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Justin Drew Bieber

2011-11-25T09:34:00.001-08:00

Justin Drew Bieber ( born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher,and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.

Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top ten in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, My World, followed in November 2009, and was later certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber's first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released in March 2010 and debuted at number one and within the top ten of several countries, and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby". The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video. Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert filmJustin Bieber: Never Say Never – which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film. Bieber released his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe in November 2011, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Bieber has been nominated and awarded numerous accolades, winning Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Music Awards, and being nominated forBest New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Bieber is considered a teen idol.

Selena Marie Gomez

2011-11-25T09:04:00.001-08:00

Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus.

Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released two RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell and A Year Without Rain and spawned two RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally" and "Who Says". As of April 2011, the band has sold 1,354,000 albums in the United States.^[3] Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell,Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Gomez was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Lord Anjaneya temple Namakkal

2011-11-13T08:19:00.001-08:00

Namakkal Anjaneyar temple has more than 1500 Years history . The fort of Namakkal is guarded by a giant Anjaneya. The idol is so famous that it has been known as Namakkal Hanuman.Anjaneya is in Digambara temple (with sky as the roof) facing and worshipping Lord Lakshmi Nrusimha and the Saleegramam. The Anjaneya in this kshethra is eighteen feet tall and is having dharshan of the Lord Lakshmi Nrusimha about 250 feet (76 m) away. The eye of Anjaneya is in straight line with the patha [lotus feet] of Lord Lakshmi Nrusimha. One can witness Anjaneya having the dharshan of Lord's Lotus feet from the Garudalwar sannathi even today. The imprint of the footsteps of Anjaneya Swami is seen in the Kamalalam tank steps.There was also a rumour in namakkal that the anjaneyar grows in height each and every year.They did some poojas and made Anjaneya to be calm because there should not be any disaster in the world.As time passes many would have been forgotton about this rumours.

Meenakshi Amman Temple

2011-11-13T08:04:00.000-08:00

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple or Meenakshi Amman Temple or Tiru-alavai (IAST mīnākṣi Amman Kovil, Tamil: மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோவில்/திருஆலவாய்) is a historic Hindu temple located in the south side of river Vaigai in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Parvati who is known as Meenakshi and her consort, Shiva named here as Sundareswarar(beautiful deity). The temple forms the heart and lifeline of the 2500 year old city of Madurai. The complex houses 14 gopurams(gateway towers) ranging from 45-50m in height, the tallest being the souther tower, 51.9 metres (170 ft) high, and two golden sculptured vimana(shrine) over sanctum of the main deities. The temple is a significant symbol for the Tamil people, and has been mentioned since antiquity in Tamil literature, though the present structure is built during 1623 to 1655 A.D. The temple attracts 15,000 visitors a day, around 25,000 during Fridays and gets an annual revenue of sixty million INR. There is an estimated 33,000 sculptures in the temple and it was in the list of top 30 nominees of the "New Seven Wonders of the World". The annual 10 day Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival celebrated during April–May attracts 1 million visitors.

The White House

2011-11-13T07:43:00.000-08:00

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.
Today, the White House Complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, Cabinet Room, Roosevelt Room, East Wing, and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which houses the executive offices of the President and Vice President.
The White House is made up of six stories—the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The term White House is regularly used as a metonym for the Executive Office of the President of the United States and for the president's administration and advisers in general. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects list of "America's Favorite Architecture".

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs

2011-11-10T18:25:00.000-08:00

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (/ˈdʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman and visionary widely recognized (along with his Apple business partner Steve Wozniak) as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs was co-founder and previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.

In the late 1970s, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak engineered one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. Jobs directed its aesthetic design and marketing along with A.C. "Mike" Markkula, Jr. and others.

In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa (engineered by Ken Rothmuller and John Couch) and, one year later, of Apple employee Jef Raskin's Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets.

In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd, which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2006, making Jobs Disney's largest individual shareholder at seven percent and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. Apple's 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its interim CEO from 1997, then becoming permanent CEO from 2000, onwards, spearheading the advent of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. In buying NeXT, Apple also "acquire[d] the operating system that became Mac OS X." From 2003, Jobs fought an eight-year battle with cancer, and eventually resigned as CEO in August 2011, while on his third medical leave. He was then elected chairman of Apple's board of directors.

On October 5, 2011, around 3:00 p.m., Jobs died at his home in Palo Alto, California, aged 56, six weeks after resigning as CEO of Apple. A copy of his death certificate indicated respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death, with "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor" as the underlying cause. His occupation was listed as "entrepreneur" in the "high tech" business.

Wayne Rooney Wallpaper

2011-07-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and theEngland national team.

Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals. He also briefly became the competition's youngest goalscorer. He is frequently selected for the England squad and also featured at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Rooney has won theEngland Player of the Year award twice, in 2008 and 2009. As of March 2011, he has won 70 international caps and scored 26 goals.

Aged nine, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons at the Merseysideclub, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. Since then, United have won the Premier League four times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups with Rooney in the team. He also holds two runner-up medals from both the Premier League and the Champions League. In 2009-10, Rooney was awarded the PFA Players' Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year. As of 2011, he is the third highest-paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an annual income of €20.7m (£18m) including sponsorship deals.

Maradona Wallpaper

2011-07-15T18:28:00.000-07:00

Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈðjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; born 30 October 1960) is a former Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time.^[1] Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting world-record contract fees. In his international career, playing for Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals.

He played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments, including the 1986 tournament, where he captained Argentina and led them to their victory over West Germany in the final, winning the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. In that same tournament's quarterfinal round, he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over England that entered football history, though for two different reasons. The first goal was via an unpenalized handball known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal was a 60 m (66 yd) goal through six England players, voted "The Goal of the Century".

Maradona is considered one of the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures. He was suspended from football for 15 months in 1991 after failing a drug test, for cocaine, in Italy, and he was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the USA after testing positive for ephedrine. After retiring from playing on his 37th birthday in 1997,^[2] he gained weight, suffered ill health and the effects of cocaine use. In 2005, a stomach stapling operation helped control his weight gain, and he overcame his cocaine addiction. His outspoken manners have sometimes put him at odds with journalists and sport executives. Although he had little managerial experience, he became head coach of the Argentina national team in November 2008, and held the job for eighteen months, until his contract expired after the 2010 World Cup.

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2011-06-06T06:50:00.000-07:00

Novak Đoković (born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player ranked World No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

He has won two Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open championships, becoming the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively.^[2] He is also one of only four players (David Nalbandian, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal being the other 3) to beat Roger Federer 3 times in one calendar year. He is also one of three players (Nalbandian and Nikolay Davydenko being the other 2) to beat Federer and Nadal in the same tournament twice, accomplishing that feat when he won the 2011 Indian Wells Masters 1000 event. He is also the youngest player in the Open Era to defeat the top three players in succession and he achieved this when he defeated world number 3 Andy Roddick, world number 2 Nadal, and World number 1 Federer in the 2007 Rogers Cup. He is one of only two players to have defeated Federer at the semifinal stage or later on more than one occasion in Grand Slam tournaments, and also at consecutive tournaments (the other being Nadal).

Ðoković was the runner-up at the 2007 and 2010 US Open tournaments (to Federer and Nadal, respectively), and a bronze medalistrepresenting Serbia at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition, Ðoković won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and has won nine Masters Seriestournaments. In 2010, he led Serbia to win the Davis Cup. Ðoković finished the ATP Tour as World No. 3 for four consecutive years between 2007 and 2010.

From the 2010 Davis Cup finals to the 2011 French Open, Ðoković had a 43-match win streak, third only to Guillermo Vilas (46 matches in 1977) and Ivan Lendl (44 matches in 1981/1982). This includes titles at the Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters,Serbia Open, Madrid Masters, and the Rome Masters. He won 41 straight matches from the start of 2011 until the French Open semi-finals (where he was beaten by Roger Federer), second only to John McEnroe's record (he started 42–0 in 1984).

He is a double winner of the award The Best Sportperson of Serbia and award for The Best Sportsman by Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is considered the best male tennis player to come out of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. Ðoković has been awarded with the Order of St. Sava, the highest decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Maria Sharapova Wallpapers

2011-06-04T19:27:00.000-07:00

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova( born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. Sharapova has won 23 WTA singles titles, including 3 Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and2008 Australian Open. She has also won the year-end invitational WTA Tour Championships in 2004.

The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on 4 separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005 and last regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008.She is currently ranked World No. 8.

Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 when, at age 17, she upset two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title. She entered the top ten of the WTA Rankings with this win. Despite not winning a major in 2005, Sharapova briefly held the number one ranking, and reached three Grand Slam semifinals, losing to the eventual champion each time. She won her second major at the 2006 US Open defeating then-World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals and World No. 2 Justine Henin in the final. Sharapova's 2007 season was plagued with a chronic shoulder injury, and saw her ranking fall out of the top 5 for the first time in two years. She ultimately won her thirdGrand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Heninin the quarterfinals and Ana Ivanović in the final. After reclaiming the number one ranking in May 2008, Sharapova's shoulder problems re-surfaced, ultimately requiring surgery in October and forcing her out of the game for nearly ten months. Sharapova returned in May 2009 and was ranked No. 126 in the world due to her extensive lay-off. Since her comeback, Sharapova has won 4 singles titles (bringing her career total to 23) and improved her ranking to within the top 10.

Sharapova's public profile extends beyond tennis, as she has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue. She has featured in many advertisements including those for Nike, Prince and Canon and is the face of several fashion houses, most notably Cole Haan. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008.^[1][3][4] Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Project Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. In 2010, Forbesranked her at 81 in the list of 100 most powerful celebrities of the year.

Barack Obama

2011-05-19T09:57:00.000-07:00

US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009)

Taj Mahal

2011-03-26T07:08:00.000-07:00

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol of eternal love.

Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Islamic and Indian architectural styles.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.

Sachin Tendulkar

2010-11-13T20:04:00.000-08:00

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against. Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven.[nb 1] He is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster.
Tendulkar is the first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has 95 centuries in international cricket. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000 and 14,000 runs in that form of the game,having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history and 200 runs in a one-day international match. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009, and has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.

A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Wallpaper

2010-09-26T06:16:00.000-07:00

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931 in Rameshwaram, Madras Presidency, British India), usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , was the 11th President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007, he was elected during the

tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government, under prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People's President.

Before his term as India's president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. In India he is highly respected as a scientist and as an engineer.

Kalam played a pivotal organisational, technical and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by Indiain 1974. He is chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (Thiruvanthapuram), a professor at Anna University (Chennai) and adjunct/visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across India.

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Narain Karthikeyan Wallpapers

2010-09-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Tamil: குமார் ராம் நரேன் கார்த்திகேயன்; born 14 January 1977, Coimbatore,India) is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India.He has previously competed in Formula One, A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in 2005 with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in 2006 and 2007. Like other former F1 drivers, Karthikeyan has moved to stock car racing and is driving the #60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Rafael Nadal Wallpaper

2010-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈfɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə]; Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 in the world. He is regarded as one the greatest players of all time. His success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.Nadal has won nine Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 18 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He completed the career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the 7th player in history, and the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after Andre Agassi.

Nadal was ranked World No. 2, behind Roger Federer for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot, which he then held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009.He regained the World No.1 ranking on 7 June 2010 after winning his fifth French Open title. In 2008, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis.128036 Rafaelnadal is a Main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, Spain and named after Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer Wallpaper

2010-09-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks and 285 total weeks, one week behind record holder Pete Sampras. As of 13 September 2010, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

Federer has won a male record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 22 career Grand Slam finals. He holds the record of reaching the semi-finals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open.Federer also holds the record of reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and appeared in 18 of 19 over four and a half years from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, excluding the 2008 Australian Open. Federer has won 4 ATP World Tour Finals and 17 ATP Masters Series tournaments. He also won the Olympic Gold Medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for four consecutive years (2005–2008). He is often referred to as The Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, the Swiss Maestro or simply Maestro

Allah Rakha Rahman Wallpaper

2010-09-24T10:58:00.000-07:00

Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: அல்லா ரக்கா ரகுமான்; born 6 January 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, and two Academy Awards.

Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2004, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, had sold more than 150 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide,and sold over 200 million cassettes,making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists.

Time magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Tamil: இசைப் புயல்; English: Music Storm). In 2009, the magazine placed Rahman in the Time 100 list of World's Most Influential People.

David Villa Wallpaper

2010-09-24T09:38:00.000-07:00

David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβiʎa]; born 3 December 1981), nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid in Asturian), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team.

Despite sustaining a serious injury as a child, he started his professional career with Sporting de Gijón. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, where he made his La Liga début, winning his first senior honours - the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. He joined Valencia CF in 2005 for a transfer fee of €12 million and was part of the Valencia team that won the Copa del Rey in the 2007–08 season. In 2010 he moved to FC Barcelona for €40 million.

Villa made his international début in 2005. He has since participated in three major tournaments, becoming an integral member of the Spain teams that won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. He scored three goals at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, was top scorer at Euro 2008 and earned Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup. He has scored more World Cup goals than any other player in Spain's history and is tied with Raúl González as the country's all-time top goalscorer.His goals per game ratio at World Cup matches is higher than the competition's all-time top scorer Ronaldo, while the goals per game ratio he has achieved for the national team has not been matched by any Spaniard since Alfredo di Stéfano.

2010 Commonwealth Games

2010-09-22T06:00:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

The Top 10 Universities in India

2010-09-20T09:19:00.000-07:00

RANK Name of Institute

1 Indian Institute of Technology IIT Kanpur

2 Indian Institute of Technology IIT Kharagpur

3 Indian Institute of Technology IIT Bombay

4 Indian Institute of Technology IIT Madras

5 Indian Institute of Technology IIT Delhi

6 BITS Pilani

7 IIT Roorkee

8 IT-BHU

9 IIT-Guwahati

10 College of Engg , Anna University, Guindy

Top 10 Universities in JAPAN

2010-09-20T07:32:00.001-07:00

1 University of Tokyo
2 Kyoto University
3 Osaka University
4 Tokyo Institute of Technology
5 Tohoku University
6 Keio University
7 Kyushu University
8 Nagoya University
9 Hokkaido University
10 Tsukuba University

Top 10 Singers

2010-09-16T08:45:00.001-07:00

1#Michael Jackson

Jackson at the White House in 1984
Background information
Birth name Michael Joseph Jackson
Born August 29, 1958
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Died June 25, 2009 (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Pop, disco, dance, rock, R&B, soul, funk, new jack swing
Occupations Singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, dancer, choreographer, actor, author, businessman, philanthropist
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar, drums, keyboards
Years active 1964–2009
Labels Motown, Epic, Legacy
Associated acts The Jackson 5
Website http://www.michaeljackson.com

2#Rhydian

Background information
Birth name Rhydian Roberts
Born 14 February 1983 (age 27)
Origin Sennybridge, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupations Singer
Years active 2007 – present
Labels Sony Music, Syco

3#Amr Diab

Background information
Birth name Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab
Also known as Father of Mediterranean music,(Hadaba)
Born October 11, 1961 (age 48)
Origin Port Said, Egypt
Genres Mediterranean
Occupations Singer, composer, arranger, actor
Instruments Vocal
Years active 1983 - present
Website www.amrdiab.net/

4#Freddie Mercury

Mercury performing in New Haven, CT, 1977
Background information
Birth name Farrokh Bulsara
Born 5 September 1946
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Origin London, England[1]
Died 24 November 1991 (aged 45)
Kensington, London, England
Genres Rock, Hard rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active 1969–1991
Labels Columbia, Polydor, EMI, Parlophone, Hollywood Records
Associated acts Queen, Wreckage/Ibex, Montserrat Caballé

5#Toše Proeski
Тоше Проески

At his last concert in Skopje, Macedonia on October 5, 2007, 11 days before his death
Background information
Birth name Todor Proeski
Also known as Toše
Born January 25, 1981 in Prilep, Macedonia, (then SFR Yugoslavia)
Died October 16, 2007 (aged 26)
Nova Gradiška, Croatia
Genres Pop, Macedonian Traditional music, Classical music, Rock, Classic metal
Occupations Singer/songwriter
Instruments Keyboard, guitar, piano
Years active 1996–2007
Website www.toseproeski.info

6#Tamer Hosny

Background information
Birth name Tamer Hosny Abbas Farghaly
Also known as Negm EL-Geel / King of Generation
Born August 16, 1977 (age 33)
Origin Cairo, Egypt
Genres R&B, pop, rock
Occupations Singer, songwriter, actor, composer
Instruments Vocals, electric guitar, guitar, piano, drums
Years active 2000–present
Labels FreeMusic, Alam El Phan
Website www.tamerhosny.ws

7#Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman performing in 2007
Background information
Born 14 August 1960 (age 50)
Origin Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Genres Classical crossover, operatic pop, symphonic rock
Occupations Singer, actress, songwriter, dancer
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboard
Years active 1976–present
Labels A&M Records (1993)
East West Records
(1995–2001)
Angel Records/EMI
(1997–2007)
Manhattan Records/EMI
(2008–present)
Website http://www.sarah-brightman.com

8#Vitas
Birth name Vitaliy "Vitas" Vladasovich Grachyov
Born 19 February 1979 (age 31)
Origin Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres Operatic pop, Vocal music, Classical
Pop (Easy listening, Chillout), Synthpop, Alt rock
Occupations Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Actor, Fashion designer
Instruments Voice, Accordion, Piano
Years active 2000–present
Associated acts DIVA (ДИВА)
Website vitas.com.ru

9#Steve Perry

Steve Perry, former singer from the rock band Journey. August 19, 1981 Sausalito, California, USA
Background information
Birth name Stephen Ray Perry
Born January 22, 1949 (age 61)
Origin Hanford, California, U.S.
Genres Rock, pop, hard rock
Occupations Singer, songwriter, producer
Instruments Vocals, drums, guitar, mandolin, piano
Years active 1977–present
Labels Sony
Next Plateau Entertainment (distribution only)
Associated acts Journey, Alien Project, USA for Africa, The Sullies

10#Josh Groban

Groban at the ET Post-Emmys Party, Walt Disney Concert Hall, September 21, 2008
Background information
Birth name Joshua Winslow Groban
Born February 27, 1981 (age 29)
Origin Los Angeles, California, US
Genres Classical, pop, vocal, Operatic pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, piano, drums,
Years active 1997–present
Labels 143/Reprise
Associated acts We Are The World 25 for Haiti
Website http://www.joshgroban.com

The Top 10 Richest Indian(2010)

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1 Mukesh Ambani
Age: 53
Net Worth: $ 27.0 billion
A feud with brother Anil ended this June after their mother brokered a settlement, which is awaiting court approval. Mukesh will maintain control of $16 billion (sales) Reliance Industries, the petrochemicals major whose stock is up more than 40% since the announcement. Primed for a global footprint in the retail business, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group is talking to French retail major, Carrefour, and other global players to acquire a controlling stake and reach out to international consumers with its basket of Indian food produce.

2 Lakshmi Mittal
Age: 60
Net Worth: $ 26.1 billion
Born in a remote village, he got his start when his family moved to Calcutta and opened a small steel mill. He has a personal stake of 87.4 percent in the $22 billion (2004 sales) Mittal Steel. A double-digit drop in U.S and European steel prices led to a 64% fall in third-quarter profits; the past 9 months down only 13%. He recently bought Ukraine's largest steelmaker in a televised auction. After winning the battle for rival Arcelor in June last year, the $34 billion merger created an industry behemoth that now accounts for more than10% of the world’s steel production.

3 Azim Premji
Age: 65
Net Worth: $ 17.9 billion
One of the pioneers of the Indian outsourcing phenomenon, Premji got his major break in 1978 when IBM pulled out of India. He runs technology service giant, Wipro, which has been on a buying spree, picking up firms like Finnish telecom software outfit, Saraware, and Portuguese retail software group Enabler. He owns 82% of New York-listed Wipro, India's third-largest software exporter. His clients include Nokia, Microsoft and Prudential. Wipro lost a few key executives this year, including Vice Chairman, Vivek Paul. “Bangalore Tiger”, a book on Wipro’s rise, was published recently. Premji claims that his ancient Ford Escort is his “lucky car”.

No.4 Shashi & Ravi Ruia

Age : 66

Net worth :$ 15 Billion

The Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation in the sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics as well as Construction headquartered at Mumbai, India. The Group's annual revenues were over USD 15 billion in FY08-09.

Essar began as a construction company in 1969 and diversified into manufacturing, services and retail. Essar is managed by Shri.Shashi Ruia, Chairman – Essar Group and Shri.Ravi Ruia, Vice Chairman Essar Group

No.5 Savitri Jindal

Age : 60
Net worth :$ 14.4 Billion

Savitri Jindal is an Indian steel baroness, the wealthiest woman in India and the world's 44th richest person. She is the non-executive chairperson ofJindal Steel and Power Limited and JSW Steel, and member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, (Legislative Assembly) MLA. She also served as a Minister of Power in the Government of Haryana until 2010. She became the chairperson after her husband, O. P. Jindal, died in a helicopter crash in 2005.^[3]

She is noted for being the world's 4th richest mother.

6 Anil Ambani
Age: 51
Net Worth: $ 13.3 billion
After the split with his brother, Anil now runs the newly christened, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises Group, an offshoot of the Reliance empire, with interests in telecom, energy and financial services. He has been making high-profile acquisitions, mainly in entertainment and insurance. His was the world’s fastest-growing multi-billion dollar fortune in percentage terms as his wealth tripled in just one year. Anil is Chairman of Reliance Capital and Reliance Communication and Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Energy. His personal stake in Reliance Communication is 66%. He was chosen as the CEO of the Year at the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards for 2004.

No.7 Gautam Adani

Age : 48

Net worth :$ 10.7 Billion

Gautam Adani (born June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad, India) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India. In september, 2010Forbes magazine announced that Adani is the 7th richest person in India with a personal wealth of US $4.8 billion as of 2010. He is the first billionaire from the city of Ahmedabad.

8 Kushal Pal Singh
Age: 79
Net Worth: $ 9.2 billion
Former army officer turned property baron, Kushal Pal Singh joined his father-in-law's company, Delhi Land & Finance in 1971. He built Gurgaon, his showpiece township on the outskirts of Delhi, by acquiring chunks of land from farmers. Today the DLF group, run by son Rajiv, with daughter Pia overseeing retail projects, is India's biggest real estate developer. The DLF Group has already developed over 35 million sq. ft. of projects across its three key businesses of residential, commercial and retail. This group has already secured/identified close to 250 million sq.ft. of projects for development with ongoing projects of 100 million sq.ft.

9 Sunil Mittal
Age: 53
Net Worth: $ 8.6 billion
Sunil Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharati Group can be labeled as the most ambitious telecom entrepreneur in India. His rise from a small bicycle business with borrowed capital to the CMD of Bharati Group was ridden with hurdles. The turning point came in the year 1992 when the Indian Government was awarding licenses for mobile telephone services for the first time. One of the conditions for the Delhi Cellular Service was the bidder had to have some experience as a telecom operator. Mittal clinched a deal with French telecom operator Vivendi. Two years later he secured the rights to serve New Delhi. In 1995, Bharati Cellular Limited was formed to offer cellular services under the brand name AirTel. In 10 years, he has built the Bharti Group into India's largest mobile phone operator, with 14 million customers. Vodafone bought a 10% stake in Bharti Televenture, his joint venture with Singtel, for $1.5 billion in October. The group is now partnering with Axa in a new insurance venture.

10 Kumar Birla
Age: 43
Net Worth: $ 8.5 billion
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of AV Birla Group, is scaling up his international operations. He is the fourth-generation head of $7.6 billion (sales) Aditya Birla Group, a commodities powerhouse named after his late father. He announced the merger of his fertilizer, finance and textile companies to create Aditya Birla Nuvo. While the exact details of his global expansion program are not known, the broad contours include acquiring a third copper mine in Australia after Nifty and Mount Gordon, putting up a Greenfield acrylic fiber facility in Egypt, enhancing the Alexandria Carbon Black Operation also in Egypt, exploring the possibility of making another acquisition in China and pump priming Birla Copper to global scale in the foreseeable future. Today 30% of the group’s turnover comes from overseas operations.

David Beckham Wallpaper

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David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE[2] (born 2 May 1975)[3] is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer,[4] having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and Milan, as well as the England national team, for whom he holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player.[5]

Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17.[6] During his time there, United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.[6] He left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons,[7] clinching the La Liga championship in his final season with the club.[8] In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid for the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy,[9] signing a five-year contract with them on 1 July 2007. While a Galaxy player, he has also spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010.

In international football, Beckham made his England debut on 1 September 1996 aged 21. He was made captain from 15 November 2000[10] until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals,[11] during which he played 58 times. He earned a much-publicised hundredth cap against France on 26 March 2008.[12] He became the all-time outfield player appearance record holder on 28 March 2009 when he surpassed Bobby Moore's total of 108 caps.[5] With 115 career appearances to date he has stated that does not intend to retire from international football, having missed the 2010 World Cup through injury and not featuring in England manager Fabio Capello's post-World Cup plans.[13]

Beckham has twice been runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year[6] and in 2004 was the world's highest-paid footballer when taking into account salary and advertising deals.[14] Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches.[6] He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004.[15] With such global recognition he has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon.[16][17] When joining the MLS in 2007 he was given the highest player salary in the league's history, with his playing contract with the Galaxy over the next three years being worth $6.5m per year.[18][19][20][21]

Beckham is married to former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (née Adams).[22] The couple have three sons and currently reside in Beverly Hills, California.

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