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World War II photos

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0000

World War II photos taken in the former USSR during World War II on the occupied territories. These are photos from family archives posted online by grandchildren of those who took part in the war: the authors of most of them remain unknown. Some of the photos belong to the Soviet journalists: Dmitri Baltermants andVladimir Lupejko. The photographs are cruel and shocking, but they should teach us about life and how precious it is. We are all equals during our short life on this planet and all nations should embrace others and cease all conflicts. For the better future of our children, may the history never repeat itself.

Facts About Dreams

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:36:00 +0000

12 Coolest Facts About Dreams

Published on 4/11/2012 under Weird Science - by Gracie Murano -156,952 views

Dreams have always intrigued us since time immemorial. It is also said there were specific dream interpreters in the courts of kings in early civilizations. However, in the 1800s the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and subsequently, his successor Carl Jung, revolutionized the world of dreams. Since then a lot has been studied in this field but dreams astound us with varied meanings and interpretations every time we witness them.

Some of the most interesting facts about dreams in the trailing paragraphs are sure to take one by surprise.

While dreaming we become temporarily paralyzed

Not many of us are aware that we become temporarily paralyzed in the dream state. This can be attributed to the fact that sometimes we may be so moved with certain dramatic dreams as to fall and hurt ourselves, thus, as a natural response the body goes into a temporary inactive state physically.

We can control our dreams

In what is known as a "Lucid dreaming" phase one can control their dreams. Thus, one can also manipulate their dreams and even the outcomes! Another interesting fact is that one dreams things one has witnessed some time before in their life.

Dreams can cause incorporation

How often have we dreamt we were hungry or thirsty or performing an act repeatedly in our sleep until we wake up and undertake the activity? Sometimes one could dream of drinking glasses of water only to wake up and be very thirsty!

Dreams speak in indirect language

Dreams never utilize symbols they actually stand for. A lot of research has already gone into the subject and books have been written on dream symbols and their interpretations. Dreams carry deep meanings that only the subconscious mind can understand.

Dreams are very difficult to remember

Often when we wake up we fail to remember even a single sequence of the dream we had during the night. A strange fact remains therefore, that dreams are almost always forgotten, except if a person is woken up at the REM stage.

We tend to dream of forbidden things

Another startling fact about dreams is the frequent instance of dreaming things one is forbidden to do. A person who is forbidden to eat chocolates may dream of gorging greedily on them. Even medical conditions andpsychological disorders may have a direct effect on dreams!

Some people only dream in black and white

Some people dream only in black and white while about 70% of people dream in colors. Certain dreams are very common to some people such as, failing an exam, getting up late for the exam, dreams related to one's school, seeing a person dead who is alive in real life, being chased by someone etc. Studies are being conducted in the relevance of colors and repeated sequences in dreams.

Disturbed sleep may lead to psychosis

Sleeping and dreaming which occur in the REM stage are very important for healthy living. In a research conducted involving students who were woken up at the start of their REM stage, it was noted the students became irritable, hallucinated a lot, were affected by psychosis and were finally disinterested in everything they did. Thus a good night's sleep combined with regular dreaming is our body's way of staying fit too!

Visually impaired people dream too

Very interestingly, people who are born blind only witness dreams involving smell, sound or touch, while people who go blind after birth are seen to witness regular dreams just like their counterparts with vision.

And so do animals

Studies have revealed animals and more specifically mammals dream exactly the way humans do! So even your household pet may be dreaming all night without your knowing about it.

Children have more nightmares than adults

It is widely studied that children have more nightmares than adults.

Some great inventions were first conceived during sleep

Although we tend to forget about 90% of our dreams once we wake up, many great scientists have made discoveries in their dreams and written them down the moment they woke up. Newton, Graham Bell and even some poets have received their inspirations from dreams.

Facts about AK-47

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 04:34:00 +0000

AK-47 is probably one of the most well-known Russian weaponry piece. They say it became so popular worldwide because of it’s high durability (it can go for years without any kind of cleaning or special maintenance) and extreme simplicity – it has only eight moving parts and can be stripped down in one minute.

In some countries of Africa it can be bought as cheap as $12 for one piece and no any license is needed, so even children armed with the guns. Maybe that’s why some of the countries of this continent have the AK-47 depiction on their coats of arms, like Mozambique on pictures above has it both on its flag and coats of arms.

Zimbabwe got it too.

Burkina Faso had it from 1984 till 1997.

And Eastern Timor got it live as an official symbol starting 2007.

Then the radical Mid Eastern groups are also well known for AK-47 affection. As we can see Hezbollah has it on its flag above.

And Osama is known (or was known) for having one or two AK-47s standing somewhere near him during his video appearances.

Those groups are not the only in the modern world who are fond of this epic assault rifle. For example architects of Russia were going to build a AK-47 shaped skyscraper in the home town of its inventor, Mr. Kalashnikov. And by the way, people say he didn’t get any profits upon inventing and introducing this gun just because in Soviet Union authors of such inventions didn’t get any royalties at all.

But while the Russians are just planning to built something like this, in Egypt they have already built a giant AK-47 monument on the coast of Sinai peninsula.

Sometimes the AK-47 mania gets really crazy and one can get a gold coated rifle:

This particular one was owned by Hussein, not Barak but Saddam.

Or in Afghanistan people put AK-47 on the hand made rugs.

And probably the most freakish AK-47 mod is Hello Kitty pink gun:

Also in Russia you can get a silver coin with it:

But then sometimes even countries that are far from participating of wars and enjoying peaceful living come up with something as strange as a dollar coin with AK-47 (New Zealand).

It goes in a neatly shaped box:

And this is Russian basketball star Alexandr Kirillenko known playing for Utah Jazz. No, he doesn’t own hello kitty AK-47, but he is known to be called “AK-47″ by his teammates.

Then AK-47 is something that is not forgotten by Music industry participants:

One can get AK-47 shaped guitar.

Or an MP3 player

And of course, the last but not the least is AK-47 vodka bottles:

Of course, made in Russia and can be a must for anyone travel there to take home as a symbolic cool gift from the Motherland.

Unique Tattoos Design: Ambigram

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:53:00 +0000

Unique Tattoos Design: Ambigram. Art of tattoo, a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin. In technical terms, tattooing is micro pigment implantation, remains a popular thing in the world. Many designs are made, creative and very interesting. One of the popular designs in tattoos is the ambigram. The ambigrams are words or phrases written or drawn so as to allow at least two different readings. The second reading can be done after making some kind of transaction with the original drawing. In most cases, the second reading is taken after rotating the picture 180 degrees, this is called ambigrams of central symmetry, in others, the second reading will take place to see the reflection in a mirror, are the ambigrams of horizontal symmetry or vertical, and finally there ambigrams that have no symmetry, but even so, there is a second reading of it.

Unique Tattoos Design

Interesting Facts about Science

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:51:00 +0000

Interesting Facts about Science – Science is all a conscious effort to investigate, discover, and increase human understanding of various aspects of reality in human nature. These aspects are limited so that the resulting formulas are uncertain. Science provides certainty by limiting the scope of his views, and the certainty of science obtained from limitations. And there are Interesting Facts about Science that need to know.

Interesting Facts about Science:

1. Spider web
Believe it or not the spider web is stronger than steel? That’s what happened. Instead the U.S. military had planned to make bulletproof jackets are made of spun spider webs. So the scene in the movie Spiderman 2, which stop the train using the spider web is not something impossible.

2. The Density of Ice
Did you know that the density of ice is lighter 89% than the density of water? As a result 11% of the iceberg above the water surface. This fact makes icebergs floating on the sea is very dangerous, especially for ships that are sailing. This was evident in the historical accident that befell the Titanic in 1912. Ship “that can not be drowned” was sunk after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantk sea.

3. Fireworks
The history of fireworks stems from the discovery of fireworks in the 9th century in China. The story at that time a cook accidentally mixed three ingredients of black powder (black powder) and KNO3 is salt peter (potassium nitrate), sulfur (sulfur) and wood charcoal (charcoal). Apparently these three materials are flammable gunpowder. If the third material is inserted into a piece of bamboo and bamboo wicks burned then there will be a loud explosion sound.

4. Ship Tangker
Did you know that ship is the world’s largest tangker tangker Jahre Viking ship with a width of 69 meters and 458 meters long, 77 meters longer than the Empire Street Building in New York. Capable of carrying crude oil by 14 million barrels that can be able to support a vehicle engine on this earth for 2 WEEKS! WOW!

5. Cactus
Do you know why the cactus can live with minimal environmental conditions of water? The word cactus comes from the Greek “KAKTOS” which means thorny plants. Actually had cactus leaves. But the leaves are turned into thorns, to reduce evaporation of water. Analogues such as this, if we kepedesan then we took the water is still hot then pour the water into a dish or bowl, then a few minutes the water was even colder aka become more widespread due to the cooling area. There are Interesting Facts about Science that very interesting to know

Interesting Facts about Albert Einstein

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:49:00 +0000

Interesting Facts about Albert Einstein - Einstein became famous throughout the world, an unusual achievement for a scientist. In his old age, his fame beyond the fame of all scientists in history, and in popular culture, Einstein has become a byword for intelligence or even genius. His face is one of the most known around the world.

He gave us the theory of physics which are phenomenal namely the theory of relativity or relativity. But do you know when Einstein was born he had a large head, until his mother thought Einstein defects.

Here are some Interesting Facts about Albert Einstein:

When Einstein was born, he was a chubby baby and big-headed, (to the extent that his mother thought he was disabled).
Einstein when a child is hard to speak, (as a child he is hard to speak, when he speaks very lamabat or stammer, this continued until he was 9 years old).
Einstein’s inspiration by a compass (when Einstein was 5 years old bedridden due to illness his father showed him something that sparked his interest in science it is: Compass).
Einstein failed the exam to get into college. In 1895, at the age of 17 years, Albert Einstein entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnical School (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule or ETH). She passed her exams in mathematics and science lessons, but failed in other subjects (history, language, geography, etc.), once he went into trade school but eventually returned to ETH a year later.
Einstein had forbidden the child or illegitimate child!, (In the 80′s private letters revealed something new Einstein, which he has an illegitimate child of a fellow former student Mileva Maric).
Einstein had bad relationships in her first child, (after his divorce from his wife, the relationship with his son Hans Albert Einstein became like a stone, Hans reproached her father for having won the Nobel prize he did not care anymore to his wife, so that his ex-wife get financial difficulties).
Einstein married a young girl (after divorcing Mileva Einstein), he soon married his cousin Elsa Lowenthal. Actually, Einstein also considered marrying Elsa.
Einstein lovers of peace, but urged FDR to build the Atomic bomb (the result, two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
Einstein’s brain preserved in jars for 43 Years. Thats the Interesting Facts about Albert Einstein

Fastest Trains in the World

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:45:00 +0000

10 Fastest Trains in the World -The train is a means of transportation in the form of vehicles with a power of motion, either walking alone or coupled with other vehicles, which will or are moving on rails.. Its high speed allows them to compete with air transport for medium distances on the order of hundreds of kilometers. In all cases these vehicles and railways developed as a unit, as achieved speeds require specific techniques. The high speed train is one of the safest vehicles in the world and produces fewer fatalities, exceeding even the plane. And here are the list of top 10 Fastest Trains in the World that interesting to know.

10 Fastest Trains in the World:

10. HSL 1

The top speed attained by this one is around 186 mph and it is operating in Belgium since December 1997. It is powered by 25 kV 50 Hz Ohle railway electrification systems.

9. ETR-500

ETR stands for Elettero Treno Rapido and it operates in Italy since 1993. The max speed of this train is around 190 mph. it is powered by 3 kV DC, 25 kV 50 Hz AC and ETR-500 takes just 60 minutes to cover the distance from center of Bologna to Milan.

8. Eurostar

It is a UK based train and carries about 900 passengers daily. It links UK and France and moves inside long channel tunnels. The max speed which can be attained by this train is around 199 mph. it is powered by 25 kV 50 Hz.

7. AVE Talgo-350

Touching a speed as high as 205 mph, this train connects Madrid-Barcelona and Madrid-Valladolid. The origin of this train is in Spain and it uses 25 kV 50 Hz electrification systems.

6. THSR 700T

It is a Taiwan based train and can move up to a speed as high as 208mph (335.50 km/h). It can house 989 passengers and is powered by 25 kV/60 Hz AC electrification system.

5. KTX 2

The manufacturer of this train is Hyundai Rotem but is operated by KOrail since 2009. Although, it can attain a top speed of 218mph but it operates around 190mph for security reason. It is powered by 25 kV/60 Hz AC Catenaries. It is a South-Korea based train.

4. TGV Reseau

It has a top speed of 236.12mph and is powered by 25 kV AC, 1500 V DC electrification system. It is French train which can carry up to 377 passengers.

3. Shinkasen

It is Japan based train which can attain a max speed of 275.2mph. it is powered by 25,000 V AC electrification system. It is operating in Japan since 1964.

2. TR-09

This German train uses magnetic levitation system. It can move at a speed of 279.5mph and is powered by 50-100kW electric current.

1. CRH380A

The speed of the world’s fastest train is 302.8mph and is powered by 25 kV AC overhead electrical system. This China based train is manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company. It can carry up to 494 passengers and its route is from Shanghai to Nanjing and Shanghai to Hangzhou. These are the list of top 10 Fastest Trains in the World.

The Fastest Motorcycle in The World

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:44:00 +0000

The Fastest Motorcycle in The World - It turned out that not only the car, dubbed the world’s fastest, motorpun not want to lose. He was the Tomahawk, the world’s fastest motorcycle, equipped with 8200 cc engine capacity!

Chrysler, the creator of Tomahawk uses the technology base Viper V-10, and the powerful 500 hp engine with four wheels. With the original concept and nine replicas valued at $ 555,000 per unit, this bike is sold through Neiman Marcus. Unfortunately, the Chrysler produces a super bike is only as “Promotional Displays” However the remains can be ridden.

The Fastest Motorcycle in The World

Viper V10 engine

500 bhp (372 kW) @ 5600 rpm (60.4 bhp/liter); 525 lb.-ft. (712 Nm) @ 4200 rpm
10-cylinder 90-degree V-type, liquid-cooled, 505 cubic inches (8277 cc)
356-T6 aluminum alloy block with cast-iron liners, aluminum alloy cylinder heads
Bore x Stroke: 4.03 inches x 3.96 inches (102.4 x 100.6)
Two pushrod-actuated overhead valves per cylinder
Roller-type hydraulic lifters
Sequential fuel injection with individual runners
Compression Ratio: 9.6:1
Max Engine Speed: 6000 rpm
Fuel: Unleaded gasoline, 93 octane (R+M/2)
Dry sump oil system takes 8 quarts of oil
Cooling: Twin aluminum radiators mounted atop engine intake manifolds, force-fed from front-mounted, belt-driven turbine fan. Takes 11 quarts of antifreeze.
Exhaust: Equal-length tubular stainless steel headers with dual collectors and central rear outlets

Performance

0-60 mph: 2.5 secondsTop Speed: 300+ mph (est.)

There are The Fastest Motorcycle in The World that very interesting to know.

Magic Cube Virtual Keyboard

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:38:00 +0000

Celluon Magic Cube Virtual Keyboard – The Celluon Magic Cube laser keyboard work exactly like any other common keyboard. A keyboard technology uses a laser beam based on optical recognition mechanism enables the user to tap on the projected key images.

The Celluon Magic Cube laser keyboard is a revolutionary mobile input device / accessory for Iphone, Ipad, Smartphone, PDA, MACbook & Tablet PC and other device, smartphones, tablets, and laptops that operates Bluetooth HID.

Celluon Magic Cube Virtual Keyboard

Most Expensive Luxury Watches in 2012

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:32:00 +0000

A stylish watch is probably the ultimate fashion accessory and if you have a thing for watches, you probably know how expensive a beautifully designed timepiece could get. Renowned watchmakers from all over the world use diamonds, platinum, fancy tourbillons, chronographs and perpetual calendars to impress everyone with their most expensive creations.

Business Week asked the most prestigious luxury watch manufacturers about their priciest products currently on the market and that’s how we made this list with the most expensive watches in 2010. Prices range from $75,000 to a staggering $4,599,487 for the most expensive watch in the list.

Enjoy this list with the top 29 Most Expensive Luxury Watches on the market in 2010!

29. Baume & Mercier – William Baume Flying Tourbillon

Price: $75,000

The William Baume Tourbillon features a “flying tourbillon” held in place on only one side, a black dial and black alligator strap. The flying tourbillon is in the 9 o`clock position and in the 6 o`clock position a small seconds display is present. The watch is limited to just 10 units worldwide and it has a 52-hour power reserve.

28. Tag Heuer – Monaco V4

Price: $80,000

Tag Heuer was inspired by cars when they designed this watch and engineered the world’s very first and only belt-driven timepiece. The design is more shock resistant and also requires less maintenance because of the belts and micro ball bearings. An alligator leather strap and a platinum case are the other goodies that come with this watch of which only 150 were manufactured.

27. JeanRichard – Paramount Tourbillon Linear Power Reserve

Price: $128,000

JeanRichard is an independent Swiss watchmaker and this unique tourbillon is probably his most important creation. The Paramont Tourbillon watch uses a linear indicator for the 72-hour power reserve and it comes in an 18 carat white gold case. The stylish watch is paired with a rubber covered alligator strap.

26. Glashütte Original – Julius Assmann 4 in white gold

Price: $161,000

This watch from Glashütte Original was released on the market in 2007 and it features a unique retrograde hour display and tourbillon. It can be worn as a wristwatch or pocket watch and it’s also offered in “cheaper” versions in rose gold or red gold for $145,000.

25. Porsche Design – Indicator P´6910

Price: $225,000

12 Engineers and watchmakers from Porsche Design created this masterpiece from around 800 individual parts. The P’ 6910 is the world’s first chronograph with a mechanical-digital stopwatch function display. It can record up to 9 hours and 59 minutes and it’s available in three variants.

24. Panerai – L’Astronomo Luminor Tourbillon 1950 Equation of Time

Price: $235,000

Panerai unveiled the L`Astronomo only this year at the 2010 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Gevena. The watch was developed as a tribute to Galileo Galilei and it will be produced in a limited run of just 30 units. Clients can specify their hometown, which is engraved on the back near a rotating sky chart of the city. The dial of the watch also displays the sunrise and sunset times of the chosen city.

23. Breitling – Grande Complication

Price: $280,716

Breitling also unveiled this luxurious pocket watch in 2010, featuring a perpetual calendar that displays the date, day, month, leap years and moon phases. The watch also has a minute repeater that strikes the hours, quarter and minutes on demand and it was built from around 700 parts. It comes in an 18 carat yellow gold case which features an engraving of the founder of Bentley.

22. IWC – Grande Complication

Price: $318,000

The Grande Complication collection was laughed by IMC 20 years ago and the most expensive version has a platinum case and bracelet. It features a perpetual calendar with moon phase, and a minute repeater combined with a chronograph with an automatic movement. Only 50 pieces of this watch are produced every year.

21. Concord – C1 Tourbillon Gravity

Price: $320,000

The C1 Tourbillon Gravity features a unique seconds display located on the side of the 18 carat white gold case. The watch also has a flyback chronograph and 84-hour power reserve and it could resist under water up to 30 meters.

20. Montblanc – Grand Tourbillon Heures Mysterieuses

Price: $365,750

The Grand Tourbillon Heures Mysterieuses is available in 18 carat white gold, limited to eight pieces, each being priced at $319,000, 18 carat red gold, also limited to eight pieces, each priced at $302,500 and, the most expensive version, a one-off platinum timepiece.

19. Chopard – Secret

Price: $508,000

Chopard’s Secret features a square pave set diamond dial and frame inside a case composed of brilliant diamonds with a total of 19 carats. The watch comes with a satin strap and a baguette-cut diamond clasp. The Swiss watchmaker has only produced two Secret watches so far.

18. A. Lange & Söhne – Tourbograph “Pour le Mérite”

Price: $508,900

A. Lange & Söhne has manufactured only 50 units of this watch which is made from honey gold and features a one-minute tourbillon and a double chronograph. The company is part o the Richemont Group today and these limited edition watches can be purchased only in New York, Dresden, Shanghai or Tokyo.

17. de Grisogono – Meccanico dG S25D

Price: $590,000

The Meccanico dG collection with badnette diamonds was launched by de Grisogono at this year’s Baselworld. The most expensive of them, the S25D, was produced in just 20 units and it’s available in three versions: with bagnette diamonds, with white pave diamonds or black pave diamonds. The watch displays two time zones and has both analong and digital displays and a power reserve indicator.

16. Girard-Perregaux – Vintage Jackpot Tourbillon

Price: $625,000

The Jackpot Tourbillon is made with rose gold and features a manual wind movement with 38 jewels and power reserve of 96 hours. The watch features a decorative slot machine that chimes whenever the lever is pulled. It also comes with a folding buckle on a crocodile strap.

15. Greubel Forsey – Quadruple Tourbillon

Price: $690,000

This complex watch has an asymmetrical platinum case and two beautiful separate double tourbillons which were made of a total of 531 parts. The watchmaker is well known for offering two or even four tourbillon mechanisms in the same watch case and this is probably his best creation. An alligator leather strap also comes with this beautiful timepiece.

14. Vacheron Constantin – Malte Tourbillon Regulator

Price: $700,000

The Malte Tourbillon Regulator has 263 baguette-cut diamonds embedded on its dial and 274 baguette-cut diamonds embedded on its case. It features a tourbillon at 6 o`clock and it comes with a black leather strap. The case is in the classic shape of the Malte collection.

13. Omega – Constellation Baguette

Price: $708,742

The Constellation Baguette is a one of a kind watch from Omega with 459 Top Weselton embedded diamonds, totaling over 30 carats. The case of the watch is made of 18 carat white gold but it’s completely covered by 146 baguette and trapeze diamonds on the dial.

12. Breguet – Classique 5349 Grande Complication

Price: $755,000

The Classique 5349 Grande Complication from Breguet features a dial covered in diamonds and twin rotating tourbillons in a platinum case with embedded baguette-cut diamonds. The watch was built from more than 570 parts and it has three patents to protect its superior precision and technology.

11. Audemars Piguet – Jules Audemars Grande Complication

Price: $780,600

This one of a kind, self winding skeleton watch has a titanium case and features a perpetual calendar which indicates the hours, minutes, day, date, week, moon phases, month and leap years. The watch also has a minute repeater chronograph and a crocodile leather strap.

10. Jacob & Co. – Crystal Tourbillon

Price: $900,000

The Crystal Tourbillon has an 18 carat gold case covered in baguette-cut diamonds which total 17.48 carats and it also has a transparent skeleton tourbillon dial. Only 18 pieces of this watch were manufactured by Jacob & Co. The watch is finished with an alligator band with a 2.22 carat baguette diamond buckle.

9. Hublot – Million $ Black Caviar Bang

Price: $1,000,000

The Black Caviar Bang from Hublot has the case, crown dial and clasp encrusted in baguette-cut black diamonds. The watch has 544 diamonds, with a total of 34.5 carats and it has no numbers on its dial. It has an adjustable leather strap and last year it won the Grand Prix de Geneve Jewelry Watch prize.

8. Ulysse Nardin – Royal Blue Tourbillon

Price: $1,000,000

Ulysee Nardin produced only 30 pieces of this beautiful timepiece which comes with a platinum case and bracelet with a total of 568 baguette-cut Top Wesseldon diamonds and 234 baguette-cut royal blue sapphires. The diamonds from this watch make a total of 33.8 carats while the sapphires total 16.79 carats.

7. Patek Philippe – Sky Moon Tourbillon

Price: $1,091,869

This is the first double-faced wristwatch from Patek Philippe and features the nocturnal sky on its reverse side with the motion of the stars, the orbit of the moon and its phases and a display of sidereal time. It also features a perpetual calendar, a tourbillon and a minute repeater.

6. Blancpain – Tourbillon Diamants

Price: $1,812,700

The Tourbillon Diamants from Blancpain features 480 embedded diamonds totaling 58 carats on the dial, bezel, case, lugs and bracelet. It is self winding and it has an exceptionally long power reserve of seven days. This luxurious timepiece is water resistant to a depth of 100 meters.

5. Parmigiani Fleurier – Fibonacci Pocket Watch

Price: $2,400,000

The Fibonacci pocket watch has a case decorated with enameling of a lotus flower which mimics Fibonacci’s Golden Rule and it’s represented by the snail shape. The watch features mother-of-pearl counters and a white gold dial with a minute repeater with cathedral chimes and a perpetual calendar. The piece can take up to two years to be made.

4. Franck Muller – Aeternitas Mega 4

Price: $2,700,000

The Aeternitas Mega 4 has more components and complications than probably almost every other watch in the world. It’s made of 1,483 components and it has 36 complications. The watch displays three time zones and a 999-year calendar, it has a flyback chronograph and chimes the Carillon Westminster melody on the hour with small strikes on the quarter hour.

3. Cartier – Secret watch with phoenix decor

Price: $2,755,000

Cartier’s Secret watch received an extra twist of luxury for this one of a kind phoenix shaped wristwatch. The timepiece is made of 18 carat, rhodium-plated white gold and it uses emeralds for the eyes and a big pear-shaped portrait cut diamond weighting 3.53 carats on it. The watch is covered by 3,010 brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 80.13 carats.

2. Piaget – Emperador “Temple”

Price: $3,300,000

The Emperador “Temple” from Piaget has actually two hidden watches that are revealed by pushing down on certain parts. The first watch has a set with 481 brilliant-cut diamonds, 207 baguette-cut diamonds and an emerald-cut diamond on the top of the case while the second watch has a tourbillon, a Polynesian mother of pearl dial, 162 brilliant-cut diamonds and 11 baguette-cut diamonds. The bracelet is also covered with 350 baguette-cut diamonds.

1. Louis Moinet – Meteoris

Price: $4,599,487

The Swiss watchmaker Louis Moinet introduced this new concept called Meteoris in the first month of 2010. The watch is actually a collection of four tourbillon watches, each made out of worldly materials such as meteorite from Mars, the moon, an asteroid and an ancient meteorite called Rosetta Stone. The company worked with universities around the world to authenticate these materials and this watch also come with a planetarium that depicts the solar system.

Most Popular Handguns

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:27:00 +0000

Top 10 Most Popular Handguns - A handguns is a gun designed for use with short hands and fired two bullets at close range (usually an effective distance of 50 m). Created for the defense used against offensive attacks, because the original purpose is to hurt the gun to incapacitate an attacker.

There is also a pneumatic gun that uses compressed air or gas instead of gas produced by combustion of gunpowder, this is rarely used for attacks against others due to the low stopping power for the relatively low output speed are balls fired small caliber, however are mostly used for target shooting and small game. And here are Top 10 Most Popular Handguns in the world.

Top 10 Most Popular Handguns:

1. Glock-17

Glock calls usually are a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Glock Ges.mbH, in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. The founder of the company, the engineer Gaston Glock had no experience with the design and production of weapons at the time of their first gun, the Glock 17. He had, however, experience in advanced synthetic polymers and essential for the production of the first series of polymer pistols with a castle. Glock also introduced the ferritic nitrocarburizing in weapons such as anti-corrosion coating for metal parts.

2. Smith & Wesson .500 S&W Magnum

The S & W Model 500 produced by Smith & Wesson double-action revolver. The S & W Model 500 is the world’s most powerful series-built in large handgun and ammunition of the caliber misses .500 S & W Magnum.

3. FN Herstal FNP-9

The FN FNP is a fist weapon of the FNH USA, the American branch of the Belgian arms manufacturer FN Herstal. The FNP model was introduced in early 2006 in three calibers. In February 2008, the .357 SIG version introduced. The gun is available in five basic models. The gun is made from polymer. Only the slide is stainless steel.

4. Beretta 92

The Beretta 92 (also known variants Beretta 96, Beretta 98 and Beretta M9) is a semi-automatic pistol with breech locking with locking swing designed and built by factory Beretta arms. Designed in 1972 and produced in many variations over the years is still a weapon of reference in military and civil defense. It became widely known after being adopted by the U.S. military to replace the Colt M1911 as a sidearm for U.S. soldiers, taking the name of Beretta M9.

5. Walther P99

The Walther pistol P99 is the newest and most innovative among the weapons of the German court of Ulm. The project started in 1994 and the weapon is brought to the market in 1996.

6. QSZ -92

The QSZ-92 is a semi-automatic pistol Chinese designed by Norinco. It is in service with the Chinese military since the late 1990s. It is also used by Chinese police and army Bangladesh.

7. M1911 pistol

The Colt M1911 semi-automatic pistol is a single action .45 caliber ACP. Designed by John Moses Browning was the pistol of the U.S. Armed Forces from 1911 to 1985. It was widely used in the first and second World War, Korea and Vietnam. In total, M1911 and M1911A1 versions.

8. Mark 23

The HK MK23 (stands for Heckler & Koch Mark23) is an semi-automatic pistol, manufactured in Germany by Heckler & Koch.

9. HS2000/XD

The semi-automatic pistol HS-2000 is the main sidearm of the Croatian Army. Its production started in 1999 to replace the HS-95.

10. SIGP250

The SIG SAUER P250 is a German automatic pistol developed by J.P. Sauer & Sohn, and SIG Sauer of Exeter, New Hampshire. These are Top 10 Most Popular Handguns.

Interesting Painting: The Living Painting

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:15:00 +0000

Interesting Painting: The Living Painting. The tools used in painting can also vary, with certain conditions can provide images to the media used. Painting activities form the image, using a large selection of techniques and tools. It could also mean making certain signs above the scratch of the surface by processing the drawing tools. And there are the living painting, use living object for the media and make the interesting image. Check this out..

Interesting Facts about Whales

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:12:00 +0000

Interesting Facts about Whales #1
Whale is one of the largest animal in the world. The record has the largest whale blue whale species that has a length of 30 meters and weigh around 190 tons. Baby newborn blue whale only weighs about 2 tons with a length of 1-2 meters.

Interesting Facts about Whales #2
Whale fin whale is the fastest swimmer. They were able to swim at speeds up to 30 miles per hour. In addition, the blue whale sounds really great, capable of sounding voice to hundreds of kilometers away under water.

Interesting Facts about Whales #3
A whale can last 5 to 15 minutes under water. Then they will return to the surface to take breath.

Interesting Facts about Whales #4
Although many whales are a monster, it turns out there are relatively small whales are whales beach only 5 meters maximum size.

Interesting Facts about Whales #5
Every day, thousands of whales eat small fish up to several tons. Whales also have other food reserves in the form of a layer of fat on his body more than 30 cm thick.

Top muscular cars.

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:09:00 +0000

1. Buick GSX Stage 1 (1970)

2. Ford Mustang Boss 429 (1969)

3. 427 COPO Chevelle (1969)

4. Plymouth Hemi-Cuda (1970)

5. Z28 Camaro (1969)

6. Shelby Cobra 427 S/C (1966)

7. L88 Corvette (1968)

8. 454 Chevelle SS (1970)

9. ZL1 Camaro (1969)

10. Pontiac GTO (1965)

Angry Birds Fun Facts

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:03:00 +0000

Angry Birds Fun Facts

Angry Birds Fun Facts – Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio Mobile. The main purpose of the game is to launch various types of birds against the green pigs placed in various structures, with the aim of destroying them. In fact these pigs, originally, being short of food and forced to eat grass, have stolen the eggs of birds for food, and then the birds perform this act of vengeance to reclaim their offspring that was stolen.

Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of gameplay, style comedy and a low price. Itspopularity has given rise to proposals to create versions of Angry Birds for PC and consoles, with over 50 million downloads on all platforms, the game has been called a “classic” contemporary, receiving numerous awards including the titles of 2010. At MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2011, held in Barcelona from February 14, 2011 until February 17, 2011 was presented the lite version of Angry Birds for the Mind OS operating system developed by Samsung. Thats some facts about angry birds, and now I will present 10 Angry Birds Fun Factsthat

Angry Birds was made by a team of four people and took eight months to finish because it was such a low priority for the company.
The game cost less than £70,000 to make.
Angry Birds fans include public figures as diverse as David Cameron, Paul Gascoigne, Kylie Minogue, Conan O’Brien and Jon Hamm, Mad Men’s Don Draper.
It has sold more than seven million copies on Apple’s iPhone.
An Angry Birds Facebook game is coming in 2011.
Rovio Mobile developed more than 50 games, with relatively little success, before finally striking gold with Angry Birds.
The Angry Birds beta for Android hit more than one million downloads in three weeks.
Twenty different Angry Birds toys will be released early in 2011.
Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio’s official spokesman, has the job title ‘Mighty Eagle’.
Speaking of unusual titles, one of Rovio’s game testers was nicknamed the ‘Rovio Killer’ because he was so bad at their games.

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Amazing Facts

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:05:00 +0000

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but mens noses and ears never stop growing.
When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like “Coca-Cola” when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was “Bite the wax tadpole”. It did not sell well.
Tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

21 Amazing Facts About Nintendo

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:03:00 +0000

Nintendo has a rich history as it became one of the most powerful video game company in the industry and is even Japan’s third most valuable listed company. Learn more about Nintendo, its gaming systems in this trivia of 21 amazing facts about Nintendo.

1 videoclip of 21 Nintendo facts after the jump.

Interesting facts.

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:59:00 +0000

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

Interesting facts

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:57:00 +0000

Interesting facts

INTERESTING FACTS

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it)

2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it)

3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

(In my next life I want to be a pig)

(How'd they figure this out, and why?)

4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

(Still can't get over that pig thing)

(Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)

5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)

(And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair)

6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmmmmm........)

7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

(If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)

8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

(From drinking little bottles of...?)

(Did taxpayers pay for this research??)

9. Polar bears are left handed.

(Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?)

10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)

11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.

It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

(30 minutes...can you imagine?? And why pigs?)

12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

(Creepy)

13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

(Honey, I'm home. What the....)

(Well, at least pigs get a break there...)

14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(In my next life I still want to be a pig ... quality over quantity)

15. Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Oh, Geez) (That's almost as bad as catfish)

16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

(I know some people like that.)

17. Starfish don't have brains.

(I know some people like that too.)

Interesting Facts II

1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

2. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

3. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

4. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

7. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

8. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

9. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

10. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

11. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

14. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

16. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (rumor)

19. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

21. Pearls melt in vinegar.

22. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

23. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

24. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

25. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. (Or does it? http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm)

26. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

27. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

28. Turtles can breathe through their butts.

29. Butterflies taste with their feet.

30. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

31. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

32. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

33. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

34. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

35. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

36. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

37. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you? http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow.jpg http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow2.jpg)

38. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

39. A snail can sleep for three years.

40. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'

41. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

42. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!

43. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

44. All polar bears are left handed.

45. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,

including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

46. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

47. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

48. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

49. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

50. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

51. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

52. Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow

Facts about Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:50:00 +0000

I offer my most humble obeisances to my spiritual master who has opened my eyes which were blinded by ignorance with the light of knowledge.

raja-vidya raja-guhyam pavitram idam uttamam
pratyak savagamam dharmyam susukham kartum avyayam This knowledge is the king of all wisdom, the king of all that is confidential. It is the purest and the topmost and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization it is the perfection of all religion and everlastingly joyful to perform. Bhagavad-Gita, chapter 9, verse 2

Bhagavad-Gita Trust is freely offering this presentation of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita to the Earth as a gift to humanity. It is our humble but earnest request that this information be made easily available to every culture in this world. The knowledge found within the Bhagavad-Gita is incomparable as it gives specific information regarding the purpose of human existence, the immortality of the soul and our eternal relationship with God. This information applies to each and every one of us without exception. Without realization of our divine relationship with the God it is impossible to establish our eternal relationship with Him. This divine relationship is our natural constitutional position and every human beings birthright.
There are three paths which lead directly to establishing a relationship with God. According to the authority of Bhagavad-Gita these paths have been designated as the yoga of perfect actions, the yoga of perfect devotion and the yoga of perfect knowledge. These three paths with great care and attention have been fully explained in the Bhagavad-Gita which comprises chapters 23 through 40 in the Bhishma-Parva section of Mahabharata.
The Bhagavad-Gita consists of 18 chapters. Each chapter is called a yoga. Yoga is the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness. So each chapter is a highly specialized yoga revealing the path of attaining realization of the Ultimate Truth. The first six chapters have been classified as the Karma Yoga section as they mainly deal with the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through actions. These chapters are:

Chapter 1 : Visada Yoga

Chapter 2 : Sankhya Yoga

Chapter 3 : Karma Yoga

Chapter 4 : Jnana Yoga

Chapter 5 : Karma Vairagya Yoga

Chapter 6 : Abhyasa Yoga

The middle six chapters have been designated as the Bhakti Yoga section as they principally are pertaining with the science of the individual consciousness attaning communion with the Ultimate Consciousness by the path of devotion.

Chapter 7 : Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga

Chapter 8 : Aksara-Parabrahman Yoga

Chapter 9 : Raja-Vidya-Guhya Yoga

Chapter 10 : Vibhuti-Vistara-Yoga

Chapter 11 : Visvarupa-Darsana Yoga

Chapter 12 : Bhakti Yoga

The final six chapters are regarded as the Jnana Yoga section as they are primarily concerned with the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through the intellect.

Chapter 13 : Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

Chapter 14 : Gunatraya-Vibhaga Yoga

Chapter 15 : Purusottama Yoga

Chapter 16 : Daivasura-Sampad-Vibhaga Yoga

Chapter 17 : Sraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga

Chapter 18 : Moksa-Opadesa Yoga

Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-Gita on the battlefield of Kuruksetra in 3102 B.C.; just prior to the commencement of the Mahabharata war. This date corresponds to 1700 years before Moses, 2500 years before Buddha, 3000 years before Jesus and 3800 years before Mohammed. So first and foremost it should be clearly understood that the eternal knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita has not been influenced by Buddhism, Christianity, Hebrewism or Islam; for these religions did not exist at that time and were established milleniums later.
That proof of the date 3102 B.C. can be verified by any knowledgeable indologist in India based on the fact that this was the year when the Pandava King Yudhisthira ascended the throne and was coronated as emperor of the Earth. Also according to the Aihole inscription of Pulakesin II, the Battle of Kuruksetra took place in 3102 B.C. with Lord Krishna reciting the Bhagavad-Gita before its commencement. As well precise information of the positions of the constellation at the commencement of the Battle of Kuruksetra have been given in the great historical epic Mahabharata itself, which is based on the 26,920 year astronomical cycle known as the precession of the equinoxes which is the time it takes our solar system to revolve around the central sun.
But who exactly is Lord Krishna? Is He Narayana? Is He Vishnu? Is He Vasudeva as referred to in the Taittirya Aranyaka 10.1. 6 ? In the Bhagavad-Gita the Supreme Lord Krishna is addressed by Arjuna with 41 different names. Some of these names are Acyuta, Bhagavan, Govinda, Hari, Isvara, Janardana, Kesava, Madhava, Purusottama and Yogesvara as well as Vasudeva and Vishnu. Although Lord Krishna possesses unlimited names due to His unlimited attributes and potencies it should be clearly understood that the Krishna who is so wonderfully presented in the Puranas is one and the same Krishna who spoke the Bhagavad-Gita and is so marvelously glorified in the Mahabharata.
It should be understood that the Bhagavad-Gita is the very essence of Mahabharata. The Bhagavad-Gita literally translates as the Song of God! It was originally revealed in the classical language of Sanskrit spoken on the Indian sub-continent. It was first translated into English in 1785 by Charles Wilkins. It was translated into Latin in 1823 by Schlegel, into German in 1826 by Von Humbolt, into French in 1846 by Lassens and into Greek in 1848 by Galanos. By now it has been translated into all the major languages of the world such as Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Portugese, Arabic, Hindi and Bengali.
Many great and notable individuals from modern times as well as bygone eras have read the Bhagavad-Gita and have extolled its universal message. We are naming some of them:

Albert Einstein stated that when reading the Bhagavad-Gita he thinks about how God created the universe and then everything else seemed so superfluous. Mahatma Gandhi stated that the Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate mind, body and soul to purity.
Dr. Albert Schweizer stated that the Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested in all actions.
Sri Aurobindo stated the Bhagavad-Gita has a new message for every age and every civilization.
Herman Hesse stated that the wonder of the Bhagavad-Gita is its beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which has made philosophy blossom into religion.
Ramanuja has stated that the Bhagavad-Gita reveals the goalof the all the Vedic scriptures.
Aldous Huxley stated that the Bhagavad-Gita is the most comprhensive statement of perennial philosophy.
Madhvacarya has stated that the Bhagavad-Gita is apauruseya which means of divine origin and eternal.

Some western scholars have expressed opinions that the Bhagavad-Gita was written after Jesus Christ and the idea of devotion was taken from him. But anyone who has read both the Bible and the Bhagavad-Gita completely can easily discern the vast difference between the two. The Bible being more of a history book relates in the New Testament stories and pertinent facts regarding the life of Jesus. On the other hand the Bhagavad-Gita gives exact information regarding God, the soul, material nature, birth and death, the purpose of human existence and is a practical manual for spiritual revelation and attainment. It is interesting to note that the two foremost doctrines of Christianity as found in the Bible in Matthew, chapter 22, verses 37 and 39 which say: Love thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul and with all thy mind; and love thy neighbor as thyself are not minimized but completely validated by the Bhagavad-Gita. The book Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, volume six, page 696 states, " It is certain that portions of the Bhagavad-Gita in which the doctrine of bhakti or love of God is revealed are pre-Christian and of indigenous Indian origin. This is not only limited to the devotional portions; but the entirety of the Bhagavad-Gita is pre-Christian. Also it has been well noted by sanskrit scholars that in terms of grammatical construction many sentences and the archaic forms of many words do not follow the strict rules of grammar which all sanskrit scholars follow as expounded given by Panini, who lived in the 6th century B.C. Not only is the Bhagavad-Gita pre-Christian; but it is also pre-Buddhistic as well. That the Bhagavad-Gita is pre-Buddhistic can be determined by the fact that no where is there any reference to Buddhism. Whereas in the Buddhist scripture Niddesa written in 4 B.C. in the Pali Canon is found reference to the worship of Vasudeva and Baladeva, who are Krishna and Balarama respectively. Although some scholars surmise that the mention of nirvana six times gives them reason to assume that this might be contrary. The word nirvana is always compounded with the word brahma as in brahma-nirvanam meaning identified with the Ultimate truth or with the word paramam as in nirvana-paramam meaning identified with the Supreme. In Buddhism the word nirvana is used to mean extinguished or dissolved in terms of loss of separate existence. As the word nirvana by itself is also used in the Mahabharata in the sense of extinction it can be determined that the Buddhists received this concept of nirvana from earlier Vedic scriptures.
Many of you have been taught by your religions that God is to be feared. Many of you have been taught that this life is all their is and after this life there is nothing more. Others have been taught that after death one goes to heaven or hell. Still other have been taught that it is possible for the soul to be possessed. Some of you believe the possibility of reincarnation and others among you cannot fathom what is true and what is false. Many of you have been conditioned by erroneous conceptions, programed by false realities and even brainwashed to follow belief systems that intelligently it is difficult to follow.
Now we are giving everyone the oppurtunity to learn the eternal message of Bhagavad-Gita. All intelligent species of life, human being and otherwise can take advantage of these instructions and benefit eternally by the transcendental knowledge contained within the Bhagavad-Gita and we are confident that this realization will manifest as a reality in the forseeable future.

Useless But Interesting Facts

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000

A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.

160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous transatlantic flight.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.

Useless But Interesting Facts

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000

Facts About Pigs

noreply@blogger.com (pawan92) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:44:00 +0000

A baby pig, or piglet, weighs about 1.5 kilograms at birth and will double its weight in just 7 days.

Pigs have four toes on each hoof, but only walk on two toes per foot.

A mature pig has 44 teeth.

A pig can run a 7 minute mile.

Pigs can live up to 15 years they have an acute sense of smell, excellent hearing and eyesight.

A pig’s nose is called a snout. In farm pigs, the snout may be either long and narrow, or short and broad. The snout should be moist, clean and shinning, it is highly mobile as well as being extremely strong.

Males are called boars males that are de-sexed are called barrows.

Young first time mothers are called gilts.