When traveling time zones, it's a good idea to remember that TV schedules change. When I sat down to watch the 3rd episode of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," in St. Cloud, Minnesota where were were visiting friends on our way to Montana, I forgot it was Central Time.

The show comes on ABC at 8:00 p.m. in St. Cloud and not at 9:00 like in Columbus. The show had just ended. We proceeded to watch the sunset and drink wine.

Watching online a day later in Bismarck, North Dakota at the Seven Seas Best Western was just as entertaining. To catch you up for tonight, here's the recap. If you can't head to Japan any time soon, here's one way to feel like you're there in an unusual sort of way.

What I liked so much during the first episode is back. There was more about Japan and the contestants reactions to being in the country. Everyone loves being in Japan.

There was also more footage about what it's like to be on a Japanese game show. Less time was spent on the contestants' chatter about their strategies to win, therefore the bickering was minimal which left more time for more interesting footage.

Another positive change in round three was Mamasan's increased TV time. I particularly liked observing the contestants reactions to her. The hugs, the thank-yous, the being ever so polite, even when served a gritty version of green tea that isn't what one likes is so typical of trying to be a gracious guest in another country.

Watching the video of Robin Kassner being arrested while her bag is getting checked at the Reagan International Airport certainly gives one the impression that being arrested is not relaxing.

The incident happened in February 2007. She's tussled up a bit by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. That part is clear.

What isn't clear is exactly what happened.

According to this news story from Kare 11 that includes the video, Kassner is suing because she believes she was wronged, although the charge of disorderly conduct has been dropped. The charge that she was obstructing justice still stands.

Kassner claims she was being cooperative when officer Michael Urbina reached over and grabbed her to throw her into a chair. Does he have some sort of tick then? After the chair, she was pushed over the TSA counter, face down and then onto the floor.

From the video footage, before Urbina grabbed her, it looks like she's pretty close to the screener and talking--not particularly animated, but too close.

TSA says that the video doesn't tell all and that Kassner was not minding. She was getting in the way. Kassner says that she was roughed up for no fault of her own, thought she would die, and was put in jail to think about why she wasn't on board the flight that she would have been on if she had behaved herself. Jail time is like being sent to the principal's office in this case.

Check out the video of the incident below. What do you think happened?

Back in March, Gadling blogged about a firearm training system, Lamperd, which had patented a bracelet that worked like a stun gun when activated.

At the time, Lamperd was lobbying the Transportation Security Administration to make it mandatory for all airline passengers to wear one, with the thinking that it was the best way to thwart a terrorist.

Well, here's an update.

The Department of Homeland Security, ever the shepherds watching over their flocks, appears to be seriously weighing making this bracelet mandatory and has sent a letter to Lamperd encouraging the company to draft a formal proposal for integrating its bracelet into flight security.

That's right. Your tax dollars are funding the R&D arm of DHS, which wants to develop technology that acts essentially as a GPS attached to your wrist, allowing the government to track pretty much everywhere you go once you check in for your flight, and giving the flight crew the ability to waylay you if you get out of hand.

O.K., that might be overstating it: Officials say the bracelet would only be activated in the event of a terrorist attack. But still....

Here is a promotional video for the bracelet that piqued DHS's interest.

The Washington Times today quotes a letter from DHS's Paul S. Ruwaldt, of the Science and Technology Directorate, in which he writes to Lamperd saying, "To make it clear, we are interested in...the immobilizing security bracelet and look forward to receiving a written proposal."

The Times says the letter was written on Federal Aviation Administration letterhead.

The Times goes on to detail what the bracelet could do. It would:

• Eliminate the need to carry a boarding pass
• Contain personal data about you, including your travel history
  
• Monitor the whereabouts of both you and your luggage after check-in
  
• Employ Electro-Musclar Disruption technology that could immobilize a passenger for nearly 10 minutes

Now, with all the idiotic things passengers have been doing on planes of late, I could maybe get behind employing some kind of bracelet stun gun.

But seriously, I consider all this with some foreboding. I mean, slipping a bracelet on a little kid that could deliver a shock powerful enough to make an electronic dog fence zap seem like a pinprick is a scary thought. What if a flight attendant accidently activates one of them?

What do you think? Would mandatory bracelets like these make air travel safer, or is this just another way for the government to look over our shoulders?

What other strange things have been found on planes?

Click the image to read the bizarre story...

One of the few reasons that I kept a television for so long was for Anthony Bourdain's Travel and Food show No Reservations. Airing on the travel channel every Monday, No Reservations always seemed to me to be a real travel show, shot from the streets in places that you or I might visit, and for some reason, seemed to have a streak of authenticity and candidness to it. Perhaps that's why it's so popular among the young American demographic.

Regardless, we've nominated blogger Jeremy as our new Bourdain reviewer, so keep an eye out for his posts recapping the show every week.

If you want to get your Bourdain on before the episode tonight, check out the preview video kindly supplied by the PR engine at the Travel Channel -- and keep an eye on Gadling -- I hear we might get some sweet Bourdain schwag to give away to our loyal readers.

Looks like the "Pope-mobile" is changing from a Mercedes Benz to an Indian rickshaw!

An auto-rickshaw, a black and yellow 3-wheeler that can seat no more than 3 people, is India's most used form of private transport. The Pope has just received a personalized, completely white one with special insignia, that he will be using for public appearances as he commutes around the Vatican.

The Times Of India has hyped this piece of news as a symbolic step in marking India's connection with the spiritual leader.

Definitely unique news and a novel marketing gimmick by Piaggio Ape Calessino, the rickshaw manufacturing company, but not worthy of front page status.

In my opinion, the Pope making use this mode of transport from a developing country is a feather in the cap for India's awesome transportation system, but other than that, no big deal.

With stock prices plummeting, the Midwest flooding, and all other difficulties in the world, I looked over the Gadling posts this week for the cheery and creative stuff.

• George Carlin's death wasn't cheery news, but Aaron's post made me laugh. He recounted one of George Carlin's routines, "A Place for My Stuff." That's cheery and creative.
• Kelsey told us that if your car breaks down on a highway in Mexico, the Green Angels will come to save you. This is cheery news to know.
• If you don't have the money to travel around the world, Jeremy suggested The Brickskeller in Washington, D.C. Here you can drink your way around the world. That's one creative way to experience an aspect of various countries from the comfort of a bar stool.
• When it comes to that perfect signature piece of furniture, Anna pointed out airplane drink trolleys. They have been jazzed up for the home. Heather was cheered by that news, and they certainly are creative.
• And Abha wrote about "Buns and Guns" an eatery in Lebanon that, if nothing else, is creative.

But, the most cheery of all is Matt Harding's video "Dancing 2008." If you haven't seen it, you are missing out. I've watched it at least eight times.

Here's hoping you have a cheery weekend and that you find something creative to do.

Using Matt Harding's concept of dancing as a way to unify the world in his "Where the Hell is Matt?" videos, Jeff Hoskinson highlighted his home state, Iowa in a spoof of sorts.

He kind of looks like Matt, but he's not Matt. Matt does appear in the video in the "Inspiration" by section. There is a handy reference guide in the YouTube description that lists everywhere featured in the video. As Hoskingson states, this was one way to have a reason to head to all the places he's heard about since he was a kid.

If you can't make it to EVERYWHERE in a state or a country, why not just pick your county or province? How about just your city, village or town? Pick a neat song and go for it. All you need is a camera and a person to film you. It's doable. I'm not doing it yet--but you go for it and let me know if you've posted the results on YouTube. I'm enamored with the idea. Whatever you do, just keep dancing.

One thing this video does make me cognizant of is Iowa's flooding problems. I wonder which of these sites were affected and wish the good folks in Iowa well.

There's a new reality TV show that starts on ABC tonight. It could either be really funny or absolutely awful. I Survived a Japanese Game Show took 10 contestants--six women and four men-- to Japan where they competed in some sort of wacky game show called Majide in front of a Japanese audience.

Not only do the contestants compete in the game show, they are immersed in aspects of Japanese culture they didn't quite expect. The reason they didn't expect it is because when they showed up a the studio to participate in a reality television show, they didn't know what the show involved. Nothing. Nada. Next thing, Japan.

I saw a preview last night and admittedly, I was laughing out loud. Okay, here's the thing. I thought The Three Amigos was funny and loved Joe VS. The Volcano. I amuse fairly easily, although Abha, I promise, I wouldn't think The Love Guru is at all amusing.

I do love the idea of putting people in cultural situations they are not quite sure about as long as the culture isn't demeaned and the people in the situation aren't elevated in stature. In this case, I'd say the Americans have plenty of opportunity to look fairly ridiculous.

Here's one contest, for example. In the "Chicken Butt Scramble," contestants dress up like chickens and try to break large "eggs" filled with goo by sitting on them and bouncing hard. It's not easy.

As the weeks progress, contestants will be eliminated until the last person wins $250,000.

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I had high hopes someone would rescue the "Electric Map" at Gettysburg, but I haven't seen anything new about it since the plug was pulled on the attraction in April. (See article) Here's a link to "Save the Map," a movement started to, well, save the map, but it doesn't say the map was saved.

The map used to be at the Gettysburg National Park Visitor's Center, but the new visitor center, now called Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War dumped it for more modern trimmings.

I suppose the film A New Birth of Freedom narrated by Morgan Freeman is a fine way to let visitors know about the Civil War and the battle at Gettysburg, but I'll miss the map when I go to here the next time.

That map, though, was funky and I think worth saving if nothing else for its nostalgic value and history. It was first displayed in the 1939. Perhaps another organization will acquire it. I hope so.

I went to Gettysburg when I was in the 5th grade. The electric map is about the only thing I remember. For a map experience via YouTube video, keep reading.

Matt Harding, as in "Where the Hell is Matt," --the guy who dances around the world, has found the answer to world peace. Don't believe me? Just watch his video, Dancing 2008 and you'll be smiling in a few seconds. Halfway through, you'll feel like dancing yourself. The song "Praan" is perfect.

As Matt dances his way around the world through 42 different countries, people join him. Along the way there are laugh-out-loud surprises and joy. (To see the high quality version, click on the video. It will take you to the YouTube site. Click on "watch in high quality" under the video--or go here for the video via Matt's Web site.)

What a great way to travel. Matt, you're brilliant.