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Amazing Flipping Ship
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f7625011-f2fe-453c-8517-d7d5556a3080/53DDCB3F-900B-41F6-B6FF-CDA28C68C90C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34" href="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boredstop.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><table background="" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="100%">Flipping Ship </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/AA6F29FB-4B67-4344-BF7A-3DD1DA4C81A2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34">The <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/P_FLIP" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #000066">FLIP</SPAN></A> research vessel (<EM>Floating Instrument Platform</EM>) is the only ship in the world having the ability to flip from a horizontal position to a vertical position while at sea. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/822C3136-8333-4D86-9556-8EE5AA71743E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34">The FLIP ship is designed to study wave height, acoustic signals, water temperature and density, and for the collection of meteorological data. <BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/25C1CD49-FB2D-444E-8BB9-01AA0D88A863" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/6FA326DB-2AB2-426A-A8CD-57F91DB49835" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34">During the flip, the crew stand on the outside decks. Scientists and crewmembers literally walk up the walls to stay upright. Suddenly, the aft side of the barge becomes its floor. That makes for some ingenious engineering feats in equipping its bridge, galley, crew quarters and scientific laboratory. Even its head, or bathroom, had to be constructed to operate in a vertical and horizontal position.<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/4F97931A-8281-45A6-946A-A0E744ECD232" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boredstop.com/img/04EFCF25-FD4E-498B-BFDB-39B4121DD0F5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=34">Even in stormy conditions, it is as stable as a fencepost, because most of its length lies in the untroubled waters beneath the waves.<BR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53DDCB3F-900B-41F6-B6FF-CDA28C68C90C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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