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Here's the untold secret of married life....

A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of thetown. What a peaceful & loving couple".. A local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.

"Well, it dates back to our honeymoon," explained the man. "We visited the Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom on the canyon by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled. My wife quietly said,'that's once'." We proceeded a little further and the horse stumbled again.Once more my wife quietly said, 'That's twice.'"We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled the third time. My wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.

"I started an angry protest over her treatment of the horse, while I was shouting; she looked at me, and quietly said, 'That's once'."And we lived happily ever after."

$5,000? PUT IT ON MY CELL

DoCoMo's next big move: Phones that double as credit cards

By Ian Rowley in Tokyo Jun 6, 2005

In the beginning, the cell phone was a phone -- handy for making calls but Little else. Then manufacturers added cameras, e-mail, music, and even television to their phones, making the gadgets an essential part of daily routines. Now, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. wants to entrench the once-humble cell phone even deeper into consumer lifestyles by turning it into an electronic wallet. After introducing handsets last year that double as debit cards -- allowing users to pay for small purchases such as soda or coffee from vending machines and convenience stores -- the company this year plans to make those phones full-fledged credit cards.

To boost its effort to make mobiles the new way to pay, DoCoMo is taking a 34% stake in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s credit-card business. In late April, DoCoMo said it would pay $935 million for the stake in Japan's second-largest credit-card issuer. DoCoMo has also held talks with Japan's No. 1 issuer, JCB International Co., about some sort of tie-up, though no details have been released. “This is a completely new sector for DoCoMo and is part of our aim to move into areas where we are not so dependent

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Chennai Becoming a global manufacturing Hub ///

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This is a nice thing i came across .. Thought its worth sharing it

This article in NY Times should make Chennaites proud.. It's a positive article on India's foray in to Global Manufacturing arena how it is trying to capture the middle segment..

Consider the formula of Muhammad Yavar Dhala, chief of Forward Shoes in Madras. The factory made a million pairs of leather shoes last year for European brands like Clarks. In other words, for shoes under $60, leave it to China. Above $240, leave it to European cobblers. In the middle, give it to India.Most of the companies mentioned in the article are in Chennai and the article credits TN Govt for some advanced thinkig and planning...

Tamil Nadu leaders are credited with nudging the state to build infrastructure a few years before officials in the Indian mainstream caught on. The Madras seaport was recently privatized, trimming turnaround times, and electricity is now reliable. The government has focused on microchanges that can more easily avoid political problems while still lubricating trade, so they will approve special zones or allow companies to calculate their own customs.I knew Hyundai, Ford, Nokia, BMW are all in Chennai, but didn't know Victoria's Secret too is in Chennai and makes 6.5 million bras.. (I have special attachment to Vicotoria's Secret.. wonder why? Don't let your thoughts wander around too much... I have special attachment to Victoria's Secrect because I was part of the team that did their first eCommerce site. That's the only reason.. trust me !!!!! )

Here in Tamil Nadu State, where the changes are the fastest, global corporations are already taking advantage of this shift toward manufacturing. Victoria's Secret buys 6.5 million bras a year in this city, roughly one-tenth of its global total, from a factory run by Limited Brands, the parent company.

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The Road to Happiness

There is a happiness test fo figure out how happy you are, interviews with celeberity mind mechanics, how the Bhutan is the only country where happiness is at the heart of Government Policy and………………….loads of such interesting content - all with a single purpose: to make you happier ( or is to make you aware how miserable you are?)

Click here to checkout the “The Happiness Formula” from BBC: