AUM - CREATION OF WORLD

The most sacred symbol in Hindu dharma. Aum (OM) is the sound of the infinite.Aum is said to be the essence of all mantras, the highest of all mantras or divine word (shabda), brahman (ultimate reality) itself. Aum is said to be the essence of the Vedas.By sound and form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire universe.A stands for CreationU stands for PreservationM stands for Destruction or dissolutionThis is representative of the Trinity of God in Hindu dharma (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva)The three portions of AUM relate to the states of waking, dream and deep sleep and the three gunas (rajas, satva, tamas)The three letters also indicates three planes of existence, heaven (swarga), earth (martya) and netherworld (patala)All the words produced by the human vocal organ can be represented by AUM. A is produced by the throat, U & M by the lipsIn the Vedas, AUM is the sound of the Sun, the sound of Light. It is the sound of assent (affirmation) and ascent (it has an upwards movement and uplifts the soul, as the sound of the divine eagle or falcon.Dharma means righteousness and good moral and ethical practices in accordance with the scriptures. Dharma includes all duties, individual, social, and religious, and adherence to the laws of the land. According to the Hindu philosophy, dharma is essential for accomplishing material and spiritual goals and for the growth of the individual and society.Brahman represents the Supreme Reality for Hindus. Hindus believe that the Brahman, described in the Upanishads can be viewed from two aspects transcendent (impersonal) and immanent (personal). In its transcendent aspect the Supreme Reality is called Nirguna Brahman, or Brahman without attributes.About Nirguna Brahman Taittiriya Upanishad states, “the Brahman is He whom speech cannot extress, and from whom the mind, unable to reach Him comes away baffled”.According to Maitri Upanishad, “Brahman is immeasurable, unapproachable, beyond conception, beyond birth, beyond reasoning, and beyond thought”The true soul or Atman is beyond the mind and does not function through thought. It envisions things but as an unfoldment of the heart, not a structure of thought.The goal of the soul in evolution is merging into the divine of the inner Self. This brings about freedom from cycle of rebirth. To see our Self in all beings and all beings in our Self is the essence of life. Each soul has to grow for itself and must be free to gain the experiences it needs. Any soul can turn around and move to the truth.Liberation from the world is not abandoning the world but merging into the world and beyond, becoming the all. This state has been called nirvana, kaivalya, mukti, moksha etc. .Word Karma denotes an action that brings back results in this life or in the future life. The doctrine of karma (karmavada) is based upon the theory of cause and effect. According to this doctrine, God is not responsible for the pleasure or pain of His creatures. They suffer or enjoy owing to the consequences of their own bad or good deeds.Stored up karmic forces from past lives is called sanchita karma. When the karmic forces mature and starts acting on the mind and body, it is called prarabdha karma. Any action done in this life or its effect is called kriyamana karma or agami karma.Karma as a spiritual law, is not adjusted according to our various and conflicting definitions of success and failure. From an inner standpoint, the soul's happiness is often the suffering of the ego and the happiness of the ego is often the suffering of the soul.Ultimately we must go beyond all karma, good or evil. The greatest virtue does not seek to change the world or improve us but to rest in harmony with the peace of what is.Liberation is the highest goal of human life through which everything is accomplished. This liberation also called nirvana, kaivalya, mukti, moksha, can be brought about only through Self knowledge. All life is an experience to provide us with Self knowledge. To see ourselves in all beings and all beings in ourselves is the essence of life, hence from the highest standpoint, there is no birth and no death, no one who is born and no one who dies, there is only the unborn, perfect and infinite Self nature, beyond all limitations and possessed of all powers of Self manifestations.Liberation is beyond all states of body and mind and not limited by them. It is everything and nothing, everyone and no one. A liberated soul possesses divine qualities such as purity, omnipresence, omnipotence, and is beyond limitations. Moksha is attained when the individual becomes liberated from the cycle of birth and death.According to the doctrine of predestination, every event in the life of an individual has already been determined by God -everything happens only according to God's will. Individuals do not have any control over events. In the light of the doctrine of predestination the doctrine of karma cannot be accepted as a valid doctrine and vice versa.Hindu dharma however, accepts both the doctrines as valid. The doctrine of karma is valid for a person who has the sense of agency or doership. Such a person holds himself responsible for his actions, whether good or bad. But through intense spiritual practice a spiritual aspirant's mind can be made to acquire higher and higher degree of purity. At a certain high level of mental purity the spiritual aspirant completely loses his sense of agency. He feels that he is only an instrument in the hands of God. At this high level of spirituality the doctrine of predestination becomes the only valid doctrine.The true reincarnating entity is the causal body, wherein our karmic impressions are stored. There is not a simple correspondence of one soul or causal body or physical body. It is possible for one soul to take more than one birth at the same time, either high or low.Less evolved souls may only experience a prolonged deep sleep between incarnations. These usually incarnate into the same location on earth and seek a similar life experience. Very advanced souls may enter into a deep meditative trance and may reincarnate quickly. Souls of intermediate development may spend much time on the different levels of the astral planes to assimilate their life experience."Why does a person reincarnate?" Hindu dharma says that the unfulfilled desires of departed people are primarily responsible for their rebirth. To understand this position, one should know about Hindu dharma's views on death and thereafter.According to Hindu dharma, when a person dies, his gross physical body (physical body) is left behind and the soul with the subtle body (consisting of the mind, intellect, sense organs, motor organs, and vital energies) goes to a different plane of existence. Such a plane of existence is called "loka" in Sanskrit.Although popular belief is that there are three lokas (svarga, martya and patala), the scriptures speak of fourteen lokas, including the earthy plane (Bhuloka).The lokas are :Satyaloka, Tapoloka, Maharloka, Janaloka, Svarloka, Bhuvarloka, Bhurloka, Atalaloka, Vitalaloka, Sutalaloka, Rasatalaloka, Talatalaloka, Mahatalaloka, and Patalaloka.Among these, first six are considered the higher lokas, and the last seven are considered to be lower lokas. The adjectives higher and lower in this context are used in comparison to the conditions found in Bhuloka. In the higher lokas, in ascending order, there is more and more enjoyment or spiritual bliss compared to what is usually found on this earthy plane.Moksha (Freedom or Salvation) from the cycle of birth and death is the ultimate goal of Hindu religious life. Moksha is called Mukti (freedom) by yogis and Nirvana by BuddhistsThe individual soul (atman), in its liberated state, possesses divine qualities such as purity, omnipresence and omnipotence, and is beyond limitations. Within the individual, however, the atman is involved in the working of samsara (the cycle of birth and death in the phenomenal world), thereby subjecting itself to bondage by Law of Karma. Moksha is attainted when the individual becomes liberated from the cycle of birth and death and attains eventual union with the Supreme Being.
This union can be achieved through true knowledge (gyana or jnana), devotion (bhakti), or right work (karma). Purity, self-control, truthfulness, non-violence, and compassion toward all forms of life are the necessary pre-requisites for any spiritual path in Hindu dharma. The Hindu dharma emphasizes the importance of a true guru (spiritual master) for the attainment of true knowledge of the soul and God.Hindu dharma proclains, “Ahimsa Paramo Dharma” or, Ahimsa is the highest form of dharma (virtue). Ahimsa means non-violence, non-injury or non-killing. In all the Hindu paths, and especially, Jain and Buddha in dharma Ahimsa is a paramount virtue. Hindu dharma teaches that all forms of life are manifestations of the Supreme Self (Brahman). We must not be indifferent to the sufferings of others. One must consider all living beings in the image of one’s own self and thus not commit acts of violence in thought, word or deed against other living creatures.
Anger and hatred cannot coexist with ahimsa. Anger blinds reason and leads one to violence. Greed and possessiveness are two main causes of social injustice and suffering and a practitioner of ahimsa should not hoard wealth beyond needs. Compassion and austerity are essential elements of ahimsa.
Concept ahimsa extends to all living beings, and therefore, protection of environment, natural habitats and vegetarianism are natural derivatives of the concept of ahimsa.

A nice story

There once was a little boy who had a badtemper. His Father gave him a bag of nailsand told him that every time he lost histemper, he must hammer a nail into the backof the fence. The first day the boy haddriven 37 nails into the fence. Over the nextfew weeks, as he learned to control hisanger, the number of nails hammered dailygradually dwindled down. He discoveredit was easier to hold his temper than todrive those nails into the fence.Finally the day came when the boy didn'tlose his temper at all. He told his fatherabout it and the father suggested that theboy now pull out one nail for each day thathe was able to hold his temper.The days passed and the young boy was finallyable to tell his father that all the nailswere gone. The father took his son by thehand and led him to the fence. He said, "Youhave done well, my son, but look at theholes in the fence. The fence will never bethe same. When you say things in anger,they leave a scar just like this one. Youcan put a knife in a man and draw it out.it won't matter how many times you say I'msorry, the wound is still there. " A verbalwound is as bad as a physical one.Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. Theymake you smile and encourage you to succeed.They lend an ear, they share words of praiseand they always want to open their hearts to us."Show yourfriends! how much you care. Show this toeveryone you consider a FRIEND.

A nice story

One day a girl, 16yrs old, heared from her mother that if she will do a regular prayer for 4 yrs, a divine "fairy" will come to her dreams & give her 3 boons(Varam). So she decided to do it. She completed 4 yrs successfully, doing prayer regularly. Now it was a day for "fairy" to come. So she slept earlier withthoughts in her mind to ask. And, really a "fairy" comes in her dreams. Now this is the dialogue between them.

fairy: O Girl, you prayed to me regularly within last 4 yrs, so I amvery very happy with you. I will complete any of your 3 wishes. You canask anything you like, but there is one condition.

Girl: Condition!, what is that?

fairy: You have a boy-friend?

Girl: Yes.

fairy: When you were doing a prayer, he waswaiting for you, so he also sacrificed same as you. Moreover, he didn't know anything about boon and all, so he is also eligible for the boons. So whatever you will ask, he will get 10 times more than that of you. If you are agreed, then proceed for the 1st boon.

Girl: (Afterthinking for some time ... ): Yes, I am ready.

Girl: 1st, Make me 10 times richer than the richest person in theworld. fairy: But your boy-friend will be 10 times richer than you.

Girl: It's OK.

fairy: Be as you wish!

Girl: 2nd, Make me 10 times more beautiful than the most beautifulgirl in the world.

fairy: But your boy-friend will be 10 times handsome than the most handsome boy in the world.

Girl: It's OK.

fairy: Be as you wish.

fairy: Now the last boon remains.

Girl: O fairy, please give mea MILD HEART-ATTACK.

fairy: What? Are you sure!

Girl: Yes. Very sure!

fairy: Be as you wish.

Think friends,what happened to her boy-friend, he got a severe heart-attack & died at once, while the girl remained alive. Thus, the girl became the world'smost beautiful girl and the richest one, too.

Moral of thestory: So intelligent the girls are! Girls are really more intelligentthan we believe about them to be. So be careful boys!

Now, girls please stop reading ...

boys continue till the end of themail .....

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Dear boys, don't worry, actually what done issomething different than what you all think! Actually, the girl's boy-friend got a heart-attack, 10 TIMES MILDER than that of the girl. So the boy-friend lived longer than the girl,beingworld's richest and the most handsome boy.

Moral of the story: Dear boys, the girls are not really that muchintelligent than what we believe them to be.

Chennai Job 'UN' Fair Contd.

Here is the perfect picture which will easily describe the whole job fair thingy.

Longest Palindrome

Some people do have the strangest habits and fancies ( That's why they are strange ). got the original article from here. Had to share.

Dan Hoey, who had recently graduated,wrote a C program to look for and construct the following beauty:

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a Pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal-Panama.

This is the world’s longest PALINDROME. The letter P in capital is the center of the palindrome( boldened and italicized )

A Journey Through Time

This beautiful multimedia presentation is a feast for the eyes and ears!Frans Lanting Images, Philip Glass Music: Take a 'Journey Through Time'.

Also view behind the lens ...

Getting married

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Sivaji Release

The most awaited film of 2007- Sivaji is nearing completion. With the post-production work going on in full swing, the next biggest question haunting the millions of fans world wide is about the audio launch.

No worries, “Yam erruka bayam aen!!”.

Inside sources say that the audio launch of the film is most likely to be held in March 2007.
Director Shankar is calling the shots and doesn’t want any kind of leads to be leaked out much before the release of the movie. They want to cash in on the hype that the audio release would create and release the movie within a month of the audio launch. Moreover, Shankar and Rahman are putting their hearts into the background score out of which one or two tracks might also be included in the album.

AVM is also contemplating of releasing the audio under their banner. Since they already have an audio label in their name, the process becomes easier. Added to that, there is a precedence of a great musical victory of Shankar-Rahman combination in ‘Boys’ few years back. This factor is also said to tilt the balance in their favor. The possibility of handing over the entire rights package for audio, film, overseas and satellite to one single company is also not ruled out.

Source : Behindwoods

Security Warnings

The Computer Network Defence Internet Operational Picture was designed and built to cater for the demands of Government and Military networks requiring near real time information on new and emerging cyber threats.
It's public availability and lack of corporate identity has resulted in almost every industry, including home users, taking advantage of it either on an occasional basis or full time on plasma screens. The page auto updates every 20 minutes drawing information from multiple sources.

Computer Network Defence Internet Operational Picture

Wonderful Internet

How would your life be affected if the internet were to suddenly disappear? Would it be better or would it be a nightmare?

It's a wonderful Internet

Book cover creator

Make one for you here !!!

Happy holidays

Montage-a-google

Montage-a-google is a simple web-based app that uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user.

Not only an interesting way of browsing the net,

it can also be used to create desktop pictures or even posters

Java Fun

Grappa is a java applet that allows you to create

artworks with your mouse in a fun way.

Use left mouse button to draw, right button to clear the screen.

Make fight

GOOGLE FIGHT

Compare the number of results for two competing keywords.

Message creator

Put you love / fun / protest / any message on anything found in the site.
Have fun !!!

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

This news I created from the newspaper generator. This lets you generate your own message.

Have fun !!!

MIRAVI

Explore planet Earth in near-real timeHave you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has created a website, MIRAVI, which gives access to the most recently acquired images from the world’s largest Earth Observation satellite, Envisat.

-- More at ESA
Enjoy MIRAVI - Meris Image Rapid Visualization.

Speech Accent

The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.

The Speech Accent Archive

9 Tips in Life that Lead to Happiness

Are you truly happy? Do you even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. I live my life to maintain my own happiness while trying my best to not cause unhappiness to anyone else. If you want to be happy you need to understand that you can be happy and that you should be happy. Many people make the mistake of believing that they don’t deserve happiness and accept their unhappy state as their destiny. The truth of the matter is that happiness, like anything else in life, needs to be nurtured. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

1. Understand what it is that will make you happy. Everyone has unique requirements for attaining happiness and what makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. Revel in your individuality and do not worry about whether or not your desires are comparable to those of your peers.
2. Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value.
3. Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious.
4. When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of wallowing in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow set backs to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
5. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continued happiness.
6. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.
7. Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. While there are times that require you to be serious, when it is appropriate, find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you unhappy.
8. Maintaining your health is another way to achieve happiness. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood. Additionally, exercise has been known to release endorphins that give you a feeling of happiness.
9. Finally, it is important to understand that you deserve happiness. Those who believe that they are not worthy of happiness may subconsciously sabotage their efforts to achieve happiness. If necessary, tell yourself each day that you deserve to be happy and remind yourself what steps you will take to achieve the happiness you desire.

Happiness is hard to define but most people are aware of whether they are happy or not. Many people believe that happiness is a form of luck and that some people are destined to be happy while others are destined to be unhappy. I try to incorporate the tips above into my life and have had great success in achieving happiness. The tips in this article are small but meaningful steps that you can take each day to lead you to true happiness.

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Useful!Search Google & Yahoo at the same time: GahooYoogle

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15 min mail

Guerrilla Mail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame.

You will be given a temporary e-mail address. Any e-mails sent to that address will show up automatically on the web page. You can read them, click on links, and even reply to them. The e-mail address will expire after 10 minutes.Why would you use this? Maybe you want to sign up for a site which requires that you provide an e-mail address to send a validation e-mail to. And maybe you don't want to give up your real e-mail address and end up on a bunch of spam lists. This is nice and disposable. And it's free.

Endless entertainment

The British actor Anthony Hopkins [who shot to fame as Hannibal Lecter] was delighted to hear that he had landed a leading role in a film based on the book The Girl From Petrovka by George Feifer. A few days after signing the contract, Hopkins travelled to London to buy a copy of the book. He tried several bookshops, but there wasn't one to be had. Waiting at Leicester Square underground for his train home, he noticed a book apparently discarded on a bench. Incredibly, it was The Girl From Petrovka. That in itself would have been coincidence enough but in fact it was merely the beginning of an extraordinary chain of events. Two years later, in the middle of filming in Vienna, Hopkins was visited by George Feifer, the author. Feifer mentioned that he did not have a copy of his own book. He had lent the last one - containing his own annotations - to a friend who had lost it somewhere in London. With mounting astonishment, Hopkins handed Feifer the book he had found. 'Is this the one?' he asked, 'with the notes scribbled in the margins?' It was the same book.

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1st InternationalCollection of Tongue Twisters
Welcome to the world'slargest collection of tongue twisters!

Here are some tamil tongue twisters :

Paithiyackaara aaspathiriyilE paithiyangaLucku vaithiyamPaarckira vaithiyarucku paithiyam pidiththaal endhaPaithiyackaara aaspathiriyil paithiyangaLucku vaithiyamPaarckira vaithiyar vandhu andha paithiyatthucku vaithiyam paarppaar?

Kadalorathil Alai uruluthu piraluthu thaththalikuthu talam poduthu

European Street Painting

I wonder if this is really possible. They are doing great in artwork. I was surprised to all their street paintings.
It is worth having a look.

Swire Island East and the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation co-present a second street painting event - titled "The Illusion of Art". A variety of activities with optical illusion as the key creative theme will bring an exceptional art experience for public enjoyment and appreciation.
The european masters of Street Painting, Edgar Müller & Manfred Stader, present their art:

Traditional european Street Painting.

INDIA COIN SET INCLUDES ODD SHAPES

Historic World Coins and Currency

Hundreds of interesting, historic and unusual items. Included are world coins, currency, tokens and medals, from ancient times to the present. It emphasizes "the story behind the coin or note".

Chinese Public Health Posters

I do not draw on public walls and do not litter with fruit peels and paper, ca. 1950.

The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine collects, preserves, interprets, and presents materials documenting the history of medicine, biomedical science, health and disease in all time periods and cultures. It provides researchers and the public with access to manuscripts, books, photographs, films and other historical resources. The Division promotes, conducts, and facilitates scholarly research and public education through seminars, lectures, exhibitions, film programs, Web sites, databases, publications, catalogues, and finding guides

Snowflakes

Create your own snowflake and leave a message or catch other snowflakes and read the messages.



SnowDays - it's nice to see the snow fall...

Google Transit

Google transit is something new similar to that of Google maps, Google local.

One of the best things about working at Google is a policy known as "20 percent time," which you can read about on our jobs page or in this post. Having the freedom to pursue projects during 20 percent of our work week means engineers can pursue a breadth of unique and interesting ideas without having to wait for anyone else.
Souce: Google Blogs

They have experimented on locale travel policies and launched a tool by which commuters can easily access schedule of public tranasport and plan their short trips and save money and time as they provide you cost of driving. Currently they only offer transit planning for the city of Portland.

Google Fun

1. Go to Google

2. Click images

3. Type "flowers" or any other word.

4. You will get a page which is having full of images

5. Then delete the URL from the address bar and paste the below script javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i

6. See the magic.

This will work in all pages which is having images.

Have fun.

Lose your anger

Lose your anger with Anger Management
Use arrow keys and spacebar to destroy the bank.

Flash Drawing Pad

Enjoy drawing & coloring yourself.

Drawing Pad

Fletcher Capstan Tables

The expanding table shown here is the result of many years of development, but follows a line of history of more than one and a half centuries. This, the Fletcher Capstan Table, is the only table in the world with its unique properties.
It is a circular table which, when rotated at its outer perimeter, doubles its seating capacity, yet astonishingly remains truly circular.
The expansion leaves are stored within the table and, in just four seconds, smoothly and quickly emerge upon rotation, rising and radially expanding outwards as the entire top is turned through 30˚. Existing tables can seat six persons when small, and twelve or more when expanded, but there are other design possibilities.
All Capstan Tables are exclusively designed and built, and each one numbered. Careful consideration is always given to a table’s location and components are made to the highest standards. Nautical tables are so constructed that they are able to resist a harsh marine environment to the point that they may be positioned permanently on an exposed deck.

Radially Expanding Table by db Fletcher Furniture Design.

Garfield Comic Creator

It is now possible to create the comic on Garfield of your own. Its so funny and cool.

Give it a try here and generate your own comic.
Have fun!!!

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Bush Yoga

Utthita Trikonasana
Extended Triangle

When my mom told me she wanted me to become President, she asked my yogi to explain to me the three branches of the federal government. I remeber him saying something about my right shoe being the legislative branch, my left shoe the judicial, and the rest of my body the upward-reaching executive branch. "Kinda like when your at the ranch and you're thankful for your boots when you step in something awful," I said. He just nodded and smiled at me like he always does.

Make a Garden

All the flowers in this garden were created by visitors all over the world using the flower maker at ZEFRANK.COM.

Each time you grow a garden it will be different. By rolling over a flower you can see what name it was given and where it was made.

Dancin' doughboy

Make the Pillsbury Doughboy dance. Create a dance with classic moves like the Hustle and the Robot, select your favorite song and top it all off with a grand finale.
This is my dance.
You wanna make your own? Go to the Dancin' Doughboy site. Cute and Cool!

Find Famous People Fast!

Who2 is an encyclopedia of famous people. We research and write profiles of real people, fictional characters, and some figures (like Robin Hood) who may be either. We also profile celebrities who aren't people, like Ham the Chimp and Hal 9000.
Who2? Find Famous People Fast!
Now with 2,718 famous people, characters and creatures.

Worldprocessor

Worldprocessor is an ongoing project that started in 1988. By 2005 over 300 different globes were made. An attempt to do justice to the term 'political' and 'geo-political' globe.Trying to tell the lie (of abstraction and visualization) that tells the truth.


Worldprocessor


A corresponding article: Think Globally by Wired Magazine.

Worldometer

World Statistics updated in real time.

Uses your computer's clock, so if you are curious to learn the number of HIV-infected in 2050 then just change your system time to 2050. It will calculate values based on current interesting statistics and demographics data. Do not use for exact calculations.

The Miniature Earth

What if there were only 100 people?Visit The Miniature Earth and be grateful for everything you have in your life and remember: If you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet, if you have a bed to sleep in, and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the entire world population.

Country Profiles

Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives.

Country Profiles by BBC

IP-Address and Location

IP-adress.com shows you fast your IP-address of your internet connection and locates your city or the city of your isp based on your ip. The geolocation is shown with google maps. This my ip site is different.
You can lookup any ip address and get location infos.

You can now find where the emails you get come from by looking at the header and tracing the ip.

This is an awesome work.

Oyster

An oyster on the ocean floor opened wide its shell. As its valves flushed seawater through, the oyster picked out minute particles of food.

Suddenly a large fish nearby stirred up a cloud of sand and silt with a flip of its tail. Sand! Oh, how the oyster disliked sand! It was so rough that it made life very unpleasant for the oyster whenever any got inside its shell.

Quickly the oyster slammed its shell shut, but it was too late. One hard, gritty grain of sand had gotten in and become lodged between the oyster's flesh and shell.

How that piece of sand bothered the oyster! But almost immediately, special glands God had given the oyster for coating the inside of its shell went to work, coating the irritating grain of sand with a shiny, smooth covering. Year after year the oyster added more layers, until at last it had produced a beautiful, lustrous pearl of great value.

Our problems are like that grain of sand. They bother us, and sometimes we wonder why we have to suffer the irritation and inconvenience they can be. But God will work wonders with our problems and weaknesses, if we will let Him. We become more humble, more prayerful, closer to the Lord, wiser and better able to cope with other problems that come our way. Like blessings in disguise, the Lord soon takes the rough pieces of sand in our life and turns them into precious pearls of inner strength, and they become an inspiration to others.

A hotel built of dreams

Over the past seventeen years, we have built a new hotel of snow and ice every winter. It sounds like a fairy tale, but in fact, it is a dream – a dream turned into reality year after year. ICEHOTEL is situated in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The heart and backbone is the River Torne flowing freely through the unspoilt wilderness. Covered with a meter thick ice layer winter time the river is the source of all our art, architecture and design. The pure water and the steady movement of the river creates the clearest ice possible.

Chill out at The Icehotel. The season is on! 8th of December 2006 – 30th of April 2007.

Light To Unite

AIDS and HIV have touched millions of lives - each with a unique story. Perhaps you have a story to tell about the courage and strength of afriens or caregiver. Or a memory, hope or dream that speaks to the heart.

Read and share stories about AIDS experiences:Light To Unite

WINK

Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.It is estimated that Macromedia Flash Player is installed in more than 90% of the PCs. Using Wink you can create content viewable across the web in all these users' desktops. Similar applications sell for hundreds of dollars, while Wink is free with unrivaled features. So spread the word about Wink to your friends.

Wink 2.0 for Windows released! Get it here

Probe's close-up of Sun eruption

Japanese scientists have expressed their delight at the performance of the Hinode spacecraft which was sent into orbit in September to study the Sun.
The probe has returned remarkable close-up images of solar features that researchers hope will yield valuable new insights into the star's activity.
Hinode's primary goal is to investigate solar flares, colossal explosions that occur in the Sun's atmosphere.
The platform was built with the assistance of UK/US research teams.
The new pictures, which have been coloured and turned into movies, show the behaviour of sunspots, which are slightly cooler areas on the star's surface and marked by intense magnetic activity.

Languages of the World

An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world?s 6,912 known living languages.Due to the nature of language and the various perspectives brought to its study, it is not surprising that a number of issues prove controversial. Of preeminence in this regard is that of the definition of language itself. Since languages do not have self-identifying features, what actually constitutes a language must be operationally defined. That is, the definition of language one chooses depends on the purpose one has in identifying a language. Some base their definition on purely linguistic grounds. Others recognize that social, cultural, or political factors must also be taken into account.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World.

How to ask your boss for a salary increase

One day an employee sends a letter to his boss asking for an increase in his salary!!!

Dear Bo$$

In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon

Your$ $incerely

Norman $oh

The next day, the employee received this letter of reply

Dear NOrman

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yetNOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad. I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean

Yours truly

Manager

Convert files online

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Kurai onrum illai

Kurai onrum illai maraimoorthy kanna
Kurai ondrum illai kanna
Kurai ondrum illai govinda

I heard this song in the ad of shakthi Masala. The voice of MS Subbulakshmi; strong and graceful, and amazing. The lines were very simple. This simple structure impressed me alot. My eyes starts to shed tears once I start to listen the song. I really do not know why still...

I am sure it’s a subtle combination of simplicity & meaningfulness. This is hard to find in a song. That too nowadays...

It means:
I have no complaints, my Lord
None
Lord of Wisdom
Kannan!
Though you stand
Where I cannot see You,
My light, my very eyes,
Protector of all beings,
I know You sustain me
O Lord of the pure Venkata hill!
You meet my hunger, my thirst
My hope, my prayer
You keep me from harm,
I need nothing else
Father of the Seven Hills,
Govinda! Govinda!

You stand veiled by a screen
Which only the learned can part
For they are wise
Which I am not
But no, no complaints have I.
You stand as the crown of Venkata
Giver of Boons
Immutable God
Father to these hills
I have no complaints
Govinda! Govinda!

In this Kaliyuga
You have entered the sanctum
You have come to stay at Tirumala
Where, though I see you not,
I have no complaints.
Keshava!


When Mahalakshmi is there with You
To stay on Your chest,
Why should I have any complaints?

I have no complaints, none at all Kannan
I have no complaints, no complaints Govinda
Govinda! Govinda!
Govinda! Govinda!

Here goes the link for the song :-

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/originals/kurai-onrum-illai.mp3

This song is unusual in several ways. First of all it is a rare composition by a person who is not a regular composer or a musician. Although Rajaji was a popular writer, he was not recognised as a composer. Secondly, unlike other devotional songs which lament the status of the composer and request the Lord to save them (authors) in this and the next life, this song does not lament nor request special favours. Instead, the song describes the contented state of mind of the composer. The composer does not want anything. He is just content with seeing and worshipping the Lord. He just admires the everlasting grace of Lord Venkatesa of Tirupati.
Rajaji does not make any distinction here between Lord Venkatesa of Tirupati and the incarnation Krishna (known as kaNNAn in Thamizh). He uses the names interchangeably. He expresses only a common concept that the Lord, though present in the stone form, is taking care of the needs of the devotees. However, the concept comes out so crystal-clear when one hears the song. Perhaps it is the melody because there is no splendour of diction in this song. The words used are so commonplace.
Another distinctive feature of this song is that this was sung by MS Subbulakshmi at her United Nations concert in 1969 arranged by the then UN Undersecretary-general C V Narasimhan. The song was set to music by Kadayanallur Venkataraman who has worked with MS for decades. It is now a highly popular song in the concert circuit. Almost every musician keeps it in his/her repertoire to be rendered either as a regular item towards the end or to be rendered at the request of the audience.
Rajaji also composed a benediction verse in English to be rendered at the same UN concert by MS.

Presence of god is everywhere as a helper, beauty, clever, nurturer, making good deeds, dharma, creator, realism, judge, etc. When I hear this song I just feel like a calmness, a pride or whatever it may be. I am very much satisfied in this world when I listen to this song.

Obviously, Kurai Ondrum illai!!!

How to fold a shirt?

Stop wasting time folding shirts the normal way!How to Fold a Shirt shows you the latest techniques and tricks to fold t-shirts, sweaters, dress shirts and more; the RIGHT way!

http://www.howtofoldashirt.net/

What happens when indian returns from USA ?

21. Trying to use Credit Card in road side Hotel.
20. Drinks and carries Mineral Water and always speaks of Health.
19. Sprays deodarant so that he doesn't need to take bath.
18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.
17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
Says "Yogurt" instead of "Curds".
Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says "Got To Go" instead of "Have To Go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)
16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution.
15. Says all the distances in Miles and counts in Millions
14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times).
13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.
12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times,
11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY & on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"
10. Makes fun of Indian Road Conditions.
9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".
8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.
7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.
6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time.
5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "Mojule".
4. Looks suspiciously towards Hotel food.
3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to India, even after 4 months of arrival.
2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.
And The Ultimate One:-
1. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

Have fun. keep smiling :)
And I think this suits to anybody who returns from there to their hometown/

The biggest hole in the world

The world's biggest hole is located in Russia. It is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town Mirna. It is 525 meters deep and 1.25 km in the diameter.

The following truck loader is one of the biggest in the world - lenth 13.36 meters, width 7.78 meters and height 6.65 meters.

This gaint machine appears just a small point in the next image…

The suction above the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes, so all flight above the hole is prohibited now.

A view from a satellite…

Seven Common Signs of Lying

1. No eye contact. Generally, if someone is lying they will not look you in the eye, at least during a certain part of the conversation. Normally, people make eye contact for at least half of a conversation, so anything less than this could be suspicious. One caveat: there are some people who will take great pains to make eye contact with you even if they're lying, simply to make you think they're not.

2. Change in voice. A change in the pitch of a person's tone, or a lot of stammering (umm, ah), or throat clearing could indicate a lie.

3. Unusual body language. If a person taps their foot a lot, fidgets with their hands, raises their shoulders, turns away from you or brings their hand to their face (to touch their chin or nose, etc.) -- in other words, if they act nervous or uncomfortable -- it could mean they're telling a lie. Also watch out for blushing (or becoming pale) and increased blinking.

4. Something sounds fishy. Making statements that contradict each other, are inconsistent or don't sound quite right are usually part of a lie.

5. Overly defensive. Sometimes when a person is lying they will become extremely defensive, refusing to answer any questions and even accusing you of lying. This may mean they have something to hide.

7. Changes subject easily. If someone is lying and you change the subject, chances are high that they'll go right along with it. A person telling the truth, however, will likely ask why you changed the subject and want to go back to it.

8. Humor or sarcasm. A guilty person will often try to change the subject using humor or sarcasm.

Source

Yo! Get into the Mix

Yahoo! is getting in on the group text messaging biz with the launch of their new site, Mixd.

Mixd allows users to set up groups and text or share photos within those groups. Texts and photos can be managed online as well as on a mobile phone.

Text recipients can reply to all, “whisper” by replying to just one other person, or “mute” by turning off the message chain. But judging from some initial testing, all of those functionalities are not the easiest things to figure out. It’s simple enough to sign up for the service but difficult to manage contacts, groups, and the numbers assigned to groups and commands. Yahoo! tries to simplify things by asking users to text a number instead of a word, which I’m not sure makes things simpler.

The “About” page says, “Mixd is about going out. Coordinate last-minute meetups, share pictures and videos from your phone, and remember last night on a website we create for you, automatically.”