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Kentz. Kentz Corp. Ltd. was an engineering and construction business serving clients primarily in the oil and gas, petrochemical and mining and metals sectors.

History 
The company was founded by Michael Francis Kent as an electrical contracting business in Clonmel in County Tipperary in 1919. The business was taken over by his brother in 1948, and then by his son Frank in 1963. The business, which had been renamed MF Kent, expanded rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s as it upgraded the Irish telecommunications network. In 1987, it was acquired by Gus Kearney, its general manager, who expanded operations into Singapore, Spain and Africa.

In 1992, the company made heavy losses on the refurbishment of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and struggled to survive. Two years later, the Malaysian group, Peremba, stepped in and bought a majority stake in the business, providing much-needed capital.

The company changed its name to Kentz following the purchase. Hugh O'Donnell was appointed  chief executive in 2000 and the company was subsequently listed on the Alternative Investment Market in February 2008. Kentz was transferred to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2011. Christian Brown became chief executive in February 2012.

On 23 June 2014, SNC-Lavalin agreed to acquire Kentz for C$2.1 billion ($1.95 billion). The sale was completed on 22 August 2014 with Kentz delisted from the London Stock Exchange.

Operations
Kentz has operations in 30 countries around the world, including the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia, the Far East, Russia and Europe.

The company's three main business units are:
Specialist engineering, procurement and construction services
Construction
Technical support services
Oil and Gas

See also
 Celtworld

References

External links
Official site 

Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1919
Construction and civil engineering companies of Ireland
AtkinsRéalis
1919 establishments in Ireland
Powell P-70 Acey Deucy. 

The Powell P-70 Acey Deucy is an American two-seat parasol wing monoplane designed and built by John C. Powell for amateur construction.

Design and development
The design of the P-70 Acey Deucy was started by former United States Navy Commander John C. Powell in 1966 with construction commencing in 1967. It was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration in the experimental homebuilt category and the prototype first flew on 20 June 1970. Following testing the design was sold as plans for homebuilding.

The Acey Deucy is a two-seat parasol-wing monoplane with vee-bracing struts on each side supporting the composite structure fabric-covered wing. The fabric-covered fuselage and tail unit are a welded steel-tube structure with wire-bracing on the tail unit. The Acey Deucy can be powered by a sole piston engine rated between 65 and 90 hp, the prototype had a  Continental A65 air-cooled engine driving a metal two-bladed fixed-pitch propeller. The conventional landing gear has a tailskid and the fuselage has two open cockpits in tandem, the front cockpit has a small door on the starboard side.

Specifications (Prototype)

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1970s United States civil utility aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Acey Deucy
Aircraft first flown in 1970
Richard 150 Commuter. 

The Richard 150 Commuter is an American two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by The C.H. Richard Company of Lancaster, California to be sold in kit form or as plans for amateur construction.

Design and development
A development of the early Richard 125 Commuter flown in 1969, the 150 Commuter is a braced high-wing monoplane with all-metal construction of the wings, monocoque fuselage and tail unit. It has a non-retractable conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. The prototype was powered by a  Lycoming O-320-A2A air-cooled engine with a two-bladed metal tractor propeller. The enclosed cabin has two side-by-side seats with dual controls and a baggage space behind the seats.  After the prototype first flew in 1972, a new wing was designed with different wing section and an area of .

Specifications (prototype with original wing)

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Notes

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1970s United States civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
150
Aircraft first flown in 1972
Ryson STP-1 Swallow. 

The Ryson STP-1 Swallow is an American experimental two-seat powered cruising sailplane designed and built by the Ryson Aviation Corporation to be license built by other companies.

Design and development
The design of the Swallow was started in 1970 with the prototype completed during 1971, it was test flown from 1972. The Swallow is a cantilever mid-wing monoplane, the name is derived from the distinctive tail unit, it has a pusher propeller located between twin fins and rudders. The  Barking converted Volkswagen motor-car engine is mounted mid-fuselage and drives the two-bladed variable-pitch fully feathering pusher propeller using a  tubular shaft. To provide cooling a retractable air-scoop is mounted above the rear fuselage. The forward fuselage is an all-metal monocoque structure with the rear section made from welded steel-tube with a glassfibre covering. The all-metal single spar wing and the tandem two-seat enclosed cockpit were taken from a Schweizer SGS 2-32 glider. It has a bicycle type landing gear with outriggers on the wing tips, the nosewheel is retractable by hand and the main wheel is semi-prone and fixed.

Specifications

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References

Notes

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1970s United States experimental aircraft
Motor gliders
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1972
Mid-wing aircraft
SDEF. The Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF) provides a proprietary protocol to exchange project planning and progress data between scheduling systems and project management software. It is used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers USACE (or Corps Of Engineers, COE) in their project management and network analysis systems (NAS). The USACE publications library includes the exact SDEF specification in PDF format.

References

External links
Using Microsoft Project, you'll need another program (free) to create SDEF file, download from GeoComputer. You can also use web-based services such as SDEFSchedulePro to create your SDEF file quickly.

Project management software
St. Louis C2 Cardinal. The St. Louis C2 Cardinal family are a series of light sport monoplanes built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation during the peak of the Lindbergh Boom after the Spirit of St. Louis flight of 1927.

Design and development
The Cardinal shares close proportions with the Monocoupe Model 22 also designed and built in St. Louis in 1927. The Cardinal is a two seat high wing conventional geared aircraft with side-by-side configuration seating. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing. The spar is made of spruce and ribs are basswood with aircraft fabric covering. The ailerons are controlled by push-pull tubes. The aircraft were delivered with progressively more powerful engines, the  LeBlond 5DE,  and  Kinner K-5, and one with a Warner  engine.

Operational history
The prototype was presented at the 1929 Detroit Air Show.

Variants
C2-60 Cardinal
1929 -  LeBlond 5D - 10 built

C2-65 Standard Cardinal
1929 - Modified C2-60 [C1111] -  LeBlond 5DE

C2-85 Cardinal
1930 -  LeBlond 5DF - 1 built [NC559N].

C2-90 Senior Cardinal
1929 -  LeBlond 7D - 6 built, with 1 converted from a C2-60.

C2-100 Super Cardinal
1929 -  Warner Scarab - 1 conversion [X12319] for factory tests.

C2-100 Special
1 converted from a C2-110

C2-110 Super Cardinal
1929 -  Kinner K-5 - 5 built with one converted from a C2-60

Surviving aircraft
 103 – C2 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.
 C-106 – C2-110 airworthy at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

Specifications (St. Louis C2-110 Super Cardinal)

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Aircraft Sa-Si

1920s United States civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Mungra Badshahpur. Mungra Badshahpur (also Mogra Badshahpur) is a town and a municipal board in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated 48  km north east of Allahabad city in the North-West part of Varanasi Division.

Topography
Attitude varies from 261 ft to 290 ft. above M.S.L. (Mean Sea Level). The topography of the town is mainly a flat plain. The soil is mainly sandy, loamy and clayey. There is a paucity of minerals. Excavations at some places yield some rocks which are burnt to make lime. The lime obtained from sand and gravel is used in building construction work. The temperatures of the town lie between a minimum of 4.30C and a maximum of 44.60C. Average annual rainfall is 987 mm.

Demographics
As of 2011 Indian Census, Mogra Badshahpur had a total population of 20,004, of which 10,300 were males and 9,704 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,713. The total number of literates in Mogra Badshahpur was 14,337, which constituted 71.7% of the population with male literacy of 77.4% and female literacy of 65.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Mogra Badshahpur was 82.9%, of which male literacy rate was 89.7% and female literacy rate was 75.8%. The Scheduled Castes population was 1,650. Mogra Badshahpur had 3176 households in 2011.

Economy
 the economic development of the town is mainly dependent on agriculture. The chief cause of this is the absence of heavy industry in the town. Several industries are coming up along the Varanasi-Jaunpur highway. A cotton mill is operational near Karanja Kala. At   Sathariya Industrial Development Area (SIDA), about 85 industrial units like M/s Raja Flour Mill, Pepsico India Holdings, Howkins Cookers Limited, Amit Oil and Vegetablle, Chaudharana Steel Limit, Saurya Aluminium are running. The Animal Husbandry, a dairy unit is established. Three fourths of the population of the town is dependent on agriculture.

Politics
Politics of Mungra Badshahpur is dominated by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). Regional parties Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) also have presence.

Places of interest
There are some historical sites and worth-seeing sights in the town. Maa Kali Dham is situated in the heart of the town. Other attractions include Daulatiya Hanuman and Manokamna Siddh Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman Hanumant Dham,Goraiyadih
Vateswar Mahadev Mandir,

Industry in mungra badshahpur
Mungra Badshahpur has Sathariya Industrial Area there is  Hawkins Cooker Limited, Pepsi Co' Hil and many small industries.

References

Cities and towns in Jaunpur district
Frank H. Ellis. Frank H. Ellis,  (October 13, 1893 – July 4, 1979) was an early Canadian aviator and member of the Early Birds of Aviation. He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1893 and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta with his family in 1912. With Tom Blakely, he constructed and flew a biplane designed after a Curtiss model in 1914.  He was the first Canadian to make a parachute jump from an airplane in Canada, July 5, 1919, at Crystal Beach, Fort Erie, Ontario.   Beside his day job as bus driver, Ellis wrote extensively on the history of aviation, and was an avid aircraft model builder. He located several historic Canadian aviation artifacts and arranged for their donation to museums. In 1954 he published "Canada's Flying Heritage", the first major study of the History of aviation in Canada. In 1972, he was awarded the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada. He died July 4, 1979, at the age of 85, in North Vancouver, BC.

On July 5, 1979, the day just after Ellis died, Bill Cole of Ontario, Canada, performed an exhibition parachute jump into the water of Lake Erie at Crystal Beach to mark the 60th anniversary of Ellis's historical jump. Cole used equipment similar to what Ellis used.

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Canadian male non-fiction writers
Canadian aviators
People from Nottingham
1893 births
1979 deaths
British emigrants to Canada
Officers of the Order of Canada
20th-century Canadian historians
IBM XIV Storage System. The IBM XIV Storage System was a line of cabinet-size disk storage servers. The system is a collection of modules, each of which is an independent computer with its own memory, interconnections, disk drives, and other subcomponents, laid out in a grid and connected together in parallel using either InfiniBand (third generation systems) or Ethernet (second generation systems) connections.  Each module has an x86 CPU and runs a software platform consisting largely of a modified Linux kernel and other open source software.

Description 
Traditional storage systems distribute a volume across a subset of disk drives in a clustered fashion. The XIV storage system distributes volumes across all modules in 1 MiB chunks (partitions) so that all of the modules' resources are used evenly.  For robustness, each logical partition is stored in at least two copies on separate modules, so that if a part of a disk drive, an entire disk drive, or an entire module fails, the data is still available.
 
One can increase the system storage capacity by adding additional modules.  When one adds a module, the system automatically redistributes previously stored data to make optimal use of its I/O capacity.  Depending on the model and disk type chosen when the machine is ordered, one system can be configured for storage capacity from 27 TB to 324 TB.

The XIV software features include remote mirroring, thin provisioning, quality of service controls, LDAP authentication support, VMware support, differential, writable snapshots, online volume migration between two XIV systems and encryption protecting data at rest.  
 
The IBM XIV management GUI is a software package that can be installed on operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
An XIV Mobile Dashboard available for Android or iOS.

History 
The IBM XIV Storage System was developed in 2002 by an Israeli start-up company funded and headed by engineer and businessman Moshe Yanai. They delivered their first system  to a customer in 2005.  Their product was called Nextra.

In December 2007, the IBM Corporation acquired XIV, renaming the product the IBM XIV Storage System.  The first IBM version of the product was launched publicly on September 8, 2008.  Unofficially within IBM this product is called Generation 2 of the XIV.

The differences between Gen1 and Gen2 were not architectural, they were mainly physical. New disks were introduced, new controllers, new interconnects, improved management, additional software functions.

In September 2011, IBM announced larger disk drives, changing the inter-connectivity layer to use InfiniBand rather than Ethernet. 

In 2012-2013 IBM added the support of SSD devices and 10GbE host connectivity.

See also 
 IBM storage
 IBM DS8000 series

References

External links 
 IBM Redbooks that contain information on IBM XIV
 Official IBM Information page on XIV

Data storage
IBM storage servers
Mergers and acquisitions of Israeli companies
Israeli inventions
LCM-1E. The LCM-1E is a class of amphibious mechanized landing craft manufactured by Navantia at their factory in San Fernando. These craft are intended to deliver troops and equipment onshore from amphibious assault ships during amphibious assaults. The craft are operated by the Spanish Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (the latter referring to the vessels as LHD Landing Craft or LLC), and have been ordered by the Turkish Navy.

Project history and design
In 1999, a contract for the construction of two prototypes landing craft (L-601 and L-602), for evaluation and testing in different conditions was signed. These craft would replace the LCM-8s in Spanish Navy service. After undergoing trials, 12 additional units were ordered to service the two Galicia-class landing platform dock ships (Galicia and Castilla) and the amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos I.

The landing craft have the ability to operate over-the-horizon, as they are equipped with radar navigation, GPS, gyro needle/magnetic compasses and HF communications equipment, VHF and UHF. This allows them to operate up to  from their mothership. Propulsion is supplied by two MAN D-2842 LE 402X diesel engines, which supply  each to the two waterjets, allowing the craft to reach  unladen, and  loaded. Maximum range at economical speeds is .

The LCM-1E incorporates a stern gate, allowing the loading and unloading of vehicles onto all landing craft within the dry stern dock, without having to open the gate to swap landing craft around. In turn, this saves having to dock down the landing platform, and allows re-stowing of vehicles while the landing platform is underway. There is a maximum limit of 12 tons for the transfer of vehicles in this configuration.

Service

Spain
The Spanish LCM-1Es are assigned to the Naval Beach Group, based at Naval Station Props. Since joining the Spanish Navy, four of the 12 units built in the shipyards of San Fernando and Puerto Real have been involved in a mission in Lebanon, where they have been used for beach landing marines.

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, four LCM-1E were used to land relief personnel and first aid material directly on the beach, avoiding the partially destroyed and highly congested harbours.

Australia

In 2009, the Australian Defence Force began plans to acquire landing craft for the under-construction Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ships. Arrangements were made to acquire craft from Navantia (the builder responsible for the LHDs), and in September 2011, the purchase of 12 LCM-1E craft was approved by the Australian government. The landing craft were delivered in batches of four: the first batch in May 2014, followed by the second in February 2015, with the third due by mid-2015. In Australian service, the craft are referred to as LLCs (LHD Landing Craft), and six are assigned to each of the Canberra-class ships: four embarked, two assigned to shore facilities for training and trials, and rotated aboard as embarked craft require maintenance.

References

Landing craft
MV Aase Maersk (1930). MV Aase Maersk or Aase Mærsk was a Danish  oil tanker. Odense Steel Shipyard of Odense built her in 1930 for A. P. Moller of Copenhagen. She was a motor ship, powered by a Burmeister & Wain six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting marine diesel engine developing 489 NHP.

Second World War
In the Second World War the UK Ministry of War Transport took her over and appointed C.T. Bowring & Co to manage her. She served with the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Navy. The   collided with her on 11 November 1942. Aase Mærsk was returned to her owners in 1945.

Fate
Aase Mærsk was scrapped at Preston, Lancashire in December 1960.

Notes

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1930 ships
Ministry of War Transport ships
Oil tankers
Ships built in Odense
Ships of the Maersk Line
Tankers of the Royal Australian Navy
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt. Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt is a popular German book for children by Boy Lornsen, first published in 1967.

It was adapted into a screen play for television, a radio and two audio dramas. An audio book exists as well.

Plot
The book themes around the adventures of a pupil called Tobias Findteisen (nicknamed Tobbi) who accompanied the robot ROB 344–66/IIIa (nicknamed Robbi) to help with the latter's exam at robot school. The team travels in an all-in-one vehicle, designed by Tobbi and built by Robbi, to find answers to the exam's riddles all over the world.

Tobbi calls this vehicle (which runs on juice from red raspberries, later substituted by cod liver oil) "Flie-wa-tüüt" because:

 it can fly (in German: fliegen)
 it can travel on water (in German Wasser)
 it can be used as a car (and as such has a klaxon making the sound "tüüt")

During their adventures young inventor Tobbi and his pilot Robbi have to tackle many challenges.

Book
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was first published by , Stuttgart, in 1967. It featured illustrations by . The 256-pages sized book was listed in the Auswahlliste des Deutschen Jugendbuchpreises.

Television series

Based on the novel, Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was adapted as a German television series for children by WDR in 1972. It was animated by puppeteer Albrecht Roser and his team.

The series used early chroma key technology. Over the years, the series saw countless re-runs.

Film 

An animated film,  was released in 2016, directed by , with  as Tobbi and Alexandra Maria Lara as Sharon Schalldämpfer.

Plays
Known audio drama adaptions:
 WDR radio drama in 1968 with Jürgen von Manger as speaker (Regie: Heinz-Dieter Köhler).
  audio play in 1972/1973 on three LPs or MCs with  as Tante Paula and Dieter Eppler as Robbi.
  audio play in 1991 on two CDs or MCs. This version also became available by  (DAV) in 2005, with the cover incorrectly stating made by WDR (which would indicate the 1968 play).
 Der Audio Verlag audio book on 3 times 2 CDs (total playing time 460 minutes), read by  in 2006.

See also
List of German television series

References

External links
 

1967 German novels
1967 children's books
German children's novels
German novels adapted into television shows
German children's television series
German television shows featuring puppetry
Television shows based on children's books
Television shows based on German novels
1972 German television series debuts
1972 German television series endings
German-language television shows
Das Erste original programming
Fiction about flying cars
Department of Technical Education. The Department of Technical Education (DTE) is a higher education governance body under the government of Kerala, India. It is a part of the higher education department and is managed by the Minister of Education. The department advises the government on matters dealing with higher education. It manages the working and activities 9 government engineering colleges, 3 aided engineering colleges, 49 polytechnic colleges, three colleges of fine arts, 39 technical high schools, 17 government commercial institutes, 42 Government Institute of Fashion Designing (GIFD) Centers and four vocational training centers.

Activities 
The department plans, implements and monitors activities in the field of technical education consistent with state and national policies.

It conducts Master of Technology/Master of Planning, Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Architecture, MFA, BFA, Diploma and Certificate Courses through engineering colleges, polytechnics, technical high schools, commercial institutes, arts colleges, tailoring and garment making training centers and vocational training centers.

It recommends the establishment of new institutions, prepares annual budgets, recognises private institutions, and arranges apprenticeship training for students. It conducts Diploma Examinations in all engineering disciplines and Certificate Examinations in certain specialised courses. The department periodically evaluates and revises the syllabus for Diploma and Certificate programmes.

Analysis of engineering colleges
A result analysis of engineering colleges conducted by the Department of Technical Education and universities of Kerala, under the direction of Hon High Court of Kerala in 2012.

References

Engineering colleges in Thrissur
All India Council for Technical Education
Colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut
1957 establishments in Kerala
Organizations established in 1957