fact about computer mouse!!

First Mouse

A computer mouse is a useful device that allows a person to easily navigate through software without remembering keyboard shortcuts. Not many people search about information about mice since most people consider these devices as insignificant parts of the computer but if you are interested in learning about the mouse then listed below are a few interesting facts about a mouse.

The term "mouse" was first used in Bill English's publication released in the year 1965 and the Third edition of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary states that acceptable plural terms include computer mice and computer mouses.

Douglas Engalbart created the first prototype mouse in the year 1963 and his friend Bill English helped him create this mouse. The Royal Canadian Navy created the second mouse eleven years later and a five pin bowling ball was used in this tracking mouse. All these devices used the concept of a ball but the actual ball mouse was created in the year 1972 by Bill English.

Optical Mouse

Ball mouse devices were first manufactured for the company Xerox by Jack Hawley and these computer devices were marketed in 1975. The second type of mechanical mouse introduced to consumers was the wheel mouse and this mouse has two wheels that would rotate at the axis.

Roller Ball Mouse

Gyroscopic Mouse

Optical devices were invented by Steve Kirsch and an infrared LED along with infrared sensors were used to create this computer mouse. Richard F Lyon created the 16 pixel light visible image sensor and this mouse was marketed by the company Xerox. An x y coordinate system was embedded in the pad that Steve Kirsch created and this mouse would not work properly when the mouse pad was rotated.

Machines of Malice

HEAVY MACHINERY

World of Wonder's MACHINES OF MALICE:

THE INQUISITION premieres tonight at 10PM Eastern on the Discovery Channel. Put yourself in the hot seat as this episode tests out torturous atrocities like "The Interrogation Chair," above left. GETTING A LITTLE OUT-OF-JOINT: Find out how Inquisitors turned everyday objects into horrific devices to "help" the accused see the error of their ways... and thoughts, above right.

HARD TO STOMACH: Machines of Malice tests exotic torture devices like the "Revolving Drum," below left, a contraption supposed to grind away at the accused during questioning. A SLICE OF HUMAN HISTORY: Find out how religious zealots engineered fear and terror so entire populations would conform to their specific beliefs.

TORCH ME IN THE MORNING

World of Wonder's Machines of Malice: Witches & Heretics premieres tonight at 10 PM Eastern on the Discovery Channel. Find out why community and religious leaders during the Middle Ages reserved the most-painful punishments for individuals they labeled as heretical.

wheel of misfortune

 WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE: Some of these devices live up to their reputations, while others prove to be propaganda designed to control behavior through fear.

GUT CHECK

GUT CHECK:

 See how executioners during the Middle Ages applied simple mechanics to specific body parts with devastating results.

Warren Buffet: Second Richest Man in the World

~ It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. ~
                                                            -warren buffet
                                                             
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second
richest man who has donated $31 billion (85% of his fortune) to charity.

Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1) Warren bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3) He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.

6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.

7) Warren Buffet has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

8) He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.

9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself.  

fact of "Dharavi Slum Mumbai"

Intro: Lakhs of Residents, Billions of Dollars

Often dubbed “Asia’s largest slum,” Dharavi is in fact a heart-shaped agglomeration of primarily informal settlements that bustle with economic activities. It is located literally in the heart of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. Dharavi was once a remote settlement on the outskirts of the city, bordered by swampy land and marshes and one end and a Koli fishing village at the other. Today, due to Mumbai’s rapid northward expansion, it finds itself strategically located between the city’s two main suburban railway lines and a stone’s throw away from the Bandra-Kurla Complex, the new financial and commercial center.

These geographic advantages and Mumbai’s relative shortage of developable land combine to make Dharavi a prime piece of real estate potentially worth billions of dollars, creating pressure for redevelopment.

Area

Spanning an area of about 223 hectares (550 acres), Dharavi is bordered by the Sion, Mahim and Matunga railway stations and two major roads (Sion and Mahim Link Roads) that connect the eastern and western parts of the city.

Dharavi is home to between half a million and one million people (no recent and reliable population statistics are available). A 1986 survey by the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) counted 530,225 people (106,045 households) living in 80,518 structures; the numbers have surely grown since then.

As is evident in the popular aerial images of the slum’s contiguous rooftops, Dharavi is an extremely dense environment. A recent survey by the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture (KRVIA) established that a central area of Dharavi (Chamra Bazaar) contained densities of up to 336,643 people per square kilometer! Assuming a population of 700,000, the population density in Dharavi would be around 314,887 per square kilometer. This is 11 times as dense as Mumbai as a whole (the most densely populated city in the world with 29,500 people per square kilometer) and more than 6 times as dense as daytime Manhattan (about 50,000 people per square kilometer).

History and Identity

Dharavi was originally marshy terrain home to the Kolis, a traditional fishing community who lived at the edge of Mahim Creek. As the swamps separating the seven islands that formed Bombay were filled in, migrants from all over India settled in Dharavi. Potters from Gujarat, tanners from Tamil Nadu and embroidery workers from Uttar Pradesh were among those who put down roots in Dharavi beginning in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For migrants, Dharavi, like a few other villages in Mumbai offered work and affordable housing; for authorities, until recently, it was a place where illegal settlements could acceptably proliferate away from the central city. For the city at large, it was a source of cheap labour but safely tucked away from sight. In terms of the city’s invisible caste profile, Dharavi was also the repository of the city’s more primeval instincts. Till date it remains a primarily low-caste dominated region of the city.

Today, Dharavi is composed of almost 100 distinct nagars, or neighborhoods, that form a mosaic of regional, linguistic, religious, caste and class identities. Its largest communities are Tamil and Maharashtrian, each comprising about a third of the population. However, virtually all regions of India are represented in Dharavi, with the newest wave of migrants coming from Bihar. Dharavi is home to Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and others who — with the notable exception of the 1992-93 communal riots — have lived side by side largely in peace. The majority of Dharavi’s residents are Dalits (former Untouchables), but members of many other castes and tribes are present as well. Dharavi is home not only to the urban poor, but also to some middle-class professionals unable to find affordable housing elsewhere. In fact, in some pockets of Dharavi, like Koliwada, there are a sizable middle class populations. The number of youth from other parts of Dharavi who have been educated in neighbouring schools and colleges is also significant. 

Economy

Dharavi is not only a residential space, but also a major economic hub representing the city’s vast informal sector. In fact, in many parts, it seems as if residential spaces have been carved out from the tiny surplus left over from economic activities such as recycling industries, leather tanneries, heavy metal work, woodwork, and manufactured goods like garments, shoes, luggage, jewelry. Industries generally serve all of Mumbai, and many products are even distributed in global markets. One conservative estimate places the annual value of goods produced in Dharavi at USD 500 million (“Inside the Slums,” The Economist, 27/1/05).

Commercial and manufacturing enterprises provide employment for a large share of Dharavi’s population as well as for some living outside Dharavi. Much of Dharavi’s productivity is rooted in a decentralized production process relying on a vast network of small home-based production units.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) own most of the land in Dharavi, with private landholders and the central government controlling the rest. An informal real estate market operates in the area, with prices varying by location and building quality. While some residents live in structures with tin walls and plastic sheeting, many have moved up to brick or concrete and have added lofts, upper stories and decorative elements. Some owners lease spaces to tenants, having purchased more than one house or moved out of Dharavi. Although a majority of structures constitute “slum housing,” Dharavi also contains other housing typologies, including the former village structures of Koliwada, planned government chawls and transit accommodations, and government-sponsored high-rises.

Those who have never ventured into Dharavi may imagine it as a wasteland of tent-like temporary structures, an immense junkyard crowded with undernourished people completely disconnected from the rest of the world, surviving on charity and pulling the economy backward.

Beneath the sea of corrugated tin roofs, the reality could hardly be more different. Dharavi is a highly developed urban area composed of distinct neighborhoods and bustling with economic activity that is integrated socially, economically and culturally at metropolitan, regional and global levels.

Previously ignored by authorities, Dharavi was officially recognized as a slum in 1976, when state slum policy shifted from demolition to upgradation. During the next decade, the government took measures against crime and illicit liqueur production and brought in basic amenities such as water taps, toilets, drains and electricity.

During a visit to Dharavi in 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi announced a grant of Rs. 100 crore to Bombay, a substantial portion of which was allocated to infrastructural and housing projects in Dharavi under the Prime Minister’s Grant Project (PMGP).

Beginning in 1995, the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme (SRS) has provided incentives for developers to construct buildings with free 225 sq. ft. flats for slum dwellers in exchange for building rights, which can be sold on the open market as Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). Most of the high-rise buildings that pepper Dharavi’s skyline were constructed under this scheme.

The Opportunity of the Millennium — But for Whom?

In the context of rising land values, the latest plan to redevelop Dharavi was elaborated a decade ago by US-based architect and consultant Mukesh Mehta and approved by the state government of Maharashtra in 2004. Known as the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) and overseen by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), the plan is painted as a win-win situation in which eligible slum dwellers receive secure housing and amenities while middle classes gain new residential and commercial spaces, developers and the government make a profit, and an embarrassing blot is removed from the landscape of the aspiring “world-class city.”

Valued at Rs. 15,000 crore, the plan —which authorities have dubbed “The Opportunity of the Millennium” — divides Dharavi into five sectors to be developed by global firms after a competitive bidding process. Profits from the sale of high-end developments will fund the resettlement of eligible slum dwellers (those who can prove their residence prior to January 1, 2000) in free 300 sq. ft. flats in multi-story buildings. Developers are also charged with providing some amenities and infrastructural improvements. In January 2008, SRA officials announced a shortlist of 19 bidders out of the 26 who had submitted expression of interest documents since tenders were invited in August 2007.

Although many laud the plan’s transcendence of a piecemeal approach, the project has been criticized for being pro-developer instead of pro-resident; for proceeding without transparency towards, consent of or consultation with the community; and for adopting a tabula rasa approach that ignores the generations of incremental self-development that have made Dharavi the unique and productive place it is today.

Residents have further protested that the plan will deprive many of their livelihoods, does not allot enough space in light of current tenement sizes, and does not account for Dharavi’s sizable population of renters and more recent migrants.

Experts have further warned that the plan promotes insupportable densities, does not adequately consider environmental impacts or future growth, and does not effectively integrate Dharavi with Mumbai as a whole. Some have also emphasized that a simplistic rezoning or segregation of activities overlooks the deep interconnections between economic activities, social networks and urban form in Dharavi.

Another critique of the project has been that it has proceeded without reliable statistics about Dharavi’s population. In response, the government commissioned a baseline socioeconomic survey of the area in September 2007; managed by an NGO and implemented in part by slum dwellers, the survey is currently under way.

The Mystery of Bruce Lee's Death

Bruce Lee, dressed in the traditional Chinese outfit he wore in the movie Enter The Dragon, was laid to rest in Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle in late July of 1973. But long before Lee's sudden and tragic death in a Hong Kong apartment at age 32, rumors were rife throughout the Orient that he had been wounded or killed in fights.

"One day, I got a long-distance call from Hong Kong's largest newspaper," Lee recalled. "They asked me if I was still alive. 'Guess who you are talking to?' I replied."




Thus, when Lee actually did die, speculation abounded as to the cause. The rumors ranged from Lee being killed by Hong Kong triads (gangsters) because he refused to pay them protection money - —something that was common for Chinese movie stars to do at that time —to his being killed by an angry martial artist's dim mak (death touch) strike. Some people claimed Lee was cursed—he had just bought a house in Hong Kong that was supposed to be haunted—or that he had died while mking love to actress Betty Tingpei, or that he had angered the Chinese martial arts community by teaching foreigners, and that he had been killed in a challenge match.
Many Chinese believed Lee was the victim of too much gum Ilk (intensity) in his training, while others cited drug use as the cause for his sudden demise. Still others believed that Lee's fate was sealed at birth, that it was in the stars. And, finally, there are those who think Lee's death was staged, and that he is merely waiting for the right time to return to society.


The facts of the case are this: Lee died after falling into a coma. The coroner's report was inconclusive, and medical authorities came up with five reasons for Lee's untimely death. However, they all agreed that it was caused by a cerebral edema (a swelling of the brain caused by a congestion of fluid). But what caused the edema became a matter of speculation. For the most part, the course of events on that fateful July day in 1973 can be pieced together. According to Lee's wife, Linda, Bruce met film producer Raymond Chow at 2 p.m. at home to discuss the making of Game of Death. They worked until 4 p.m., and then drove together to the home of Betty Tingpei, a Taiwanese actress who was to also have a leading role in the film. The three went over the script at Tingpei's home, and then Chow left to attend a dinner meeting.
A short time later, Lee complained of a headache and Tingpei gave him a tablet of Equagesic—a kind of super sapirin. Apart from that, Lee reportedly consumed nothing but a couple of soft drinks.
At around 7:30 p.m., Lee lay down for a nap and was still asleep when Chow called to ask why he and Tingpei had not yet shown up for dinner as planned. The actress told Chow she could not wake Lee. The ensuing autopsy found traces of cannabis in Lee's stomach, but the significance of this discovery is debatable. Some believe the cannabis caused a chemical reaction that led to the cerebral edema, but the coroner's inquiry refutes this theory. In fact, one doctor was quoted as saying that the cannabis being in Lee's stomach was "no more significant than if Bruce had drunk a cup of tea that day."


Dr. R.R. Lycette of Queen Elizabeth Hospital viewed Lee's death as a hypersensitivity to one or more of the compounds found in the headache tablet he consumed that afternoon. Although his skull showed no injury, his brain had swollen considerably, from 1,400 to 1,575 grams. None of the blood vessels were blocked or broken, so the possibility of a hemorrhage was ruled out. All of Lee's internal organs were meticulously examined, and the only "foreign" substance to be found was the Equagesic.
Chow came to the apartment and could not wake Lee either. A doctor was summoned, and he spent 10 minutes attempting to revive the martial artist before sending him by ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. By the time he reached the hospital, Lee was dead .
Foul play was immediately suspected as having a role in Lee's passing. Chow appeared on television to try to settle the public furor that quickly developed. He explained what happened, omitting only the fact that Lee had not died at home. The press soon uncovered the truth, however, and demanded to know what Chow was trying to cover up. R.D. Teare, a professor of forensic medicine at the University of London who had overseen more than 90,000 autopsies, was called in and declared that it was basically impossible for the cannabis to be a factor in Lee's death. In Teare's opinion, the edema was caused by hypersensitivity to either meprobamate or aspirin, or a combination of both. His view was accepted by authorities, and a determination of "misadventure" was stamped on Lee's death.
Strangely, an early death was a conceivability that Lee had contemplated with surprising frequency. According to his wife Linda, he had no wish to live to a ripe old age because he could not stand the idea of losing the physical abilities he had strived so hard to achieve.
"If I should die tomorrow," he used to say, "I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life."

Who were Samurai

Samurai

Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages

SAMURAI

Samurai (SAM-er-eye) were Japanese warriors who were revered for their skills as warriors, but also for their distinct influence on Japanese fashion. Samurai first appeared in Japan as early as the eighth century c.e., but they truly rose to power in the eleventh century as elite warriors in service to their feudal lords, or daimyos. Other samurai served as guards of the imperial palace. The samurai were accorded special status after about 1600. They alone had the privilege of wearing two swords, they married only among their own class, and they passed their privileges on to their children. The word samurai literally means "to be on one's guard."

The samurai, or warrior class, replaced the court nobles who had once surrounded the ruler. These nobles had always worn ceremonial clothing and lived a very formal existence within large castles. The rulers understood that the samurai were strong and wise and capable of forming their own armies and taking control of the country. To keep the power of the samurai in check, the rulers encouraged the samurai to live by elaborate rules about dress and behavior. Samurai lived by a code of honor known as Bushido, the way of the sword. Loyalty, truthfulness, sincerity, and readiness to die for honor were its main attributes. The samurai also became very dedicated to ceremony and to acquiring and displaying meaningful colors, fabrics, and styles.

Samurai were dressed for speed and travel. Their basic uniform had wide hakama trousers, open halfway down the leg and ending above the ankle. The under-kimono of the samurai could be slipped off for a sword battle, while remaining secured at the waist by the hakama's hard waistband and ties. The overvest had impressive winged shoulders and was sleeveless, so that the samurai looked both grand and dangerous and was able to swing his arms around with his two swords.

Historically, samurai and geishas have been the two greatest influences on Japanese fashion and taste. Both had the status, visibility, and intelligence to cultivate distinctive colors, fabrics, and styles, changing them regularly to keep the public enthralled, much like today's rock stars or actors and actresses.

Among the fashions that were developed by samurai in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the hakama, or trouser, and kataginu, a ceremonial ensemble with winged shoulders, are the most distinctive. In recent times, samurai fashions have been well represented in Japanese theater, such as No plays and Kabuki, and in film, particularly the historical films of director Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998). (A No, or Noh, play is a classic Japanese dance-drama having a heroic theme, a chorus, and highly stylized action, costuming, and scenery.) The samurai film, in fact, has had a wide influence throughout the world. Akira Kurosawa's legendary movie, The Seven Samurai (1954), was the inspiration for the light saber battles in the film Star Wars (1977) and its sequels. Samurai suits of armor, made of ceramic plates sewn together, were the inspiration for the military flak jacket developed by the United States Army during World War II (1939–45). Samurai wore distinctive top-knot hairstyles and wore bold crests on their robes.

The samurai disappeared as a distinct class in the nineteenth century. In modern Japan some towns celebrate the history of the samurai by holding annual pageants or parades where participants dress in reproductions of historical samurai styles. The traditional practices of archery, swordsmanship, and martial arts all have their basis in samurai culture. Today, many practitioners of these disciplines are greatly 

A History about "The atomic Bombing of Hiroshima"

bombing effects!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRF2BbSRDmg&feature=related

The debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki concerns the United States' atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 at the close of the Second World War (1939–45). Some debaters focus on what Truman knew and believed, and others on whether or not the bombings were the proximate cause of Japanese surrender. Over the course of time different arguments have gained and lost support as new evidence has become available and as new major studies have been completed. However, a primary and continuing focus has been on the role of the bombings in Japan's surrender and the U.S.'s ethical justification for them based upon the premise that the bombing precipitated the surrender. This remains the subject of both scholarlyand popular debate.

In 2005 in an overview of historiography about the matter, J. Samuel Walker wrote that "the controversy over the use of the bomb seems certain to continue."^[2] Walker stated that "The fundamental issue that has divided scholars over a period of nearly four decades is whether the use of the bomb was necessary to achieve victory in the war in the Pacific on terms satisfactory to the United States."^[2]

Supporters of the bombings generally assert that they caused the Japanese surrender, preventing massive casualties on both sides in the planned invasion of Japan: Kyūshū was to be invaded in October 1945 and Honshū five months later. Those who oppose the bombings argue that it was simply an extension of the already fierce conventional bombing campaign^[3] and, therefore, militarily unnecessary,^[4] inherently immoral, a war crime, or a form of state terrorism.^[5]

how dhirubhai ambani started his business

"I am deaf to the word `no`"

Dhirubhai Ambani

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them," these Shakespearean phrases probably portray well the character of Dhirubhai.
Birth and Ancestry: Born in a large family, in a remote rural village of Chorwad in Saurashtra, Gujarat, on 28, December 1932 to Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani and Jamunaben Hirachand Ambani, Dhirubhai was the third child in a family of three sons and two daughters. His brothers were Ramniklal and Natvarlal and sisters were Trilochna and Jasumati.
Son of a rural school teacher, Dhirubhai did his schooling in Chorwad but couldn’t continue to college, as he couldn’t afford to. Financial problems at home forced him to drop out of high school and look for service. Initially he started by selling bhajias to pilgrims visiting Girnar peak.
His First Job: In the year 1949 at the age of 17, he went to Aden in Yemen in a ship named Kabota. Ramnikbhai his elder brother, already settled in Aden had arranged a job for him and as a result Dhirubhai didn’t have to put in any initial struggle for a job or settlement in Aden. In 1954 he returned to Mumbai for a brief period and married Kokilaben.
Returns to India: He finally returned from Aden in the year 1959 and from here started a illustrious saga of business success and rise to pinnacle of national and international fame, fortune and wealth as also a show of exemplary courage, financial wizardry and business acumen.
Here is a saga of a man who overcame all odds to become India's most recognized and globally acclaimed entrepreneur in just over three decades. Dhirubhai came to Mumbai in 1959 with Rs 500 in his pocket and today his business empire is worth over Rs 62,000 crore.

At a Glance: What is significant and praiseworthy is that he did this all in just in one lifetime He was a business leader of extraordinary impact on international business, and world economic and political policy.His uncanny ability to overcome all obstacles business or otherwise with foresight, better commonsense, daring maneuvers, sharp penetrating intellect and above all a love and commitment to the country and it's people, catalyzed his business empire from a few thousands rupees to more than 60,000 crores.

Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of an over Rs. 62,000 crore (US$32.5 billion) empire, was always known by his first name, an indicator of the man's down-to-earth personality and grassroot approach to life and living.
What took generations for other big and small business houses, Dhirubhai, the colossus did in just three decades. Dhirubhai's feat is thus unparallel and unmatched in the Indian corporate world and would remain so for generations to come. Here is a man who not only created Equity culture in India but also delegated the meaning of shares to the common man and utilized the profits for mutual benefits of the company and the shareholders.

Dhirubhai was different from others who once dominated Indian business. He gave his business opponents a run for their money. He undertook immense risks to get to the top -the head of a conglomerate, and one among the select Forbes billionaires.
Today, his dream, Reliance is acknowledged as one of the best-run companies in the world. Dhirubhai was a man who shared a dream and won it and a man who dared to dream big.
From an humble investment of a few thousand rupees Dhirubhai the relentless business machine criss-crossed the Arabian Sea and back, up and down the entire value chain of textiles, petrochemicals and petroleum , touching millions of life directly or indirectly to build an empire worth Rs 62,000 crores virtually brick by brick. Dhirubhai did this all by himself and in one lifetime, which is by all means, is a unmatched and unparallel record- indeed a stupendous achievement.
Credited with a number of financial innovations in the Indian capital markets, the Reliance Group has one of the largest families of shareholders in the world. With an investment of over Rs.62,000 crores in textiles, petroleum refining, bio technology, petrochemicals, power generation, telecommunication services and a port terminal , has steered the Reliance Group to its current status as India's leading textiles, petrochemicals, petroleum refining, power and telecom player. Only sky was the limit for this legendary figure called Dhirubhai. Dhirubhai was a star, which rose on the horizon of Indian industry three decades ago and remained on top till the end by sheer virtue of his ability to dream big and translate it into reality. He was 138th richest man in the world as per the latest Forbes magazine list of the rich with a $2.9 billion fortune. He undoubtedly can be called a business Maharaja of the corporate world in India.


Dhirubhai's Family:
Dhirubhai Married Kokilaben in 1954 and had four Children, two sons, Mukesh, and Anil and two daughters, Dipti and Nina. Mukesh was the eldest followed by Nina then Dipti and then Anil.

A very significant aspect of Dhirubhai was his strong bond with family members especially with his sons. Dhirubhai the man, was basically warm natured, intensely human, a relentless businessman, generous to a fault, yet blessed with a crafty sense of humor. His family was a close knit family and irrespective of a busy schedule Dhirubhai took time off for his family from the business workload. During the early years he used to take his family to beaches in Mumbai frequently. Later on toured places with his family in his own car. Before his first stroke he frequently went on a holiday vacation along with his entire family. His most preferred car was white Cadillac and preferred food was Gujarati fare. Fond of munching peanuts and eating Kakara. He was a ace Gujarati drama lover.

He would take the entire family on vacations in chartered planes. If one year it was Alaska, the next year it was an African safari. In India, one of his favorite holiday destinations was Munnar in Kerala. His friend, the late Darbari Seth who was then chief of Tata Tea, invited Dhirubhai to this sprawling, pristine tea territory. Initially, Dhirubhai showed no interest but after a maiden trip, Dhirubhai visited Munnar time and again. The whole family took part in any ceremony like commissioning of any plant, bhoomi poojan of a new plant etc.

Facts About Ghosts And Spooked Out Stories

Name:            nicole
Email:           bizkitbabe31@chickmail.com
Location:        Ohio
Anonymous:       
Type:            Channeling
Date:            Monday, December 20, 1999
Time:            09:59 PM

Well my Aunt is really big on Witchcraft and Spirits. I am only 13. I'm not one for lying. First of all I'm going to tell you a story my Aunt told me about a haunting she had a few times. One night her and her boyfriend were sitting on her couch, in her duplex. Her two year old child was asleep next to her. They were watching the television when she saw a white figure (cloudy) walk up her stairs. She looked at her boyfriend and said "Did you see that?" He didn't answer then it walked back down and disappeared......Now I don't know what to believe about that one. But here are some facts about ghosts/spirits.
1. They are known to climb up and down stairs at night after all ghosts are dead they don't sleep.
2. Most of them want to be noticed. So they are known for filling up a room with a perfume smell or a smoke smell. Most ghosts are known for smoking.
3. If you have any pets (especially cats) you may have seen them staring at the air. Well there you have it. Animals can see or sense spirits.
4. Usually if you are being haunted, if you would say something simply like "I know you are here but you are scaring me please leave"
5. Most ghosts can't or won't hurt you they just want to be noticed.
6. Ghosts are dead people that didn't want to leave the Earth, don't mess with them.
7. When ghosts enter a room the room usually gets cold. BRR!
8. I have never actually experienced a haunting but my Aunt has and I know that they must be frightening.

Here is another story about my Aunts son: He woke up in the middle of the night and his room was pitch black. He was sitting in his bed, and he looked in the mirror located on his wall and he saw 'something' laying next to him.

My close friend used to be haunted. A woman died in her parents room by tornado I believe. Trophies would fall off shelves and land in a strait line. And she would always hear footsteps. Well that's all I have for now. If you have any questions just e-mail me. I know I'm only 13 but I'm mature for my age.

Michael Jackson Facts!

His crown may have slipped somewhat in recent years, but there's still a lot of love for Jackson around the world.

Skin diseases, child molestation charges, baby dangling and cosmetic surgery aside, there's a lot to celebrate about the man nicknamed Wacko Jacko.

So here's a few facts, stats and figures about Jackson that may have passed you by:

1. Jackson's Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV.

2. Jackson's waxwork features in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more Tussaud figures - they have six each.

3. Jackson's total lifetime earnings from royalties, solo recordings and music videos, revenue from concerts and endorsements have been estimated at $500 million (#271 million).

4. Jackson has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for radio play, located at 1541 Vine Street, and one for recording at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard.

5. Jackson received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.

6. Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine children.

7. Jackson fought fellow 50 year old Madonna on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - he lost.

8. Three of Jackson's albums - Bad, Dangerous and Thriller - are among the bestsellers of all time.

9. Thriller remains the biggest-selling album since records began.

10. Jackson has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.

11. Jackson wears his trademark black armband to remind fans of the suffering of children around the world.

12. Jackson's favourite superhero is Morph from the X-Men.

13.Jackson picked up his iconic moonwalk moves, which he debuted at the Motown 25th Anniversary show in 1983, from streetdancers he spotted performing outside a hotel.

14. MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance-off. He was told to Beat It. Jackson reportedly responded, "I've seen your videos and every single dance move you use, you got off of me."

15. Little Richard wanted Jackson to play him in a biopic.

16. Bubbles the chimp and Ben the rat are two of Jackson's most famous pets, but he also befriended a ram called Mr Tibbs, a python called Crusher and Louie the llama.

17. An obsessed French Jackson superfan committed suicide in 1984 after his mother refused to allow him to undergo surgery to look like the star.

18. In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.

19. Jackson dedicated his 1997 Blood On The Dancefloor album to Sir Elton John.

20. Jackson is a vegetarian.

Michael Jackson and the number 7 (courtesy of TMZ):

-- Michael Jackson signed his will on 7/7/02.
-- Michael Jackson's memorial was on 7/7/09...exactly 7 years after the will was signed.
-- Michael Jackson's two biggest hits -- "Black & White" and "Billie Jean" -- were each #1 for 7 weeks.
-- Michael Jackson's three biggest albums -- "Thriller," "Bad" and "Dangerous" -- each produced 7 top 40 hits.
-- Michael Jackson was born in 1958 ... 19 + 58 = 77
-- Michael Jackson died on the 25th ... 2 + 5 = 7
-- Michael Jackson has 7 letters in his first and last name.

The Bermuda Triangle: Facts and Theories

The Bermuda triangle is one of the most mysterious and dangerous areas of the earth’s oceans, responsible, or blamed, for the disappearance of over 2,000 vessels and 75 airplanes through a rather short period of three centuries.

The Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean whose size varies by the author who happens to be writing about it; although its most common points are San Juan, Puerto Rico; Miami, Florida; and the island of Bermuda. It gains its fame from the large amount of ships and planes that have vanished without a trace within the last century.

The first known documentation of
strange anomalies in the Bermuda Triangle was recorded by the famed explorer Christopher Columbus in October 1492, when he and his crew was said to have passed through the area. On the eleventh of October of that year, Columbus recorded in his log book that his crew had seen “strange dancing lights on the horizon”, “flames in the sky”, and later recorded that he had observed bizarre compass bearings in the area.

This was the first known recording of any strange occurrences in the triangle leading to the discovery of the New World in 1492, but it was not the last. After the discovery by Spain and Portugal that the New World could be a source of valuable minerals and abundant resources, the countries sent galleons to transport the materials from the New World back to Europe.

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It was recorded that many of these vessels, loaded with gold stolen from the North American natives, disappeared without a trace throughout the Atlantic and the Caribbean]. Some of these galleons have been recovered within the last century by modern researchers and salvage experts who have analyzed the ocean bottom-but the nature of their disappearances is yet to be explained with certainty.

The term “Bermuda Triangle” was popularized in a 1964 issue of Argosy Magazine by Vincent Gaddis; and in 1974 it largely achieved its fame through the publication of The Bermuda Triangle by Charles Berlitz. The book recounts the disappearances of many aircraft and ships, in particular, the loss of five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers in 1945, known as Flight 19.