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...decades, Beale inwardly nourished his obsession, and now it has taken on hardwood reality: Beale's reconstruction of the eighth century Indonesian schooner depicted at Borobudur is now under sail in the Indian Ocean, on its way to Africa, manned by a multinational crew. The 19-meter-long ship is retracing the route of its ancient prototypes, which are believed to have formed the earliest transoceanic sailing fleet in history...
...power plant, exceeds their needs. Historically, they would simply kick that extra juice back to the local power company, which would buy it back from them at far below market value. A new system has been enacted in 36 states to rectify that inequity. Under the plan, called net metering, a homeowner's electrical meter simply rolls backward whenever the house is feeding electricity to the grid instead of pulling it down, reducing the bill at the same price per kilowatt hour the power company charges...
...service before the war. Oddly, the real estate was already officially registered as belonging to the government - so the Finance Ministry wrote a check for rights to property it already owned. The Ministry subsequently sold some of the property to a Berlin utility for twice the price per square meter that it had paid. Why did the government make these deals? The Finance Ministry says it won't discuss any details of the case while settlement talks are pending. Karstadt confirms the transactions it was involved in, but says it is up to others to judge whether or not they...
...Henry Tan, September 2002, suspected Chinese druglord saws through bars of his cell, then scales a three-meter perimeter wall...
...Retired. Cathy Freeman, 30, Australian runner and one of the nation's greatest athletes, who became the first Aboriginal Olympic champion in an individual event after she won gold in the 400-meter race before an exhilarated home crowd at the 2000 Sydney Games; announced in London. "I've lost that want, that desire, that passion, that drive," she said...