Word: harbors
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...ships out of service, says Kriton Lendoudis, managing director of Athens-based Evalend Shipping. Hundreds of vessels have been laid up off Britain, Germany, Greece and Singapore over the past several months. In the River Fal estuary, near the old port city of Truro on Britain's southwest tip, harbor master Andy Brigden runs a service for companies looking for long-term berth space. Since early November, he says, the number of inquiries has skyrocketed. "It had been quiet here for many years, just a few seasonal moorings," says Brigden. "In my experience, this is the largest number of requests...
...seem to take serious, dark roles. Have you ever been offered a comedy? Rebecca Richardson BAR HARBOR, MAINE...
Like Obama, he hails from Hawaii. Unlike Obama, he's of Japanese heritage. That makes Obama's announcement of his appointment on the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor especially meaningful...
...Most soils harbor bacteria and the bacteria are living and therefore transmitting electrical signals basically through the soil,” Edwards said. “By creating an anode-cathode setting in the soil, it’s actually possible to draw current and therefore generate energy...
...crisis hit in the 1970s, efforts to turn this local resource into electricity - by drilling holes into underground heat pockets and reservoirs to release pressurized steam that then runs turbines - moved into high gear. Today, if it's not raining or snowing (or both), views from Reykjavik's harbor are relatively clear. Icelanders hope steam can pull them through tough times again. "The Icelandic power industry will be one of the pillars to carry us out of this crisis," says Asgeir Margeirsson, CEO of Geysir Green Energy. As Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, Iceland's Environment Minister, puts it: "Icelanders think about this...