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<span lang="">"American money," in the words of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, "is the ugliest money in the world." Every note is the same color and size, making for a particularly monotonous currency. Here are some more imaginative notes from around the world.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span lang="">Australia was the first to make its legal tender out of plastic polymers, which last four times as long as conventional notes and provide much greater security against counterfeiting. Yet they are still recyclable when retired from circulation. A transparent window and a raised printing process called intaglio allow blind people to feel the difference among the denominations.</span><br />
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Cambodian 500 Riel Note</h3>
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The U.S. dollar is widely accepted as Cambodia’s currency, but folks use riels for amounts smaller than $1. With its depiction of Angkor Wat on the front and the Kizuna Bridge over the Mekong (signifying friendship with Japan) on the back, the 500-riel note is practically a postcard. And since the exchange rate (5,000 riels to one U.S. dollar) makes this note worth about 10 cents, it’s cheaper than buying one.<br />
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South African Rand</h3>
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Want to know which animals constitute The Big Five? Just check your South African currency, which has likenesses of the rhino, African elephant, lion, Cape buffalo and leopard. Some South Africans even refer to notes by the animal, so “a buffalo” means 100 rand. A rash of counterfeit 200-rand notes before the World Cup in 2010 caused many merchants to stop accepting them.<br />
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French Polynesian 10,000 Franc Note</h3>
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Just one look at this bill from French Polynesia in the South Pacific and all your cares seem to melt away. No stuffy pictures of conquering war heroes here. These notes feature pretty women with flowers in their hair, traditional thatched-roof huts perfect for afternoon naps, unspoiled corals, tropical fish in a rainbow of colors and denominations, and palm trees swaying in the breeze.<br />
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Salt Spring Island, Canada, $5 Note</h3>
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Remember Disney Dollars, those commemorative bills you could purchase with real dollars but then never redeem after leaving the theme park? Salt Spring Island, part of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, took the idea a step further in 2001, issuing these beautiful notes that celebrate the community. Many island merchants, including banks and the post office, offer a discount for using the local currency.<br />
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Chemainus, Canada, $5 Note</h3>
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Encouraged by the success of Salt Spring dollars, the tiny Vancouver Island community of Chemainus (population 3,900) started issuing its own currency in 2010. It proved unimaginably popular: Collectors quickly snapped up all the $100 notes, and neighboring towns started accepting the bills. Emily Carr, whose paintings are synonymous with Chemainus’ First Nations communities and their respect for the natural surroundings, graces each bill.<br />
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Indian 0 Rupee Note</h3>
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A charity known as Fifth Pillar started printing these bills in 2010 to protest widespread corruption in India. Like all of the country’s legal tender, the zero-rupee bill features a likeness of Mahatma Gandhi. But it also declares “I promise to neither accept nor give bribe.” Be careful who you give these to; you might get a fat lip as your change.<br />
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Swiss Franc</h3>
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Not only are Swiss francs one of the world’s most stable currencies, they’re also one of the few that are meant to be viewed vertically. And where most currencies would feature a dead president, Switzerland's franc instead celebrates cultural icons, all of whom made their marks in the 20th century, from the architect Le Corbusier to historian Jacob Burckhardt.<br />
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Zimbabwean (Abandoned) 100 Trillion</h3>
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Hyperinflation caused Zimbabwe to tack zeroes onto its notes repeatedly, and still people had to carry bushels of bills to complete simple purchases. Hard currencies like the South African rand and the U.S. dollar were legalized for use in Zimbabwe in 2009, rendering Zimbabwean dollars, even trillions of them, worthless. Except, that is, on eBay, where they’re a hot commodity among collectors.<br />
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Eritrean Nakfa</h3>
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Eritrea has only been an independent African nation for two decades, so its currency eschews former heads of state in favor of typical Eritreans of today. And each note features not just one, but three figures from the current era, usually smiling young women festooned with jewels.<br />
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Colombian 50,000 Peso Note</h3>
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Most of Colombia’s currency is unremarkable, but this latest note, first issued in 2000, is an exception, even though it depicts a long-dead white man on its obverse. The likeness of author Jorge Isaacs is rakishly rotated vertically, and a paragraph of his 1867 novel, La Maria, overlays an image of El Paraiso, the hacienda where much of the book takes place.<br />
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New Zealand $5 Note</h3>
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Sir Edmund Hillary did something even more rare than conquer Mount Everest. In 1992, he became one of the few non-heads of state to appear on a nation’s currency while still alive. (The U.S. has a law forbidding living people from appearing on its bills.) Hillary, who died in 2008, agreed to be depicted only if New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook, were the backdrop rather than Everest.<br />
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Antarctican Dollars</h3>
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Antarctica isn’t a country, so these notes aren’t legal tender. But they’re accepted like cash at the few places on the continent where money is needed. The funds raised from selling these colorful notes as collectors' items goes to fund research projects like the one featured on the $100 bill: investigating the hole in the ozone layer.</div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-48500064178505457412011-06-20T04:13:00.000-07:002012-01-16T10:40:04.105-08:00Original handle transmissions<script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hours after news broke of <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Kim Kardashian</strong>'s engagement to <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Kris Humphries</strong> after about six months of dating, her little sister <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Khloe</strong> predicted a monstrous, royal bash for her sister. 30.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"It's going to be royal wedding number two," Khloe, 26, told E! News Wednesday. "I could only imagine Kim having the hugest wedding."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a name='more'></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Khloe, of course, has been happily married to <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Lamar Odom</strong> for about a year and a half, and she knows that her sister has already dealt with one agonizing decision: Her maid of honor.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She said Kim, 30, will do what she did at her nuptials and give both Khloe and <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Kourtney</strong>, 32, the special title. "I made both of them my maid of honor," Khloe said. "You can't choose."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One major difference between Kim and Khloe's special day? Mom <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Kris Jenner</strong> told Us Weekly: "She's giving me more than nine days to plan a wedding like Khloe so fabulously did!"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Adder Jenner, "Kim will have more to do with this one. She has time. She's going to plan it out. She has a definite, specific thing that she has in her mind I'm sure. It's been so fast and furious that she hasn't discussed it with us."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Kim has always been a hopeless romantic," Khloe told <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Us</strong>. "She thinks she is a Disney character, like everything is a great love story. It's so sweet and cute. It's just Kim. I feel like she is very much in love with love."</i></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-40102590371669289232011-05-27T03:28:00.000-07:002011-05-27T03:28:35.641-07:00Greatest sports traditions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Hairy situation</span><span id="copy-title"> </span></i></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSr5hr91ofqP5_h8LX-brXO9k3C3axQnxVSqJroAPGdhTOUzo0EzSS2hmYmz49262llndGM3DyAIUYcy4U6nqz7gN0WA5WarBxfhd-h6Q6zqRLxgE0wqKX5dbNTK22BL9dS1VcYlhd4bI/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSr5hr91ofqP5_h8LX-brXO9k3C3axQnxVSqJroAPGdhTOUzo0EzSS2hmYmz49262llndGM3DyAIUYcy4U6nqz7gN0WA5WarBxfhd-h6Q6zqRLxgE0wqKX5dbNTK22BL9dS1VcYlhd4bI/s400/1.JPG" width="400" /></a> <i><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The dominant New York Islanders teams of the 1980s started the tradition of not shaving throughout the duration of the team’s postseason run. The practice is now copied by hockey teams at almost every level of the sport and even by athletes in other sports. The tradition isn’t for everyone though. In 2003, Adam Oates refused to join his Stanley Cup runner-up Anaheim Mighty Ducks in growing a playoff beard, noting that the supposed superstition works only for one of the 16 teams that make the postseason each year.<a name='more'></a></span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Take me out</span></i></h2><br />
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Another tale claims that then- President William Howard Taft stood to stretch during a Washington Senators game in 1910 and, upon seeing the country's leader stand, the rest of the crowd did so too. One thing we do know for certain: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was written and added to the mix in 1908.</i></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Clean up!</span></i></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIP7Q5sevKdXqoWccgXHZ21S_M6NMMvbmoI_YhJAbOc2BGfB_TqfaeIkFc-xyggb53nzZVdC9BaYNawQksMaEKo9TALu5e4uN3t6MZl_lzKOYn1cVIslvNRFSC0-EJNDbbtyvSNh_-VQ/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIP7Q5sevKdXqoWccgXHZ21S_M6NMMvbmoI_YhJAbOc2BGfB_TqfaeIkFc-xyggb53nzZVdC9BaYNawQksMaEKo9TALu5e4uN3t6MZl_lzKOYn1cVIslvNRFSC0-EJNDbbtyvSNh_-VQ/s400/3.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>While the exact origin of the Gatorade bath is disputed, it started in the mid-1980s, most likely with the Bill Parcells-coached New York Giants who went on to win the Super Bowl. Sadly, the seemingly harmless tradition has been listed as a potential contributing factor to a death. Legendary pro and college coach George Allen died of ventricular fibrillation in 1990, just six weeks after being doused in Gatorade in chilly weather. Shortly before his death, Allen said he was not feeling healthy following the incident.</i></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span id="copy-title">Net gain</span></i></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQo01Y2eiXBY90qkuTI3j4o9xnGEZy3Y7NoRUKqs3ITe8rmMaXnf0prLNoL-xRRq_djVVpxx07ZznYB1OuirTPrGPE3pRv_f0pRDKZ0ubH3mK1iVXHcELKKwfBv2w_34XxeW4jt-loHI/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQo01Y2eiXBY90qkuTI3j4o9xnGEZy3Y7NoRUKqs3ITe8rmMaXnf0prLNoL-xRRq_djVVpxx07ZznYB1OuirTPrGPE3pRv_f0pRDKZ0ubH3mK1iVXHcELKKwfBv2w_34XxeW4jt-loHI/s400/4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><i>Victorious NCAA hoops teams have been trimming the nets off rims since 1947, when North Carolina State coach Everett Case decided the nets would make a fine souvenir for his team's Southern Conference championship. Nowadays, coaches and players ascend a ladder to snip off their portion.</i></span><strong> </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><strong>Another college basketball tradition</strong><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div><h3 id="desc" style="font-weight: normal;"> </h3><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Silent Night: An evangelical college in Indiana has one of the most original traditions in college basketball. One night every year, the crowd remains dead silent until the team scores a certain point, then erupts in cheers as if they just won the national championship.</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Bright white</span></i></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURbwugLX_giaKIaZsYY9pxXy8Yvry0zYGgxEXy6nP0fC9O1956Hn9TBFYBa8oDT6HBXIIMDcGXAI_UHqZkX2ztICQfxNEhnR1LFw4I6gOVC_kVy8yMzwYn_3yKNxY5liHqUzJmcnkAnQ/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURbwugLX_giaKIaZsYY9pxXy8Yvry0zYGgxEXy6nP0fC9O1956Hn9TBFYBa8oDT6HBXIIMDcGXAI_UHqZkX2ztICQfxNEhnR1LFw4I6gOVC_kVy8yMzwYn_3yKNxY5liHqUzJmcnkAnQ/s400/5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="font-size: small;">The All England Lawn and Tennis Club's strict rules require competitors to wear "almost entirely white" when they play. Search back through the photo archives and you'll see all-white-clad players in action back at the turn of the 19th century. Slight accents of colors are allowed, but the strict policy has created plenty of controversy in this fashion-crazed sport.</span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Travel lightly</span></i></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXwEwxqFXeQPVhJq2v9MXRiuou1BrKkgvw9D4MkaJJcTKlxgDsLWpa9q01bihZIDD2bnZYSPggTaRVEQOVCBzg7xmzTbF60cYaqYDygEwsHugkXelAGriJh-6-_ebXVpT7r6RhBzTcNw/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXwEwxqFXeQPVhJq2v9MXRiuou1BrKkgvw9D4MkaJJcTKlxgDsLWpa9q01bihZIDD2bnZYSPggTaRVEQOVCBzg7xmzTbF60cYaqYDygEwsHugkXelAGriJh-6-_ebXVpT7r6RhBzTcNw/s400/6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="font-size: small;">A recent tradition, started in 1995, allows each player from the winning NHL team to spend one day with the revered Stanley Cup trophy in private. Some players take it to far away places; others enjoy a drink or eat food out of it; some have even used it to baptize their children. In 2007, the cup made a trip to Afghanistan, where a group of former players shared it with Canadian soldiers.</span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Going green</span></i></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM_VMC2G1RnJVZ1rDGUZaruGlQBcqat-MgnYad-wx7YufqDyIq6TGfBU9canyA5B1FzDxtOxevaGNhqibJuMZWbo8xM2So9VGnvJLULGO2bltU8PAliDYHoiYCCZk6L69vQdctgRNW28/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilM_VMC2G1RnJVZ1rDGUZaruGlQBcqat-MgnYad-wx7YufqDyIq6TGfBU9canyA5B1FzDxtOxevaGNhqibJuMZWbo8xM2So9VGnvJLULGO2bltU8PAliDYHoiYCCZk6L69vQdctgRNW28/s400/7.JPG" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span style="font-size: small;">Sports' most famous blazer has been formally awarded to the Masters champion since 1949, and was unofficially bestowed for years before that. The jacket has long been the official attire of members of the Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters is held, and champions of the event are made honorary members.</span></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="copy-title">Got milk?</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClcYJ6T8HOSqJ4ANgG3B-GvdF_oPvY1E-ZGVCSK977EDWaHn9cKRLBNZQDpSyI3AfF-WEMI5-YWFm4tqJNIarCycJPnvrwlZWywnGjbmjoqV0vjrV94SwxvIln3rJeX9trFrkmaNuRwE/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClcYJ6T8HOSqJ4ANgG3B-GvdF_oPvY1E-ZGVCSK977EDWaHn9cKRLBNZQDpSyI3AfF-WEMI5-YWFm4tqJNIarCycJPnvrwlZWywnGjbmjoqV0vjrV94SwxvIln3rJeX9trFrkmaNuRwE/s400/8.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Winners of the Indianpolis 500 have been drinking milk in victory lane since 1936, thanks to driver Louis Meyer who, after winning that year, requested a bottle of buttermilk and took a big swig for the cameras as he'd done the previous three years.</span></i></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-11526292920104884182011-03-12T02:30:00.000-08:002011-03-12T02:30:50.004-08:00Artist Alex Gross<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Alex</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gross</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">(Alex Gross)</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">lives and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">works</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Los</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Angeles</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, California</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">In</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1990</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">he graduated from</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Art Center College of Design</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Pasadena</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gross</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">original</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">paintings</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, modern</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">slightly</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">insane</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJ7tVrfVkHXz3IBVUDn9EPrVT2xMPSOwLn7Sl_30ilZTcctz_bxrrgGTnXYvcLsYcFIxGwDgjGsn8RxxxNkCVPONzQY3PhBCgaG_C9is7NGtyTf6Dx72a7_rLaML-7ioTvPKS5fsoIK4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJ7tVrfVkHXz3IBVUDn9EPrVT2xMPSOwLn7Sl_30ilZTcctz_bxrrgGTnXYvcLsYcFIxGwDgjGsn8RxxxNkCVPONzQY3PhBCgaG_C9is7NGtyTf6Dx72a7_rLaML-7ioTvPKS5fsoIK4/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9k5EfyK-wy7W7TseULNqCK0kgIX4Y3RNMgTAVRq5Crum9EsVaAlsMfxdFjX4Tgs5D_Rp-Hn3WYI4jVi_nYbjRUFx3pceb_eeEUHr8xrRJHjh5AsxLuq_mUIR_qMVF4MOWbtDB805Css/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9k5EfyK-wy7W7TseULNqCK0kgIX4Y3RNMgTAVRq5Crum9EsVaAlsMfxdFjX4Tgs5D_Rp-Hn3WYI4jVi_nYbjRUFx3pceb_eeEUHr8xrRJHjh5AsxLuq_mUIR_qMVF4MOWbtDB805Css/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Green flag symbolizes agriculture and rural areas of Zimbabwe. Yellow - minerals that rich countries. Red symbolizes the blood shed during the war for independence, black - ethnic identity of indigenous African peoples of Zimbabwe, and white - the world. "Zimbabwe Bird" (carved out of soapstone statue, found in the ruins of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe) recalls the history of Zimbabwe, the red star of the revolutionary struggle.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">18.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Seychelles</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQIvc0nD7oe0uzPhOK4eTuTdU8zpxU2hefAgJC1jmnipdvFEvKL7g90gihLfLKijgvu_tLsZPO_d5p5s8E630oAvz9OePXjTZt5GrO1OeHy4mrjuKILeajJiEvSI2kbMOKxD-6eoNhtE/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQIvc0nD7oe0uzPhOK4eTuTdU8zpxU2hefAgJC1jmnipdvFEvKL7g90gihLfLKijgvu_tLsZPO_d5p5s8E630oAvz9OePXjTZt5GrO1OeHy4mrjuKILeajJiEvSI2kbMOKxD-6eoNhtE/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Blue color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the sky</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sea</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">that surrounds</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the Seychelles</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">yellow</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the sun, which</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">provides a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">lightness of being</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the red</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">shows the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">unity of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">people</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and their desire</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to work for</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">peace</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">unity</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">love</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, white</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the rule</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of law</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, green</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the land</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">surrounding</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">wildlife</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">17.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Marshall</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Islands</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDPkgnThOJ-GMTZY3GJmwojVrG53iAGeIjioiQf1PwEKPrEuG9vH5lhcExvvNpZOJ3qHPrAy4YvmBCrnmh3xC0EB9PRSPDmL08k6rvhN0EXng1l_Bdr-dcksMH9RCi7t2yfKpTP7D3L0/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDPkgnThOJ-GMTZY3GJmwojVrG53iAGeIjioiQf1PwEKPrEuG9vH5lhcExvvNpZOJ3qHPrAy4YvmBCrnmh3xC0EB9PRSPDmL08k6rvhN0EXng1l_Bdr-dcksMH9RCi7t2yfKpTP7D3L0/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The blue color of the flag symbolizes the monarchical power, red - the people, white - religion (Buddhism and Brahmanism). The temple of Angkor Wat symbolizes the universe, supreme divine power and royal power (according to Cambodian tradition, the monarch is the mediator between gods and humans). Thus, the central symbol of the flag means a triad - Religion, Nation, King.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No15.">15. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Антигуа и Барбуда">Antigua and Barbuda</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZK9dO6aHbkAjNLJ33Tr8aoSLjbUw3IwfqWxnrRSykhegOIN_Z9oQXKsuRZ5Cj7BHV4sNi3Vg6FbHvubN1cANxypqcupm9bfyPGSj_iAaoGwYa5RmBBa92O0TzlB95IHtpl_8KDP_WKs/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZK9dO6aHbkAjNLJ33Tr8aoSLjbUw3IwfqWxnrRSykhegOIN_Z9oQXKsuRZ5Cj7BHV4sNi3Vg6FbHvubN1cANxypqcupm9bfyPGSj_iAaoGwYa5RmBBa92O0TzlB95IHtpl_8KDP_WKs/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Rising</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">dawning</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of a new</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">era</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Black</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">indicates the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">African</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">roots</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of inhabitants.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Red</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the energy of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the people.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Consistent</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">- yellow</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">blue and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">white</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">down</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">from</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the sun</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">)</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sun</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, sea</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sand</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Blue -</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a symbol of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hope</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">but</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">also symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the Caribbean Sea.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">V-shape</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a symbol of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">victory.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">14.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Burundi</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQY5y0AYfm4ScvQ557EjoJ3hrQUPst6trTJoZ93oydqH2Hgy201hST3PBL9w7YKGQeYVCNRppx7WEhbncUVzZIy-0Api_i7mLetaUWiD3g5DIqtcm4UBFhyphenhyphenaIBeCXOpp2LdFLIu01s4c/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQY5y0AYfm4ScvQ557EjoJ3hrQUPst6trTJoZ93oydqH2Hgy201hST3PBL9w7YKGQeYVCNRppx7WEhbncUVzZIy-0Api_i7mLetaUWiD3g5DIqtcm4UBFhyphenhyphenaIBeCXOpp2LdFLIu01s4c/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Colors</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the flag</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolize the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">struggle for</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">independence</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">(red</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">)</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hope</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">(green</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">)</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">peace</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">(white</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">).</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Three</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">stars</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">represent the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">national</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">motto</span><span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations">: "</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">Unity</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Work</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">Progress "</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">13.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">South</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Korea</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span></b></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Антигуа и Барбуда"> </span></span></i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwnw1wiVOKSkuaOKrXVxNgCm5hWQrq3ctNE07P7IQz49c1pgqdH5PA44wFqQAOKBR-lx4RLGhvy7XkXLkRfAqhbD66_Y7WdbSFOTNuD-d_rS-5i8OfhLfTrlcnW7QAuAzSGsaMK7Iexw/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwnw1wiVOKSkuaOKrXVxNgCm5hWQrq3ctNE07P7IQz49c1pgqdH5PA44wFqQAOKBR-lx4RLGhvy7XkXLkRfAqhbD66_Y7WdbSFOTNuD-d_rS-5i8OfhLfTrlcnW7QAuAzSGsaMK7Iexw/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>White is the national color of Korea. The central emblem reflects the views of the universe as a whole (Taoism) in this figure are two opposing energy "yin" and "yang" together and interact. At the corners are trigrams, which also consists of "yin" (broken bars) and "yang" (solid bars). Trigram means (off the top of the shaft clockwise): the sky, south, summer, and air, the moon, west, autumn, water, earth, north, winter, and the earth, the sun, east, spring, and fire. Black color means vigilance, fortitude, justice and chastity.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No12.">12. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Канада">Canada</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Канада"> </span></span></i></b></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMoCWbWXO2rCvgamQIXRJJx6qwZCTn5jlm1sQF5rVTIAycfdt9VldkrM3gnuzw9y5W6B6jWvcJQwCHHkHpZ_DAEifi4iINDIyp8DbIjkHwGwkpophuZfFkmnOYSWXwi6MNRz4NlJT7I0/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMoCWbWXO2rCvgamQIXRJJx6qwZCTn5jlm1sQF5rVTIAycfdt9VldkrM3gnuzw9y5W6B6jWvcJQwCHHkHpZ_DAEifi4iINDIyp8DbIjkHwGwkpophuZfFkmnOYSWXwi6MNRz4NlJT7I0/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The flag symbolizes the two oceans, washing the shores of Canada - Pacific and Atlantic - and concluded between them the country. Maple Leaf has to stress the unity of the nation. Red - Color of the Cross of St George symbolizes the UK. White - the color of the French monarchy.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>According to one legend, the maple leaf became the symbol of Canada under the following circumstances. In 1860 the country was first visited by the Prince of Wales. In Toronto, was expected to meet the distinguished guest. The population of the city is ready to welcome the Prince their national symbols. For example, British immigrants brought the roses, the Scottish - the branch of thistle (the symbol of Scotland). However, for the children of immigrants born in Canada, the symbol-plants was not found, because the only Canadian symbol was the beaver. However, in the late 1830's, St. John the Baptist society in Quebec has adopted as a symbol of their society maple leaf. Its a bear and offered to Canadians at a meeting with the Prince of Wales.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No11.">11. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Македония">Macedonia</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gOr-ZABJIDtpV8VwphFarq3cIk_mZwJ2NUsHA2mutALfwYt5iNmgM-AIPvKCVInlruVK-ELkSpOhZcH9baf4WdXcd5XqD1Sa4VyziW0l_2rbDYMJ2RgoUuYzZ68xXBVunVSbcvcIP-4/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gOr-ZABJIDtpV8VwphFarq3cIk_mZwJ2NUsHA2mutALfwYt5iNmgM-AIPvKCVInlruVK-ELkSpOhZcH9baf4WdXcd5XqD1Sa4VyziW0l_2rbDYMJ2RgoUuYzZ68xXBVunVSbcvcIP-4/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The flag</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">red</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">flag</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">with the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">image of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a yellow</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">with</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">eight</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">radiating</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">He</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">represents</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">"</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">a new</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of liberty</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">"</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is sung in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the national</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">anthem</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of Macedonia</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Македония"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">10.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Grenada</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Македония"> </span></span></i></b></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yWhyphenhyphenU9fkeifKU3W-MeLSR2vxRW8qIQsO0kMZqTm-MaAFfOYQtZ2ZmmwhtQyvaH1gsbBT2kRq4f1tKMn9XQL7CkiktT3olXxa9lmiwHsJXZKT7U3hxjyPmLC2_mGA-k5e8-WuJskEJwU/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yWhyphenhyphenU9fkeifKU3W-MeLSR2vxRW8qIQsO0kMZqTm-MaAFfOYQtZ2ZmmwhtQyvaH1gsbBT2kRq4f1tKMn9XQL7CkiktT3olXxa9lmiwHsJXZKT7U3hxjyPmLC2_mGA-k5e8-WuJskEJwU/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yellow symbolizes the sun over Grenada and the friendliness of its citizens, green - agriculture, red - the harmony, unity and courage. The seven stars represent the seven administrative units of Grenada. On a flag placed nutmeg cultivation which is the backbone of Grenada. Besides, the Grenada is one of the world's leading producers of nutmeg.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No9.">9. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Замбия">Zambia</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54LNoy-YGT2KoxGU2uImOs3QCUeSRomMBnVYSqbB1CbpvKHgEBu-RXgqikC9LFwUhxQM-klsdQlz16Fea9-FGFJeWIoF-pzJYJ6rbyWFgOyG0nU3EEVOBM70q1EYb8XTfEX-XZpnQYa4/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54LNoy-YGT2KoxGU2uImOs3QCUeSRomMBnVYSqbB1CbpvKHgEBu-RXgqikC9LFwUhxQM-klsdQlz16Fea9-FGFJeWIoF-pzJYJ6rbyWFgOyG0nU3EEVOBM70q1EYb8XTfEX-XZpnQYa4/s400/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The green</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">natural</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">wealth</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Red</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the blood</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">shed</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">independence</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Zambia</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Black</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">represents</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the people</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of Zambia</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Orange symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the country's wealth</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in mineral</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">resources</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">mainly</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">copper)</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">White-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">crier</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">embodies</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the rise of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the Zambian people</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">over</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">state</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">issues</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">8.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cyprus</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR064AbiPvJCdoOBitqRzX2bxmynUh8CDy2VArzTGufCcIPC5ZNICt8v24NVbRm9YDSSnMoK3PLapVg1p3Y8QwuIcYalrFdJqy-C9A0A2vyXf-W7ZOM-OK79HrP9iTJAPZqgvtRVOuuU8/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR064AbiPvJCdoOBitqRzX2bxmynUh8CDy2VArzTGufCcIPC5ZNICt8v24NVbRm9YDSSnMoK3PLapVg1p3Y8QwuIcYalrFdJqy-C9A0A2vyXf-W7ZOM-OK79HrP9iTJAPZqgvtRVOuuU8/s400/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">One of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">few</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">flags of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the world</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">where the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">card is used</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">area</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The orange color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">indicates the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">rich</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">deposits of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">copper</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">found</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cyprus</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">as early as</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">3000 BC</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">er.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Under</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the image</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the island</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">are</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">two</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">branches of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">an olive tree</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">that embodies</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">both</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">ethnic</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">groups</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">living</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in Cyprus</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Greeks and Turks</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">7.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Kiribati</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span></b></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"> </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Замбия"> </span></span></i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkntuYb5TaAFhIGURuSnyvXNRTVTJDWfRPERUEvT0n6D8cPTlIJcfCMMNqSxoqJEQ7Zge6qSfWNGc79C_imuD8zRPHTdTG4RpwMruoIUzbGEwPPVAjYBwm0lEuJLXOulE_KM_H8V7tjHs/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkntuYb5TaAFhIGURuSnyvXNRTVTJDWfRPERUEvT0n6D8cPTlIJcfCMMNqSxoqJEQ7Zge6qSfWNGc79C_imuD8zRPHTdTG4RpwMruoIUzbGEwPPVAjYBwm0lEuJLXOulE_KM_H8V7tjHs/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The red color symbolizes the sky. The blue color symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, which houses the island country. The three white stripes represent the three island groups in the country: the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix and Line. The rising sun symbolizes the tropical sun, as Kiribati is located on both sides of the equator. 17 sun symbolize the 16 islands in the archipelago of the Gilbert Islands and Banaba. Frigate symbolizes power, freedom and cultural dance of Kiribati.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No6.">6. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Бутан">Butane</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MOxV4_IACDheAB9hPy2ZhOW0rC3pA_Gqha9lr_gUOqVKpDUdlLbSg10a6qysNYRapOSVEBDffJ_ZbW_wUKZYrDdLkqWiB729CcLzx0AnL3T901Oc_i7YL5_V64apF5_z7EU1O19Mi9M/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MOxV4_IACDheAB9hPy2ZhOW0rC3pA_Gqha9lr_gUOqVKpDUdlLbSg10a6qysNYRapOSVEBDffJ_ZbW_wUKZYrDdLkqWiB729CcLzx0AnL3T901Oc_i7YL5_V64apF5_z7EU1O19Mi9M/s400/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Depicted</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the flag of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the dragon</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">local</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Tibetan</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">name</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of Bhutan</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Land</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of Dragon</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">He is</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">holding</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in the talons of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">precious</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">stones</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, which symbolize</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">wealth</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Yellow</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">field</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">theocratic</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">monarchy</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">orange - the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Buddhist religion.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">5.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Brazil</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLHCJFlzEPWV-Nh4KOenakdQtGo1Oomobw0lV2HgzagL-p2iChOTbJDFyVAT3T9iOfkXvxSDaKdkKgZNJdEwk4Drn_v_OFvIpVOnapeuSbZsb8smgtL28caomMa45wA5x0Nud6zpSQcI/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLHCJFlzEPWV-Nh4KOenakdQtGo1Oomobw0lV2HgzagL-p2iChOTbJDFyVAT3T9iOfkXvxSDaKdkKgZNJdEwk4Drn_v_OFvIpVOnapeuSbZsb8smgtL28caomMa45wA5x0Nud6zpSQcI/s400/16.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span title="Флаг Бразилии представляет собой зелёное полотнище с жёлтым ромбом в центре.">Flag of Brazil is green cloth with a yellow diamond in the center. </span><span title="Внутри ромба находится тёмно-синий круг с 27 белыми звёздами.">Inside the diamond is a dark blue circle with 27 white stars. </span><span title="Круг пересечён лентой с национальным девизом Бразилии — «Ordem e Progresso» (с порт. «Порядок и прогресс»).">Circle crossed by a ribbon with the national motto of Brazil - «Ordem e Progresso» (with port. "Order and Progress"). </span><span title="Зелёный и жёлтый — национальные цвета Бразилии.">Green and yellow - the national colors of Brazil. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Зелёный цвет символизирует лесные богатства Амазонии, а жёлтый — запасы золота: в XVI—XIX веках в Бразилии находились крупнейшие в мире золотодобывающие шахты.">Green symbolizes the rich forests of Amazonia, and yellow - gold reserves: in XVI-XIX centuries in Brazil is the world's largest gold mine. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Расположение звёзд на флаге изображает небо над Рио-де-Жанейро утром в 9 часов 22 минуты 43 секунды 15 ноября 1889 — в момент провозглашения Бразильской республики.">The arrangement of stars on the flag represents the sky over Rio de Janeiro on the morning of 9 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds, 15 November 1889 - at the time of the proclamation of the Brazilian republic. </span><span title="Каждому из 26 штатов, а также Федеральному округу, соответствует своя звезда.">Each of the 26 states and the Federal District, has its own star. </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="No4.">4. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Папуа - Новая Гвинея">Papua - New Guinea</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbOhsgpZIFVmvuLvrng1wxK6rHZRRKpOHyGVPbcnjWlDGpsweyjm4u0kX3ToQQcS9i816_riFQppuodGHDD9lzJPOtt72x1C9RPnrJj8OR3nOvlAe8Y4MII6apvy-G4fjgTfBbQHEgh4/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbOhsgpZIFVmvuLvrng1wxK6rHZRRKpOHyGVPbcnjWlDGpsweyjm4u0kX3ToQQcS9i816_riFQppuodGHDD9lzJPOtt72x1C9RPnrJj8OR3nOvlAe8Y4MII6apvy-G4fjgTfBbQHEgh4/s400/19.jpg" width="321" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The only non-rectangular national flag and one of two non-rectangular flags of sovereign entity (the other - the flag of Ohio, USA). The flag is a simplified combination of the two branches of the pennants Rana dynasty - the last ruler of the country. The blue color of the border of the flag symbolizes peace, and dark red - the national color of Nepal. Two royal symbol represents the hope that Nepal will continue to exist as long as the sun and the moon. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="No1.">1. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="Ливия">Libya</span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3pzg3cdMKBc9bXPKkSPObxc42YFAP-rQbmyajsGKzEFpNe_B8k1l3-Urzeo8hf8mP5dxc0YvxmC_ADsKa8DYbEZKHfO8v_flr5Qjd0dt1P5i7Hfw4H-6xWGRD3ORRY_PuBifoItyIDs/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3pzg3cdMKBc9bXPKkSPObxc42YFAP-rQbmyajsGKzEFpNe_B8k1l3-Urzeo8hf8mP5dxc0YvxmC_ADsKa8DYbEZKHfO8v_flr5Qjd0dt1P5i7Hfw4H-6xWGRD3ORRY_PuBifoItyIDs/s400/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">At present,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the world's only</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">single-color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">national flag</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">without</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">any</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">additional</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">details</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">drawings</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">inscriptions</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, etc.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The green</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">color</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the flag</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">symbolizes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Islam</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the state religion</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the country</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, as</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">well as</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the "Green</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Revolution</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Muammar</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gaddafi</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="Ливия"> </span></span></i> </div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-62795639075497649872011-02-03T02:36:00.000-08:002011-02-03T02:36:03.784-08:00Flower Heads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you want to make an original gift to your friends? Keep the instructions how to make flower heads.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At such a gift, of course, decide not everyone, but a surprise is guaranteed:)</i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbCVmioNbZ-xdCCX8F8EawTDoC4CYa2IMMQVilkhxlcdeFuzsiWSHRuwpuUrOk0eJYoUH8L6Xk0QvTd5UXqpHFjP5V2Mg0LloIZ765vDJvojnPQTUnLb5vU4keHjMw1AizPVFv1S4CbA/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbCVmioNbZ-xdCCX8F8EawTDoC4CYa2IMMQVilkhxlcdeFuzsiWSHRuwpuUrOk0eJYoUH8L6Xk0QvTd5UXqpHFjP5V2Mg0LloIZ765vDJvojnPQTUnLb5vU4keHjMw1AizPVFv1S4CbA/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-30907922093636889632011-01-24T05:02:00.000-08:002011-01-24T05:02:22.533-08:00Creative & Funny Outdoor Advertisement Designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sometimes Outdoor advertisement indulges, amuse and bring smile onto the lips if it is witty. This sort of advertisements gives their notice on a busy street when you are driving or on foot. Many of products reach to their customers through creative, funny and sometime ridiculous outdoor advertisements and give wonderful favor about them with smile or laughter you.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here in this post we have gathered a wonderful selection of creative examples of funny outdoor advert designs to enhance your inspiration and curiosity. We hope that you will admire them at all. </i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLioMEOl6g_NE4kY4gSlES_1e1z68-fBfkPvt0hM3nrgIzDw4fkCiIZUcVzK1FQ3LZlQXMLP40q63F21kb6XT6DBrgJdeGcoND9dUE9n2LCqwFD6G9Ru8_FcvXIgFx7Gm_G8b7AIjuLoY/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLioMEOl6g_NE4kY4gSlES_1e1z68-fBfkPvt0hM3nrgIzDw4fkCiIZUcVzK1FQ3LZlQXMLP40q63F21kb6XT6DBrgJdeGcoND9dUE9n2LCqwFD6G9Ru8_FcvXIgFx7Gm_G8b7AIjuLoY/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-22215821687156002552011-01-22T02:47:00.000-08:002011-01-22T02:47:21.706-08:00Extraordinary Skateboards You’ll Ride on Someday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjdQsG75D02coEEz1YnIb0bQXm8wb4NByJg6KhMRURJd-reRSJMTyLTRJ7D0_LFdXIJD8MhdBe5rofI_qDbQ2Dd_BVFHwYYe_MTkajVxYe_ZCCfnH1dS0DKWbmeiohIZ_yN-ZRA-2VWo/s1600/skateboard_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjdQsG75D02coEEz1YnIb0bQXm8wb4NByJg6KhMRURJd-reRSJMTyLTRJ7D0_LFdXIJD8MhdBe5rofI_qDbQ2Dd_BVFHwYYe_MTkajVxYe_ZCCfnH1dS0DKWbmeiohIZ_yN-ZRA-2VWo/s400/skateboard_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>If you do not wish to barter for the unusual, all you will have to settle for is the usual. Yes, it does require an unusual mind to figure out what can be done with the ordinary, but to make that extraordinary it actually requires a lot more. Getting that extraordinary out of their rather uncanny minds, designers often deliver concepts beyond usual, skateboards have also been tinkered with. We’ve rolled over the conventionally made skateboards, but then you wouldn’t mind a glance through some out of the ordinary skateboards that we may get to ride on someday. Here is a list of 10 such skateboards that you can treat your eyes upon after the jump. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a name='more'></a></i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Axess</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AcvorkD26SncbbSbiImIg2LsNCHGYJt1rhF2zY7kpEkJJgtiSv99vPYPf89j9VQ7zt1ebJuGz1IISuzqQxQZJZR1-bnpmSEOAX2mQL_03Rjx-Yh7-37XCjmzXkp0nMW-kl7UBmUQf3Y/s1600/skateboard_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AcvorkD26SncbbSbiImIg2LsNCHGYJt1rhF2zY7kpEkJJgtiSv99vPYPf89j9VQ7zt1ebJuGz1IISuzqQxQZJZR1-bnpmSEOAX2mQL_03Rjx-Yh7-37XCjmzXkp0nMW-kl7UBmUQf3Y/s400/skateboard_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>The Axess, makes you access the same area with a lot of modulations that make it better than anything currently on offer. Longboard manufacturers around the globe would surely have their eyes on this design for the sheer versatility it brings to the same. If they miss out on this design, they would kind of hinder the evolution of these phenomenally popular rollers that people just love to have fun with. <a href="http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/axess-time-for-the-skateboard-evolution/"></a></i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Foldable Skateboard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0Cip-wfbf1HfqRNnWR-FHlsKFCX2NY3KQ0P6cZ-pnZvzAlNRgRPk2QYQDXC_1smU5AkJGt4viWL8ARl8dfZiP8HQCXDIGYu65LD15S9g-5G05vnbnFSqhkawTU6W9RLak7BCg4X19Do/s1600/skateboard_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0Cip-wfbf1HfqRNnWR-FHlsKFCX2NY3KQ0P6cZ-pnZvzAlNRgRPk2QYQDXC_1smU5AkJGt4viWL8ARl8dfZiP8HQCXDIGYu65LD15S9g-5G05vnbnFSqhkawTU6W9RLak7BCg4X19Do/s400/skateboard_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Designer Jin Seok Hwang might look different from everything that you have ever seen or owned in the past! Running or moving like a standard skateboard, the new skateboard by the NYC designer, as suggested by its name “Foldable Skateboard,” folds in half for easy storage as well as transportation. </i> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>IPSVM skateboard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqu87f_4Qbdo0xGBXJH35BmKc3hELJJBh_LAS_TUeRqJX4f7skzIeb-_AsOA-yC_L3wQgNItG6w2Cgrv5hoHMmkhu6m1ZyHZCtkaZubzMWZX-Ka5mO4QMvAUkuAvlOCTvGwgvQMplKs4/s1600/skateboard_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqu87f_4Qbdo0xGBXJH35BmKc3hELJJBh_LAS_TUeRqJX4f7skzIeb-_AsOA-yC_L3wQgNItG6w2Cgrv5hoHMmkhu6m1ZyHZCtkaZubzMWZX-Ka5mO4QMvAUkuAvlOCTvGwgvQMplKs4/s400/skateboard_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>This IPSVM skateboard is perhaps a design too artistic to board, but it’s a creation to unsettle the rest, and force them to scrape their brains. Designed by Loren Kulesus, the IPSVM skateboard strives to look ahead as a new knot-y-based mode of transportation for the greener future.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>SoulArc Board</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphyphenhyphenGVo6gscJ8c6a8uH8M-dsP4ZvienKP8lxSMNXR1IsBvv40NXEq1fRYyBlrKD5U1ZblOoiXEdONgH827prUoWqql3HTULrnMpqnByjowOWH3hwWS-oIkufA0Lz96BbkvBmmCG2d2HiY/s1600/skateboard_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphyphenhyphenGVo6gscJ8c6a8uH8M-dsP4ZvienKP8lxSMNXR1IsBvv40NXEq1fRYyBlrKD5U1ZblOoiXEdONgH827prUoWqql3HTULrnMpqnByjowOWH3hwWS-oIkufA0Lz96BbkvBmmCG2d2HiY/s400/skateboard_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>The SoulArc Board is designed to help skateboarders enjoy an experience that resembles surfing, and this accounts for its springy design. The distance between the deck and its wheels and a composite spring located beneath the deck provides a different feel to this board. Mitch Mulder and Salvaore Vilardi are planning to release their creation into the market at Action Sports Retail trade show in San Diego in a couple of weeks. </i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Stepboard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_fuv7FWMxXl8HV_Zue3mNXEjI1jw80H9A-91eDjuCHkxiurGqrrt7Rf4G1tI795m-e0sShe8zoHgngxBM1Rz_yINoFwkVAHfVDV8olFhNAgdwvJHY6WfFcBq_sIXyc478rQjrKIGFJk/s1600/skateboard_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_fuv7FWMxXl8HV_Zue3mNXEjI1jw80H9A-91eDjuCHkxiurGqrrt7Rf4G1tI795m-e0sShe8zoHgngxBM1Rz_yINoFwkVAHfVDV8olFhNAgdwvJHY6WfFcBq_sIXyc478rQjrKIGFJk/s400/skateboard_6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Inspired by the Waveboard Skateboard, designer Nicolás Chacana has come up with a recreational skateboard that allows great control to the users, making skateboarding fun on the streets. Hailed as the “Stepboard,” the new skateboard is driven by a lever and a pinion-gear fixture, progressing it with each footfall. </i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Tract</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXY2ivCYuBAGvCsw7qc_FIj2GdDOJI8zIauQRWFKh2qt-vmbinHsCL41h5Irl4TBD0bEei459GaBAXCPoa2ygOYuWsLCKBXrFyqNwCL1RODkRJ_7_73ew3UBGP3isrXaFo43LbojYtRw/s1600/skateboard_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXY2ivCYuBAGvCsw7qc_FIj2GdDOJI8zIauQRWFKh2qt-vmbinHsCL41h5Irl4TBD0bEei459GaBAXCPoa2ygOYuWsLCKBXrFyqNwCL1RODkRJ_7_73ew3UBGP3isrXaFo43LbojYtRw/s400/skateboard_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Brandon Boycher wanted to design something for “extreme” outdoor athletes. To say that he’s done precisely this with the Tract would be quite an understatement. This concept for an all-terrain vehicle promises to unleash a whole new genre of outdoor activities. The Tract is basically a single mounting board, much like a skateboard. </i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>ShortBoard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwKX0VcojoCJ8kzlfSJ9m4Ce6ZtmS3poYBh8d8uAB1N05MM3DWF87cFsHkHd_zJqpQiYSGxKpxj1KAQzxOYmRY3QLgrqJIBbdyXz8o9ZZISjIpsH4R5PNuxtwr3-wSFn9h5odbQnAITA/s1600/skateboard_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwKX0VcojoCJ8kzlfSJ9m4Ce6ZtmS3poYBh8d8uAB1N05MM3DWF87cFsHkHd_zJqpQiYSGxKpxj1KAQzxOYmRY3QLgrqJIBbdyXz8o9ZZISjIpsH4R5PNuxtwr3-wSFn9h5odbQnAITA/s400/skateboard_8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Kiwi designer Alex Hodge has come up with a portable skateboard dubbed “ShortBoard” that featuring a compact design is very light to carry and easily fits in a small car. Designed to be used as “Secondary Transportation,” the ShortBoard moves the commuters to their workplace from the parking slots, within no time, without getting tired. </i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Pumpboard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SHHnBwgM85veHihY4-NNh_2Js5KOzNyhyphenhyphen3JJQEjnIeZUkXrdZTyW69q4mF5Xq34HxqV_RC4LcBZaFIbVthvs69xv32AQeSKr8nL5McDjS2ONeWUFEaQu8uNaRpyDBnE5vIgi5pkf6U4/s1600/skateboard_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SHHnBwgM85veHihY4-NNh_2Js5KOzNyhyphenhyphen3JJQEjnIeZUkXrdZTyW69q4mF5Xq34HxqV_RC4LcBZaFIbVthvs69xv32AQeSKr8nL5McDjS2ONeWUFEaQu8uNaRpyDBnE5vIgi5pkf6U4/s400/skateboard_9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Pumpboard, designed by Puzon Maciej seems a bit odd and somehow, at the same time, interesting. The skateboard can be folded and stashed away when not in use, and pumped up whenever you’re in one of your skateboarding moods. The body of the board is covered with fibers on the inside for support and rigidity. </i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Dirtsurfer Freestyle</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpGe1N6S1z2keOTMrJDaBbSVk3M8Fyw1jtu1BWJ9Y1XOoVWlM5f7at8unVN6M1oi8iSkDF8a-0jsSxm6A0X9-68fOzDXN6fKS3bDq4juxz0iFdQ7LvBOEnO4MAnKQO3Ro1deij4MitWQ/s1600/skateboard_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpGe1N6S1z2keOTMrJDaBbSVk3M8Fyw1jtu1BWJ9Y1XOoVWlM5f7at8unVN6M1oi8iSkDF8a-0jsSxm6A0X9-68fOzDXN6fKS3bDq4juxz0iFdQ7LvBOEnO4MAnKQO3Ro1deij4MitWQ/s400/skateboard_10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Dirtsurfing seems to one up skateboarding. There are as many surfaces that you can ride a skateboard on but dirtsurfing can be practiced almost anywhere. And then there are the added elements of surfing and snowboarding. So if you are one for this outdoor activity then you are sure to love this Freestyle Dirtsurfer, coming in for $450. <a href="http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/skateboarding-gets-a-whole-lot-better-with-dirtsurfer-freestyle/"></a></i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>Fan-powered skateboard</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvaQf1X7zef7Eox9aDxi_y_2X2n7PZq5pXnwsSDyrGOn-Klr0fel9cMfBM68SUtXDK8Sqd4LwrtmA-MPy4a-5NPag9GU9soZ9zCCtPow8xKDUG-TW377JqPH3ztamXKKfy4zgJP-X_SU/s1600/skateboard_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvaQf1X7zef7Eox9aDxi_y_2X2n7PZq5pXnwsSDyrGOn-Klr0fel9cMfBM68SUtXDK8Sqd4LwrtmA-MPy4a-5NPag9GU9soZ9zCCtPow8xKDUG-TW377JqPH3ztamXKKfy4zgJP-X_SU/s400/skateboard_11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>California based nine-year-old student Chris Neal has got a skateboard fitted with a motorcycle battery powered fan to push a skateboard 3 to 5 mph with a rider on it.</i></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-85169697594309346542011-01-21T05:50:00.000-08:002011-01-21T05:50:03.369-08:005 Very Lucky People<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0dlCQ-wkPLs0suYyVqo-eT1GRG_UwqlbmmDH2IQjGVmE-CeuFfJMv-COSLBzrWyqPMg8jM87vSr-enRxs9kEkLyiahiDvZq72hhA9CCtBEuccOVq6ipss4y7Oy0PH3egh5nlsGBPZt4/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0dlCQ-wkPLs0suYyVqo-eT1GRG_UwqlbmmDH2IQjGVmE-CeuFfJMv-COSLBzrWyqPMg8jM87vSr-enRxs9kEkLyiahiDvZq72hhA9CCtBEuccOVq6ipss4y7Oy0PH3egh5nlsGBPZt4/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>“Why yes, I hear Darfur is quite lovely this time of year.”</i></b></div><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>There’s no way to prove that luck as we know it exists. Most people believe it out of superstition or firsthand experience with improbable odds. With experiences like the following, it becomes much harder to disprove.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a name='more'></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>1.Frane Selak</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1El4sUmjvyg4xEPTqZ19d2ZhNTM5Up9SbVIUZT238e3oMIQ_5baoX9-oVbErBSW6Q_vTYDM29cMBGj82SNkcKnlbL9B7JTR7SW8-9EUVLbp9fMa0cQlfGZYuxHkoU_qg4WPXUptfQTc/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1El4sUmjvyg4xEPTqZ19d2ZhNTM5Up9SbVIUZT238e3oMIQ_5baoX9-oVbErBSW6Q_vTYDM29cMBGj82SNkcKnlbL9B7JTR7SW8-9EUVLbp9fMa0cQlfGZYuxHkoU_qg4WPXUptfQTc/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you’ve ever wondered where action movies get their increasingly bizarre scenarios from, look no further than the life of Frane Selak, a Croatian man who’s escaped more vehicle accidents than most people are willing to put up with.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpcjD_xhoQEdc_djkvNWO1KatA5GrQTFpy3MZIwbPr0sOqoAnI9fKOl8Xv4KXNGedFkkaHAM1zJcZJ-CUTB12y4U2ZhlpctsDrZyNNt2-f9rtBgNoZYinOezs86W-mGOwbiFr0gfUlhw/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpcjD_xhoQEdc_djkvNWO1KatA5GrQTFpy3MZIwbPr0sOqoAnI9fKOl8Xv4KXNGedFkkaHAM1zJcZJ-CUTB12y4U2ZhlpctsDrZyNNt2-f9rtBgNoZYinOezs86W-mGOwbiFr0gfUlhw/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>This again? Oh, come on!</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Selak’s history of WTF begins in the sixties when he was riding on a train that derailed into a river. This being January, the list of terrible things that could happen as a result of a train diving into a river were greatly increased. Selak wasn’t among the seventeen dead, having escaped with a broken arm. A year later, Selak (who had presumably sworn off of trains) was taking a flight on a commercial airliner when the cabin doors were blown off. Selak was blown away with nineteen other people. He was the only one to have survived, landing on a haystack and avoiding other injuries. A year after that, Salek tried his hand at buses and promptly found himself in a freezing river again. After being stuck by a bus and escaping a car explosion twice, Frane hit some good luck that didn’t involve near death in 2004 when he won the Croatian Million Dollar lottery.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>2.Timothy Dexter</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>To make it in the business world nowadays you need some sort of education, a sense of direction and some sort of knowledge of the business world itself. Timothy Dexter, a 1700’s eccentric, defied this logic in every possible way. He couldn’t even spell properly but somehow became one of the most successful business men in New England.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Raised as a farmhand, a young Dexter picked up his trade seemingly on a whim and immediately found good fortune despite being publicly known as a poorly educated hick. His contemporaries were known to give him bad advice with the intention of ruining him financially. One such tip was importing warming pans to the West Indies, an area noted for its warmth. A captain on his ship sold them as ladles to a growing molasses company, turning a large profit. It was then suggested that he sell wool mittens to the same people, who in turn bought them all and sold them to Siberia. After being convinced to sell coal to Newport, he arrived just in time for a miner’s strike, making a small fortune. His entire career was made off of such success and it most likely wouldn’t have happened if people weren’t trying to undermine his non-integrity all the time.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5JYnDqA1ZkDpD35L7Sn8YGJ864fXMdOfUNoRnfr3_XzF_nS9tKpmeoOK97HanVdYO1KfnGG_cZ_wCrC-UNuRb9mToPT6qqYAPZZOcnAUh0Bp0b5d6RUlOyaxWKhqRET4AmNx5kKb2H8/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5JYnDqA1ZkDpD35L7Sn8YGJ864fXMdOfUNoRnfr3_XzF_nS9tKpmeoOK97HanVdYO1KfnGG_cZ_wCrC-UNuRb9mToPT6qqYAPZZOcnAUh0Bp0b5d6RUlOyaxWKhqRET4AmNx5kKb2H8/s400/3.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Haters gonna hate.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At the age of fifty he published his memoir <em>A Pickle for the Knowing Ones or Plain Truth in a Homespun Dress</em>. Initially he gave the book away for free but soon found a publishing house that ran eight editions. Oddly enough, the book contains absolutely no punctuation within the text.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>3.Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>People usually only get to directly experience a terrorist attack once in their lifetime. That is because terrorist attacks have the tendency to kill lots of people. However, Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence are not among them. In fact, they’ve witnessed major acts of terrorism first hand three times without being harmed themselves.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0b5uoVGUWw5jzSa-IStzpfM8OlpNNA9Fo-Fwgi3wqAiC12ngHpPvnu4qNJNt3seiO9zFfPhZFY29E_4e-AZGKv_O7VllcuUJPvEjvQONs3Y_Sc8fB2Yesax4dzrJOO1e_5dyvgZMPms/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0b5uoVGUWw5jzSa-IStzpfM8OlpNNA9Fo-Fwgi3wqAiC12ngHpPvnu4qNJNt3seiO9zFfPhZFY29E_4e-AZGKv_O7VllcuUJPvEjvQONs3Y_Sc8fB2Yesax4dzrJOO1e_5dyvgZMPms/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Their feel-good story begins with a trip to New York City on September 11th, making them witnesses to the worst terrorist attack in American history. Four years later the duo was in London when bombs were detonated across the city’s transit system, killing fifty people. Rounding out this horrible trilogy, the couple happened to be vacationing in Mumbai when the city was under siege by terrorists. Their travel agent would later be revealed to be Satan himself.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0dlCQ-wkPLs0suYyVqo-eT1GRG_UwqlbmmDH2IQjGVmE-CeuFfJMv-COSLBzrWyqPMg8jM87vSr-enRxs9kEkLyiahiDvZq72hhA9CCtBEuccOVq6ipss4y7Oy0PH3egh5nlsGBPZt4/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0dlCQ-wkPLs0suYyVqo-eT1GRG_UwqlbmmDH2IQjGVmE-CeuFfJMv-COSLBzrWyqPMg8jM87vSr-enRxs9kEkLyiahiDvZq72hhA9CCtBEuccOVq6ipss4y7Oy0PH3egh5nlsGBPZt4/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>“Why yes, I hear Darfur is quite lovely this time of year.”</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Despite bearing witness to three of the worst events of their lifetime, the two keep a fairly optimistic view about it despite the fact that they were obviously cursed by a sorcerer at some point in their lives.</i></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>4.Vesna Vulovic</i></b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We don’t have an actual statistic to cite here, but we’re going to make the bold and perhaps controversial assumption that a vast majority of people who fall out of aircraft do not survive. In fact, the odds of survival only lower as the height of your fall increases. Again, no study to support this theory, but our loose understanding of science leads us to believe that gravity trumps all.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25WtVZestxijTAP2UD0HuSkktsYiQttgjPclLBftFZfcNjEtlAzaIQCgmtJuHloMgjNk8-poD2O8Y9EXVbxwPajLJn9a2TsyGHcFViha-eg-5_Z0BiSjvubAiRbEiu3y20ZUPw3M5tXQ/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25WtVZestxijTAP2UD0HuSkktsYiQttgjPclLBftFZfcNjEtlAzaIQCgmtJuHloMgjNk8-poD2O8Y9EXVbxwPajLJn9a2TsyGHcFViha-eg-5_Z0BiSjvubAiRbEiu3y20ZUPw3M5tXQ/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On January 26, 1972, a Yugoslav Airline carrying less than thirty people reached a height of thirty-three thousand feet before a bomb on board was set off, causing the plane to disintegrate and killing many of the passengers. Vesna Vulovic was a stewardess on the doomed flight through a mix-up (it was originally supposed to be a different stewardess named Vesna). Initially she was happy with the mistake because it would be her first trip to Denmark. However, she soon found herself regretting her decision to not call in sick at some point while she was cartwheeling through the sky over Europe.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLju1E1rdTXDvtUFSFiYOql-_FCfcdK_5SWDzs2C0lcCOmf1T9rn1llojgyzTes2lapkNEGX39rv9lPbMaZsdhBZhIXMokYYl30oBf5rJea3e5pOrOC_2QXlcGBI5fS_KkN97jGdT9vM/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLju1E1rdTXDvtUFSFiYOql-_FCfcdK_5SWDzs2C0lcCOmf1T9rn1llojgyzTes2lapkNEGX39rv9lPbMaZsdhBZhIXMokYYl30oBf5rJea3e5pOrOC_2QXlcGBI5fS_KkN97jGdT9vM/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Like this, but different.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vesna survived without a parachute, suffering a fractured skull, two broken legs and a few broken vertebrae. At first she was paralyzed from the damage caused to her spine. However, after a series of operations she was able to walk once more. She currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fall without a parachute. Something tells me she would have appreciated the award more had it occurred under less explosive circumstances.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>5.Tsutomu Yamaguchi</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If there was ever a guy that deserved hazard pay, it was Tsutomu Yamaguchi.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqsBqLbNikhHNzYsUFu3DJBPwmHv4IheQHcGHwxvQm3zVe6eFrT9ER7l9Jj-qNfyRNOub4ao8kaJGdugQ2H1MqFpetRjZ3jIEONZzh5c0qtNchpsdvd6jrIMzziNNh2pVaie1sKKd-ug/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqsBqLbNikhHNzYsUFu3DJBPwmHv4IheQHcGHwxvQm3zVe6eFrT9ER7l9Jj-qNfyRNOub4ao8kaJGdugQ2H1MqFpetRjZ3jIEONZzh5c0qtNchpsdvd6jrIMzziNNh2pVaie1sKKd-ug/s400/8.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yamaguchi and two workers were staying in Hiroshima for a three month business trip. While preparing to leave the city Yamaguchi saw a plane in the sky then a tremendous flash. Suddenly he was lying on the ground blind, burned and half deaf. The explosion of the atomic bomb had occurred only two miles away but he survived, managing to crawl to a near-by shelter and meet up with his colleagues. The next day he returned to his place of residence in Nagasaki. Yeah, this isn’t going to end well.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On August 9h Yamaguchi was in his office describing his experience to a co-worker when the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The explosion itself was less than two miles away but he remained uninjured, though his ruined bandages led to a fever during the same week.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEJUivmwiqjz2zXkIUPuOWAzi-NV6menru3tVWAaF7K6xRmcjqnA56FIrEy1bXox3kavQUYrB6xoY1r4nYRRW823hkWxxRm3YXMVlkjo06bU24oG2RnyO8_IDVW-yvudHvlwBhugvkw8/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEJUivmwiqjz2zXkIUPuOWAzi-NV6menru3tVWAaF7K6xRmcjqnA56FIrEy1bXox3kavQUYrB6xoY1r4nYRRW823hkWxxRm3YXMVlkjo06bU24oG2RnyO8_IDVW-yvudHvlwBhugvkw8/s320/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A perpetual case of the Mondays.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yamaguchi was one of just over one-hundred people present for both bombings but stands as the only person recognized by the Japanese government as surviving both. At first it was believed that had been unaffected by the radiation left by the weapons and that the only injuries he suffered from the bombs were burns. However, this turned out to be untrue; in 2009 he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. It ultimately took his life at age 93, killing him in 2010. During his lifetime he continued working various jobs while speaking out against the use of atomic weapons.</i></div></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-13727437056259015652011-01-21T05:30:00.000-08:002011-01-21T05:30:11.285-08:00Weird Celebrity Phobias: Stars Scared Silly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We’ve all got that one phobia that scares us straight, so it’s not surprising that some of today’s most famous faces have fears of their own - with a few of them being pretty ridiculous.</i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyDd_NoEVIttJbKC6zMeYLuQaI4yXOqgqeM1p9DJ6SqVYuvYu4eEX3rppY28kYuoh_AZpTDAXZtEuuTjBzedtJZyKli5DzQFqk4Q2fGTegiDzFpMbIWVhymZKvJrr7o6JrE908txvo7Q/s1600/Weird+celebrity+phobias_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyDd_NoEVIttJbKC6zMeYLuQaI4yXOqgqeM1p9DJ6SqVYuvYu4eEX3rppY28kYuoh_AZpTDAXZtEuuTjBzedtJZyKli5DzQFqk4Q2fGTegiDzFpMbIWVhymZKvJrr7o6JrE908txvo7Q/s400/Weird+celebrity+phobias_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pizza and clowns are just a few of the random phobias that could make a star cringe. Go through the article to find out more about celebrity phobias.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a name='more'></a>Johnny Depp</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3jy7Tf87fbA2X_VwfHGz_ZJsJ4C0V-7GePjsqPs11SjH4fN3SKE3fDKw611MyYHLoFky42L0qzg-FqJTm9dYqDH2SUvUXZbyXvKZVwyRIYJvOC6xx8voWsycGx7hk34i7W81c5RFAzg/s1600/Johnny+Depp_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3jy7Tf87fbA2X_VwfHGz_ZJsJ4C0V-7GePjsqPs11SjH4fN3SKE3fDKw611MyYHLoFky42L0qzg-FqJTm9dYqDH2SUvUXZbyXvKZVwyRIYJvOC6xx8voWsycGx7hk34i7W81c5RFAzg/s400/Johnny+Depp_02.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Many of his on-screen roles require layers upon layers of makeup, which makes the actor's fear of clowns somewhat ironic. "I'm afraid of them because it's impossible - thanks to their painted-on smiles - to distinguish if they are happy or if they're about to bite your face off," he told The Courier Mail. "There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil."</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Megan Fox</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2iuL-7Wj8CK9vcLcxVheYQ3rSYICMKJGLOmPcLCv3sFq54skQGtPpA_B-ytEkX1USeBmnMbADpePyzvmhTM2WAEuvRW2JrWGhDYsBHr57Is42Hv5ft07jXm-dzUjofVc-kimlMYTOOM/s1600/Megan+Fox_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2iuL-7Wj8CK9vcLcxVheYQ3rSYICMKJGLOmPcLCv3sFq54skQGtPpA_B-ytEkX1USeBmnMbADpePyzvmhTM2WAEuvRW2JrWGhDYsBHr57Is42Hv5ft07jXm-dzUjofVc-kimlMYTOOM/s400/Megan+Fox_03.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In an interview with Allure the "Transformers" actress confessed she is an out-of-control phobia of germs that prevents her from using public washrooms and dining at restaurants. "Every time someone uses a bathroom and they flush, all the bacteria is shot into the air," she told the magazine, adding her refusal to dine out is because of eating utensils. "Putting my mouth where a million other mouths have been, just knowing all the bacteria that you carry in your mouth? Ucch!"</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Scarlett Johansson</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8Jvrw8nlN6k23M0CnVApTOKMi5EPxwGGACXQvn87bXnkRXj5ZpUG-ASdZVrgwRWTbok-Dxr_3aSCeN4bJdvKx8iSxrWfY8Lgj-JPwA6Sx3JRpGopRYpDN7Zyp_yAqnOYhT3lUI3xwpk/s1600/Scarlett+Johansson_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8Jvrw8nlN6k23M0CnVApTOKMi5EPxwGGACXQvn87bXnkRXj5ZpUG-ASdZVrgwRWTbok-Dxr_3aSCeN4bJdvKx8iSxrWfY8Lgj-JPwA6Sx3JRpGopRYpDN7Zyp_yAqnOYhT3lUI3xwpk/s400/Scarlett+Johansson_04.jpg" width="276" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"I once knew a girl who actually had giant African cockroaches as pets," the "Iron Man" actress told The Courier Mail. "She often tried to get me to touch one, but I wouldn't." Who could blame the actress for keeping her distance from those creepy crawlies, as she went on to explain she once woke up with a roach crawling on her face! "I've been afraid of them ever since," she said.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Robert Pattinson</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOln7BCLJ5GNjBZuwaYFQ2DxxvGDoChI0rjh1CH2q3LrhTVeMdRzZ1Bsev5FmS2LSGoKaZy6PSUSYQ893EOzTAFcTMsimSwyVl1y8QgoEHtDk250B6uDa4c1SJoBHsKIxQ7V3APpV-dY/s1600/Robert+Pattinson_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOln7BCLJ5GNjBZuwaYFQ2DxxvGDoChI0rjh1CH2q3LrhTVeMdRzZ1Bsev5FmS2LSGoKaZy6PSUSYQ893EOzTAFcTMsimSwyVl1y8QgoEHtDk250B6uDa4c1SJoBHsKIxQ7V3APpV-dY/s400/Robert+Pattinson_05.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It's a full-time job being an object of desire, and it's got the "Twilight" actor fearing for his life. The heartthrob says he's paranoid he'll be shot, stabbed or infected by crazy fans. "People ask me to bite them and want to touch my hair. I just don't want someone to have a needle and give me HIV, and I don't want to get shot or stabbed," he was quoted as saying in the book, "Robert Pattinson: The Unauthorized Biography."</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Kendra Wilkinson</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT7i9RiemHtqRWGTRH6C2GmPLcP4ea5VhvoefZVB8S6OsSjrOxMvEfpAi9RmUC6SmbmmGuy_7_bIod4hablo6aNzoqfubhG8C7BnbuaznBr5VSWpoX9qQYNEzRcx7yvNIu4F5CTgeg64/s1600/Kendra+Wilkinson_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT7i9RiemHtqRWGTRH6C2GmPLcP4ea5VhvoefZVB8S6OsSjrOxMvEfpAi9RmUC6SmbmmGuy_7_bIod4hablo6aNzoqfubhG8C7BnbuaznBr5VSWpoX9qQYNEzRcx7yvNIu4F5CTgeg64/s400/Kendra+Wilkinson_06.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Her phobia could be considered a blessing to those hoping to stick to their New Year's diet resolution. As a teen, the former "Girls Next Door" star worked at California pizzeria, Papa John's, and since then has been repulsed by the smell and sight of the dish. "I get really grossed out when I think of that pizza because I had to work with the pizza," she said to the National Ledger. "It's like a phobia now because of the smell that was on my hands."</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Oprah Winfrey</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjtfrNuv_dsMstFv6XJZS8kAjbSTVk2LW8hbPOVZo-JaCZ7vmcI-ojzCGyHVJS3ur5RaQNWYxMpMPFCUaj0O281UkFxjpE7Sm9MB9FZHgkPyb0MaoCvFjKouSspMV6DhIC5oKV63mgbQ/s1600/Oprah+Winfrey_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjtfrNuv_dsMstFv6XJZS8kAjbSTVk2LW8hbPOVZo-JaCZ7vmcI-ojzCGyHVJS3ur5RaQNWYxMpMPFCUaj0O281UkFxjpE7Sm9MB9FZHgkPyb0MaoCvFjKouSspMV6DhIC5oKV63mgbQ/s400/Oprah+Winfrey_07.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>As a child, the talk show queen's grandmother would save her used gum and line them up in little rows in her cabinet, according to Contactmusic.com. "I'd be scared to touch it because it was so gross. So I have a thing about gum," she said. "One guest in my home sat at the dinner table, took out some gum from her mouth and put it on her plate. After she left, I threw the plate out."</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Pamela Anderson</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiEeNVj0CMjP9F0myyMytgJ7RosYBpv_BSg3EcXAS9L_s9H-qJTzDI_d-c7tZY6avEYVeFIa3CeKRlwIUjLvikOq0k9xVZvaYdHKJV8-8pbsm9V8sBUXfDEe2D9qronEtBT5cgiTbMUE/s1600/Pamela+Anderson_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiEeNVj0CMjP9F0myyMytgJ7RosYBpv_BSg3EcXAS9L_s9H-qJTzDI_d-c7tZY6avEYVeFIa3CeKRlwIUjLvikOq0k9xVZvaYdHKJV8-8pbsm9V8sBUXfDEe2D9qronEtBT5cgiTbMUE/s400/Pamela+Anderson_08.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The "Baywatch" sex symbol says she's horrified of looking at herself in the mirror, and on both the small and big screens. "I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television," she told Psychologysuite.com. "If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room." Wonder what scares her more - her volatile acting skills or terrible boob job.</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Chace Crawford</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlCPmz8vrXtD-NUQH1m1fBcnhbIu_KH6iAP57v3Xbg0s4qT42B_HpIn6F9Mdyp4jsl4yrmg-8jf4J9kOEGWaQeHtF9QIf1N5n5dS4ddvKcZMUa5Jave_UYXcGtFXHrUZXwQXCB484ExM/s1600/Chace+Crawford_09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlCPmz8vrXtD-NUQH1m1fBcnhbIu_KH6iAP57v3Xbg0s4qT42B_HpIn6F9Mdyp4jsl4yrmg-8jf4J9kOEGWaQeHtF9QIf1N5n5dS4ddvKcZMUa5Jave_UYXcGtFXHrUZXwQXCB484ExM/s400/Chace+Crawford_09.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ever since watching the comedy-horror, "Arachnophobia" at the age of nine, the "Gossip Girl" babe has been petrified of spiders, going so far as to "spraying them with aerosols." "I especially hate black widows," he told the UK's Marie Claire. "They look disgusting. Even thinking about them makes me feel sick."</i></div></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-48980567403580853402011-01-20T05:14:00.000-08:002011-01-20T05:14:36.916-08:007 Coolest ‘Weird Buildings’<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Designing a weird building is pretty simple: choose a form in which buildings are not usually built (a top hat, a strawberry, male genitalia etc) and then build that building. It has come to the point that most of us are not phased anymore by weird, unusual structures, but even so, there still are a few interesting architectural choices out there which will stop you in your tracks and make you nod your head while going “Yeah, that’s pretty cool.” For example:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Stone House (Fafe Mountains, Portugal)</i></b></span><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMA_7fPPE6vJZ0_Zpalv9YwziNMRfrp0_WuOtfJC7qNmvO6OrlXZvS8Me_um9jHgsCFDgh13V24-F-1IgA6xKBWWltUmpae0dQJDy6-TLe46nNA9DUE2myaYUJOs_upwHLqQWg7_0qf0/s400/portugal.jpg" width="400" /><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Stone House is one of the most famous “weird houses” on the internet and for good reasons. One of those reasons is “FREAKING LOOK AT IT MAN!” It’s a house made from stone, in case the name confused you. Well, actually it’s a house made from two huge boulders linked together with cement and an imagination that rivals that of a bed ridden child with cancer.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a name='more'></a></i></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rumor has it that this house was inspired by the Flintstones cartoon, but luckily the theme has not been taken to any extremes, considering the use of windows and (hopefully) modern toilets. We can tell you from experience that using pelicans or whatever to collect your poop very rarely ends on a positive note. Let’s just leave it at that.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUELnzXMQBbSiO8kA01z7kjkmTkeJy1Vs_qO7BA6H5y0Pngb731qHui4bWCyTI74Ul1TYwdKHtgYFXTApcmu3KWM9FXXMW5er0OPFax5uuTNHLYCi66Os7lEH4nCdBo_Hjoc_CxPCn44/s1600/portugal01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUELnzXMQBbSiO8kA01z7kjkmTkeJy1Vs_qO7BA6H5y0Pngb731qHui4bWCyTI74Ul1TYwdKHtgYFXTApcmu3KWM9FXXMW5er0OPFax5uuTNHLYCi66Os7lEH4nCdBo_Hjoc_CxPCn44/s400/portugal01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Beetham Tower (Manchester, UK)</i></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOaPi4w1U6FzALDb2cdSxXDXX7gpa_bieihyvrbsvwyz4pzAInd2Xi0TRnxrC_SmCKOq1JAUSFrnc3LRm41ZdRF4HCzC95eBBGI95kic3rOPr-j-4eAP_JZ12YNn6Es0EMQwqNhYodQg/s1600/tower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOaPi4w1U6FzALDb2cdSxXDXX7gpa_bieihyvrbsvwyz4pzAInd2Xi0TRnxrC_SmCKOq1JAUSFrnc3LRm41ZdRF4HCzC95eBBGI95kic3rOPr-j-4eAP_JZ12YNn6Es0EMQwqNhYodQg/s400/tower.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Beetham Tower is the tallest building in Manchester, standing proudly at 47-stories tall like a big middle finger made out of glass and steel poking God in the eye. Well, a finger that has been ran over by a bicycle maybe, what with the… the…. Damn, we can’t even properly describe the type of weirdness that is going on here. It’s nothing spectacular, just that the upper part of the Beetham tower protrudes slightly to one side. So why exactly does it make the list? Compare it to this picture:</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Some of you (you know who you are) probably just experienced a nerdgasm. The above is the Combine Citadel, a level in the game Half Life, and a serious contender for the inspiration of the Beetham Tower. Oh sure, it’s probably nothing more than a coincidence. We’re definitely not suggesting that the Beetham Tower will be the future HQ of an impending alien invasion. We’re certainly not saying that. But that’s only because they might be listening</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgR3iyaKxva5PfWVmF40W_y_trRqhy-GcYYubK86sTQOZWz_tamhVFSYhTPe02racinTiF9Bz0mW7KJ4P6q2UZSuq67Cq_3fVmzMpKUP-hb-dcBotZLWZw8c_5Y9RWDLa5n-4gUbfmbo/s1600/tower01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgR3iyaKxva5PfWVmF40W_y_trRqhy-GcYYubK86sTQOZWz_tamhVFSYhTPe02racinTiF9Bz0mW7KJ4P6q2UZSuq67Cq_3fVmzMpKUP-hb-dcBotZLWZw8c_5Y9RWDLa5n-4gUbfmbo/s400/tower01.jpg" width="278" /></a></div>.<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Fuyuhito Moriya’s House (Tokyo, Japan)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCvBfnhVYVA1dAY9aMZMiJQR791Z-dBvVgqs1QiwhKrx5ufcW0d4psDpiypgeLLM1vjMvtb3S4KTHwx5mE4FpNARCSRaxj5MshNtpRmq-jfzWXiSFj0xKln5f3wKiEMryhv0OjgVWsvc/s1600/japan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCvBfnhVYVA1dAY9aMZMiJQR791Z-dBvVgqs1QiwhKrx5ufcW0d4psDpiypgeLLM1vjMvtb3S4KTHwx5mE4FpNARCSRaxj5MshNtpRmq-jfzWXiSFj0xKln5f3wKiEMryhv0OjgVWsvc/s400/japan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You probably didn’t even thought about it before, but did you know that Japan is smaller than the state of California? Yup, an entire country, smaller than just one American state, and with a population equaling roughly 40% that of the US’ you can see how space would be scare over there. Actually Japanese land prices are the highest in the world, and that’s why tiny housing is pretty common in the land of the Rising Sun. But then there’s Fuyuhito Moriya’s house, build literally atop of ONE parking space.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The plot Moriya owns is only 30 square meters, and yet, he managed to build a multi-story, fully functional house for himself and his mother on it. Moriya’s room is only the size of a walk-in closet, and almost everything inside has been designed to save space, from triangle staircases (oh yeah) to giant windows letting in as much light as possible, so as to not make you feel like you’re living in a giant coffin. Incidentally, the house cost Moriya half a million dollars, but in the center of Tokyo, that’s considered a bargain.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmBZtFXfCFWy-NHvnUL5vUnOEE3rgCpULiF745E969KQL3ZAkKAlnJeR6fvr6El5gUxzXngOtT5n2WKY5UhmqlfOePxMxWQbCIZIk9tLaedOPCCdK_Izz4QzwmIsRzYs-qrvRvC6rGOk/s1600/japan01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmBZtFXfCFWy-NHvnUL5vUnOEE3rgCpULiF745E969KQL3ZAkKAlnJeR6fvr6El5gUxzXngOtT5n2WKY5UhmqlfOePxMxWQbCIZIk9tLaedOPCCdK_Izz4QzwmIsRzYs-qrvRvC6rGOk/s400/japan01.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Kubuswoningen (Rotterdam/Helmon, The Netherlands)</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7TGvXG3q0gnsBpamkl6L5s-Sk5trClfGdyQKzdJcp64O0NH8ocFEuIscoCKNPnpdoJUFjfEb1nGKrTqlKIzph6jkXzCzrf1ort_Igjk-fxkh9igONbbTNG7tEkHikuYIkg0_A4gKHuY/s1600/netherlands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7TGvXG3q0gnsBpamkl6L5s-Sk5trClfGdyQKzdJcp64O0NH8ocFEuIscoCKNPnpdoJUFjfEb1nGKrTqlKIzph6jkXzCzrf1ort_Igjk-fxkh9igONbbTNG7tEkHikuYIkg0_A4gKHuY/s400/netherlands.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kubuswoningen means Cube Houses which are (and we hope you’ve braced yourselves) houses in shape of cubes. “Now wait a minute,” you might be thinking, “aren’t all houses ‘cube-like’ in shape? Also, how did you know what I was thinking? Are you aliens?!” Ha, ha, ha… no. We’ve just sold our souls to the Devil (standard practice over at WeirdWorm). Anyway, what’s weird about the Dutch Cube Houses is that they are cubes BUT tilted at a 45 degree angle and placed atop of pylons. Why? Because ‘why not?’</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We assume that is what was going through the head of the cube houses’ architect, one Piet Blom, who designed this unorthodox living space in 1984. There are 40 cubes in total, all connected, and yeah, people do live in them. Each Cube House contain a kitchen, living room, two bedroom, a bathroom and even space for a small garden, all on about 75 square meters.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKMJNGdLyUnrmAFADhCi5KUsAwrXYfqXFppkTcmSxAXGPdI06-3IKNamrovpV-TFRAVcGsA-YYF1zI3GO3A9dG_2GrHpD7hDnxD2c5OKSVXIXGtHokIeZH2ruBCoTzlRpaLF7BLcBzMw/s1600/netherlands01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKMJNGdLyUnrmAFADhCi5KUsAwrXYfqXFppkTcmSxAXGPdI06-3IKNamrovpV-TFRAVcGsA-YYF1zI3GO3A9dG_2GrHpD7hDnxD2c5OKSVXIXGtHokIeZH2ruBCoTzlRpaLF7BLcBzMw/s400/netherlands01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Wooden Mansion of Insanity (Arkhangelsk, Siberia)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN6Bj7ZbNKtIL39OgDg_aJvBZ_stjAZRQI_LVRh2yRR0xcuYSm8IkfR7qM-wucyLr5jWe2MiD4nI6jhrIPJUWpI9PcryLhEW8XhZ0bqTc11C8rvyFD_8wig5cjQWiOG_4GzShvk3UehQ/s1600/siberia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN6Bj7ZbNKtIL39OgDg_aJvBZ_stjAZRQI_LVRh2yRR0xcuYSm8IkfR7qM-wucyLr5jWe2MiD4nI6jhrIPJUWpI9PcryLhEW8XhZ0bqTc11C8rvyFD_8wig5cjQWiOG_4GzShvk3UehQ/s400/siberia.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Unfortunately, this is not the official name of this house, probably because most houses do not have names as these are not the late 1700s, asshole! No, really, who the hell gives a name to a house and is not some pretentious artist in a black turtleneck or inbred European aristocracy? Yeah, you can be sure that the man behind this 13-story mansion made entirely out of scrap wood, one Nikolai Sutyagin, is definitely none of the above. He’s a Siberian gangster, and he built this magnificent, insane version of the Addams Family household to have sex with slutty women inside it.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sutyagin actually put the house together himself, using only discarded pieces of wood, because, well, apparently crime really does not pay. Despite that, the house stands to this day, while not rocking back and forward whenever the Russian gangster “entertains” some guests inside it, we assume.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCeil_zQ-Iffstv9c_E99G-zR4rujBiFQE7Qnt63GudErsvxFkvRGF-lp7y5xriJUTDp6eS2o5MTESAX2BzmzJXBYVw-JuaXHcy9aFkdV8zUlfQGGDh3uCdNdHDeaPkTU-DykYxJcmeY/s1600/siberia01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCeil_zQ-Iffstv9c_E99G-zR4rujBiFQE7Qnt63GudErsvxFkvRGF-lp7y5xriJUTDp6eS2o5MTESAX2BzmzJXBYVw-JuaXHcy9aFkdV8zUlfQGGDh3uCdNdHDeaPkTU-DykYxJcmeY/s400/siberia01.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />
<div class="Title2"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Krzywy Domek (Sopot, Poland)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwGn94rT4u97pbScT_lAtANe9FavXzJOblodrAi7GbHPfz6JAqoXiaXzwp69hPih30DjffzSeX6Va6cCo9jATLxB-nGiyI3UWZnnTkJdLNB2PJNtXttbyJ6NcA3_I65BfqlkZA-buBPI/s1600/poland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwGn94rT4u97pbScT_lAtANe9FavXzJOblodrAi7GbHPfz6JAqoXiaXzwp69hPih30DjffzSeX6Va6cCo9jATLxB-nGiyI3UWZnnTkJdLNB2PJNtXttbyJ6NcA3_I65BfqlkZA-buBPI/s400/poland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>“Krzywy Domek” is Polish for “Crooked House” and aptly houses Poland’s parliament, only not really, because as we’re sure you already know, life just isn’t that perfect when it comes to comedy. Krzywy Domek is actually a sophisticated and assumingly incredibly expensive Polish tourist attraction, today housing a few stores, a restaurant and a slot-machine establishment.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It was built in 2004 and despite what we all know about Poland and its residents, was not the result of the construction workers getting shitfaced on cheap vodka and simply going with their blurred, wavy vision of the design specs. The building was allegedly inspired by the fairytale illustrations of some guys or whatever, but because by all accounts their work was also not drug or alcohol related, so let’s just move along.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyZJ7wWGmGHo76nLJ2a4g5ILdCGykaFrw-rIZbZXc_WR7Kw4zZ4LkenDavJzF6LvJ8WXsUOopaY30coQcExbxYHPCTy6lXXZCOYmxMfTY6swzocBQobsTfQLlYDJB6Frc9ZZKhrq_MmU/s1600/poland01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyZJ7wWGmGHo76nLJ2a4g5ILdCGykaFrw-rIZbZXc_WR7Kw4zZ4LkenDavJzF6LvJ8WXsUOopaY30coQcExbxYHPCTy6lXXZCOYmxMfTY6swzocBQobsTfQLlYDJB6Frc9ZZKhrq_MmU/s400/poland01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="Title2"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Vdara Hotel (Las Vegas, USA)</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhl3s3hwamgTRZ6mXTtyyIyypex_hXuGRGh_GzRi56BtXKIR-WS0VRp0McoR-6T2Ym-f_AHh7Sjl2y89_8D68aEYeJgCmRR20ANTZlUUVv2JO-lk5INcqnHOTBhGUq917HItdpSPk4AZw/s1600/vegas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhl3s3hwamgTRZ6mXTtyyIyypex_hXuGRGh_GzRi56BtXKIR-WS0VRp0McoR-6T2Ym-f_AHh7Sjl2y89_8D68aEYeJgCmRR20ANTZlUUVv2JO-lk5INcqnHOTBhGUq917HItdpSPk4AZw/s400/vegas.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here’s the gist of it: The Vdara Hotel is a building that can shoot death rays, making it the closest thing we ever got to a real-life Death Star. No word if its manager is a tall cyborg clad in black armor (obviously not, but still, a man can dream).</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Due to the shape of the building and it facing South, at specific times of the day and with the right weather, the Vdara Hotel concentrates and bounces back Sun rays, forming scorching death rays that can singe hair and even melt plastic cups or bags. That’s not even the crazy part. The hotel architect</i> did anticipate this problem but thought that coating the outer layer of the building with a special film would fix everything. The film did reflect over 70% of the Sun rays but the building still kept shooting potentially dangerous Sun blasts. Think what would happen if someone would unleash its true potential. Dear Lord, he could take over the world! Provided the weather was nice, of course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBR6nSn_ldSDTbMaFg13s60R6TaadPFGJH2swr8i2xctbsQaK-qbbPseJkmyxOx9H5b2dsqZecZmG3MuRA0-KpbjqW1Znphy4K1sknAzZMFNB11mySuzRjBA0x80kXGipGlqpSrPZX5s/s1600/vegas01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBR6nSn_ldSDTbMaFg13s60R6TaadPFGJH2swr8i2xctbsQaK-qbbPseJkmyxOx9H5b2dsqZecZmG3MuRA0-KpbjqW1Znphy4K1sknAzZMFNB11mySuzRjBA0x80kXGipGlqpSrPZX5s/s400/vegas01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-25620101654152452412011-01-20T04:36:00.000-08:002011-01-20T04:36:23.892-08:00Giant Reptiles of the Mesozoic seas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid43M9K_L_6mlyOE0rRHhgh1Ddiwum8jqhyphenhyphenfdkCjXsSIupb4l5cEpDuT2jPOYZrKN-VZS2IDxUE_VKzq_9SQ843f-8LrW2hhPwho03TF4JL0qKur2OcK98c5i_NyfqU7fjTbuuwi1ImKA/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid43M9K_L_6mlyOE0rRHhgh1Ddiwum8jqhyphenhyphenfdkCjXsSIupb4l5cEpDuT2jPOYZrKN-VZS2IDxUE_VKzq_9SQ843f-8LrW2hhPwho03TF4JL0qKur2OcK98c5i_NyfqU7fjTbuuwi1ImKA/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Temnodontozavr, who lived about 200 million years ago, had the eyes of a unique size. Their diameter was equal to 26 centimeters for almost two-meter size of the skull of this dinosaur.</i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i> Thanks to the discoveries of recent years the study of marine reptiles of the Mesozoic, a long time remained in the shadow of their distant relatives of land - the dinosaurs, is experiencing a real renaissance. Now we can quite confidently reconstruct the appearance and habits of the giant aquatic reptiles - ichthyosaurs, pliozavrov, mozazavrov and pleziozavrov.Skelety aquatic reptile known to science were among the first, played an important role in establishing the theory of biological evolution. Massive jaw mozazavra found in 1764 in a career in the Dutch city of Maastricht, clearly confirms the extinction of animals, which at that time was radically new idea. And at the beginning of the XIX century finds skeletons ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, made Mary Enning in southwest England, was given a wealth of material for research into the still emerging science of extinct animals - paleontologii.V nowadays marine species of reptiles - crocodiles, brine, sea snakes and turtles and lizards, iguanas, Galapagos - are a fraction of reptiles inhabiting the planet. But in the Mesozoic era (251-65 million years ago), their number has been incomparably greater. This, apparently, favored a warm climate that allowed the unfit to maintain a constant body temperature of the animals feel great in the water - a medium high heat capacity. In those days, marine reptiles scoured the sea from pole to pole, occupying the ecological niches of our contemporary whales, dolphins, seals and sharks. For more than 190 million years, they were "caste" of top predators, hunting is not just for fish and cephalopods, but also each other.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQthbqLVhoZSM0HF_mCB1bSv6-6TLUu6E5OuC23bIwW0uL5YNcvedivQB7ePDQqwSi2NOTZhEkE07Y9lf3hiYH-tDVas4cMV_-9YuzYEX1vaCfekX3qfG7SpKgHwlHdlW_FJ5RBn1ti4/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQthbqLVhoZSM0HF_mCB1bSv6-6TLUu6E5OuC23bIwW0uL5YNcvedivQB7ePDQqwSi2NOTZhEkE07Y9lf3hiYH-tDVas4cMV_-9YuzYEX1vaCfekX3qfG7SpKgHwlHdlW_FJ5RBn1ti4/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kronozavr was horrified seas Cretaceous era (125-99 million years ago), and one of the largest marine reptiles of all time. His name was given in honor of Kronos - one of the ancient Titans.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Again in water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>As well as aquatic mammals - whales, dolphins and pinnipeds, marine reptiles evolved from terrestrial air-breathing ancestors: 300 million years ago the reptiles conquered land, failing due to the appearance of eggs protected by leathery shells (in contrast to frogs and fish), to move from breeding water to breed out of the water environment. Nevertheless, for one reason or another one or the other group of reptiles in different periods again "tried to happiness" in the water. Pinpoint those causes is not yet possible, but as a rule, the development of a new kind of niche to explain its unemployment, the presence of food resources and lack of predators.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Currently invading lizards in the ocean began when the biggest in the history of our planet permskotriasovogo extinction (250 million years ago). On the causes of this disaster experts argue so far. Put forward different versions: the fall of a large meteorite, intense volcanic activity, massive release of methane hydrate and carbon dioxide. One thing is clear - the extremely short by geological standards, the time period from the variety of species of living organisms do not become a victim of environmental catastrophe was only every twentieth. Abandoned warm seas provides "colonialists" great opportunities, and perhaps that is why in the Mesozoic Era came several groups of marine reptiles. Four of them in number, diversity and distribution of truly had no equal. Each of the groups - ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and their relatives pliozavry and mozazavry - consisted of a predator, occupying the top of the food pyramid. And each group generated Giants truly monstrous proportions.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The most important factor in the successful development of Mesozoic reptiles of the aquatic environment, served as a transition to a live birth. Instead of laying eggs, the females give birth to fully formed and very large babies, thereby increasing their chances of survival. Thus, the life cycle of reptiles, which is in question here, now held entirely in the water, and the last thread connecting the marine reptiles from the land, was torn. In the future, apparently, it is an evolutionary acquisition has allowed them to leave the shallows and conquer the open sea. No need to go to the bank lifted restrictions on size, and some of the marine reptiles have benefited from gigantism. Grow large - is not easy, but if it grew - try to overpower this. Anyone hurt himself.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4NQF9yr7NYDOLGbZfNMPmVyr6P27koY3AU2cCgD0o3lhupOUeO0ld9Qw6L2n6YThnx9RQM_Q9QoEX3mae_xk-lupMlwhMI-T2v4u4_8dnmMGGALg2JC1OHAlXzpKfZYxUAiAGrFaaYQ/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4NQF9yr7NYDOLGbZfNMPmVyr6P27koY3AU2cCgD0o3lhupOUeO0ld9Qw6L2n6YThnx9RQM_Q9QoEX3mae_xk-lupMlwhMI-T2v4u4_8dnmMGGALg2JC1OHAlXzpKfZYxUAiAGrFaaYQ/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Shonizavr - the largest marine reptile in the history of evolution, the age of which exceeds 200 million years. A whopper weighed 40 tons. Probably the food she served as a small schooling fish and squid.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ichthyosaurs - longer, deeper, faster</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ancestors ryboyascherov-ichthyosaurs, who have mastered the aquatic environment about 245 million years ago, there were medium-sized inhabitants of shallow waters. Their bodies were not barrel-shaped, as in the offspring, and elongated, and its deformation played a significant role in the motion. However, over 40 million years the appearance of ichthyosaurs changed significantly. Initially elongated body has become more compact and perfectly streamlined, and caudal fin with a large lower lobe and a small top of most species evolved in an almost symmetrical.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On kinship ichthyosaurs paleontologists have only guessed at. It is believed that this group of very early evolutionary split from the trunk, then gave the branch of reptiles such as lizards and snakes and crocodiles, dinosaurs and birds. One major problem remains the lack of transitional link between the terrestrial ancestors of ichthyosaurs and primitive marine forms. The first known science ryboyaschery - it is completely aquatic organisms. What was their ancestor, yet difficult to say.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZp3xB1CeQBeDYuJDonxKBal1svGbrJSUfvgRwD-1xMPezJyjIONGqEZtgKpINzu4XGvh_EnTCX_utpDIXf8_wEtcCfGvEd7OXTE62IKMfnUYdXLB9cPgIzx5AGG07SxbW8t3dVianKMI/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZp3xB1CeQBeDYuJDonxKBal1svGbrJSUfvgRwD-1xMPezJyjIONGqEZtgKpINzu4XGvh_EnTCX_utpDIXf8_wEtcCfGvEd7OXTE62IKMfnUYdXLB9cPgIzx5AGG07SxbW8t3dVianKMI/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The length of the neck elasmozavrov who lived 100 million years ago, often exceeded the total length of its body and tail. The neck was their main tool to hunt for fish and cephalopods.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The length of most ichthyosaurs did not exceed 4.2 meters. However, there were also giants, which reached 21 meters. These whopper included, for example, shonizavry who lived in the late Triassic period about 210 million years ago. This is one of the biggest sea animals that ever lived in the oceans of our planet. In addition to the huge size of these ichthyosaurs is very different from a long skull with narrow jaws. To imagine shonizavra as a joke, an American paleontologist, it is necessary to inflate a huge rubber dolphin and elongated his face and fins. The most interesting thing is that only young animals had teeth, whereas gingival adult reptiles were toothless. You may ask: how could eat such colossi? To this we can reply: if shonizavry were smaller, then one would assume that they were chasing prey and swallowed it whole, as do the sword-fish and its relatives - Marlin and sailboats. However, high-speed Dvadtsatimetrovy giants could not be. Perhaps they are saturated with a small gregarious fish or squid. There is also an assumption that adults shonizavry used filtration device such as baleen, which allowed them to run off of water plankton. By the beginning of the Jurassic period (200 million years ago) in the sea forms of ichthyosaurs appeared on their bet on the speed. They skillfully chased fish and rapid belemnites - extinct relatives of squids and cuttlefish. According to modern calculations, three-, four-meter ichthyosaur stenopterigius developed a cruising speed of not less than one of the fastest fish, tuna fish (dolphins swim twice as slow) - nearly 80 km / h or 20 m / s! In the water! The main driver of such champions as a powerful tail with vertical blades, a fish.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the Jurassic period, which became the golden age of ichthyosaurs, these lizards were the most numerous marine reptiles. Some types of ichthyosaurs in search of prey could dive to a depth of half a kilometer or more. Distinguish between moving objects at a depth of these reptiles could because the size of their eyes. So, temnodontozavra eye diameter equal 26 centimeters! More (up to 30 inches) - only the giant squid. Of strain during fast motion or at great depth eyes ichthyosaurs protected the kind of eye skeleton - bearing a ring consisting of more than a dozen bony plates that develop in the shell of the eye - sclera.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Elongated face, narrow jaw and tooth shape ryboyascherov indicate that they were fed, as already stated, with respect to medium-sized animals: fish and cephalopods. Some types of ichthyosaurs had pointed conical teeth that were good to miss nimble, slippery prey. In contrast, other ichthyosaurs teeth were broad, with blunt or rounded tops to crush shells of cephalopods such as ammonites and nautilidy. But not so long ago was discovered the skeleton of a pregnant female ichthyosaur, within which other than fish bones found bones of young sea turtles, and that most amazing of all, the bone of the ancient sea-bird. There is also a message and the detection of residues in the belly of ryboyaschera pterosaur (flying reptile). This means that a diet ichthyosaurs were significantly more diverse than previously thought. Moreover, one discovered in this year of early ryboyascherov who lived in the Triassic (about 240 million years ago), on the edge of the rhombic cross-section of the teeth were serrated, indicating that its ability to detach from production pieces. Dangerous enemies have such a monster, reaches a length of 15 meters, almost was not. However, this branch of evolution for unclear reasons, cut short in the second half of the Cretaceous period 90 million years ago.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI6kELowTg0iXqt4CwlSY8hBdLeaEEtd4_y1lFECaZJ3AFPmXlZ2p4cKF38ciwmFTTqNqKveBUZCLy_sbyyCj6aBpjFuZjmu8Y50SecnAqJQEWkXvLe_lGbo0iB5GoYNpaSPIPimYSls/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI6kELowTg0iXqt4CwlSY8hBdLeaEEtd4_y1lFECaZJ3AFPmXlZ2p4cKF38ciwmFTTqNqKveBUZCLy_sbyyCj6aBpjFuZjmu8Y50SecnAqJQEWkXvLe_lGbo0iB5GoYNpaSPIPimYSls/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the bones tilozavrov who lived 90-65 million years ago, showed signs of necrosis. Typically, these pathologies are characteristic of animals that sink to great depth.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plesiosaurs and pliozavry - unlike relatives</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the shallow waters of the seas Triassic period (240-210 million years ago), flourished, another group of reptiles - notozavry. By way of life they most resembled modern seals, spending the time on the beach. For notozavrov was characterized by an elongated neck, and they sailed through the tail and webbed feet. Gradually, some of them have replaced the clutches in the fins, which are used as oars, and the more powerful they were, in order to weaken the role of the tail.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Notozavry considered the ancestors of plesiosaurs, which the reader knows the legend of the monster of Loch Ness. The first plesiosaurs appeared in the mid-Triassic (240-230 million years ago), but the beginning of flowering occurs at the beginning of the Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Then there were and pliozavry. These marine reptiles were close relatives, but they looked different. Representatives of both groups - a case unique among aquatic animals - moving with the help of two pairs of large vesloobraznyh fins, and their movements were probably not unidirectional and multidirectional: when the front fins were moving down, back - up. Also, we can assume that most were used only finfish front blade - so save more energy. The rear is connected to work only during the surge in production or escape from larger predators.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plesiosaurs are easily recognizable by a very long neck. For example, in elasmozavra it consisted of 72 vertebrae! Scientists know even the skeletons of the neck which is longer than the body and tail combined. And, apparently, that his neck was their advantage. Let plesiosaurs were not the fastest swimmers, but the most agile. By the way, with the disappearance of their long-necked animals in the sea no longer appears. And another interesting fact: the skeletons of some plesiosaurs not found in the sea and in estuaries (where rivers flow into the sea) and even freshwater sediments. Thus, it is clear that this group does not dwell solely in the seas. Over time it was thought that plesiosaurs were fed mainly on fish and cephalopods (belemnites and ammonites). Lizard slowly and quietly swam to the bottom of the pack behind and thanks to its super long neck snatch prey prominently on the background light of the sky before a flock rushed to their heels. But today it is obvious that the diet of these reptiles was richer. In the found skeletons of plesiosaurs often smooth stones, probably specifically swallowed lizard. Specialists believe that this was not the ballast, as previously thought, but very real millstones. Muscular stomach of the animal, cutting, move these stones, and they razdavlivali strong shells of mollusks and crustaceans caught in the womb of plesiosaur. Skeletons of plesiosaurs with the remnants of benthic invertebrates suggest that in addition to species, specializing in hunting in the water column, there were those who preferred to swim near the surface, collect booty from the bottom. It is also possible that some plesiosaurs could move from one type of food to another, depending on its availability, because the long neck - it's a great "fishing rod" with which it was possible to "catch" the most different prey. It is worth adding that the neck of these predators was quite robust, and sharply bend, or lift it out of the water they could not. This, incidentally, casts doubt on many stories about the Loch Ness monster, when witnesses reported seeing it a long neck protruding from the water. The largest of plesiosaurs - a New Zealand mauizavr reaches 20 meters in length, almost half of which was a huge neck.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>First pliozavry who lived in the late Triassic and early Jurassic period (about 205 million years ago), much like their relatives, plesiosaurs, initially misleading paleontologists. The heads of them were relatively small, and neck - is quite long. Nevertheless, by mid-Jurassic period differences were very significant: the main trend of their evolution has been an increase in head size and power of the jaws. Neck, respectively, was short. And if the plesiosaurs were hunted mainly for fish and cephalopods, adult pliozavry chasing other marine reptiles, including plesiosaurs. By the way, carrion, they did not strain.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The largest of the first was a seven-pliozavrov romaleozavr, but its dimensions, including the size of his meter jaws, pales when compared with the monsters that emerged later. The oceans of the second half of the Jurassic period (160 million years ago) held sway lioplevrodony - monsters arrives, perhaps 12 meters in length. Later in the Cretaceous period (100-90 million years ago), lived the Colossi of similar size - and kronozavry brahauheniusy. However, most have been huge pliozavry Late Jurassic period.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QSIfw3idW6OFu-nrDa0VicqV8iREg4OSsKFWUw3BfByxzU6LjIlAlb42US-sokQvT0VOx-huqNx6L2daOPsGt0JfZFNeuVnmIsvrIXKopvgC3njOOIRyp4LTcQ3mtYIw3OhdpamOhq0/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QSIfw3idW6OFu-nrDa0VicqV8iREg4OSsKFWUw3BfByxzU6LjIlAlb42US-sokQvT0VOx-huqNx6L2daOPsGt0JfZFNeuVnmIsvrIXKopvgC3njOOIRyp4LTcQ3mtYIw3OhdpamOhq0/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lioplevrodony inhabiting the depths of the sea 160 million years ago, could move quickly through large flippers, which they waved like wings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>More?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In recent years, paleontologists unspeakably lucky to have a sensational discovery. So, two years ago, a Norwegian expedition led by Dr. Jørn Khurum extracted from the permafrost on the island of Spitsbergen fragments of the skeleton of a giant pliozavra. Its length calculated by one of the cranial bones. Turned out to be - 15 feet! And last year in the Jurassic deposits of the county of Dorset in England, scientists waited for another stroke of luck. At one of the beaches of Weymouth Bay local collector of fossils, Kevin Sheehan dug almost entirely preserved skull of a huge size of 2 meters 40 centimeters! The length of this "sea dragon" could be as much as 16 meters! Almost the same length was a young lady pliozavra found in 2002 in Mexico and named the Monster of Aramberri.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But that's not all. In the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford kept a giant mandible pliozavra-makromerusa whose size is 2 meters 87 centimeters! Bone is damaged, and it is believed that its total length was no less than three meters. Thus, its owner can reach 18 meters. Truly imperial proportions.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But pliozavry were not just big, they were real monsters. If anyone is endangering them, only themselves. Yes, huge, like a whale ichthyosaur-and long-necked plesiosaur shonizavr-mauizavr were longer. But the huge predators pliozavry were perfect "killing machine" and had no equal. Three-meter monster fins rapidly carried to the goal. Powerful jaws with a palisade of large teeth the size of a banana crumbled bones and torn flesh of the victims, regardless of their size. They truly were invincible, and if anyone and can be compared with them in power, so this fossil shark-megalodona. Tyrannosaurus rex beside giant pliozavrami looks like a pony in front of the Dutch heavy trucks. Taking for comparison the modern crocodile, paleontologists have calculated the pressure that developed jaws of a huge pliozavra at the bite: it turned out, about 15 tons. The notion of power and appetite penalty kronozavra, who lived about 100 million years ago, scientists have been, "looking" in his belly. There they found the bones of plesiosaur.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Throughout the Jurassic and most of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs and pliozavry were dominant ocean predators, although we should not forget that nearby were always sharks. Anyway, the big pliozavry became extinct about 90 million years ago, for unclear reasons. However, as we know, a holy place is never empty. To replace them in the seas of the late Cretaceous period, there were giants that could compete with the most powerful of pliozavrov. We are talking about mozazavrah.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_RuNN2EQNNor0pitYOLRUY5mRieb_s93J2QGm-XEp_mIhCGWcEBzVFdq4TYWi_Ix5CDCzRszKX5uqjwccxSBUAwsYQLqxh6-CajP8olgNgTqGlBeW5xXZBQpeAeC4N54UsBXpR_OOwE/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_RuNN2EQNNor0pitYOLRUY5mRieb_s93J2QGm-XEp_mIhCGWcEBzVFdq4TYWi_Ix5CDCzRszKX5uqjwccxSBUAwsYQLqxh6-CajP8olgNgTqGlBeW5xXZBQpeAeC4N54UsBXpR_OOwE/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mozazavr mozazavru - lunch</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Group mozazavrov, replacing, and perhaps superseded pliozavrov and plesiosaurs, emerged from the evolutionary branch that is close to the monitor lizards and snakes. I totally clicked to life in water and become viviparous mozazavrov replaced the clutches in the fins, but the main driver was a long flattened tail, and in some species it ended in a fin like a shark. It may be noted that, according to the pathological changes found in fossilized bones, some mozazavry know how deep to dive, and like all the extreme divers suffering from the effects of such immersions. Some species mozazavrov bottom feeders, crushing mollusk shells with short broad teeth with rounded tops. However, conical and slightly curved back terrible teeth of most species leave no doubt in the food preferences of their owners. They hunted fish, including sharks, cephalopods, crushing shells of turtles, seabirds swallow, and even flying dinosaurs, tearing apart other marine reptiles and each other. So, inside the penalty tilozavra were found semidigested plesiosaur bones.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The design of the skull mozazavrov allow them to swallow whole, even very large prey: like snakes, their lower jaw had been equipped with advanced joints, and some bones of the skull articulated movable. As a result of wide-open mouth was a truly monstrous proportions. Moreover, it is in heaven grew two extra rows of teeth that allowed stronger hold prey. But do not forget that mozazavrov also hunted. Paleontologists have found five-meter tilozavra was crushed skull. The only one who could do such a thing, so this is another, larger mozazavr.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For 20 million years mozazavry rapidly evolved, giving the giants, the mass and size comparable with the monsters from other groups of marine reptiles. By the end of the Cretaceous period, during the next great extinction, giant sea lizards disappeared along with the dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Possible reasons for a new environmental disaster might strike a huge meteorite and (or) increased volcanic activity.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>First, even before the Cretaceous extinction, disappeared pliozavry somewhat later - the plesiosaurs and mozazavry. It is believed that this occurred because of violations of food chains. Triggered domino effect: the mass extinction of some groups of unicellular algae has led to the disappearance of those who ate them - crustaceans, and as a consequence, fish and cephalopods. Marine reptiles were on top of the pyramid. Extinction mozazavrov, for example, could be a consequence of extinction of ammonites that form the basis of their diet. Nevertheless, the final clarity on this issue there. For example, two other groups of predators, sharks and bony fish also feed on ammonites survived the extinction of the Late Cretaceous era with relatively little loss.</i></div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-31602089949670178002011-01-20T04:20:00.000-08:002011-01-20T04:20:36.462-08:00Zoe Kravitz in an advertising campaign Eleven Paris spring 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>22-year-old daughter of Lenny Kravitz (Lenny Kravitz) and actress Lisa Bonet (Lisa Bonet) Zoe Kravitz (Zoe Kravitz) took part in an advertising campaign of French fashion label Eleven Paris Spring 2011. The author of the photo shoot was made by Sune Czajkowski.</i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAHH3F93Ctcr7HZtVNAV1aNJqC20CefLHdL-VF4hgOxQ2IFnI9REoADz_XAEewHbT4Fx8v3DW9Hz5PTTwMuT468nBsSzqWxyvgfzbbnQG9mDtezi2RCGbvhTrd00Ch34d2ZiDiOe2z90/s1600/ZoeKravitzElevenParis00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAHH3F93Ctcr7HZtVNAV1aNJqC20CefLHdL-VF4hgOxQ2IFnI9REoADz_XAEewHbT4Fx8v3DW9Hz5PTTwMuT468nBsSzqWxyvgfzbbnQG9mDtezi2RCGbvhTrd00Ch34d2ZiDiOe2z90/s400/ZoeKravitzElevenParis00.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-18704503032439733832011-01-19T06:11:00.000-08:002011-01-19T06:11:44.643-08:00Ten Recycled Ship Houses<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old ships are far too beautiful and far too useful to send them to the junkyard. In fact, recycled ships can make for some stunning homes!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSGtuUoVW_V6SdG6_-07PuVVP1h0GIWRYZG79lXTwegrq4Drx2dInKf6Cd4AceINi9J3yLsDS2c96a9n8Bv7yU0dGFaelBOg35rhnTIj_PkM-sCmrSQL_2SBdk2WqyDdK6_9y0gU9MaU/s1600/1teaser_russia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSGtuUoVW_V6SdG6_-07PuVVP1h0GIWRYZG79lXTwegrq4Drx2dInKf6Cd4AceINi9J3yLsDS2c96a9n8Bv7yU0dGFaelBOg35rhnTIj_PkM-sCmrSQL_2SBdk2WqyDdK6_9y0gU9MaU/s400/1teaser_russia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ships can be floating houses and houses sometimes can be ships. But, if you mix the two and recycle ships into houses, you can expect some unusual and beautiful results. We found seven amazing examples from around the world.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbRxtA8IQ47hcnVcadGgQ1yohNdtrnqsZhwJQkpWuUM-nolvlN-0XFy29L7XC6Zky794g0Nm2VtrlWXN566ndVF0s9JdmT5gLqL6qu0vKtevazHNLesyY88_QSor4Vhg1ZiQ4yYH54qg/s1600/2BoatShed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbRxtA8IQ47hcnVcadGgQ1yohNdtrnqsZhwJQkpWuUM-nolvlN-0XFy29L7XC6Zky794g0Nm2VtrlWXN566ndVF0s9JdmT5gLqL6qu0vKtevazHNLesyY88_QSor4Vhg1ZiQ4yYH54qg/s400/2BoatShed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong><a name='more'></a></strong></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>10. Strawberry Island, Tofino, BC, Canada</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps-njIe6psSkFh3UaDGFhgVleQNruthtU-mIGfaIpjw3Ak9vKDiMK3RWCq1KYNv1Ef2-CaXXpH7oqadkJjoU_4qyDg3dKqF7EuNFpYNQIc_WC6flfbtVQD6mTvUogw9LjHdANI_puBrg/s1600/3strawberry-island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps-njIe6psSkFh3UaDGFhgVleQNruthtU-mIGfaIpjw3Ak9vKDiMK3RWCq1KYNv1Ef2-CaXXpH7oqadkJjoU_4qyDg3dKqF7EuNFpYNQIc_WC6flfbtVQD6mTvUogw9LjHdANI_puBrg/s400/3strawberry-island.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This old boat converted into a house is now permanently docked in Long Beach, Tofino, on Vancouver Island’s west coast, right across from the pub. It belongs to local diver and historian Rod Palm, who has been living in it with his family for many years. It sure looks very homey, and perfectly settled into the scenic landscape.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photographer Clint Rivers explains how the shot came about: “The ‘Boat’ house is on a small island just to the east of Tofino. I sat in a pub and saw it out the window and had to take a pic. Quite the neat way to make a house, and what a nice view they have every night as the sun sets in the west!”</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>9. Ship Residence, Put-in-Bay, OH</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivJmU-BZQHRESDKTqljWJYDkAlrU-zRz0fX53QvKmfohjjylwx04LuPPHrE1Y3T57IiW6-uSxlkJYRDwdWcI2OUy-stVNzCLpryMb2mksxLcqO95ziOfUzwhJtBEbUniHZ3hh7eQUHlc/s1600/4Benson-Ford-Boat_House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivJmU-BZQHRESDKTqljWJYDkAlrU-zRz0fX53QvKmfohjjylwx04LuPPHrE1Y3T57IiW6-uSxlkJYRDwdWcI2OUy-stVNzCLpryMb2mksxLcqO95ziOfUzwhJtBEbUniHZ3hh7eQUHlc/s400/4Benson-Ford-Boat_House.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Benson Ford is a beautiful ship now owned by Bryan Kasper. Having dutifully served on the Great Lakes for 50 years, the ship can now be found towering on a cliff on South Bass Island in Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, OH. Originally, Henry Ford had it built as his own cruise ship and named it after his grandson. When it was slated to be scrapped in 1986, the Kaspers stepped in and saved the luxurious vessel, turning it into their lakeshore residence. More photos can be found here.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><strong> </strong></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>8. Adventure Ship, Dixie, FL</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTV6vqij9Da5HzDMIsl_7nQygw7YCmRIf2WtW0APlE11uWEtA-JjsyIVleZgTWEhY5T6D15ux3ucZ8rJHv1750SYbcxZLbSply1mdopf-yosmNo79MVVoDHCTIpi37CZUJCp2DAyAmnGw/s1600/5horseshoe-beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTV6vqij9Da5HzDMIsl_7nQygw7YCmRIf2WtW0APlE11uWEtA-JjsyIVleZgTWEhY5T6D15ux3ucZ8rJHv1750SYbcxZLbSply1mdopf-yosmNo79MVVoDHCTIpi37CZUJCp2DAyAmnGw/s400/5horseshoe-beach.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This beautiful ship house, which looks like an adventure playground, actually has a rather sad history. Photographer Michelle Pearson, who lives close by in Cedar Key, FL, says: “What I learned is that the boat was built originally as a boat by a very elderly gentleman. After a group of men went by it one night as it sat there, one of them suggested it be made into a home to one who had bought the lot it stands on. To the surprise of the ‘suggestee,’ the owner bought the boat and made it into what it is now. It has since changed hands, maybe a few times. Besides being a home/vacation house to its owners, it is also a place of rest and view for birds like osprey.” Whoever the owners are now, it is a spectacular house on Horseshoe Beach in Dixie, FL, where it attracts many admirers among beach-goers.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>7. Boat Houses, Encinitas, CA</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF25gLpbjYhra1P4JLVnLmt73jNuJLkJGH8VA80FSnLlevvbnzMNRFskr0AkWUJweOe6HQx9wxl-sGG-aVjmJYAMQvqcXdfrw3KL-OQ7yKPCb_tRClGniYoAtsEtvPS91i7RJEYfEh5k/s1600/6boat-houses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF25gLpbjYhra1P4JLVnLmt73jNuJLkJGH8VA80FSnLlevvbnzMNRFskr0AkWUJweOe6HQx9wxl-sGG-aVjmJYAMQvqcXdfrw3KL-OQ7yKPCb_tRClGniYoAtsEtvPS91i7RJEYfEh5k/s400/6boat-houses.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Some people love boats so much that they will even build their homes in the shape of them. These two examples can be found on 3rd Street in Encinitas, CA. The S.S. Encinitas and S.S Moon Light have never touche water (apart from rainwater), as they are neither boathouses nor houseboats — just stunning boat replicas.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgn1CXlg022ndXbaBDGl4yLia3G4F68r3Q2gA5DxmgN3PTruyKYic_O74167S6mw4eml4V7bMDVJ0wgbY3ZbanURHhcOA2irsrRmnA6BwXlu9N7gDbKiSs2zV7ptpe9nAUzUvBUsJh8XY/s1600/7boat-house-close-up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgn1CXlg022ndXbaBDGl4yLia3G4F68r3Q2gA5DxmgN3PTruyKYic_O74167S6mw4eml4V7bMDVJ0wgbY3ZbanURHhcOA2irsrRmnA6BwXlu9N7gDbKiSs2zV7ptpe9nAUzUvBUsJh8XY/s400/7boat-house-close-up.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But that’s not to say that these two houses are not recycled. Their creator, Miles Minor Kellogg, was a versatile builder in the 1920s and ’30s who loved taking scrap material and using it for new structures. The wood making up this unique structure was taken from an old bathhouse at Moonlight Beach in 1925. Because of its low ceiling, the wood wasn’t fit for a regular house but worked splendidly for these two boathouses, completed in 1928.</i></div><i><strong> </strong></i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>6. Captain’s Lodge, Rio de Janeiro</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYaB5k_GoAZ-84-oyCJbtnKQYr4dLbUj85gzz7ULS68iCd49vPBTEUlqKb8nYpkAUXdB172GMirXrRcSPMR_j4p27WT1WCECBj5sdNS4dgp8iCD5H3M2U9NU8gQRbSQU__XySHw6SwNA/s1600/8Pousada-Inn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYaB5k_GoAZ-84-oyCJbtnKQYr4dLbUj85gzz7ULS68iCd49vPBTEUlqKb8nYpkAUXdB172GMirXrRcSPMR_j4p27WT1WCECBj5sdNS4dgp8iCD5H3M2U9NU8gQRbSQU__XySHw6SwNA/s400/8Pousada-Inn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This ship house, called “Pousada do Capitao” (or “Captain’s Lodge”), in Rio de Janeiro’s very scenic Arraial do Cabo Bay, is actually a small hotel. As indicated by its exterior, the hotel’s theme is nautical through and through — from its sextants and life buoys right down to its beach-themed sheets and towels. Fishing can be arranged.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>5. Hovercraft House, Gifford, FL</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7DXyH85O05UZkP9fv8RcAJ1m-9q65twLAmqVFfNxPHfCYAIBr2YIXxceY89DUhgMmYs0IAiR-4cn-99f8fPZY5Oliu1jQCAZy5J9lqmmyqy9FjhWnWJLkJ7tEhyphenhyphenGgrsNfDl8NGAhgdc/s1600/9hovercraft-house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7DXyH85O05UZkP9fv8RcAJ1m-9q65twLAmqVFfNxPHfCYAIBr2YIXxceY89DUhgMmYs0IAiR-4cn-99f8fPZY5Oliu1jQCAZy5J9lqmmyqy9FjhWnWJLkJ7tEhyphenhyphenGgrsNfDl8NGAhgdc/s400/9hovercraft-house.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This project to create a hovercraft home began in 1989 and has so far taken owner and former engineer Dennis Schaller 20 years of work. The 56-foot-long, two-story vessel was not only built from scratch, but also from scrap. It is secured by several insulated grounding and tie-down lines. Right behind the bridge on the top floor are the captain’s quarters.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>4. Island Residence, Santa Catalina, CA</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY0fbW5AVrAHGJ2jt09Gp_83QHJIKfC31gd6GmtdxVQexMk3q5EcPC9akIsdog_gE7Lpp0asDi8E9cqDm2CDc9x20iO-Y4CCafcMWyyOE8xKz6SjftgKiKV6qgENjg3vuP2c6nXyE7LI/s1600/10santa-catalina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY0fbW5AVrAHGJ2jt09Gp_83QHJIKfC31gd6GmtdxVQexMk3q5EcPC9akIsdog_gE7Lpp0asDi8E9cqDm2CDc9x20iO-Y4CCafcMWyyOE8xKz6SjftgKiKV6qgENjg3vuP2c6nXyE7LI/s400/10santa-catalina.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This house on the rocky shores of Santa Catalina Island, about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, is made from the salvaged parts of not one but two old ships. The whole top part of the house seems to be the old ship’s bridge, whereas only wood was used for other parts. The whole construction, painted uniformly white, is certainly stunning and very ship-like. In case you’re wondering about the golf carts parked on the site and rounding the corner of the house: these are characteristics of island life, making up the primary mode of transportation on Santa Catalina.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>3. Ship House, Lake Huron, MI</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I0c5dEzykqNhSLUejjT67UKcqKmw9ySg4gnyjMOJAKHDMsYnqao7bdeKw-VM-ipNeN9FjxjGhhbV0xNa9T95XIJLDJS8By3ZkkbdRCfsTu3SF9kuemUO9GLD7pUxaaXemZldD8FS6yM/s1600/11great-lakes-ship-house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I0c5dEzykqNhSLUejjT67UKcqKmw9ySg4gnyjMOJAKHDMsYnqao7bdeKw-VM-ipNeN9FjxjGhhbV0xNa9T95XIJLDJS8By3ZkkbdRCfsTu3SF9kuemUO9GLD7pUxaaXemZldD8FS6yM/s400/11great-lakes-ship-house.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This great ship house majestically looks out over the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan. It stands near Point Lookout, north of Au Gres, and at the time the picture was taken, in the summer of 2009, the unusual house was even for sale. Not for long, we assume.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>2. Ship House, Borovoy, Russia</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfn9heOLbU6N4TJeIAFNkIragfzqS7WppSoTJGgZS4VxDRrhZ0R41GhrocvBeDOQIC5lG8NYHYfwOnq2pziqqGVwzDjiwwNSzrTbFsu0H6PZrjnGbyhogRw-hCOmDrFr9UeegWKYhcfP8/s1600/12ship-house-russia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfn9heOLbU6N4TJeIAFNkIragfzqS7WppSoTJGgZS4VxDRrhZ0R41GhrocvBeDOQIC5lG8NYHYfwOnq2pziqqGVwzDjiwwNSzrTbFsu0H6PZrjnGbyhogRw-hCOmDrFr9UeegWKYhcfP8/s400/12ship-house-russia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What looks rather like Noah’s Ark is actually a ship house in Borovoy, Russia. Owner and builder Nikolay claims the idea for this 29-foot-high, 45-foot-long house came to him in a dream. He started on July 7, 2007 and constructed the three-bedroom house without any architectural drawings. Since then, it has received much attention — and admiration.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><strong>1. Boat Sheds, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, U.K.</strong></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiieh6wlTCQUL8iPlt8iNOExVYg4rmrJNn7VxSvLAyeaWy-KzAGzlwRU-rf03H3vn7tspN7T6mOuxWvYidVu-8nVmB6p85lAG5nq9MZl2eAS1mNT8uRU6LfD_6SN84jHYyT8_zIsCX5sI/s1600/13boat-shed2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiieh6wlTCQUL8iPlt8iNOExVYg4rmrJNn7VxSvLAyeaWy-KzAGzlwRU-rf03H3vn7tspN7T6mOuxWvYidVu-8nVmB6p85lAG5nq9MZl2eAS1mNT8uRU6LfD_6SN84jHYyT8_zIsCX5sI/s400/13boat-shed2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What better way to recycle an old boat than to turn it into a shed that holds the equipment and tools for new ones? That seems to be what the fishermen on the island of Lindisfarne must have thought. They cut their boats into smaller chunks, turned them upside down, added a front wall and, <em>voila</em>, the perfect shed was born — a home at least for a night if caught out in a storm.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrv0GFSYI3eBUzC5hUtMRjPMyI-49ArtpbNXehKYvVHAIwLsFTR4ltzI6AtSUzPxoLjzydB60fvPzn3LszwAEb8R6CCeig_w2lDmIRqhSP6obV625J7NyHumz751MxqdNP-OqPj-ADRiU/s1600/14boat-shed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrv0GFSYI3eBUzC5hUtMRjPMyI-49ArtpbNXehKYvVHAIwLsFTR4ltzI6AtSUzPxoLjzydB60fvPzn3LszwAEb8R6CCeig_w2lDmIRqhSP6obV625J7NyHumz751MxqdNP-OqPj-ADRiU/s400/14boat-shed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Many of the larger boats were part of the island’s herring fleet, which was retired at the start of the 20th century. Not only is this recycling at its best, but the boat sheds also nicely integrate themselves into the beautiful Northumberland coastline.</i></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Far from looking like a fish out of water, with attention to detail and patience, a stranded ship or boat can quite easily be turned into a comfortable and spacious house. Have you seen any that would complement our list?</i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-41089047321249317412011-01-19T05:27:00.000-08:002011-01-19T05:27:08.153-08:005 Controversies Too Dumb To Be Outraged About<div style="text-align: center;"><i>People love to be outraged; it’s a simple fact of life. Outrage makes us feel powerful, like we actually have something important to say, as opposed to what we usually say (the question to Final Jeopardy, which we’re often wrong about anyway.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sometimes, however, we pool our outrage into things that may initially seem controversial but, after a second glance, are just too asinine and pointless to truly care about. Consider this a guide to thinking things through before you go getting hot and bothered over.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> Teletubbies</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These four alien-whatevers were very popular among extremely young children and extremely high adults for many years, despite rarely saying anything close to an actual word and almost never doing anything interesting. It was the kids’ show equivalent of waving car keys in front of a kitten while making chikachikachikachikachika sounds at it.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkf9wo2mpt4HcBH_k9Jff7Aac8gAUCY4hA1jSuOfTYTrKeoSnt2FuGDhGaSQPw7MhQ88dTAKTlC_kQ9PnZDl_8siX9jGkvqPyqW2BfGr4GaIMRZJfDDwQTuxIfoy_E7oI6sQk7BqQyZ8/s1600/teletubbies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkf9wo2mpt4HcBH_k9Jff7Aac8gAUCY4hA1jSuOfTYTrKeoSnt2FuGDhGaSQPw7MhQ88dTAKTlC_kQ9PnZDl_8siX9jGkvqPyqW2BfGr4GaIMRZJfDDwQTuxIfoy_E7oI6sQk7BqQyZ8/s400/teletubbies.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>You are now dumber for having looked at this picture.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><a name='more'></a></i></b></span></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="more-5909"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So naturally, somebody had to go and make a big stink about it. In this case, it was Jerry Falwell, a televangelist who managed to find evil and sin in just about anything. And so it was with the Teletubbies. They all had different colored fur and a different symbol on their head; as far as the show was concerned, that’s just the way things were. After all, if they looked alike, how could parents be persuaded to buy four different dolls for their spoiled little tot?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Well, Falwell and his Religious Right followers felt differently; they felt the Teletubbies subliminally promoted homosexual values to babies. The main whipping boy was Tinky-Winky, a purple Teletubby with a triangle on his head and a purse that he just loved so very, very much. Falwell’s theory was that, since purple was the color of homosexual pride, triangles were the symbol of homosexual pride, and gay men just loved their purses, that Tinky-Winky must have been “a gay” and was subtly teaching kids that homosexuality is OK.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtMrRvmEUCixGYQcALI6c-7rg3F1gvueAQscrX7mH4RSsTBob9aLssgM9OJSOikyx_V7G2lZj9ODoSwc04whxr2Q2sEbYkzLKbab7JbgEHEIO6dsRZiWl0GBAABRN6MTWQHKKCHdLsdk/s1600/teletubbies01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtMrRvmEUCixGYQcALI6c-7rg3F1gvueAQscrX7mH4RSsTBob9aLssgM9OJSOikyx_V7G2lZj9ODoSwc04whxr2Q2sEbYkzLKbab7JbgEHEIO6dsRZiWl0GBAABRN6MTWQHKKCHdLsdk/s400/teletubbies01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Hmmmm, nope. We just don’t see it.</i></b></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Falwell and company’s furor ultimately went nowhere, and it further spurned Falwell’s descent into irrelevancy and punch line status. He seemingly neglected the fact that babies wouldn’t be able to make such connections, due to being unfamiliar with the meaning behind purple, triangles, and other such symbols. They’re just another series of bright, happy objects for them to stare at. Also, they’re babies; they’re probably too busy laughing at a piece of lint on the living room floor to decide that going gay is the only way to go.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Secret Diary Of Desmond Pfeiffer</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SY9428NMW2q28_wyT_bPwQWSbwWnSnaXb3YgZ6XoelP_xF2MoYt40TbnIChQdE2gUNBWZtLR82wqp1TaKUu2Nk9ky3ePIbkEdIs_-ViMNdVdcTHi9aqXmriU0HpwTravhRj6BkiyelE/s1600/pfeiffer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SY9428NMW2q28_wyT_bPwQWSbwWnSnaXb3YgZ6XoelP_xF2MoYt40TbnIChQdE2gUNBWZtLR82wqp1TaKUu2Nk9ky3ePIbkEdIs_-ViMNdVdcTHi9aqXmriU0HpwTravhRj6BkiyelE/s400/pfeiffer.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="pfeiffer" class="aligncenter" src="http://media.weirdworm.com/img/misc/5-controversies-too-dumb-to-be-outraged-about/pfeiffer.jpg" title="pfeiffer photo" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Who wants a light-hearted comedy about slavery and the Civil War? Not too many people, apparently. Back in 1998, <i>Diary</i> premiered on UPN, a tiny little TV station that wished so hard with all its might that it would one day become a real network. And really, with the one-two punch of <i>Diary</i> and its equally-cultured sister show, <i>Homeboys In Outer Space</i>, it’s a wonder that UPN ultimately went nowhere.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHXaLpz8Ssg6YJxJwNvICPtVe0yUmW7wha8nak37gR9_b1xL8UMJk5L1SA9VqaPWfy85SJr9MptHzfB-Bd0bWRiB1A6W-GS0LTMmqRhnXhRst4FRL2gxdlSFUcIUe-0ni9uPYtVgBdhw/s1600/pfeiffer01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHXaLpz8Ssg6YJxJwNvICPtVe0yUmW7wha8nak37gR9_b1xL8UMJk5L1SA9VqaPWfy85SJr9MptHzfB-Bd0bWRiB1A6W-GS0LTMmqRhnXhRst4FRL2gxdlSFUcIUe-0ni9uPYtVgBdhw/s400/pfeiffer01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Yup, this existed.</i></b></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><i>Diary</i> came and went in exactly four episodes. Even before the first episode aired, there were protests and anger in all directions. The show had many jokes that seemingly made fun of slavery and acted like it really wasn’t a big deal. Some sample dialogue from the pilot:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abraham Lincoln’s Chief Of Staff</span>: The slaves haven’t been emancipated yet! Get your feet off the table, Pfeiffer!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pfeiffer (an ex-slave turned White House butler)</span>: Sir, you may be chief of staff and my immediate superior, but I must remind you that we are both men, both human beings, both equals.”</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abraham Lincoln’s Chief Of Staff</span>: Both equals? Hello! You’re in Americaaaaa!”</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Canned Laugh Track</span>: Screw this; I’ve got better things to giggle at.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That exchange, far more than the slavery-was-kinda-meh premise, was the reason the show tanked. There was never any need for the outrage and the picketing that the show generated, because it was so badly written and the jokes were so hackneyed and uncreative that it was guaranteed to flop even if the protest groups had stayed home to research other things to get angry over.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you dare, here are the first three minutes of the first episode.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="390" width="490"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mrQRdDui-n4&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mrQRdDui-n4&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="490" height="390"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Chia Obama</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If Christmas time rolls around and you completely forgot you have, say, a parent or a sibling, you can half-ass a gift in several different ways. You can buy a gift card, which is basically an invitation for them to go buy the damn thing themselves. You can buy them scratch tickets, which is basically buying them nothing unless they actually win, which makes you feel like the biggest moron in history. Or you can buy them a Chia Pet. You know, to be ironic.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdzHfbe4dqb9pFSHGgbIxFDVKEa8dSnQnTQHwxRd8EqGT4_z5tNFN0AISvJRVShHX4hrL9N-gqWg9dkPfJ8yNM6kIMFpNPy4CNTVtOYoUskTpjRsi4_Hp3U24kArwV57ijv98h64k5k0/s1600/obama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdzHfbe4dqb9pFSHGgbIxFDVKEa8dSnQnTQHwxRd8EqGT4_z5tNFN0AISvJRVShHX4hrL9N-gqWg9dkPfJ8yNM6kIMFpNPy4CNTVtOYoUskTpjRsi4_Hp3U24kArwV57ijv98h64k5k0/s400/obama.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Chia: Grossing millions of purely ironic dollars every year</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For the most part, Chias are innocuous toys designed for people who want to plant something, but would prefer it be something that they can just throw away after it inevitably gets neglected and dies. But recently, Chia released a series of Presidential Chias including our current Fearless leader, Barack Obama.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nSkGtsMhclqiDkUawrC633DOPIo8_-miDU_pdWInWe0mjxJQj3xd4cbSFX5L8cv89Eyfj4Gid7mkIigE8L2PaSHPLIRpOjKo2sMtexBX4CBaDamhEjm7HscHhXIi5M7wiMEojFaZ1qY/s1600/obama01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nSkGtsMhclqiDkUawrC633DOPIo8_-miDU_pdWInWe0mjxJQj3xd4cbSFX5L8cv89Eyfj4Gid7mkIigE8L2PaSHPLIRpOjKo2sMtexBX4CBaDamhEjm7HscHhXIi5M7wiMEojFaZ1qY/s400/obama01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Go on. Guess why people might not like this.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>People were less than thrilled that Obama, a black man in case you hadn’t noticed, is depicted in his Chia has having nappy hair, a major no-no when depicting black people. There have been enough cries of racism that Walgreens pulled them from their stores, citing that they don’t send the kind of image that Walgreens endorses. They much prefer their current image: blue vests, minimum wage, dead-end career path.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Luckily for the insanely rich owner of the Chia company, CVS has agreed to sell the Obama Chias if for no other reason than to tell Walgreens, their chief competition, to suck it. Meanwhile, the Obama Chia has been selling like crazy, and it might go on to become the biggest-selling Chia in history. All because some people got angry over an afro-plant that might well have been ignored if there wasn’t any outrage against it.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Considering most people are only likely to buy a Chia-anything as a gag Christmas gift, there’s clearly nothing malicious at hand. If you get one as a joke and are truly offended, just plug in your new Clapper that somebody else got you to be funny, clap off the lights, and never look at Obama again.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Or return it for money. There’s that too.</i></div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Al Snow and Head</i></b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Back in the late 90’s, when wrestling was huge and the WWE/F/G/H/I/J/K was at its most popular, it would constantly get flack from moral groups, contending it went too far with its raunchy product. Whether it was grown men pointing to their crotches for no reason, women getting hit with breakaway guitars, or the middle finger being flipped as less of an insult and more of a casual “howyadoin,” critics found no end to the list of things they could complain about. Probably the worst was Limp Bizkit as theme music, making them relevant years after their sell-by date.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oftentimes, it seemed critics would pile on the complaints simply because it was wrestling and they didn’t like it. Even middle-tier wrestlers, the ones nobody dressed up as for Halloween, weren’t immune. Al Snow played a schizophrenic nutjob who wrote HELP ME backwards on his forehead and talked to a mannequin head because he had no other friends. It was basic, wholesome, children’s entertainment, like Bozo the Clown entertaining the kiddies by talking to his plastic air horn.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEGMffsEiXMgu5youfB-abqjZ3YApsLP2KEiTcpTmEXqxmwHSAcpLuXoWiMIOooIZxXmaA2vndqimWb3-qQB5VmUQKyepcPdwWXOwvTx6_ohYQLm3coNhLmJkj8CMXBnkdhOYDfsc8jM/s1600/head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEGMffsEiXMgu5youfB-abqjZ3YApsLP2KEiTcpTmEXqxmwHSAcpLuXoWiMIOooIZxXmaA2vndqimWb3-qQB5VmUQKyepcPdwWXOwvTx6_ohYQLm3coNhLmJkj8CMXBnkdhOYDfsc8jM/s400/head.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Al Snow and Head, about to lullaby his children to sleep.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But an editorial in an Atlanta newspaper got the controversy ball rolling, as an Al Snow action figure featuring the head had popped up in stores. This particular commenter was offended by this figure, deciding that the character was carrying around a severed woman’s head and that this was the WW-whatever’s attempt to glorify, and make light of, spousal abuse and murder.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEZpHlc5aiTyKT5xgoe6191RLBxEh8OII0AveilOUlqTfLU-F1pHDkeq7qLI1oYABivRr4dCS3JUkuSFjmokz5zVU18ioruHOfdSKFUzAstbpbKjDfkeHRw5oCYloOTd9Z0i5f5a2_g/s1600/head01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUEZpHlc5aiTyKT5xgoe6191RLBxEh8OII0AveilOUlqTfLU-F1pHDkeq7qLI1oYABivRr4dCS3JUkuSFjmokz5zVU18ioruHOfdSKFUzAstbpbKjDfkeHRw5oCYloOTd9Z0i5f5a2_g/s400/head01.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Not to mention leaving your socks and underwear </i></b></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>everywhere. What a poor role model.</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Never once did Al, or anybody else, ever imply that the Head was a severed head. It was always depicted as a mannequin. This didn’t stop Wal-Mart from rolling with the outrage and pulling the action figure. After all, it’s not like Wal-Mart needed the money. They’re Wal-Mart.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Naturally, the misconstrued anger prompted the action figure to sell out nationwide, making the WWX/Y/Z a lot of money, and has sold for as much as $20 on eBay. That doesn’t seem like much until you realize it’s all over a piece of plastic the size of your thumb-nail that your dog would probably end up eating in a day or so. But since one letter-writer in Georgia got to feel empowered for a while, it was probably all worth the fuss.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="Title2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Bonsai Kitten</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>In one of the more extreme examples of outrage before thought, the Bonsai Kitten website caused people to absolutely crazy back in the early 2000’s. The idea behind the business was, give us money and we will send you a homemade kitten-in-a-box, using muscle relaxants and feeding tubes to shape the kitten perfectly. The site sold itself on depictions of adorable kittens stuffed into bottles, glasses, crystal balls, and other tiny prisons, all in the name of décor</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkasRPbAtKK6HKNOGxgSZ19zJu_Cc70_ff1s14SFSXmo5X5Nl8qhQ6mcTl3hKHVNdNzGvX-PZN6OIY9MqmaDSnXHq598mzlbP89eTtgr5yrfYjiUMppzeZXtvhCinbl19IpUCJPwh-iE/s1600/kitten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkasRPbAtKK6HKNOGxgSZ19zJu_Cc70_ff1s14SFSXmo5X5Nl8qhQ6mcTl3hKHVNdNzGvX-PZN6OIY9MqmaDSnXHq598mzlbP89eTtgr5yrfYjiUMppzeZXtvhCinbl19IpUCJPwh-iE/s400/kitten.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Not to mention providing a handy traveling case</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One look at the sample pictures should have convinced anybody that this was a hoax. For one thing, Photoshop was rapidly becoming a powerful tool for all sorts of special effects. Also, there were conveniently no videos of the process or anything, only still pictures. In addition, the website offered no way to actually <em>buy</em> a Bonsai Kitten; since selling stuff is usually what makes a business successful, that was one severe oversight in their marketing plan. Finally, just look at the damn things. If you actually stuffed a living thing into a tiny box like so, they would die almost instantly on account of being mutilated. The kittens are clearly alive, wide-eyed, and sometimes smiling. At least as much as a cat can or will smile.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8QuU3k_ybDwpxdWknANvovku-yirDq14Go_x8EImNJkG00_6AqO2T1OKk7vgCooYdwAtqz8yVK_hW-GZ3u0frtSrsLj5pgrT1A5QZfOzVP7MveOfCbb4-HXXr6ZnRYr-aCuiWAlxJ24/s1600/kitten01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8QuU3k_ybDwpxdWknANvovku-yirDq14Go_x8EImNJkG00_6AqO2T1OKk7vgCooYdwAtqz8yVK_hW-GZ3u0frtSrsLj5pgrT1A5QZfOzVP7MveOfCbb4-HXXr6ZnRYr-aCuiWAlxJ24/s400/kitten01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Another lolcat? Really?</i></b></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The site, set up by trolls at MIT who just kinda felt like angering kitten lovers, was played as straight as possible, creating the impression that it is a serious business for serious consumers. It was sold as an offshoot of Japanese bonsai plants, a legitimate art form that doesn’t provoke outrage because nobody cares about stuffing plants into bottles. Using the same methods, the site said, you could form a tiny kitten, whose “bones have not yet hardened and…are extremely soft and springy”, into the form of a glass case or bottle.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Did kitten-lovers go completely insane over this? Oh yes they did. The problem with writing satire is people, usually the wrong ones, will take it incredibly seriously if it’s written too well. Hate-mail poured in by the bucket-loads, and it got to the point where the FBI, who had apparently run out of actual murderers to catch and weren’t terribly interested in terrorism just yet, launched an investigation into the matter. They, of course, found nothing. Eventually, people took a step back, breathed a deep breath, realized it was all a joke, and then went on in search of other things to be needlessly angry about. People are good at that.</i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-58032196808440939812011-01-18T04:25:00.000-08:002011-01-18T04:26:49.541-08:00Strange and Bizarre Creatures<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Human beings seek out the strange and unusual in books, movies, television, video games, and comic books. We dive headfirst into the worlds of C.S. Lewis, of Lewis Carrol, of Tolkien, of World of Warcraft, of superheroes, delighting in the magical things those skilled authors managed to think up. Sometimes we forget that the world we live in is just as weird, magical, and bizarre as the worlds we escape to.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Take, for instance, some of the amazing creatures that exist in our world.</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Glass Frog</i></b></span><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtQfwgHAb2OWLTnZzjBINmkrbJpE9ZkVRf7j0lkRHsONVl4X7fxsji92RnEVFKlLlPAzJaWyrkTVr9590j0mh4OaaHp0SDG8Q13IEjhyphenhyphenxt_a64oReKbKe-kCoxFa2KsfRv3WNvqt3MFE/s1600/00_Glass-Frog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtQfwgHAb2OWLTnZzjBINmkrbJpE9ZkVRf7j0lkRHsONVl4X7fxsji92RnEVFKlLlPAzJaWyrkTVr9590j0mh4OaaHp0SDG8Q13IEjhyphenhyphenxt_a64oReKbKe-kCoxFa2KsfRv3WNvqt3MFE/s400/00_Glass-Frog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I know we already included a frog on this list, but come on! You can SEE THROUGH this one! How totally awesome/bizarre is that? There are technical names and all that stuff, but you can look it up. I don’t want to diminish the magic of SEE-THROUGH-FROGS!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Naked Mole Rat</b></span></i><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxT3SUkpywoWfzv6pXtU6FTBf6BifdIFAMZRdYDyZ5Hx5qr8mIhyShlYB7QXh66r46dCMlEU7ctpdYMR6J8SL1aYNmxkqK1joLSFHFMeyrNSwy0t-NG-F-1eLFXS6614uFCUXRKcpNkc/s1600/01_Naked-Mole-Rat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxT3SUkpywoWfzv6pXtU6FTBf6BifdIFAMZRdYDyZ5Hx5qr8mIhyShlYB7QXh66r46dCMlEU7ctpdYMR6J8SL1aYNmxkqK1joLSFHFMeyrNSwy0t-NG-F-1eLFXS6614uFCUXRKcpNkc/s400/01_Naked-Mole-Rat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This is the Naked Mole Rat. The standard size for one of these puppies (and “puppies” is an acceptable nickname, as these creatures are also called “Sand Puppies”)is about 3 or 4 inches, and they only weight a couple ounces at most. As a group, they have a highly organized social structure, almost like ants or bees. There is a queen and everything. They live underground and have tiny lungs that make it so they don’t need a lot of air.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“Horror” Frog</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-3LkFjXPOamsHadENE3_c00Fjt6phiY_78Yn4Dj0G_a85_vkfAliXZ-Lh4YI5CJmvdcJVyKLj1jnKx7mhHPahdn4wbXmLsfM0N8_8EbYjI-6ydQ2jNCRLBsVSNnhUGMWsZ8FdtnCmy8/s1600/02_Hairy-Frog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-3LkFjXPOamsHadENE3_c00Fjt6phiY_78Yn4Dj0G_a85_vkfAliXZ-Lh4YI5CJmvdcJVyKLj1jnKx7mhHPahdn4wbXmLsfM0N8_8EbYjI-6ydQ2jNCRLBsVSNnhUGMWsZ8FdtnCmy8/s400/02_Hairy-Frog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>OK, it’s weird enough that this frog looks hairy. It’s a land-dwelling frog that goes to the water to reproduce. Take that weirdness a step further and what do you get? A frog that intentionally breaks its own toes to allow claws made out of bone to protrude from its appendages. That’s all, I think. I think I’ll let you marinate in that one for a minute. For more info, google <i>Trichobatrachus robustus. </i>Weird, huh?</i><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Angora Rabbit</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRFyHaPXooaqIuEA8GCis2RB-Li2g4KsUF1NjubqmAO6XZGbOEShKRl37GLFHrZnRi-og4GM7Z8go0H34WqobSCqEWtu4civwQ9qzsi1pILjyfbBLy4Wi4A5opv-Owz3OrWGDzaxYMuk/s1600/03_Angora-Rabbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRFyHaPXooaqIuEA8GCis2RB-Li2g4KsUF1NjubqmAO6XZGbOEShKRl37GLFHrZnRi-og4GM7Z8go0H34WqobSCqEWtu4civwQ9qzsi1pILjyfbBLy4Wi4A5opv-Owz3OrWGDzaxYMuk/s400/03_Angora-Rabbit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These furry creatures are mainly bred for their fabulous coats, which I think it super wrong. Unless they just shear the animal like a sheep and let it stay alive. In which case it might be kind of a relief for the rabbit to get all that hair of him or her for a while. Also, it would be neat to have these rabbits around just to pet every now and then. It would be even cooler if it could do tricks, or if it herded lesser rabbits.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Pangolin</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlttJb4a0B5xOvs5JYOmSGGHxWAwdXWlxiTfcBPvlQbGONAb5kDQg0YnxO1driOyZaZLEMMOOLIShTm2B3Jc96QuRua3DuDZDOP9MG4ycGLAQBpTbrwbos0WcIm0R0cT4ezZd8hLQCa10/s1600/04_Pangolin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlttJb4a0B5xOvs5JYOmSGGHxWAwdXWlxiTfcBPvlQbGONAb5kDQg0YnxO1driOyZaZLEMMOOLIShTm2B3Jc96QuRua3DuDZDOP9MG4ycGLAQBpTbrwbos0WcIm0R0cT4ezZd8hLQCa10/s400/04_Pangolin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Pangolin is the only mammal that has scales. Or, the only one that is supposed to have scales. Keratin scales, that is. They curl up into a ball when threatened, and their fingernail-like scales protect them.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Lp39CMgnvZxJ_sSMiefQYPUgctouXawDcPP73tR3s78rJRhitpFc2xxyPUUHoXNU41f4ZMU-KP2NUc-8mHu9bMJq_DSVo2olFxG0AYrGIhgAZUtW9IBTGpw9yFE0eZlecnQN3powShg/s1600/05_Pangolin-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Lp39CMgnvZxJ_sSMiefQYPUgctouXawDcPP73tR3s78rJRhitpFc2xxyPUUHoXNU41f4ZMU-KP2NUc-8mHu9bMJq_DSVo2olFxG0AYrGIhgAZUtW9IBTGpw9yFE0eZlecnQN3powShg/s400/05_Pangolin-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These guys also have very long tongues that extend internally all the way into their tummies. The long tongue is for finding and catching insects, a Panolin’s favorite food. Another defense mechanism is that they excrete foul smelling gas from their anus. Like my Uncle Phil.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Chinese Giant Salamander</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TL9SkNP2sLguVv2EizLwE9pvg4l8JDnajFm4XiajygfL6kD1yBAn0mGcP9EZaqnNr-ATLG3eX56AWhJNHWKbnzNt6eQqqVt3vfl1vLOvdPyKMQFU0FGXnKEEqO60n4D5IXvOR10Xc40/s1600/06_Chinese-Giant-Salamander.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TL9SkNP2sLguVv2EizLwE9pvg4l8JDnajFm4XiajygfL6kD1yBAn0mGcP9EZaqnNr-ATLG3eX56AWhJNHWKbnzNt6eQqqVt3vfl1vLOvdPyKMQFU0FGXnKEEqO60n4D5IXvOR10Xc40/s400/06_Chinese-Giant-Salamander.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ew, right? This guy is seriously endangered, because the region of China where he is indigenous is all polluted and stuff. He eats bugs and frogs and fish. He can be this pinkish color, or green, or gray. He can’t see all that well, so he has sensory nodes all over his body that help him find his way around.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Star Nosed Mole</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV9LJg_5mIGjJTXJHH8-qsGTsf9Ccp__8BK-BvdWq2YiOX2A_LtEBBOtUKH59p17j5UCq5rntGmazB2A3smbydYDf_-Q4goxvrSBb6TEX5aBn0e_K1WfoTT8kR5RVoR4V2yt3l3Pov90/s1600/07_Star-Nosed-Mole1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV9LJg_5mIGjJTXJHH8-qsGTsf9Ccp__8BK-BvdWq2YiOX2A_LtEBBOtUKH59p17j5UCq5rntGmazB2A3smbydYDf_-Q4goxvrSBb6TEX5aBn0e_K1WfoTT8kR5RVoR4V2yt3l3Pov90/s400/07_Star-Nosed-Mole1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Maybe I should have saved the “ew” for now, huh? This star nosed mole eats worms and other small things, and is covered with water repellent fur so’s to repel, well, water. It’s easy to tell these moles from other moles because of those fleshy little things coming out of their faces. There are eleven of them total (so saying that they have eleventy fleshy appendages is correct) and they are how the tiny mole gets around.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Komondor Dog</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlFX2PgoiVupsXU7Vt3X_DUqNSZ50S9PDJZr8wlnk9MFEu793B-Pflp3hGioc63cIKepPIFK0Gn1FsHlWfPZGINm6DCGbWYPJA-58pyA7uZKk2BKGSRgVM3nygsFgY8BMRzWSz41s8xs/s1600/08_Komondor-Dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlFX2PgoiVupsXU7Vt3X_DUqNSZ50S9PDJZr8wlnk9MFEu793B-Pflp3hGioc63cIKepPIFK0Gn1FsHlWfPZGINm6DCGbWYPJA-58pyA7uZKk2BKGSRgVM3nygsFgY8BMRzWSz41s8xs/s400/08_Komondor-Dog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hungarian. Livestock-protecting. Dreadlocked. ADORABLE! You’ve probably seen these corded-coat dogs in dog shows on The Animal Planet. If you haven’t, they are super cute. They also look kind of like they are hovering. These are good dogs for family – like other herding dogs they are mostly calm and docile. Unless somebody messes with their charge. Then, watch out!</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Axolotl</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcHNKHFuMWYD6iuiqJeQr2P15Kw6TH9o_TyKg4AHcEyRB0ys3Qum_vBwnOCvPuu1-YhkWqo2uWACPmC4DxtE_D_jbMdg9NG1M64ztUb3h9M19R8yji7ga08RctLLCFXtOUD-O4MM86CQ/s1600/09_Axolotl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcHNKHFuMWYD6iuiqJeQr2P15Kw6TH9o_TyKg4AHcEyRB0ys3Qum_vBwnOCvPuu1-YhkWqo2uWACPmC4DxtE_D_jbMdg9NG1M64ztUb3h9M19R8yji7ga08RctLLCFXtOUD-O4MM86CQ/s400/09_Axolotl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>These friendly-looking creatures are also salamanders. They are sort of undeveloped – the adults never go through metamorphosis, so the adults live underwater and have gills. They also (how cool is this) have the ability to regenerate almost every part of their body. Awesome. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So, take that, those who say our world is boring. Not boring. Not by a long shot.</i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-51462468822422313852011-01-18T03:13:00.000-08:002011-01-18T03:13:30.179-08:00Interesting Mauser pistol<div style="text-align: center;"><i>In Russia the first Mauser appeared in 1897 under the title "Mauser in the block"or "Mauser number 2. " Mauser number 1 "was called a pocket model of the 6.35-mm pistol. In Russia since 1913 Mouser consisted in service for pilots of airplanes and automobile and motorcycle parts.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EXplDVaTEanU0-kVx36recHEiXlfiBOo9WPfA1LXg5Xf3ShboH_oi0lhSRmYKnlK5Ylm0z7mV6RXjonC20cB7ypsfgNOSX4LfandZKBrAq6mxs8lOJZ7yJlGJ6TKj_hysBI0Ua6qWvI/s1600/Mauser+pistol_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EXplDVaTEanU0-kVx36recHEiXlfiBOo9WPfA1LXg5Xf3ShboH_oi0lhSRmYKnlK5Ylm0z7mV6RXjonC20cB7ypsfgNOSX4LfandZKBrAq6mxs8lOJZ7yJlGJ6TKj_hysBI0Ua6qWvI/s400/Mauser+pistol_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Most popular in Russia Mauser acquired after the revolution, thanks to a British aid Whiteguard parts of a large number of these guns fall into the hands Basmachi. In 1922-1930gg. for the Cheka-OGPU and Red Army had been purchased a large quantity of 7.63 mm Mauser, these guns were very popular among the Bolsheviks. In the west, they even got the name "Bolo-Mauser (Mauser Bolshevik).<a name='more'></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVjVANsyLdGE9-eAzg8N70JHzga0BYjRkrMHNUJgSfBaqbYCZsYdTzCkJwI8KyG4FD1xY_KmlrXWnTKCS0UBxphpIVJgn_bDQBa-NpVWWQgI3Li6WS2ylk__mQz_tFjlhE6uNRgJV3A0/s1600/Mauser+pistol_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVjVANsyLdGE9-eAzg8N70JHzga0BYjRkrMHNUJgSfBaqbYCZsYdTzCkJwI8KyG4FD1xY_KmlrXWnTKCS0UBxphpIVJgn_bDQBa-NpVWWQgI3Li6WS2ylk__mQz_tFjlhE6uNRgJV3A0/s400/Mauser+pistol_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mauser C-96 (Mauser K-96), the legendary weapon, heavy, powerful gun, developed by brothers Mauser.The pistol was designed in 1893 by brothers Federle, who worked at weapons factory at the other brothers Mauser. Until two years they have spent on completion of a new model of automatic handgun, even when part of Paul Mauser. Since the owner of the arms factory was the Mauser design Federle was patented in the name of Paul Mauser, first in Germany (September 11, 1895), and a year in the UK (1896).Serial production of the gun began in 1897, a baptism of fire Mauser received during the first Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). The military, he soon gained recognition and success. Until 1908 was produced 70,000 pistols .</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJRsh27uZpS8Xre6NP8_pUh-796t9zksaa-DC3xwx-mKQWeu-UGfeB4pev9mRNTk3YKLL1nfUFUxAbukBTLOxqkCmqXM49MiZYosClZQXuuE7SCfHDqf0vIfeqOy6m8c1SbBhxFRB_g/s1600/Mauser+pistol_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLJRsh27uZpS8Xre6NP8_pUh-796t9zksaa-DC3xwx-mKQWeu-UGfeB4pev9mRNTk3YKLL1nfUFUxAbukBTLOxqkCmqXM49MiZYosClZQXuuE7SCfHDqf0vIfeqOy6m8c1SbBhxFRB_g/s400/Mauser+pistol_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The distinctive design features Mauser C-96 were adjustable rear sight, bolt, hidden in the receiver, block design trigger (trigger mechanism) made by the front of the trigger guard box store, with hinged lid, placed "on the rifle, staggered placement rounds. Included with the gun was a wooden holster that could be used as the butt, making Mauser in a light carbine. Especially for the Mauser, based on the cartridge 7.65 "Borchardt was developed cartridge 7,63 × 25" Mauser. </i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-51129224776222816312011-01-17T08:31:00.000-08:002011-01-17T08:31:16.183-08:00After Death Enjoyment<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cruisin Caskets company gave motorists the opportunity to become closer to their objects of adoration, even after death. No matter how terrible it is and simultaneously ironic in relation to it, the idea enjoys considerable success.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Caskets offered by the company in the form of cars of different models, ranging from classic cars 50's to modern, for the manufacture of fiberglass is applied. 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The sustainable community will encompass 30 square kilometers and will take advantage of energy-saving technologies like wind and solar power, as well</span><span class="caption-second"> as rainwater recycling.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCx-kjNCNADshCsh5H0BUHXQwQdMlfRWONbNjBjcvw6ZcLC-daqPeluP6sGjo8xohDzp5skl4jCxDkPbni0tuKTpZMe6hj_OPtxiRtxA4wJLNmP-ysIpQmIpPY9vxTenN40Ff2ibg4kgY/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCx-kjNCNADshCsh5H0BUHXQwQdMlfRWONbNjBjcvw6ZcLC-daqPeluP6sGjo8xohDzp5skl4jCxDkPbni0tuKTpZMe6hj_OPtxiRtxA4wJLNmP-ysIpQmIpPY9vxTenN40Ff2ibg4kgY/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_02.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>City will be built </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The city will be built for an estimated 350,000 residents, who can choose to live in environments such as the sun-powered Solarscape or the greenery-filled</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpgE54vkFsu5_21KZcZHynO8Y8PyQbJQIVkVyEjJmnqlQcRQcRPXZBwekE76FItlRpkvPfHP2EkEhey1yqTtxS8Qh1SaS7h8_Oveu0gkHjELOkYgMlqO96OsW7F7pPMIwNG-FYs_Nsu4/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpgE54vkFsu5_21KZcZHynO8Y8PyQbJQIVkVyEjJmnqlQcRQcRPXZBwekE76FItlRpkvPfHP2EkEhey1yqTtxS8Qh1SaS7h8_Oveu0gkHjELOkYgMlqO96OsW7F7pPMIwNG-FYs_Nsu4/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_03.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Solarscape will be civic center </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The Solarscape will be the civic center. Located on the waterfront, the area will feature a floating stage for public events</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mcUFlb_Nje0gbi9r98L9lPMbNSgKHSaPrMr1kBjbzz3LMCGtRL9OYi1KHfAayieWMfP24ndkPAe7boLd4M1jPzL_bGsk00-JwMp_ngY2PLwTIQFiiIOykkH0rnllrTUwWvzadZAmsnc/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_04.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mcUFlb_Nje0gbi9r98L9lPMbNSgKHSaPrMr1kBjbzz3LMCGtRL9OYi1KHfAayieWMfP24ndkPAe7boLd4M1jPzL_bGsk00-JwMp_ngY2PLwTIQFiiIOykkH0rnllrTUwWvzadZAmsnc/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_04.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Dense Urbanscape is at core of city </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The dense Urbanscape is at the core of the city. Buildings connected by sky bridges will reduce the need for cars.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFG0SIdmWzkUgE0LUTuL4PjObAAv2k9d50FAEcPHhLAbz3SRPIZjxmkZyOTnfT_UAWSsBZQ6eQEyaLsv5mCAkPfqUnm2poga5Q2d0gbN0rv-qZQXHYCOFd0wcW1yUTjV57HLnUeOQtVY/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_05.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFG0SIdmWzkUgE0LUTuL4PjObAAv2k9d50FAEcPHhLAbz3SRPIZjxmkZyOTnfT_UAWSsBZQ6eQEyaLsv5mCAkPfqUnm2poga5Q2d0gbN0rv-qZQXHYCOFd0wcW1yUTjV57HLnUeOQtVY/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_05.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>View of Urbanscape </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">Another view of the Urbanscape, which makes use of vertical space.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_5kFLsa41VNbscCE6NxafDjIGmpgawrI5xebmjmal5trWif95dpkfACWmkcCuu1JuziJidlegmW1jbw-usrOGzPqSTk4eqyeeJxyHF8FEm9812vIW08dnx6xJ3vAzEj1tW5bdIN7vrI/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_06.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_5kFLsa41VNbscCE6NxafDjIGmpgawrI5xebmjmal5trWif95dpkfACWmkcCuu1JuziJidlegmW1jbw-usrOGzPqSTk4eqyeeJxyHF8FEm9812vIW08dnx6xJ3vAzEj1tW5bdIN7vrI/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_06.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Earthscape is residential, suburban place </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The Earthscape is the residential, suburban place to live. The stepped architecture maximizes public and green space.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-B76vQHKCQLBCkanDzM4gFvmbhj38eq-bvzCpWHXmUV831uo0PukbyNICXidWtWcIgFfVgKskDdvo31ZxGWUG0SkETOL6NpKXFd_IF6tecSJnhLlbmWHHepfHi2ZboBVN9XU2z3Jay0/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_07.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-B76vQHKCQLBCkanDzM4gFvmbhj38eq-bvzCpWHXmUV831uo0PukbyNICXidWtWcIgFfVgKskDdvo31ZxGWUG0SkETOL6NpKXFd_IF6tecSJnhLlbmWHHepfHi2ZboBVN9XU2z3Jay0/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_07.jpeg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Windscape corridor </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">The Windscape corridor. The city will be serviced by an advanced light-rail system.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwxIsuZib2-XN7EHNSSbkQsrO0oFP-_D0w_b4Y73nTzufBxSbBxWrJ8VcKC1LGVB0KHQECV0Mv3ywI3ZxKn9ohBQkrV_xDvPdtK03vKvPgeZZmLnVf4kKn0BkAnbjyfXVI9ZlXicdZTg/s1600/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_08.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwxIsuZib2-XN7EHNSSbkQsrO0oFP-_D0w_b4Y73nTzufBxSbBxWrJ8VcKC1LGVB0KHQECV0Mv3ywI3ZxKn9ohBQkrV_xDvPdtK03vKvPgeZZmLnVf4kKn0BkAnbjyfXVI9ZlXicdZTg/s400/City+of+future+takes+green+living+to+extreme_08.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-34853160878802473862011-01-14T07:59:00.000-08:002011-01-14T07:59:49.278-08:00Startling face in Tiananmen Square<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7mF1icyT78BMzE-dNxsdzi-R_mFmuJvXqPgclGrmgczkyMpNiPAk5EfWU4GDbMw6n3sHR4s5X5CiDh6MR9wXHXbbDF-esZQ9bsx8PqyIxiCtNztX5I1w7zM_qLId43fNxVoRBj0fTd4/s1600/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7mF1icyT78BMzE-dNxsdzi-R_mFmuJvXqPgclGrmgczkyMpNiPAk5EfWU4GDbMw6n3sHR4s5X5CiDh6MR9wXHXbbDF-esZQ9bsx8PqyIxiCtNztX5I1w7zM_qLId43fNxVoRBj0fTd4/s400/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="caption-first"><i>In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 photo, Chinese paramilitary policemen stands guard in front of a sculpture of the ancient philosopher Confucius on displayed</i></span></div><span class="caption-first"><a name='more'></a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XQ28Ymai3PSpkaNr4ByHmyyKLNQVLF1GHF8Kos3wsfJJCsof-84SELUDu8AOrqC1qs-yyv7kumbbo6PKnwVvUbPHIHamSIpTauf2etMt-HSNZX5OpbmqRIWps5SdRKtcrEQEuD3KT8Q/s1600/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XQ28Ymai3PSpkaNr4ByHmyyKLNQVLF1GHF8Kos3wsfJJCsof-84SELUDu8AOrqC1qs-yyv7kumbbo6PKnwVvUbPHIHamSIpTauf2etMt-HSNZX5OpbmqRIWps5SdRKtcrEQEuD3KT8Q/s400/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span class="caption-first">In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 photo, a Chinese man takes picture of a sculpture of the ancient philosopher Confucius displayed near the Tiananmen Square</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW1889_NL60BKpkogeY9XmyAJc7BGHBz5MNulPOmOCZ_w4L9vQeBtmQ7r92I-DzZMgqHUCisS9ONwxY86149VuVYvRr0G0n0lUAkANZM4UwfLrMRSbWTcbnK4nyPxS2Kn4V0YAWANyxI/s1600/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW1889_NL60BKpkogeY9XmyAJc7BGHBz5MNulPOmOCZ_w4L9vQeBtmQ7r92I-DzZMgqHUCisS9ONwxY86149VuVYvRr0G0n0lUAkANZM4UwfLrMRSbWTcbnK4nyPxS2Kn4V0YAWANyxI/s400/Startling+face+in+Tiananmen+Square_03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="caption-first">People walk pass a bronze 7.9-metre-tall Confucius statue in front of the renovated National Museum of China at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. </span></i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-77394906579635660062011-01-14T06:24:00.000-08:002011-01-14T06:24:31.998-08:00Has Your Horoscope Changed?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmd30mLzIrlEqb4kDZnazFx1OmFzA-nidyqWO6Ef5M6DwvmRcNRARo9Mp0LNqAa0p8CvE1wR1pB38PlZ0pvdsn_5D7CxzV8J6Cr_qIGepx1NjZ4EmCoCpl4h-Td5r3vlQ7reGvuKiR24/s1600/22.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmd30mLzIrlEqb4kDZnazFx1OmFzA-nidyqWO6Ef5M6DwvmRcNRARo9Mp0LNqAa0p8CvE1wR1pB38PlZ0pvdsn_5D7CxzV8J6Cr_qIGepx1NjZ4EmCoCpl4h-Td5r3vlQ7reGvuKiR24/s400/22.jpeg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fans of the Zodiac have been bombarded with the unsettling news that their astrological sign may not be what they thought.</i></div><br />
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<i> The horror of switching from Gemini to Taurus had people rushing to the Web for answers, sending searches for "zodiac signs" into the stratosphere.</i><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>So has your sign changed? Probably not. But it all depends on what kind of astrology you follow. Let us explain.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It may come as a surprise that there are different branches of astrology. A main Eastern form, for example, called Sidereal astrology, looks to the background stars, those famous constellations, as its guide.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Western astrology -- which uses the zodiac -- has its signs fixed to the seasons. Most Westerners, and all those horoscope pages we eagerly check, go by the zodiac. These signs follow what early astrologers called star signs, whose reference points are the tropics that form a ring around the earth. The zodiac is based on our relationship to the sun, not the stars.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The back story: About 2,000 years ago, the astrological signs and the astronomical ones were the same. But not anymore. The locations of the signs are based on the sun's location on the first day of spring. That location in the sky has slowly drifted westward because of something called "precession" -- the earth continually wobbles (a scientific term for a slight motion) every 26,000 years. Since the constellations were first identified, they have shifted some 30 degrees. Translation: The signs have slipped about a month westward, relative to the stars.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What this means to you: If you follow astrology that is linked to the constellations, your sign would go from say, a Gemini to a Taurus. You could even have a 13th sign, Ophiuchus, which you may have read about.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"It's a huge point of confusion for the public," says Bing Quock, assistant director of Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences. For those who follow Western astrology, "astrologers are not talking about the constellations at all. When an astrologer says the sun is in a certain sign, they're talking about the sign, the location relative to the equinox. They're not talking about the location of the constellations. "</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In short, if you follow the Sidereal astrology, the Eastern branch, your sign may have shifted. (And most likely, no surprise to you at all: This news is hundreds of years old).</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>But for the rest of us, our horoscope, and our signs, are still the same.</i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-74013778492206285482011-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:002011-01-13T07:27:34.762-08:00Thumbnails of the glass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLoJoZBSxsDUotdmVFE_kueRt9bIxhiXZPPOFy2Oi39-ZLyP4wF6WKmUAD03DQIlbEUoTXZjqtPdUWg5cLbSCq-lTO2ov_msjQi76hzZtQ_qq10XBGowfCGXsogw_YX_crwpt0JBIUV0/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLoJoZBSxsDUotdmVFE_kueRt9bIxhiXZPPOFy2Oi39-ZLyP4wF6WKmUAD03DQIlbEUoTXZjqtPdUWg5cLbSCq-lTO2ov_msjQi76hzZtQ_qq10XBGowfCGXsogw_YX_crwpt0JBIUV0/s400/1.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Polish</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">engineer</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Shimon</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Klimek</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">(Szymon Klimek)</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">joins</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">their</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">works of art</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">engineering</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, creating</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">models</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of cars</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">early 20</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">th century</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, trains</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">steam</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">engines</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">fancy</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">carriages</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">But the interesting thing</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is that</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">any</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of his</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">work</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">can easily</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">fit</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in an ordinary</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">glass</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mug.<a name='more'></a></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5jv0aiwWP5mcGIcMUHajhEobrurdZhQz6JEOZWdbc5-NmOUBTHFJVRVSlxqCsMi4biYEWbMx8LN6ja_8O5RvDh4NGXDvtnSTSYxe1ejQJ1wrq-Ue7uKq6dzn_xW2GQKcTvPrdk0EW84/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5jv0aiwWP5mcGIcMUHajhEobrurdZhQz6JEOZWdbc5-NmOUBTHFJVRVSlxqCsMi4biYEWbMx8LN6ja_8O5RvDh4NGXDvtnSTSYxe1ejQJ1wrq-Ue7uKq6dzn_xW2GQKcTvPrdk0EW84/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> <span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Miniature</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">models</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">are made</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">very thin</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sheets of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">copper</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and steel,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">which</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the author</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gives</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the necessary</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">form</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">fastened together</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">with</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">glue</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Klimek</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">devotes</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">special attention to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">detail</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">trying not</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to miss</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">one</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, even</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the smallest</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">resulting</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">creation of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">one</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">product</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">can take up to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">two</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">months</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of hard work</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdTdBx5cUUy5kxlRf6QsjaJu9VIOPMSSezM2X1FJ8eI4OT_8Xp_FA6pwPPhdfBvJV8b6aZcgIflcvQW8MjxXYXO-RKfNGtVPI2-5A-uub9CwfjLIvZBCqMaJxD-d9jVj8vFBbsinE0Ow/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdTdBx5cUUy5kxlRf6QsjaJu9VIOPMSSezM2X1FJ8eI4OT_8Xp_FA6pwPPhdfBvJV8b6aZcgIflcvQW8MjxXYXO-RKfNGtVPI2-5A-uub9CwfjLIvZBCqMaJxD-d9jVj8vFBbsinE0Ow/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069819099137585570.post-1865704231995776722011-01-12T08:49:00.000-08:002011-01-12T08:49:13.431-08:00Where to Go in 2011?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHES7JW0_7zpurvaWoyu1v2TlDEvA0fVteSXpFxQixJH-LPainpTbnnwAftIrFtXqvgLyLnSQ7Xdtr5i8PDd-0hVXp0NPKt-_ucvGAvwpkGhlFLsbsbtZjSfxkV6QZUN1nItDmfw7ZuM/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHES7JW0_7zpurvaWoyu1v2TlDEvA0fVteSXpFxQixJH-LPainpTbnnwAftIrFtXqvgLyLnSQ7Xdtr5i8PDd-0hVXp0NPKt-_ucvGAvwpkGhlFLsbsbtZjSfxkV6QZUN1nItDmfw7ZuM/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bothered by Turkey and Egypt? Want new sensations? Want new sensations? Go to one of the countries listed below and your vacation will be unforgettable in every sense</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFtU4oEJdf1YcSVa-9QGsXLm-lsJU3cl1YOpQoOULO4XrEYeAJQoIHNhkMh-sjNTjdSKKsN5Iwy_Za7VZC68mpBtd-ZrRxBvJGGDM2pttTMpOoY2_fwgRjNCtG6FDYqYUlIQjYO8RBok/s1600/2+Chile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFtU4oEJdf1YcSVa-9QGsXLm-lsJU3cl1YOpQoOULO4XrEYeAJQoIHNhkMh-sjNTjdSKKsN5Iwy_Za7VZC68mpBtd-ZrRxBvJGGDM2pttTMpOoY2_fwgRjNCtG6FDYqYUlIQjYO8RBok/s400/2+Chile.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>1. Santiago, Chile.</b> This city, whose attraction little sway because of seismic activity, would not allow some kind of an earthquake outshine their thriving contemporary music, art and culinary masterpieces.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllophnCyYjVBGShKyp1Vi44JenPGlDSOHxQuscHGS9x1_QZ1zY3ycnOfQvsUU6p1P4WuFsJl9Z9zO_ZCV9DpsSVIK2hz5zj0U-vAOxAx7Zj68TVP2JP6X53eUBMlnxedwyVetUjP3PU8/s1600/3+Island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllophnCyYjVBGShKyp1Vi44JenPGlDSOHxQuscHGS9x1_QZ1zY3ycnOfQvsUU6p1P4WuFsJl9Z9zO_ZCV9DpsSVIK2hz5zj0U-vAOxAx7Zj68TVP2JP6X53eUBMlnxedwyVetUjP3PU8/s400/3+Island.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>2. The island of San Haun, Washington</b>. On the verdure-covered hills are seen receding hairline bar areas. On the verdure-covered hills are seen receding hairline bar areas. But nature still wins.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iVkxZS3PoxWHSA8t3RVYJ62VVCXEXZJoHO_J9TGRyb4NP0nddpKQTxlz-mnSrYLBS7CH5K4M1uJ5jcWg3RDc4wTy4mZnMPcGZMzxrECba7Pq2jIwo__XbmAeLbHQGB30mkyDE_cE6Es/s1600/4+Thailand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iVkxZS3PoxWHSA8t3RVYJ62VVCXEXZJoHO_J9TGRyb4NP0nddpKQTxlz-mnSrYLBS7CH5K4M1uJ5jcWg3RDc4wTy4mZnMPcGZMzxrECba7Pq2jIwo__XbmAeLbHQGB30mkyDE_cE6Es/s400/4+Thailand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">3</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Koh</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Samui</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, Thailand</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span> </b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Balanced</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">version</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of Phuket</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">with</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a bias in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the luxury</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">delicacies</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExEtM7lqcF0UW51fB55r3iq1JOUC0BgjgaCv8aBL6OY3Eqv06P1iERwkQzhgVo-RFEnJtzYYVW-bnURXf34EmLIU2MSRp3cNxw1-GDuk09EDPbdaVY9YdVb0W21WfXz7jo9tSNMwso_w/s1600/5+iceland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExEtM7lqcF0UW51fB55r3iq1JOUC0BgjgaCv8aBL6OY3Eqv06P1iERwkQzhgVo-RFEnJtzYYVW-bnURXf34EmLIU2MSRp3cNxw1-GDuk09EDPbdaVY9YdVb0W21WfXz7jo9tSNMwso_w/s400/5+iceland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>4. Iceland.</b> Where the country loses, there are tourists.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DQvbu6hhIvFavhOgjPbfVdCwFGwZfv9dJRv6TAv_U1DmyuIzD5IyI60Nx-DNeuAhcPT1r95KkSkA3hym1xkoMHRukFQReQ-6XYMMZmd8tbbaGJ53dKxOXIkCeLASybYHu6IcWhU22Jc/s1600/6+Milan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DQvbu6hhIvFavhOgjPbfVdCwFGwZfv9dJRv6TAv_U1DmyuIzD5IyI60Nx-DNeuAhcPT1r95KkSkA3hym1xkoMHRukFQReQ-6XYMMZmd8tbbaGJ53dKxOXIkCeLASybYHu6IcWhU22Jc/s400/6+Milan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>5. Milan.</b> Restored churches, plus a super-trendy galleries and hotels.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAn_sfNaKZ_ygNHDowycgR2tuSA9djOW8QMe7SMQPddpGPEgbWZ2E6nP1McpH3GkiX7TzxxDgAQ_yWqOxvi22KWi39JvG0uvroFeEitsMazDSuvtL5e43viupXd677pnURfGtDpwzSFNM/s1600/7+georgia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAn_sfNaKZ_ygNHDowycgR2tuSA9djOW8QMe7SMQPddpGPEgbWZ2E6nP1McpH3GkiX7TzxxDgAQ_yWqOxvi22KWi39JvG0uvroFeEitsMazDSuvtL5e43viupXd677pnURfGtDpwzSFNM/s400/7+georgia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>6. Republic of Georgia. </b>Pristine wonderland for lovers of skiing is full of pleasant surprises.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjoBh7ZnEiFRFI5Lb_ufTTxLGJ4wEgEiz5EX_9aMhyphenhyphenQfpbt7mdy_eUARlOiSlg4S7BxfcR-itPla8vAaIIp1VuSlvnynQMbZ0YWErx9LJlIxlsEiIpdgZpvM918CAruAvZzUEbUr9Bew/s1600/7.1+london.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjoBh7ZnEiFRFI5Lb_ufTTxLGJ4wEgEiz5EX_9aMhyphenhyphenQfpbt7mdy_eUARlOiSlg4S7BxfcR-itPla8vAaIIp1VuSlvnynQMbZ0YWErx9LJlIxlsEiIpdgZpvM918CAruAvZzUEbUr9Bew/s400/7.1+london.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>7. London.</b> By the beginning of the summer Olympic season in 2012 the city plans to open numerous new hotels and restaurants.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQJUvFI4_Nanhbs02cDUAMSpzZktOWvxi_i0k8P_d-wm5f9cHSfA5y15eOksQqt5NUieKHxqzQBwO0kt70dsFNThiw0L5RkvpM-H60BfdcsRYNS-hjfcA5Sqf8-Pk4RW1MzXz2dguC1Q/s1600/8+mexico.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQJUvFI4_Nanhbs02cDUAMSpzZktOWvxi_i0k8P_d-wm5f9cHSfA5y15eOksQqt5NUieKHxqzQBwO0kt70dsFNThiw0L5RkvpM-H60BfdcsRYNS-hjfcA5Sqf8-Pk4RW1MzXz2dguC1Q/s400/8+mexico.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>8. Loreto, Mexico.</b> Away from the hustle and bustle of big cities beaches, historic architecture and sport fishing will satisfy all tastes</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lMJT1_NPXkykKWqnVl4-Dr6pv5f4BsSrh50QJGXMNEyuTmBVKccEk34SNyp5-doS32N-tyXeq15pHQ9CI3kQ-xLnkPzW_N9nFKVS2Paifa6Je7JVznGBDQOY1J_EDWrMXpiA8J1WSWU/s1600/9usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lMJT1_NPXkykKWqnVl4-Dr6pv5f4BsSrh50QJGXMNEyuTmBVKccEk34SNyp5-doS32N-tyXeq15pHQ9CI3kQ-xLnkPzW_N9nFKVS2Paifa6Je7JVznGBDQOY1J_EDWrMXpiA8J1WSWU/s400/9usa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>9. Park City, Utah, USA</b>. In addition to the festival is the place boasts many guest houses with designer interiors.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrYdqScdET9F4hnZxuuQYvhjzC67XhyTHd1qQLBnAEiGG8sIoNEg9HxxZP0gZJ-kuHC9qiLI3-6zTAyKcP0ymbmidxpytdPXXLc-lFX4CK0tNG0im_NAIet8vOw2pX1qOEH392rNc-fA/s1600/10+colombia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrYdqScdET9F4hnZxuuQYvhjzC67XhyTHd1qQLBnAEiGG8sIoNEg9HxxZP0gZJ-kuHC9qiLI3-6zTAyKcP0ymbmidxpytdPXXLc-lFX4CK0tNG0im_NAIet8vOw2pX1qOEH392rNc-fA/s400/10+colombia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>10. Cali, Colombia. </b>Day - themed cafe, and at night - an incendiary salsa.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotuA29u6u_qFmGc4kC3KzCk8nX-IyDcse9CyNDPmoYlmlfqjE7QkTIJgqRID7J53U371rVmfeh_Ujs4pU-qHv65hsxns2SHEzP-WqOq9t5ixqvB4Xyih5JkQF8qpvJf5GllgEt8z0ff8/s1600/11+danube.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotuA29u6u_qFmGc4kC3KzCk8nX-IyDcse9CyNDPmoYlmlfqjE7QkTIJgqRID7J53U371rVmfeh_Ujs4pU-qHv65hsxns2SHEzP-WqOq9t5ixqvB4Xyih5JkQF8qpvJf5GllgEt8z0ff8/s400/11+danube.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>11. Danube.</b> New cruises from Budapest to the Black Sea along the legendary river.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouEScsgJQ2XqcxsBdGDla4J5s2GMIROL359yL6TjyFlRi1CSp2EXazc42_QHAjPatcz9Ib49QgSTlkVXt4Q7g9rZ3nN_d-DPv9O_EwQTU1r_XJixaPNacuSSspm8AD-atBOCS4jxA8f4/s1600/12+japan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouEScsgJQ2XqcxsBdGDla4J5s2GMIROL359yL6TjyFlRi1CSp2EXazc42_QHAjPatcz9Ib49QgSTlkVXt4Q7g9rZ3nN_d-DPv9O_EwQTU1r_XJixaPNacuSSspm8AD-atBOCS4jxA8f4/s400/12+japan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>12. Niseko, Japan.</b> Apartments for all tastes and income from luxury to economy class.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbac4xud1JxdsRndq84UF_Fq3bI4tKnAfW43fvZdEexekfsb5-bGS7fIjb4C3jNWUMr8EsW4p_catzs4J2nZ_AFcllftYXa9k8iXW-gwOUAQJ3lYZu361uSFWSDDy_w3kgzkdfdFVW17I/s1600/13+oahu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbac4xud1JxdsRndq84UF_Fq3bI4tKnAfW43fvZdEexekfsb5-bGS7fIjb4C3jNWUMr8EsW4p_catzs4J2nZ_AFcllftYXa9k8iXW-gwOUAQJ3lYZu361uSFWSDDy_w3kgzkdfdFVW17I/s400/13+oahu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>13. Oahu.</b> This is the most lived-Hawaiian island with the sea recreation and entertainment for which such a long journey worth taking.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZDJt4UredB_CMYg54L2sbRLisYsy7aKnqKsKa6YkydDwsDpAqX7fMt3p1K0_p_5IFLrBBtOhaIW9haMpN9vDpx2wVkdnXTXcUZgjSdQWh1huLWM9DdxCZiPYwhD3Q_GNwkkNn6Qza1w/s1600/14+belgium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZDJt4UredB_CMYg54L2sbRLisYsy7aKnqKsKa6YkydDwsDpAqX7fMt3p1K0_p_5IFLrBBtOhaIW9haMpN9vDpx2wVkdnXTXcUZgjSdQWh1huLWM9DdxCZiPYwhD3Q_GNwkkNn6Qza1w/s400/14+belgium.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>14. Antwerp, Belgium.</b> A new generation of chic boutiques make the city a dream shopaholic.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbu_KR2H4AaFzsj3a-0vTpK1YLlsqfM0fOEAhesuDN2-XyuNTE-4w_tziGQXIxxdLcpbhTmxhe4DDQkJNgJoJ_5RwyYcQFGn229JdwertWGVIhAmSvgxm2HY0jyDCGfr2u41A29UPYsFs/s1600/15+australia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbu_KR2H4AaFzsj3a-0vTpK1YLlsqfM0fOEAhesuDN2-XyuNTE-4w_tziGQXIxxdLcpbhTmxhe4DDQkJNgJoJ_5RwyYcQFGn229JdwertWGVIhAmSvgxm2HY0jyDCGfr2u41A29UPYsFs/s400/15+australia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>15. Melbourne, Australia</b>. Sparkling hotels and restaurants with brand names makes this place worthy of attention.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5nBcXNNH4pZdqrqfuQ-g9g4KHYvDs3rRBqMmCBCwxPdU2Et5e8yHt-Q_X9zqCSz2OrQixWS3NUwgTN-ztuilICqk9a4xuzoMwH0GJ8JpeOOVAbKQCda_dcgYe-gXEQD6xCHe8UMBA1c/s1600/16+algeria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5nBcXNNH4pZdqrqfuQ-g9g4KHYvDs3rRBqMmCBCwxPdU2Et5e8yHt-Q_X9zqCSz2OrQixWS3NUwgTN-ztuilICqk9a4xuzoMwH0GJ8JpeOOVAbKQCda_dcgYe-gXEQD6xCHe8UMBA1c/s400/16+algeria.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>16. Tlemcen, Algeria.</b> The early Islamic city was transformed into the new millennium.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Yqy2dqRhPj6Et2DeLzjgkFaLVacI6JcJwp2QBvWD-PFW0SRcHEgTYq8jisIv0sOdd4pSnjV9k4a7W62eK-spidA4DL8qVtlaQa6TYjW0aqvRjuC9WqbVQQ8P_HCfdQF_xTtKuDZrtcU/s1600/17+poland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Yqy2dqRhPj6Et2DeLzjgkFaLVacI6JcJwp2QBvWD-PFW0SRcHEgTYq8jisIv0sOdd4pSnjV9k4a7W62eK-spidA4DL8qVtlaQa6TYjW0aqvRjuC9WqbVQQ8P_HCfdQF_xTtKuDZrtcU/s400/17+poland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>17. Gdansk, Poland.</b> This city on the Polish Baltic coast has always attracted lovers of all-night parties and football fans.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rVYtcqcTZPH6pb5HqXsQQmL3cAYQidEEHF97t9-kUJlyaaqK2zcXLfJAkBl-kChPgtVCBRq1SRSBUWpA8wX6R1uSjnSLJXvXXCoGapHVqb0ezZgqHGb_yZZ9HUAHuKx2O7XQ-w3P-lQ/s1600/18+india.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rVYtcqcTZPH6pb5HqXsQQmL3cAYQidEEHF97t9-kUJlyaaqK2zcXLfJAkBl-kChPgtVCBRq1SRSBUWpA8wX6R1uSjnSLJXvXXCoGapHVqb0ezZgqHGb_yZZ9HUAHuKx2O7XQ-w3P-lQ/s400/18+india.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>18. Hyderabad, India.</b> The greatness of ancient dynasties in the heart of modern India.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXelWDni2Cww-wzIR4-SE1FgpPqAaiiVFuuSaQDEUoaDVfoyFWyNzEKqj84GFAp37dqsYagfhBFpSt2p914SsgLfG8gtSWVMWPbI879upHvpKegDj6Bpy7EjEZPnjFcN-7XGSaBizYAc/s1600/19+england.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXelWDni2Cww-wzIR4-SE1FgpPqAaiiVFuuSaQDEUoaDVfoyFWyNzEKqj84GFAp37dqsYagfhBFpSt2p914SsgLfG8gtSWVMWPbI879upHvpKegDj6Bpy7EjEZPnjFcN-7XGSaBizYAc/s400/19+england.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>19. Manchester, England.</b> Industrial city still remembers its glorious musical past.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5mcdP14UE0OYoNYKOMAMw3fKoo3ugFgu3RF70uRXq7t2x_JGu1Qf_6LwbE9qMxuvpo70ESeMxJA-brca-muJ2OcZR7UezqXG2skxFGMRkQ0XhQ32SGxHzpa1rnf_gYd3MuLTa1VIgis/s1600/20+estonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5mcdP14UE0OYoNYKOMAMw3fKoo3ugFgu3RF70uRXq7t2x_JGu1Qf_6LwbE9qMxuvpo70ESeMxJA-brca-muJ2OcZR7UezqXG2skxFGMRkQ0XhQ32SGxHzpa1rnf_gYd3MuLTa1VIgis/s400/20+estonia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>20. Tallinn, Estonia.</b> Beautiful capital is committed to break with its post-Soviet past, more and more becoming like a typical European city.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKgwYoEXawL_vXQFHLYfJ7IWO2WI710MGXkQJCFghkqo99MTEFOzjMHvvRmHe7oiBy9Nh4mOCjgWm114dzGsKENr3UcNqW_PAx_OvT469Wz4Ce2iJq7SDEsCi0hcJnlz9B5Lfhmj-NjE/s1600/21+fogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKgwYoEXawL_vXQFHLYfJ7IWO2WI710MGXkQJCFghkqo99MTEFOzjMHvvRmHe7oiBy9Nh4mOCjgWm114dzGsKENr3UcNqW_PAx_OvT469Wz4Ce2iJq7SDEsCi0hcJnlz9B5Lfhmj-NjE/s400/21+fogo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>21. The island of Fogo, Newfoundland.</b> Abode of the people in the arts flourishing in the remote rugged shores.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXi8UNzqP-QihzC7bk3-Lo0s1yfNUOobAvz4r0ZQksX1fg4GraN1jsVHrIBWDCQT3n9HGPSDCH1-7az58qLJPU-R07CHi5BEGUWM37fLhilWGkXY6LJKcaco8yk6uPM1i8Kj8WhLdWy4/s1600/22+singapore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXi8UNzqP-QihzC7bk3-Lo0s1yfNUOobAvz4r0ZQksX1fg4GraN1jsVHrIBWDCQT3n9HGPSDCH1-7az58qLJPU-R07CHi5BEGUWM37fLhilWGkXY6LJKcaco8yk6uPM1i8Kj8WhLdWy4/s400/22+singapore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>22. Singapore. </b>Armed with new recreational and casinos, the city steadily gaining popularity among tourists.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVKlCSYMh3jgXHVqtF_rIH-NE_5tdQtedxf7uQLo8-gvZ8M82LwEuXEXd33NXtSCK656tQqRFdzVKdWsGIUNZQYapXV3QnPkmHvzePOHq4C5awX8lQp7lyVtVW4_h97rc-cSz5rpCvF8/s1600/23+egypt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVKlCSYMh3jgXHVqtF_rIH-NE_5tdQtedxf7uQLo8-gvZ8M82LwEuXEXd33NXtSCK656tQqRFdzVKdWsGIUNZQYapXV3QnPkmHvzePOHq4C5awX8lQp7lyVtVW4_h97rc-cSz5rpCvF8/s400/23+egypt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>23. Port Ghalib, Egypt.</b> Sandy beaches and clear water, which frolic offshore residents - that's where you can escape from the daily bustle.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCOZYvMxhN_5i9XukLoySOe517a2xqR5TI_TcvIO2kULbVflZM38NtuL2RubQ4MwFAOukKGaMIzhGfwzZmC8o4ANolvlsf7g9pDhjXIeodGLsU_AztbtjACjqHerskHD8CLMc2FZZgF8/s1600/24+british+columbia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCOZYvMxhN_5i9XukLoySOe517a2xqR5TI_TcvIO2kULbVflZM38NtuL2RubQ4MwFAOukKGaMIzhGfwzZmC8o4ANolvlsf7g9pDhjXIeodGLsU_AztbtjACjqHerskHD8CLMc2FZZgF8/s400/24+british+columbia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>24. Whistler, British Columbia. </b>Olympians have departed, but the city remained. So now you can safely go there without fear of crowds.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0in6pX-QZHW4KEofDctIxX1-93DXI_WM8T4eHqo8UshicpBpiR86M0w3nS5Viz_cF0xoHsKjSa7Nf7aa7gkGe4H7IlqEkTN6AvWDFCdkUBvtWNUm4XSFg7VqZ5bvKkIRxnA3DSDweUs/s1600/25+portugal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0in6pX-QZHW4KEofDctIxX1-93DXI_WM8T4eHqo8UshicpBpiR86M0w3nS5Viz_cF0xoHsKjSa7Nf7aa7gkGe4H7IlqEkTN6AvWDFCdkUBvtWNUm4XSFg7VqZ5bvKkIRxnA3DSDweUs/s400/25+portugal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>25. Guimaraes, Portugal. </b>The city is particularly attracted the younger generation for its exhibitions of modern art.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LBb6sSEhoAcGKXjy_wjJoLEikwDbbnn8cYqp4ScjL7ulOKN5X-i00oOJkYT7oYfUfi2LZycvuB7tpFqhXLOrRx4BrZfMLInTRtiOFBuJi1rXTzFX2osgkEQHFe0Y6v8X63OzMESkRXg/s1600/26+washington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LBb6sSEhoAcGKXjy_wjJoLEikwDbbnn8cYqp4ScjL7ulOKN5X-i00oOJkYT7oYfUfi2LZycvuB7tpFqhXLOrRx4BrZfMLInTRtiOFBuJi1rXTzFX2osgkEQHFe0Y6v8X63OzMESkRXg/s400/26+washington.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>26. Olympic Park, Washington, USA.</b> Bad weather is good for lovers of skiing and stare at the storm.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OMwajWDjCHu9wILxDLqYZuWTzjiuaDbHBqQCOlO5swAQ5bQARjIKlx1WYmgQmg6qWsaT7-1E6zeMZhosLfbpykxeMpYcSBpqhjlnl4klTWABJC_gwdn8_QafbOeBo-lSlXJeb638CYE/s1600/27+germany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OMwajWDjCHu9wILxDLqYZuWTzjiuaDbHBqQCOlO5swAQ5bQARjIKlx1WYmgQmg6qWsaT7-1E6zeMZhosLfbpykxeMpYcSBpqhjlnl4klTWABJC_gwdn8_QafbOeBo-lSlXJeb638CYE/s400/27+germany.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>27. Dresden, Germany. </b>The new museum is paving the way for the future of historic cities.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kOySE-QoCWg7nqj-z6QFmCYHCn9HYeoR_aSq4fpe1DHLiEmrBAgEjt34jzSRn2ywJaAKIZl8LYdK8oxvYnai57YKM61kd7VKg8hyphenhypheniKxk2apRnQdioxghvPx7PhZXRsuj-PzPzCwc7QU/s1600/28+morocco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kOySE-QoCWg7nqj-z6QFmCYHCn9HYeoR_aSq4fpe1DHLiEmrBAgEjt34jzSRn2ywJaAKIZl8LYdK8oxvYnai57YKM61kd7VKg8hyphenhypheniKxk2apRnQdioxghvPx7PhZXRsuj-PzPzCwc7QU/s400/28+morocco.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>28. Oualidia, Morocco. </b>In the lagoon, Morocco you are waiting for oysters and flamingos, and most importantly - no crowds of people.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MJih_Tg06x83lE1pbBcP8czgmPTNIuypTDGWEC67686kQRg5X-WL9-eRVj0ktoDVKsWr5OoH-47F68Oji87nvzBvDUxCoPK7QGuGxP_5AloeXUlsKlvgMNgO1IOW9mAAPZmUD_uIi2E/s1600/29+zanzibar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MJih_Tg06x83lE1pbBcP8czgmPTNIuypTDGWEC67686kQRg5X-WL9-eRVj0ktoDVKsWr5OoH-47F68Oji87nvzBvDUxCoPK7QGuGxP_5AloeXUlsKlvgMNgO1IOW9mAAPZmUD_uIi2E/s400/29+zanzibar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>29. Zanzibar.</b> On the African island you will meet luxury hotels, surrounded by safari parks.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLrHYxkQMbYkWksFIWpZHrsAmfz8oBwcFDzB4V7wPkG2nuemNhbaXXKw0wJhnx-oWDwAU3Whun-wYVKQ2ideoYwbAL6KinzNaHg6ZiVjGfs3qIgKRrmEPrO28FiRaEd_a6MrV4hIJS2I/s1600/30+uruguay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLrHYxkQMbYkWksFIWpZHrsAmfz8oBwcFDzB4V7wPkG2nuemNhbaXXKw0wJhnx-oWDwAU3Whun-wYVKQ2ideoYwbAL6KinzNaHg6ZiVjGfs3qIgKRrmEPrO28FiRaEd_a6MrV4hIJS2I/s400/30+uruguay.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>30. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.</b> Ranch in the historic villages offer a charge of rustic chic.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hOZCeuPsO1oyGYHINc2joqfCzxyHM7E3dw-BnyZ-79ysBWquDZaurWfytMC4iweRISZvWM-2H4k_gN4UpaiXw8GMn03pPZud3TMHHhnFd0OubJYg6iMaTjeM2oijO5e0LRY750s_Ly0/s1600/31+tunisia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hOZCeuPsO1oyGYHINc2joqfCzxyHM7E3dw-BnyZ-79ysBWquDZaurWfytMC4iweRISZvWM-2H4k_gN4UpaiXw8GMn03pPZud3TMHHhnFd0OubJYg6iMaTjeM2oijO5e0LRY750s_Ly0/s400/31+tunisia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>31. Tozeur, Tunisia.</b> In the middle of the Sahara Desert is an oasis that draws tourists camel racing, environmentally healthy and apartment markets, as in the tales of 1001 nights.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmSorK5F9lkoxzCvqwo4vIcDtfwB7FgYwTCHEvPqEWkRNyjJr4Ict6RqgkNTBqIP_ltwrZgEu0Q7EDNrEsiGtohAZMXZPSVS84e9SiVjngIFgiZliC4pLJKSSR5p79noC1tmPpyG_27Q/s1600/32+china.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmSorK5F9lkoxzCvqwo4vIcDtfwB7FgYwTCHEvPqEWkRNyjJr4Ict6RqgkNTBqIP_ltwrZgEu0Q7EDNrEsiGtohAZMXZPSVS84e9SiVjngIFgiZliC4pLJKSSR5p79noC1tmPpyG_27Q/s400/32+china.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>32. Hangzhou, China</b>. Just an hour's drive from Shanghai pitched their possession a five-star historic gem Celestial Empire.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCLaMUzOzNv5tpYW8onnWA3T1VWIaqh4N4HuTnx_w2znxzkkkNzCPrQCzbNG9pBKSyxOcYgkTl5sTC9iaM_p5z-6UZUx8j9PATT750J1tc3CsuBifvsMYsekaPc1qXLKKNNCGSKjYQjQ/s1600/33+iraq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCLaMUzOzNv5tpYW8onnWA3T1VWIaqh4N4HuTnx_w2znxzkkkNzCPrQCzbNG9pBKSyxOcYgkTl5sTC9iaM_p5z-6UZUx8j9PATT750J1tc3CsuBifvsMYsekaPc1qXLKKNNCGSKjYQjQ/s400/33+iraq.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>33. Iraqi Kurdistan</b>. Security, historical attractions and warm weather - this is truly an oasis of stability in a turbulent Iraq.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePJT84fhaRISYcQnsaZsGwrUMd-hXc7q1mk6-3yTITnnLDu02_dj2uM9_gzYm7fklFVUEwo5fpbFWeqMCQlloec0mXpNywo9RTwb1busftd9XBiKJGg4mJkeeqvaM9x5HAFM4zU3BlYU/s1600/34+carolina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePJT84fhaRISYcQnsaZsGwrUMd-hXc7q1mk6-3yTITnnLDu02_dj2uM9_gzYm7fklFVUEwo5fpbFWeqMCQlloec0mXpNywo9RTwb1busftd9XBiKJGg4mJkeeqvaM9x5HAFM4zU3BlYU/s400/34+carolina.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>34. Dyurkhem, North Carolina, USA.</b> Walking through the city center under the slogan "food is worth the candle. "</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf47vU-WU5Gz8Foj1NJaNqTAcFL6qyGtmIlawrxWrgRtGcuNxNE0F0nGODyOxugXu81JvTtrVlRMDGQVporQjhDKUnBmtE-5nx9oB91_Nd79Nbf4BJ1ww93Rtbvj8alNyYmiT2b7Lu7ZY/s1600/35kosovo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf47vU-WU5Gz8Foj1NJaNqTAcFL6qyGtmIlawrxWrgRtGcuNxNE0F0nGODyOxugXu81JvTtrVlRMDGQVporQjhDKUnBmtE-5nx9oB91_Nd79Nbf4BJ1ww93Rtbvj8alNyYmiT2b7Lu7ZY/s400/35kosovo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>35. Kosovo</b>. Mountains, medieval architecture and full of surprises nightlife.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRmChXItVmltg7iVMH2C_J5mvhFT2zuH6HrJg_YCErGptxR-2m-Br9mbH6dzeJXDDO-Lhxa1GsTA-W27h8efrVd3cU4DEFiKuvwHZw4hF0N8nHswo_dPxWlHkjGf1Q7pZ5a0_6edPVzA/s1600/36+pina+china.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRmChXItVmltg7iVMH2C_J5mvhFT2zuH6HrJg_YCErGptxR-2m-Br9mbH6dzeJXDDO-Lhxa1GsTA-W27h8efrVd3cU4DEFiKuvwHZw4hF0N8nHswo_dPxWlHkjGf1Q7pZ5a0_6edPVzA/s400/36+pina+china.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>36. Piña, China.</b> Traditional architecture of the Ming is not a force push even newfangled trends.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_9C9CKfbj5khk7fIbYRd2NBwHoms67YNrnHaMatfYDtvdlVFfwOJaT13lhPuMQ-ppi6W6-lRtGuxg-RR5B2QZLMzx-siaNAGL9pBJiJOZVyIbJvxMbta0Ek9dYYHSuKgUPP7K4TYFMQ/s1600/37+greece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_9C9CKfbj5khk7fIbYRd2NBwHoms67YNrnHaMatfYDtvdlVFfwOJaT13lhPuMQ-ppi6W6-lRtGuxg-RR5B2QZLMzx-siaNAGL9pBJiJOZVyIbJvxMbta0Ek9dYYHSuKgUPP7K4TYFMQ/s400/37+greece.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>37. Thessaloniki, Greece. </b>Despite the country's economic problems, new art thrives.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnIW1j9bQCTDCsTo7w6En_xkbpbyt2WbmQl8ioY5_ijZPMltKZWmA_uEASmMkuXpAUzJaPdZlCUzCmMKpiHVAmdp7p4lufxIOyAKE0JKEMqTwUttNCZgzPZoW_N80Wh5wA7NKuSsE4Vc/s1600/38+okinawa+japan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnIW1j9bQCTDCsTo7w6En_xkbpbyt2WbmQl8ioY5_ijZPMltKZWmA_uEASmMkuXpAUzJaPdZlCUzCmMKpiHVAmdp7p4lufxIOyAKE0JKEMqTwUttNCZgzPZoW_N80Wh5wA7NKuSsE4Vc/s400/38+okinawa+japan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>38. Okinawa, Japan.</b> Japanese version of the Amazon with some hints of luxury.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL1G3QVq7dcJBLBh-ZIBbXAEA1quU2fvAO0_z6hxyFdAqlp5fw-fiHXxw5jlFhLnYqNXv2IXHLualu6iMBaEyHmwG7-eFPBfJQtXEyaZJ0Hdso9j-fndMPZel1AjJdOJxIn_COYTjDfY/s1600/39+budapest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL1G3QVq7dcJBLBh-ZIBbXAEA1quU2fvAO0_z6hxyFdAqlp5fw-fiHXxw5jlFhLnYqNXv2IXHLualu6iMBaEyHmwG7-eFPBfJQtXEyaZJ0Hdso9j-fndMPZel1AjJdOJxIn_COYTjDfY/s400/39+budapest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>39. Budapest.</b> White walls of the city stands majestically over the embankment.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Misj3KOdN4UQnKpFIGUYbZvygSmD0F6n4D9FCcY37cnc4o50pcOyB0lOo9StR-wm4R9gRxyhTm1J6xcUNKHM-66vaEJpJMC0tIid_4-oPQ2fLNe7jJyD-QfFZguKGYX2400oEcYBYME/s1600/40+miami.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Misj3KOdN4UQnKpFIGUYbZvygSmD0F6n4D9FCcY37cnc4o50pcOyB0lOo9StR-wm4R9gRxyhTm1J6xcUNKHM-66vaEJpJMC0tIid_4-oPQ2fLNe7jJyD-QfFZguKGYX2400oEcYBYME/s400/40+miami.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>40. Miami.</b> The city beaches and art it is time to great music.</i></div>Edehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00979454927088465904noreply@blogger.com