The KING is back....!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come 2010,comes SRK's next and vry mch awaited flick!!!
yay!!!!!

WHoa!!

NatuRe callin...~!

AI... a boon or not!??!?

Well,artificial intelligence or AI in short appears to be a big boon fr this industraial era.AI is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. Major AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents," where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions which maximize its chances of success.

The field was founded on the claim that a central property of human beings, intelligence—the sapience of Homo sapiens—can be so precisely described that it can be simulated by a machine.This raises philosophical issues about the nature of the mind and limits of scientific hubris, issues which have been addressed by myth, fiction and philosophy since antiquity.Artificial intelligence has been the subject of breathtaking optimism, has suffered stunning setbacks and, today, has become an essential part of the technology industry, providing the heavy lifting for many of the most difficult problems in computer science.

AI research is highly technical and specialized..The first impression is amazin as it appears to be a wonderful solution to many problems these days.WOW!!.Intelligent computers, sensible machines....man has exploited his virtue of being a "brainy" animal to create an artificial world.He is busy creating a virtual world where machines,which initially wer built to lend him a hand at things he wsnt quite dextrous.But offlate, man has been using machines to such an extent that thinkin of a life widout machines..NO!!.unimaginable.We're livin in an era where we are nothing but slaves to machines..instead of accepting this fact,man goes on to create now,machines which can think for themselves..

Several futurists argue that artificial intelligence will transcend the limits of progress and fundamentally transform humanity. Sounds true!..indeed if we're gonna b so dependent on machines,if v're gonna let them master our world..we'd c our kind fading away in a ghastly darkness..

Technology can and will b a boon if used properly, but the moment man thinks of extending his reach fr happiness and luxuries, it'l end up being a bane for mankind.

Go GREEN...!!!!!!!!

Dsnt sound all that enticing,ryt..!!??But,it's da need of the hour.The earth is over four thousand mn years old..humans hav grown a long way.Thru periods startin with creatures like the dinosaurs n then the Stone Age,now we have come to live in way developed times.We are living in a time,our forefathers wouldnt hav evr imagined.Man has exploited the magnanimous creation of God since the very beginning.Well,Nature is the most beautiful gift of God,and Man was one laudable creation of his.Man had been gifted wid the incredible power to think.Thinking and working,man has developed and built himself a wonderful heaven-full with the luxuries he cud hav barely evr imagined.Today,although our needs hav more or less been satisfied, our greed has absolutely no limits!!Our materialism has cut down the roots of our ethos, our nature to care n share seem to hav disappeared somewher in the thin air.We have become nthn but slaves to our very own creation-MACHINES!Considered to be the biggest boon, till some years back..they hav proved to be an equally major blight for mankind.
And all of it takes it toll on our precious and marvellous nature!!Man ravages the nature to give shape to his ingineous creations,without taking note of the peril that awaits us.I think it’s rlly time to start thinking about nature and to strt conserving it.The answers to global dangers like deforestation,global warming,draughts,tsunamis,floods,mass killings lies within our life circle.
Its tym to understand that what goes around,definitely comes around,…maybe wid a higher force.The more we harm nature, the more it’ll harm us.So, lets all pledge to save this valuable creation of God and respct it.Let’s pledge to GO GREEN!!!

Eve Teasing

PATNA Dec. 30 : A group of boys from Sikkim has lodged a complaint with the Barauni Government Railway Police (GRP) that girl members of their group were subjected to eve-teasing by anti-social elements on the Dadar-Guwahati Express during their return journey from a vacation on Sunday night.

NEW DELHI: In a bizarre incident, at least 12 cases of eve-teasing were reported from the north campus of Delhi University on Saturday.
Shockingly, the girls were harassed by police recruits who had come to take an entrance exam.

..these are just two of them.Just 2 incidents which show how unsafe the ladies of our country are.YES,particularly of our country.The expression “eve teasing” is of Indian origin, the wrd is not found in the dictionaries. And native speakers of English don’t use it.

A lady is supposed to be the greatest creation of God.She is a daughter, a friend, a sister, a soul-sister, a mother, a wife and life-long ,the list of relationships go on increasing in her life, and so do her sacrifices.

Yes, i'm talking of a LADY.They say, when God found Adam and Eve eating the fruit of knowlege, in the garden of Eden, he cursed both of them. But he cursed Eve saying that every girl born on earth will have to undergo the pain of childbirth. But,a woman takes that pain also as the biggest joy of her life.
India freed itself from the shackles of the British. Apparently, we've freed our nation from the so-called evils of the sati system, purdah system ,female infanticide and the dowry system. Look closer.., the reality is even more dire..
Earlier,women were suppressed and inflicted with the most gruesome of atrocities.Some of them died bearing the torture, some of them died fighting the carnage and some of them did make a difference.They set examples for the rest of the women.Inspiration, is what they gave the rest.They fought for thr rights and aimed for the stars. Today women are on the forefront, competing with men and proving that they are no less.. Women have landed on the moon. Reached for the stars and touched them. They have proved themselves equal to men in every way. Yet every 51 minutes a woman is sexually harassed. Every 21 minutes one woman is molested. Eve teasing is something that she has to contend with everyday.
EVE TEASING is a rampant social evil. It is all pervasive- beaches, roads, cinema halls, buses and sadly even in educational institutions. When eve-teasing persists even inside educational institutions, one can obviously infer that even the educated youth don't necessarily desist from indulging in this uncouth behaviour.
Innumerable rules have been laid for the safety of women in our nation.
Toss the news channels, every day there will definitely be news about a lady raped or molested or harrassed....

HOW SAFE ARE YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN IN OUR NATION???
indeed, a BIG question.They are NOT at all safe. Its not dat only the man around the street or workers or vendors indulge in such acts, the ppl who are "supposed" to ensure safety to the females are equally treacherous.
Remember,the Marine Drive Case which shocked the entire nation.
That was JUST one such case.There are many others, in our memory and some still in darkness.SAD, but such is the plight of the women in OUR nation.
Eve teasing violates a woman's basic right to live in dignity. Will women forever remain targets and victims of eve teasing? Will their rescuers continue to be unwilling martyrs to a dead cause? Till when can the females continue to live with this fear- fear of getting out of their homes, fear of travelling alone, fearing about their daughters..??TILL WHEN?

When spoken about such issues, a noticable point which comes into light is that a girl/women herself is blamed for any such unethical act inflicted towards her.Women are often criticised for 'inviting' molesters by way of their 'seductive' way of dress and make-up..OhCrap!
Women's rights activist Maitreyee Chatterjee says that even a burqah cannot guarantee safety. "Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code which mentions the arrest of a culprit for attempt to outrage the modesty of women does not have any condition about the victim's dress," she says. Filmmaker Anindita Sarbadhicari says that eve teasing and molestation are acts of perversion. "It is foolish to think that molesters get turned on by the victim's dress. Then why are there so many rapes in Islamic countries?" asks Sarbadhicari.

The power lies within. Most of the times it happens that in buses or other public places a lady is made uncomfortable by the malicious gaze of a male around. Inspite of brimming with anger, she controls it. This makes the male more confident. These kind of incidents are most likely to happen in public transport..a women must learn to defend herself.

Be strong. I believe one should never hesitate to fight or slap back. Ask d others around for help . Be loud and rude to the fellow(s). The crowd will automatically help u.
If you see a group of men hanging out, or a man who's making eye contact with you and trying to get your attention, take a detour. Better safe than sorry. Many have resorted to carrying pins, ginger sprays, chilli powder,pen-knives and even daggers as a deterrent. Others have taken self-defence classes and these martial arts do help!!!Fear is one big loophole in such situations. Facing it with courage maybe of a biig help. Face your fear, then you'll be ready to face any such situation!! Women are indeed the shimmering jewels in the vast population of our nation. They need to be cared for, and secure..!!

ZooZOO..m luvin it!!!!

Wow!!the zoozoos are aMazinG!!simply cute n amazing!! I'm sure u must have seen these cute,white lil creatures in the Vodafone ads during the IPL matches..

Every once in a while, there come TV characters which leave a lasting impression on the minds of the people. Zoozoos are one such creation by the talented team at O & M for the brand in cellular communication Vodafone.Seriously, the Zoozoos are the outcome of wonderful blend of human intelligence and innovation!!The Zoozoos ar'nt animated, these are Indian ladies(frm Mumbai..where the ad was created )wearing white costumes..Great work!!

Quit tobAcco..!!Say NO to smOking..!!

Depressed,

frustrated with life,

feel like screaming ur heart out,

feel like punching the soul out of someone..,

..downright low on life,..what do you think of ..??need a tranquilser, or probably a stress-buster..WHAT DO U DO??

..S M O K E..!!..thinking dat it'll, even though, for a moment or two, calm u down..

Why do we forget dat it wont reduce ur stress levels, but reduce our life, the minutes, the seconds we're breathing..we're killing ourselves by SMOKING.

And for those ppl..young boys and girls who puff their hearts n lungs out just for passion n out of habit..GOD BLESS YOU..starts counting your days..!

Here, are a few FACTS..creepy, but true..:

• Every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking.
• One in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age.
• The mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels.

• This can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated.
• Tar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.

....these are a just "a few" of the facts..asking you to wake up!Its time that you open your eyes and see the truth.The smoke caused by an individual doesnt only eat him up inside,it kills the others around him.

SMOKING AND THE YOUNG

Smoking is something which attracts the youn a lot..passionate to give it a try, they fall prey to it.Smoking is addictive.Once fallen, it is difficult(but yea not impossible :) )..Many teens like the feeling that smoking gives them. This good feeling is from the nicotine in the cigarettes. Some teens think smoking will help them lose weight or stay thin. Many teens also feel like smoking gives them a sense of freedom and independence, and some smoke to feel more comfortable in social situations.Every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette, you kill some of the air sacks in your lungs, called alveoli. These air sacks are where the oxygen that you breathe in is transferred into your blood. Alveoli don't grow back, so when you destroy them, you have permanently destroyed part of your lungs. This means that you won't do as well in activities where breathing is important, like sports, dancing, or singing.Nicotine can make you feel good, but is feeling good (a feeling you can also get from healthy activities like playing sports) really worth all the bad things cigarettes do to you? If you smoke, you'll get sick more often. You also have the chance of getting lung cancer or emphysema, which will make you really sick for a long time before you die. If you are very sick, that good feeling from nicotine won't seem so important anymore.

CHANGE IS THE WORD

Giving up on smoking may be difficult in the beginning, but seriously, nothing they say , is IMPOSSIBLE.Smoking kills, it indeed does.The only way to save ourselves and the people around us from the hands of this deadly demon is by Quitting it.So, lets say it together..NO to SMOKING!!

CHICKEN-a-la-CARTE

Money gives you Power, they say.Yea, you have the power to choose from which hotel or restaurant u want to eat out tonight. But none said, money gives you the power to waste food, when someone in some other part of the world is starving."Around 25000 ppl in the world die of hunger, EVERYDAY"..was the message of this touching film.Indeed, it touches one's heart to see, in a world where we have so many options, with a no. of choices to choose from, what remains the plight of these people.SAD.

Take a look at these images

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  Some of the alarming facts about hunger:
  Every 3.6 seconds, a person dies of hunger, of which 75% are children.
• More than 840 million people in the world are malnourished — 799 million of them live in the developing world ie countries like INDIA.
• More than 153 million of the world's malnourished people are children under the age of 5.
• Malnutrition can severely affect a child's intellectual development. Malnourished children often have stunted growth and score significantly lower on math and language achievement tests than do well-nourished children.
• While every country in the world has the potential of growing enough food to feed itself, 54 nations currently do not produce enough food to feed their populations, nor can they afford to import the necessary commodities to make up the gap. Most of these countries are in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hunger may not only lead to deaths but also change the direction of one's life.He/she may resort to illegal and wrong ways of making a living.Apart from unemployment, food and hunger is one major problem the nations worldwide are facing today.

Lets pledge, lets play a role in a world which is losing out its members to poverty and starvation, lets make a promise not to moan over the greens, or waste food which apparently is "yucky", so next time your mum cooks something which makes ur blood curl, think of the small, skinny, starvin kids waiting with anticipation in the sun..for something which is nothing but food waste for the rest of the world , but for them...

The LEAD INDIA Campaign...IT'S TIME TO FLY!!

Truly, it's time time to fly and to touch the sky..!!
The Lead India campaign was started on January 1, 2007 by the Times of India with a motive of highlighting the present condition of India since independence.It was a mass movement for bringing a strong political and social change to Indian Democracy.It's been more than 60 years since we attained our independence.Like Mr Bacchhan says in the video, there are two Indias-one lurking in the depths of the past, unable to get its feet on the track of development and another India, quite sanguine about racing ahead to glory, to gain an epithet 'a Developed nation' rather than 'Developing' or a 'Third World nation' .

But 60 years, is no short span of time.Its time for a major political change, which would completely change our economic and social status. Its time that the the veterans of the nation take take a back seat and pass the strings into the hands of a younger and brighter India.We have a bunch of zappy Indians looking forward to take the nation to newer heights.Take for instance, Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, Priyanka Gandhi, Omar Abdullah, and many more.A leader having good education,ability to inspire,honest can only lead a nation to development.Everyone wants to live in a developed nation. In India first step for development should be forwarded in the agricultural and farming sector.By adopting modern ways of agiculture we can improve our agricultural sector and can get good returns from the efforts.Likewise we can make development in other sectors.To make this real , we elegible leaders.It is the time for the youth to contribute their visions for our nation and work for the rising of a new India.This time calls for a change, rather than complaining about 'the slow development' or a 'lousy Indian govt.', we all need to wake up from slumber and contribute in the smallest ways that we can because each drop in the ocean counts, and in India, it's just the matter of over one million people.

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. is not only home to the current President of the United States, it also is home of severa American presidents who occasionally decide to make their presences known there, despite the fact that they are dead.
President Harrison is said to be heard rummaging around in the attic of the White House, looking for who knows what. President Andrew Jackson is thought to haunt his White House bedroom. And the ghost of First Lady Abigail Adams was seen floating through one of the White House hallways, as if carrying something.
The most frequently sighted presidential ghost has been that of Abraham Lincoln. Eleanor Roosevelt once stated she believed she felt the presence of Lincoln watching her as she worked in the Lincoln bedroom. Also during the Roosevelt administration, a young clerk claimed to have actually seen the ghost of Lincoln sitting on a bed pulling off his boots. On another occasion, while spending a night at the White House during the Roosevelt presidency, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was awakened by a knock on the bedroom door. Answering it, she was confronted with the ghost of Abe Lincoln staring at her from the hallway. Calvin Coolidge's wife reported seeing on several occasions the ghost of Lincoln standing with his hands clasped behind his back, at a window in the Oval Office, staring out in deep contemplation toward the bloody battlefields across the Potomac.

The Tower of London

The Tower of London
London, England
From Stephen Wagner

The Tower of London, one of the most famous and well-preserved historical buildings in the world, may also be one of the most haunted. This is due, no doubt, to the scores of executions, murders and tortures that have taken place within its walls over the last 1,000 years. Dozens upon dozens of ghost sightings have been reported in and around the Tower. On one winter day in 1957 at 3 a.m., a guard was disturbed by something striking the top of his guardhouse. When he stepped outside to investigate, he saw a shapeless white figure on top of the tower. It was then realized that on that very same date, February 12, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded in 1554. Perhaps the most well-known ghostly resident of the Tower is the spirit of Ann Bolen, one of the wives of Henry VIII, who was also beheaded in the Tower in 1536. Her ghost has been spotted on many occasions, sometimes carrying her head, on Tower Green and in the Tower Chapel Royal.Well,the other ghosts which are spotted are of Henry VI, Thomas a Becket and Sir Walter Raleigh.

The Myrtles Plantation

Built in 1796 by General David Bradford, this stately old home is said to be haunted be several restless ghosts. Some researchers say as many as ten murders have been committed there, but others, such as Troy Taylor and David Wisehart, have only been able to confirm one murder at Myrtles. (Those two authors provide a very good history of the house in their article, The legends,the lores and the lies of the Myrtle Plantation).
Even they agree, however, that the place is seriously haunted and easily qualifies as one of the "most haunted." These are some of the ghosts that allegedly haunt the house:
>Cleo – a former slave who was allegedly hung on the premises for killing two little girls. (Those murders and even the existence of Cleo are in question.)
>The ghosts of the two murdered children have been seen playing on the veranda.
>William Drew Winter – an attorney who lived at Myrtles from 1860 to 1871. He was shot on the side porch of the house by a stranger. With his life's blood pouring from his body, Winter staggered into the house and began to climb the stairs to the second floor... but didn't make it. He collapsed and died on the 17th step. It is his last dying footsteps that can still be heard on the staircase to this day. (Winter's murder is the only one that has been verified.)
>The ghosts of other slaves allegedly occasionally show up to ask if they can do any chores.
>The grand piano has often been heard to play by itself, repeating one haunting chord.

Captures from Bhangarh Fort,India!

Screaming Tunnel

Wow!!..now this one truly sounds scary!It is said that if one stands in a tunnel in one of the woods and lights a wooden match in the middle of the tunnel (at midnight), they will hear a scream when it blows out. The scream is said to be of a little girl who was burned alive by her deranged father, who lost a legal battle over the girl. Also, some have reported seeing the ghost of the father, sometimes carrying a lantern. There is a rumor stating that the ghost will stalk people, and that whoever gets caught by it will die suddenly.

Bhangarh Fort

Bhangarh Fort is supposedly one of the most haunted places in India and, by government orders, staying after sunset is strictly prohibited in the area. Infact,it's even said that there is a board saying "staying after sunset is strictly prohibited "..According to the myth, the place was cursed by a tantrik that there will be such an incident that everybody in the palace would die and their souls will stay there for centuries without rebirth.

Ramoji Film City

Now,coming to India..there are a no. of spooky haunts in India aswell..Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad can be compared to the Universal Studios in North America. When you reach the hotels at this location, the area is said to be haunted. The reason? The studios have been built on top of war grounds of the Nizam sultans. Some of the odd things that occur throughout the studios include lights that fall from the top of the studios, where workers who have sat by the lights, have been pushed from their post by an unknown force, obtaining injuries. When food has been left in the rooms, it has been later discovered to be displaced about the area. Some have witnessed odd marks on the mirrors, including Urdu, which is associated with the language of the sultans. Females have reported the most disturbing encounters with the ghosts here; their clothes have been ripped from their bodies, as well as endure disturbing knocks on their locked bathroom doors.

Drury University

..Whoa!now, about the Drury Univ..,This old institution first opened its doors on September 25, 1873, with thirty-nine pupils in attendance. Beginning with a two-story brick structure at a cost of just $7,000 for classes, the campus occupied less than 1½ acres.

Next a frame building was built for the music department and in 1875 an elegant brick structure was opened called "Walter Fairbank's Hall" as a women’s boarding house. Twenty-five years later the 40-acre campus included Stone Chapel, the President’s House and three academic buildings. Today the 80-acre campus still includes the original site and much more, including a few phantom visitors according to its staff and students.
Old colleges often have many reports of hauntings, but this particular college has good reason as it was built upon a site which was once Indian burial grounds and later was in the midst of the Civil War. In 1966 Smith Hall, a women’s dormitory, was built in an area that used to be called home to several old Victorian houses. In one of these old vintage homes once lived a little girl who was caught in a fire when she wanted to retrieve her teddy bear. According to the stories, she continues to linger in the hall searching for her teddy bear. Many have witnessed the little girl, dressed in pink, and walking the halls. Others have reportedly taken pictures. A bit of a prankster, students have often returned to their rooms to find their locked doors standing wide open, drawers pulled out of dressers and a teddy bear sitting in the center of the room. Others report that if they have a teddy bear, it will often be moved during the night to appear at a different place in the room the next morning. One student tells a story of an unused telephone stored in a closet that would ring during the night with no source of power. At Clara Thompson Hall, many students have reported that pianos seemingly play by themselves and doors are said to often close on their own. At the Wilhoit Theatre, many people have reported seeing flickering lights at night when no one is in the theatre.Drury University is located at 900 North Benton Avenue at East Central Street.

Bass Country Inn

A ghost known as Carl, who was a former bus boy at this inn, is said to still haunt the premises. Staff have reported seeing him in the kitchen and in the halls. Others have reported seeing a pair of legs beneath a table, but when they crouch down, there is no one there. Carl has often been reported as having been seen just out of the corner of an eye disappearing into the office or down the hall, but upon closer inspection, no one is there. Carl is seemingly harmless, but others have reported another female spirit at the Inn, who isn’t very friendly. Both apparitions have been said to touch people. The Bass Country Inn is located off Highway 44 at North Glenstone Avenue.

Phelps Grove Park

On East Bennett Street, Phelps Grove Park encompasses some 44 acres that provide entertainment and beauty to area residents. It's also allegedly home to a wandering spirit. though the park is quite old, the spirit is relatively new, evidently killed in an automobile accident. It was the day of her wedding and as her and her new groom drove through the park, the automobile went out of control and they were both killed. The "Bride under the Bridge" has often been spied near the third bridge in the park in the evening. The forlorn bride is usually seen standing, holding up the hem of her gown, but where her face should be, there is only darkness.

Ghosts of Springfield

Ghosts of Springfield
By Troy Taylor

Then in August of 1979, Blasko attended his 20 year class reunion from Griffin High School. One of his classmates was the Reverend Gary Dilley, a priest from St. Mary’s Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He approached Dilley about the strange occurrences at the club and explained what was going on. The priest agreed to look the place over because he believed that Blasko was sincere and had never known him to be susceptible to hysterics.
Dilley admitted in a newspaper interview that his initial visit to the club was a disturbing one. "I could feel chilling drafts…I had the definite impression that someone was watching me. I also had the feeling that someone was trying to communicate with me," he reported.
Dilley then questioned several of the club’s employees and found that their stories were very similar and had not the time to compare notes before he talked to them. He was convinced that something out of the ordinary was going on, but he could not do an "exorcism" of the place. To take things that far would require a thorough investigation and the permission of the local bishop. He decided to bless the place and to pray there, hoping that would perhaps put Rudy at rest.
Dilley contacted two other priests to take part in the ceremony, Rev. John Corredato of St. Patrick’s parish in Kankakee and Rev. Gerald Leahy of Griffin High School. The three men were quick to point out that they were not trying to perform an exorcism at the club, they were simply blessing the place and trying to clear out any negative spirits. They also were hoping to put to rest what they called a "very restless soul."
The priests went from room to room, blessing the building with holy water and praying. They asked that any evil or negative spirits leave the building and then they prayed specifically for Rudy. They entered the room where Rudy had committed suicide and prayed that his soul be able to rest.
After the ceremony, Dilley assured everyone that Rudy was not an evil person. Many times, the prayers of a priest or holy person can put a restless spirit at east. "I definitely think we did some good there," Dilley said, "I didn’t feel the chill after our prayers…when I returned to Texas I said a mass for Rudy."
Was that the end of the restless ghost of Rudy?
Apparently it was, because the same people who had so fervently believed that his ghost was haunting the club, were just as sure that he had departed. The religious ceremony that took place that August evening was the last time that anyone was ever aware of Rudy’s presence in the club. Whether the prayers and blessings actually banished Rudy from the club or simply helped him along his way to other side is unclear.
Was Rudy the "evil spirit" that some frightened musicians and employees believed that he was? I doubt it, because as we discussed in the introduction to this book, rarely are ghosts anything but a negative influence. Certainly in the case of Rudy Cranor, he was a lost and restless soul who took his own life…it is very easy to believe that his spirit may not have made the transition to the next world. He chose to stay behind in the one place that he loved the best…the Lake Club.

The Haunted Leonis Adobe

Ghost Stalker’s Guide to Haunted California
By Richard Senate

The historic Leonis Adobe is a quiet place now; only the occasional muffled sound of traffic intrudes upon the silence. One can almost imagine what it must have been like to visit this prosperous ranch house a century ago. Imagination, though, cannot account for the many mysterious things that have happened at the old adobe over the years; so many things that today the place is believed by many to be one of the most haunted sites in Los Angeles County!
"Chiquita!" came the harsh whisper in the night, "Chiquita, Chiquita!" The watchman was sleeping on a cot on the second floor that night when he heard the mysterious voice. When he checked, there was no one there. He later learned that "Chiquita" is Spanish for "Little Girl," and it was the nickname of Espiritu Leonis, the wife of the builder of the adobe. Others say that, when they drive past the house late at night, they have seen the image of a lady in a long black dress standing on the balcony. When they check, there is no one there. The ghost that walks the thick walled home, now a museum, may well be the restless spirit of Espiritu.
She was a Native American who had inherited the Rancho El Escorpion upon the death of her husband. When she married Basque adventurer Miguel Leonis, he took control of the 1100 acre estate. He added to the ranch, growing rich and powerful. He was known as "El Basque Grandee" and, with his army of Mexicans and Indians, he controlled the area like a feudal baron
In 1889, Leonis died in an accident while returning home after winning a lawsuit. Espiritu continued to live in the house until her death in 1906. The house went through many hands until, in 1962, it was designated "Historic Cultural Monument No. 1" by the newly formed Cultural Heritage Board of the Municipal Art Department of the City of Los Angeles. It was at this time when the place was undergoing renovation, that the stories of ghosts and odd happenings first were told. Ghostly footsteps were heard on the stairway to the second floor and dark shadows hovered in the twilight. A psychic woman visiting the house several years ago had a curious encounter with the resident ghost. She was on the second floor when she heard a breathing sound beside her, "like a sigh." Then she felt a cold gust of wind race behind her, sending a ripple of shivers up her spine It was the same sort of feeling one might have if someone was passing very close to you running, but when she turned she was very much alone. She had not heard the stories of the ghosts at the old Calabasas Adobe, and it was years later that she learned that the site was indeed haunted.
Another visitor was also walking the grounds of the Leonis Adobe, when he heard voices like two men speaking Spanish on the second floor of the place. He could hear them plainly, but when he looked, there was no one on the balcony. He even went up to the second floor, using the one stairway. He saw no one come down and no one was present in the house. When he walked to the second floor he was quite alone! He was positive that it was the voice of a man he heard, and the Spanish he recognized as having an odd accent. He could make out only the words for "horse" and "sheep."
One volunteer is glad to have ghosts here, for she believes that the ghost may well have saved her life! She was leaning on the railing on the second floor when two powerful hands seized her by the shoulders and pulled her back, inside the house, just as the balcony collapsed! When she turned to thank her rescuer, she discovered that there was no one there!
Perhaps the oddest event to happen at the Leonis Adobe might be classified as "retrocognition," that is, seeing an event from the past. A young girl ran from the upstairs bedroom, screaming that she had seen a man in the master bedroom, a man with a black beard and covered with bloody bandages! He was moaning while he was lying on the bed. The group checked, and there was no one there. It was that room where the injured Miguel Leonis was brought after his accident, and it was here, bandaged and bloodied, that he passed out of this life.
"There is something here…" explains Wendy Peddicord, a guide at the adobe. "There are feelings here unlike any other place I’ve ever been to. One of the (staff) used to tell me that she felt totally drained after leaving the house." The sudden loss of energy is a factor that is found in stories of haunted houses throughout history.

..Wish Halloween was smthn we cud hav been able to celebrate in India..!

Since when have ppl believed in their existence..??

I myself hav nevr believed in their existence..truly,seems like a joke to me..but i'v heard dat people have believed in ghosts since the earliest times. Since d time of the Celts, on the night before October 31st (the Celtic new year), it was thought the edges between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and the ghosts of the dead came back to earth. They celebrated this with a festival called Samhain (later to become Halloween).

..G H O S T S..

Ghosts are supposed to be apparitions.Some accept their existence while some deny..Some people think ghosts are spirits of the dead that stay on Earth. Others believe that when something violent happened long ago, it left behind an 'energy' that repeats the happening in a ghostly way, again and again. Others are sure that ghosts are just something people imagine seeing.

Image:Ghost of Raynham Hall

getn strtd..!!

wow!!..finally im gonna get started..!!