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Nature”s Wonders Thro ‘ the Eyes of Camera !!!!!!

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Nature’s wonder captured at its most breathtaking in annual photography contest
Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT)
Image of a red fox by 18-year-old Hermann Hirsch won best overall image in all categories.
Story by …. AMANDA WILLIAMS.

An alert young fox stalks his way through long summer grass, bathed in the glow of a balmy evening.
A poppy field in full bloom, reminiscent of Monet’s painting of the same name, and a fluorescent maple leaf, perfectly framed against a foggy woodland backdrop.
All of these stunning images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT).
But this image of a red fox by Hermann Hirsch was deemed the quintessential portrait of wildlife, and won best overall image in all categories.

An alert young fox stalks his way through long summer grass, bathed in the glow of a balmy evening, in this image by Hermann Hirsch. It won best image in the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition

An alert young fox stalks his way through long summer grass, bathed in the glow of a balmy evening, in this image by Hermann Hirsch. It won best image in the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition


An adult fox prowls through the misty woodland in Fox in cloudy forest, by Klaus Echle. Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the contest

An adult fox prowls through the misty woodland in Fox in cloudy forest, by Klaus Echle. Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the contest


Pictures were submitted in the mammals, other animals, plants and fungi, landscapes, nature's studio, and this year's special category, animal portraits

This rodent anxiously making its way across a forest floor, pictured in ‘When Night Falls’ by Christoph Kaula, won third place in the mammals category


Landscapes category runner-up: 'Landscapes in Bloom' by Sandra Bartocha. In total 3,577 images were submitted into the competition, which is run exclusively for the Society's members

Landscapes category runner-up: ‘Landscapes in Bloom’ by Sandra Bartocha. In total 3,577 images were submitted into the competition, which is run exclusively for the Society’s members. It is reminiscent of Monet’s Poppy Field

Animals portraits category winner: 'Capercaillie' by Klaus Echle.

Animals portraits category winner: ‘Capercaillie’ by Klaus Echle. An exhibition of the photographs entered in the competition will run from May 23 until September at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in Bonn


Animals portraits category runner-up: 'Young Lion' by Carsten Ott

Animals portraits category runner-up: ‘Young Lion’ by Carsten Ott


A penguin colony makes its way back across a sea sprayed landscape, in Returning from the hunt, by Michael Lohmann. The image won Birds category runner-up and prize of the jury

A penguin colony makes its way back across a sea sprayed landscape, in Returning from the hunt, by Michael Lohmann. The image won Birds category runner-up and prize of the jury

This icy tableau won Birds category winner: 'A Frosty Resting Place' by Bernd Nill

This icy tableau won Birds category winner: ‘A Frosty Resting Place’ by Bernd Nill

Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition

Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition


A spider is given an eerie makeover in this image 'Spotlight' by Klaus Tamm. It was named winner in the 'other animals category'

A spider is given an eerie makeover in this image ‘Spotlight’ by Klaus Tamm. It was named winner in the ‘other animals category’


An image of bubbling mud from was named nature's studio category winner: 'Bubbling' by Sigi Zang

An image of bubbling mud from was named nature’s studio category winner: ‘Bubbling’ by Sigi Zang

Plants and fungi category runner-up: 'Maple leaves in Fog Forest' by Joachim Wimmer.

Plants and fungi category runner-up: ‘Maple leaves in Fog Forest’ by Joachim Wimmer.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317760/Nature-Photographer-Year-2013-competition-The-best-animal-kingdom.html#ixzz2SLPlnXqI

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Statue of Liberty….An Inseparable Part of American identity !!!!

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The Story of the Statue of Liberty…
To the few who may not know this, the Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

This statue has been an inseparable part of the American identity and a symbol of justice and freedom throughout the world

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statue of liberty photo

 

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statue of liberty photo

 

statue of liberty photo

 

statue of liberty photo

 

statue of liberty photo

 

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“Lisha.”….A Surrogate Mom !!!!

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Lisha with white tiger cubs

 

 

Lisha, a Labrador, is world famous for her mothering skills even though she’s never birthed any pups of her own. The dog, who lives at Oudtshoorn’s Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, has played surrogate mom to more than 30 animals, including cheetah and tiger cubs, potbelly pigs, a porcupine, a pygmy hippo, a weasel and a barn owl.
Rob Hall, director of the wildlife refuge, says that Lisha domesticates the wild animals and serves as a bridge between them and humans. “They adjust more easily to her, and when they see that she trusts us, they are more at ease around us,” he said.
Hall and his wife, Nadine, said they noticed early on that regardless of the whether Lisha encountered a kitten or a baby hippo, she treated them all the same — like a child that needed a mother. “She would just walk up and lick the creature she was caring for. Although in the case of the porcupine that was more amusing,” Rob Hall told The Daily Mail.
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கனவில் வந்த மாமுனிவர் !!!!

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கனவில் வந்த மெய்யர்!
எழுதியவர் : ஜானா கண்ணன், மைலாப்பூர், சென்னை.
மூலம் : மஹா பெரியவா தரிசன அனுபவங்கள் – ஐந்தாம் பகுதி

கல்லூரியில் படித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த நாட்கள். பெரியவாளைப் பற்றிப் பொதுவாகத் தெரிந்து கொண்டிருந்தேனே தவிர, விசேஷமான பக்தி என்று எதுவும் இல்லாத காலம்.

திடீரென்று தரிசனம் கொடுத்தார்கள் – கனவில்! ‘ஏதோ, பிரமை’ என்று ஒதுக்கித் தள்ள முடியவில்லை. அடிக்கடி வந்து தரிசனம் கொடுத்தார்கள்.
இந்தப் புனிதக் கனவுகளுக்கு ஒரு கௌரவம் கொடுக்க வேண்டாமா?

குருவார விரதம் மேற்கொண்டேன். அது முதல் ஒவ்வொரு வியாழனிலும் தரிசனம் கிடைக்க ஆரம்பித்தது. சந்தோஷமாக இருந்தது. ஆனால் அது நீடிக்கவில்லை.
பெரியவா வருவதை நிறுத்திக் கொண்டுவிட்டார்கள். நான் என்ன தவறு செய்தேன்?

அன்று வியாழக்கிழமை. படுக்கையில் உட்கார்ந்து கண்களை மூடிக்கொண்டு பிரார்த்திக்கிறேன். ‘இன்றைக்காவது தரிசனம் கொடுக்கணும்’.
ஊஹூம்… பெரியவாள் வரவில்லை.

ரொம்பவும் ஏக்கமாகத்தான் இருந்தது. என் பிரார்த்தனையை ஏன் பெரியவாள் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவில்லை?

இரண்டு நாட்கள் கழித்து சொப்பனத்தில் காட்சி தந்தார்கள். “பெரியவாள் தரிசனம் முன்பெல்லாம் அடிக்கடி கிடைச்சுது. இப்போ பெரியவா வரதே இல்லை” என்று வருத்தத்துடன் கூறினேன்.

பெரியவாள் மெல்லச் சிரித்தார்கள். “எனக்கு வயசாயிடுத்தோன்னோ? நான் கிழவனாயிட்டேன். (தண்டத்தைக் காட்டி) இந்தக் குச்சியை எடுத்துண்டு அவ்வளவு தூரம் வரமுடியல்லே. நீ தான் என்னைப் பார்க்க வரணும்”.

“பெரியவா அனுக்ரஹம் இருந்தால் வருவேன்.”

“உத்ஸவத்துக்கு வரயா?”

“அனுக்ரஹம் செய்தால் வருவேன்”.

கனவு கலைந்தது. ஒன்றும் விளங்கவில்லை. எந்த உற்சவத்துக்கு வரவேண்டும்? அதற்கும் பெரியவாள் தரிசனத்துக்கும் என்ன சம்பந்தம்?

மறுநாளே அந்த ஆச்சரியம் நடந்தது.

சென்னையில் ஒரு கல்யாணத்துக்கு என் பெரியம்மா போக வேண்டியிருந்தது. “துணைக்கு நீ வாயேன். நீ வந்தால்,, போகிற வழியில், காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் பெரியவாளை தரிசனம் பண்ணிவிட்டுப் போகலாம்.”

அடுத்த நிமிடமே நான் தயாராகிவிட்டேன்!

மறுநாள் காலை நாங்கள் காஞ்சிபுரம் மடத்து வாசலுக்குச் சென்றபோது, அங்கே காமாக்ஷி வந்து நின்றுகொண்டிருந்தாள். ஏகக் கூட்டம். மூன்று பெரியவர்களும் வலம் வந்து கொண்டிருந்தார்கள்.

“என்ன விசேஷம் இன்னிக்கு” என்று உள்ளூர்ப் பெண்மணியைக் கேட்டேன்.

“தெரியாதா உனக்கு? காமாக்ஷி கோயில் உத்ஸவம் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கு”.

எனக்கு எப்படி இருந்திருக்கும் என்று சொல்லத் தேவையில்லை. “உத்ஸ்வத்துக்கு வரயா?” – வெறும் கனவு அல்ல; தெய்வ சங்கல்பம்!

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Message For The Day…God Gives What You Want !!!

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You must pay attention to the small details in your daily life, for devotion (bhakthi) is not just a pose one strikes. It is a series of little acts, directed by the attitude of reverence for Divinity in all beings. Watch for the lie that lurks on the tongue, the violence that lurks behind your fist, the ego that lurks stealthily behind a deed. Restrain them before they grow into habits and settle down as character to thwart your destiny. God is like a shopkeeper who has a store full of all the things that you need in your life. If you, as customer, go to the shop and ask for a towel, can the shopkeeper hand out a shirt? God is like that, He hands out exactly what you ask for. Material things are not at all important. Discriminate and ask God for Devotion (Bhakthi) and Spiritual Wisdom (Jnana).

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Interview For A Job…..ON the Lighter Side !!!!

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Very Funny Job Interview Conversation

Communication engineering from Rolex Institute of Technology.

Interviewer : Rolex Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before!
Candidate : Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admission into it ..
What happened is due to U18 Football world cup, I scored badly in School Level.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said ‚ I can not invest so much of money‚ So I had to join this college. Frankly speaking this name Rolex Institute of Technology.

Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering.
Candidate : Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years.

Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6.
Candidate: Oh, is it ? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These Football matches really affect exams a lot.. I think they should ban it .

Interviewer : Good to know that you want Football matches to be banned.
Candidate : No, no I am talking about Exams!!

Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life?
Candidate : Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it . In fact, when I flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST through some relative.

Interviewer : Do you have any plans of higher study?
Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing lower education itself was so much of pain!!

Interviewer : Let’s talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you worked?
Candidate : Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Lords is my current platforms. Earlier I was at Manchester. So Manchester was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms! ( Lords and Manchester are the places in UK)

Interviewer : And which languages have you used?
Candidate : English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and many other languages.

Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB?
Candidate : It is a common sense C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD!

Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language?
Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it . But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly.

Interviewer : What is your general project experience?
Candidate : My general experience about projects is most of the times they are in pipeline!

Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job?
Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata Info Tech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows.

Interviewer : Do you have any project management experience?
Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn’t be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important I know few words like Showstoppers , hot fixes’, SEI-CMM’, quality’, version control’, deadlines’ , Customer Satisfaction’ etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes!

Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company?Candidate : Not much.
 source::::: input from a friend of mine
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Just For Laugh !!!!….No Driving Licence !!!…Why ?!!!

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This could be real… Traffic Police vs. Pappu – Good one!!!!!

Traffic police (TP) ne Pappu ko roka: “Aapna Driving license dikao.”

Pappu : “Nahi hai.”

TP: “Kya license banvaya hai ya nahi.”

 

“Pappu : Nahi.”

 

TP:” Kyon?”

Pappu : “Banwane gaya tha, woh Voter ID card mangte hain, aur woh mere paas nahi hai.”.

TP: “To Voter ID card Banwale”

Pappu : “Banwane gaya tha, woh Ration Card mangte hain, woh mere paas nahi hai”

 

TP: “Toh fir Ration Card banwale”

Pappu : “Gaya tha, Woh Bank ki Paasbook mangte hain, woh mere paas nahi hai”

TP: “To phir isme kya hai, Bank main account khulwale mere baap!!”

Pappu : “Bank bhi gaya tha saab, lekin woh Driving License mangte hain…”

 

SOURCE::::UNKNOWN…iNPUT From my friend…

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