Top 10 Richest person in the world 2010

No.1 Carlos Slim Helu

$53.5 billion
Telecom, Mexico.
Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national
telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for
first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5
billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his
fixed-line assets into American Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile
phone company.

No.2 Bill Gates

$53 billion
Microsoft, U.S.
Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth
still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months,
value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune
held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels,
Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at
Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy.

No.3 Warren Buffett

$47 billion – Investments, U.S.
America’s favorite investor up $10 billion in past 12 months on surging
Berkshire Hathaway shares; says U.S. has survived economic "Pearl
Harbor," but warns recovery will be slow. Shrewdly invested $5 billion in
Goldman Sachs and $3 billion in General Electric amid 2008 market
collapse. Recently acquired railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe for
$26 billion.
No.4 Mukesh Ambani
$29 billion- Petrochemicals, oil and gas. India.
Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable
company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil
sands outfit Value Creations. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt
petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected. Since September
company has sold Treasury shares worth $2 billion to be used for
acquisitions. Late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance and built it into a
massive conglomerate.

No.5 Lakshmi Mittal

$28.7 billion – Steel, India.
London’s richest resident oversees ArcelorMittal, world’s largest steel
maker. Net profits fell 75% in 2009. Mittal took 12% pay cut but
improved outlook pushed stock up one-third in past year. Looking to
expand in his native India; wants to build steel mills in Jharkhad and
Orissa but has not received government approval. Earned $1.1 billion for
selling his interest in a Kazakh refinery in December

No.6 Lawrence Ellison

$28 billion – Oracle, U.S.
Oracle founder’s fortune continues to soar; shares up 70% in past 12
months. Database giant has bought 57 companies in the past five years.
Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired
BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago;
didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in
1986.

No.7 Bernard Arnault

$27.5 billion
Luxury goods, France.
Bling is back, helping fashion icon grab title of richest European as shares of
his luxury goods outfit LVMH–maker of Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon–
surge 57%. LVMH is developing upscale Shanghai commercial property,
L’Avenue Shanghai, with Macau billionaire Stanley Ho.
No.8 Eike Batista
$27 billion
Mining, oil. Brazil.
Vowing to become world’s richest man–and he may be on his way. This
year’s biggest gainer added $19.5 billion to his personal balance sheet. Son
of Brazil’s revered former mining minister who presided over mining giant
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce got his start in gold trading and mining.

No.9 Amancio Ortega

$25 billion
Fashion retail, Spain.
Style maven lords over Inditex; fashion firm, which operates under
several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has
4,500 stores in 73 countries including new spots in Mexico and Syria. Set
up joint venture with Tata Group subsidiary to enter India in 2010.
Betting on Florida real estate: bought Coral Gables office tower that is
currently home to Bacardi USA

No.10 Karl Albrecht

$23.5 billion
Supermarkets, Germany.
Owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud, one of Germany’s (and
Europe’s) dominant grocers. Has 1,000 stores in U.S. across 29 states.
Estimated sales: $37 billion. Plans to open New York City store this
year. With younger brother, Theo, transformed mother’s corner
grocery store into Aldi after World War II. Brothers split ownership in
1961; Karl took the stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the
brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got northern Germany and the rest of
Europe.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Although intended to stand vertically, the tower
began leaning to the southeast soon after the onset of
construction in 1173 due to a poorly laid foundation
and loose substrate that has allowed the foundation to
shift direction. The tower currently leans to the
southwest.
The height of the tower is 55.86 m (183.27 ft) from
the ground on the lowest side and 56.70 m (186.02 ft)
on the highest side. The width of the walls at the base
is 4.09 m (13.42 ft) and at the top 2.48 m (8.14 ft). Its
weight is estimated at 14,500 metric
tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294
steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the
north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work
performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned
at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at
about 3.99 degrees. This means that the top of the
tower is 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) from where it would
stand if the tower were perfectly vertical.
The tower began to sink after construction had
progressed to the third floor in 1178. This was due to
a mere three-metre foundation, set in weak,
unstable subsoil, a design that was flawed from the
beginning. Construction was subsequently halted for
almost a century, because the Pisans were almost
continually engaged in battles with Genoa, Lucca and
Florence. This allowed time for the underlying soil to
settle. Otherwise, the tower would almost certainly
have toppled. In 1198, clocks were temporarily
installed on the third floor of the unfinished
construction.
In 1272, construction resumed under Giovanni di
Simone, architect of theCamposanto. In an effort to
compensate for the tilt, the engineers built upper
floors with one side taller than the other. This made
the tower begin to lean in the other direction.
Because of this, the tower is actually curved.
Construction was halted again in 1284, when the
Pisans were defeated by the Genoans in the Battle of
Meloria.
The seventh floor was completed in 1319. The bell-
chamber was not finally added until 1372. It was
built by Tommaso di Andrea Pisano, who succeeded
in harmonizing the Gothic elements of the bell-
chamber with the Romanesque style of the tower.
There are seven bells, one for each note of the
musical major scale. The largest one was installed in
1655.
After a phase (1990–2001) of structural
strengthening, the tower is currently undergoing
gradual surface restoration, in order to repair visual
damage, mostly corrosion and blackening.
A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High

Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural

disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzard that descended on

Washington, D.C., last month, which was mostly just inconvenient by comparison, 2010 is already

above average in terms of natural-disaster casualties.

In comparison to previous years, the number of casualties from natural disasters in 2010, which is

already well above 200,000, is outside the norm. Yet as in other disastrous years, the high toll this

year is due largely to a single event.

Over the decade from 2000 to the end of 2009, the yearly average was 78,000, according to the

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). For the 1990s, the average was

43,000, and the 1980s was 75,000. Disaster experts say the rise in tragedy is at least partly due

to increases in urban populations.

Last year was below the decadal average with 10,416 natural disaster-related deaths, according to the

ISDR, with most resulting from a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia on Sept. 30

The Haiti earthquake is responsible for the majority of the 2010 disaster death toll. With at least

220,000 deaths out of a population of around just 9 million, the number of fatalities almost matched

those experienced during the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which struck a far larger population, said

Kathleen Tierney, a professor of sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University

of Colorado at Boulder. This proportionally high number of causalities has led some to call the Haiti

earthquake the "worst natural disaster to occur in modern times," Tierney said.

"The Haiti earthquake is a true catastrophe of a type that we really haven't seen historically, in terms
of recorded history, in terms of its impact on a single society," Tierney said.

This will also turn out to be a costly year at the hands of Mother Nature. The Haiti earthquake alone is

estimated to cost $8 billion to $14 billion, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.
 Camp Rock Movie Summary

The story follows Mitchie Torres (Demi Lovato), an aspiring young musician who is hoping to
become a professional singer. Mitchie wants to go to a music camp named "Camp Rock". Since the
family can't afford the tuition, Mitchie's mother arranges to cater food for the camp, thus allowing Mitchie
to attend. Mitchie tries to conceal this from her friends at camp. She is shy to sing in front of people.
Spoiled brat/pop star Shane Gray (Joe Jonas) has been assigned to be in charge of dance classes for one
month at Camp Rock by his bandmates Jason (Kevin Jonas) and Nate (Nick Jonas). Shane hears Mitchie
singing and falls in love with the voice, but does not know the identity of the singer. Shane spends much
of the film searching for the girl with the voice. Shane and Mitchie have various interactions, and, when
Shane learns her identity, a romance between the two blossoms.