Clipmarks | hitchhiker08's 'russia' clips

Palin Is Ready? Please.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:27:27 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Fareed Zakaria - plain n simply speakin' Palin

Palin Is Ready? Please.

McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, that is simply not true.

Fareed Zakaria

Will someone please put out of her agony?

CBS's questioned her in her trademark sympathetic style. It didn't help. When asked how living in the state closest to gave her foreign-policy experience, Palin responded thus:

"It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America. Where—where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to—to our state."

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska.

Tags: sarah palin, mccain, fareed zakaria, time, vp, us

Human Smiley-Face for Google Earth

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:14:18 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08

Clip Source: www.odditycentral.com

Human Smiley-Face for Google Earth

The people of Russian city Chelyabinsk have found a unique way to make their beloved city known to the entire world by using Google Earth.

In a carefully planed event, the citizens of Chelyabinsk calculated when Google’s satellite, “Quick Bird”, passes directly over the city and formed a yellow smiley face that could be noticed from out of space.

The result of their organized effort will be seen the next time Google Earth updates, but whether they get the exposure they were looking for or not, the people behind the Smiley-Face of Chelyabinsk have our congratulations for the effort.

Tags: chelyabinsk, russia, google earth, human formation, sattelite, quick bird, smiley

20 Visually Arresting but Threatened Forests

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:38:07 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: What a disaster...save our forests, plant trees

Clip Source: webecoist.com

20 Visually Arresting but Threatened Forests

1. Sherwood Forest

once a thick and dark mass of trees covering 100,000 acres is now a spartan 450 acres

2. Cork Bark Forest

cork bark forest of the Mediterranean is a case where industry actually preserves this unique biome

3. The Christmas Tree

what is left of the Fraser Fir in nature can be found in the majestic Great

4. Appalachian Hemlock Forests

5. The Cloud Forests

6. The California Old-Growth Forests

7. The Tongass: the Only Coastal Temperate Rainforest

8. The Inland Rainforest

9. The Great Bear Rainforest

10. The Daniel Boone National…Tree Farm

11. Oregon Heritage Forests

12. South America: the Murici Reserve

13. Mau Forest Complex

14. The Strangest Forest on Earth

15. Down Under

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16. Weld River Valley

17. The Sierra Nevada

18. North American Boreal Forest

19. Mauna Kea and Kilauea

20. Papua New Guinea: Gone in 13 Years?

There are dozens of additional threatened forests around the world, from unusual micro-biomes to the taiga to Russia to Africa and beyond.

Tags: forest, ecology, nature, deforestation

Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:54:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?

Putin may strip CNN of its Russian broadcasting rights after it refused to air a 30 minute exclusive interview he gave the network.

About two weeks ago, Putin gave the network an exclusive 30-minute interview.

It was never allowed to air. CNN doesn't know it yet, but that decision might have cost them their Russian broadcasting rights.

"This was unprecedented access to Russia's powerful prime minister, the former KGB spy now increasingly at odds with Washington," an overly dramatic voice-over introduced the segment as Chance and Putin enjoyed pre-game banter

Matthew Chance: But it's been no secret either that for years you've been urging the West to take more seriously Russia's concerns about international issues

Vladimir Putin: Of course not. What is more, we did not seek such conflicts and do not want them in the future.

Not only did CNN delete Putin's historical roundup of relations between Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia

Tags: cnn, russia, putin, georgia, us, news channel

Tornado in Siberia

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:18:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bizarre - are we still going to refute effects of global warming?!

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Tornado in Siberia

Tornado? Well, it’s OK on Cuba, Haiti, in Florida, Louisiana or even Texas, but tornado in cold cold Siberia? Noway! But not in this year, already a few of the have been spotted slashing through Siberian woods. Something is changing in the climate, really.

And the video:

Tags: russia, tornado, siberia, weather, global warming

10 Homes that Defy Gravity

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:19:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing pads!

Clip Source: www.oddee.com

10 Homes that Defy Gravity

Wozoco Apartments (Amsterdam-Osdorp, Netherlands)

A zoning law and blueprint flub were the inspiration for this apartment complex.

Floating Castle (Ukraine)

Supported by a single cantilever --and quite discussed at Panoramio, this mysterious levitating farm house belongs in a sci-fi flick.

Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)

Apartments connect and stack like Lego blocks in Montreal's Habitat 67.

Free Spirit Spheres (British Columbia, Canada)

Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown, making a tree house.

Cube House (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Living in a tilted house is much easier than it looks—just ask the people living in these the Kijk-Kubus homes.

Gangster's House (Archangelsk, Russia)

Russian gangster Nikolai Sutyagin’s home is certainly unusual.

begun in 1992 stands 13 floors, 144 feet high.

Mushroom House (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Upside-Down House (Syzmbark, Poland)

Pod House (New Rochelle, New York)

Heliotrope Rotating House (Freiburg, Germany)

Tags: architecture, gravtational force, apartments, housing

Coldest Places on Earth

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:44:44 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Did I hear someone say cool? Coolest!

Clip Source: www.mentalfloss.com

The Coldest Places on Earth
by Miss Cellania - January 24, 2008 - 4:05 AM

International Falls

International Falls, Minnesota is known as the coldest spot in the lower 48 states. The town of almost 7,000 people has an average temperature of 36.4 °F (2 °C). The average low for December, January, and February is below zero.

Umiat

Umiat, Alaska is the coldest place in the United States, with an average temperature of 10.1°F.

Snag

picture of Jim Brader shows what it’s like to be a meteorologist in Alaska

on his way to the Snag airstrip in Yukon, Canada.

Frozen breath hangs in the air for up to 15 minutes, making it easy to find where someone has gone.

Northice Station

The coldest place in the western hemisphere is Greenland

Yakutsk

Yakutsk, capital of the Yakutia region in Siberia claims to be the coldest city on earth

Verkhoyansk

Verkhoyansk, in the Yakutia region of Siberia

Oymyakon

Oymyakon, the other village

the Yakutia region of Russia

Vostok Station

coldest place

Vostok Station,

-89.2 °C

Tags: winter, ice, snow, alaska, russia, canada, freezing

Pizza(zz) around the World

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:59:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Couldn't have said it better: 'bastardize the Italian tradition'. I still love the thin crust plain cheese ...

Clip Source: www.ruethedayblog.com

Around the World In Pizza Time

Americans definitely love pizza (eating 350 slices of it per second

we could bastardize the Italian tradition by adding things like pineapple and barbecue sauce

Amsterdam -These brilliant smokers have cross-bred pizza with hot dogs.

Australia -Throw another shrimp on the barbie pizza, mate.

Brazil -Hard boiled eggs and peas on your pie? Why not?

China -Many pizzas here have a thousand island dressing base.

Costa Rica -They love coconut. If pineapple is great on pizza, why not coconut?

France -A popular combination is known as the Flambee and has bacon, onions and fresh cream.

Germany

A sunny side up egg on your pizza is a great way to wake up

India

Chicken tikka pizza is also popular

Korea

whole shrimp cheese

Japan

squid and Mayo Jaga (a combination of mayonnaise, potatoes and bacon

Pakistan

Curry

on pizza

Russia -Mockba (a blend of sardines, tuna, salmon, mackerel and onions)

Sweden -Their “Hawaiian” pizza has bananas, ham and curry powder

Venezuela

Corn and goat cheese

Tags: pizza, crust, cuisine, oven, dough

7 Terrible Abuses Suffered By Women Around The World

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:45:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Barbaric - we have no right to call ourselves developed nations of the 21st century until such scourges are removed from the face of this earth forever and those guilty of these heinous crimes are severely punished. I ask what 'honor' do people speak of when they treat women so degradingly?!

Clip Source: listverse.com

7 Terrible Abuses Suffered By Women Around The World

Ritual servitude

Ghana, a family may be punished for an offense by having to turn over a virgin female to serve as a sex slave within the offended family.

Human trafficking

former Eastern bloc countries such as Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

major trafficking source countries for women and children.

Female genital mutilation

refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons.

Acid attacks

Acid Attacks are a violent phenomena that primarily occur in Afghanistan.

Bride burning

Bride Burning is a form of domestic violence practiced in parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries located on or around the Indian subcontinent.

Honor Killing

a punitive murder, committed by members of a family

Bride kidnapping

common

in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan

Tags: women, atrocities, female, prostitution, honor killing, human trafficking

World's largest military hovercraft

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:23:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tutztutz.com

Russian World’s Largest Military Hovercraft

This is the world’s largest military hovercraft and it belongs to the Russian army. It is armed with missiles, artillery and AA defense guns and can carry a few heavy tanks at once.

After approaching to the enemy coastline it can give a burst of fire to tear of such fierce force that can tear big military ship apart, then without any slowing down start moving on the shore advancing deep inside to unload the tanks and infantry. There is a video below too.

And the video:

Tags: russia, army, hovercraft, military, arms, ammunition, tanks

St. Sophia's cathedral Kiev - made of Easter eggs

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:48:03 GMT

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Clip Source: groups.google.com

St. Sophia Cathedral's model is made of Easter eggs in Kiev

Moscow, April 21, Interfax - A model of St. Sophia Cathedral is to be built
from eggs at the central square of Kiev to Easter.

The cupolas are also being made from eggs and then will be painted gold.

Clip Source: sasisa.ru

Clip Source: groups.google.com

"Eggs construction" occupies ten square meters. Almost thousand eggs were
used to build a city of castles Kamenets-Podolsky. Fortresses and fortified
constructions of Kazacheskaya Sech, famous Lastochkino Gnezdo in Yalta and
the Black Sea are set up nearby.

Several layers of special glue were applied to harden the sculpture so that
it didn't crash down while constructed. About 17 thousand eggs were used to
create so unusual map of Ukraine apart from the thousand crushed ones, the
Vremya TV program broadcasted on the Pervy canal has reported.

The eggs map will be consecrated before Easter and then each Easter egg will
be presented as a souvenir.

Tags: st. sophia's cathedral, kiev, russia, easter eggs

Fabergés Eggs

Wed, 07 May 2008 05:29:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Certainly not cheaper by the dozen these?!

Clip Source: sense4fun.com

Fabergés Eggs

Alexander III Equestrian' Egg

They were produced by a jeweler called Peter Carl Fabergé and are made of expensive metals or gemstones decorated with combinations of enamel and gems. The term ‘Fabergé Egg’ has become a synonym of luxury and the eggs are regarded as masterpieces of the jeweler’s fine art. Peter Carl Fabergé original name Carl Gustavovich Fabergé (May 30, 1846–September 24, 1920) was a Russian jeweller, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials.

The Memory of Azov Egg

The Imperical Coronation Egg

Full list of Fabergés Eggs

List of Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

Faberge Eggs Collection

A kind person posted these graphics to alt.binaries.pictures.misc in early 1995; whoever you are, thank you. Research at the library provided the textual information about each egg.

Read the Introduction by H.C. Bainbridge,
a longtime associate of Carl Faberge

Tags: russia, peter carl faberge, museum, rarity, collection, auction, artifact, object d'art, heirloom

Stop baby seal hunting

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:11:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Barbarians!

Clip Source: www.ifaw.org

Save Baby Seals: End the Seal Hunt

Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada's east coast for their pelts. Over 95% of the seals killed during this hunt are just days or weeks old.

Take Action

Visit StoptheSealHunt.co.uk to Take Action!

Clip Source: www.greenexpander.com

The Seal Concentration Camp

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has been waging a war for quite some time now with the seal hunting industry. The Canadian Government insists that the seal hunt is an animal production industry like any others, while animal activists says the levels of suffering present here most than in any other industry cannot be tolerated. According to independent studies 79% of the sealers involved in the study did not check to see if an animal was dead before skinning it. Furthermore, in 40% of the cases, the sealhad had to be struck a second time, because it was still conscious after the first blow. Almost half of the seals were conscious when skinned.

Tags: seals, newfoundland, canada, nova scoatia, ifaw.org, stopthesealhunt.org, arkhangelsk, russia, italy

Lenin swims away!

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:04:36 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Done for a Hungarian film production on Margaret Island in Budapest. Talk about deserting ship!

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Lenin Swims Away

When the old Lenin becomes unwanted he just swims away…

Tags: lenin, hungary, margaret island, budapest, russia, humor

Country briefs - valuable worldwide data

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:06:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I guess its a wealth of information from a very reliable source...

Clip Source: www.economist.com

Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Britain
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan

Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Latvia
Libya
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia

Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Venezuela

Vietnam

Tags: news, country profiles, forecasts, statistics, worldwide, finance, economics, database, da