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She is a real beauty, and I’m more than happy to have been on-board her thrice, but the time has come for the SS Independence to be towed away to the breaker beaches of Alang, India. [...]

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One of my resolutions for 2008 was to update this site and make it a bit more user-friendly.? Granted, I’m only about 1/3 of the way there, but as you’ll notice, I’ve added a few tweaks.
If you find an article especially interesting or appealing, you now have the option of sharing it via a suite [...]

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This is the historic Longmont Refinery today. Captured from the ground floor, this large format image shows exactly how many pipes, catwalks, and tanks occupy a typical refinery. Walking through a sugar refinery fills your mind with conjecture, shock, amazement, and curiosity — all at once (photo copyright Jon Haeber)

Editor’s Note: From the founding of [...]

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