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Sago Mine disaster
The Sago Mine disaster was a January 2, 2006 coal mine explosion near Tallmansville, West Virginia, that killed 12 of 29 trapped miners; Randal McCloy Jr. was the sole survivor.
Sago Mini
Sago Mini, also known as Sago Sago, is a Toronto-based studio that makes apps, toys, and subscriptions for preschool children, founded in 2001 and owned by Spin Master since 2016.
Sagrada Família
The Sagrada Família, also known as the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, is a Roman Catholic basilica in Barcelona designed mainly by Antoni Gaudí and still under construction.
Sagunto LNG Terminal
The Sagunto LNG Terminal, operated by Saggas, is a liquefied natural gas import and regasification terminal in the port of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, operating since 2006.
Sahika Inal
Sahika Inal is a materials scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia who leads the Organic Bioelectronics Lab, working on organic electrochemical transistor biosensors.
Sahiwal power station
The Sahiwal power station, also called the Sahiwal Coal Power Project, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired plant at Qadirabad in Sahiwal District, Punjab, Pakistan, opened in 2017.
Sai (weapon)
Sai (釵) is a blunt Okinawan kobudo weapon: a steel shaft with two curved prongs (yoku), carried in pairs by Ufuchiku police to trap blades and strike; name means hairpin; distinct from the single-hooked jutte.
Saibu Gas Holdings
Saibu Gas Holdings (西部ガスホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company headquartered in Fukuoka City that oversees a city gas, energy, and real estate group serving northern Kyushu.
SAIC Motor
SAIC Motor (上汽集团), also called Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, is a Chinese state-owned automaker headquartered in Shanghai, China's largest with about 5 million vehicles built in 2023.
SAIC Volkswagen
SAIC Volkswagen (上汽大众), formerly Shanghai Volkswagen, is a 50:50 automotive joint venture between China's SAIC Motor and Germany's Volkswagen Group, founded in Shanghai in 1985.
SAIC-GM (上汽通用汽车有限公司)
SAIC-GM, known until 2015 as Shanghai GM, is a 50-50 joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Shanghai.
SAIC-GM-Wuling
SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) is a Chinese automotive joint venture, established in 2002 and headquartered in Liuzhou, Guangxi, that builds vehicles under its Wuling and Baojun brands.
SAICA Mill Zaragoza power station
The SAICA Mill Zaragoza power station, also known as El Burgo, is a 200 MW industrial power station at SAICA's paper mill in El Burgo de Ebro, Spain.
Said E. Elghobashi
Said E. Elghobashi is an Egyptian-American mechanical engineer at UC Irvine known for simulations of particle-laden turbulent flows, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014.
Saidai-ji
Saidai-ji (西大寺, "Great Western Temple") is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, and head temple of the Shingon Risshū sect, founded in 765 by Empress Shōtoku.
SAIDI
SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) is an electric power reliability metric giving the average customer's total sustained outage minutes per year, defined in IEEE Standard 1366.
SAIFI
SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) counts the sustained, non-momentary power interruptions the average electric customer experiences per year, calculated as total customer interruptions divided by total customers under IEEE 1366.
Saiga semi-automatic rifle
The Saiga semi-automatic rifle (Сайга) is a Kalashnikov-based civilian hunting carbine made by Izhmash in Izhevsk, Russia, chambered from .223 Remington to .308 Winchester; US imports ended in 2014.
Saiga-12 (Сайга-12)
The Saiga-12 (Сайга-12) is a Russian 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun built on the Kalashnikov rifle action, developed at Izhmash in Izhevsk under Gennady Nikonov and produced from 1997.
Saih Nihayda-Duqm Gas Pipeline
The Saih Nihayda-Duqm Gas Pipeline (خط غاز سيح نهيدة -الدقم) is a 221 km natural gas pipeline in Oman serving the Duqm Special Economic Zone, completed in 2021.
Saih Rawl–Sur Gas Pipeline
The Saih Rawl–Sur Gas Pipeline is a 360-kilometer, 48-inch natural gas pipeline in Oman that carries feed gas from Saih Rawl to the Oman LNG plant near Sur.
Saijo power station
Saijo power station (西条発電所) is a coal-fired thermal power station in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, owned by Shikoku Electric Power with 750 MW across two units.
Sail
A sail is a fabric or rigid surface arranged to catch wind and propel a vessel, the dominant means of marine propulsion until steam and diesel engines displaced it.
Sailboat
A sailboat, or sailing boat, is a watercraft propelled by sails, ranging from small dinghies to ocean-going tall ships, used for commerce, cruising, and racing.
Sailbuoy
The Sailbuoy is a wind-driven unmanned surface vehicle made by Offshore Sensing AS in Norway for autonomous oceanographic data collection; its SB Met was the first unmanned vessel to sail across the Atlantic.
Sailfish OS
Sailfish OS, also known as Jolla OS, is a Linux-based mobile operating system developed by Finnish company Jolla, a European alternative to Android and iOS.
Sailing ship
A sailing ship is a vessel propelled primarily by sails, which carried most world trade and exploration through the Age of Sail until steam took over.
Sailor
A sailor, also called a seaman or seafarer, is a person who works aboard a vessel at sea, in the merchant marine, navies, or fishing fleets.
Sailors' Snug Harbor
Sailors' Snug Harbor is a charitable institution from Captain Robert Randall's 1801 will, whose Staten Island retirement home for aged sailors operated from 1833 to the mid-1970s.
Sailors' superstitions
Sailors' superstitions are the traditional beliefs of seafarers and fishing communities that certain actions, objects, words, or events bring good or bad luck, such as avoiding whistling or Friday sailings.