Taking photos has been popular since the day the camera was invented in the 19th century. The daguerreotype was invented in the 19th century. This was the earliest version of the camera. People were so excited to capture moments as much as they are now.
According to NASA’s biographical data, Gordon Cooper, who was an astronaut with NASA, was selected as a Mercury astronaut in 1959. On May 15-16, in 1963, Cooper piloted the Faith 7 spacecraft on a 22-orbit mission. Cooper also served as a command pilot of the 8-day 120 revolution Gemini mission which started on August 21, 1965. It was during that flight where he and fellow astronaut Charles Conrad established a new space endurance record. Cooper also became the first man to make two orbital flights. Cooper died in 2004 due to heart failure but revealed a space treasuresecret that he had been keeping from NASA for many years, according to CBC News.
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CBC News reports that Cooper was instructed to find potential nuclear threats by pinpointing magnetic anomalies while he was piloting the Faith 7 spacecraft for the Mercury-Atlas-9 expedition. Unfortunately, the anomalies that he was recording were much too small to be nuclear devices.
According to Darrel Miklos, who is a professional treasure hunter, he says that Cooper knew right away that they had to be shipwrecks because they were smaller and in the middle of nowhere–they were found in very isolated regions throughout the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, he told the As It Happens host Carol Off.
CBC News reports that Cooper recorded these coordinates in a notebook, and when he finally returned to earth; he started mapping them out on a sea chart. Miklos calls this “a treasure map from space.” These coordinates consumed most of Cooper’s life, CBC News reports. He compiled research about famous shipwrecks that matched coordinates on his map. Cooper’s findings led him to believe that the shipwrecks could be from the colonial period. During this period, ships would constantly travel to Europe from America, carrying treasures full of gold and silver.
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According to Miklos, a lot of that treasure in that period never made it back. He also added that some of it could be from Christopher Columbus’ lost fleet. According to the National Geographic, in 1494, Christopher Columbus made his second journey to the Americas. He took more ships and more men because he wanted to create the first European colony in the New World. Unfortunately, in just a few short years, his settlement would perish. Almost one-fifth of his inhabitants were dead and at least six of his ships were sunk at the bay.
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Cooper had plans to organize an expedition to find these buried treasures, but as I mentioned earlier, he passed away in 2004 due to heart failure before he could finish his work. But before he passed away, he did what any good adventurer would do; pass on his knowledge to another adventurer. Cooper gave Miklos the map and research with it.
Miklos says that he hopes that Cooper’s map and research can help bring light to the shipwrecks that have yet to be discovered. He wants to tell the stories of these shipwrecks and show the world and share it with host countries that allow him and his team to conduct research and survey their countries.
Tayler Ivy Boncal is a 22-year-old teacher at Conard High School in West Hartford. She was charged with sexual assault on Thursday. The charge came after there were reports that Boncal was involved with an 18-year-old student, according to the Hartford Courant. The woman was hired as a student teacher back in December, and that is when she met the teen.
According to the newspaper, once Tayler completed her fall student teaching position, she decided to stay on the faculty as an assistant track coach. The 18-year-old told police that the two began texting one another on December 13th after he asked Tayler for her phone number. Authorities note that Boncal would invite the teen over to her house a number of times and the two would have intercourse.
It has been reported that according to police, Boncal has been charged with three counts of second-degree sexual assault. The Hartford Courant reports, “She is accused of engaging in intercourse and oral sex with the student under a statute that prohibits sexual contact between teachers and students in their schools.”
Police have also added that the sexual encounters took place from December 25th to January 11th at the young woman’s home in New Britain. It was reported by Tom Moore, superintendent of West Hartford Schools, that a “concerned parent” tipped off school officials about the alleged relationship. School officials then notified the police.
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It’s been reported that both the 18-year-old and the former teacher told police that the student was the one who initiated the relationship. The teen asked for the woman’s number around mid-December. The two started texting on December 13th. Boncal told police that the teen was really kind to her and that she loved him and had serious feelings for him.
According to the Courant, the alleged victim initially denied the relationship to investigators but eventually told them of the encounters. The student told officials that he had lost his cell phone, but the two had been exchanging sexually explicit photos and messages. Though most of this was done via Facebook Messenger. Police noted that the victim refused to provide a written statement.
They continued, noting: “The victim expressed concern for Boncal with regard to the outcome of this investigation.” The Principal of the school, Julio Duarte, notified parents of Boncal’s arrest on Friday, writing a letter to them. Boncal was arraigned on Thursday and has since been released from custody, according to reports. She is set for court on March 1st. The principal noted in his letter, “Whether someone is 21, 41 or 61, the moment they are a part of a school as a student teacher, mentor or coach, they enter into a sacred trust with our students and community.”
Bill Gates, a businessman, an investor, a philanthropist, and the co-founder of Microsoft, hardly needs any introduction. Since founding Microsoft along with Paul Allen on April 20, 1975, Bill Gates has transitioned from a workaholic CEO to a philanthropist funding projects that would help the poor. Whether you admire him or not, it is hard to deny that the life of this self-made multi-billionaire is anything but uninteresting. So, here are some facts about Bill Gates that we believe you would enjoy reading.
1. Back in his school days, Bill Gates wrote a computer program for scheduling students in classes, which he modified so that he would end up sitting with interesting girls.
Bill Gates’ love for computers and his fascination for how they would execute a software code so precisely started very early. Once, he and three other students, including Paul Allen who would later be Microsoft’s co-founder, were caught exploiting bugs in the operating system to get extra time on computers. The four of them were then banned, and at the end the ban, they offered to find bugs for free time on computers. They were then hired by another company to write a payroll program in Cobol. After his school administrators came to know about his programming abilities, he and Paul Allen wrote a scheduling program for the school, which they fixed so that there would be more girls. But being two years senior, Paul Allen had to leave for college, and Gates got to enjoy the results of sitting with nice girls.(1, 2)
2. Bill Gates told the creators of the then microcomputer Altair 8800 that he was working on a BASIC interpreter for it when he wasn’t working and didn’t even have an Altair. When the company’s president agreed to meet for a demo, he developed an Altair emulator and the BASIC interpreter in just a few weeks.
Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) after he read about their Altair 8800 on the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics and told them he and others are working on a BASIC emulator for it. The demo given at MITS’s office in Albuquerque was a great success and secured him a deal with them to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC.(source)
3. When Bill Gates was accused of stealing from Apple by Steve Jobs, he said, “Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
According to Andy Hertzfeld, a member of Apple Macintosh original development team, the conflict started in November 1983. That year, Microsoft announced a mouse-based graphical user interface environment called Windows at Comdex, a trade show held in Las Vegas twice a year. When Steve Jobs found out about the announcement, he was furious and demanded a meeting with Bill Gates. In the meeting, he made the accusation to which Gates gave that reply. However, when another new version of Windows was released Apple filed a copyright lawsuit against Microsoft in 1988, which it lost on a technicality.(source)
4. In 1994, Bill Gates purchased Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Hammer for over $30 million. Three years after that he distributed the digital version of the Codex as wallpapers, screensavers, and a comprehensive CD.
Bill Gates bought the Codex at Christie’s auction house on November 11, 1994, in New York for $30,802,500. He then had its pages scanned as digital image files and distributed some of them as wallpapers, screensavers, and as the desktop theme for Windows 95. They were also later part of Windows 98 and Windows ME. In 1997, a comprehensive CD version of the Codex titled Leonardo da Vinci was released.(source)
5. Bill Gates had always flown coach, despite being rich and traveling extensively, until 1997 when he finally bought a private jet.
He always preferred to just sleep while flying economy class with a blanket over his head. Even the employees are restricted to flying business class only on international flights. Accordingly, instead of having his company pay for his private jet, he bought it himself. He apparently has to fly so much that it became too difficult to match his travel schedule with commercial flight schedules. It is said he would travel commercially when it makes sense.(source)
6. Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 2005. However, because of being an American, he cannot use the title “Sir”.
Though he cannot use “Sir” before his name, he could use KBE (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) after his name. He was also awarded Placard of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest Mexican order awarded to foreigners, along with his wife. He received many other awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, in 2016, for philanthropic efforts.(1, 2)
7. As of 2007, Bill Gates had donated over $28 billion to charity and plans to donate a further 95% of his wealth to charity.
Bill Gates has cited David Rockefeller being a major influence in his charity work. The money Bill and Melinda Gates have donated until 2007 puts them in the second place among most charitable philanthropists of America. Also as of 2013, the Gates Foundation reportedly valued at $34.6 billion is considered the world’s wealthiest charitable foundation. Also, it’s the most transparent foundation as it allows its benefactors access to information about how the money is spent.(source)
8. Bill Gates once released mosquitoes during a presentation on malaria, saying “There’s no reason only poor should have this experience.”
During TED2009 conference in Long Beach, California, Bill Gates delivered a presentation on educating about malaria. He eradicated it and released mosquitoes. The media office at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation confirmed the incident and of course, the mosquitoes in question did not have any malaria. Finding vaccine for malaria is one of the Gates Foundation’s projects which also donated $168.7 million to the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.(source)
9. The placeholder silhouette in Microsoft Outlook 2010’s People Pane is actually the silhouette of Bill Gates’ mugshot when he was arrested in 1977.
A fallback image/picture is a default generic silhouette used in the place of a contact’s picture when there is no image available or there has been an error. This Bill Gates’ mugshot silhouette was used as a fallback image. The image was taken in Albuquerque, Mexico, back in 1977 for some unknown driving offense.(source)
10. Bill Gates said that he would only leave $10 million to each of his children so that they will find their own way.
In an interview, Bill Gates revealed that his children would only receive a small inheritance. They will receive a very good education, but like all normal children, they will have to earn their income. He also stated that he drives himself a normal Mercedes, there is a Porsche for the family and a minivan when all five of them go out.(source)
11. Bill Gates had written a letter to Steve Jobs, while he was suffering from cancer. Then, Steve Jobs kept it at his bedside.
While Steve Jobs was dying of cancer, Bill Gates paid him a visit during which they had spent hours reminiscing and talking about the future. Later, Gates wrote him a letter telling him how great he should feel about all the work he did and the company he built. After Jobs’ death, his wife called Gates telling him how his biography doesn’t depict the “mutual respect they have for each other and that Jobs appreciated the letter and kept it by his bed.”(source)
12. In 2013, Bill Gates revealed that the command ctrl+alt+del was a mistake. It was supposed to be a single button instead.
Gates said that the command had been designed to prevent applications from showing a fake login prompt to the users and steal passwords. It ended up being a combination of three keys instead of a single button because the person who designed the keyboard provide a single button. It was David Bradley, an engineer who worked on the original IBM PC, who designed it. Bradley created that combination to be used for rebooting a PC.(source)
13. There is a website which provides free textbooks for college students. This website was funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
OpenStax College is an initiative at Rice University which has been creating peer-reviewed open textbooks, available in both print and digital formats, since 2012. To compete with major publishers’ offerings, the project was initially funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation along with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the 20 Million Minds Foundation, and the Maxfield Foundation. The textbooks are published under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses and could be changed to suit the users’ requirements.(source)
14. Bill Gates offered $100,000 to scientists to develop a next generation ultra-thin “barely there” condom that can offer better sexual pleasure and make men less reluctant to use protection.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation received many proposals from scientists as a part of a program known as Grand Challenges. This program aims to improve the lives of the poor. So far, the foundation has given a grant of $100,000 to the University of Manchester to research a condom that uses the super-light conductive material called graphene. $100,000 more went to the University of Oregon for a proposal that uses polyurethane to create a seal around the penis and is half as thick. The idea is to create a “barely there” feel as men say they experience decreased sexual pleasure while using condoms.(source)
15. Bill Gates has sponsored a machine that can turn feces into drinking water and electricity.
As part of an effort to improve the lives of people in developing countries, the Gates Foundation has been funding research on “Omniprocessor”. This is a machine that burns human waste matter, and in turn, produces water and electricity. The project is an effort to, as Gates says, reinvent sewage treatment plant. He also says that, if the waste is fed to the Omniprocessor instead of dumping it in water bodies, it would be burned safely at a 1000 degrees Celsius. The machine uses a steam engine and is self-sustaining in the sense that it produces enough energy to burn the next batch of waste. Manufactured by Janicki Bioenergy, a new larger model, which is under development, is capable of turning waste from 100,000 people per day and turn it into 86,000 liters of water and 250KW of electricity.(1, 2)
16. Bill Gates has a lifetime McDonald’s Gold Card for unlimited free food.
According to Warren Buffet, Bill Gates’ longtime friend and a holder of the fabled Gold Card himself, Gates’ Gold Card is valid worldwide. Apart from Gates, other lucky people who received the card include the actor Rob Lowe, Charles Ramsey, a goalie named Andrew Hammond, and a philanthropist emcee named Larry Crandell.(source)
17. The net worth of Bill Gates is 5 times more than North Korea’s expected GDP
As of 2014, the Gross Domestic Product of North Korea was $17.4 billion, which comprises 0.03% of the world’s economy, while Bill Gates’ net worth was estimated to be $90 billion. Apart from his company, Microsoft, there are various sources of income for Gates such as his possessions in Canadian National Railway Company and Ecolab.(source)
18. The only thing left on Bill Gates’ bucket list is “Don’t die.”
In a Reddit AMA, Bill Gates has answered many questions posed by various Redditors on topics varying from his technology and his philanthropic work to his personal life. One Redditor asked why, despite being a billionaire, he would only leave $10 million to his children. He answered that “giving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.” Another Redditor asked if he could still jump over chairs, to which he replied that he can’t do it as well as he used to and that it was part of an exercise for snow skiing.(source)
Bishnoi, renowned as the “India’s first environmentalists”, is a Hindu sect found in Western Thar desert, Rajasthan, and northern parts of India. The name Bishnoi (bish means twenty, noi means nine) has its roots coming from the 29 tenets put forth by their prophet, Guru Jhambheshwar (born 1451). He belonged to the higher ranks of the society by being a Khastriya, the second highest at the caste system. However, he made an unprecedented move to abolish the caste system altogether. The impact of this commendable move has continued ever since.
Guru Jhambheshwar advocated the protection of trees and wildlife. He prophesied that harming the environment means harming oneself. His 29 tenets include a ban on killing animals and felling green trees and providing protection to all life forms. The community is also directed to be careful about the firewood they use, which should be devoid of small insects.
The tenets proposed demands great care for nature. Any form of activity that results in harming the environment is banned outright. Of the 29 tenets, ten are related to personal hygiene and maintaining good basic health. Seven of them are about healthy social behavior and five tenets about the worship of God.
The Bishnois are directed to have pity to all forms of living beings and to love them. Animals such as goats and sheep are provided a common shelter to avoid them being slaughtered or attacked by wild animals. Also, the community is directed to see that the firewood they use is devoid of small insects. Furthermore, wearing blue clothes is prohibited because the dye for coloring them is obtained by cutting a large number of shrubs.
The equal appearance of the people remained the cornerstone of his principles. This policy of uniformity among people was imposed mainly to prevent jealousy and to promote peace. As a result of this, all women wear very bright, predominantly red saris of patterned cloth and adorn themselves with nose rings, bracelets, and anklets. Men wear basic white clothes representing simplicity and modesty.
A Question Of Survival
The harsh climatic conditions pose a constant threat of drought. Therefore, the Bishnois have to adopt proactive agricultural development. The food reserves stacked can feed a family up to two years.
Despite the unpropitious arid climate conditions, Bishnois have no compromises for food they eat. During the monsoon season, they grow millet, which is then ground into flour for their staple food, chapattis. Sangari, a bean-like fruit of the khejadi tree, is dried and mixed with the berry of the kair, a desert bush. Chapattis, sangari and kair berries are the staples at most meals. They are frequently supplemented with butter and yogurt, which are delicacies from the few cows that Bishnoi families raise.
The monsoon season of India, July and August, usually brings rain to the Rajasthan Thar desert. In a good year, the harvest season extends through October. However, due to the inherent harsh and unforgiving climate, being well aware of the prescient warnings of drought can be vital for their survival. For the very same reason, Guru Jhambheshwar propounded a proactive approach to agricultural development. They need to plan far ahead to survive on their reserves of food and water. Typically, the reserves that are stacked will feed a family for up to two years. Thus, the Bishnois are well-prepared for unforeseen circumstances.
Time after time, Bishnois have adhered to the stringent principles even when they are tested severely. Vegetation, fuel, and the other materials required to build a place to live are all scarce in this region. Instead of cutting living trees, they rely entirely on dry, dead wood. Much of fuel for cooking comes from dried cow and water buffalo dung. In fact, Bishnois bury their dead instead of cremating to avoid cutting of trees.
The Khejarli Massacre
When the Jodhpur king wanted to build a new palace, he enjoined the soldiers to cut trees in the Khejarli region. The local villagers staged a non-violent protest and shielded the trees by offering their own body.
The principles laid by Guru Jhambheshwar have had a profound effect for many years, and they are impeccably followed by the Bishnois. The Khejarli Massacre (forebear of Chipko movement) event is one such typical example. In 1730, the Jodhpur king required wood for the construction of his new palace. Hence, he enjoined his soldiers to cut trees found in the nearby regions of Khejarli.
When the local villagers learned about the circumstances, they staged a non-violent protest by shielding the trees. The king’s men were intransigent and offered money as a bribe. Amrita Devi, a plucky Bishnoi woman, said that she would rather give away her life to save a Khejarli tree. These baleful incidents eventually lead to the death of more than 363 other Bishnois. Having learned about the great sacrifices being made, the king halted the logging. He also asserted that the Khejarli region would be preserved eventually banning logging and hunting of animals. The sacrifice of Amrita Devi is still remembered as the great Khejarli sacrifice.
Today, as a token of appreciation, the award “Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award” is presented by The Ministry of Environment and Forest in India. The award is given to individuals and community-based organizations for having done exceptional work for the protection of wildlife.
A Unique Blend Of Love And Compassion
Bishnoi people treat the animals in the region as their own family members. Specifically, blackbucks (or Indian antelopes) are revered the most as Bishnois consider them to be their reincarnated dead ancestors.
The Bishnois’ love for animals and trees knows no bounds. The animals around the region are treated as their own offspring. Antelopes, especially, are respected the most because they are believed to be the reincarnation of their dead ancestors. Moreover, before the death of Guru Jhambheshwar, he had stated that blackbuck would be his manifestation after death. The following is an excerpt from MailOnline’s interview with Mangi Devi Bishnoi (age 45), a housewife from one of the villages.
“These baby deers are my life and they’re like my own children. I feed them milk and food and ensure that they’re given proper care and attention in the house like all my family members.”
The eminent worshippers consider animals in the region as members of their family. According to them, there is no distinction between humans and animals. These people evoke a feeling of oneness among all the diversities because they are used to playing with different kinds of animals. It couldn’t get any better since they even communicate with animals. The following is an excerpt from MailOnline’s interview with Roshini Bishnoi (age 21), a student in one of the villages.
“I have grown up with these little deers. They’re like my brother or sister. It is our responsibility to keep them healthy and help them grow. We play with them and we communicate with each other, they understand our language.”
As a result, the sect has prevailed over all the odds for 550 years now. The halcyon days are still prevalent suggesting that the legacy of Guru Jhambheshwar has been continued successfully. Love, compassion, and unconditional empathy for nature is constantly increasing, making them the epitome of humanity and epitome of altruism. For sure, the Bishnois have a big message to the world. Spread these words.
In October, 1996, Nihal Chand Bishnoi sacrificed his life for protecting wild animals. A film, “Willing to Sacrifice”, based on his story won the award for the Best Environment Film at the 5th International Festival of Films, TV, and Video Programmes held in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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