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Mermaid Quay. Mermaid Quay () is a waterfront shopping and leisure district in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The  development was opened in 1999, and includes restaurants, bars, cafes and shops.

History 

Mermaid Quay was at the centre of the regeneration of the Bay by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (CBDC). Part of the British Government's Urban Development Programme to regenerate deprived and run-down inner city areas. The CBDC was set up in April 1987 to regenerate  of derelict docklands of Cardiff and Penarth - once the world's largest coal exporting port – to create Europe's largest waterfront development.

The Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, which held exhibits illustrating the industrial and maritime history of Wales, was demolished to make way for the development.  The collection was saved, but the majority remains in storage at Nant Garw with only a limited few items on display at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.

Before the completion of the Cardiff Bay Barrage in 1999, Cardiff Bay was tidal, with extensive expanses of mud flats exposed at low tide. Construction of the barrage, one of the largest engineering projects in Europe, has turned Cardiff Bay into a  freshwater lake with  of waterfront.

Mermaid Quay was designed by architects Benoy and opened in August 1999. Since that time there has been significant regeneration of the Bay including the construction of Lloyd George Avenue – a new link road between the city centre and the Bay – numerous iconic buildings, and residential and commercial developments.

Media 

Cardiff Bay and Mermaid Quay have provided the backdrop for numerous episodes of programmes, such as the BBC’s science fiction drama series Doctor Who and Torchwood, with the fictional entrances (now decorated as Ianto's Shrine) to the underground Torchwood 3 Institute located in Roald Dahl Plass.

Transport

Train services run every 12 minutes between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street stations, providing connections to the rest of Cardiff, its Valleys, and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Boat: Aquabus and Cardiff CATS provide the Cardiff Waterbus services. The former travels to and from the city centre, whereas the latter travels to and from Penarth.
Bus:  Various Cardiff Bus services serve Mermaid Quay, including the BayCar service from the city centre, which operates every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 20 minutes on Sundays and during the evening.
Cycle:  Off-road cycle routes run to Mermaid Quay from the City Centre in the north, and from the Cardiff International Sports Village in the west, running beside the A4232. Numerous cycle parking facilities are available in the area. Transport for Wales permits the carriage of cycles on services between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street.
Mermaid Quay has a 380 space car park opposite Techniquest.

Gallery

Notes

External links 
 A map of Cardiff Bay
 
 Cardiff Harbour Authority

Tourist attractions in Cardiff
Districts of Cardiff
Shopping in Cardiff
Redevelopment projects in Cardiff
Wire brush. A wire brush is a tool consisting of a brush whose bristles are made of wire, most often steel wire. The steel used is generally a medium- to high-carbon variety and very hard and springy. Other wire brushes feature bristles made from brass or stainless steel, depending on application. Wires in a wire brush can be held together by epoxy, staples, or other binding. Wire brushes usually either have a handle of wood or plastic (for handheld use) or are formed into a wheel for use on angle grinders, bench grinders, pistol-grip drill motors, or other power tools.

Uses

The wire brush is primarily an abrasive implement, used for cleaning rust and removing paint. It is also used to clean surfaces and to create a better conductive area for attaching electrical connections, such as those between car battery posts and their connectors, should they accumulate a build-up of grime and dirt. When cleaning stainless steel, it is advisable to use a stainless steel bristle wire brush, as a plain carbon steel brush can contaminate the stainless steel and cause rust spots to appear. Brass bristle brushes are used on softer surfaces or when it is necessary to clean a harder surface without marring it. Brass bristle brushes are also used in potentially flammable environments where non-sparking tools are required. Wire brushes are also used to clean the teeth of large animals, such as crocodiles and pigs.  They are also used widely in surface engineering to clean the castings prior to painting.

History
The origins of the wire brush are unknown, although it is believed that the Romans used similar tools in the manufacture of roof tiles. As the Roman Empire fell, the tool fell out of use.

Barbeque grill cleaning
A number of surgeons recommend that wire brushes not be used to clean barbecue grills. In some cases, bristles break off the brush which then become deposited in food cooked on the grill. Ingestion of these bristles can cause gastrointestinal perforation.

On May 20, 2020, American food writer and grilling authority Derrick Riches called for a ban on the manufacture and sale of wire-bristle grill-cleaning brushes.

See also 
 Wire wheel

References

Cleaning tools
Hand tools
Metalworking tools
Metalworking hand tools
Tools
NTC Module. NTC Module (Research Center "Module") is a Russian scientific technological center (R&D production enterprise), founded in 1990  by the two enterprises of Russian military–industrial complex: NPO Vympel and NII Radiopriborostroyeniye.

Conducting an applied researches in the field of digital pattern recognition technologies and the development of DSP and DIP hardware, constructing functionally complete computing complexes on this basis.

Developer of a well-known microprocessor series NeuroMatrix.

The embedded computers designed by NTC Module are used in the industrial, avionics and space applications including International Space Station. In particular, the MBC186 is installed at "Zarya" module and the service module of ISS; "Yamal" telecommunication satellite.

External links 

 NTC Module official web-site
 Spaceborn Computer MBC186/3081 Series

Electronics companies of Russia
Russian brands
Companies based in Moscow
Kawanishi H3K. The Kawanishi H3K, also known as Navy Type 90-2 Flying Boat (九〇式二号飛行艇), was a Japanese biplane military flying boat from the interwar period. The H3K was a development of the Short S.8/8 Rangoon. The first of the H3Ks was built by Short Brothers and the remaining four by Kawanishi in Japan.

Design and development
In 1929, the Imperial Japanese Navy tasked Kawanishi with acquiring a new long-range reconnaissance flying boat. Kawanishi sent a team to the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers in order to inspect Short's designs and procure a suitable type to meet the Japanese Navy's needs. After inspecting the Singapore Mk.I and the Short S.8/8 Rangoon, itself a military adaptation of the Short Calcutta, Kawanishi chose an enlarged development of the Rangoon, with Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines replacing the Bristol Jupiters of the Rangoon.

Short's design, the S.15 K.F.1 was a large all-metal biplane, with three Buzzard engines mounted between the wings in streamlined nacelles with promiminent radiators above the engines. It had two separate, side-by-side cockpits for the two pilots, with gunners stations in the nose, two dorsal positions and the tail, with the flight engineer and radio operator working within the hull, which also contained a galley wardroom, and sleeping accommodation for a crew of eight.

The prototype K.F.1. first flew on 10 October 1930, and after brief trials was dismantled and sent to Japan by ship. When re-assembled in Japan, testing showed it to have good performance, and as a result, Kawanishi negotiated a license for production of the K.F.1, with the first Japanese built aircraft completed in March 1931. Four aircraft were built in Japan with the final one completed in February 1933, differing from the prototype by being fitted with an enclosed cockpit for the pilots and modified bow cockpits.

Operational history
The type was formally accepted into service by the Japanese Navy in October 1932, as the Navy Type 90-2 Flying Boat (short designation H3K1). They were used for long distance patrol and training missions over the Pacific, remaining in service until the end of 1936.

On 8 January 1933, one of the H3Ks crashed while alighting at night at Tateyama on a training flight, cause given as a slow-reading altimeter. Noted naval aviator Lt. Cmdr. Shinzo Shin was killed, as were two more of nine crew.

Operators

 Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

Specifications (H3K)

See also

References
Notes

Bibliography

 
 
 

H3K
H3K, Kawanishi
Flying boats
Trimotors
Biplanes
Added category of "Sesquiplanes"
Aircraft first flown in 1930
Folland Fo.108. The Folland Fo.108, also known as the Folland 43/37 and by the nickname Folland Frightful (or Frightener), was a large monoplane engine testbed aircraft of the 1940s.

Design and development
The Fo.108 was Folland's response to Air Ministry Specification 43/37 for a single-engined engine testbed, with accommodation for a pilot and two observers. In 1938, the Air Ministry selected the F.108 ahead of designs from Percival Aircraft (the P.26/P.26A) and General Aircraft (the GAL.43), with an order for twelve F.108s being placed. It was Folland's first design to be accepted by the Air Ministry for production.
The Fo.108 was a large low-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional cantilever tailplane and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had a glazed cockpit for the pilot, and a cabin for two observers behind and below the pilot, fitted out so that they could make detailed measurements of engine performance during flight.

To enable the aircraft to be delivered from the Hamble factory and later ferried to new assignments, they were normally fitted with a Bristol Hercules radial engine. In service, the Fo.108 was fitted with a number of other engines including the inline Napier Sabre (four), Bristol Centaurus radial, and Rolls-Royce Griffon V-engine.

Entering service in 1940, the type was operated by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Napier and Rolls-Royce, Five of the twelve production aircraft were lost in crashes, the type earning the nickname "Frightener" as a result. The last examples of the Fo.108 were withdrawn from service in 1946, by de Havilland's engine division.

Specifications (Centaurus engine)

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

 
 Halley, J. J. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1996. .
 

Fo.108
1940s British special-purpose aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1940
Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear
Single-engined piston aircraft
Parnall Panther. The Parnall Panther was a British carrier-based, spotter and reconnaissance aircraft designed and developed by Parnall and Sons in the latter years of the First World War, continuing in service until 1926. A total of 150 Panthers were built by Bristol Aeroplane Company since after the end of the war, Parnall had stopped aircraft manufacture.

Development
The Parnall Panther was designed by Harold Bolas, who had joined Parnall and Sons after leaving the Admiralty Air Department, where he had served as deputy chief designer under Harris Booth. It was planned to meet the requirements of Admiralty Specification N.2A for a two-seat reconnaissance aircraft capable of operating from aircraft carriers. The first prototype (serial N91) flew in 1917, with a further five prototypes being produced.

Design
The Panther was a wooden, single-bay biplane, which, unusually for the time, was fitted with a birch plywood monocoque fuselage which could be folded for shipboard storage, the fuselage being hinged aft of the observer's cockpit. The pilot and observer were seated in individual cockpits in the deep fuselage, this giving a good view for landing but restricting access to the pilot's cockpit. Inflatable flotation airbags were fitted beneath the wings in case the aircraft ditched into the sea, with a hydrovane  in front of the undercarriage, to stop the aircraft from nosing over.

Operational history
After evaluation, an order for 300 Panthers was placed with Parnall in 1918 and then reduced to 150 following the end of the war.  Parnall, which had been purchased by W. & T. Avery Ltd. rejected this reduction in the order and it was transferred to the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the order being completed between 1919 and 1920. The Panther served with Spotter Reconnaissance Flights aboard the aircraft carriers  and .  While the Panthers handled well in the air, the elderly Bentley engines proved unreliable and the system of longitudinal arrestor wires in use aboard British aircraft carriers, was unsatisfactory, resulting in many accidents.  Panthers continued in service with the Fleet Air Arm until 1926, being replaced by the Fairey IIID. Twelve Panthers were sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1921–22, with two being sold to the US Navy in 1920.

Operators

 Fleet Air Arm
 Royal Air Force
 No. 205 Squadron RAF

 Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service

 United States Navy

Specifications

See also
 Sempill Mission
 Aircraft carrier
 Royal Naval Air Service

Footnotes

Bibliography

External links

 Parnall Panther – British Aircraft Directory

1910s British military reconnaissance aircraft
Panther
Carrier-based aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1917
Educator Astronaut Project. The Educator Astronaut Project is a NASA program to educate students and spur excitement in science, technology, engineering, math, and space exploration. It is a successor to the Teacher in Space Project of the 1980s, which NASA cancelled after the death of teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) amid concerns about the risk of sending civilians into space.

History 

In the 1990s, NASA created the Educator Astronaut Project, which carries on the objectives of the Teacher in Space Program—seeking to elevate teaching as a profession and inspire students. Unlike the Teacher in Space Program, educator astronauts are fully trained astronauts who do the same jobs and duties that any other astronaut does. They fly as crew members with critical mission responsibilities, as well as education-related goals. In addition to their technical assignments, they assist other astronauts in connecting to students and teachers through space exploration.

Joseph M. Acaba, Richard R. Arnold and Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger were selected as the first educator mission specialists in the 2004 class. Both Acaba and Arnold were part of the crew of STS-119, a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery in March 2009. Metcalf-Lindenburger flew on STS-131 in April 2010, also visiting the ISS aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.

Barbara Morgan 
Barbara Morgan, the backup to Christa McAuliffe in the Teacher in Space Project, remained involved with NASA after the Challenger disaster and continued to work with NASA's Education Division until her selection as a mission specialist in 1998. Morgan completed two years of astronaut training and evaluation, and began official duties in 2000. Morgan became the first former teacher to travel to space on STS-118. While NASA press releases and media briefings often referred to her as a "mission specialist educator" or "educator astronaut", Morgan did not train in the Educator Astronaut Project. NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin clarified at a press conference after STS-118 that Morgan was not considered a mission specialist educator, but rather was a standard mission specialist, who had once been a teacher. Morgan's duties as a mission specialist were no different from other Shuttle mission specialists.

References 

NASA programs
Space Shuttle program
Science education in the United States
IEC 61883. IEC 61883 Consumer Audio/Video Equipment - Digital Interface is a technical standard for a digital interface that is used by IEEE 1394 (FireWire) devices for audio and video equipment. The standard for these devices is maintained by the International Electrotechnical Commission. The first part was released in 1998; the current third edition is dated 2008.

Parts 
61883-1
General

61883-2
SD-DVCR data transmission

61883-3
HD-DVCR data transmission

61883-4
MPEG2-TS data transmission

61883-5
SDL-DVCR data transmission

61883-6
Audio and music data transmission

61883-7
Transmission of ITU-R BO.1294 System B

61883-8
Transmission of ITU-R BT.601 style digital video data

References

Sources 
 
 

61883
Audio network protocols
Klemm Kl 107. The Klemm Kl 107 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in Germany in 1940. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Wartime production totalled only five prototypes and some 20 production machines before the Klemm factory was destroyed by Allied bombing. Following World War II and the lifting of aviation restrictions on Germany, production recommenced in 1955 with a modernised version, the Kl 107B, of which Klemm built a small series before selling all rights to the design to Bölkow. This firm further revised the design and built it as the Kl 107C before using it as the basis for their own Bo 207.

Development

The Kl 107 was a development from earlier Klemm designs and was a single-engined two-seat low-wing monoplane with a conventional landing gear. The first prototype registered D-EXKL first flew in early 1940 powered by a 105 hp Hirth HM500A-1 engine. Seven prototypes were built at Boblingen in 1940 and 1941 as a private venture but only six had flown by the time the project was stopped by the war.

After the war Hans Klemm Flugzeugbau joined forces with a small engineering firm Bolkow Entwicklungen as a joint-venture to further develop the Kl 107 design. The new prototype, registered D-ECAD, was built at Nabern and first flew at Stuggart Airport on 4 September 1956. Originally flown as a Kl 107 with a Continental C90-12F engine, it was modified as a Kl 107A and then it was re-engined in 1957 with a Lycoming O-320-A2A engine and redesignated Kl 107B. It was exhibited at the 1957 Paris Air Show.

A production run of 25 aircraft were then built in 1958 and 1959. In 1959 a Kl 107C variant with a modified cabin was flown and production continued of this variant until the last and 54th post-war aircraft was flown on 27 September 1961. A four-seat variant was developed as the BO 207.

Variants
Kl 107
Seven prototypes with Hirth HM500 engines, only six flown.
Kl 107 V-8
New post-war prototype with a Continental C90-12F engine first flown in 1956.
Kl 107A
The V-8 prototype modified, it was later re-engined as the Kl 107B.
Kl 107B
Production variant with a Lycoming O-320-A1A engine, one prototype converted from Kl 107A and 25 production aircraft. One modified as the prototype Kl 107C and the last two completed as Kl 107Cs.
Kl 107C 
Variant with modified cabin with three seats, prototype first flown 3 June 1959. One prototype and 29 production aircraft (including two originally to be Kl 107Bs).
Kl 107D
Original designation of a four-seat variant that became the Bolkow Bo 207.

Specifications (Kl 107B)

See also

Notes

References

 
 
 

1940s German civil utility aircraft
Klemm aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1940
Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute. Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute is one of the principal institutes of higher learning in Eswatini.  It was founded in 1987 under the auspices of the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) and the Eswatini Government. The campus is located in Kwaluseni, in the center of the country, two kilometers from the University of Eswatini.  The school is known as Gwamile Voctim.

Programs
Gwamile Voctim currently offers the following programs:
Automotive Engineering   
Commercial Studies 
Electrical Engineering  
Mechanical Engineering  
Trowel Trades  
Wood Trades

External links
 Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute at Swaziplace.com

References

Education in Eswatini
Educational institutions established in 1987
1987 establishments in Swaziland
Manzini Region
Universities and colleges established in 1987
Universities and colleges in Eswatini
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration. Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration is a 2007 expansion pack for the 2006 flight simulation video game Microsoft Flight Simulator X, developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Windows.

Gameplay

Acceleration introduces new features to Flight Simulator X, including 30 new single-player and 19 multiplayer missions, three new aircraft: the F/A-18A Hornet, EH-101 helicopter and the P-51D Mustang, and  new scenery enhancements for sites including Berlin, Istanbul, Cape Canaveral and the Edwards Air Force Base.

Reception

Reception for Acceleration was positive, with praise singled out for the design of the new missions. Steve Butts of IGN praised the missions as "every bit as exciting and enjoyable as those in the original game", praising their challenge and variety. PC Zone similarly praised the "drastically different" missions, noting the novel use of catapults and winches.

Reviewers noted the visual improvements to the game. Steve Butts of IGN noted "the visuals are amazing" and "the few new assets definitely fit well with the game's existing assets". James Reid of PC Powerplay praised the minimal performance cost of the enhanced graphics, stating "some improvement in the quality of rendering of scenery, aircraft and other graphic features".

Some reviewers encountered bugs and performance issues. Oliver Clare of Eurogamer noted "small issues with 3rd-party content after install" and the number of "lock-up and crash reports on FSX forums since release".

References

External links
 (archived)

2007 video games
Air traffic control simulators
Games for Windows
General flight simulators
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games
Aces Game Studio games
Cerva CE.43 Guépard. The Cerva CE.43 Guépard is a 1970s French four/five seat cabin monoplane produced by Cerva.

Design and development
The Cerva CE.43 Guépard (English: Cheetah) is an all-metal version of the Wassmer WA.4/21. The WA.4/21 prototype first flew in March 1967. Construction is a steel-tube with a fabric covered fuselage and plywood-covered wing. Wassmer decided to produce an alternate all-metal version and teamed up with Siren SA to form a joint-company known as Consortium Europeén de Réalisation et de Ventes d'Avions (CERVA). The two aircraft have identical dimensions but the all-metal Guépard is heavier.

The prototype Guépard was first flown on 18 May 1971 and was exhibited at the 1971 Paris Air Show. The aircraft was certified on 1 June 1972, and the French government ordered eight aircraft for the Service de la Formation Aéronautique (SFA), and 18 aircraft for use as communications aircraft by the Centre D'Essais en Vol (CEV) of the French Air Force. First deliveries to private customers began in 1975 and by the time production ended in 1976 44 aircraft had been produced with some being exported including to Finland.

Components for the Guépard were manufactured by Siren at Argenton-sur-Creuse and final assembly, equipment fit and flight testing was carried out by Wassmer at Issoire. Two new versions were developed, the CE.44 Couguar (English: Cougar) powered by a 285 hp (213 kW) Continental Tiara 6-285 engine, and the CE.45 Léopard powered by a 310 hp (231 kW) Avco Lycoming TIO-540. Development stopped when the Wassmer company went into liquidation in 1977.

Operators

 French Air Force (Centre D'Essais en Vol)
 French Navy

Specifications (CE.43 Guépard)

See also

References

External links

1970s French civil aircraft
1970s French military utility aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1971
Single-engined piston aircraft
Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear