for further launches and a wider collaboration on space projects in the future,” Martin said in a statement.
During the first phase of the mission, STRaND-1 will be controlled by the satellite’s attitude control system and a new high-speed linux-based CubeSat computer.
During phase two the STRaND-1 team plan to switch many of the satellite’s in-orbit operations to the smartphone, a Google Nexus One which uses the Android operating system, thereby testing the capabilities of many standard smartphone components for a space environment.
The smartphone has also been loaded with a number of experimental “Apps”, some serious and some just for fun.
The Scream in Space app was developed by Cambridge University Space Flight and will make full use of the smartphone’s speakers.
Testing the theory ‘in space no-one can hear you scream, made popular in the 1979 film ‘Alien’, the app will play videos of the best screams while in orbit and screams will be recorded using the smartphone’s own microphone.
source:::: INDIAN EXPRESS
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A Clear Day and a Polluted Day in Beijing !!!
Beijing’s smog problem has become an international issue this year, with reports of canned air being sold, a ban on BBQs and even talk of moving the capital from Beijing to escape the fumes.
What can be hard to get across is exactly how much the smog changes the day-to-day life in the city. This photo, taken by Reddit user BananasUnited, shows the difference between a “clear” day, with a AQI of less than 500, and a smoggy day, with an AQI of more than 500.
AQI stands for Air Quality Index, which technically only goes to 500. On January 29th, however, Beijing’s AQI reached 517.
source:::: business insider.com
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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-beijing-smog-image-2013-2#ixzz2LvGFhvT9
Message For The Day….Ways to Shed our Ego and Vanity…
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