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Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster"^[1] Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939. In 1939, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame^[2] and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired.

Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait which earned him his nickname "The Iron Horse". He was an All-Star seven consecutive times,^[3] a Triple Crown winner once,^[4] an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice,^[5]and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a lifetime .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBI).

"The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech[edit]

On July 4, 1939 Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" to a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium:^[62]^[63]^[64]

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.

When you look around, wouldn't you consider it a privilege to associate yourself with such fine looking men as are standing in uniform in this ballpark today? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.

When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift—that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies—that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter—that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body—it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed—that's the finest I know.

So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you.

The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was confirmed on June 19, Gehrig's 36th birthday.^[52] The prognosis was grim: rapidly increasing paralysis, difficulty in swallowing and speaking, and a life expectancy of less than three years, although there would be no impairment of mental functions. Eleanor Gehrig was told that the cause of ALS was unknown but it was painless, non-contagious and cruel — the motor function of the central nervous system is destroyed but the mind remains fully aware to the end.SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA

Tuesday 2 June 2015

TECHNOLOGY

JEN HSUN HUANG

Jen-Hsun Huang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and businessman. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia and serves as its president and CEO. Wikipedia
Born: February 17, 1963 (age 52), Taipei, Taiwan
Spouse: Lori Huang
Education: Oregon State University, Stanford University

Huang began to play table tennis at a club in downtownPortland and at age 15, he placed third in junior doubles at the U.S. Open. He graduated from Aloha High School, located in the western suburbs of Portland.

After college he was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).^[6] In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia and is currently the CEO and President.

Huang gave his alma mater Stanford University US$30 million that built the "Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center

Monday 1 June 2015

BUSINESS

JEFF BEZOS

Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos is an American business magnate and investor. He is a technology entrepreneur who has played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
Born: January 12, 1964 (age 51), Albuquerque, New Mexico, United StatesNationality: AmericanSpouse: MacKenzie Bezos (m. 1993)Net worth: 34.7 billion USD (2015) ForbesParents: Ted Jorgensen, Jacklyn Bezos, Miguel BezosEducation: Princeton University (1986), River Oaks Elementary School,Miami Palmetto High School
Fun Facts:
#As a child, Jeff Bezos had a craze for science. He set up a science laboratory in his parent’s garage where he used to come up with new science projects. One of his early science inventions was an electric alarm. What did he need an electric alarm for? Well apparently, Jeff used the electric alarm to keep Christina Bezos and Mark Bezos, his half siblings, out of his room. In short, the electric alarm worked as a security system for Jeff.

#Amazon.com is world’s top online retail store. So how long did it take Jeff Bezos to come up with such a brilliant business idea? Surprisingly, Jeff wrote down the business plan for Amazon.com during his trip from the state of New York to the state of Seattle. During the drive from NY to Seattle, Jeff penned down the business plan. So NY to Seattle, that’s all it took Jeff Bezos to come up with Amazon.com.

#Jeff Bezos love for science has evolved over the years. His interest in space travel is the reason behind the formation of his new venture “Blue Origin” which deals with human spaceflight. Jeff Bezos is the “Greatest living CEO” as declared by the Harvard Business Review. Jeff initially planned to name it “Cadabra” (from Abracadabra). However, when he told this to his lawyer, he misheard it and called it “Cadaver” (meaning dead human body). This association displeased Jeff and he decided to name the venture Amazon, inspired by the river Amazon.

#Amazon received its first major publicity through Yahoo founder Jerry Yang. Thanks to Jerry, Amazon was put on Yahoo’s What’s Cool webpage.

#Jeff firmly believes in “Two Pizza Rule”. The rule states that form small teams, consisting of the number of people that can feed on two pizzas, in order to have a successful business venture.

#The meaning behind the Jeff’s Amazon.com logo, which shows an arrow starting from a and ending with z, elaborates that the company offers the customers anything and everything. In short, the customers can order anything from A to Z.

#Jeff Bezos loves to read. Not only that, he makes his employees adopt the same practice

#The first item ever to be sold on Jeff’s Amazon.com is a science textbook titled “Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought”.

Source:http://www.celebrityfunfacts.com/jeff-bezos/f67m89/

CARTOON

ASH KETCHUM

Hometown:Pallet Town

First Appearence In Episode:Pokemon! I choose You

Ash Ketchum (Japanese: サトシ Satoshi) is the main character of both the Pokémon anime and is believed to be based on the protagonist of the first generation Pokémon games. He is also the main character of The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash and Pikachu and Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl mangabased on the anime.

He shares his Japanese name—which can be taken to mean "wisdom" or "reason" (智)—with the creator of the Pokémon franchise, Satoshi Tajiri. His English surname is a pun of the English motto, "Gotta catch 'em all!."

Veronica Taylor voiced both Ash and his mom in the first few seasons.

Over the fourteen years he's been out on his journey, he's only caught 40 out of the 649 pokemon in the pokemon universe.

He's also been 10 years old since the beginning of the series!

Clefairy was Ash's original Pokémon

Pokémon first ventured out of the Gameboy videogames as a comic book and not a TV show. In the comic book, Clefairy was chosen as the main Pokémon character, in order to make the series "more engaging" (translation: Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle have no personality).

However, when the series was ready for a TV adaptation, the marketers decided that Clefairy wasn't cuddly or yellow enough. They replaced it with Pikachu, who they thought could be identified more easily by younger viewers. In fact, the only other yellow and cuddly character on TV was Winnie the Pooh. Interestingly, both Pokémon can only evolve using a special stone. (source:http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/46/9-Facts-Even-Pokemon-Superfans-Don-t-Know)

Source:http://joyreactor.com/post/577209

#Ash Ketchum was originally going to be a girl named Ashley.