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2. Dublin Shipping - Wikipedia

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   The Jones Group had a number of shipping subsidiaries, including Celtic Coasters Ltd., Dublin & Cork Shipping Ltd., and Dublin Shipping Ltd.. [1] The group sold its shipping interests for £20 million in 1998. [2] On 28 March 1998 the Dublin Shipping was taken over by Gearbulk. [3]

3. Coastal trading vessel - Wikipedia

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   Coastal trading vessels, also known as coasters or skoots, [1] are shallow-hulled [citation needed] merchant ships used for transporting cargo along a coastline. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled seagoing ships usually cannot (26-28 feet), but as a result they are not optimized for the large waves ...

4. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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   Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930. Cork is a natural material used by humans for over 5,000 years. It is a material whose applications have been known since antiquity, especially in floating devices and as stopper for beverages, mainly wine, whose market, from the early twentieth century, had a massive expansion, particularly due to the development of several cork-based ...

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   Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science-fiction television film starring Raul Julia and Linda Griffiths (pictured).Based on a 1976 short story by John Varley from the Eight Worlds series, the film takes place in a dystopian future where an employee at a conglomerate, played by Julia, gets trapped inside the company's computer, where he is monitored and later abetted by a character ...

6. Drink coaster - Wikipedia

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   Drink coasters made of sandstone. A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an object used to rest drinks upon. Coasters protect the surface of a table, or any other surface where a user might place a cup, from condensation created by cold drinks. A coaster on top of a beverage can also be used to show that a drink is not ...

7. Launched roller coaster - Wikipedia

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   The launched roller coaster is a type of roller coaster that initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or a series of linear induction motors (LIM), linear synchronous motors (LSM), catapults, tires, chains, or other mechanisms employing hydraulic or pneumatic power, along a launch track. This mode of acceleration powers many ...