Sania Mirza at Australian Open

Sania Mirza of India and her partner Alicia Molik of Australia takes a point during their women’s double’s second round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, 18 January 2008. Mirza and Molik were tied with Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-3, 5-7, 1-1 as rain postponed play in their match

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Beneficial things in daily life

Ant Problem:

Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.

To get pure and clean ice:

Boil water first before freezing.

To make the mirror shine:

Clean with spirit

To remove chewing gum from clothes:

Keep the cloth in the freezer for an hour.

To whiten white clothes

Soak white clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutes.

To give a shine to hair:

Add one teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair.

To get maximum juice out of lemons:

Soak lemons in hot water for one hour, and then juice them.

To avoid smell of cabbage while cooking:

Keep a piece of bread on the cabbage in the vessel while cooking.

To rid the smell of fish from your hands:

Wash your hands with a little apple vinegar.

To avoid tears while cutting onions:

Chew gum.

To boil potatoes quickly:

Skin one potato from one side only before boiling.

To boil eggs quickly:

Add salt to the water and boil.

To check freshness of fish:

Put it in a bowl of cold water. If the fish floats, it’s fresh.

To check freshness of eggs:

Put the egg in water. If it becomes horizontal, it’s fresh. If it becomes slanting, its 3-4 days old. If it becomes vertical, its 10 days old. If it floats, it’s stale.

To remove ink from clothes:

Put toothpaste on the ink spots generously and let it dry completely, then wash.

To skin sweet potatoes quickly:

Soak in cold water immediately after boiling.

To get rid of mice or rats:

Sprinkle black pepper in places where you find mice or rats. They will run away.

Zeb Hogan and the Megafishes

Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada-Reno / AP
Hogan poses with a giant stingray in the Mekong River after it was captured by a fisherman in Cambodia in April. The freshwater stingrays he’s heard about “could be the largest fish in the world and we know next to nothing about it,” he says.

The world’s largest freshwater fish are losing the fight for survival, as pollution, overfishing, and construction threaten the rivers and lakes they call home.
Zeb Hogan is an aquatic ecologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer who is currently leading the National Geographic’s Megafishes Project. The project will span six continents and encompass expeditions to study 14 of Earth’s most diverse freshwater ecosystems seeking the freshwater giants and a way to protect them, a three-year effort to document the 20-some species of freshwater fish at least 6.5 feet (2 meters) in length or 220 pounds (100 kilograms) in weight

Photograph by Brant Allen

In the following pictures you can see Dr. Hogan while studying and measuring Giant Freshwater Stingrays which he believe could be the biggest freshwater fish in the world taking the title from the record-setting Mekong Giant Catfish caught in 2005 (see the last picture), another huge fish coming from the same area.

Photograph by Stefan Lovgren

Apichart Weerawong, AP

Apichart Weerawong, AP

Apichart Weerawong, AP

Suthep Kritsanavarin, World Wildlife Fund-National Geographic / AP
Two Thai fishermen show the 646-pound giant catfish they caught from the Mekong River in northern Thailand in 2005, the biggest freshwater fish on record.

A tatooed giant swims in the grass

This is one of two sculptures that have been created as part of a promotional campaign for the Discovery Channel’s new London Ink series featuring celebrity tattoo artist Louis Malloy. This one, called “The swimmer”, is 35-feet long and was in Potter’s Field at Tower Bridge from 18 to 23 of September 2007, and then has been moved to Greenwich Park.

Photo by Jenny Davell


Photo by Jenny Davell

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