So I couchsurf a lot. I also crowdsurf a lot.

Waters flowed over my head I said, I am cut off.

Waters flowed over mine head then I said, I am cut off.

An empire through which for 50 years flowed in an unending stream the wealth of the Earth's third richest gold mine.

Fears surfaced of another banking crisis, the imminent collapse of a monstrous property bubble, and runaway inflation.

The first warning sign surfaced in 2001, with the bankruptcy of Enron in the United States.

Conspiracy theories abound as to why a coup is being staged only few weeks before the scheduled elections

Now, as China rises and Japan declines, the old, deep seated suspicions, tensions, and distrust are resurfacing.

Africa was actually disconnected from the other landmasses at that time, due to the vagaries of plate tectonics, floating around the Indian Ocean.

In fact, many problems, dormant or concealed until now, have surfaced with startling force ethnic conflicts, nationalisms, religious intolerance.

In a second version, the 50 50 Tanks , only half the tank is filled with distilled water, with the result that the balls float half in and half out of the water.

After decolonization, ethnic, linguistic, racial, caste based and religious differences surfaced as the post colonial States sought to establish their authority and writ over diverse population groups.

Long suppressed evil forces such as xenophobic and ethnic nationalism, and racism, have now come to the surface, creating new tensions, crises and conflicts that constitute new threats to international peace and security.

Some of the worst abuses have surfaced in Texas, America's death penalty capital and home to more prisoners than Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands combined. When George W. Bush was governor, a federal judge ruled that the state's entire penal system was pervaded by a culture of sadistic and malicious violence.

It must avoid the pernicious ethnic nationalism of recent years that led to one ethnic group being banned from running in the presidential election.

The latest to surface is the case of 30 year old Muzaffar Tuychiyev, a healthy young man when the police detained him on the evening of March 24, 2008, in the region of Tashkent.

Additional corruption related challenges have arisen in the context of the relief effort following the tsunami of December 2004, including in terms of ensuring effective distribution of aid.

With the Czech Republic set to assume the presidency of the EU on January 1, 2009, there is a distinct fear that Klaus will use his position as Czech head of state to try to sabotage efforts to rescue the Lisbon Treaty.