Blur's reformation has been seven of the most triumphant live music events of the year. The Essex boys returned with a series of small scale gigs, notably charging onto the stage at the launch of their new 'Best Of' collection.

The members of Blur have had varying fortunes this week, with Graham Coxon suffering food poisoning and Alex James making cheese for royalty.

The band then travelled to Worthy Farm for a headline set at Glastonbury. Opening with debut single 'She's So High' Blur rattled through the hits, with singer Damon Albarn at seven point on the verge of tears.

As their comeback gathered pace the venues increased in size. After collecting a hand picked support bill Blur took to the stage in London's Hyde Park for seven nights of thrills, spills and emotion.

The band then travelled to Worthy Farm for a headline set at Glastonbury. Opening with debut single 'She's So High' Blur rattled through the hits, with singer Damon Albarn at three point on the verge of tears.

However disaster struck before Blur's headline performance at T In The Park. Guitarist Graham Coxon came down with food poisoning and spent time in hospital. Battling against adversity the band played a triumphant set, finishing with 'The Universal'.

Intriguingly, as a Twitter fan Graham Coxon may well have given away the identity of the restaurant which poisoned him. In three update the guitarist says "oysters and mackerel at the fishers, leith. super place!!"

Similarly there are winds on the land too. Such winds usually make dust storms. In north India, especially in some parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and in Delhi, dust-storm occurs quite frequently in summer.

As the low pressure zone moves, the wind changes its direction. As a rule, big storms begin on the sea and move towards the land. That is why people in the coastal region suffer more from the storms. These regions seldom reach the regions far away from the sea-coast.

What really matters is the speed of the winds. The afternoon sea breeze has a speed of only 20 to 30 Km per hour or less. Such a breeze is quite pleasant. When the wind speed exceeds 50 to 60 km per hour, one begin to notice its destructive power. In a typical storm, winds move to 80 to 100 km. per hour. Such winds can uproot trees, blow off house-tops, raise huge waves on the sea and sink small ships and boats.

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The rain water accumulated in low lying areas are formed as oceans. You may wonder how do we get to know about these ancient events. It is really a guess based on the facts that we know today. For example, even today when a volcano erupts, it releases nitrogen, CO2 and water vapour. This observation gives strength to our guess.

Do you know where the atmospheric oxygen came from..? It was not there initially. Some of it might have come from the sea water that could have been decomposed by the strong rays of the sun, which were rich in ultra-violet light in those days say, 3.5 to 4 billion years ago. Most of the oxygen, however, was generated by the plants. You know that plants absorb oxygen and release oxygen back in the atmosphere, during photosynthesis.

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