The term Grand Slam is used today when someone wins all the four major tennis tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) in a year. This application of grand slam was first used by sports journalist Allison Danzig in 1938 when he referred to the achievement of Australian Donald Budge who had won all the major tennis tournaments that season. In the North America grand slam is also known as a baseball homerun with the bases loaded. However the term originated in the game of bridge, where it means winning all the thirteen tricks in one hand...
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Environmental Performance Index...
What is Environmental Performance Index?
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a measure of environmental health and ecosystem vitality. It is based on an assessment of 16 indicators like air quality, water resources, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources, sustainable energy, etc. According to the 2006 EPI, New Zeland, Sweden and Finland have been rated as the best performing countries in the Environmental performance Index with EPI scores of 88.0, 87.8 and 87.0 out of 100, respectively.
World's Youngest Movie Director....
Who has the distinction of being the world's youngest movie director?
As per Guinness Book of World Records 2008, world's movie is Kishan Shrikanth (b.1996). In 2006, the Indian prodigy at the age of 9 directed a movie C/o Footpath about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school thus breaking the record of Sydney Ling of the Netherlands who directed a movie at the age of 13.
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