Gaddafi’s death raises questions of human rights violations

On Oct. 20, Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi was captured alive by rebel forces, ending a civil uprising that began on Feb. 17 2011.
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minya al-Gaddafi was born in June 1942 in Libya, which was then a colony under the control of Italy.  He rose to power in 1969 when he and other officers of Libya's army launched a military coup d'état against the Libyan monarch,  King Idris, and his nephew and heir apparent, Crown Prince HayyidHasanar-Rida Al-Mahdi- as-Sanussi.
While King Idris was away for medical treatment, the officers moved in and took control of the government, arrested the Crown Prince, and declared Libya a republic.  Though the coup was carried out by the military, there was no bloodshed in the overthrow.
The Libyan Revolution began with protests in Benghazi, where Libyan security forces opened fire into the protesting crowds.  The protests spread across the country, despite extensive efforts by the Libyan government to halt them, and the revolutionaries formed the National Transitional Council (NTC) to serve as a governing body in place ofGaddafi's government.
Soon after the formation of the NTC and in response to Gaddafi'sstatement that he would "show no mercy" to the rebels of Benghazi, the UN began enforcing a no-fly zone order over Libya. According to an article by the Associated Press, on Jun. 27 2011 the international Criminal Court (ICC) called for the arrest of Colonel Gaddafi and his son, Saif al-Islam, for crimes against humanity.  Gaddafi and other officials loyal to him ignored the arrest warrants on the belief that the ICC has "no legitimacy whatsoever" and that "all of its activities are directed at African leaders."
An NTC official announced on Oct. 20 2011 that Muammar Gaddafiwas captured by Libyan rebel forces.  Shortly after his death, he was shot dead by the same forces.  There are as many as four cellphonevideos taken of revolutionaries beating Gaddafi before his death.   His body, along with the bodies of his son, Moatassem Gaddafi, and Defense Minister, Abu-Bakr YunisJabr, were put on display to the Libyan public.  Citizens from across the country came to view the bodies.
Gaddafi's death is currently under investigation by the United Nations' Human Rights Office under suspicion that he was killed both as a war crime and without a trial.  There are claims that the videos showing his treatment before his death show enough violence and disregard that it is highly likely his death was also given such treatment.
Some worry that if the circumstances surrounding his death were taken out through violence, it serves as a sign that the government taking over Gaddafi's will also be run through violence.
Michael Solberg, a Physics Major and History Minor Sophomore, was "pleased" that the rebel forces were able to "get the job done."  When asked about the effect Gaddafi's death will have on Libya, Michael said, "As a former history major, I believe I can safely say that history has shown that sometimes you become the beast you kill.  Let's hope that doesn't happen."

Facebook Timeline

Yesterday, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook Timeline, a new feature that's coming to users of the social network very soon.
Due to Facebook's history of not being so forthcoming with users regarding new features and privacy concerns about those features, I put my hands on the new Timeline to learn as much as I could about it. Here's a summary of what I learned, and you can take a tour of Timeline in the slideshow below.
Remember, Timeline is still in beta, so answers to these questions could change by the time the feature is made public. Here are 10 of the most important questions and answers about Facebook Timeline:

Q: What is Facebook Timeline?
A: Timeline is a new feature in Facebook (although it was accidentally released very briefly to the public back in December 2010 as Facebook Memories, and promptly removed) that shows the story of your life, as you choose to tell it or as Facebook has recorded it, in a visual, scrolling, ordered timeline. It's a cross between visual blog and online scrapbook.
Q: How can I get Facebook Timeline?
A: Two ways: 1) Sign up as a Facebook developer (which takes less than five minutes, is free, and doesn't require anything more than a mobile phone or credit card number for verification), create a phony app, go back to your homepage and wait for an option to enable Timline to appear; or 2) wait until September 30, 2011, when the feature is scheduled to become live.

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Q: What appears on my Timeline?
A: Status updates, photos, friendships made, as well as job history, marital status changes, and other information that you've recorded in your profile.
Q: Is the Timeline replacing my Facebook wall?
A: Yes and no. Timeline will replace your profile page and wall, only after you opt into it and publish it.
When you log into Facebook and go to Facebook.com, that feed page of Recent Stories will still be the same. But, when you or visitors go to your unique Facebook URL, such as http://www.facebook.com/jillduffyNYC, they'll be able to see your Timeline instead of your old profile information and wall. If you are a developer, you should be able to see the Timeline on that link; if you are not signed up as a developer, you will only see the old profile and wall, as the permissions allow.
Q: I'm worry about privacy! Who can see my Facebook Timeline?
A: At present, only other developers can see your Timeline. After the service goes live to all users, everyone will be able to see it.
Q: Can I restrict which people who can see certain pieces of information, photos, and other details of my Timeline?
A: Yes! In the same way that you can manage who can see a status update or photo, you can limit who sees all the entries of your Timeline. Each entry has a drop-down menu next to it that lets you filter who can see the item.
Q: Can I delete status updates, images, and other content from my Timeline?
A: Yes!
Q: When is Facebook Timeline coming?
A: September 30 is the date it's schedule to roll out to all users, although if you sign up as a Facebook developer (free), you can try out the beta immediately.
Q: It sounds like you've tried out Facebook Timeline. How is it?
A: I must admit that I liked playing with it a lot more than I liked filling in standard profile information. I set up Timeline on a Facebook account that doesn't have too much data in it, so it didn't feel overwhelming, but I could see how an active Facebook user would feel totally bowled over the first time he or she opened the Timeline. Luckily, the Timeline has a "publish" button (much like a blog), so you have an opportunity to spend some time teasing it into shape, adding the permissions you want, deleting or marking private images you don't want everyone to see, and so forth. Most Facebook users, I think, will want to dedicate some time to combing through their information before hitting publish, but it's by and large a one-time setup process. After the one-time setup, new Timeline entries will come from your Facebook activity, and you'll be adding permissions and making other adjustments as you go.
I also like how you can add life events, either current or back-dated. Some of the life events are pre-set in Facebook, like getting a new job and buying a home, but you can also create a custom life event or milestone.
Q: What are some of the cons?
A: The dimensions for display images is unconventional, and I found that I didn't like how most of my images looked when I uploaded them without manipulating their size and dimensions. You can drag an image around the viewer space, but you can't crop or resize from directly within Facebook. (I'm taking bets now on how soon Facebook will build an image editor, or acquire a company that already makes one.)
Another not-so-great element: When you add back-dated information, you associate the date using a nice interactive calendar, but you can only jump back one month at a time (not a year at a time), which means a dozen clicks per year. It takes a long time to get back to 2004!

iPhone 5 News

On Tuesday, October 4th 2011 could be a historic day for Apple and even for iPhone’s enthusiastic. According to the Wall Street Journal’s technology blog AllThingsD, that’s the date when Apple is expected to hold their next big media event, citing sources – “close to the situation”.
Possibly, it’s also will be the same day where newly appointed CEO Tim Cook will unveil Apple’s big product, the iPhone 5. Cook is expected to be the presenter for the media event after Steve Jobs resigned last month and this will be his first appearance to introduce new Apple’s products as CEO.
We are expecting iPhone 5 will be the key product to launch on the date, there are also reports says; analysts believe a revamped version of existing iPhone 4 (low-cost version), the “iPhone 4S” might be revealed along with the iPhone 5 during the day, or possibly just an iPhone 4S.

In addition from ATD, the new device will be available for purchase after a few weeks from the announcement date. This rumor could be accurate if you are still aware of what France Telecom CEO Stéphane Richard has said earlier.

What is next for NASA !!

"As a former astronaut and the current NASA Administrator, I'm here to tell you that American leadership in space will continue for at least the next half-century because we have laid the foundation for success -- and failure is not an option."
Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator
National Press Club, July 1, 2011

The end of the space shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA, or even of NASA sending humans into space. NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come. Here is what's next for NASA:

Artist's concept of the new Space Launch System rocket launching with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Credit: NASA

The International Space Station in May 2011. Credit: NASA
 

The Research Flight Deck is being used to develop safer and more efficient cockpit technologies. Credit: NASA
  The Juno mission will arrive at Jupiter in 2016. Credit: NASA
 Exploration
NASA is designing and building the capabilities to send humans to explore the solar system, working toward a goal of landing humans on Mars. We will build the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, based on the design for the Orion capsule, with a capacity to take four astronauts on 21-day missions.

NASA is also moving forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The SLS rocket will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system, which will include shuttle enginesfor the core stage and the J-2X engine for the upper stage.

We are developing the technologies we will need for human exploration of the solar system, including solar electric propulsion, refueling depots in orbit, radiation protection and high-reliability life support systems.

International Space Station
The International Space Station is the centerpiece of our human spaceflight activities in low Earth orbit. The ISS is fully staffed with a crew of six, and American astronauts will continue to live and work there in space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Part of the U.S. portion of the station has been designated as a national laboratory, and NASA is committed to using this unique resource for scientific research.

The ISS is a test bed for exploration technologies such as autonomous refueling of spacecraft, advanced life support systems and human/robotic interfaces. Commercial companies are well on their way to providing cargo and crew flights to the ISS, allowing NASA to focus its attention on the next steps into our solar system.

Aeronautics
NASA is researching ways to design and build aircraft that are safer, more fuel-efficient, quieter, and environmentally responsible. We are also working to create traffic management systems that are safer, more efficient and more flexible. We are developing technologies that improve routing during flights and enable aircraft to climb to and descend from their cruising altitude without interruption.

We believe it is possible to build an aircraft that uses less fuel, gives off fewer emissions, and is quieter, and we are working on the technologies to create that aircraft. NASA is also part of the government team that is working to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, to be in place by the year 2025. We will continue to validate new, complex aircraft and air traffic control systems to ensure that they meet extremely high safety levels.

Science
NASA is conducting an unprecedented array of missions that will seek new knowledge and understanding of Earth, the solar system and the universe. NASA has observatories in Earth orbit and deep space, spacecraft visiting the moon and other planetary bodies, and robotic landers, rovers, and sample return missions. NASA's science vision encompasses questions as practical as hurricane formation, as enticing as the prospect of lunar resources, and as profound as the origin of the Universe. 

Fact: top five expensive jewelry in the world !!!

Here’s the most expensive jewelry in the world. As We all know, jewelry is a women thing. By wearing any jewelry beautiful women looks more beautiful. But wearing these jewelry is different case. These jewelry is a symbol of wealthy and success. Let’s take a look at these most expensive jewelry in the world

5. Flawless Blue Diamond, Sold in Sotheby’s : $ 7.98 Millions

This Sotheby’s blue diamond has 6.04 carats and it is mounted in a superb rings that was sold in a Hong Kong exhibition at the amazing price of $7.98 million.

Flawless Blue Diamond

4. Diamond Drop Earrings by House Of Harry Winston: $8.5 millions

These Diamond drop earrings are the creation of Harry Winston. The 60 carat diamonds are mounted in platinum. The drop shaped earrings are suitable for any outfit.

Diamond Drop Earrings by House Of Harry Winston

3. Heart-shaped Burma Ruby Necklace: $14 millions

The romantic shaped ruby necklace that has as a centerpiece a 40.63 carat Burma ruby belongs to an English jeweler. It is mounted also with 155 carat worth of diamonds.

Heart shaped Burma Ruby Necklace

2. White Diamond by Sotheby’s: $23 millions

The white diamond belonged to the Sotheby’s auction house and had 100.1 carat. It was initially sold for $16 million but the current value reaches $23million.

White Diamond by Sothebys

1. Diamond Bikini by Susan Rosen And Steinmetz: $30 million

The diamond bikini is created by Susan Rosen with Steinmetz Diamonds and has more then 150 carats of D Flawless diamonds. The item is at the same time the most expensive diamond jewelry and the most expensive bathing suit.

Diamond Bikini by Susan Rosen And Steinmetz

Facebook Browser RockMelt Beta !!!

RockMelt has announced itself to the world with an official blog entry declaring that “the rumors are true” regarding the company’s social browser. The company’s application purports to be available in beta format.


To grab a copy of it, go to the RockMelt home page and click on the Facebook Connect button. After you give permission to access your data, you see a page saying that you’ll receive an email invitation to begin using the application. Then you’re encouraged to watch a video about RockMelt, which we’ve pasted in below.
Call me a nitpicker for asking, but why does RockMelt say the beta is available today and then not let me use it right away? I mean, are would-be users being screened first? Is the application doing some kind of preliminary web search with my email address and loading social data about my connections before I ever log on to the new tool?
People certainly have high expectations for RockMelt, which has been under development for two years. The company’s major investor is former Netscape Chief Executive Officer and founder Marc Andreessen, and the Principal Engineer for Netscape Navigator, Robert John Churchill, acts in that capacity for RockMelt too.
The company’s blog states that the technology leverages cloud computing to come up with search results based on social connections. The blog also states that RockMelt promises to deliver faster search results than other browsers already available. That’s a nice claim, but until we can get our mitts on the actual beta, how are we supposed to believe this will really be the fastest? Of course, the involvement of the original browser pioneers, Andreesen and Churchill, do make one want to believe that this new browser will blow away all others.

Fact about Amazon Rainforest !!!

The Amazon rainforest, world's largest remaining natural resource, represents 54% of the total rainforests left on Earth.

It covers an area of 2,5 million square miles, embracing nine South America countries: Brazil, Colombia, Peru,Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and the Guianas - Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname, or two thirds of the South America continent.

Its live force is the Amazon river, born in the Andean mountains of Peru, flows for more than 4,000 miles to discharge its waters in the Atlantic ocean near Belem, Brazil. Along the way, it is fed by about 1,100 tributaries.

See a map of the Amazon basin river network.

When you are paddling the Amazon river, or any of its tributaries for that matter, taking an Amazon river cruise, or jungle trekking in Peru, Colombia or Ecuador for instance, you will know you are visiting the most powerful and diverse natural phenomenon on Earth, not to mention the awe-inspiring experience you will have in front of its timelesness, indescribable beauty...

The following list of Amazon rainforest facts doesn't pretend to be exhaustive or scientifically elaborated, it only aspires to give you some background info for your next adventure travel in South America.

Amazon Rainforest Facts:

• More than 20% of Earth's oxygen is produced in this area, thus the name "Lungs of the Planet"

• With 2,5 million square miles, the Amazon rainforest represents 54% of the total rainforests left of the      planet

• Amazon rainforest birds account for for at least one third of the world's bird species, being toucanthe most popular icon

• More than half of the world's estimated ten million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical forest. Read more at Amazon rainforest animals

• 70% of plants found to have anticancer properites are found only in the rainforest

• The number of edible fruits found in the rainforest is estimated in 3,000. Amazon natives consume more than 1,500, but only 200 are cultivated for use today

• An estimated 90% of Amazon rainforest plants used by Amazon natives have not been studied by modern science

• In 1500 there were an estimated 6 to 9 million Amazon natives. By 1900 the number has gone down to one million lelf in Brazil.

Today, the number is believed to be of around 250,000 Amazon natives, comprising 215 ethnic groups with 170 different languages

• There may also be fifty or so Amazon tribes living in the depths of the Amazon rainforest that have never had contact with the outside world

• An estimated number of 2,700 million acres of the rainforest are burned each year

Fact about Red Sea !!!

Thee Red Sea is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The sea is roughly 1900 km long and at its widest is over 300 km. The sea floor has a maximum depth of 2,500 m in the central median trench and an average depth of 500 m, but it also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 or 450,000 km².


The sea is the habitat of over 1000 invertebrate species and 200 soft and hard corals. The sea occupies a part of the Great Rift Valley. The Red Sea is the world´s most northern tropical sea.


Name
 The sea was called the "Arabian Gulf" in most European sources up to the 20th century. This was derived from older Greek sources. Herodotus, Straban and Ptolemy all call the waterway "Arabicus Sinus", while reserving the term "Sea of Erythrias" (Red Sea) for the waters around the southern Arabian Peninsula, now known as Indian Ocean. The name of the sea does not indicate the colour of the water. It may signify the seasonal blooms of the red-coloured cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum near the water surface. Some suggest that it refers to the mineral-rich red mountains nearby which are called "äøé àãåí" (harei edom). Edom, meaning "ruddy complexion", is also an alternative Hebrew name for the red-faced biblical character Esau (brother of Jacob), and the nation descended from him, the Edomites, which in turn provides yet another possible origin for Red Sea. There is also speculation that the name Red Sea came from a mistranslation of what should have been the Reed Sea in the Biblical story of the Exodus.
Physical properties
 Dust storm over the Red SeaSurface water temperatures remain relatively constant at 21-25°C and temperature and visibility remain good to around 200 m, but the sea is known for its strong winds and tricky local currents. The sea was created by the division of Africa from the Arabian peninsula, a movement which began around 30 million years ago. The sea is still widening and there are small volcanic features in the deeper parts, it is considered that the sea will become an ocean in time (as proposed in the model of Tuzo Wilson). Sometimes during the Tertiary period the Bab el Mandeb was closed and the Red Sea was an empty hot dry salt-floored sink.
Tourism
The sea is known for its spectacular dive sites such as Ras Mohammed, Elphinstone, The Brothers and Rocky Island in Egypt, and less known sites in Sudan such as Sanganeb, Abington, Angarosh and Shaab Rumi (see photo above). The Red Sea was "discovered" as a diving destination by Hans Hass in the 1950s, and by Jacques-Yves Cousteau later. Bordering countries Bordering countries are: Northern shore: Egypt Israel Jordan Western shore: Sudan Egypt Eastern shore: Saudi Arabia Yemen Southern shore: Djibouti Eritrea Somalia Towns and cities Towns and cities on the Red Sea coast include: Assab, Massawa, Hala'ib, Port Sudan, Port Safaga, Hurghada, El Suweis, Sharm el Sheikh, Eilat, Aqaba, Dahab, Jeddah, Al Hudaydah, Marsa Alam.

Fact about Early Bombay Newspaper !!!

Bombay Herald was the first English newspaper in Bombay. It was started in 1789. Bombay Courier was started in the following year 1790. In 1791, the name of Bombay Herald was changed to Bombay Gazette. Bombay Courier was published on Saturdays and Gazette on Wednesdays.

Bombay Courier continued to exist for fifty-six years, after which it was merged with Bombay Telegraph. Bombay Gazette stopped its operation in 1842.

Both these papers contained almost entirely parts from English papers and occasional law reports. The first native newspaper in Bombay was Bombay Samachar in 1822. This paper was started as a weekly. It became a bi-weekly in 1833 and daily in 1860. Mumbai Karkman was started in 1830.

In 1822, the Government prohibited officers in East India Company from writing any personal matters related to their posts. In 1826, they were prevented from having any relationship with the editors, proprietors, or contributors with any newspaper. Inland postal delivery charges were also exorbitant. Post office controlled by the British government was charging half a Rupee for any inland delivery regardless of the distance. Inspite of this, the press in Bombay continued to grow powerful and influential.

Photos of mumbai terror attack !!!

Fact of Daud Ibrahim !!!

India has asked Pakistan to surrender Dawood Ibrahim. He is one of the suspects in 1993 bombing as well as in the current Mumbai attacks. Officials in India belive that Dawood is under protection from Pakistan's ISI agency which has been engaging in shadow war with the much mightier neighbour. Here's his US Fact sheet.

Dawood Ibrahim, the son of a police constable, has reigned as one of the pre-eminent criminals in the Indian underworld for most of the past two decades.

Ibrahim's syndicate is involved in large-scale shipments of narcotics in the U.K. and Western Europe. The syndicate's smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa are shared with Usama bin Laden and his terrorist network. Successful routes established over recent years by Ibrahim's syndicate have been subsequently utilized by bin Laden. A financial arrangement was reportedly brokered to facilitate the latter's usage of these routes. In the late 1990's, Ibrahim traveled in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban.

Ibrahim's syndicate has consistently aimed to destabilize the Indian government through inciting riots, acts of terrorism, and civil disobedience. He is currently wanted by India for the March 12, 1993 Bombay Exchange bombings, which killed hundreds of Indians and injured over a thousand more.

Information, from as recent as Fall 2002, indicates that Ibrahim has financially supported Islamic militant groups working against India, such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT). For example, this information indicates that Ibrahim has been helping finance increasing attacks in Gujarat by LeT. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (Army of the Righteous) is the armed wing of Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irsha (MDI) – a Sunni anti-US missionary organization formed in 1989. The United States added LeT to the list of designated terrorists in October 2001. The group was banned by the Pakistani government, and its assets frozen, in January 2002.

fact about Osama Bin Laden !!!

Hey Readers,
All of you must be aware with the name of the most wanted person ever in the world’s history Osama Bin Laden, so here we have a post about the top 10 facts you didn’t know about Osama Bin Laden. Osama Bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the man was responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US, as the founder of the jihadist terrorist organization al-Qaeda, he seemed to be in the spotlights for so long. He was responsible for the 1998 US embassy bombings, War in Afghanistan and in North-West Pakistan. Obama declared the death of Osama bin Laden on 1st May, 2011 in Abottabad, Pakistan. The body is in US Custody, so people let me go on with today’s post

10.

Osama Bin Laden was born in a billionaire family, his father had a lot of wives and he was a father of 50 children and Osama was the 17th son.

9.

His father was known by the name Mohammad Bin Laden, but it isn’t family name and all of his fifty children adopted that name

8.

From 1979 he started working for Jihad and setup many schools for Afghan people. He started an organization who recruited Islamic soldiers. In the mean time in 1989 there formed the most fundamentalist group of Afghanistan called Taliban and it captured the whole Afghanistan.

7.

In 1991 he was no more a Saudi citizen as he was doing stuff against the government. He helped the veterans of the Afghan war and those people fought in Bosnia, Chechnya and Somalia.

6.

After the 9/11 attack he became the most wanted person of the world

5.

In the last year 2010, it was announced by the NATO officials that Osama is hiding in Pakistan, but Pakistani government took this as a threat against Pakistan.

4.

United States considered him to be the responsible person of the death of millions of people around the world.

3.

One of the major things that Osama said that he left Sudan just to spare the government and his family. But actually in 1996 he was actually expelled from Sudan due to certain incidents.

2.

Osama bin Laden used his family fortune to setup training camps in Afghanistan , which was later used as a base from which attacks were planned

1.

The US President Obama, declared his death on 1st May, 2011. But mostly reporters and experts say that he has been with the US custody for more than a week and all they wanted was to check the DNA reports and after the clearing, he is declared dead by the US President.

Fact about Barack Obama !!!

Barack Obama has become the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009. He becomes the first African-American to adorn the throne of the White House.


Well, here are some facts about President Barack Obama that may be of interest to you. Obama was born to a kenyan father and white american mother on August 4, 1961. But his father and mother separated when Obama was two years old.


It is also of great interest to know about Barack Obama’s childhood. After Barack Obama sr, his father left for Kenya, his mother Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetor, an Indonesian man. They then moved on to Indonesia, where Obama lived until he was ten years. He then moved on to Hawaii and spent the days with his grandparents. Graduating from Punahou School, he left for Los Angeles and joined the Occidental College and then went to Columbia University where he did his majors in Political science.


Coming to the facts about Obama post college life, he moved on to Chicago to work as director in the Developing Communities Project. He later studied at the Law School, Harvard, where he rose to become the first black president of the journal – “Harvard Law Review”. After his college life, Obama went to Chicago, where he involved himself with the civil rights and taught constitutional law.


Well, taking on the  Barack Obama’s career, he went to work with a financial consultancy in New York and also a consumer organisation soon after his college life. He was also a summer associate at the Law Firm, Sidley Austin. An interesting fact about Obama to be mentioned here is that he met his wife, Michelle Robinson Obama.


The most interesting fact about President Barack Obama before he joined the Illinois Senate in 1996 is that he got involved in many activities like teaching, practising and also had actively participated in politics. An important fact of Barack’s tenure as a senator is that he was involved in the welfare/ ethics legislation. He also supported the video tapping of homicide investigations. Well, while talking on the facts about Obama, it should be noted that he rose to fame after the keynote speech at the 2004 democrat convention.

Fact About Diamond !!!

Diamonds were first formed billions of years ago some 100 miles beneath the earth's surface through a process of tremendous pressure and temperatures of 2000 - 3000 degrees Fahrenheit. Volcanic activity brings diamond crystals much closer to the earth's surface.


To produce a single one-carat diamond, 250 tons of earth will be mined.


Gem-quality diamonds are made up from less than 20 percent of the diamonds mined worldwide.


The first written notation of precious diamonds dates back to around 500 B.C.


In their purest state, diamonds are brilliant and entirely colorless.


Diamonds are found in a variety of colors. Blue and pink diamonds are among the rarest, and yellow and brown as among the most common.


The diamond is the hardest natural substance found on the earth.


The diamond is rock hard and virtually fireproof. In order for a diamond to burn, it must be heated to one-thousand, two-hundred, and ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit.


In one-thousand polished diamonds, only one will weigh more than one carat.


Although the U.S. accounts for less than one-percent of total global gemstone productions, America buys more than half of the world's total gem quality diamonds - accounting for the world's largest diamond market.


Australia accounts for producing the most diamonds in volume.


The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is the worlds only diamond mine open to the public - this is a dig-for-fee operation for tourists and rock enthusiasts.


Since as far back as 1906, there have been more than 70,000 diamonds discovered in The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas - this includes the 40.23 carat "Uncle Sam Diamond" - the largest diamond of its kind ever found in the U.S discovered in 1924.


TYPES OF DIAMONDS:


Pink Diamonds 
The pink diamond is the world's most rare and valuable diamond.The Argyle mine is the world's foremost source of unrivalled intense pink diamonds, producing 95% of the world's supply. However, an extremely small proportion of Argyle Diamonds production is Pink colour, in fact less than one tenth of 1% is classified Pink. 

White Diamonds 
White diamonds are produced by mines all over the world in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.The white diamonds recovered from the Argyle mine are particularly brilliant and of high quality.




Champagne Diamonds

Champagne diamonds are naturally coloured diamonds that are produced in a wide range of colours from light straw to rich cognac.
The 4C's of colour, cut, clarity and carat weight apply to coloured diamonds just as they do to colourless diamonds except the intensity of colour, not lack of it, plays a greater part in the valuation.









Pink Champagne Diamonds 
Attractive champagne diamonds with secondary pink colour are also available and command a higher price per carat than champagne diamonds. These stones display slight to bold flashes of pink in their fire.

Fact About Google !!!

Everyone knows the name Google. Whether young or old, computer smart or not this name will pop up in any conversation about computers. Google has created some very impressive milestones of its time and continues to grow rapidly every day.  It all started when Larry Page and Sergey Brin met in Stanford. Larry was 22 and a graduate of University of Michigan was there considering attending the school. And low and behold Sergey, who was 21, was there to show him around. Talk about a match made in heaven!

However,  according to some they disagreed on just about everything during their first meeting. In 1996, now firm friends and both of them computer science grad students, began developing a search engine called BackRub. This search engine had operated on Stanford servers for just a little over a year when it started taking up to much bandwidth to suite Stanford. So they decided to switch servers and renamed the search engine in 1997, calling it Google. The name comes from a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zero’s. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.

In august of 2008, Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes them a check for $100,000 to a company that didn’t even exist yet. It was at this very moment that they realized what they had  and went and incorporated the name Google Inc. Their knowledge was great, but not great enough to impress the money boys or the major internet portals. Oh how they wish they invested in them now! So they began struggling for financial support. Andy was one of the few to see true potential of what these boys had created. During their presentation to him, Andy said he had to duck out for another meeting and offered to write them a check. The check was for $100,000 and that indeed had got things moving for them. 

In September the boys moved into the their workspace in Susan Wojcicki’s garage at 232 Santa Margarita, Menlo Park, CA. They then went on to file for incorporation in California on September 4 1998.  Shortly after completing this important task, the boys went an opened a bank account in the name of Google Inc., their newly established company, and deposited the $100,000 dollar check Andy Bechtolsheim had given them. Shortly after they have established there new business they began hiring employees. There first one was Craig Silverstein, a fellow grad student from Stanford as well.

In December of 1998 PC Magazine wrote: “The 25 million pages currently catalogued seem to be good choices. The site has uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results. There’s much more to come from Google, but even in its prototype form it’s a great search engine.” .  They went on to say that Google had made its mark as one off the Top 100 websites for 1998. Even at the very beginning they received only the best reviews.

They then went on to become the most successful internet company ever. Early in 1999 they struck a deal with Sequoia Capitaland Kleiner Perkins for $25 million. In November 1999 Charlie Ayers joined Google as the company’s first  chef.  In April of 2000. Google announced the MentalPlex program, which envisages the software’s ability to read your mind as you visualize the search results you want. In June of 2000, Google partnered with Yahoo! to become their default search provider. Also in June they announced the first billion URL index, making Google become the world’s largest search engine. In September of 2000 they started offering searches in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean , bringing their total number of supported languages to 15. In December 2000 Google toolbar was released.

They have been going strong ever since, making them the largest and best search engine site today, with multiple enhancements. They will continue to be at the top of their game for years to come.