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 -.– . …