http://weebie.blogdrive.com/ weebie Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:05:14 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://weebie.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:59:48 GMT Hakodate (ùÞνã¼; -shi) is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of 2004, the city has an estimated population of 299,737 and the density of 442.24 persons per km©÷. The total area is 677.77 km©÷. Hakodate's size nearly doubled on December 1, 2004 when the neighboring municipalities of Toi, Esan, Todohokke and Minamikayabe were merged into it. The port of Hakodate was opened to American trade on March 31, 1853 under the conditions of the Treaty of Kanagawa, as negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry. A mariner of his fleet died... (more) http://weebie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://weebie.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:54:28 GMT The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is one of the two longest rivers on Earth. Whether the Nile is longer than South America's Amazon still remains the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, second, the point from which the length of a river is measured is not always agreed upon. The Nile lost several miles of meanders in Nubia when Lake Nasser was formed. Lake Victoria in Uganda is commonly considered to be the... (more) http://weebie.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1