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Phil –the Not So Fresh Prince of Buckingham

Jules — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:56:49 +0000

The Queen (Queen Elizabeth II), 83, and her hubby (am so common!) Prince Philip, 88, where in Exeter visiting the Wyvern Barracks on the 11 March 2010. They were meeting and greeting some of the Navy sea cadet, when the Duke made his latest gaffe. He asked Elizabeth Rendle about her day job, to which Elizabeth replied saying that she worked in a club. The Duke questioned whether it was a strip club, and then added it was too cold anyway.
Elizabeth Rendle, 24, who works as a barmaid in a club, took no offence as she thought that he was trying to them at ease!

World’s Top 10 Richest People 2010

Jules — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:57 +0000

Here is a list of the World’s top 10 richest people, all of which had their wealth increased in the time of recession:

Carlos Slim, Age 70, (Telecommunications) $53.5 billion (Up $18.5 billion)
Bill Gates, Age 54, (Chairman of Microsoft Corp) $53 billion (Up $13 billion)
Warren Buffett, 79, (Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.) $47 billion (Up $10 billion)
Mukesh Ambani, 52, (Reliance Industries Ltd) $29 billion (Up $19.5 billion)
Lakshmi Mittal, 59, (CEO ArcelorMittal) $28.7 billion (Up $9.4 billion)
Larry Ellison, 65, (Chief Executive Oracle Corp.) $28 billion (Up $5.5 billion)
Bernard Arnault, 61, (Chairman /Chief Executive LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA) $27.5 billion (Up $11 billion)
Eike Batista, 53, (Mining) $27 billion (Up $20 billion)
Amancio Ortega, 73, (Chairman /Founder Inditex SA) $25 billion (Up $6.7 billion)
Karl Albrecht, (Co-Founder Aldi Group) $23.5 billion. (Up $2 billion

The Photo Picture with a Billion Views

Jules — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:57:37 +0000

The default windows XP back drop image is the most viewed photo in the World. The photo was taken by National Geographic Magazine Photographer, Chuck O’Rear, who was paid a huge undisclosed amount by Microsoft. The photo was taken as Chuck drove on Highway 121 in California’s Sonoma Valley when the landscape caught his eye. Chuck immediately parked his car and took out his camera and took a snap through the fence. The site is a vineyard, but at the time, the area had been devastated by the Phylloxera bug that lead to all the vines being removed, hence revealing green rolling pastures that nearly all of us have come to recognise as the bliss background image that braces PCs all around the World.