Weighing 140kg, with hands like buckets and a face as flat as a plate, he waded into the marquee as if against a strong current of water and assumed a position in the corner.
This is the current of water that takes enormous amounts of heat about as much as would be generated by a million nuclear power plants from the tropics and carries it to eastern North America and western Europe.
The main purpose of the seminar was to give an general idea of current state of ground water in Uzbekistan, scientific-educational activities and the area of usage of underground water and determination of future trends relating to improvement of research methods and educational approaches with development of practical recommendations.
But the central point about both taps and transistors is that they allow a small signal the twist of a hand or the increase of a voltage to control a much larger one the rush of water or of electrical current.
Flood-tide current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between low water and high water.
Ebb-tidal current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between high water and low water.
Ocean current: flow of water in a given direction in the ocean.
As far as I know, there are no current issues with distribution of water or food in the local area.
Tidal current: movement of water in a constant direction caused by the periodic rising and falling of the tide.
"Crisis is not because of a scarcity of water but because of the current and past terrible management practices, " he says.
Anglian water has apologised for the inconvenience of the current situation but said the water was safe to drink if it was boiled and cooled beforehand.
First Minister David Trimble has said it would be a "matter of weeks" before the all clear could be given in the current outbreak of illnesses related to contaminated water.
Longshore current: a movement of water parallel to the shore, caused by waves.
The turbulent flow of water creates undulations in the bed sediments - a series of ripples or dunes that slowly migrate in the direction of the water current.
But such a large amount of unaccounted-for water is not easily explained by current models of Martian evolution.
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Exeter City Labour MP Ben Bradshaw said the city saw "noticeable near misses where the water was pretty much up to the current top of our flood defences".
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The current challenges associated with maintaining and sustaining an adequate supply of clean water are spurring opportunities to develop new innovations that will protect the environment and create jobs.
On current trends, the global water supply will satisfy only 60% of demand in 2030, according to McKinsey, a consultancy.
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Right now, at our current low levels of carbon dioxide, plants are paying a heavy price in water usage.
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But the IMF has since poured a lot of cold water on this idea, at least in the current global environment - and Mr Osborne more or less stopped talking about it when he came into government.
The United States government is now demanding that Mexico make a good-faith effort to deliver the water owed for the current year as well as a small part of the accumulated shortfall.
It was a reminder that water is one of the core issues in this conflict, and is likely to become more so if current climatic trends in the region continue, as Israel has few water resources of its own.
But disputes, like the current argument about whether North Korea gets a light-water reactor as part of a deal for dismantling its weapons program, have happened before, and as of now the six-party negotiations scheduled to resume in November appear to be still on.
The whole water feature requires about 45, 000 gallons of water to fill and two 10-horsepower motors to create the current.
The sheer quantity of water gushing under bridges meant the otters could not swim against the rapid current, so they tried to cross the road instead and often got hit by cars.
Clare Short has warned that two-thirds of the World's population could be suffering water shortages by the year 2025 if current standards are allowed to continue.
However, this current itself twists around and around as it flows through the magnetic field, the way a torrent of water twists up a fire-fighter's hosepipe.
Hydrolysis--running an electric current through water to produce hydrogen--yields fuel that is usually not economically competitive with other forms of energy.
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