How Big names started?

Adidas
When the founders of the German sports shoe business 'Dassler
Brothers' went their separate ways in 1949, no one would have guessed
that they would start two of the biggest global brands of the century.
Rudolph founded Puma, while Adolph started Adidas -- a combination of
his nickname, Adi, and the start of his last name. The famous three
stripes were introduced to the shoes in 1949.

BATA
Bata was established on August 24, 1894 in Zlin , Czechoslovakia by
Tomas Bata. The company first established itself in India in 1931 and
commenced manufacturing shoes in Batanagar in 1936.
The Batanagar factory is the first Indian shoe manufacturing unit to
receive the ISO 9001 certification in 1993.

Porsche
In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in
Stuttgart. Porsche's production operations are housed in a collection
of established buildings on a mixed industrial estate in
Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
The Carrera GT and the Cayenne models are produced at the Porsche
factory in Leipzig . In 1944, the engineering arm was moved from
Stuttgart.

Nike
Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach,
and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and
middle-distance runner under Bowerman, founded Nike. Nike, when it
came into being in 1962, was known as Blue Ribbon Sports. Its
first-year sales totaled $8,000. In 1972, BRS changed its name to
Nike, named for the Greek winged goddess of victory.

Reebok
In the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known
running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making
shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company,
J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of
distinguished athletes. The family-owned business made the running
shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Games by the athletes celebrated in the
film Chariots of Fire. In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons started
a companion company that came to be known as Reebok, named after an
African gazelle.

Sun Microsystems
The correct answer is Stanford University Network.
In 1981, Bavarian-born Andreas Bechtolsheim was licensing rights to a
computer he designed. Named Sun for Stanford University Network and
using off-the-shelf parts, it was an affordable workstation for
engineers and scientists. In that year, he met Vinod Khosla, who
convinced him to form a company and expand. Khosla, Bechtolsheim and
Scott McNeally, all Stanford MBAs, founded Sun in 1982.

HMV Dog
Nipper the dog was born in Bristol in Gloucester , England in 1884 and
was so named because of his tendency to nip at visitors' legs. When
his first master Mark Barraud died in Bristol in 1887, Nipper was
taken to Liverpool in Lancashire , England by Mark's younger brother
Francis, a painter. In Liverpool Nipper discovered the Phonograph, a
cylinder recording and playing machine and Francis Barraud 'often
noticed how puzzled he was to make out where the voice came from.'
Three years after Nipper died Francis committed that memory to canvas.

GM
General Motors Corp the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, employs
about 325,000 people globally. Founded in 1908, GM has been the global
automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing
operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in 192 countries.
In 2003, GM sold nearly 8.6 million cars and trucks, about 15 percent
of the global vehicle market. GM's global headquarters are at the GM
Renaissance Center in Detroit . The GM Group of global partners
includes Fiat Auto SpA of Italy, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Isuzu
Motors Ltd. and Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan , which are involved in
various product, powertrain and purchasing collaborations. In
addition, GM is the largest shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology
Co. of South Korea. GM also has technology collaborations with BMW AG
of Germany .

TCS
TCS was founded in 1968 as an internal arm of the Tata conglomerate.
The company -- which has locations in 32 countries -- employed some
30,000 workers at the end of 2003. Fakir Chand Kohli, former deputy
chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, is universally regarded as the
father of the Indian software industry. He has been instrumental in
scripting the success story of company. Kohli has been awarded the
Padma Bhushan, one of India 's highest civilian honours, for his
contribution to the Indian software industry. Kohli currently serves
on the TCS' executive committee.

Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc has been known for generations as the maker of the best
writing instruments the world has known. The German company, over the
last couple of years, has expanded its range to include writing
accessories, luxury leather goods and belts, jewellery items and even
eye wear and watches.
In India , the company is represented by Entrack, owned by former Test
cricketer Dilip Doshi. Entrack is the sole distributor of Mont Blanc
pens and has exclusive outlets in top five cities in India .
The correct answer is Simplo FillerPen Company.
The company was originally called Simplo FillerPen Company. The
company expanded its presence to Paris , London , and Barcelona three
years after it was founded and was present in most of the fashionable
capitals of Europe .
In 1934, the company's name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH,
after the tallest peak in Europe .
Three Germans founded the company in 1906 -- Hamburg-based stationer
Claus-Johannes Voss, Hamburg banker Christian Lausen and a Berlin
engineer Wilhelm Dziambor. The company's international headquarter is
in Hamburg .

DURACELL
The story of Duracell begins in the early 1920's with an inventive
scientist named Samuel Ruben and an eager manufacturer of tungsten
filament wire named Philip Rogers Mallory. Duracell is the world's
leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline
batteries. Duracell also markets primary lithium and zinc air
batteries as well as rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries.

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RAJNIMANIA......MIND IT

Once upon a time Rajnikanth used a tooth powder to get strong teeth..... . . . . . . . . today that powder is used as AMBUJA CEMENT

Once Rajnikanth was playing Cricket and Rain Stopped due to Heavy Play

Once Rajnikanth gone for a walk and after one hour police arrested him u know why
He reached USA and having No Visa with him

Rajnikanth was practicing for spelling test. The rough sheet he used is today known as the oxford dictionary!!

Hrithik tried to participate in a dance competition with Rajnikanth. Result: He is in a wheel chair in Gujarish.

Rajnikanth was once told to choose 3 subjects when he got admission in jr.college................ He chose science,arts and commerce!!!!!!!

Rajnikanth can make calls from his iPod to his iPad...!!!

One nite, while asleep, Rajnikanth was mumbling some random numbrs... Thats how the Log table was invented.

One day Rajnikanth bunked school. Since then it is known as Sunday

Once Rajnikanth was on the hot seat of KBC....
And the computer needed lifeline to choose the question. Mind it!

Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you?
  Rajini: Rascala, how do you think the earth spins!?

Roger Federer: I know everything about tennis. You can ask me anything.
      Rajnikanth: Ok. Tell me, how many holes are there in the NET??

All scientists failed to answer this but rajnikanth did...
      Ques: Which liquid turns solid on heating?
      Ans: Dosa... mind it!!!

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WOMAN in your life....very well expressed...

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well. 

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; 
Who is earning almost as much as you do; 

One, who has dreams and aspirations just as 
you have because she is as human as you are; 

One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your 
Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system 
that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements 

One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters,almost as 
much as you do for 20-25 years of her life; 

One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family ,name 

One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen 

One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook 
food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, 
and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, 
a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you areas 
to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you; 

One, who has her own set of friends including boys, whom she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities; 

Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply 
Because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise 

One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met; 

One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important, 
relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some 
and trust her; 

One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it. 

But not many guys understand this...... 

Please appreciate "HER" 


Respect Her.
 women are so special.

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Asleep in the Arms of Someone who Cares

He is a Chief Master Sergeant in the USAF serving in Afghanistan . As high as you can go in enlisted ranks (E-9)  Wouldn't it be fitting if this went completely around the world!

John Gebhardt's wife, Mindy, said that this little girl's entire family was executed. The insurgents intended to execute the little girl also, and shot her in the head...

but they failed to kill her. She was cared for in John 's hospital and is healing up, but continues to cry and moan. The nurses said John is the only one who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing. He is a real Star of the war, and represents what the combined service is trying to do. This, my friends, is worth sharing. Go for it!! You'll never see things like this in the news. Please keep this going. Nothing will happen if you don't, but the world needs to see pictures like this and needs to realise that what we're doing over there is making a difference. Even if it is just one little girl at a time.

The world is a dangerous place not because of people who do evil, but because of good people who look on and do nothing about it. 

-- Albert Einstein 

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USE your left ear to hear cell phone......

Please use LEFT EAR while using cell (mobile), because if you use the right one it will affect brain directly. This is a true fact from Appollo medical team. Please forward to all your well wishers.

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Knowledge..........................

1.  Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs? )(Piggy Bank)

     A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in  Europe were made 
      of a dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved 
      coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as
     'pygg banks.' When an English potter misunderstood the word, 
      he made a bank that resembled a pig. And it caught on.

2.  Q: Did you ever wonder why dimes, quarters and half 
           dollars have notches, while pennies and nickels do not?
     A: The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins
           containing gold and silver to discourage holders from 
           shaving off small quantities of the precious metals.  Dimes,
           quarters and half dollars are notched because they used 
           to contain silver. Pennies and nickels aren't notched 
           because the metals they contain are not valuable enough 
           to shave.

3.  Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right 
           while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
     A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive 
           and worn primarily by the rich. Because wealthy women 
           were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on 
           the maid's right! Since most people are right-handed, 
           it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left      
         and that's where women's buttons have remained since.

4.  Q. Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
     A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to 
           read or write, documents were often signed using an X. 
           Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations 
           specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually 
           became synonymous.

5.  Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 
          'passing the buck'?
     A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, 
          called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn 
          it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the  
          responsibility, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.

6.  Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
     A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy   
          by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that 
          a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a 
          small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both 
         men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted 
          his host,he would then just touch or clink the host's 
          glass with his own.

7.  Q: Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?
     A: Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and 
           stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime which produced 
           a brilliant light. In the theatre, performers on stage 'in the 
           limelight' were seen by the audience to be the center of attention.

8.  Q: Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use 'mayday' as their 
           call for help? (MAYDAY)
     A: This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 
           'help me' and is pronounced 'mayday.'

9.  Q: Why is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?
     A: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes 
           they attain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone 
           is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well 
           above worldly cares.

10.  Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
       A: In  France, where tennis first became popular, a big, 
             round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and 
             was called  'l'oeuf,'  which is French for 'egg.'    
           When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans 
            pronounced it  'love.'

11.  Q: In golf, where did the term 'Caddie' come from?
       A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to France as a 
             young girl (for education & survival), Louis, King of France, 
             learned that she loved the Scot game 'golf.' So he had the 
             first golf course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. 
             To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) 
             while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school 
             to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when she returned 
             to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took 
             the practice with her.  In French, the word cadet is 
             pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into 'caddie.'

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