Word: ballast
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...then again, those rich guys didn?t get rich by hanging onto run-up stocks in a market that likely still has some ballast to dump before it can genuinely find the slipstream...
...recent invaders is giant salvinia, a freshwater weed infesting lakes and waterways in the South and West. The Asian long-horn beetle, pictured at right, is gnawing away at Chicago-area trees. In April, environmentalists filed a suit to force the EPA to bar oceangoing vessels from dumping their ballast water--a major source of invasive species--in U.S. ports. So far, California and Washington are the only states requiring ships from foreign harbors to flush their ballast at sea before docking...
...courtroom was stunned. It was the 12th and final day of testimony in the inquiry into why the 6,300-ton nuclear sub shot to the surface in a procedure known as a ballast blow, slicing into the hull of the 58-m Ehime Maru and causing it to sink within minutes. The court, which is to decide what action, if any, is to be taken against Waddle, 41, and two other officers, had heard conflicting accounts of how well Waddle ran his ship. A petty officer in charge of analyzing sonar data had conceded he had been "a little...
...courtroom was stunned. It was the 12th and final day of testimony in the inquiry into why the 6,900-ton nuclear sub shot to the surface in a procedure known as a ballast blow, slicing into the hull of the 190-ft. Ehime Maru and causing it to sink within minutes. The court, which is to decide what action, if any, is to be taken against Waddle, 41, and two other officers, had heard conflicting accounts of how well Waddle ran his ship. A petty officer in charge of analyzing sonar data had conceded he had been "a little...
...that the coast was clear at periscope depth of about 60 ft., Waddle directed the sub to dive to about 400 ft. Once there, the skipper ordered the blow. A pair of landlubbers--overseen by sailors--had their hands on the controls that guide the submarine and empty its ballast tanks during the rapid ascent. But it was physics, not civilians, that shot the submarine to the surface. The Ehime Maru--half as long as the 360-ft. sub and only 7% of the weight--didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although...