½ a second before tsunami

½ a second before tsunami

Thursday, April 10, 2008

½ a second before tsunami

The last picture! There are people who believe in God, there are others who don't believe, but we must understand that we are small when nature hits...

This picture was taken on the banks of Sumatra Island (the height of waves was of approx. 32 m = 105 ft).

It was found saved in a digital camera, 1 ½ years after the disaster.

We cannot know for sure, but very likely the one who took the picture is not alive any more (it was just a matter of seconds).

Today we can see the last image he/ she saw before ending life on Earth! -----

women soldiers

Amazing Human Sculptures

Amazing Human Sculptures

Amazing art by Ron Mueck. Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo. Mueck moved on to establish his own company in London, making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry. Although highly detailed, these props were usually designed to be photographed from one specific angle hiding the mess of construction seen from the other side. Mueck increasingly wanted to produce realistic sculptures which looked perfect from all angles. In 1996 Mueck transitioned to fine art, collaborating with his mother-in-law, Paula Rego, to produce small figures as part of a tableau she was showing at the Hayward Gallery. Rego introduced him to Charles Saatchi who was immediately impressed and started to collect and commission work. This led to the piece which made Mueck's name, Dead Dad, being included in the Sensation show at the Royal Academy the following year. Dead Dad is a rather haunting silicone and mixed media sculpture of the corpse of Mueck's father reduced to about two thirds of its natural scale. It is the only work of Mueck's that uses his own hair for the finished product. Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images. His five metre high sculpture Boy 1999 was a feature in the Millennium Dome and later exhibited in the Venice Biennale. In 2002 his sculpture Pregnant Woman was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia for AU$800,000...

30 Useful Vastu and Feng-Shui Tips for Everyone

30 Useful Vastu and Feng-Shui Tips for Everyone

Allow a bright light on the main door. It is best to leave only maximum 5 door open. Avoid keeping a T.V. set in bed-room. Avoid keeping any water feature or plants in the bed room. Do not use seperate mattresses and bed-sheet. Arrange the furniture to from a square or a circle or an octagon in. Brighten the corners. Place a picture of bright sunrise on southern wall in living room. The wind should come from south-west in the bed room. Dining-room should not expose to the front door of your house. Never put mirror in kitchen. Keep the broom and mops out of the sight in kitchen. Keep the bathroom and toilet door closed as much as possible. Windows should open outward normally. Do not keep prickly cactus, plants in the house. Place an aquarium in the sourh-east corner in living room. Place a happy family picture in living room. Please cheque ther aren't grown very high trees like Bangan, Pipal, Thornytrees. Please cheque the gate of the lift is not in front of the main gate of the house. There should not be any room which has shape. There should not be obstructive houses surrounding your plot. The house should be fully airy and has enough water resource. The seat in the latrin should be NORTH-SOUTH. In the office, sit facing the door. Hang a picture of mountains behind you in the office. Place the computer on your right side on the table. A ladder to go up stair curved on the right side should be devided in to two parts. It should be constructed leaving north-east or south-west direction. Ladders stepping down towards north or west creates waste of Lakshmi. One should never hoard stale food, withered flowers, torn clothes, waste paper, waste materials, empty tins, old jars and useless things. These things prevents Lakshmi from entering the house. If there is marble flooring in the house you should see that the old leather shoes are not lying here and there. Marble is considered to be holy stone. If possible avoid marble in bedroom, bathroom, latrine. In a place of worship in the house it is necessary to have open atmosphere. Use marble in the worshiproom. Take care that there is enough light and air. Latrine should not be near worship room. keep cleanliness and always light insense sticks.