The three-foot long parasite grows in the body for one year and feels like a hot iron hit the skin when it emerges.

WHITEHOUSE: Dream Big: Water

When it emerges, flashes of lightening illuminate the hills and valleys lighting up Horton Plains, the peak of Sri Pada and the never-ending tea plantations.

BBC: Getting to the heart and soul of hilly Sri Lanka

Senate sources involved in the talks said the co-op proposal is likely to be part of a Finance Committee bill when it emerges -- possibly later this week -- from intense, behind-the-scenes, bipartisan talks over health care.

CNN: Negotiations over health insurance co-ops at impasse

Government so disrupts the natural social and economic order when it goes beyond minimal efforts to maintain it order that spontaneously emerges when individuals are left free to live their lives as they see fit that any incremental benefits the hosts derive from increased social order are outweighed by the social and economic havoc government creates in the process of trying to maintain it.

FORBES: Observations On An Increasingly Parasitic Government

When GM emerges from bankruptcy, it will have shed some of its burdens, but the damage done by decades of mismanagement and union intransigence will still weigh heavily.

ECONOMIST: The bankruptcy of General Motors

Now as the country contemplates a reprise of Cast Lead, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must ensure that when the IDF acts, it acts decisively and emerges victorious.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Wars of 2011

Dell previously missed out on a large cloud opportunity when it lost the bid for 3Par to HP (See HP Emerges as Victor Over Dell in Battle for 3Par).

FORBES: With Head In The Cloud, Dell Gets New Shot At Growth And Likely Run To $20

They can also add a frisson of fun to otherwise mundane purchases especially when what emerges is a quirk of local culture, or something that...well, seems like it shouldn't have been left unattended.

WSJ: Weird Vending Machines Around the World