China Opens World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge

When the new Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge opened to traffic this week in China, it made the Guinness World Records for the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. The 26.4-mile long and 110-foot wide bridge stretches across the bay, linking the Huangdao district to the city of Qingdao and Hongdao Island.

China spent 17 years planning and designing the engineering marvel to be able to withstand the bay’s high salt content and icy winters. Yet, it only took four years to build, with at least 10,000 workers on the construction team. The Xinhua news agency says about $2.3 billion was spent, and 450,000 tons of steel and 81 million cubic feet of concrete were consumed in its construction.

An estimated 30,000 cars are expected to make the trek across the bay each day. Residents already traveling between Huangdao and Qingdao will have their trip cut in half, from 40 minutes to 20 minutes.

The first motorists to drive onto the six-lane bridge will have a free journey.  For the first month, cars can plow the 110ft-wide highway across the bay free of charge, but after that, a trip on the bridge will cost 50 yuan ($7.75 USD).

The bridge beat out the current Guinness World Record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, by at least 2 ½ miles.

However, it will be eclipsed in 2016 by another Chinese bridge, a 30-mile long connection being built to link Hong Kong with Macau and Guangdong province.

playground rhymes -Kids

1)Inky pinky ponky
Daddy had a donkey
Donkey died
Daddy cried
Inky pinky ponky

2)Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear (name)
Happy Birthday to you 
 3)kaake kaake koodevide'kootinakathuuru kunjund, kunginu thitta kudukkanjal ,kunju kidannu karanjidum kunje kunje nee tharumo,ninnude kaiyile nyiappam. 

 4)Punkori Punkori,
Kuvunendi nu punkori;
Puvukal vidarum vidarum nerat,
Pungili padam nerat;
Neram pulram nerat,
Areunrtam kuvuno.

5) Cheppo cheppo cheppukotth,
Cheppukutuke cheppukotth,
Aapam tinnam cheppukotth,
Aadyudukkaam cheppukotth,
Aamyedukkam cheppukotth,
Uummtaraam ni cheppukotth,
Aramani kingini ketthikondani,
Aadaadunni cheppukotth.

Top 10 Countries With Fastest Growing Economies – 2011

This list will tell you about the top 10 countries which have highest growing economy rate according to 2011, You will see most under development countries in this list and will wonder how come their economy is growing rapidly, Let’s have a look at top 10 countries with fastest growing economies.

Iraq(No:1)'s economy is dominated by the petroleum sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings. In the 1980s, financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments; Iraq suffered economic losses of at least $80 billion from the war.

Chad's(No:2) economy is still heavily dependent on oil, which was 65.4% of government revenue in 2010 and 90% of export earnings.

Large gold deposit found in Inner Mongolia(Become No:10):Large gold deposit found in Inner Mongolia
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Worlds 2nd lagest growing economy

China is Worlds 2nd lagest growing economy having population of 1,331,460,000[2009](population of india 1,155,347,700[2009])
There are some 930000 villages in China. Some 900 million people live in them

By the end of 2007, China had 656 cities in total. The number is slightly less than that in the previous year, as five cities were absorbed into nearby bigger cities in the year of 2007, according to the report.

Compiled by the China Association of Mayors, the 2007 Report said China's urbanization has kept its growing momentum in the past year, and 594 million people live in cities, accounting for 45 percent of the total population.

Top 10 largest growing economies

Country	GDP Per Capita($)	Growth Rate (%)
Equatorial Guinea China Ireland Vietnam Sudan Maldives Chile Guyana Myanmar South Korea	15,073 3,976 29,866 1,996 1,797 4,485 9,417 3,963 1,500 17,380	18.9 9.2 6.5 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4.

Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont.

Illustration don by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. Macmillan Publishers are the publishers of the book.

Harry Potter-seven fantasy novels

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K.Rowling(Joanne "Jo" Rowling).  The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's quest to overcome the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort, whose aim is to subjugate non-magical people, conquer the wizarding world, and destroy all those who stand in his way, especially Harry Potter.

Since the 30 June 1997 release of the first novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the books have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide.

The Harry Potter series have been the recipients of a host of awards since the initial publication of Philosopher's Stone including four Whitaker Platinum Book Awards (all of which were awarded in 2001), three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes (1997–1999), two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 and 2001), the inaugural Whitbread children's book of the year award (1999), the WHSmith book of the year (2006), among others. In 2000, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and in 2001, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won said award. Honours include a commendation for the Carnegie Medal (1997), a short listing for the Guardian Children's Award (1998), and numerous listings on the notable books, editors' Choices, and best books lists of the American Library Association, The New York Times, Chicago Public Library, and Publishers Weekly

Major stock markets in the world

A stock market or equity market is a public entity (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete entity) for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations(NASDAQ), began in 1971 as a way to electronically trade more than 5,000 stocks. Currently, it is home to major tech stocks, such as Microsoft, Dell, Mac.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite are stock market indexes that track the price performance of select groups of stocks. There are many indexes that track different groups of stocks, but the Dow Jones and NASDAQ are two of the most widely followed. Both financial and regular news outlets routinely report on their performance as a gauge of the overall health of the economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial average is the oldest and most widely followed stock market index. The index consists of 30 stocks that Dow Jones describes as "large and well-known U.S. companies."


There are now stock markets in virtually every developed and most developing economies, with the world's biggest market being in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, India, China, Canada, Germany's (Frankfurt Stock Exchange), France, South Korea and the Netherlands.

Rank	Economy	Stock Exchange	Market Capitalization (USD Billions)	Trade Value (USD Billions)
1	United States Europe	NYSE Euronext	15,970	19,813
2	United States Europe	NASDAQ OMX	4,931	13,439
3	Japan	Tokyo Stock Exchange	3,827	3,787
4	United Kingdom	London Stock Exchange	3,613	2,741
5	China	Shanghai Stock Exchange	2,717	4,496
6	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stock Exchange	2,711	1,496
7	Canada	Toronto Stock Exchange	2,170	1,368
8	India	Bombay Stock Exchange	1,631	258
9	India	National Stock Exchange of India	1,596	801
10	Brazil	BM&F Bovespa	1,545	868
11	Australia	Australian Securities Exchange	1,454	1,062
12	Germany	Deutsche Börse	1,429	1,628
13	China	Shenzhen Stock Exchange	1,311	3,572
14	Switzerland	SIX Swiss Exchange	1,229	788
15	Spain	BME Spanish Exchanges	1,171	1,360
16	South Korea	Korea Exchange	1,091	1,607
17	Russia	MICEX	949	408
18	South Africa	JSE Limited	925	340