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

It's Dove at first sight!!!

It's Dove at first sight!!! It's a tale straight out of Disney – an abandoned baby monkey, close to death, is revived by the love of a bird.
The 12-week-old macaque - who was abandoned by his mother - was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.
After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless - until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon
The macaque nestles his head against his feathered friend in this pic.
The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.
Remember to share and spread love and peace.

Stephen Wiltshire – Autistic Artist that has a memory that you would not believe.Read on...

Stephen Wiltshire – Autistic Artist that has a memory that you would not believe.Read on...

Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has a particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them briefly. In this pic he draws a spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory after a 20 minute helicopter ride over city.

Stephen was born in London to West Indian parents on 24th April, 1974. As a child he was mute, and did not relate to other people. Aged three, he was diagnosed as autistic. He had no language and lived entirely in his own world.

At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School in London, where it was noticed that the only pastime he enjoyed was drawing. It soon became apparent he communicated with the world through the language of drawing; first animals, then London buses, and finally buildings. These drawings show a masterful perspective, a whimsical line, and reveal a natural innate artistry.
~Source Credit -http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/biography.aspx

INTERESTING BRAIN ANALYSIS !!!!!

INTERESTING BRAIN ANALYSIS !!!!!

Women - Multiple process
Women's brain is designed to concentrate on multiple tasks at a time.Women can Watch a TV and Talk over phone and cook a new recipe.

Men - Single Process
Men's brain designed to concentrate only one work at a time.. Men cannot watch a TV and talk on phone same time. He stops the TV while Talking.He can either watch TV or talk over phone or cook.

LANGUAGE.
Women can easily learn many languages the way her brain's set up. But cannot find the solutions to problems Men cannot easily learn languages; he can easily solve the problems.
3 year old girl has three times higher vocabulary than 3 year old boy.

ANALYTICAL SKILL
Men's brain has lot of space for handling the analytical process. So easily he can analyze and find the solution for a process. He can design (blue print) a map of a building easily. If a complex map is viewed by women, she cannot understand it. She cannot understand the details of the map easily.For her it is dump lines in a paper.

CAR DRIVING.
While driving a car, men's analytical spaces are used in his brain. He can drive a car fast. If he see an object at long distance, immediately his brain classifies the object (bus or van or car) direction and speed of the object and drive accordingly. Where as women take a long time to recognize the object direction/ speed. His single process mind stops the audio in the car (if any), then concentrate only on the driving. You can often watch, while men driving the car fast, women sit next to him will shout, "GO SLOW" , "CAREFULL", "AAHHH", "OHH GOD.." .etc..

LIE
Many times, when men lie to women face to face, they get caught easily. Her super natural brain observes the facial expression 70%, and the body language 20% and the words from mouth 10%. So he is easily caught while lying. Men's brain does not have this. Women easily lie to men face to face. So guys, while lying to , use phone, or letter or close all the lights or cover your/her face with blanket. Don't lie face to face.

PROBLEM.
End of day, if men have lot of problems, his brain clearly classifies the problems and put into individual rooms of brain, the problems in individual room of brain and finding the solution one by one. You can see many guys looking on the sky's for a long times. If you disturb him, he gets irritated.
End of Day, if women have lot of problems, her brain cannot classify the problems. she wants someone to hear that. After telling everything to a person she goes happily to bed. She does not worry about the problem solved or not.

WANTS
Men want status, success, solutions, big process... etc Women want relationship, friends, family...etc. ..

UNHAPPY
If women unhappy with their relations, she cannot concentrate on work. If men unhappy with their work, he cannot concentrate on the relations.

MAP
Men can easily locate the place in a complex map. His analytical brain does this. While watching a cricket match in a stadium with full of crowd, men can leave his seat to T shop and keeps everything in his mind and comes back to his seat without problems. He uses his analytical skills space of brain. Women can't do this. They often lose their way to their seat.

SPEECH
Women use indirect languages in speech. Priya asked Vijay, "vijay do you like to have a cup of coffee?" This means, Priya really wants a cup of coffee. In the morning."Darling, do you think, will it be good to have an Omlette for breakfast.Men use direct language. "Priya, I want to have a cup of coffee, Pls stop the car when you see a coffee shop". In the morning.." Darling, Can you please prepare an omlette for breakfast".

HANDLING EMOTION
Women talk a lot without thinking, if they are in emotion. Men act a lot without thinking. That's why many of prisoners are men all over the world .
~Pic Credit - http://gajitz.com/
~ Reference - For further reference and in depth studies and information about this subject you can refer to http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n11/mente/eisntein/cerebro-homens.html

Fruit Salad tree - A tree which can grow a variety of different fruits on it..!!!!

Fruit Salad tree - A tree which can grow a variety of different fruits on it..!!!!
Fruit salad tree sprouts as many as 7 varieties of fruits in one tree. The combinations aren’t quite as diverse as bountiful fruit bowls — apples and peaches, for example, can’t mix. But the trees combine several members of fruit families into one.

A citrus version grows oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, tangelos, lemonades (a rounded fruit that’s sweet like lemonade) and grapefruit. A stone fruit tree yields peaches, apricots, plums, nectarines, peachcots (a cross between peaches and apricots) and peacherines. The trees can be planted outside in small back yards (depending on their climate requirements), or kept in a pot. Most are self-pollinating so no partner trees or pollinating bees are needed.

A Building That Plays Music When It Rains!!!!!!!

A Building That Plays Music When It Rains!!!!!!!
This building is located in Dresden, Germany. It's called Neustadt Kunsthofpassage. And when it rains it starts to play music.

Meteora - Between Heaven & Earth , Unbelievable !!!!Simply Amazing and incredible photographs of the Meteora.Read on...

Meteora - Between Heaven & Earth , Unbelievable !!!!Simply Amazing and incredible photographs of the Meteora.Read on...

In Meteora, Greece ,six magnificent monasteries still exist, precariously perched atop 1,300 feet high sandstone pinnacles. Hermit monks constructed the first monastery before nuns came to build too. Access to each monastery was crazy, a leap of faith, climbing rocks, and ladders lashed together or large nets until the ropes would break. The bizarre but beautiful monasteries of Meteora are centuries old and listed by UNESCO World Heritage.

The Metéora ("suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece.

The caves in Meteora, Greece, had inhabitants for 50 millennia, but due to raids, “hermit monks” moved to the safety of sandstone rock pinnacles in the 9th century and began building monasteries. More monks and nuns came, building more monasteries perched high upon the cliffs. Wikipedia reports, “Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith – the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only ‘when the Lord let them break.’”

The monasteries are connected by road but before that they had pullies and line that connected like teleferics. The place is so beautiful. A simple place to connect with your soul.
~ Photograph by by Antje

Story behind Lamborghini :

Story behind Lamborghini :

This is an origin story when it comes to Lambo. So here it goes; Back in the 1960s, Ferruccio Lamborghini’s tractor business was booming. Like most wealthy people he decided that the best way to celebrate was to buy himself a Ferarri! After he bought one to his dismay he was quite disappointed with it. He thought that it could be better and more than that, he thought he knew how to make it better. So like a loyal Ferrari customer he went to the owner himself; Enzo. He told him that he liked the Ferrari he had purchased but he had some suggestions on how to make it even better. Enzo looked at him and told him he didn’t need a tractor owner’s advice. Ferrari’s reply was simply "You stick to tractors and let me build sports cars."
Instead of brushing that remark off or backhanding Enzo across the face, Ferruccio decided on a different approach. He decided to build his own car with a V12 engine. In 1964 Lamborghini manufactured the first version of the Lamborghini 350 GT, which exceeded the performance of a Ferrari considerably and since then Lamborghini has evolved into a symbol of wealth and luxury.
Do you know what is the meaning behind the bull in Lamborghini logo? The bull actually symbolizes the founder's zodiac sign-the Taurus. Besides, Ferrucio Lamborghini (founder), loved bullfight.
This is also one of the reasons the bull was incorporated in the logo. The bull illustrates strength, stability and determination, which reflect Lamborghini Company. The shape of the logo symbolize coat of arms.

St Valentine and Valentines day

St Valentine and Valentines day -
Feastday : February 14
Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Died: 270

Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270. Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory, which for a long time gave name to the gate now called Porta del Popolo, formerly, Porta Valetini. In 496 AD Pope Gelasius marked February 14th as a celebration in honor of his martyrdom.

The first representation of Saint Valentine appeared in a The Nuremberg Chronicle, a great illustrated book printed in 1493. [Additional evidence that Valentine was a real person: archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to Saint Valentine.] Alongside a woodcut portrait of him, text states that Valentinus was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius the Goth [Claudius II]. Since he was caught marrying Christian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome [when helping them was considered a crime], Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner -- until Valentinus made a strategic error: he tried to convert the Emperor -- whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate.

He is the Patron Saint of affianced couples, bee keepers, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers, young people. He is represented in pictures with birds and roses.
Source and more info on http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159

How a single comma saved a life .....Read on this True and short incident and keep smiling :)

How a single comma saved a life .....Read on this True and short incident and keep smiling :)
Maria Feodorovna, the empress of Russia and wife of Czar Alexander III, was known for her philanthropy. She once saved a prisoner from exile in Siberia by transposing a single comma in a warrant signed by Alexander. The czar had written: "Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia." After Maria's intervention, the note read: "Pardon, impossible to be sent to Siberia." The prisoner was eventually released.
NOTE : This is the painting of Maria Feodorovna in 1912 by artist Wladimir Jegorowitsch Makowskij

Edison Proposed Marriage ...… by Morse Code!!!! - Read on this true interesting fact/story about Edison .

Edison Proposed Marriage ...… by Morse Code!!!! - Read on this true interesting fact/story about Edison .

On Christmas Day in 1871, at the age of 24, Edison married his 16-year old employee Mary Stilwell, after meeting her just two months earlier. By February, Edison was exasperated at his wife’s inability to invent that he wrote in his diary "Mrs Mary Edison My wife Dearly Beloved Cannot invent worth a Damn!!" and "My Wife Popsy Wopsy Can’t Invent." Mary gave birth to 3 children, the first two Edison nicknamed "Dot" and "Dash."

Two years after Mary died, Edison met and married 20-year-old Mina Miller. The story of how the two met is quite interesting: After Mary’s death, Edison regularly went to Boston and stayed with his friends Mr. and Mrs. Gilliard. The Gilliards made sure that some eligible young lady was "visiting" at the same time. Edison, who was half-deaf, bug-eyed, plagued with halitosis and bad dandruff, would stick his face very close to the girl’s in order to hear her words. This naturally creeped them all out!

One day, the Gilliards introduced Edison to Mina Miller, to whom Edison was immediately smitten:

Edison found his own version of paradise in Fort Myers, then a small village, and apparently decided that he must do three things: build a winter home in Florida, marry Mina, and bring her to his tropical Eden. Once back in New York, Edison–normally a workaholic–was obsessed with his new love. He wrote in his diary at this time: "Saw a lady who looked like Mina. Got thinking about Mina and came near being run over by a streetcar. If Mina interferes much more will have to take out an accident policy."

Edison taught Mina Morse code so they could communicate in secret by tapping into each other’s hands when her family was around. One day, Edison asked .– — ..- .-.. -.. -.– — ..- — .- .-. .-. -.– — . and Mina replied -.– . …

Sensory touches at the bottom of feet and more

Sensory touches at the bottom of feet and more....Quite interesting!!! Keep Walking ........Check this out...
The Organs of our body have their sensory touches at the bottom of our foot, if we massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

Check out this interesting document with more details on both the touchpoints in palms and feet and other interesting facts and tips. http://www.4sight-tech.com/ppt/health.pdf

God and brain - Michelangelo’s Secret message in the Sistine Chapel

God and brain - Michelangelo’s Secret message in the Sistine Chapel: A juxtaposition of God and the human brain of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam".I love Art and paintings,but n'r new about this coincidence and interpretation before. Some call it fascinating,others 'brainy' and yet others describe it as, 'cooler than the DaVinci Code.'.Read on and have a beautiful Sunday...

The Creation of Adam (1508-1512) on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has long been recognized as one of the world’s great art treasures. In 1990 Dr Frank Lynn Meshberger, M.D from St John's Medical Center in Anderson, described what millions had overlooked for centuries — an anatomically accurate image of the human brain was portrayed behind God. He argues that Michelangelo used his knowledge of Neuroanatomy to portray the brain symbolically in his ''Creation of Adam''.
In the famous fresco, Adam and God face each other, arms outstretched, index fingers almost touching, while a crowd of angels and an apprehensive Eve peer from God's side.

On close examination, borders in the painting correlate with sulci in the inner and outer surface of the brain, the
brain stem, the basilar artery, the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm. God’s hand does not touch Adam, yet Adam is already alive as if the spark of life is being transmitted across a synaptic cleft. Below the right arm of God is a sad angel in an area of the brain that is sometimes activated on PET scans when someone experiences a sad thought. God is superimposed over the limbic system, the emotional center of the brain and possibly the anatomical counterpart of the human soul. God’s right arm extends to the prefrontal cortex, the most creative and most uniquely human region of the brain.

The painting depicts God bestowing intellect on man, arguing that Adam’s eyes are open in the painting, God and the angels take on the distinct shape of a brain, and that Michelangelo was well aware of human anatomy from the many cadavers he dissected in his study of the human form for his art.

Dr. Meshberger's theory appears in The Journal of the American Medical Association and here is the Wellcorps article by him.If you can comprehend medical terms have a look at the article.It has lot more info.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_26xUByFu4-Nzg2ZmI0NDYtZGUxMi00M2E2LWJiMjEtYTJjNmRmYjg2NDBj&hl=en_US

Pic Credit - Pic from Paluzzi et al.,Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2007 to which i added some greens.

Jackie Chan was in womb for 12 months ??

Jackie Chan was in womb for 12 months ?? I just happened to read this and couldn't believe it, but seems to be true !!!!
He is quoted as saying:- "Most babies are born in 9 months. I, on the other hand, stuck around an extra 3 months, until my mother was forced to go to a surgeon to bring me into the world, kicking & screaming, by Cesarean section"!! This is taken from his Biography, I am Jackie Chan - My Life in Action. You forget all the things, you just do it!
The pic here is that of Jackie Chan and his parents.

Who's on the picture?

Who's on the picture?
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How you perceive the image depends on the distance from which you are viewing it.

This is one of a series of hybrid images created by Aude Oliva of the Computational Visual Cognition Lab at MIT.Here's an explanation of how these images work.

The work carried out by Oliva's group shows that the brain extracts large-scale features slightly earlier than fine-grained features. Large scale features are processed within 50 milliseconds, giving an overall impression of the visual scene. The processing of fine-grained details begins slightly later, at around 100 milliseconds. The fine- and coarse-grained features are extracted separately, and processed in parallel through different channels, in successively higher order areas of the visual cortex. In a process called perceptual grouping, the information from the channels is then seamlessly recombined at visual cortical areas of the highest order to produce a coherent, and usually unambiguous, image.

Nature's Heart

Nature's Heart - This heart-shaped island looks man-made but actually is a work of nature and was highlighted by Google Earth. This cute Croatian island, lined on every side with golden sands, is located in Zadarski Kanal (Zadar Channel) between Zadar and Island of Pasman.

"Boulevard du Temple",

"Boulevard du Temple", taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, was the first photograph of a person ever taken.The first photograph to ever include a human being.In fact a portrait known as Daguerreotypes.Can you spot all the people here?

The image shows a street, but because of the over 10 minute exposure time the moving traffic does not appear. The exceptions are the man and shoe-shine boy at the bottom left, and two people sitting at a table nearby who stood still long enough to have their images captured.

Today 18th Nov happens to be the B'day of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre who was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

Daguerreotypes were usually portraits; the rarer views are much sought-after and are more expensive. The portrait process took several minutes and required the subjects to remain stock still.

Invisible Monk -

Invisible Monk -
Spanish monk Saint Vincent Ferrer, who lived from around 1350 to 1419, was a person of great authority at the court of Aragon, partly because of his natural abilities and partly because of the miracles attributed to him.
The king’s wife Queen Yolande was curious to see the inside of the cell where Ferrer lived. When he refused her permission to enter, the queen ordered the door to be forced open. She entered with her entourage, but there was no sign of him. Yet the monks present assured her that he was there – they were amazed that the Queen and her attendants, could not see him as clearly as they did.
A monk asked Ferrer why the Queen could not see him. He replied that he had never allowed any woman to visit his cell. God was punishing the queen for having forced her way in, and she would suffer with partial blindness for as long as she remained there. Humbled, the queen immediately left the cell, apologizing to Ferrer for her intrusion.
Various examples of temporary invisibility are reported in connection with other saints. When a runway took refuge with Saint Lydwina of Schieldam (1380-1433), God made him invisible to his pursuer. And when Saint Lucian of Beauvais, who died in AD 290, went walking in the street, he became selectively wanted to notice him. A similar episode occurred when the king of Naples sent 60 soldiers to arrest Francis of Paola (1416-1507). Knowing that Francis had taken refuge before the altar of the church, the soldiers entered, but even though they touched the holy man, they could not see him.

Amazing Story of a Man Who Survived Being Buried Alive for 40 days - Amazing Power of the Mind

Amazing Story of a Man Who Survived Being Buried Alive for 40 days - Amazing Power of the Mind
According to a fascinating report printed in the London Telegraph in 1880, a man was buried ‘in a condition of apparent death’ for 40 days and survived. No tricks or tomfoolery were involved, so how did he do it?

It’s often the case that when someone professes to be able do something remarkable, that great gift of human nature kicks in – skepticism. So when Maharajah Ranjeet Singh heard from an Indian fakir who claimed he could come back to life after being buried for several months in an apparent state of death, the Maharajah could only reply with one statement – proof or it didn’t happen.

At once, the fakir, named Haridas, was summonsed before the Maharajah – who regarded the idea as possibly fraudulent – to act out exactly how he could accomplish this amazing feat.

In full view of the Maharajah and nobles of the court, within a short time, the fakir appeared comatosed. One of the witnesses at the time, an Honorable Captain Osborn, made his own account of the event:

“When every spark of life had seemingly vanished, he was wrapped up in the linen on which he had been sitting, and on which the seal of Ranjeet Singh was placed. The body was then deposited in a chest, on which Ranjeet Singh, with his own hand, fixed a heavy padlock. The chest was carried outside the town and buried in a garden belonging to the Minister; barley was sown over the spot, a wall created around it, and sentinels posted.”
So was the mistrust of the Maharajah.

After 40 days the fakir was exhumed and the chest opened in the presence of the Maharaja, his court, and the French and English doctors who had been previously present at his interment. His apparently lifeless body was washed with hot water, massaged, and ghee placed on his eyelids and tongue; in a short time, he had recovered.

According to Claude Wade, the British Resident at the Maharaja's court: "From the time of the box being opened to the recovery of the voice, not more than half an hour could have elapsed; and in another half hour, the Fakir talked with myself and those about him freely, though feebly, like a sick person.

When the Fakir recognized Runjeet Singh sitting close to him, articulated in a low sepulchral tone, “Do you believe me now?””
The Secret was meditation and Power of the Mind.

The Maharajah did indeed believe him and presented the fakir with gifts of a pearl necklace, gold bracelets and pieces of silk and muslin, those that are normally reserved for people of distinction.
Power of the Mind....Amazing!!!!!!

An Amazing Rooftop Tennis Court in Dubai

An Amazing Rooftop Tennis Court in Dubai -
The world's highest tennis court on the helipad of Burj Al Arab, 211 meters above the ground. Andre Agassi and Roger Federer were invited to have a friendly match on the world's highest tennis court sometime in Feb 2005. —

LOVELY COINCIDENCE

LOVELY COINCIDENCE

In 1945, there was a young boy of 14 in a concentration camp. He was tall, thin but had a bright smile. Every day, a young girl came by on the other side of the fence. She noticed the boy and asked him if he spoke Polish, and he said yes. She said he'd looked hungry, and he said he was. She then reached in her pocket and gave him her apple. He thanked her and she went on her way. The next day, she came by again, bringing with her another apple which she gave him. Each day, she walked by the outside of the fence, hoping to see him, and when she did, she happily handed him an apple in exchange for conversation.

One day, he told her not to come by anymore. He told her he was being shipped to another concentration camp. As he walked away with tears streaming down his face, he wondered if he'd ever see her again. She was the only kind soul he'd seen across the fence.

He made it out of the concentration camp, and immigrated to America. In 1957, his friends had fixed him up on a blind date. He had no idea who the woman was. He picked her up, and during dinner began talking of Poland and the concentration camp. She said she was in Poland at that time. She said she used to talk to a boy and gave him apples daily. He asked if this boy was tall, skinny and if he had told her that she shouldn't come back because he was leaving. She said yes.

It was her, the young girl who came by every day to give him apples. After 12 years, after the war and in another country.....they had met again. What are the odds? He proposed to her on that very night and told her he'd never again let her go. They are still happily married today.

Moral - Miracles do happen, and there is a greater force at work in our lives.
In 1945, there was a young boy of 14 in a concentration camp. He was tall, thin but had a bright smile. Every day, a young girl came by on the other side of the fence. She noticed the boy and asked him if he spoke Polish, and he said yes. She said he'd looked hungry, and he said he was. She then reached in her pocket and gave him her apple. He thanked her and she went on her way. The next day, she came by again, bringing with her another apple which she gave him. Each day, she walked by the outside of the fence, hoping to see him, and when she did, she happily handed him an apple in exchange for conversation.

One day, he told her not to come by anymore. He told her he was being shipped to another concentration camp. As he walked away with tears streaming down his face, he wondered if he'd ever see her again. She was the only kind soul he'd seen across the fence.

He made it out of the concentration camp, and immigrated to America. In 1957, his friends had fixed him up on a blind date. He had no idea who the woman was. He picked her up, and during dinner began talking of Poland and the concentration camp. She said she was in Poland at that time. She said she used to talk to a boy and gave him apples daily. He asked if this boy was tall, skinny and if he had told her that she shouldn't come back because he was leaving. She said yes.

It was her, the young girl who came by every day to give him apples. After 12 years, after the war and in another country.....they had met again. What are the odds? He proposed to her on that very night and told her he'd never again let her go. They are still happily married today.

Moral - Miracles do happen, and there is a greater force at work in our lives.

Color Blind Test

Color Blind Test -
Are you color blind???If you see a 3 on the left & the number 73 on the right, you're just fine. But if you see a 5 on the left, and just a bunch of spots on the right you may be color blind. Oh No!!!!
These are known as Ishihara charts created by Dr Shinobu Ishihara (September 25, 1879 - January 3, 1963) who was a Japanese ophthalmologist to detect color blindness.

How many of these signs do you know and can you name them? They are real signs used around the world......

How many of these signs do you know and can you name them? They are real signs used around the world......

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1 Reserved parking space (Poland),
2 Deaf person crossing or in vicinity (Sweden),
3 Roadwork ahead (Ireland),
4 Toilet ahead (Swede...n),
5 Vehicles carrying explosives/flammable goods prohibited (Greece),
6 Just as it says (US),
7 Quaryside or ferry berth (Finland),
8 Speed camera sign (used in at least 8 countries),
9 Other danger (Germany),
10 Sound your horn (Japan).

Mysterious Photograph - What do you actually see in this vintage photograph???

Mysterious Photograph - What do you actually see in this vintage photograph??? With Halloween just around the corner it seems like the perfect time to post this mysterious picture :)
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The face of a bearded man literally pops out at you,right?? It's actually very hard to see what is really on this vintage photograph. After a few moments of looking at the man's face, you can see its a simple family photo and a little child with a white bonnet on its father's lap.
It is a 1900s family, a father, mother and child(sitting on pappa’s knee).Holding the photo at arm’s length or greater, you can see the side profile of the face of a bearded, long haired man(Jesus?). the face is center in the photo and is pointing to the left.At the bottom of the photo, the name “DRISCOLL” is on one side and a date of 1934 is on the other.

The Wedding - This is very touching with a powerful and meaningful Message of Hope,Faith, Love and LIFE.

The Wedding - This is very touching with a powerful and meaningful Message of Hope,Faith, Love and LIFE.

Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased cancer, once only to have it return-to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.

In Pic 1 is Katie Kirkpatrick, 21 yrs old and next to her is her fiancé, Nick, 23.This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005.Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy.Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions

Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine,Katie took care of every single part of the wedding planning.Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to Katie 's constant weight loss.

An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception.The other couple in this picture is Nick's parents, very emotional with the wedding and to see their son marrying the girl he fell in love when he was an adolescent. (Pic3)

Katie , in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her. (Pic4)

In the middle of the party, Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath.The pain does not allow her to stand for long period of time. (Pic5)

5 days later, Katie died. She did not let sickness stop her from living, take away the hope or faith that made her believe she had a future. She had a lovely wedding and she had love and she gave love and love doesn' t die. And that is how Katie beat cancer.

To see a fragile woman dress as a bride with a beautiful smile makes you think..
Happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts.Lets enjoy life and don't live a complicated life.

Life is too short.
Work as if it was your first day.
Forgive as soon as possible.
Love without boundaries.
Laugh without control
and never stop smiling.
No matter how strange life is,
Life is not always the party we expected to be
but as long as we are here, we should smile and be
grateful to God for the gift of LIFE !
Please pray for those suffering from cancer.
We all have close to our heart.
Keep this going.
Prayers are always answered.

Life is too short to argue and separate. . .

INDIA at Night , Satellite View: Diwali Special [:)] I found this very beautiful.No,this is not on Diwali Night.

INDIA at Night , Satellite View: Diwali Special [:)] I found this very beautiful.No,this is not on Diwali Night. This image is a composite showing the change in illumination over India from 1992-2003. Satellite data from 2003 is colored red, 1998 is colored green and 1992 is blue. The three data sets are composited to form the image. Nighttime lights on the map that are white are lights that were present throughout the entire period. Areas that are marked by red have only appeared in 2003. Areas colored green and blue were only present in 1998 and 1992 respectively but are no longer visible. This image was created by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, USA. Credit: NOAA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY