Bill Gates’s Lifestyle.

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It’s very rare that you become a Billionaire.

But still rarer is to donate have your feet planted in the ground.

Bill Gates will be remembered longer for his Charity than for Microsoft.

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Bill Gates has frugal tastes. Asked to name his luxuries, he lists DVDs, books and takeaway burgers. It is hard, however, to think that any fast-food outlet would get rich on Gates’s custom. During a long list of engagements beginning well before dawn, he consumes nothing but cans of diet cola.

For America’s wealthiest citizen, austerity is relative. The retinue of staff and the private jet hint at a fortune said to be approaching £40 billion. As he told pupils at a south London school he visited this week: “If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet. Ninety-nine per cent of it will go.”

In an era when the wealthiest are society’s pariahs, the Microsoft founder has become the people’s plutocrat. Although some diseases, such as malaria, remain rife, his charitable foundation and his lobbying have borne results. In the past year, not a single citizen in India contracted polio.

“People think aid is abstract and thousands of miles away. I go there and see it. I’m intent on making sure that my money gets to people who need it, and I come back and say it’s working.” This message has been heeded by “Cameron and George,” who have promised to hit the recognised goal of spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on aid.

Is he not disappointed that Mr Osborne will effectively be cutting the budget by more than £1.1 billion over three years, because the economy is shrinking? “I have nothing but praise for the UK. [The drop] is certainly unfortunate, but I can hardly complain about it. 0.7 per cent is the gold standard, and most countries aren’t living up to that.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/bill-gates/9041726/Bill-Gates-I-wrote-Steve-Jobs-a-letter-as-he-was-dying.-He-kept-it-by-his-bed.html

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Power Struggle in DMK,Stalin Captures Kalaignar TV.DMK Deputy Chief?

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DMK Chief Karunanidhi launched Kalaignar TV to challenge SUN TV during his short estrangement with Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanidhi Maran who control SUN TV.

His concubine Rajathi Amma’sl  Daughter was given shares in  Kalignar TV.

The share holding pattern was thus.

Dayalu Ammal(Karunanidhi’s wife                                              - Rs 60,06,000

Kanimozhi(Daughter of Rajathi and Karunanidhi                 -Rs  20,02,000

Sarath Kumar(ex.CEO SUN)                                                            -Rs 20,02,000

Amirtham(Karunanidhi’s nephew)                                              -Rs. 20,02,000

It is well-known that the power struggle between Mu.Ka.Azhagiri, Karunanidhi’s another son has intensified post 2 G scam and DMK losing power in Tamil Nadu.

Azhagiri’s nominees have been wiped out in the Southern districts and consequently his clout in the DMK has come down.

Stalin, who is 60, is the Head of MK’s Youth(!) wing and now he is going about restructuring it paving the way his nominee to take over as Chief of DMK youth wing, while preparing himself for the post of Deputy Chief of DMK( which Karunanidhi has not been able to give him till date)

This issue was taken up in the DMK party forum in Coimbatore some time back and Azhagiri walked out in protest against the proposal fo Stalin becoming DMK Deputy Chief .

Now Azhagiri is down Stalin supporters are seizing the opportunity to have Stalin appointed as Deputy Chief in the forthcoming General Council meet of the DMK on February 4th.

Azhagiri is expected to fight.

In the mean while Kanimozhi who spent time in Tihar Jail for involvement in2G scam is being considered for the post of deputy Propaganda secretary of the DMK, under pressure from Rajathi Ammal.

In a move to pre-empt it,Stalin has captured Kalaignar TV, by having his follower  and ex.Government Board Member of Tata Communications as a Director of Kalaignar TV.

Interesting to note that Kalyana Sundaram was appointed to the Board of Tata Communications by A.Raja of 2 G scam, when he was in power, despite objection that an active member of DMK should  not be appointed to Tata Board.

He resigned  the same day when he assumed charge as Director Kalaignar TV.

Amirtham was appointed as another Director  in place of Sarath Kumar former CEO of SUN TV, when he was in Jail for involvement in 2G scam.

Amirtham is a supporter of Stalin.

It seems that Stalin has effectively taken charge of Kalaignar TV, thus removing Kanimozhi from the picture.

It may be noted that Azhagiri hs been the supporter of Kanimozhi since  the incarceration of Kanimozhi.

Tail piece.

It may be noted that Tata was mentioned in Radia Tapes  to have been involved in the lease/sale of Voltas land in Chennai in collusion with Rajathi Ammal and that Tata’s have provided a Hospital in Perambalur,A.Raja’s Constituency

Please refer my blogs under Corruption/India.

 

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13 month old chews off Snake’s Head!

Pure reflex , unsullied by Fear!

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Thirteen-month-old Imad Aleeyan, who has six teeth, was found chewing on the head of the 12 inch snake by his mother, who alerted the neighbourhood with her screams.

“I was making his milk and I looked over and saw he had a snake in his mouth,” said his mother, Ghadir Aleeyan who lives in the Arab Israelitown of Shefa’Amr, 9 miles east of the port city of Haifa.

“I started to scream. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” she told AFP. “I nearly died of fright.”

Her screams brought the rest of the family – and the neighbourhood – running.

“We rushed in and found the baby with a snake in his mouth, chewing it. It was really scary, just horrible,” the boy’s aunt, Yasmin Shahin, said.

A neighbour who had rushed to see what was going on yanked the half-dead reptile out of the boys mouth and killed it, she said.

“When he pulled it out, Imad started crying,” she said, describing the snake’s head as “very badly chewed” when it emerged from the boys mouth.

They immediately checked the child for any bite marks but found none, with doctors at Rambam hospital in Haifa confirming he was unharmed.

“Doctors at the hospital told us the snake was really poisonous but that we were very lucky because they release less venom in the winter,” she said.

Dr Boaz Shacham, an expert on amphibians and reptiles, told AFP that from looking at images of the smashed-up serpent online, it appeared to be a coin-marked snake (hemorrhois nummifer), a non-venomous species which resembles a viper.

Such snakes grow up to three feet in length, he said suggesting it was a “very young” specimen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9044599/Toddler-chews-head-off-snake.html