British actor Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) once saved a plane

British actor Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) once saved a plane- load of passengers during a flight, after the pilot fainted !!!!! Read on.....

The Mr. BEAN star was traveling from Mombasa to Nairobi in Kenya with his family, when the pilot fell unconscious.At 4,877 meters, the comedian stopped the plane heading towards the ground, despite having no knowledge of flying an Aeroplane. Rowan's wife SUNETRA frantically tried to wake the pilot by shaking him and throwing water over him while her husband took charge of the plane. Luckily for the family, the pilot regained consciousness after a few minutes and landed the plane safely!!
~ Ref Source - www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-33159/Mr-Bean-air-hero.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1239279.stm
~ Pic Credit - Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr Bean, and his wife, Sunetra Sastry arriving at the Royal Wedding.

Family with 6 Generations of Daughters

Amazing!!!!! Family with 6 Generations of Daughters: Great, great, great Grandma celebrating Mothers' Day in family with 6 generations of daughters - Mother's Day Special....Read on...
Mollie Wood has celebrated scores of Mothers' Days but this Sunday marks her first Great, great, great grandmothers' day.
The 111-year-old matriarch's Virginia family now has an astounding 6x generations of daughters still living, since the birth of little Braylin just 7 weeks ago.
'Mumma took care of herself,' Ms Wood's 88-year-old daughter Louise Minter said, revealing the secret to her long life.
'She never smoked, never drank and she ate right. She cut back to 135 pounds, but I just keep going up and up,' she joked.
Ms Wood was born in Charlottesville in 1901, the year the first automobile was spotted in the town. The super centenarian has more than doubled her life expectancy, which was 54 for women at the turn of the 20th century, and just 50 for men.
Happy Mother's Day to all..!!!!!!!!!!!!
~ Ref and More details - http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/six-generations-of-daughters-from-baby-to-111-year-old-great-great-great-grandmother/
~Pic Credit - Christian DeBaun

Cherry Blossom Lake, Sakura Japan

Cherry Blossom Lake, Sakura Japan - Cherry Blossom is often described as the national flower of Japan.
In Japanese, cherry blossom festival translates as hanami festival. Just as hanabi means 'flowers of fire', hanami means 'flower viewing'.
Japanese people believe that Japanese cherry blossom captures and defines all that is vulnerable about being human. The sakura season gives us a timely reminder, once a year, that life is fleeting and time is precious.
This is a time to take stock and evaluate what you have achieved, and what you are going to do next, on your own life path. In essence, the cherry blossom cycle is seen as a metaphor for life.

The Most Expensive Book in the World!!!

The Most Expensive Book in the World!!!

The most expensive book in the world fetches $10.2 million.
A rare copy of the most expensive book in the world by Franco-American ornithologist John James Audubon sold more than eight million euros, on the auction house said, "Sotheby's".

The sale of the book "Birds of America" in exchange for 7.3 million pounds (8.6 million euros) is a new world record price for the printed work.

It is a book with 435 hand-colored illustrations of birds all life sized dating to 1827. The book measures 3 feet by 2 feet and has been painted using watercolors. Sotheby's sold the rare masterpiece for $10,270,000.The new owner is a dealer old books.
~ More details - http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/08/birds-of-america-the-worlds-most-expensive-book-sells-for-10m-at-auction/

Piano House - A Music School in Huainan city, china.

Wonderful Design and architecture!!!!Piano House - A Music School in Huainan city, china.

The Piano House is located in Huainan City, An Hui Province, China. It contains a transparent violin and a piano building. Inside the violin, there is a staircase towards the piano house upstairs.This building built for music lovers acts as a performance and practicing place to music students from the local college in Huainan City, east China. It also displays various city plans and development prospects in an effort to draw interest into the recently developed area.

Beautiful Nature!!!

Beautiful Nature!!!What a feast to the eyes!! - Red-steeped church surrounded by Alpine lupin in the town of Vik in Iceland at Sunset.

Icelandic churches have a distinctive look with their simple symmetrical architecture, white walls and red tile roof. Many, such as this one at Vik, worship in the shadow of active volcanoes.

Here the church is located on a dominant hill, overlooking the rest of the Vik community and the ocean to the south.

Notice the purple "curtain" in front of the church, that's the flower lupin - an alien plant in the Icelandic flora. It was first brought to Iceland to stop soil erosion but it turned out to like the climate so well that it is chocking the local plants by its fast growth. Today, the plant is treated as a weed and there are governmental programs in action to stop it from spreading.
~Photo by Kevin McNeal

Super Moon 2012!!!

Super Moon 2012!!! Watch out for the biggest Moon of the year tonite and read on these facts....

The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive Tonight. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest.
The full moon seen in May has been given many names by the world’s cultures.The Chinese called it the dragon moon; the Choctaws called it the panther moon; the Cherokee called it the planting moon; the Celts called it the bright moon.
The setup for this weekend will have the moon some 14 percent larger than normal and 16 percent brighter than an average full moon.

Here are some more interesting facts and myths surrounding this supermoon!!

It will seem huge as it rises - Scientists don’t really know why, but the moon appears larger to us when it’s near the horizon. This moon illusion is in our minds, they say. You can prove it’s an illusion: Hold the eraser of a pencil, or some other small object, at arm’s length and compare it to the size of the moon as it rises. Do the same thing later in the evening when the moon is high up. You’ll measure no difference.

It won’t destroy Earth - The gravitational tug on Earth when the moon is closer, and when Earth, moon and sun are all aligned during the full moon, even a supermoon won’t break Earth. "Both the moon and sun do stress the Earth a tiny bit, and when we look hard we can see a very small increase in tectonic activity when they're aligned," explains John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The supermoon will outshine a meteor shower -The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend. But the supermoon will outshine all but the brightest shooting stars. Bright fireballs might still be visible.

Photos lie -If you see some full moon photos in which the moon seems to be many times its normal size, looming over a mountain or through the trees, that’s an effect of using a telephoto lens or a telescope.

The supermoon is getting a lot of hype, but in fact any full moon is worth a look — a chance to swoon with a loved one or just enjoy the beauty of the cosmos. And if you miss the event Saturday, check the moon out as it rises Sunday evening, a little after sunset. It will look almost nearly as full, and just about the same in size and brightness.

TWIN MYSTERIES OF THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF LORETTO CHAPEL in New Mexico, USA.

TWIN MYSTERIES OF THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF LORETTO CHAPEL in New Mexico, USA.

Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder and the physics of its construction.

When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel.

Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters' prayers.

The stairway's carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today.

The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway's construction.

Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase. The staircase has been the subject of many articles, TV specials, and movies including "Unsolved Mysteries" and the television movie titled "The Staircase."
~Source - www.lorettochapel.com

All aboard!!!

All aboard!!! Mother swan takes babies under her wing for trip across the pond.Just loved seeing this pic and reading about it.Read on....

There comes a time on every family outing when the little ones can go no further and demand to be carried the rest of the way.

Luckily for these 6 fluffy cygnets, Mummy was happy to oblige. One by one, under her watchful eye, the brood clambered aboard her back for a ride.

Having checked all were present and correct, the mother swan gently tucked back her wings to stop them falling off before gliding back to her nest.After they got settled in, she covered them with her wings protectively like a
cushion and went on her way.

She kept looking back to make sure they were still there. It was almost as if she was giving them a quick telling-off to keep them in line.

The mute swan and her fluffy cargo were caught on camera by Richard Meston on a visit to Bicton Park Botanical Gardens near Sidmouth, Devon.

Julia Newth, of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, said: ‘Mute swans are very protective of their young and will vigorously defend them from any threats. But this one is definitely showing the gentler side of her instincts in giving her young a lift on her back.
~Source Credit - www.dailymail.co.uk

Nice bedroom in the breathtaking Poseidon Undersea Resort in Fiji.

WOW!!! You have got to see this!! Amazing design and Construction.Nice bedroom in the breathtaking Poseidon Undersea Resort in Fiji.

The Poseidon Undersea Resort in Fiji is the world’s first seafloor resort and the only place where you can spend a couple of days 40 feet under water in a luxurious environment. The resort is located in the crystal clear water of a 5,000 acre Fiji lagoon and it’s accessed by elevator.Poseidon was conceived and developed by L. Bruce Jones, president of U.S. Submarines, Inc.

Giving the phrase "Under the sea" a whole new meaning, the Poseidon Undersea Resort ($15,000 and up) lets you rest underneath the waves in a room made mostly of acrylic glass. Located in Fiji, the resort offers guests private plane transport from a Fijian airport to the Poseidon Mystery Island, where they'll enjoy a week's stay — including two nights in the underwater hotel, with a 3-passenger Triton 1000 submarine at their disposal. With a coral reef to explore, beach bungalows for above-sea level accommodations, an underwater library, wedding chapel, restaurants, and more, it's an out-of-this-world experience just 40 feet below the surface.
~ More details and pics at www.poseidonresorts.com