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Flagging (tape). Flagging is a coloured non-adhesive tape used in marking objects. It is commonly made of PVC or vinyl, though wood fibre cellulose-based biodegradable flagging also exists.

Uses

Surveying
Flagging is used in surveying to mark grade levels, utility lines, survey stakes and other boundary markers. Surveyors frequently attach their flagging to wooden stakes or lathes, with writing on it. One side tends to have a long number which they reference in a log book. The other side tends to have abbreviations suggesting what the stake marks. Choice of colour depends on many factors, and can include availability, and personal preference, or may adhere to some sort of colour code. No colour codes appear to be mandatory or universal, but certain colours do tend to be used for specific purposes.

Forestry
In forestry flagging is commonly used to mark trees for various purposes. It can be used to mark trees for logging, to mark dangerous or unhealthy trees, to mark invasive species, or to mark saplings. State and National forests often use a wide variety of flagging tape, sometimes even getting specially printed tape when the full range of colour codes is used up.

Wildland fire suppression
Flagging is widely used in wildlfire suppression both as a navigational aid for firefighters and to mark trees. When walking to a wildfire a crew may use flagging to flag their way to the fire, both to aid other firefighters in quickly finding the site and so they can find their way back out easily. Specially marked flagging also exists for fire use, imprinted with terms such as "spot fire" or "escape route".  Hot pink flagging is considered the best colour for marking escape routes due to its visibility. Lime green is most visible for colour blind people but is less visible for those with full colour vision.

Triage
In triage, flagging is used in lieu of a triage tag to mark patients in a mass casualty disaster situation. Four colours of flagging are typically used:

 Black - deceased
 Red - seriously injured, in need of immediate medical attention to save life
 Yellow - seriously injured but not immediately life-threatening, medical attention can be delayed
 Green - non-serious injuries or "walking wounded"

Outdoor recreation
Flagging is used as a navigational aid by hunters, hikers, geocachers, spelunkers, mountain bikers, off-road vehicle users, and for other uses such as paintball.

Forensic uses 
Flagging tape can be used in the field of crime scene photography to show the trajectory of bullets. It's preferable to string due to the wider thickness and reflectiveness though it is harder to pull tight across long distances.

References 

Safety equipment
Gstock. GStock was a distributed computing project formed in 2006 for stock market analysis. It was enabled by users that volunteered to download and run a software client and donate some idle capacity of their computer processing unit (CPU). The gathered computing power was used to search for an investment strategy that historically worked best for each individual stock.

Information
GStock applied technical analysis models in its calculations. The investment strategies found to work best for each stock produced periodic BUY and SELL trading signals. These signals were publicly available on the GStock.com website along with past statistics and charts with the BUY and SELL signals plotted on them for visual comparison by users.

GStock scanned over 1 billion investments strategies on over 4,000 US publicly traded stocks.

See also
 Distributed computing
 Parallel computing
 Grid computing

External links
GStock Website (Archived)
Penny Stocks Today Website
Biotech Stocks Searching Platform

Stock market
Distributed computing projects
Technical analysis software
Spatial Corp. Spatial Corporation was founded in 1986, and had one main product: ACIS, the first commercially available 3D modeling kernel. Through subsequent years, Spatial added products to its portfolio that enabled ISVs mostly in the CAD/CAM industries, to build applications. These components included extensions and updates to the ACIS modeler, visualization products, as well as acquisitions in translator technology.

Spatial was purchased by Dassault Systèmes in late 2000 and became a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes.

Flagship products 
Among the company's flagship products are the following programs.

 3D ACIS Modeler - features an open, object-oriented C++ architecture that enables robust, 3D modeling capabilities. It is a geometric modeling kernel that was developed by Spatial, and is used in industries such as 3Danimation, shipbuilding, and computer-aided design.

 CGM Modeler - the 3D modeling kernel used in Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.

 3D InterOp - CAD data translation framework.

 3D Visualization - the HOOPS 3D Application Framework enables the development of 3D Visualization applications with advanced 2D and 3D graphics functionality.

 3D Precise Mesh - an object-based software development toolkit providing fully configurable surface and volumetric meshing capabilities.

 Constraint Design Solver (CDS) - provides variational constraint solver solutions for design and engineering applications.

References

External links 
 Spatial Corporation Website
 

Computer-aided design software
Defunct software companies of the United States
Companies based in Colorado
Product lifecycle management
Dassault Group
William C. Schneider. William Charles Schneider ( – ) was an American aerospace engineer. He served in the United States Naval Reserve 1942–1946 as an Aviation Machinist's Mate, 1st Class Petty Officer. He joined NASA in June 1963 and served as the Gemini mission director for seven of the ten piloted Gemini missions. From 1967 to 1968, he served as Apollo mission director and the Apollo program's deputy director for missions. He then served from 1968 to 1974 as the Skylab program's director. From 1974 to 1978, he worked as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems. From 1978 to 1980, he served as the Associate Administrator for Space Tracking and Data systems. He received a Ph.D. in engineering from Catholic University of America.

Awards 
Schneider received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA's highest award, in 1969.

Gerald R. Ford presented the 1973 Collier Trophy to Skylab, with special recognition to Schneider and the three crews, "For proving beyond question the value of man in future explorations of space and the production of data of benefit to all the people on Earth."

National Space Club awarded Dr. Schneider the 1974 award in aeronautical engineering.

The American Astronautical Society presented Schneider the 1974 Space Flight Award.

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1923 births
1999 deaths
Aerospace engineers
NASA people
Project Gemini
Apollo program
Skylab program
Catholic University of America alumni
United States Navy sailors
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics. Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, MIEM (; also occasionally referred to as Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering) — a Russian higher educational institution in the field of electronics, computer engineering, and applied mathematics.

History
The institute was founded by the joint decree of the Communist Party Central Committee and the USSR government of 21 April 1962 as the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building () from the Moscow Evening Machine Building Institute ( (founded in 1929). It was designed to educate personnel for the technologically advanced enterprises of the USSR's military industry. The institute changed over to the current name in 1993, retaining the same abbreviation.

In 2011, the institute was incorporated into the National Research University Higher School of Economics. In December 2014, the institute moved to a new building located in the northwestern suburb of Moscow, Strogino, from its previous location at 3 Tryokhsvyatitelskiy lane in central Moscow.

Faculties
As of 2015, the institute has 3 departments:
Faculty of Electronic Engineering;
Faculty of Computer Engineering;
Faculty of Applied Mathematics.

References

External links

Official Site (in Russian)

See also
National Research University of Electronic Technology, another Russian technical institute founded in 1960s within the scope of the Soviet microelectronics program

 
Universities and colleges established in 1962
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
1962 establishments in the Soviet Union
Empresa Nacional de Electricidade de Angola. Empresa Nacional de Electricidade de Angola (E.N.E.) was a state-owned electricity company of Angola. The company was closed in 2014 per presidential decree no. 305/14. 

The decree created three new companies instead, i.e. Empresa Nacional de Distribuição de Electricidade (ENDE), Empresa Pública de Produção de Electricidade (PRODEL-EP), and Empresa Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade (RNT-EP).

References

External links

 Company website

Electric power companies of Angola
2014 disestablishments in Angola
Operation Cedar. Project Cedar (also known as Operation Cedar, short for "Civilian Emergency Defence Aid to Russia") was a World War II project to deliver short-range aircraft from the United States to the USSR via Abadan, Iran in the Persian Gulf.

The project was initiated before the United States' entry into the war, a base was established on Abadan Island in March 1942. Oil tankers, returning from delivering oil to the United States, would take Bell P-39, Curtiss P-40, and Douglas A-20 parts to Abadan, where they were assembled into aircraft and flown to USSR.  The 82nd Air Depot Group was part of Project Cedar. Head of the project on the Soviet side was Leonid Ivanovich Zorin.

Another similarly secret operation, Project 19, was set up in Gura Eritrea to repair RAF aircraft.

See also
 Lend-Lease
 Persian Corridor

References

Economic aid during World War II
Aircraft ferrying
Military logistics of World War II
History of Khuzestan province
Military history of Iran during World War II
Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom
Military history of the United States during World War II
Soviet Union–United States relations
World War II aerial operations and battles of the Eastern Front
Bermuda Syndrome. Bermuda Syndrome is a video game developed by Century Interactive for Microsoft Windows and published by BMG Interactive in 1995. The game is similar in gameplay and appearance to the 1992 game Flashback. The player controls the main character from a third person sidescrolling perspective.

Plot

The main character is Jack Thompson, a member of a US air force strategic bomber squadron during World War II. During a mission above Germany his plane gets attacked by German fighters and catches fire. Somehow, a portal opens up as the plane is going down, and it enters what is presumably a parallel universe or an alternate timeline. Jack finds himself descending not upon the German countryside, but on a strange, unfamiliar jungle landscape. Meanwhile, on the ground, we see a tied up young woman, struggling to get loose as a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur approaches. Jack's plane luckily hits and decapitates the creature, preventing the woman from being eaten. At the last second Jack bails out, and at the beginning of the game he dangles in his parachute from a tree, with a boot-knife as his only weapon.
After cutting the woman loose, she is revealed to be a princess who was going to be sacrificed as an attempt to save her father's life. She becomes Jack's companion throughout the game.

Gameplay
The adventure consists of a large number of static panels across which the player moves to solve puzzles and battle dinosaurs. Objects can be picked up, and using them in the right context is often required to progress to the next screen. Other problems are often solved by jumping or interacting with the princess.

Reception
The game received mixed reviews. Most agreed however that the game's graphics were excellent for its time. Coming Soon magazine wrote: "The most delightful aspect of this game has to be the background scenery. Every panel is unique and represents enormous effort and talent." justadventure.com, however, were overall critical of the game because of its hard puzzles, and gave it a "D" on a scale running from A through F. The reviewer wrote: "Eye and ear candy are nothing if a game's no fun to play, and The Bermuda Syndrome is definitely not fun to play." On the other hand, a-for-adventure.com praised the graphics as well as the challenge provided for experienced adventure-gamers.

Legacy 
After the end of support for the game, Gregory Montoir reverse engineered in 2007 the game engine and wrote a substitute which allowed the porting of the game to modern platforms, like the OpenPandora handheld.

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External links

1995 video games
Video games about dinosaurs
Platformers
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Germany
Windows games
Windows-only games
Cinematic platformers
Lost world video games
BMG Interactive games
Reakktor Studios games
Engineering Center. The Engineering Center is a research and educational area of Florida International University's main campus (eight blocks south of the Engineering Center) in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located in Fontainebleau, a census-designated place, with a Miami postal address. It is home to the College of Engineering and Computing and the Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility, the first centralized facility of its kind in Florida. The Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility at Florida International University is an open-access initiative in support of nano-scale devices, systems and materials research that encompasses a broad range of technologies and capabilities. The facility provides nanofabrication, analytical instrumentation, materials characterization and process-development laboratories for students, faculty and industrial researchers.

References

External links

College of Engineering and Computing - Official website
Florida International University - Official website

Florida International University
Kudu Power Project. The Kudu Power Project is a project designed to increase power production in Namibia. The main elements of the project are development of the Kudu gas field and construction of an 800 MW combined cycle natural gas-fired power station at Oranjemund. When completed, the power station will feed Namibian and South African power grids. The project will be developed by NamPower, a national energy company of Namibia.

Of the total 800 MW capacity, approximately 400 MW are foreseen for use in Namibia. This amount would significantly increase the country's current power supply capacity, which stands at 500MW and is mainly dependent on the Ruacana Power Station.

See also
 Kudu gas field

References

External links
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED KUDU COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE (CCGT) POWER PLANT AT ORANJEMUND. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Natural gas-fired power stations in Namibia
Proposed natural gas-fired power stations
Buildings and structures in ǁKaras Region
Proposed power stations in Namibia
CEB–NEPA Power Interconnection. CEB–NEPA Power Interconnection is a  long 330 kV powerline between Sakété (Benin) and Ikeja (Nigeria). It connects Nigeria's power grid (NEPA) with Benin's grid (CEB).

History
The project started in December 2001 and was officially opened on 13 February 2007. The purpose of the power line is to supply electricity from Nigeria to Benin and Togo.

Description
The interconnection consists of  of a 330 kV single circuit line from Ikeja West substation in Nigeria to Nigeria – Benin border and  of a 330 kV single circuit line from Nigeria – Benin border to the Sakete 330/161 kV substation. The planned area is split between Sakete and Ifagni in the Benin Republic and Lagos and Ogun States in Nigeria. The overall project area is roughly situated between latitude 60o 22' and 60o 42' N and between longitudes 20o 42' and 32' E. It spans from Sakete in the Benin Republic to Ayobo in Lagos State.

References

External links

 Project description (African Development Fund

High-voltage transmission lines
Electric power infrastructure in Nigeria
Electric power infrastructure in Benin
2007 establishments in Nigeria
2007 establishments in Africa
Western Power Corridor. The Western Power Corridor (Westcor) was a project to construct and supply energy from two hydroelectric power plants to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.  Originally, the hydro power was to be supplied form the Democratic Republic of the Congo's INGA III project.  Later Inga III was supposed to be replaced by Angola's Cuanza River and Cunene River projects or by the new project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

History
An inter-governmental memorandum on the Westcor was signed on 22 October 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by the shareholders' agreement signed by the national electricity companies. The pre-feasibility study was completed in 2005.

In 2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo decided to develop the INGA III project by using private investments and the project was redesigned to involve Cuanza River and Cunene River projects in Angola.  In 2010 the Democratic Republic of Congo indicated it will propose a new project involving also Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Ultimately the project was aborted by shareholders when unforeseen changes were proposed to the founding agreements.

Technical description
The total length of Westcor will be over  and the capacity will be . INGA III will be connected with the Capanda Power Station in Angola via two 400-kilovolt (kV) high voltage alternating current (HVAC) lines.  INGA III will be also connected with Kinshasa via another 400 kV HVAC line. From Angola, two multi-terminal high-voltage direct current systems will run to Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. The system will consist of five converter stations: Kuanza in Angola, Auas in Namibia, Goborone in Botswana, and Omega and Pegasus in South Africa. The expected cost of the project is about € 5 billion.

Project company
The Westcor company was registered and incorporated in Botswana in 2003. The shareholders are Empresa Nacional de Electricidade de Angola, Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), the Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL) of the DRC, Eskom of South Africa and NamPower of Namibia.  CEO of the company was Pat Naidoo.

References

External links

Project presentation at Namibia Power official website (PPT)

HVDC transmission lines
Electric power infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Electric power infrastructure in Angola
Energy in Namibia
Electric power infrastructure in Botswana
Electric power infrastructure in South Africa
Proposed electric power infrastructure in Africa
Proposed electric power transmission systems
Lorne Welch. Patrick Palles Lorne Elphinstone Welch, (12 August 1916 – 15 May 1998), known as Lorne Welch, was a British engineer, pilot and Colditz prisoner of war.

He was educated at Stowe School and became an engineer and then an engine test flight observer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. He also learned to fly gliders at the London Gliding Club. He took up powered flying, becoming an instructor in 1939. He moved on to multi-engined aircraft and trained pilots on Wellington bombers. In order to improve morale 'Thousand Bomber' raids were organised using every available pilot, including instructors, but Welch was shot down on his fourth raid. He gave himself up at Amsterdam station when the Germans began firing at civilians.

He was sent to Stalag Luft III in Sagan, where he assisted in "The Great Escape" by building the ventilation pump and fixed links for the tunnel through which 76 prisoners later escaped. Prior to that, however, on 12 June 1943 24 officers, escorted by two fake German guards, made another mass escape attempt, the "Delousing break", Welch and Flight Lieutenant Walter Morison among them. This pair walked to a nearby airfield and attempted to steal a  Junkers W 34 while wearing fake German uniforms. They had to abandon the attempt when the rightful crew appeared to fly away the aircraft. The next day, they returned and tried to steal a biplane. They were recaptured, along with all the other escapees. The other 24 POWs were returned to camp, but Welch and Morison were sent to Oflag IV-C at Colditz. 

At Colditz, the Colditz Cock glider was already under construction, and Welch performed vital stress calculations. Although the original glider never flew, a replica was successfully flown in February 2000. While at Colditz he entered a competition, sponsored by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, for prisoners of war to design an offshore yacht of 32–35 ft waterline length. Via the Red Cross, he submitted detailed drawings and calculations and won the first prize of £50.

He was liberated in 1945. He returned to Farnborough to work on rocket motors before becoming chief instructor of the Surrey Gliding Club at Redhill, a test pilot for new aircraft for the British Gliding Association and a British team pilot in four world gliding championships.

After the war, he became the first pilot to soar a glider twice across the English Channel: first from Redhill to Brussels in a DFS 108 Weihe, and then in a two-seater glider with Frank Irving.

He married Ann Douglas, also a pilot and sailor, in 1953. His retirement was spent sailing and working on his boat. 

Lorne Welch died on 15 May 1998. He was survived by his wife and their daughter.

References

 The Times obituary 1998

External links
 1943 wanted poster for Welch, Morison and Flying Officer John Gifford Stower, in the collection of the Imperial War Museum

1916 births
1998 deaths
People educated at Stowe School
Royal Air Force officers
British World War II pilots
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
Prisoners of war held at Colditz Castle
British glider pilots
Edward P. Stritter. Edward P. ("Skip") Stritter, engineer and entrepreneur, was the chief architect of the Motorola 68000 microprocessor (used in the original Apple Computer Macintosh), a co-founder of the first commercial RISC company MIPS Computer Systems, the founder of Clarity Wireless, (acquired by Cisco Systems for $157 million) and founder of NeTPower.  He also served on the Board of Overseers of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. He was nominated by the United States Justice Department to serve on a three-member technical board of overseers to ensure that Microsoft complied with the judgements of United States v. Microsoft.

He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1968 and his master's degree (1969) and PhD (1976) from Stanford University.

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dartmouth College alumni
Stanford University alumni
Motorola employees
MIPS Technologies