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906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
In the event that fuel cells become price-competitive with internal combustion engines and turbines, large gas-fired power plants could adopt this technology.
Hydrogen gas must be distinguished as "technical-grade" (five nines pure, 99.999%), which is suitable for applications such as fuel cells, and ... | 19,600 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
fuel cells suffer from a low power-to-weight ratio. Fuel cells are much more efficient than internal combustion engines, and produce no harmful emissions. If a practical method of hydrogen storage is introduced, and fuel cells become cheaper, they can be economically viable to power hybrid fuel cell/ba... | 19,601 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
cells) are typically more efficient at energy conversion than hydrogen fuel cells, but the widespread use of any electrical energy → chemical energy → electrical energy systems would necessitate the production of electricity.
# Use as a transport fuel and system efficiency.
An accounting of the energ... | 19,602 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
must be utilized per kilogram to produce, transport and deliver hydrogen (i.e., its well-to-tank energy use) is approximately 50 MJ using technology available in 2004. Subtracting this energy from the enthalpy of one kilogram of hydrogen, which is 141 MJ, and dividing by the enthalpy, yields a thermal ... | 19,603 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
to use electrical to run electrolysers. Roughly 6% of electricity is lost during transmission along power lines, and the process of converting the fossil fuel to electricity in the first place is roughly 33 percent efficient. Thus if efficiency is the key determinant it would be unlikely hydrogen vehic... | 19,604 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
in the Norwegian energy system indicates that hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (FCV) tend to be about a third as efficient as EVs when electrolysis is used, with hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) being barely a sixth as efficient. Even in the case where hydrogen fuel cells get their hydrogen from n... | 19,605 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
for gasoline (petrol) in terms of reducing greenhouse gases; other technologies may be less expensive and more quickly implemented. A comprehensive study of hydrogen in transportation applications has found that "there are major hurdles on the path to achieving the vision of the hydrogen economy; the p... | 19,606 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
suggests that hydrogen technologies have the potential to deliver UK transport with near-zero emissions whilst reducing dependence on imported oil and curtailment of renewable generation. However, the technologies face very difficult challenges, in terms of cost, performance and policy.
# Hydrogen saf... | 19,607 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
in enclosed areas such as tunnels or underground parking. Pure hydrogen-oxygen flames burn in the ultraviolet color range and are nearly invisible to the naked eye, so a flame detector is needed to detect if a hydrogen leak is burning. Hydrogen is odorless and leaks cannot be detected by smell.
Hydrog... | 19,608 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
identified as a major institutional barrier to deploying hydrogen technologies and developing a hydrogen economy. To enable the commercialization of hydrogen in consumer products, new model building codes and equipment and other technical standards are developed and recognized by federal, state, and lo... | 19,609 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
the University of Ulster. It is expected that the general public will be able to use hydrogen technologies in everyday life with at least the same level of safety and comfort as with today's fossil fuels.
# Environmental concerns.
There are many concerns regarding the environmental effects of the man... | 19,610 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
electric vehicles, because of the extra conversion stages and losses in distribution. Hydrogen as transportation fuel, however, is mainly used for fuel cells that do not produce greenhouse gas emission, but water.
There have also been some concerns over possible problems related to hydrogen gas leakag... | 19,611 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
the depletion process. However, the effect of these leakage problems may not be significant. The amount of hydrogen that leaks today is much lower (by a factor of 10–100) than the estimated 10–20% figure conjectured by some researchers; for example, in Germany, the leakage rate is only 0.1% (less than ... | 19,612 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
of natural gas-fired power stations, and fuel for aviation and possibly heavy trucks. However switching from natural gas to low-carbon heating is more costly if the carbon costs of natural gas are not reflected in its price.
Although the cost of electrolysis has fallen systems which use renewably gene... | 19,613 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
produced by steam reformation costs approximately three times the cost of natural gas per unit of energy produced. This means that if natural gas costs $6/million BTU, then hydrogen will be $18/million BTU. Also, producing hydrogen from electrolysis with electricity at 5 cents/kWh will cost $28/million... | 19,614 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
enthalpy. Hydrogen accelerates the cracking of steel (hydrogen embrittlement), which increases maintenance costs, leakage rates, and material costs. The difference in cost is likely to expand with newer technology: wires suspended in air can use higher voltage with only marginally increased material co... | 19,615 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
Power plant capacity that now goes unused at night could be used for recharging electric vehicles. A study conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy in December 2006 found that the idle off-peak grid capacity in the US would be sufficient to power 84% of all... | 19,616 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
of gas, which, if produced by small 500 kg/day reformers at the point of dispensing (i.e., the filling station), would equate to 777,000 reformers costing $1 trillion and producing 150 million tons of hydrogen gas annually. Obviates the need for distribution infrastructure dedicated to hydrogen. $3.00 ... | 19,617 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
or about $9.50 per GGE.
- Wind: Provides energy for electrolysis of water. At 7 meters per second average wind speed, it would require 1 million 2-MW wind turbines, which would cost $3 trillion, or about $3.00 per GGE.
- Biomass: Gasification plants would produce gas with steam reformation. 1.5 billi... | 19,618 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
pilot programs.
Several domestic U.S. automobile manufactures have committed to develop vehicles using hydrogen. The distribution of hydrogen for the purpose of transportation is currently being tested around the world, particularly in Portugal, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, California, Japan and... | 19,619 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
in a unique position. Presently, it imports all the petroleum products necessary to power its automobiles and fishing fleet. Iceland has large geothermal resources, so much that the local price of electricity actually is "lower" than the price of the hydrocarbons that could be used to produce that elec... | 19,620 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
replaces hydrocarbons. Reykjavík, Iceland, had a small pilot fleet of city buses running on compressed hydrogen, and research on powering the nation's fishing fleet with hydrogen is under way. For more practical purposes, Iceland might process imported oil with hydrogen to extend it, rather than to rep... | 19,621 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
when there is surplus wind energy, the excess power is used for generating hydrogen by electrolysis. The hydrogen is stored, and is available for power generation in periods when there is little wind.
United States has a hydrogen policy with several examples. A joint venture between NREL and Xcel Ener... | 19,622 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
batteries are fully charged, hydrogen is generated by electrolysis and stored for later production of electricity by fuel cell.
The UK started a fuel cell pilot program in January 2004, the program ran two Fuel cell buses on route 25 in London until December 2005, and switched to route RV1 until Janua... | 19,623 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
Perth. The buses were operated by Path Transit on regular Transperth public bus routes. The trial began in September 2004 and concluded in September 2007. The buses' fuel cells used a proton exchange membrane system and were supplied with raw hydrogen from a BP refinery in Kwinana, south of Perth. The ... | 19,624 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
in Istanbul, which started operation in 2004. A hydrogen forklift, a hydrogen cart and a mobile house powered by renewable energies are being demonstrated in UNIDO-ICHET's premises. An uninterruptible power supply system has been working since April 2009 in the headquarters of Istanbul Sea Buses compan... | 19,625 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
hydrogen as an energy carrier is to bond it with nitrogen from the air to produce ammonia, which can be easily liquefied, transported, and used (directly or indirectly) as a clean and renewable fuel. For example, researchers at CSIRO in Australia in 2018 fuelled a Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo with hyd... | 19,626 |
906156 | Hydrogen economy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen%20economy | Hydrogen economy
production of syngas from hydrogen and carbon-dioxide from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) via the Sabatier reaction is limited by the amount of sustainable bioenergy available: therefore any bio-SNG made may be reserved for production of aviation biofuel.
# See also.
- United Stat... | 19,627 |
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of Hydrogen Energy
- Lolland Hydrogen Community
# Further reading.
- Author interview at Global Public Media.
- Hydrogen economy = "laughable a fantasy" p. 115
- This book is available online in full text:
# External links.
- Gasworld website
- Overview of Indian Hydrogen Programme
- Hydrogen ... | 19,628 |
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ssociation
- European Network of Excellence "Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier" (HySafe)
- World's First Higher Educational Programme in Hydrogen Safety Engineering
- NSERC hydrogen Canada
- U.S.-Department of Energy
- EU-Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
- 20 Hydrogen myths - Publi... | 19,629 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
German submarine U-166 (1941)
German submarine "U-166" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 6 December 1940 at the Seebeckwerft (part of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Deschimag) at Wesermünde (modern Bremerhaven... | 19,630 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
Design.
German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. "U-166" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered... | 19,631 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-166" was fitted with six torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and two at the stern), 22 torpedoes, one SK C/32 naval gun, 180 rounds, and a SK C/30 as well as a C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a comple... | 19,632 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
Mexico and is credited with the following "kills":
# Fate.
"Robert E. Lee" was under escort from the United States Navy patrol craft "PC-566" approximately south of the Mississippi River Delta when she was torpedoed by "U-166" on 30 July 1942. "PC-566" immediately attacked, making her ap... | 19,633 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
Guard J4F-1 Widgeon amphibious aircraft spotted a U-boat approximately off the coast of Houma, Louisiana. The aircraft attacked and it appeared that the U-boat was hit in the attack. "U-166" was reported missing in action on 30 July 1942, which coincided with the American aircraft's attack... | 19,634 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
prior to construction of a natural gas pipeline led to the discoveries by C & C Marine archaeologists Robert A. Church and Daniel J. Warren. The sonar contacts consisted of two large sections lying approximately 500 feet apart at either end of a debris field that indicated the presence of ... | 19,635 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
final identification of the U-boat.
The site where "U-166" lies, at has been designated a war grave because its crew of 52 is entombed there. It is protected against any future attempts to salvage it.
Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Robert Ballard explored... | 19,636 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
broke off the bow. If so this would be one of the few successful submarine kills caused by direct contact from a depth charge, as typical depth charge attacks relied upon inflicting repeated hydraulic shocks that would eventually crack a submarine's pressure hull.
Initial credit for the s... | 19,637 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
him with the sinking of the U-boat. "Seventy years later, we now know that [Claudius's] report after the action was absolutely correct," he said. "[Claudius's ship] did sink that U-boat, and it's never too late to set the record straight."
Results of a study released in February 2019 show... | 19,638 |
906312 | German submarine U-166 (1941) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-166%20(1941) | German submarine U-166 (1941)
" Christ, from Houma, who spent most of his life searching for "U-166". His personal account about his search and the final locating and identification of the U-Boat can be found in a local newspaper, "The Houma Courier": C.J. Christ "WAR IN THE GULF: German submarine, U-166, found in the ... | 19,639 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
Maurice R. Greenberg
Maurice Raymond "Hank" Greenberg (born May 4, 1925) is an American business executive and former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), which was the world's 18th largest public company and the largest insurance and financial services corporation in history.
... | 19,640 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
in 1968 and continues in that role. Greenberg is also the chairman of the board of directors and managing director of Starr International Company Inc. C.V. Starr and Starr International are collectively known as the Starr Companies. Greenberg was named the most connected business executive in New Y... | 19,641 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
the Korean War, rising to the rank of captain; he is a recipient of the Bronze Star, as well as Commandeur of the French Ordre National de la Legion d' Honneur as a result of his military service in the European Theater during World War II. He received his pre-law certificate from the University of... | 19,642 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
Starr, as the head of AIG's North American holdings after working for Continental Casualty Company, a unit of CNA in Chicago. In 1968 Starr picked Greenberg as his successor. Greenberg held the position until March 2005, when he retired from AIG and was replaced by Martin J. Sullivan. He was subseq... | 19,643 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
for Russia to begin normalized trade relations with the West which included the repeal of the Jackson–Vanik amendment. Putin tried to use his relationship with Hank Greenberg to repeal the Jackson-Vannik provisions in the United States. Putin wanted Greenberg to support through American Insurance G... | 19,644 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
which AIG was provided access to bail-out funds needed to be renegotiated.
# Other public positions.
Greenberg is chairman emeritus of the US-ASEAN Business Council. He was also vice chairman and director of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of David Rockefeller's Trilateral Commissio... | 19,645 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
is a member of the advisory board of the Tsinghua School of Economics and Management, a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Development Research Foundation and China Development Bank.
Greenberg was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of Internatio... | 19,646 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
He has served on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, and the Business Roundtable. He was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1988-1995 and served as its Chairman from 1994-5. He is vice-chai... | 19,647 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
Insurance, and Actuarial Science and is the chairman of the Academic Medicine Development Company (AMDeC). Greenberg also serves as a member of the President's Council on International Activities of Yale University. He is on the board of directors of the International Rescue Committee and is active... | 19,648 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
National Interest. The Maurice "Hank" Greenberg Scholarship, administered in his name by the US-China Education Trust, supports the studies of ten Chinese students from low-income families each year at Yunnan University. In February 2014 Greenberg led a group through Starr Investment Holdings that ... | 19,649 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
hosted a small meeting of select council members with Ahmadinejad, who began by saying that we need to "continue studying" whether it happened. According to David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for "The New York Times", Greenberg listened for fifteen minutes while Ahmadinejad continued t... | 19,650 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
was old enough to have participated in the liberation of Dachau. "I'd like an answer regarding whether you think the Holocaust occurred," insisted Greenberg. To which Ahmadinejad replied "I think we should allow more impartial studies to be done on this."
# Legal issues.
The State Attorney Genera... | 19,651 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
New York Attorney General to seek relief for alleged violations of the state securities laws without the need to prove a knowing violation of the law (scienter) or an intent to defraud.
In November 2012 a Manhattan court dismissed Greenberg's claims that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York breach... | 19,652 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
acted without authority, but did not award any damages. In a decision on appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, a three judge panel remained silent with regard to the Court of Claims decision on both liability and damages, but claimed that Starr lacked standing... | 19,653 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
had made a $17.7 billion profit on the AIG equity it had acquired as a result, plus $6.7 billion in interests and fees.
In July 2013 Greenberg filed a civil lawsuit against Spitzer alleging that Spitzer made repeated defamatory statements against him. This matter is stayed pending a decision on cr... | 19,654 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
in any trial.
# Political involvement.
Greenberg is a major Republican donor. He donated to Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy. In the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 he donated $10 million to support Jeb Bush's candidacy and at a later point also donated $5 million to Conservativ... | 19,655 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
of Chubb Ltd and Chubb Group.
- L. Scott Greenberg, venture capitalist in New York.
- Cathleen Greenberg London, physician in New York, NY.
Greenberg and Lawrence Cunningham wrote The AIG Story. Greenberg's career is chronicled in the 2006 book "Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg ... | 19,656 |
906323 | Maurice R. Greenberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20R.%20Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg
zine", February 21, 2005.
- Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence A. Cunningham, "The AIG Story" (2013)
- review: James Freeman, "Insurer to the World," "Wall Street Journal" Feb. 6. 2013
# External links.
- Starr Companies
- Hank Greenberg Weighs in on AIG on The Strategy Session, "The Strategy S... | 19,657 |
906341 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%204%20×%20100%20metre%20freestyle%20relay | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay took place on 14 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.
For the first ... | 19,658 |
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world record under a 0.06-second mark set by the Germans in 2002 (3:36.00). Henry also unleashed a remarkable relay split of 52.95, the fastest of all-time in Olympic history.
The U.S. team of Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, a... | 19,659 |
906343 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20100%20metre%20butterfly | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15.
... | 19,660 |
906343 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20100%20metre%20butterfly | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
ntested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15.
Australia's Petria Thomas, who finished fourth in Sydney, won her first individual gold medal in this event, outside the Olympic record ti... | 19,661 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
Selebi-Phikwe
Selebi-Phikwe (also spelt "Selibe Phikwe") is a mining town located in the Central District of Botswana. It had a population of 49,724 in 2011 which is now estimated to have risen to c.52,000. The town is an administrative district, separate from the surrounding Central District.
# Mining.... | 19,662 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
woodland between the places with the combined name of Selebi-Phikwe.
The main source of employment was the BCL Limited mine which excavated and smelted mixed copper-nickel ore from several shafts in deep and opencast mines. The opencast pit is now unused. Ore is transported from the shaft by rail for sme... | 19,663 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
Industrial Area provides premises for Factories and Business Houses as ancillary for the Mine. Construction companies include Watson, GSP, etc., SP Electricals, Britannia Backers, George Backers and Change and CO.
# Energy.
A small coal-fired power station was built along with the mine to meet the elect... | 19,664 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
suffers from power shortages.
In 2010, a private company ENERGY POINT (PTY) LTD, promoted by a foreign direct investor from India, started its operation of the Manufacturing of UPS, inverters, surge protectors etc. But the investor could not continue due to non compliance of BEDI and a government promise... | 19,665 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
(Hotel Stonehouse, Cresta Bosele, Syringa Lodge and Travel Inn), several guest houses and a number of serviced apartment complexes. The Phokoje Bush Lodge is about seven kilometres from town. The town has a small airport which only operates during daylight hours but does not have refuelling facilities. It... | 19,666 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
access to the dam due to rough terrain and necessity to camp on the shore. An experimental population of tigerfish (indigenous to the Limpopo basin) was introduced in 2009 which has proven that the environment would be suitable. The introduced population is thought to be insufficient for breeding. There a... | 19,667 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
Marathon; it was started by the late Boet Kahts and Phill Roberts who was a teacher at Selebi Phikwe Senior Secondary School in 1985 as a gesture of Community Service. The Marathon is classified as one of the best in the world by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). A report for ... | 19,668 |
906337 | Selebi-Phikwe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selebi-Phikwe | Selebi-Phikwe
1985 as a gesture of Community Service. The Marathon is classified as one of the best in the world by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). A report for SPEDU (Selebi Phikwe Economic Development), a local Regional Development Agency, suggests that there is significant potential fo... | 19,669 |
906342 | Seva Foundation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seva%20Foundation | Seva Foundation
Seva Foundation
Seva Foundation is an international non-profit health organization based in Berkeley, California known for preventing and treating blindness and other visual impairments. It was co-founded in 1978 by Dr. Larry Brilliant, Ram Dass, Wavy Gravy, Nicole Grasset and Govindappa Venkataswamy. ... | 19,670 |
906342 | Seva Foundation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seva%20Foundation | Seva Foundation
The foundation also works with Native communities in North America through its American Indian Sight Initiative.
# History.
Seva Foundation, based in Berkeley, California, was founded in 1978 by public health expert Larry Brilliant, spiritual leader Ram Dass and humanitarian activist Wavy Gravy. Other... | 19,671 |
906342 | Seva Foundation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seva%20Foundation | Seva Foundation
.
# History.
Seva Foundation, based in Berkeley, California, was founded in 1978 by public health expert Larry Brilliant, spiritual leader Ram Dass and humanitarian activist Wavy Gravy. Other co-founders include Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy, founder of the Aravind Eye Foundation, and Nicole Grasset, th... | 19,672 |
906346 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20400%20metre%20individual%20medley | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greec... | 19,673 |
906346 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20400%20metre%20individual%20medley | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
cond, earned a silver medal, in an American record time of 4:34.95. Georgina Bardach, on the other hand, won Argentina's first Olympic bronze medal in swimming, breaking a South American record of 4:37.51. South Korea's Nam Yoo-sun and Greece's ... | 19,674 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
German submarine U-171
German submarine "U-171" was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" built for service during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 1 December 1940 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard at Bremen as yard number 1011; it was launched on 22 July 1941 and commissio... | 19,675 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
the loss of 22 of its complement of 54. For many years it was believed that had been sunk by an American aircraft in what had in reality been an unsuccessful attack on this submarine in the Gulf of Mexico.
# Design.
German Type IXC submarines were slightly larger than the original Type IXBs. "U... | 19,676 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . "U-171" w... | 19,677 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and crossed the Atlantic Ocean, entering the Gulf of Mexico.
The submarine sank the 4,351-ton Mexican general cargo merchant ship, SS "Oaxaca" on 26 July 1942, at off Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship was at the time en route from New Orleans to Tampico ... | 19,678 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
decades it was believed that the U-boat attacked that day was ; the credit for sinking "U-166" went to that aircraft.
The wreckage of "U-166" was discovered in 2001, just a short distance from its last victim, "Robert E. Lee", meaning that the credit for the sinking of "U-166" should have gone t... | 19,679 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
US tanker "R. M. Parker Jr." at which is about south of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana. The ship, which was carrying water ballast, was struck by two torpedoes; the submarine then surfaced and fired five rounds from its deck gun into the wreck. The whole crew of 44 survived, being picked up eight hou... | 19,680 |
906331 | German submarine U-171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German%20submarine%20U-171 | German submarine U-171
ited States Coast Guard auxiliary .
On 4 September 1942, the submarine had its final success, the Mexican tanker 6,511 tons; again in ballast, at . This ship had evaded three spreads of two torpedoes each, before being hit by a torpedo fired from "U-171"s stern tube. There were 10 dead and 24 su... | 19,681 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
During the 1980s and 1990s a relatively large number of companies appeared selling primarily 2D graphics cards and later 3D. Most of those companies have subsequently disappeared, as the increasing complexity of GPUs su... | 19,682 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
chip makers.
These companies designed graphics chips and cards.
- 3dfx Interactive - assets were acquired by NVIDIA during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- 3Dlabs - merged with Creative Labs' personal entertainment division to form ZiiLABS
- Advance Logic Research – acqu... | 19,683 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
the Vancouver Design Center
- GigaPixel - acquired by 3dfx Interactive
- Headland Technologies - division of LSI Logic's Standard Products Group in late 1990s, assets sold to SPEA
- IXMICRO - produced video cards for Macintosh and Macintosh clones
- MOS Technology -... | 19,684 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
Primus Technology
- Radius - made graphics solutions for Apple, out of business mid-1990s
- Raycer - acquired by Apple Computer
- Real3D - acquired by Intel
- Rendition - acquired by Micron Technology
- Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) - quit developing 3D graph... | 19,685 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
Technologies
- Weitek Corporation - maker of Power9000 brand of GPUs circa 1991-1994, bankrupt 1995
- Western Digital Imaging - combined efforts of Paradise Systems and Faraday Computing, bought by Western Digital and allowed to go out of business
# Defunct graphics ... | 19,686 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
Orchid Technology - acquired by Micronics Computers, then by Diamond Multimedia
- Paradise Systems - acquired by Western Digital, then by Philips, then de-emphasized
- SPEA AG - German vendor in late 1990s, no longer in business
- STB Systems - acquired by 3dfx Inter... | 19,687 |
906358 | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20defunct%20graphics%20chips%20and%20card%20companies | List of defunct graphics chips and card companies
ted circuits for the personal computer and embedded systems
- Cirrus Logic - sold its video chip assets
- Hercules - no longer manufactures graphics cards
- IIT Corp - reverted to a video-conferencing solutions company, and then later a VOIP service provider
- Power... | 19,688 |
906360 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20200%20metre%20backstroke | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20... | 19,689 |
906360 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20200%20metre%20backstroke | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
a storming victory in this event, breaking an African record time of 2:09.19. Russia's Stanislava Komarova took home the silver at 2:09.72, while Japan's Reiko Nakamura and Germany's Antje Buschschulte shared their triumph for the bronze medal, in a jo... | 19,690 |
906364 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20100%20metre%20backstroke | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 15 and 16... | 19,691 |
906364 | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20–%20Women's%20100%20metre%20backstroke | Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
gold medal in this event, outside the record time of 1:00.37. The silver medal was awarded to Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, who finished behind Coughlin by 0.13 of a second, breaking an African record of 1:00.50. France's Laure Manaudou, who won the gold... | 19,692 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
Petro
Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman cognomen. It may refer to:
# Given name.
- Petro Balabuyev (1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes
- Petro Doroshenko (1627–1698), Cossack political and military leader, Hetm... | 19,693 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
Petro Goga, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of Albania in 1924
- Petro Kalnyshevsky (1691?–1803), last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host (in what is now Ukraine)
- Petro Kharchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian former pair ice skater
- Petro Kasui Kibe (1587–1639), Japanese Christian missionary, Jesuit pri... | 19,694 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
Catholic Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
- Petro Marko (1913–1991), Albanian writer
- Petro Mirchuk (1913–1999), Ukrainian writer
- Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896), Ukrainian linguist and composer
- Petro Pakhnyuk (born 1991), Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2014) artistic gymnast
- Petro Pereverza (... | 19,695 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
Republic and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Petro Slobodyan (born 1953), Soviet retired footballer and current Ukrainian coach
- Petro Symonenko (born 1952), Ukrainian politician and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- Petro Tkachen... | 19,696 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator
# Surname.
- Gustavo Petro (born 1960), Colombian politician and economist
- Jim Petro (born 1948), American politician and former Ohio Attorney General
- Johan Petro (born 1986), French professional basketball player
- Joe Petro III (born 1956), American artist
-... | 19,697 |
906378 | Petro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petro | Petro
- Jim Petro (born 1948), American politician and former Ohio Attorney General
- Johan Petro (born 1986), French professional basketball player
- Joe Petro III (born 1956), American artist
- Joseph Petro (born 1944), former United States Secret Service agent, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Ci... | 19,698 |
906366 | Harold Maxwell-Lefroy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harold%20Maxwell-Lefroy | Harold Maxwell-Lefroy
Harold Maxwell-Lefroy
Harold Maxwell-Lefroy (20 January 1877 – 14 October 1925) was an English entomologist. He was a Professor of Entomology at Imperial College London who was posted as the second
Imperial Entomologist to India. He worked on applied entomology and initiated experiments on the u... | 19,699 |
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