The great Napoleon's Birthday on August16

Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15th 1769 to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer and political opportunist, and his wife, Marie-Letizia. The Buonaparte's were a wealthy family from the Corsican nobility, although when compared to the great aristocracies of France Napoleon's kin were poor and pretentious. A combination of Carlo's social climbing, Letizia's adultery with the Comte de Marbeuf - Corsica's French military governor - and Napoleon's own ability enabled him to enter the military academy at Brienne in 1779. He moved to the Parisian École Royale Militaire in 1784 and graduated a year later as a second lieutenant in the artillery. Spurred on by his father's death in February 1785, the future emperor had completed in one year a course that often took three.

Early Career: Fluctuating Success
The French Revolution had decimated the republic's officer class and favoured individuals could achieve swift promotion, but Napoleon's fortunes rose and fell as one set of patrons came and went. By December 1793 Bonaparte was the hero of Toulon, a General and favourite of Augustin Robespierre; shortly after the wheel of revolution turned and Napoleon was arrested for treason. Tremendous political 'flexibility' saved him and the patronage of Vicomte Paul de Barras, soon to be one of France's three 'Directors', followed.

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Napoleon became a hero again in 1795, defending the government from angry counter-revolutionary forces; Baras rewarded Napoleon by promoting him to high military office, a position with access to the political spine of France. Bonaparte swiftly grew into one of the country's most respected military authorities - largely by never keeping his opinions to himself - and he married Josephine de Beauharnais. Commentators have considered this an unusual match ever since.

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For most commuters in India, reaching any destination, especially in the metros, comes with being prepared to be stuck in unpredictable traffic snarls. Local authorities in most cities have not been successful in controlling the traffic flow, especially in the metros. “While I was working in the US, I realized that people kept a tab on traffic updates before they left home or while traveling. In India, on the other hand, people were not used to doing this and apart from radio channels, there was no other traffic update service available,” says Brijraj Vaghani, CEO, Birds Eye Systems, a Mumbai-based startup  that offers real-time traffic and travel information for Indian cities through mobile and internet channels under the brand name, Traffline.

Vaghani was pursuing his Masters in Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri, Kansas City where he met and befriended his roommate, Ravi Khemani who was studying for his Masters in Computer Science. After  graduating, they worked in the US for sometime where they observed commuting patterns and behavior of locals. “That’s when we decided  that it was time for India to be introduced to this concept too,” says Khemani, COO, Birds Eye Systems. The duo finally decided to relocate to India and kickstarted their  idea with a seed capital of Rs. 10 lakh to create an India-specific Intelligent Transportation System. Traffline launched in 2012 and the company raised Rs. 2 crore from Indian Angel Network (IAN) in April of the same year to expand the scope of services to multiple cities and for product development. Pacing up Traffline is a digital service that can be used all-day by users to get a heads-up on the traffic conditions in any city. Its real time traffic map uses color-coded lines that indicate areas of congestion, slow and fast moving traffic with details on jams, road accidents and best alternate routes available. The map is available on both their website and mobile applications. The company also has a helpline and Twitter handle for those who are not comfortable using their website. A call center takes care of this aspect of the business.
“We get traffic data from various sources that include private firms, government, police and public transport utilities and moving probes like
taxis, public transport vehicles and others that have a GPS installed in them. Our followers on social networking sites and people on the field give us information related to accidents and other events,” says Khemani. The network of probes is tracked meticulously after which a patented algorithm collates data from these sources and presents it to users in the desired format. The data is provided on a map of the
area with color coded lines, each representing a different traffic speed. Red shows areas with high traffic congestion, pink for slow moving traffic, blue reflects moderate traffic speed and green shows the routes with smooth vehicles movement.

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