Wednesday

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Travel Products


FROM fart filtering cushions to nudity stickers, take a look at some of the most ridiculous travel products ever invented.

1. The Snazzy Napper is an essentially a blanket and an eye-mask in one and is advertised as offering privacy while travelling.

2. Orange rubber stickers - branded "Flying Pasties" - are designed to be placed inside or on top of a traveller's underwear and obscure their private parts from controversial full-body airport scanners.

3. The GasBGon cushion is designed to absorb the odour and sound of flatulance.

4. The JakPak jacket-tent outfit was unveiled earlier and is designed so that travellers can don the waterproof shirt during the day before transforming it into a tent at night.

5. Designed to fit two travellers underneath, the Dualbrella costs around $20 - but don't be surprised if you receive strange looks while using it.

6. Want to relive the dorky days of your childhood? The Bananabunker - which protects your banana from bruising when placed in your backpack - can take you there.

7. That's not a knife - this is a knife! Designed for any occasion, Wenger's Giant Knife has 87 implements and 141 functions and will set you back $US1400 ($1415).

8. The Relax 'n Nap Traveller pillow aims to solve the age-old problem of how to breathe while asleep.

9. Are you a messy eater? Avoid spilling food on your gear while travelling with the BeltzBib.

10. The Renaissance Premium Travel bidet - designed for washing the genitals while travelling - is advertised as offering "the best and highest water pressure" for a thorough clean.

Send us your reviews about this ridiculous products ..

Friday

Walking With Dinosaurs After 65 Million Years !!

The prehistoric beasts are back as Walking With Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular gets ready to return home in 2011.

The crowds part to reveal the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, six tonne killer queen of the Cretaceous period.
Created in Australia in conjunction with the BBC documentary series, Walking With Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular has toured internationally since 2007.

The giant Tyrannosaurus Rex indulges in a little pre-dinner conversation with Sydney school children.
After playing to packed venues across the US for the past three years, the dinosaurs are set to return to home soil in 2011 to thrill Australian audiences once more.

The baby Tyrannosaurus Rex gives some the kids a sniff before bounding off to see monster mum.
The Australian tour is set to start in April 2011and takes in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Newcastle.

At 12m long, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time, tipping the scales at about six tonnes.
The animatronic creatures used in the show were created by team at the Creature Production Company and are some of the largest free-moving models in the world.

Children from Randwick Public School in Sydney get up close and personal with the mother and baby Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The show features 20 life-sized dinosaurs ranging from human height to a Brachiosaurus, standing more than 10m tall.

The dinosaurs are the brainchild of designer Sonny Tilders.
Based out of Melbourne's docklands, he and his 50-strong team, worked tirelessly for 12 months to create the beasts that appear in the show.
The stage show cost $20 million to produce.

The giant Tyrannosaurus Rex lunges towards the unsuspecting photographer.
The creatures minor movements get their own "voodoo puppeteer" who operates the mouth and eyes and deals with the sounds effects.

The kids play nice as mother watches from above.
In the three years the show has been in the US it has put on 1097 performances, playing to 4.1 million people in 144 cities.

While Sonny Tilders does an interview we take a sneak peak inside the T-Rex's driver cockpit.
The model dinosaur is powered by 18 truck batteries, weighs in at two-and-a-half tonnes and is manoeuvred around the arena by a driver located below the creature's belly.

This is the effects keyboard used during the show to create the sounds for both the mother and baby Tyrannosaurus Rex.
A total of three operators are required to work the Tyrannosaurus Rex during the show. One drives, one controls the head and tail and the other handles mouth, eyes and sound effects.

The mother and baby Tyrannosaurus Rex let out a blood-curdling roar.
The show includes ten species of dinosaurs, spanning the 200 million-year reign of these "terrible lizards".

Creature design engineer Trevor Tighe inspects the jaws of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The T-Rex gets its realistic look by having air-bags that inflate under the skin. Body movement is controlled by 20 hydraulic and 10 electric motors.

School children look up as the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex moves towards them.
It takes 33 semi-trailers to move the show from town to town and it employs 65 staff when on the road.

Note : Book your tickets which is available online at DinosaurLive . So, get there with heart full of imagination with your family and walk with Dinosaurs after 65 Million Years !!!


Wednesday

Mahalaya 2010

Mahalaya 2010

According to Hindu mythology, the souls of three preceding generations of one's ancestor reside in Pitri-loka, a realm between heaven and earth - governed by Yama, the god of death - who takes the soul of a dying man from earth to Pitri-loka. When a person of the next generation dies, the first generation shifts to heaven and unites with God and are thus not given Shraddha offerings. Thus, only the three generations in Pitri-loka are given Shraddha rites, in which Yama plays a significant role. According to the sacred Hindu epics (Itihasa), at the beginning of Pitri Paksha, the sun enters the zodiac sign Virgo (Kanya) and at this time, it is the believed that the spirits leave Pitru-loka and reside in their descendants' homes a month until the sun enters the next zodiac Scorpio (Vrichchhika) - the next full moon. Hindus are expected to propitiate the ancestors in the first half - the dark fortnight.

When the legendary donor Karna died in the epic Mahabharata war, his soul transcended to heaven where he was offered gold and jewels as food, but Karna needed real food to eat in heaven. He asked the lord of heaven, Indra the reason for serving gold as food. Indra said that Karna had donated gold all his life, and never donated food to his ancestors in Shraddha. Karna replied since he was unaware of his ancestors, he never donated anything in their memory. Karna was allowed to return to earth for a 16-day period, when he performed Shraddha and donated food and water in their memory. This period is now known as Pitru Paksha.

Also check the latest updates of Mahalaya 2010

Bengali Mahalaya

In Bengal one part of MAHALAYA is similar to rest of Indian tradition. Like Pitri Tarpan.


On the other hand its the starting of our greatest festival DURGAPUJA.. It is the morning that to start with Birendra Krishna Bhadra Mahalaya, spiritual poet. He recited Mahishashura Mardini, a collection of shlokas and songs broadcast by All India Radio Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the dawn of Mahalaya. In the 1930s All India Radio started to broadcast a program called Mahishashura Mardini which describes the epic battle of goddess Durga with the demon king Mahishashura. The script of this program was written by Bani Kumar and music directed by Pankaj Kumar Mallik. Birendra Krishna Bhadra recited. In 1970s, the programme was recorded.

Updates : 1 more day to go, Bengali's all around the World will get engaged in their Biggest Festival Durga Puja again after 1 year.

Time has came ultimately to Listen MAHALAYA which is on the 7th October 2010 by Birendra Krishna Bhadra, that will be broad casted on a Radio at the very Morning on the above date at 4 A.M :
Here are some of the link to Download Mahalaya Free who do not have a Radio or living abroad :

Free download mahalaya ( For normal Users )

Download mahalaya mp3 ( For Iphone Users )

Mahalaya mp3 download ( For iPod Users )


Mahalaya Download

Mahalaya

According to Hindu mythology, the souls of three preceding generations of one's ancestor reside in Pitri-loka, a realm between heaven and earth - governed by Yama, the god of death - who takes the soul of a dying man from earth to Pitri-loka. When a person of the next generation dies, the first generation shifts to heaven and unites with God and are thus not given Shraddha offerings. Thus, only the three generations in Pitri-loka are given Shraddha rites, in which Yama plays a significant role. According to the sacred Hindu epics (Itihasa), at the beginning of Pitri Paksha, the sun enters the zodiac sign Virgo (Kanya) and at this time, it is the believed that the spirits leave Pitru-loka and reside in their descendants' homes a month until the sun enters the next zodiac Scorpio (Vrichchhika) - the next full moon. Hindus are expected to propitiate the ancestors in the first half - the dark fortnight.

When the legendary donor Karna died in the epic Mahabharata war, his soul transcended to heaven where he was offered gold and jewels as food, but Karna needed real food to eat in heaven. He asked the lord of heaven, Indra the reason for serving gold as food. Indra said that Karna had donated gold all his life, and never donated food to his ancestors in Shraddha. Karna replied since he was unaware of his ancestors, he never donated anything in their memory. Karna was allowed to return to earth for a 16-day period, when he performed Shraddha and donated food and water in their memory. This period is now known as Pitru Paksha.

Bengali Mahalaya

In Bengal one part of MAHALAYA is similar to rest of Indian tradition. Like Pitri Tarpan.


On the other hand its the starting of our greatest festival DURGAPUJA.. It is the morning that to start with Birendra Krishna Bhadra Mahalaya, spiritual poet. He recited Mahishashura Mardini, a collection of shlokas and songs broadcast by All India Radio Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the dawn of Mahalaya. In the 1930s All India Radio started to broadcast a program called Mahishashura Mardini which describes the epic battle of goddess Durga with the demon king Mahishashura. The script of this program was written by Bani Kumar and music directed by Pankaj Kumar Mallik. Birendra Krishna Bhadra recited. In 1970s, the programme was recorded.

Updates : 1 more day to go, Bengali's all around the World will get engaged in their Biggest Festival Durga Puja again after 1 year.

Time has came ultimately to Listen MAHALAYA which is on the 7th October 2010 by Birendra Krishna Bhadra, that will be broad casted on a Radio at the very Morning on the above date at 4 A.M :
Here are some of the link to Download Mahalaya Free who do not have a Radio or living abroad :

Free download mahalaya ( For normal Users )

Download mahalaya mp3 ( For Iphone Users )

Mahalaya mp3 download ( For iPod Users )

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