Boeing 747 landing and taking off from St. Maarten in the Carribean, one of the World’s scariest airports. Viewed from a catamaran 100 metres off the beach.
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Synergy is The Seed For Success !!!!
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One of the real secrets of success is the power of partnerships. When you surround yourself with good people who share your common goal – the synergy created makes each person stronger. This funny little story that is a good reminder of that. Enjoy!
An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area.
Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse, named Buddy.
He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled, “Pull, Nellie, pull!” Buddy didn’t move.
Then the farmer hollered, “Pull, Buster, pull!” Buddy didn’t respond.
Once more the farmer commanded, “Pull, Coco, pull!” Nothing.
Then the farmer nonchalantly said, “Pull, Buddy, pull!”
And the horse easily dragged the car out of the ditch.
The motorist was most appreciative and very curious.
He asked the farmer why he called his horse by the wrong name three times.
The farmer said, “Oh, Buddy is blind and if he thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn’t even try.”
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Best Aerial Photos with Professional Perfection !!!!
Tokyo, Japan – Skytree, tallest self supported structure in Asia
Antarctica – calving shown
Koolan Island, Australia – iron ore mine
Sandouping, China – Three Gorges Dam
Italy – Costa Concordi
Greenland – Petermann Glacier, massive icebergs calve
New Mexico – Space Shuttle Endeavour atop a 747
London, UK – Olympic village
Northern England – mine sculpture known as “The Lady of the North”
Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City –
Today’s satellite photos are becoming more detailed and clear than ever. They used to be these black and white fuzzy photos, where you could maybe identify a country or a continent. These days, you can see all the way down to street level. And this year, they’ve caught some truly beautiful and awesome sights from way up there, ….Some Beautiful photos are posted above for your viewing….
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Message For The Day….Develop Unshakable Faith In God …
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Message For The Day….Earn the Right To Approach God and Seek HIS Blessings…
The Lord is the Kalpatharu (the divine wish fulfilling tree) who gives whatever is asked for. But you have to go near the tree and wish for the thing you want. The atheist is the person who keeps far away from the tree. The theist is the one who has come near. The tree does not make any distinction – it grants boons to all. The Lord will not punish or take revenge if you do not recognize Him or revere Him. Earn the right to approach the Lord without fear and the right to ask for your heritage. You must become so free that praise will not emanate from you when you approach the Lord. Praise is a sign of distance and fear.
Mother is Mother …Even in Animal Kingdom !!!!
Great Moms All Over the Animal Kingdom!
Moms being great isn’t just a human concept. All over the animal kingdom, whether they are big or small, animal children love their mommies!
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Are You Ready For Space Travel !!!
The next frontier of travel? If Richard Branson and others like him have their way, the answer is outer space. The Virgin Atlantic CEO marked a major milestone in space tourism last Monday with the first supersonic test flight of Virgin Galactic, a passenger spacecraft aiming to become the world’s first commercial “spaceline” by 2014.
But are travellers really interested in going to space?
According to a 2008 ABC News poll on the topic, although 65% of respondents believed that in the years ahead ordinary people will travel to outer space, the median price that they were willing to pay was just $2,000 – a far cry from the $200,000 ticket Virgin Galactic ticket.
However, in a 2006 survey by Spaceport Associates and Incredible Adventures, two US companies pioneering space tourism, if cost were not an issue nearly two-thirds of respondents would go on a “round-the-moon adventure”. More than 70% surveyed would spend two weeks or less on a suborbital tourism flight and 88% were interested in spacewalking.
“These trips are the beginning of what could be a lucrative 21st-century industry,” wrote Kevin Bonsor on science website howstuffworks.com, noting that several space tourism companies have begun building suborbital vehicles for commercial space travel. “These companies have invested millions, believing that space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.”
Among them are Xcor Aerospace Inc, which hopes to join Virgin Galactic in the space tourism business. Private company SpaceX is developing its own rocket family, Falcon, capable of sending seven people to any space station. Space Adventures Ltd is working on a circumlunar mission to the moon (price per passenger is currently $100 million). Even commercial airliner Boeing is getting in on the venture, building a spacecraft to transport passengers to the International Space Station, a habitable satellite low in Earth’s orbit where scientists from around the world live, work and research.
As for Virgin Galactic’s commercial space tourism project, some 529 would-be space travellers (including such celebrities as American actor Ashton Kutcher) have already signed up for the two-hour, $200,000-a-seat experience.
But until those flights become financially attainable for more tourists, it’s unlikely that space travel will rival air travel.
According to a 2008 ABC News poll, 65% of respondents believed that in the years ahead ordinary people will travel to outer space. (Andrew Rich/Getty)
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Just For Laugh !!!!!….”Do You Know Me ?”!!!!
Grandma in Court!
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”
She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you’ll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?”
She again replied, “Why yes, I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He’s lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can’t build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him”.
The defense attorney nearly died.
The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench, and, in a very quiet voice, said,
“If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I’ll send you both to the electric chair.”
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Elephant Blasts Leopard With Jet of Water !!!!!
This is the moment a leopard got too close to a herd of elephants – and got a soaking for its troubles.
The big cat tried its luck against the herd of 15 elephants by stalking the group and sipping from the same water hole.
But one of the herd spotted the leopard, decided it was being far too bold and squirted a stream of water in its direction to shoo it away.
The leopard had been stalking the herd of 15 elephants when one decided to give it a good hosing to scare it off
The moment was captured by Mark Müller, 46, at the Kalkeuwel water hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia, as he watched the elephants at play.
The Swiss photographer said: ‘They were splashing about, spraying water on their backs and being rather noisy.’
But other animals in the surroundings, including giraffes and zebras, clearly sensed danger and moved away.
‘Suddenly I discovered a leopard entering the open area around the waterhole,’ said Mr Müller.
The elephant loomed over the leopard as it stalked the herd
The leopard tried its luck against the herd the Kalkeuwel waterhole but came away with a soaking
‘The leopard calmly and without any signs of fear just walked between the elephants and some giraffes to the waterhole, crouched down and started to lap up water.
‘The elephants must first have been as surprised as me at the cat’s careless attitude, despite the proximity of the much larger elephants.’
The elephants began to encircle the leopard in an act of intimidation.
It began to walk away, but paused between some of the herd and a giraffe.
And that’s when one elephant decided to teach the smaller creature a lesson.
‘What I did not notice at the time was that one of the elephants must have sucked up a trunk full of water,’ Mr Müller said.
‘With a flash that elephant sprayed the water at the leopard, which stood no more than five metres away.’
The impromptu shower sent the leopard running for the bushes and left Mr Müller, who uses a Nikon F4 camera, reeling with his good fortune.
He said: ‘I do not think I breathed from the moment the leopard started walking between the elephants to the waterhole.
‘The shower was so unexpected and I was very lucky to have captured it – that sequence took maybe two seconds.
‘I knew immediately that I had witnessed something very special.
‘It is already elusive enough to observe leopards in the wild, but this was one-of-a-kind.
source::::HELEN LAWSON in mailonline…photograph by Mark Muller
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Plane Phenomenon That is Out of The World !!!!!
A glory is a truly spectacular sight. Picture: Brocken Inaglory/Wikicommons
NEXT time you’re lucky enough to score a window seat opposite the sun, watch out for this spectacular phenomenon.
The rainbow “glory” optical phenomenon is plane cool – during your flight a series of coloured rings may become visible around the reflection of the ‘plane’ projected against a layer of cloud.
But be warned, blink and you could miss it.
It’s actually a fairly common sight in the skies but can only be seen when certain conditions are met. The clouds must consist of water droplets – not the clouds composed of ice particles higher up in the skies.
Glories are caused by diffraction, where sunlight shines onto water droplets and is reflected back towards the person on the plane, and the droplets interfere with the lights process, scattering it in many directions and creating multiple rings.
We see the individual colours as rings because white light is made of all the colours of the rainbow.
The size of a glory can vary depending on the dimensions of the water droplets and the altitude of the flight.
Travellers have managed to take some stunning photos of Glories….
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