Clipmarks | hitchhiker08's 'africa' clipshttp://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/tag/africa/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/tag/africa/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usThe Goat Towerhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7014D47C-5040-44D9-AA6E-7DAE2D65162C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> 'A select group of these goats have the privilege of living in the tower.' Let's baa(ow) to that! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Goat_Tower&oldid=216854986" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Goat_Tower&oldid=216854986">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 class="firstHeading"><SPAN><SPAN>The Goat Tower</SPAN></SPAN></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">at <A title="Fairview Wine and Cheese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview_Wine_and_Cheese">Fairview Wine and Cheese</A> estate is a <A title="Landmark" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark">landmark</A> in the <A title="Paarl" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paarl">Paarl</A> winelands of <A title="South Africa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa">South Africa</A>.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">built in 1981 by Fairview owner <A title="Charles Back" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Back">Charles Back</A> and has become the farm's most identifiable symbol and aspect of their brand</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A select group of these goats have the privilege of living in the tower.</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:FairviewGoatTower.JPG&oldid=214386659" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:FairviewGoatTower.JPG&oldid=214386659">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C550866E-5B68-4D18-A063-5A05E21D87B1.jpg" alt="Image:FairviewGoatTower.JPG" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Goat_Tower&oldid=216854986" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Goat_Tower&oldid=216854986">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Other goat towers</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><I><A title="Norway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway">Norway</A></I> - In 2006 a farmer from Ekeby in Norway approached Fairview owner Charles Back requesting permission to build a replica of Fairview's tower on his farm in Scandinavia. The Paarl tower was measured and photographed and the replica tower was completed in 2007, with Charles Back travelling to Norway to officially open the tower.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><A title="" href="#cite_note-1">[2]</A></SUP><BR /> <I><A title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</A></I> - <A title="Illinois" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois">Illinois</A> farmer Dave Johnson built his 31 foot tall goat tower in Shelbyville county after seeing an article on Fairview in the <A title="Magazine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine">magazine</A> Wine Spectator. <SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><A title="" href="#cite_note-2">[3]</A></SUP></P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.farmsteadcheesesandwines.com/wordpress/archives/67" title="http://www.farmsteadcheesesandwines.com/wordpress/archives/67">www.farmsteadcheesesandwines.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> see the Goat Tower, a fanciful medieval styled tower with an outdoor spiral staircase, loaded with goats!!</div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/-taryn/2592211341/" title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/-taryn/2592211341/">www.flickr.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C3B12113-E338-49FA-9731-70F6D05309C2.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="photoDescription" id="description_div2592211341">fairview winery in stellenbosch, south africa </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/goats/" rel="tag">goats</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sheep/" rel="tag">sheep</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cheese/" rel="tag">cheese</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/south+africa/" rel="tag">south africa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/watch+tower/" rel="tag">watch tower</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wines/" rel="tag">wines</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/vineyards/" rel="tag">vineyards</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bizarre/" rel="tag">bizarre</a></div>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Goat_Tower&oldid=216854986Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:25:34 GMT12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Womenhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D33889D0-DD8C-42D5-8FB1-9FAA6AB492E1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/13/12-monuments-dedicated-to-women/" title="http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/13/12-monuments-dedicated-to-women/">weburbanist.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2><A title="12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women: From Joan of Arc to the Working Women of Amsterdam" href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/13/12-monuments-dedicated-to-women/">12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women: From Joan of Arc to the Working Women of Amsterdam</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1A5F91E1-F9C2-4053-8AF3-147548017813.jpg" alt="Women of Kassope Zalongo Monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In Zalongo, northwestern part of Greece, lies a grandiose monument dedicated to the <A href="http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/nimissa/jakegreece/central/kassope/monu/source/dscn5208.html" title="Zalongo Monument">Women of Kassope</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C4508308-CB0B-46B1-9073-110D624EAA1F.jpg" alt="The Five women Monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">on the Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Five_(Canada)" title="via Wikipedia">The Famous Five</A> or <STRONG>The Valiant Five</STRONG> statues</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">n the memory of </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">the women’s rights movement in Canada in 1920s, because at that time women weren’t allowed to vote.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A473742E-A4B3-4CA9-847E-07FD9C5A4C75.jpg" alt="Queen Victoria Monument in Ottawa, Canada" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.alovelyworld.com/webgb/htmgb/gb10.htm" title="Queen Victoria Monument">Queen Victoria</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">monument was sculpted 40 years later by Louis-Philippe Hébert, from Quebec </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A2AD7F61-B408-46E9-A859-A849FF2AC173.jpg" alt="Unknown women worker monument in Belfast" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publicart/tour/tour8.htm" title="via artcouncil">Unknown Woman Worker monument</A> is located in Belfast, UK,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/974873DB-2733-4F99-AFDC-12D6308079DA.jpg" alt="Joan of Arc Statue in Paris" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">emblematic figure in French history</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMV53" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</A> (<STRONG>Jeanne d’Arc</STRONG>)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EFDCD9F3-A6EE-4710-A835-8A50173C1C3C.jpg" alt="vrouemonument south africa women monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.mieliestronk.com/vrouemon.html" title="National Womens Monument">National Women’s Monument</A> or the <STRONG>Vrouemonument</STRONG> from Bloemfontein, South Africa</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">dedicated to</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">27,000 martyr women who died during the Boer War</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/4591C6FC-AD65-45E7-BDDE-8F709B952FC3.jpg" alt="Block der Frauen monument (Rosenstrasse)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenstrasse_protest" title="Rosenstrasse Monument">Rosenstrasse monument</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">old Jewish quarter of Berlin</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E0B591CB-20E5-45FB-87B9-147F11D86E39.jpg" alt="Dulcinea del Toboso" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulcinea" title="Dulcinea Monument">Dulcinea</A>,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Located in Madrid, Spain</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/81CB4E58-C705-4A83-9EF2-B1F4F166C36F.jpg" alt="Sybil Ludington - Hometown Heroin Monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1789/sybil.html" title="Sybil Monument">Sybil Ludington</A>,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">in Carmel, New York,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8F5C5543-2A2D-4171-A8F6-9A3544A49399.jpg" alt="Molly Pitcher Monument" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pamolly.htm" title="Molly Pitcher Monument">Molly Pitcher</A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">in Carlisle, Pennsylvania</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CE4877C8-2BF4-425C-AF54-9C1F64C5EB41.jpg" alt="New York State Women Veterans Memorial" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/visiting/cultural/tours/memorials/womenvet.html" title="Womens Veterans Memorial">New York State Women Veterans Memorial</A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Madison Avenue </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F6E8CD15-155F-4FC5-80D4-B039C976F9B7.jpg" alt="Belle Statue dedicated to Prostitutes in Amsterdam" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Wallen" title="Sex Worker Monument">Red Light District Statue</A> in Amsterdam</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/monuments/" rel="tag">monuments</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/women/" rel="tag">women</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/memorials/" rel="tag">memorials</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/joan+of+arc/" rel="tag">joan of arc</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/heroines/" rel="tag">heroines</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/womens+lib/" rel="tag">womens lib</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/womanhood/" rel="tag">womanhood</a></div>http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/13/12-monuments-dedicated-to-women/Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:55:02 GMT10 Funniest Typos http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6A216BD1-CAED-4ECE-A8CC-937393E18C8A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Yikes! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.oddee.com/item_95202.aspx" title="http://www.oddee.com/item_95202.aspx">www.oddee.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 class="tit">10 Funniest Typos ever</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E4C9E7DB-0782-4F09-BFDF-BE9DC35CECC7.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "... in the office may be <B>assfisting</B> me on behalf of..."<BR /><DIV> Yes, "assfisting" instead of "assisting". On a legal pap</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FCE1EDC5-1B15-4431-9BEB-9A85E6A65A2C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> How in the world could a man end up with a typographical error tattooed on his chest?<BR /><DIV> Michael Duplessis, an auto mechanic, filed a lawsuit saying that in April 2005, tattoo artist Sam Hacker inked "<B>Chi-tonw</B>" on his chest where he had asked for "Chi-town"</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6E6931AB-6957-4EE3-BEA4-3E7E75008003.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "...in the middle of the road <B>ejaculating</B>..."</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/95E84055-28A0-41D9-A85D-A44B52C0446D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "I have a <B>Draem</B>"<BR /><DIV> Screen shot taken from a news report aired on Martin Luther King Day in January 2007 by Corpus Christi, Texas, station KIII-TV.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/DFF3F672-B8BB-450A-8D69-CB3A73176190.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "<B>SOTP</B>"<BR /><DIV> In Africa</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F3A4CE0B-1E5C-4F91-9579-D72A16E6C8F6.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> "Not a Through <B>Toad</B>"<BR /><DIV> Toads, unite!</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/86C974B4-9B37-421D-878F-1664556DBE87.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/347558AC-FB58-4AEF-A62C-EEF23D9FD8B0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7F120F58-F158-4110-950F-B0303E42956F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C063A756-B4DE-4BC2-B29D-FC01426231EB.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/typographical+errors/" rel="tag">typographical errors</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/english/" rel="tag">english</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/spelling/" rel="tag">spelling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humor/" rel="tag">humor</a></div>http://www.oddee.com/item_95202.aspxSat, 31 May 2008 17:17:32 GMTFind The Chameleon in 20 Seconds!http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E986FA85-4814-4FE5-83B8-2230C05DC90E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Hope you find it unlike me?! After you give up, please look at my comment below...err... finders keepers! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.eyje.com/pictures/animals/Amazing_Camouflage_Find_The_Chameleon_in_20_Seconds_PIC_" title="http://www.eyje.com/pictures/animals/Amazing_Camouflage_Find_The_Chameleon_in_20_Seconds_PIC_">www.eyje.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="6" face="Verdana">Find The Chameleon in 20 Seconds!</FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6645B29F-0A10-4C78-BCE0-F53F0DEAE11F.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Amazing Chamelon Camouflage on a tree</DIV></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chameleon&oldid=215529220" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chameleon&oldid=215529220">en.wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7A5BC4EA-7613-4C83-92D5-5FE3D4C56336.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Chameleons</B> (family <B>Chamaeleonidae</B>) are <A title="Squamata" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squamata">squamates</A> that belong to one of the best-known <A title="Lizard" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard">lizard</A> families.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="mw-headline">Distribution and habitat</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>More than 160 species of Chameleons are known, arranged in nine genera. The main distribution of Chameleons is in <A title="Africa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa">Africa</A> and <A title="Madagascar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar">Madagascar</A>, and other tropical regions, although some species are also found in parts of southern <A title="Europe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe">Europe</A> and <A title="Asia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia">Asia</A>. There are introduced, feral populations of <A title="Veiled Chameleon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veiled_Chameleon">veiled</A> and <A title="Chamaeleo jacksonii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaeleo_jacksonii">Jackson's</A> chameleons in <A title="Hawaii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii">Hawaii</A> and isolated pockets of feral <A title="Chamaeleo jacksonii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaeleo_jacksonii">Jackson's</A> chameleons have been reported in <A title="California" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</A> and <A title="Florida" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida">Florida</A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Male_Chamelion.JPG"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> A male chameleon at <A title="Madagascar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar">Madagascar</A></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F761139C-6604-4415-83D5-9AC7238DDDF0.jpg" alt="A male chameleon at Madagascar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2><SPAN class="editsection">[<A title="Edit section: Reproduction" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chameleon&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Reproduction</SPAN></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Chameleons are mostly <A title="Oviparous" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparous">oviparous</A>, some being <A title="Ovoviviparous" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparous">ovoviviparous</A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The oviparous species lay eggs after a 3-6 week <A title="Gestation period" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestation_period">gestation period</A>. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chameleon_-_Tanzania_-_Usambara_Mountains.jpg"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> West Usambara Two-Horned Chameleon (<I>Kinyongia multituberculata</I>) in the <A title="Usambara mountains" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usambara_mountains">Usambara mountains</A>, <A title="Tanzania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania">Tanzania</A>.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6477015C-8FC4-4626-917A-100780795A86.jpg" alt="West Usambara Two-Horned Chameleon (Kinyongia multituberculata) in the Usambara mountains, Tanzania." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">All chameleon species are able to change their skin color</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CCEA9788-DEE9-4F55-9C9B-68EF59AFCF14.jpg" alt="This Mediterranean Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) turned black after being frightened by a dog" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chameleon/" rel="tag">chameleon</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chamaeleonidae/" rel="tag">chamaeleonidae</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/lizard/" rel="tag">lizard</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/squamates/" rel="tag">squamates</a></div>http://www.eyje.com/pictures/animals/Amazing_Camouflage_Find_The_Chameleon_in_20_Seconds_PIC_Fri, 30 May 2008 18:26:48 GMTThe internet's undersea world!http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D9894734-41EF-4EC2-90FA-F94EE737B495/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Can't ever imagine how we did without it? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg" title="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg">image.guardian.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A30E3E69-2FD6-4884-AA3E-801C51BC5202.jpg" alt="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.igigroup.com/pub/maps/globalmap.html" title="http://www.igigroup.com/pub/maps/globalmap.html">www.igigroup.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="style25">Global Communications Submarine Cable Map 2007</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/666B5498-37BE-4F60-B089-31C2F2A11956.gif" alt="map" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Chart the bandwidth explosion on your wall. TeleGeography's completely updated Global Communications Submarine Cable Map 2007 gives you the most current, accurate, and detailed picture of the world's submarine cable systems.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="193"><HR /> <FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><B>U.S.-Latin America<BR /> <HR /> </B></FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">360americas<BR /> Americas-II<BR /> ARCOS 1<BR /> Atlantis-2<BR /> Emergia<BR /> Maya-1<BR /> Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC)<BR /> Pan-American Crossing (PAC)<BR /> South American Crossing (SAC)<BR /> </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="190"><HR /> <FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><B>Trans-Atlantic<BR /> <HR /> </B></FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="190"><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">360atlantic<BR /> Apollo<BR /> Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1)<BR /> Columbus-III<BR /> FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1)<BR /> Gemini Cable System<BR /> TAT-12/13<BR /> TAT-14<BR /> TyCom Transatlantic<BR /> Yellow/Atlantic Crossing-2 (AC-2)<BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="193"><HR /> <FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><B>Europe-Africa-Asia<BR /> <HR /> </B></FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="193" valign="top"><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Africa ONE<BR /> FLAG Europe-Asia<BR /> SAFE<BR /> SAT-3/WASC<BR /> SeaMeWe-3<BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Intra-Asian<BR /> <HR /> </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="190" valign="top"><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">APCN<BR /> APCN-2<BR /> Australia-Japan<BR /> C2C Cable Network/TyCom Pan-Asia<BR /> East Asia Crossing (EAC)<BR /> FLAG North Asia Loop/Tiger<BR /> Guam-Philippines (G-P) Cable<BR /> i2i Cable Network<BR /> Nava-1<BR /> South East Asia Cable Network<BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cable/" rel="tag">cable</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/undersea/" rel="tag">undersea</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/maritime/" rel="tag">maritime</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bandwidth/" rel="tag">bandwidth</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/worldwide/" rel="tag">worldwide</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fibre+optics/" rel="tag">fibre optics</a></div>http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpgThu, 08 May 2008 06:44:23 GMTWorld's toughest race http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/74D1D0B0-F599-441A-9DA4-2DBC9D78605A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> A rigorous endurance test for a just cause... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery.html" title="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery.html">www.saharamarathon.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="title" class="title"> <H1>The Marathon Des Sables</H1> <H2>In aid of Facing Africa / NOMA</H2> <H2>Picture gallery</H2> </DIV></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery_1.html" title="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery_1.html">www.saharamarathon.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A4F48E4E-93C1-4FFB-BC13-349BEF9DB969.jpg" alt="Race Start" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/423D1D93-2DF3-4131-A960-A1090898872B.jpg" alt="Race Start" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7291F099-F50D-4226-8E1C-5E6D0E933383.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9157A3D5-91A8-4E4D-AFC3-74524AF1D321.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0660DFE9-4331-4BAF-8D25-B93E4470B570.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/47D7FA02-3C31-48A2-9DB5-9EA73E28D164.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery_4.html" title="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery_4.html">www.saharamarathon.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3FC97AC6-FCE4-44C6-B2BF-5D169EB7034E.jpg" alt="Camp Scene" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><IMG width="250" height="150" border="0" alt="Runners" src="http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/images/MDS94-Runners-5.jpg" /></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/D852A4A8-F743-4CAA-83C9-052612CBEB8D.jpg" alt="Camp Scene" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/FB90BB5C-AB21-402C-A0B0-C7017EE71252.jpg" alt="Medical Tent" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/91D3F199-EB69-4454-9508-82894335DB18.jpg" alt="Comms Tent" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9AD571C9-15EA-40C8-A1AF-1A8C51145B41.jpg" alt="Medical Tent" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/30E50F72-FE42-4FC6-AEA9-18B7A07C0063.jpg" alt="Medical Tent" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/843CD2F3-A54B-4F32-89EE-51DD0C6E1491.jpg" alt="Race Finnish" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/F59C9308-7AF7-4E39-9507-01A750637D11.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2D7C4F07-8642-44CB-A021-64A3495D6CED.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/409639D9-FBF5-4A3D-AF49-1E0CEE1112EE.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8FC84441-D7EC-4630-94F5-C484F4BD3305.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2A44B340-825B-48F4-B87F-FE90F7FFE940.jpg" alt="Runners" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/marathon+des+sables/" rel="tag">marathon des sables</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">morocco</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/run/" rel="tag">run</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/terry+fox/" rel="tag">terry fox</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/noma/" rel="tag">noma</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sahara+desert/" rel="tag">sahara desert</a></div>http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/gallery.htmlWed, 16 Apr 2008 06:23:35 GMTCountry briefs - valuable worldwide data http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0E0494F1-80C5-48DC-9A93-B8489984DF84/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> I guess its a wealth of information from a very reliable source... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.economist.com/countries/" title="http://www.economist.com/countries/">www.economist.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/countries/headers/countrybriefings.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif"> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Algeria"><B>Algeria</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Angola"><B>Angola</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Argentina"><B>Argentina</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Australia"><B>Australia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Austria"><B>Austria</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Azerbaijan"><B>Azerbaijan</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Bahrain"><B>Bahrain</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Bangladesh"><B>Bangladesh</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Belgium"><B>Belgium</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Brazil"><B>Brazil</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Britain"><B>Britain</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Bulgaria"><B>Bulgaria</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Canada"><B>Canada</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Chile"><B>Chile</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/China"><B>China</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Colombia"><B>Colombia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/CostaRica"><B>Costa Rica</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Croatia"><B>Croatia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Cuba"><B>Cuba</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Cyprus"><B>Cyprus</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/CzechRepublic"><B>Czech Republic</B></A><BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif"> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Denmark"><B>Denmark</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/DominicanRepublic"><B>Dominican Republic</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Ecuador"><B>Ecuador</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Egypt"><B>Egypt</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/ElSalvador"><B>El Salvador</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Estonia"><B>Estonia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Finland"><B>Finland</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/France"><B>France</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Germany"><B>Germany</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Greece"><B>Greece</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/HongKong"><B>Hong Kong</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Hungary"><B>Hungary</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/India"><B>India</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Indonesia"><B>Indonesia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Iran"><B>Iran</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Iraq"><B>Iraq</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Ireland"><B>Ireland</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Israel"><B>Israel</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Italy"><B>Italy</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Japan"><B>Japan</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Jordan"><B>Jordan</B></A><BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif"> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Kazakhstan"><B>Kazakhstan</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Kuwait"><B>Kuwait</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Latvia"><B>Latvia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/libya"><B>Libya</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Lithuania"><B>Lithuania</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Malaysia"><B>Malaysia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Mexico"><B>Mexico</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Morocco"><B>Morocco</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Netherlands"><B>Netherlands</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/NewZealand"><B>New Zealand</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Nigeria"><B>Nigeria</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Norway"><B>Norway</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Pakistan"><B>Pakistan</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Peru"><B>Peru</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Philippines"><B>Philippines</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Poland"><B>Poland</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Portugal"><B>Portugal</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Qatar"><B>Qatar</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Romania"><B>Romania</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Russia"><B>Russia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/SaudiArabia"><B>Saudi Arabia</B></A><BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="top"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif"> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Serbia"><B>Serbia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Singapore"><B>Singapore</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Slovakia"><B>Slovakia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Slovenia"><B>Slovenia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/SouthAfrica"><B>South Africa</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/SouthKorea"><B>South Korea</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Spain"><B>Spain</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/SriLanka"><B>Sri Lanka</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Sweden"><B>Sweden</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Switzerland"><B>Switzerland</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Taiwan"><B>Taiwan</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Thailand"><B>Thailand</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Tunisia"><B>Tunisia</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Turkey"><B>Turkey</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Ukraine"><B>Ukraine</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/UnitedArabEmirates"><B>United Arab Emirates</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/USA"><B>United States</B></A><BR /> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Venezuela"><B>Venezuela</B></A><BR /><DIV> <A href="http://www.economist.com/countries/Vietnam"><B>Vietnam</B></A></DIV> <BR /> <BR /> </FONT></TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/ecdc_125x34.gif" alt="Economist.com" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/opinion.gif" alt="OPINION" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/world.gif" alt="WORLD" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/business.gif" alt="BUSINESS" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/finance.gif" alt="FINANCE" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/science.gif" alt="SCIENCE" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/people.gif" alt="PEOPLE" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/books-arts.gif" alt="BOOKS & ARTS" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/markets.gif" alt="MARKETS" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://www.economist.com/images/navigation/diversions.gif" alt="DIVERSIONS" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/country+profiles/" rel="tag">country profiles</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/forecasts/" rel="tag">forecasts</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/statistics/" rel="tag">statistics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/worldwide/" rel="tag">worldwide</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/finance/" rel="tag">finance</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/economics/" rel="tag">economics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/database/" rel="tag">database</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/da/" rel="tag">da</a></div>http://www.economist.com/countries/Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:06:00 GMTTop 25 censored stories for 2008http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/20120883-75F3-429B-8993-CEAE2E227627/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Obviously a lot at stake here! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2008/" title="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2008/">www.projectcensored.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-no-habeas-corpus-for-any-person/">#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-bush-moves-toward-martial-law/">#2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-africom-us-military-control-of-africas-resources/"># 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/4-frenzy-of-increasingly-destructive-trade-agreements/"># 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/5-human-traffic-builds-us-embassy-in-iraq/">#5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/6-operation-falcon-raids/">#6 Operation FALCON Raids</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/7-behind-blackwater-inc/">#7 Behind Blackwater Inc.</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/8-kia-the-us-neoliberal-invasion-of-india/">#8 KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-privatization-of-americas-infrastructure/">#9 Privatization of America’s Infrastructure</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/10-vulture-funds-threaten-poor-nations-debt-relief/"># 10 Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations’ Debt Relief</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/11-the-scam-of-reconstruction-in-afghanistan/"># 11 The Scam of “Reconstruction” in Afghanistan</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/12-another-massacre-in-haiti-by-un-troops/"># 12 Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/13-immigrant-roundups-to-gain-cheap-labor-for-us-corporate-giants/"># 13 Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/14-impunity-for-us-war-criminals/"># 14 Impunity for US War Criminals</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/15-toxic-exposure-can-be-transmitted-to-future-generations-on-a-second-gene/"># 15 Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a “Second Genetic Code”</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/16-no-hard-evidence-connecting-bin-laden-to-9-11/">#16 No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/17-drinking-water-contaminated-by-military-and-corporations/"># 17 Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/18-mexicos-stolen-election/"># 18 Mexico’s Stolen Election</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/19-peoples-movement-challenges-neoliberal-agenda/"># 19 People’s Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda</A></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><A href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/20-terror-act-against-animal-activists/"># 20 Terror Act Against Animal Activists</A></LI></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">censorship</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iran/" rel="tag">iran</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">iraq</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/osama+bin+laden/" rel="tag">osama bin laden</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bush/" rel="tag">bush</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/9%2f11/" rel="tag">9/11</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wto/" rel="tag">wto</a></div>http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2008/Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:50:03 GMTLake Asal Djibouti - most saline waterbody on Earthhttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CBA5AB35-BDE2-46BB-BD64-00323BA5A76E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> another popular location in unpopular Africa?! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nature-blog.com/2008/03/lake-assal-djibouti.html" title="http://www.nature-blog.com/2008/03/lake-assal-djibouti.html">www.nature-blog.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3 class="post-title entry-title"> <A href="http://www.nature-blog.com/2008/03/lake-assal-djibouti.html">Lake Assal - Djibouti</A> </H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><A href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2175238454_ee525375c1_o.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2113/2175238454_ee525375c1_o.jpg" /></A>Lake Asal (Lake Assal) is a crater lake in central Djibouti, located at the southern border of Tadjoura Region, touching Dikhil Region. It lies 153 m (502 ft) below sea level in the Afar Depression and is the lowest point in Africa. It measures 10 by 7 km and has an area of 54 km². The mean depth is 7.4 meters, which makes for a water volume of 400 million m³. The catchment area measures 900 km². It is surrounded by a salt pan (extending west and mainly northwest). The salt is mined and transported by caravan to Ethiopia.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Lake Asal is the most saline body of water on earth, with 34.8 percent more salt than the Dead Sea (at a depth of 20 meters, as much as 39.8 percent has been measured). The sources of the lake are subsurface springs, which are fed by the Gulf of Tadjoura (Golfe de Tadjoura), the eastern extension of the Gulf of Aden, specifically the nearly closed-off bay Ghoubet Kharab, about 10 km southeast of the lake.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0183AEA4-8034-417D-B7FB-B4EB0640B7E4.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E85ACA48-5249-4E30-A607-ED83DF4ACC0C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8F01E375-8B56-4AC5-8C37-273F375158C0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/72069E4F-2EB9-4C82-A6AD-7EE6E9F2189A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/50FA166A-BF0B-4C03-9C38-D79F35B29D31.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5C0CAFF8-32B5-4D5E-83F9-2D2714993D6B.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6E0644CC-32A6-4EA0-8037-8E4DE935C75C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0359C2EB-6EF7-474D-95C5-536981052C5E.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1405F52A-ED9B-4E9E-AC55-6251C3208C28.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6EEC2EAA-B54D-4C24-A070-86018AC20356.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0E22143D-1786-4407-8485-13DA2F0F6663.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/geography/" rel="tag">geography</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/geology/" rel="tag">geology</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/salt+pans/" rel="tag">salt pans</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/djibouti/" rel="tag">djibouti</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a></div>http://www.nature-blog.com/2008/03/lake-assal-djibouti.htmlMon, 31 Mar 2008 06:38:12 GMTHippo & tortoise - a 'hare' raisin story! http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AE38FEFA-7554-473A-94D1-08FC018A2122/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> So much to learn ...yet we claim to be the superior species?! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/nature/37-nature/100-hippo-turtle" title="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/nature/37-nature/100-hippo-turtle">www.euphoria-magazine.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TABLE class="contentpaneopen"> <TBODY><TR> <TD width="100%" class="contentheading"> <A class="contentpagetitle" href="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/nature/37-nature/100-hippo-turtle"> Baby hippo and the tortoise</A> </TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Incredible photos of a baby hippo that was stranded by the tsunami and the tortoise that adopted him.</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him. "It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.<BR /></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/4C289F4C-5F37-4E4B-8A15-EE53FA3D055D.jpg" alt="hippo" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6EE5C549-E62E-471C-8A69-F920213BE282.jpg" alt="hippo" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B4345026-7C23-4D15-AB36-86CDE2E78C87.jpg" alt="hippo" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animal+kingdom/" rel="tag">animal kingdom</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/mombasa/" rel="tag">mombasa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/tortoise/" rel="tag">tortoise</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hippopotamus/" rel="tag">hippopotamus</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">kenya</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sabaki+river/" rel="tag">sabaki river</a></div>http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/nature/37-nature/100-hippo-turtleWed, 26 Mar 2008 10:33:42 GMTOut of Africa....http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/23FED43B-0CC0-4E24-99EF-5FF15BD2C619/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://thecontaminated.com/46-pictures-of-africa-taken-from-the-sky/" title="http://thecontaminated.com/46-pictures-of-africa-taken-from-the-sky/">thecontaminated.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><A rel="bookmark" href="http://thecontaminated.com/46-pictures-of-africa-taken-from-the-sky/" title="Permanent Link to 46 Pictures Of Africa Taken From The Sky">46 Pictures Of Africa Taken From The Sky</A></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Take a look at those 46 pictures of Africa taken from the sky. Those photos maybe will leave you without breath, simply amazing. Just relax and enjoy at those beautiful landscapes of Africa.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/7E338640-1E15-4220-AD68-9BCF850C1214.jpg" alt="africa from the air 42" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/71C35FCC-91A0-432D-B0E6-D366FE81A33C.jpg" alt="africa from the air 41" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/BC0CF0AC-E6D6-43BB-9EF5-B562E9CD7CAA.jpg" alt="africa from the air 40" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B61EDD59-BECE-4365-93F0-72046D3D2CC4.jpg" alt="africa from the air 39" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CC73600C-87A8-4272-99E2-49656276C840.jpg" alt="africa from the air 38" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/55860691-07F0-4430-B4E7-207CF447E074.jpg" alt="africa from the air 37" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/97C9974E-392D-44C9-8767-B3194048D109.jpg" alt="africa from the air 26" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/3F8E5D7F-5B76-4709-963E-A33B5575EEC1.jpg" alt="africa from the air 23" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/5637565A-85CC-4EB2-B4E5-8D4048497D04.jpg" alt="africa from the air 16" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/61F5C7FF-A20C-45BA-AFE8-5282000766C2.jpg" alt="africa from the air 6" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/69855902-565F-45D1-99E9-CCFEB44BD498.jpg" alt="africa from the air 3" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">wildlife</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hippos/" rel="tag">hippos</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/giraffes/" rel="tag">giraffes</a></div>http://thecontaminated.com/46-pictures-of-africa-taken-from-the-sky/Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:01:15 GMT10 most puzzling ancient artifactshttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B66F4A55-0D88-4517-8C09-0437122A2E84/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/history/39-history/79-the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifacts" title="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/history/39-history/79-the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifacts">www.euphoria-magazine.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="100%" class="contentheading"> <A class="contentpagetitle" href="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/history/39-history/79-the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifacts"> The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts</A> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The Grooved Spheres</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2A949A13-B80F-4574-862D-387838D5C263.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Over the last few decades, miners in South Africa have been digging up mysterious metal spheres.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The Dropa Stones</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/267456D7-94EC-492E-9047-0B9D187AD0AD.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">In 1938, an archeological expedition led by Dr. Chi Pu Tei into the Baian-Kara-Ula mountains of China made an astonishing discovery </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The Ica Stones</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/260D48F5-BB8A-4FBE-A02A-1C79EE72D34C.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Beginning in the 1930s, the father of Dr. Javier Cabrera, Cultural Anthropologist for Ica, Peru, discovered many hundreds of ceremonial burial stones</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The Antikythera Mechanism</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EC1F5C06-98E8-416B-AE4E-B640715E44C7.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A perplexing artifact was recovered by sponge-divers from a shipwreck in 1900 off the coast of Antikythera, a small island that lies northwest of Crete. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The Baghdad Battery</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/E5602990-664F-4CE7-8687-1081EC1C962A.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Today batteries can be found in any grocery, drug, convenience and department store you come across. Well, here's a battery that's 2,000 years old! Known as the Baghdad Battery,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>The Coso Artifact</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C14BA64D-7AE6-4008-A5FF-73DB78D1CAAC.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">While mineral hunting in the mountains of California near Olancha during the winter of 1961,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Ancient Model Aircraft</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0D63D770-FFB8-4F62-8666-EBFD53513E7A.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0B262AA2-C2CD-43A4-B917-C06EC7CF1743.jpg" alt="Ancient Artifacts" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/artifacts/" rel="tag">artifacts</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/puzzling/" rel="tag">puzzling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/civilization/" rel="tag">civilization</a></div>http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/history/39-history/79-the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifactsMon, 10 Mar 2008 06:01:25 GMT'Merchant of Death' nabbed by Thai policehttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/EE5338F4-9FDB-4CD4-9556-DFBD3AB516B1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer">news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/SIG=br2v03;_ylt=AinKW90iTFHdE8y6VFo8wBT9xg8F/*http://www.ap.org"><IMG width="106" height="27" border="0" alt="AP" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/ap_logo_106.png" /></A> </DIV> Thais nab so-called 'Merchant of Death' </H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/17D658DD-2979-4ED0-BD28-BB97A231C804.jpg" alt="Russian Viktor Bout sits at the head of the Crime Suppression Bureau following his arrest in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday March 6, 2008. Bout, one of the world's most notorious arms dealers was arrested Thursday in Bangkok on allegations that he supplied Colombian rebels with arms and explosives, Thai police said. (AP Photo)" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="source"><A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Bangkok2C-Thailand-Bangkok/photo//080306/481/6a578fe362c942dba933f52901a2ef4c//s:/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer;_ylt=AtYuLtSsvYESt3YfQK.XUv_9xg8F">AP Photo:</A> Russian Viktor Bout sits at the head of the Crime Suppression Bureau following his arrest... </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> BANGKOK, Thailand - The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_0" class="yshortcuts">Thailand</SPAN>, where authorities are investigating if he used the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, officials said Friday. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Viktor Bout, a 41-year-old whose dealings reportedly inspired a 2005 movie about the illicit arms trade, is accused of running weapons to <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_1" class="yshortcuts">al-Qaida</SPAN>, the <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_2" class="yshortcuts">Taliban</SPAN> and parties involved in bloody conflicts across Africa. He was arrested at a Bangkok hotel after a four-month sting operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Thai and U.S. authorities said.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"He is called the 'Merchant of Death' and 'Man of War' for a reason," Thomas Pasquarello, regional director of the DEA, said in <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_3" class="yshortcuts">Bangkok</SPAN>.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/victor+bout/" rel="tag">victor bout</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/arms+dealer/" rel="tag">arms dealer</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usdea/" rel="tag">usdea</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/thailand/" rel="tag">thailand</a></div>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealerFri, 07 Mar 2008 11:59:50 GMTWant a laugh - this is ser...err quite hilarious!http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D90C9DFC-E9C0-428A-9315-7D8CFCC4E451/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Brilliant animation and sense of humor... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.endofworld.net/" title="http://www.endofworld.net/">www.endofworld.net</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><CENTER> <TABLE width="780" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY><TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE> <BR /><DIV> Click start once it has finished loading to play the movie.</DIV> <BR /> <BR /> <TABLE width="780" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <TBODY><TR> <TD align="center"> Disclaimer:<BR /> We didn't create this flash animation.<BR /><DIV> Whoever did create this please come forth and let us know so we can put your credits on this website (<A href="http://www.endofworld.net">end of world</A>. We just found this end of world flash so funny we decided to make a website for it. We shall not be help liable for any damages lost or imputed profits or royalties arising...</DIV> <BR /> Other sites of interest<BR /> <A href="http://www.webafrica.co.za/">Web Africa</A> - Web hosting and domain registration south africa<BR /> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.rupyb.com">RupyB</A> - Arbing about <BR /> <A href="http://www.capetown-direct.com/">Cape Town Accommodation</A> - Commission free accommodation<BR /> <A href="http://www.cpprop.com/">Cape Town Private Properties</A> - Cape Town property & south africa villa rentals<BR /> <A href="http://www.swazz.org/">Swazz Web Development tools</A> (coming soon)<BR /> <A href="http://www.websupergoo.com/"><B>We recommend the ABCpdf component for VB PDF generation</B></A><BR /><DIV> <A href="http://www.powergrep.com/"><B>PowerGREP - the best grep tool available.</B></A></DIV> <BR /> </TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </CENTER></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animation/" rel="tag">animation</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nuclear/" rel="tag">nuclear</a></div>http://www.endofworld.net/Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:16:12 GMT