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Encyclopedia > May 12, 2004

May 12, 2004

May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ... A supercomputer is a computer that leads the world in terms of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation, at the time of its introduction. ... The numeral trillion refers to one of two number values, depending on the context of where and how it is being used. ... In computing, FLOPS is an abbreviation of FLoating point Operations Per Second. ... ESC cabinets The Earth Simulator (ES) was the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004, located at the Earth Simulator Center (ESC) in Kanazawa-ku (ward), Yokohama-shi, Japan. ... IBM ASCI White is a supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. ... USD redirects here. ... Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. ... The Mexican Air Force (in Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the aviation branch of the Mexican defense forces and depends on the National Defense Secretariat. ... A UFO — fact or fiction? A UFO or unidentified flying object is any object or optical phenomenon observed in the sky which cannot be identified. ... Campeche is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of microwave radiation. ... The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; abbreviation: UNAM) was founded in 1551, and is now the largest university in Latin America and it is considered the best University of this region based on the Beijing University and the London Times suplemments. ... George W. Bush Osama bin Laden The War on Terrorism or War on Terror (in US foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT ) is a campaign by the United States and some of its allies to rid the world of terrorist groups and to end state sponsorship... Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri Al-Qaeda (Arabic: , al-Qā‘idah; the foundation or the base) is the name given to an international Islamic fundamentalist campaign comprised of independent and collaborative cells that all profess the same cause of reducing outside influence upon Islamic... ... ...

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Pictures of Attica KS tornadoes. Dave Lewison, May 12 2004 (1121 words)
The May 12, 2004 Attica, Kansas tornado footage is available for licensing through
3 1/2 tornadoes (the 1/2 was a brief satellite), and some very memorable video...read on....
We stopped as the tornado was getting ready to cross the road about 1/2 mile or so behind us to the west....right where we had just been.
2004, May 12 - MOAC Meeting Minutes (2083 words)
She feels that the process of bringing the law to Michigan may not have reflected the will of the persons involved in the organic process and that the lack of direction comes from the lack of understanding in the community.
Approximately 25,000 acres are involved in the voluntary suppression program in 2004, which provides relief to homeowners in heavily infested areas.
May 9 – December 15 documented that produced over 20,000 pounds of produce.
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