For a while now, one has been able to vent all kinds of frustration about airport security online, and especially Americas own elite storm troopers TSA (who welcome you in any American airport as if you were a terrorist). They have started their own blog (so instead of jumping them in the airports out of rage from waiting in line for two hours with a screaming baby infront of you, with a mommy who is forced to hand over her breatsmilk to a power tripping individual on minimum pay salary and without any training in service) you can let of steam online. However, they choose to delete posts with anything that they feel is too much to deal with and somewhat agressive.

The whole body X-ray scaner has been put in use at several US airports. If you have not felt that taking off your shoes, belt, jacket and jewelery being a somewhat invasion of privacy..having some guy check you out in a public space might be the ticket! 

In the same way Mummy's are being X-rayed for hidden treasures,

your body will undergo this very close scrutiny. One can only hope that they will make prints from the X-ray shots and make exhibitions in airports around the world, sometime soon.

The above example is one of the main reasons we all must take off our shoes at the airport. There is a whole area of the blog that is dedicated to shoes, and it is not all women exchanging shoe-tips and the best shoes to wear to different airports.


And now that we are talking about Mummy's and airport security, there is great news for all you wine lovers out there! It is called "The Wine Mummy" and protects that expensive bottle of wine that you just bought on your trip. This Mummy protects it from breaking in your lugguage and from needing to carry your wine in your hand lugguage with the risk of being taken in the security control.


And being on a Mummy Roll, above is the Mummy Sleeping Bag that will keep you warm and comfy if you are stranded in some airport or mountain while on your travels around the world.

Photo by e3000 

London is set to become home to over 100,000 newcomers in the shape of 250 exotic butterflies from around the world. Unfortunately, the butterflies won’t be spreading (summer)joy and happiness in Kilburn and Neasden, since they will only be flying around in the city’s next big attraction - Butterfly World!

Butterfly World will be the world’s largest display of butterflies. It will be built on a butterfly-shaped site near St Albans in Hertfordshire with a spectacular 100m translucent dome forming its centrepiece 'eye'.

"The dome will be big enough to contain seven Stonehenge sites and it will have in it the replica remains of a lost Mayan city and a tropical rainforest,” says Clive Farrell, the property developer and butterfly enthusiast behind the project, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The recreated rainforest will have ponds, waterfalls, and rope walk-ways overlooking the rainforest canopy while below ground level sections of the dome will be submerged to incorporate caverns, writes The Daily Telegraph. These caverns definitely won’t be for the faint-hearted as they will house creatures such as giant spiders and scorpions!

The giant dome will be surrounded outside by wildflower meadows and gardens designed to attract native and fast-declining British butterflies. The gardens will be open to the public in June 2009, while the whole butterfly-project is due for completion in 2011.

David Rich Momondo
 

Heathrow’s highly anticipated and massively hyped Terminal 5 had a rather chaotic opening day on March 27. The Queen officially opened the £4.3 billion new T5 and according to the first passengers the terminal was a delight, but later as the day progressed chaos broke out, writes The Guardian.

It was a meltdown of the the terminals 11-mile state-of-the art-baggage system (designed to deal with 12,000 bags an hour), which lead to long queues and baggage delays - two of the notorious biggest causes of delay in Heathrow.

"It was shambolic, but totally predictable", said one British Airways handler, according to The Guardian. Another baggage handler told the newspaper: "Doors that should have been open were locked, staff passes wouldn't work in the car park, lifts were jammed inside the terminals - nothing was working."

At night British Airways announced that it would cancel at least 76 of the next day's 380 flights operating in and out of T5, giving the carrier more time to restore the baggage operation and giving it room to deal with further problems.

Some passengers manage to see the postive aspects of all the airport misery. Anna Williams, from Pretoria, said according to The Guardian: "It's good to realise that this sort of thing doesn't only happen in Africa."
 

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Luella is a an fashion and eyewear designer that has taken the concept of eyewear to another level. Indeed you wear an accessory around your eyes, but it is more the message of wearing this mask at night than needing protection against the sun. Maybe more protection against reality, the reality that disappears as soon as these glasses goes on, combined with a serious dress, catsuit, perfectly fitted mens suit or just nothing at all.

Mary Ping continues the Bond vibe--making M delighted--with glasses that fold and can be used not only to protect the eyes, but to hang on your collar, pocket, v-neck or side of your mouth.

Linda Farrow has created a pair of glasses that both can protect a burnt nose in the slopes, a just operated slope nose and Michael's nose. A good pair of glasses can soon become a part of you, so choose accordingly.

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Let’s face it: Flying is ridiculously polluting! A fact an increasing number of airline carriers seem to take seriously, and which has encouraged many to begin tests with biofuel (an initiative which not only benefits the atmosphere but also the companies’ eco friendly image).

On February 24, Virgin did the first ever test-flight of a renewable fuel with a commercial jet. The Boeing 747 flew from London to Amsterdam on a mixture of 80 percent conventional jet fuel and 20 percent biofuel made from oil from babassu- and coconuts. Virgin boss Richard Branson proclaims that planes are capable of flying on up to 40 percent biofuel, which primarily is derived from corn, vegetables or sugar.

It all sounds very good, but critical voices are concerned that an increasing demand for biofuel will raise food prices...However, Virgin states that the company only uses sustainable fuel sources that do not compete with food or fresh water resources.

Author David Rich Momondo