August 29, 2010
June 22, 2010
Sobriquets in the world
Land of cakes……....Scotland
Roof of the world…....Pamir
Playground of Europe....…Switzerland
Key of Mediterranean....Gibraltar
City of seven hills......…Rome
City of skyscrapers…...New York
Holy land…......palatine
Garden of England……Kent
Gate of tears…..Babel man dab
Windy city…..Chicago
City of eternal spring………………Quito
Empire city. ..................New York
Eternal city..................... Rome
Land of golden pagoda……….Myanmar
Britain of the south…………New Zealand
City of Golden Gate……san Francisco
Cockpit of Europe…….Belgium
Dark continent ……Africa
Granite City….............Aberdeen, Scotland
Gibraltar in Indian Ocean……………..Eden
Island of cloves…………..Zanzibar
Land of morning calm…….Korea
Land of thunderbolt…..Bhutan
Queen of Arabian Sea……cochin
Wealthy coast……….Coastrica
Venice of the north……………….Stockholm
White city…….Belgrade
Water loo..Belgium
Land of pyramids...........….Egypt
Mecca of cricket……lord’s ground, England
Bread basket of world………prairies
City of Arabian nights…Bagdad
Dample city...........…Budapest
Golden city………………Johannes berg
Eye of Greece……Ethan
Modern Babylon……London
Valley of kings…..Thebes
Land of canals…….Pakistan
Land of marbles.............……Italy
Key of Baltic…………………Coppen Hagen
Land of thorns and hills………………Rwanda
City of five ports………….Moscow
Land of rising sun……Japan
Land of midnight sun……Norway
Gift of Nile……EgyptSugar bowl of the world….Cuba
Land of white elephants….Thailand
Land of thousand lakes…Finland
Sorrow of china……huangho river
Yellow river…huang ho river
Key of pacific…….Singapore
White man’s grave…….guinea coast
Land of kangaroo…Australia
Sickman of Europe…..Turkey
Emerald island…………Ireland
Forbidden City….Lhasa
June 18, 2010
Alaotra grebe
When the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) updated the Red list of Birds on may 25 it was reported that one more bird, Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus)a native of Madagascar is extinct from the earth which reveals the truth that the beasts and birds are disappearing from the face of earth in a faster rate than any time in the earth’s history.The bird was last sighted 25 years before and it was on this basis that extinction was confirmed.
The Alaotra Grebe’s habitat was severely damaged after a nonnative species of carnivorous fish was introduced into the lakes where the birds lived, according to BirdLife International. In addition, fishermen using nylon gill-nets would trap and drown the birds, contributing to the Alaotra Grebe's extinction.
June 17, 2010
Sobriquets in India
Sorrow of Bengal ............River Damodar
Sorrow of Bihar.. .............River Kosi
Sorrow of Asom ..............River Brahmaputra
Blue mounts.....................Nilgiris
Land of five rivers............Punjab
Tea plantation of India
Dakshin Ganga ...........................River Cauvery
Emerald land .............................Goa
Kohinoor of India
Sugar bowl of India
Milk bowl of India
Land of tigers..............................Madhya Pradesh
Silicon valley of India .........Bangalore
Economic capital of India
Spice garden of India..............Kerala
Land of Sun-rays..................Arunachal Pradesh
Paradise of botanist .............Sikkim
City of palaces......................Kolakatta
City of Golden Temple.........Amritsar
Garden city of India..............Bengalooru
Gate Way of India.................Mumbai
June 15, 2010
Celebrities who died of smoking-related illness
Allen, Gracie, 58, actress; heart attack (August 27, 1964) Allen lived with an George Burns, an inveterate cigar smoker, for 38 years; she had a long history of heart problems.
Benaderet, Bea, 62, TV actress; emphysema/lung cancer (October 13, 1968)
Beverly Hillbillies, Burns & Allen, Petticoat Junction, Betty Rubble's voice in The Flintstones
Cobb, Ty, 74, baseball player; cancer, diabetes, chronic heart disease (July 17, 1961)
Disney, Walt, 65, animator, producer; lung cancer (acute circulatory collapse following an operation to remove a tumor) (December 15, 1966) Eliot, T.S., 76; author, poet; emphysema (January 4, 1965)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Hallow Men, Murder in the Cathedral
Fleming, Ian, 56, author; heart attack (August 12, 1964)
James Bond novels
Grant, General Ulysses S., 63, throat cancer (July 23, 1885)
18th President of the US
Hayward, Susan, 55, actor; lung cancer metastized to her brain (March 14, 1975)
I'll Cry Tomorrow, I Want to Live! King of England, lung cancer (1952)
Rand, Ayn, author/philosopher; lung cancer (March 6, 1982)
The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged
Reynolds, R.J., 58, founder of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., emphysema, (1916)
Shirley, Anne, 75, actress; lung cancer (July 4, 1993)
Anne of the Green Gables, Stella Dallas
Vaughan, Sarah, singer; lung cancer (1990)
Broken-hearted Melody
Young, Coleman A., 79, Detroit, Michigan's longest-serving mayor. Emphysema. (November 29, 1997)
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