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Tihar's top 10 VIPs: Very Important Prisoners

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A trip to Tihar

After his arrest by the CBI in the Commonwealth Games Scam, Suresh Kalmadi may very soon find himself amongst familiar faces in the country's largest jail. The Tihar Jail complex houses ten prisons and 12,000 prisoners against the sanctioned capacity of 6,250. Here are the top 10 high profile Tihar inmates.

A Raja

The most high-profile of all the high-profile Tihar inmates, is a former Union Cabinet Minister and also a leader of DMK. He is in jail following his arrest in the 2G Spectrum Scam.

RK Sharma

Former IPS Officer RK Sharma is serving a life term in Tihar for his involvement in the mirder of journalist Shivani Bhatnagar.

Lalit Bhanot

Known as Suresh Kalmadi's right hand man, Lalit Bhanot was the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary-General and was arrested by the CBI in connection with the CWG Scam.

Manu Sharma

Siddharth Vashisht aka Manu Sharma, son of senior Congress leader Venod Sharma, is serving a life term for the murder of model Jessica Lall.

Santosh Singh

Santosh Kumar Singh, son of former IPS officer JP Singh, was awarded a death sentence in the rape and murder of Delhi college student Priyadarshini Mattoo. His sentence was latter commuted to life imprisonment.

Vinod Goenka

The billionaire behind bars, Vinod Goenka is the managing director and co-founder of the real estate company DB Realty. He was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the 2G Spectrum Scam.

Sanjay Chandra

Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra is in custody for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore 2G Spectrum Scam.

Gautam Doshi

Another high-profile 2G Scam accused lodged in Tihar is the group managing director of Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Gautam Doshi, Group

VK Verma

VK Verma was the director general of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and is lodged in Tihar following his arrest in the CWG Scam.

Who's next?

If the series of high-profile arrests continue, who will be Tihar's next very important prisoner? Watch this space.

5 Facts About NASA's Voyager Spacecraft

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NASA's twin Voyager probes were launched in the late 1970s to explore the outer planets in our solar system. But now, nearly 34 years later, the two spacecraft are on their way out of our cosmic neighborhood, knocking on the door of interstellar space.

The spacecraft, called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which continues to operate both. Here are five facts about the two Voyager probes, the longest continuously operating spacecraft in deep space:

1. They're marathon runners

Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, and Voyager 1 launched about two weeks later, on Sept. 5. Since then, the spacecraft have been traveling along different flight paths and at different speeds.

Now about 10.8 billion miles (17.4 billion kilometers) from the sun and hurtling toward interstellar space, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. Voyager 2 is about 8.8 billion miles (14.2 billion km) from the sun.

2. It takes a while to get ahold of them

Both spacecraft are still sending scientific information about their surroundings through NASA's Deep Space Network. A signal from the ground, traveling at the speed of light, takes about 13 hours one way to reach Voyager 2, and 16 hours to reach Voyager 1.

3. They started out on a grand planetary tour

The primary five-year mission of the Voyagers included the close-up exploration of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings and the larger moons of the two planets. The mission was extended after a succession of discoveries.

Between them, the two spacecraft have explored all the giant outer planets of our solar system -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- as well as 49 moons, and the systems of rings and magnetic fields those planets possess.

The current mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission, was planned to explore the outermost edge of our solar system and eventually leave our sun's sphere of influence to enter interstellar space -the space between the stars.

4. They're carrying messages to aliens

Both Voyager spacecraft carry recorded messages from Earth on golden phonograph records -- 12-inch, gold-plated copper disks. A committee chaired by the late astronomer Carl Sagan selected the contents of the records for NASA.

The records are cultural time capsules that the Voyagers bear with them to other star systems. They contain images and natural sounds, spoken greetings in 55 languages and musical selections from different cultures and eras.

5. The Voyagers are blazing new trails

Voyager 1 has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system, where the outward motion of solar wind ceases. The event is the latest milestone in Voyager 1's passage through the heliosheath, the outer shell of the sun's sphere of influence, before entering interstellar space. Interstellar space begins at the heliopause, and scientists estimate Voyager 1 will cross this frontier within the next five years.

Mistakes In Internet - Loss Of Dollars

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What makes technology so treacherous a business is that everything changes very rapidly, markets are often winner take all, and the future is especially hard to predict. So plenty of companies do deals and acquisitions that, in retrospect, are monumentally stupid.
Here are some of them.

News Corp buying MySpace

Cost: $530 million.
When News Corp bought MySpace for $580 million, that looked like an extremely savvy play by the old media company. But due to mismanagement and Facebook, MySpace stopped growing and then kept faltering. News Corp would be lucky to get $50 million for MySpace now

AOL buying Bebo
Cost: $840 million.

AOL makes more than one appearance on this list. While News Corp's acquisition of MySpace was a good bet that went wrong, there's no serious explanation for AOL's acquisition of Bebo or how much it spent.
AOL bought Bebo for $850 million and then sold it for $10 million.

Google buying Dodgeball (and shutting it down)
Cost: $1 billion--and counting.

The story is worn by now: Dodgeball was a popular check-in app before check-ins were popular. Google bought it. Google shut it down. Foursquare's founder Dennis Crowley left Google to start Foursquare, which is basically Dodgeball 2.0. Foursquare is reportedly raising money at a $500 million valuation. So Google is probably going to have to spend twice that to get Foursquare back into its fold. Even though all of this would probably already be theirs if they'd only given Crowley free rein.

Google buying Jaiku (and shutting it down)
Cost: $2 billion--and counting.

Remember Jaiku? What people don't remember about this microblogging service is that it was actually growing much faster than Twitter for a while. To compete with Twitter, Google bought Jaiku. And then shut it down.

Telefonica buying Lycos for $5.4 billion
Cost: $5.4 billion

Lycos was huge in its day, about as huge as Yahoo. It sold at the top of the bubble to the Spanish telecom conglomerate for $5.4 billion. Telefonica sold it a few years later for a handful of million.

World's Best Business Books Ever!

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These books are all about leadership. True leaders – those with vision and passion, those who inspire and innovate and those who are able to learn from mistakes made – are currently in short supply. But we believe they’re out there.

The books we’ve picked are about those who lead in many unique ways and are found in many different environments; a drought stricken African village, the jungles of the Amazon, the world’s deepest caves, sitting in the toughest boardrooms and of course those inside the Oval Office.

1. The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

For those looking for inspiration, passion and hope, “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” delivers.

It’s the story of a young boy from the African country of Malawi who overcomes all odds to realize a dream that changes his life and those who live in his tiny village.

The story’s protagonist, William, is an industrious youth with a great imagination. The story follows his struggles with poverty and a lack of education and shows how one idea can change an entire society.

2. Rework

“Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is most definitely not like most of the business books you’ve read before.

This book is fun, inspiring and very easy to read – perfect for anyone on a plane, beach or stuck in a rut. The authors offer logical ideas that are instantly applicable, helping you to “rework” your way of thinking, rework your business plan, rework your life.

3. The Upside of Irrationality

In his newest book, “The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defyling Logic at Work and at Home, ” Dan Ariely digs even deeper, explaining how all too often we make decisions that seem contrary to our best interest.

The book is full of experiments that tackle things like physical pain, online dating, getting even and procrastination. It seems, according to Ariely, that our decisions are driven by so-called unseen forces like emotions, stress, pride and revenge.

4. The End of Wall Street

The “End” of Wall Street in Roger Lowenstein’s book does not refer to the end of a place or for a group of financial firms. Instead, it refers to the end of a philosophy and way of life that embraced, championed and even bred greed.

By now we all know pretty much what happened with the financial crisis. But what makes this book so unique is Lowenstein’s storytelling and the nearly 200 interviews he conducted with insiders both on Wall Street and in Washington.

5. Adventures Among Ants

Summertime reading is about escaping from the real world. This book—with its 67,000,000,000,000,000 residents—really takes you away.

This is an adventure book full of glorious color photographs that shrink us down to ant-size so we can see the ants in their roles as leaders, warriors, hunters even slave owners. The author explains how ants create marketplaces and assembly lines and how they deal with issues uniquely human like hygiene, recycling, warfare and leadership.

6. The Big Short

Few writers are better able to tell the stories of Wall Street and beyond than Michael Lewis. He’s the best-selling author behind “Moneyball,” “Liar’s Poker” and “The Blind Side.”

In “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” Lewis takes the reader on a thrilling ride into the near abyss — as our economy teetered on collapse. His book is a brilliant account of what happened and full of villains, heroes, fools and plenty of good ol’ fashioned greed.

Few share Lewis’ gift of storytelling or his ability to take the most complex and make it riveting read.

7. Blind Descent

In “Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth ,” our world is turned upside down by another set of extreme adventurers. James M. Tabor takes us to the bottom of the world in search of the world’s deepest supercaves.

Although on the surface this may not be your typical “business” book, the leadership and teamwork inspired by its pages have a real translation into the corporate world.

8. Delivering Happiness

For some, happiness means getting a little white box. A company delivering just such a box is Zappos, the online shoe marketplace that has found explosive success in recent years.

The CEO of Zappos, Tony Hsieh, is telling his—and his company’s—story in “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose.” It seems the “Purpose” for Hsieh and his company begins with serving the customer—truly serving, not just offering lip service.

9. On The Brink

The ultimate ‘insider,’ is former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson, who tells his story in “On the Brink Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System.”

Paulson lays out the decisions and reasoning for sacrificing Fannie and Freddie, bailing out Wall Street financial firms and the controversial rescue of AIG – a company who’s seemingly incompetent management perplexed and frustrated so many, including then-President Bush.

10. Multipliers

Prince William Royal Wedding

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Prince William and Kate Middleton lead the five horse-drawn carriage procession following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on Friday in London, England.

The newlywed couple traveled in the 1902 State Landau along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace.

World's Biggest Gold Reserve Countries

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The price of gold reached an all-time high of $1432 per ounce in December, rising 29% in 2010 following uncertainty in the equity markets and European sovereign debt problems.

The biggest individual holders of gold - Central banks, International entities and governments - are believed to account for approximately 16.5 percent of the world's gold

15. Venezuela

Value of Reserves: $17.33 billion
Holdings Total: 401.1 tons

Banco Central de Venezuela manages the 401.1 tons of gold in the country’s reserves, which amount to approximately $17.33 billion, representing 52.4 percent of the country's foreign reserves.

Although Venezuela currently has the fifteenth

14. Portugal

Value of Reserves: $18.21 billion
Holdings Total: 421.6 tons

The westernmost nation in mainland Europe is home to the fourteenth largest gold reserve in the world. At 421.6 tons, Portugal’s holdings are overseen by Banco de Portugal and are worth roughly $18.21 billion, accounting for 81.1 percent of the country’s foreign reserves

13. Taiwan

Value of Reserves: $20.17 billion
Holdings Total: 466.9 tons

Renowned for its technology industry and robust economic growth, Taiwan also boasts one of the largest gold reserves in the world.

The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) manages the island nation’s foreign reserves, which have been reported at 466.9

12. European Central Bank (ECB)

Value of Reserves: $23.88 billion
Holdings Total: 522.7 tons

Established in 1998 by the European Union, the European Central Bank is responsible for the monetary policy of the member nations of the Eurozone and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

The ECB's 522.7 tons of gold accounts for 25.2

11. India

Value of Reserves: $26.56 billion
Holdings Total: 614.8 tons

Shooting up in the rankings in the past years is India. The second most populous nation in the world maintains the eleventh largest gold reserves. The size of India's holdings were bolstered in November 2009 by a $6.9 billion purchase of 200 tons of gold from the IMF.

10. Netherlands

Value of Reserves: $29.67 billion
Holdings Total: 675.2 tons

The Netherlands has the tenth largest reserve on the list with 675.2 tons of gold. The Netherland Bank manages the country’s national finances, including the gold reserves, which amount to approximately $26.67 billion and account for 57.5 percent of the country's foreign reserves.

9. Japan

Value of Reserves: $36.43 billion
Holdings Total: 843.5 tons

Although Japan is ninth on the list, its 843.5 tons of gold account for only 3 percent of total foreign reserves. On the open market, Japan's gold reserves are worth around $36.43 billion, and are overseen by the Bank of Japan

8. Russia

Value of Reserves: $36.91 billion
Holdings Total: 854.5 tons

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is in charge of the country’s 854.5 tons of gold, which are valued at $36.91 billion and comprise 6.7% of the country’s foreign reserves.

In 2009 Russia increased its gold production by 21%, due in part to the launch of several new

7. Switzerland

Value of Reserves: $49.53 billion
Holdings Total: 1,146.5 tons

The Swiss National Bank conducts Switzerland's monetary policy and manages the country's 1,146.5 tons of gold.

With the world's seventh largest reserve of the precious metal, Switzerland's supply is worth approximately $49.53 billion in today's gold

6. China

Value of Reserves: $50.19 billion
Holdings Total: 1,161.9 tons

At 1,161.9 tons, the world's most heavily populated country has the world's sixth largest gold reserve. Expect it to be higher? Well, bear in mind that China's gold only accounts for 1.7 percent of its foreign reserves. With a population of 1.34 billion, the country holds about $37.45 worth of gold per person,

5. France

Value of Reserves: $115.97 billion
Holdings Total: 2,684.6 tons

The French National Bank, Banque De France, is home to the country's gold holdings, which comprise 67.2 percent of its foreign reserves. With 2,684.6 tons of gold in reserve, France's holdings are worth approximately $115.97 billion.

4. Italy

Value of Reserves: $116.75 billion
Holdings Total: 2,702.6 tons

The Banca D'Italia manages Italy's foreign reserves, which have been reported at 2,702.6 tons by the World Gold Council and comprise the fourth largest gold reserve in the world.

These holdings are worth $116.75 billion and account for 68.6 percent of the country's

3. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Value of Reserves: $135.56 billion
Holdings Total: 3,137.9 tons

The IMF oversees international economic operations of 185 member countries. Its gold policies have changed in the last 25 years, but the reserves remain to stabilize international markets and aid national economies.

2. Germany

Value of Reserves: $161.99 billion
Holdings Total: 3,749.8 tons

The Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, has 3,749.8 tons of gold reserves, which are valued at about $161.99 billion. According to the World Gold Council, Germany’s gold coffers account for 70.3 percent of total foreign reserves.

1. United States

Value of Reserves: $387.32 billion
Holdings Total: 8,965.6 tons

The United States Bullion Depository in Kentucky — otherwise known as Fort Knox — is the most famous gold stockpile in the world. It holds the majority of the nation’s gold reserves, the remainder of which is held at the Philadelphia Mint, the Denver Mint, the West Point Bullion Depository and the San Francisco Assay Office.

Altogether, the total gold reserves of the United States equal 8,965.6 tons and would be valued at approximately $387.32 billion in today's market.

Amazing Player Without Legs

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Have a look at this Yellow Road

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Best Animated GIF Ever Seen

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Wife is a Wife

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A Wife is a Wife,
no matter who
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Funny Suicide

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Which one is the right answer ?

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Human Meat in refrigirator

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A lady from Philippines has killed many people and kept their meat on her Refrigerator She was enjoying eating human meat.

She said that she had made so many parties for her relatives & guests and gave them this human meat to eat with out their knowledge .

Her guests said that they found very good taste of this lady's cooking with out they know which type of meat she has cooked for them . Some of them didn't know that they would be her next victim. She has killed her husband too. Later on, she was caught by the Police.

A real bad day !!

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The room of a real nerd

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Funny Animals

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Low Budget Valentine Gift

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George Bush's Visit to china

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Daddy....Daddy !!!

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Never ! Put Your picture On Net

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Rare Pictures of Birds

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Pictures Taken At Just The Right Angle

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Fitness Hundred years Ago

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A look at how people in the past keep their fitness indoors and its a wonder how they could exercise in those heavy clothing during perspiration. Some of these exercise machine designs have improved or evolved over so many years but basic designs such as the bar bell have not changed much.

Only man with heart in abdomen

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Extremely Different Street Fight

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Point out the ODD One

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Have you seen ? Romeo, Juliet

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This happens only in Japan

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Dare to drink and drive

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Taking the shortcut

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New generation children

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Monkey at its best

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How to spot a rich guy

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Belive it or not Amazing Pics

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Best Example For Optical Illusion

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Fantastic Art On Bread

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Nokia Headphone Design Competition

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Winners Of Nokia Headphone Design Competition

The Nokia Music Almighty Headset competition invited people to enter their designs for a Nokia Bluetooth headset inspired by their favourite piece of music. With all the entries in, the winners got to have their designs made a reality.

One winner was the winged "I'm flying!" based on R. Kelly's song I Believe I Can Fly, created by Rodshakur.

"Graveyard Shift" by Johnny Lighthands was inspired by Michael Jackson's Thriller

As one of the five winning designs out of 7,500 entries, his design was made into a fully functional set of headphones, to be showcased in flagship Nokia stores around the world, including the Nokia headquarters in Helsinki.

Pressing down on the tombstone causes an undead hand to reach out from his resting place.

Adjusting the fit of the headphones for different headsizes is as easy as pulling the zombies further out of their graves.

Other interesting designs of the thousands submitted include "Austinas 2008", created by arca, inspired by Akon's Right Now (Na Na Na).

The headphones by Karen.yoas are titled "It's raining men" - inspired by the well-known 1982 Weather Girls song of the same name.

Spidey created these headphones, called "Roar While Roam", inspired by Timbaland - The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson).

"Furry" was created by arzca after being inspired by The Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

"Race Queen" created by Varcin inspired by Yello - The Race.

The self-titled "Keen" by Keen was inspired by the MUSE track Stockholm Syndrome.

"Money, Gold, Diamonds, and Scratches" was designed by rodshakur in response to Got Money by Lil Wayne.

Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys got Surfer Boy to think a little differently about his headphones, titled Surfin.

Devil Went Down To Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band got pixelhead to design these headphones called "Southern Hospitality".

"Mad Monkey", created by Tommy C, was inspired by Basement Jaxx's Where's Your Head At?

Light Festival In Berlin

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Pencil art on sets

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Book Of friendship..Every Page Speaks

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The White House Under Construction

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White House Under Construction

Rooms in the White House

Present White House

10 Most Killing Accidents

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5 Digitally Manipulated Pics

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City Under a Mountain !!! Amazing

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This is the most awesome Man's creation..... A wonder...

10 really awesome Apple iPhone Concept Designs

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Photo In a photo - Unusual

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The Food They Bought For One Week

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Look At The Food They Bought For One Week and The Number Of Persons In The Family

GERMANY :

The Melander family of Bargteheide - 2 adults , 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

UNITED STATES :

The Revis family of North Carolina - 2 adults , 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98

JAPAN :

The Ukita family of Kodaira City - 2 adults , 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: 37 , 699 Yen or $317.25

ITALY :

The Manzo family of Sicily - 2 adults , 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

MEXICO :

The Casales family of Cuernavaca - 2 adults , 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 1 , 862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

POLAND :

The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna - 4 adults , 1 teenager
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

EGYPT :

The Ahmed family of Cairo - 7 adults , 5 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

ECUADOR :

The Ayme family of Tingo - 4 adults , 5 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55

BHUTAN :

The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village - 7 adults , 6 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

CHAD :

The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp - 3 adults , 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1..23

And Mr. George Bush- Last President of America was Crying That The Rise in Price of Food is Because of South Asians. Coz , They are Consuming More and More Food Day By Day…

Parachuting a Truck : Interesting

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Best house u wouldd have ever seen

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Check this monkey !!

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Processing of Space Shuttle at NASA

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Here are the pictures of Space Shuttle Processing.

Imagine what is on the top of this Tower

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Stacked Eggs Unbelievable Pics

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Unique Village In Iran

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In the Iranian; province East Azerbaijan, on northern slope of extinct volcano, the artful Azerbaijanians once have constructed unique village.The matter is that houses in village Kandovan are cut directly in rocks, in each rock on the house. The age of some of them exceeds 700 years.The nature has grown up these sharp as canines of a rock, people needed to chisel through only in them rooms and to insert windows and doors. Some doors conduct small twisting ladders. The court yard have also additional economic constructions. Owners decorate the ancient dwellings with modern openwork lattices. In due course inhabitants of these freakish rocks have expanded the houses with stone extensions. Balconies and bridges also increase inhabited space and do its more convenient.

Have a look at some Pics of The Village...

Photo Manipulation Best Examples

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Imagination of a painter...

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Go slow and see the imagination of painter....!!

World's Deepest Swimming Pool

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Pencil Art - Must See

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See how natural these are... Can you believe those are drawn with pencil ...

Awesome Paintings By Elephants ...

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Check this video :

Auto Loading Of Excavator onto a Train

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Excellence in Art - JRD Tata

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In the first pic , you can see a painting, this was a gift to JRD TATA on his birthday by a street artist , nobody was able to understand his art , unfortunately ,only the painting was given to JRD TATA and the artist had promised to revel the secret shortly, however, JRD was no more when this secrect was actually reveled.

Here’s the secret reveled , when you place a steel rod at the circle in the first pic you saw, you will able to see the image of the JRD TATA as a reflection on the steel rod in the second pic below , isn’t it incredible!!

Glass Keyboard by Kong Fanwen

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This glass “no-key” keyboard, designed by Kong Fanwen, could be a nice alternative to the “Really Cool” waterproof keyboard that we featured last month. The plan is to use a tiny camera with motion capture technology that will track your fingers as you type. Unfortunately, at this time, this is just a concept.

Tips for Bright Future - Learn From Animals

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10 Working Tips For Bright Future

| 1 | — Do not get into trouble

| 2 | — Aim for greater heights

| 3 | — Stay focus on your job

| 4 | — Exercise to maintain good health

| 5 | — Practice Team work

| 6 | — Rely on your trusted partner to watch your back

| 7 | — Save for rainy days

| 8 | — Rest and relax

| 9 | — Always smile when your boss is around

| 10 | — Nothing is impossible

Believe...These are paintings...

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One of earliest photos of New York City to be sold

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An 1848 photograph of a stately Manhattan home is going on the auction block. It's believed to be one of the earliest photographic views of New York City.The half-plate daguerreotype shows the hilltop house with a vast lawn on what is now Manhattan's Upper West Side. The date and location were on a note tucked behind the daguerreotype.

It's expected to go for $50,000 to $70,000 at Sotheby's on Monday.

New York City daguerreotypes are rare. All of the others from the 1840s and 1850s show Lower Manhattan.

A street shown in front of the house is believed to be the old Bloomingdale Road. Early city directories refer to it as a continuation of Broadway.

The World's First Photograph

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The World's First Photograph (B/W)

First Photograph is actually this is the earliest surviving photograph, c. 1826. It required an eight-hour exposure, which resulted in sunlight on both sides of the buildings.

It represents the view of the courtyard of Nipces house at Gras, France, taken from the window of his workroom. On the left side of the image is the pigeon-house (an upper loft in the Nipce family house), to the right of it is a pear-tree with a patch of sky showing through an opening in the branches. In the center of the image is the slanting roof of the barn; the long building behind it is the bake house, with chimney. On the right side of the image is another wing of the house.

The Discovery of Photography

Have you ever thought about what people did before digital and video cameras? Well, not so long ago, it would have been impossible to take a photograph. Daguerre changed all of this in 1837 when he discovered the Daguerreotype process. Here are some of the earliest photos made by him :

The World's first Color Photograph

Tartan Ribbon, photograph taken by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861. Considered the first colour photograph. Maxwell had the photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each time with a different colour filter over the lens. The three images were developed and then projected onto a screen with three different projectors, each equipped with the same colour filter used to take its image. When brought into focus, the three images formed a full colour image. The three photographic plates now reside in a small museum at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, the house where Maxwell was born :

One of the earliest color photo :

Amazing Picture - Notice Camels

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Notice Camels

This is a picture taken directly above these camels in the desert at sunset. It is considered one of the best pictures of the year. Look closely, the camels are the little white lines in the picture. The black you see are just the shadows !!

House on Mango Tree [Limca Book Record]

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Here is a dream come true. A house on a Mango tree. Conceived and designed by a Civil Engineer Mr. K. P. Singh from Udaipur (Rajasthan). Mr. K.P.Singh and his family is living in the house since 2000.

956,000 Matchsticks = F1 Car [Unbelievable]

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Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai

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The Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 metres (1,053 ft), it is the second tallest building used exclusively as a hotel, after Rose Tower, also in Dubai. The cost of staying in a suite begins at $1,000 per night; the Royal Suite is the most expensive, at $28,000 per night.

An Eye Opener to our Younger Generation......

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Hidden Truth About Taj Mahal.....

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BBC says about Taj Mahal---Hidden Truth - Never say it is a Tomb

Aerial view of the Taj Mahal

The interior water well

Frontal view of the Taj Mahal and dome

Close up of the dome with pinnacle

Close up of the pinnacle

Inlaid pinnacle pattern in courtyard

Red lotus at apex of the entrance

Rear view of the Taj & 22 apartments

View of sealed doors & windows in back

Typical Vedic style corridors

The Music House--a contradiction

A locked room on upper floor

A marble apartment on ground floor

The OM in the flowers on the walls

Staircase that leads to the lower levels

300 foot long corridor inside apartments

One of the 22 rooms in the secret lower level

Interior of one of the 22 secret rooms

Interior of another of the locked rooms

Vedic design on ceiling of a locked room

Huge ventilator sealed shut with bricks

Secret walled door that leads to other rooms

Secret bricked door that hides more evidence

Palace in Barhanpur where Mumtaz died

Pavilion where Mumtaz is said to be buried

Now Read This.......

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the
whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says
the
Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of
Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research O
ak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from
then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court ch ronicle,
Badshahnama,
Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra
was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial . The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur
still
retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for
surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a
burial place for
dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers.

For example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried
in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says

the term "Mahal " has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries
from Afghanisthan to Algeria. "The unusual explanation that the term Taj
Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects.

Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes.
Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's
name to derive the remainder as the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he
claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace . Oak
also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale cre ated
by
court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists Not a
single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates
Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by
Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a
few
samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed
that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan
Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's
death), describes the life of the cit y in his memoirs. But he makes no
reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an
English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the
Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time.

Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies
that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple
rather
than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed
since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public. Oak
asserts they contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects
commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples Fearing political
backlash, Indira Gandhi's government t ried to have Prof. Oak's book
withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the
first edition dire consequences . There is only one way to discredit or
validate Oak's research.

The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Ma hal under
U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.

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