Meanwhile, the Costa Concordia, now a half-submerged carcass, still sits in the harbor where it ran aground.

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It was tied to a tree and was rubbing against a half-submerged rock.

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Once you plunge in you find sections that alternate between slow streams where you can beach yourself against a flat half-submerged rock, and fast currents of waterslide fun.

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We had been in our rented, deceptively spacious houseboat in Amsterdam for about the same amount of time, and we were given a first-hand glimpse of what living half-submerged in water was like during the moderate yet wet Dutch winters.

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Ford designers Patrick Schiavone and Craig Metros already fantasize about "a Rolls-Royce (otc: RYCEY - news - people ) of pickups" with an all-aluminum body and the ability to kneel at curbs and roll, half-submerged, through water.

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