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Norwa Trolltunga by daniel
Trolltunga, Hordaland Fylke, Norway.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway celebrates after finishing his run in the men’s Super-G February 19, 2010 in Whistler, BC during the 2010 Winter Olympics. (Jean Levac/Canwest News Service/MCT)
Norwegian Medalists at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics:
Marit BjørgenGold - Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies’ Sprint
Bronze - Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies’ 10km Free
Norwegian Medalists at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics:
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Silver
Biathlon - Men’s 10k Sprint
Norwegian Medalists at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics:
Aksel Lund Svindal
Gold - Men’s Super G
Silver - Alpine Men’s Skiing Downhill
World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Generates 10 MW And It Floats!
In an attempt to make offshore wind farms more profitable, Norway plans to build the world’s largest turbine standing 533 feet tall with a rotor diameter of 475 feet. It will also be the most powerful by generating 10-megawatts to power over 2,000 homes, making it three times more powerful than current turbines. The power gain comes from reducing the weight and number of moving parts in the turbine—it uses a gearless generator system.
“We are aiming to install it in 2011,” said Enova’s head of new technology, Kjell Olav Skoelsvik. The prototype will cost $67.5 million to build and Enova’s committed to $23 million of it.
The Scandinavian country is one of the world’s top oil and gas producers but obtains most of its own energy through hydroelectric power. Hopefully this turbine can give offshore farms the revolution they deserve.
Rob Walker has uncovered the provenance of the Norwegian curling team’s pants: a golf apparel company, natch.
The retailer is called Loudmouth and, as you can see at the Murketing blog, the Olympic uniform is actually relatively toned down in comparison to some of the line’s other patterns.
Writes Walker:
Two things here. First, I think it’s pretty cool that these guys got their official uniforms just by picking some easily-available off-the-rack product from a golfing apparel website.
The second thing about these pants is, they’re kind of amazing. I’m not saying I would wear them, but I am saying that they could easily escape the confines of the golf course, which is where they’ve evidently been stuck before now. But check out the pants after the jump. How long before some celebrity turns up in a pair of these at an awards show or whatever? How long before some alpha ironic hipster strolls down Bedford in a pair of these? Not with the white belt of course, but maybe with a Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.
An important language lesson on Norwegian swearing.
