THE SWIMMING POOL U CAN WALK

This fake pool is located in Japan and makes my perception of Japanese people even more inspiring.
The Japense guys are just too clever .  They managed to make this fake pool look so real....!
 I want to be there just to take a photo or a video showing me walking calm around the bottom of that pool ...

Supermoon may cause natural disasters next week

On March 19, Earth’s satellite will be at its closest point to our planet in 18 years -- a mere 356,577 kilometers away. The event -- also called a lunar perigee -- was dubbed a "supermoon" by astrologer Richard Nolle back in the 1970s. The term is used to describe a new or full moon at 90% or more of its closest orbit to Earth. Next week, it will be at 100%.

On March 19th 2011, the moon will make its closest approach to Earth in almost 20 years, possibly triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters. The phenomenon, called lunar perigee or Supermoon, happens when the moon reaches its absolute closest point to Earth. On March 19, the natural satellite will be only 221,567 miles away from our planet.
There were Supermoons in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005, and these years had their share of extreme weather conditions, too. Although there are scientific laws that say the moon affects the Earth, it's still ambiguous whether the lunar perigee and natural disasters is coincidence or not.British freelance weatherman John Kettley was quoted as saying "A moon can't cause a geological event like an earthquake, but it will cause a difference to the tide. If that combines with certain weather conditions, then that could cause a few problems for coastal areas." While hoping for a non-disastrous ‘moon giant’, point your eyes and camera lenses toward the night sky on 19th. If the sky is clear, you’re gonna get an exceptional celestial treat.

What Happened In Fukushima plant in JAPAN

THE explosion at the Fukushima plant is the third worst nuclear incident in history, after Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.

Major design flaws were blamed for Chernobyl in April 1986, when overheating caused two massive explosions at the Ukraine plant.

Huge clouds of radioactive material escaped into the atmosphere and ­travelled hundreds of miles across Europe.

The disaster produced 100 times more radiation than the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs and has been blamed for 200,000 deaths from cancer and other diseases. The March 1979 Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania in the US was similar to Fukushima because a fault caused overheating. Although the plant suffered a “severe core meltdown” only small amounts of radiation escaped.

Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPOC), operator and owner of the Fukushima plants, has injected sea water into the reactor to prevent it from overheating, said Edano, who acknowledged the core of the reactor may have been deformed due to overheating.

Backup cooling systems failed, leaving the core to glow unchecked and sparking fears that fuel could breach the containment shell, leaking dangerous radiation into the densely-populated region that houses 30 million people.

About 200,000 residents were evacuated from a 20-kilometre radius around the plant, which was built in the 1970s and is one of 54 nuclear plants providing about 30 per cent of Japan's power.

Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) insisted radiation was still within safe levels, but mounting internal pressure meant that some vapour had to be released, and it warned another blast might take place in a second reactor.

OSCAR FOR INDIANS

India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1957.
India has sent over forty films to the competition, more than almost any other country and second only to Japan outside of Europe.


OSCAR WINNERS FROM INDIA:

1) Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design (with John Mollo) for Gandhi (1982)

2) Satyajit Ray received an honorary Academy Award in 1991.

3) Russell Pookutty won Best Sound Mixing (with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

4) AR Rahman won Best Score and Best Original Song (music) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

5) Gulzar won Best Song (lyrics) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). [He was not present at the ceremony to collect his Oscar.

INDIAN MOVIE SUBMISSIONS:

YEAR-MOVIE NAME-LANGUAGE-DIRECTOR :-

1957-mother india-hindi-mehboob khan
1958-madhumati-hindi-bimal roy
1959-the world of apu-bengali-satyajit ray
1960-the grt mughal-hindi-k.asif
1961-stree-hindi-rajaram
1962-sahib bibi aur-urdu-abrar alvi
1963-metropolis-bengali-satyajit ray
1965-the guide-hindi-vijay anand
1966-amrapali-hindi-lekh tandon
1967-the last letter-aakhri khat-hindi-chetan anand
1968-elder sister-hindi-hrishikesh
1969-devia magan-tamil-thirulogachander
1971-reshma aur shera-hindi-sunil dutt
1972-uphaar-hindi-sudhendu ray
1973-saudagar-hindi-sudhendu ray
1974-hot winds-urdu-m.s.sathyu
1977-manthan-hindi-shyam bengal
1978-the chess players-hindi-satyajit ray
1980-payal ki jhankaar-hindi-satyen bose
1984-saaransh-hindi -maheshbhatt
1985-saagar-hindi-ramesh sippy
1986-swathi muthyam-telugu-k.viswanath
1987-nayagan-tamil-manirathnam
1988-salaam bombay-hindi-mira nair
1989-parinda-hindi-vidhu vinod
1990-anjali-tamil-manirathnam
1991-henna-hindi-randhir kapoor
1992-thevar magan-tamil-bharathan
1993-rudaali-hindi-kalpana lajmi
1994-bandit queen-hindi-shekhar kapur
1995-kuruthipunal-tamil-p.c.sreeram
1996-indian-tamil-s.shankar
1997-guru-malayalam-rajiv anchal
1998-jeans-tamil-s.shankar
1999-earth-hindi-deepa mehta
2000-hey ram-tamil-kamal haasan
2001-lagaan-hindi-ashutosh gowariker
2002-devdas-hindi-sanjay leela
2004-shwaas-marathi-sandeep sawant
2005-paheli-hindi-amol palekar
2006-rang de basanthi-hindi-rakeysh omprakash
2007-eklavya-hindi-vidhu vinod
2008-taare zameen par-hindi-aamir khan
2009-harishchandrachi factory-marathi-paresh mokashi
2010-peepli live-hindi-anusha rizvi

some points regard to nominees:
 * Tamil Actor Kamal Haasan has represented India in the competition for seven times as an actor, one of            which was directed by himself.
 *  Bengali director Satyajit Ray, who has represented India three times - more than any other director.
 * Most of India's Oscar submissions were in Hindi, although several were in Tamil and Urdu.
 * Two submissions were in Bengali and Marathi, while Malayalam and Telugu films have been selected one time each.

LIST OF BILLIONAIRES IN 2011

TOP TEN BILLIONAIRES AMONG WORLD:

RANK           NAME                         NET WORTH       AGE         SOURCE               COUNTRY


1.                  carlos slim                         $74B                     71            TELECOM               MEXICO

2.                  Billgates                             $56B                     55            MICROSOFT            USA

3.                 warren buffett                      $50B                     80            Berkshire Hathaway    USA

4.                 Bernard Arnault                   $41                        62            LVMH                        FRANCE

5.                 Larry Ellison                         $39.5B                   66           ORACLE                    USA

6.                 Lakshmi Mittal                      $31.1B                   60            STEEL                       INDIA

7.                Amancio Ortega                     $31B                       74          ZARA                         SPAIN

8.                Eike Batista                            $30B                        54         MINING,OIL             BRAZIL

9.                Mukesh Ambani                     $27B                        53        Petrochemicals,oil&gas INDIA

10.              Christy Walton                       $26.5B                      56         WALMART                USA

Some intresting topics:
*29 billionaires from USA in top 100
*7 billionaires from INDIA in top 100

TOP TEN BILLIONAIRES IN INDIA: 
1.Lakshmi mittal (steel)
2.Mukesh Ambani(oil)
3.Azim Premzi(software)
4.Shashi and Ravi ruia(diversifield)
5.Savitri jindal (steel)
6.Guatam adani(infrastructure)
7.Kumar Birla(commodities)
8.Anil Ambani(diversifield)
9.Sunil mittal(telecom)
10.Adi Godrej (diversifield)

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CAPTAINS of GLORIOUS INDIAN Cricket Team

Captains of Test Team :

1.  C.K. NAIDU                           1932-34

2.  Maharajkumar of
     Vizianagram                              1936

3.  Nawab of
     Pataudi, Sr.                               1946

4.  Lala Amarnath                          1947-49

5.  Vijay Hazare                             1951-53

6.  Vinoo Mankad                          1954-56

7.  Ghulam Ahmed                          1957-58

8.  Polly Umrigar                             1958

9.  Hemu Adhikari                           1958

10.Datta Gaekwad                          1959

11.Pankaj Roy                                1959

12.Gulabrai Ramchand                    1959-60

13.Nari Contractor                          1960-61

14. Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.                1961-69

15.Chandu Borde                            1969

16.Ajit Wadekar                              1970-74

17.Srinivas Venkataraghavan            1974-75

18.Bishen Singh Bedi                        1975-78

19.Gundappa Viswanath                   1978-80

20.Sunil Gavaskar                             1980-85

21.Kapil Dev                                     1982-87

22.Dilip Vengsarkar                           1987-88

23.Ravi Shastri                                  1988-89

24.Krishnamachari Srikkanth             1989-90

25.Mohammad Azharuddin                1989-98

26.Sachin Tendulkar                          1996-2000

27.Sourav Ganguly                             2000-06

28.Rahul Dravid                                 2003-07

29.Virender Sehwag                          2005

30.Anil Kumble                                 2007-08

31.Mahendra Singh Dhoni                 2008