Exactly ten years after Brian Lara scored a mammoth 375 runs against England at the Antigua Recreation Ground in 1994, he came up again with an exhilarating knock of 400 runs to break the world record set by Matthew Hayden of Australia against Zimbabwe in the last quarter of 2003. These two splendid knocks of [...]
New Hampshire grabs the award for the Most Livable State for 2007. Morgan Quitno Press, a state and city ranking publication derived “Livability Rating” for each state, based on the state’s rank in each of the 44 factors taken into consideration. The scale of the rating ranges from 1 to 50. Higher the scale, more [...]
The Bank of America Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina leads the list of largest banks in the United States with assets of $1,082,243,000 and is followed by J.P.Morgan Chase & Company. Here’s a Google Maps View of the ten largest banks with assets in thousands of dollars.
The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Also known as the Great Circle, the Equator is at latitude 0 degree. Countries through which the Equator passes, experience quick sunrise and sunset and equal hours of day and night. Here’s a Google Maps Mashup of the countries that [...]
The collapse of USSR in 1991, led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), but didn’t have any distinguishing effect on its geographical expanse. Russia still leads the list of largest countries in area. Here’s a Google Maps Mashup of the ten Largest Countries in the World by area.
Its quite common for one to misjudge a major city in a country as one of its states’ capitals. The United States is a best example for such a country. Here’s a Google Maps View of the state capitals in the United States and their nicknames.
