omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Clostridium ljungdahlii. Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming, gram-positive bacterium. It is named after the Swedish biochemist Lars G. Ljungdahl. When originally harvested from the waste matter of animals, it tended to produce acetate with respect to ethanol, but a major undertaking to increase the ethanol-to-acetate ratio was initiated. A 1993 publication by researchers from the University of Arkansas, in cooperation with Oak Ridge National Laboratories, showed results from a series of continuous reactor studies caused a major change in the bacterium's preference for ethanol production, which increased from <0.1 g/L to 1.8 g/L in a continuous stirred tank reactor.

This species can ferment certain components of syngas into ethanol. It also possesses properties of electrosynthesis, producing acetate on cathodes.

Notes

References

External links
 Type strain of Clostridium ljungdahlii at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Gram-positive bacteria
Bacteria described in 1993
ljungdahlii
Ethanol fuel
Lists of renewable energy topics. Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Renewable energy replaces conventional fuels in four distinct areas: electricity generation, air and water heating/cooling, motor fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy services. Based on REN21's 2014 report, renewables contributed 19 percent to our global energy consumption and 22 percent to our electricity generation in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

These are lists about renewable energy:

 Index of solar energy articles
 List of books about renewable energy
 List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
 List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources
 List of energy storage projects
 Lists of environmental topics
 List of geothermal power stations
 List of hydroelectric power stations
 List of largest hydroelectric power stations
 List of offshore wind farms
 Lists of offshore wind farms by country
 Lists of offshore wind farms by water area
 List of onshore wind farms
 List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
 List of people associated with renewable energy
 List of photovoltaics companies
 List of photovoltaic power stations
 List of pioneering solar buildings
 List of renewable energy organizations
 List of renewable energy topics by country
 List of rooftop photovoltaic installations
 List of solar car teams
 List of solar powered products
 List of solar thermal power stations
 List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources
 Lists of wind farms by country
 List of wind farms in Australia
 List of wind farms in Canada
 List of wind farms in Iran
 List of wind farms in Romania
 List of wind farms in Sweden
 List of wind farms in the United States
 List of wind turbine manufacturers

See also
Outline of solar energy
Outline of wind energy

References
Nimbula. Nimbula was a computer software company that existed from 2008 to 2017. It developed software for the implementation of public and private cloud computing environments.

History
The company was first incorporated as Benguela, based in Menlo Park, California with a development center in Cape Town, South Africa.
It was founded in late 2008 by Chris Pinkham and Willem Van Biljon, who had developed the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). 
The company raised a total of $20.75 million in venture funding from Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners  and VMware. 
Their software was designed to make it easier for service providers and enterprises to build, manage and deploy infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offerings similar to Amazon EC2.

The company emerged from stealth mode in June 2010 and changed its name to Nimbula.
Diane Greene and Roelof Botha became members of the board of directors at that time.
Eventually the company had its office in Mountain View, California.
A public beta version of its software was announced in December 2010. Nimbula Director 1.0 was released in April 2011.
Nimbula was Named a ‘Cool Vendor’ in Cloud Management by Gartner in April 2012.

In October 2012, Nimbula joined the OpenStack Foundation.

In March 2013, Nimbula was acquired by Oracle Corporation.

Features

Nimbula Director software allows users to implement IaaS-style private, public and hybrid clouds. The software was aimed at both enterprise customers and service providers. It can manage both on- and off-premises infrastructure through a Web UI, an API or a command line interface.

Nimbula Director’s features include:

 Control access to local and external cloud resources with a policy based authorization system supporting multi-tenancy.
 Hands-off automated installation on bare metal
 Automated (zero touch) cluster expansion as new hardware is added
 API to manage local and external cloud resources
 Reduce demands on system administrators through low-touch automated cloud management.
 Multiple hypervisor support from a single management pane
 Support for common cloud APIs like Amazon Web Services API
 Support for Linux and Windows virtual machines (VMs)
 Integrate existing user services through support for Active Directory/LDAP
 Elastic IPs and security groups
 Support for virtual ethernets, allowing creation of isolated Layer 2 networks
 Integrated system metrics and reporting that will allow for integration with chargeback systems

Nimbula's license agreement allowed deployment of the software on up to 40 CPU cores without a license fee.

Release History

References

External links
 Official website

Cloud infrastructure
V3 Gaming PC. Morphosis Inc., doing business as V3 Gaming PC was a manufacturer of custom-built personal computers headquartered in Lomita, California.  The company, founded in 2010 by industry veterans, touted compatibility with 3D gaming technologies such as Nvidia 3D Vision as a selling point for its products. V3 Gaming PC computers were specifically designed for the gaming and enthusiast markets, and offered different levels of performance for different usage environments and price segments. V3 offered several different models of desktop computers ranging from full-tower systems to small form factor mini-PCs, all of which are liquid-cooled. The company also had a range of laptop computers with high-end gaming hardware and full HD displays.

In line with their 3D gaming persuasion, V3 was a launch partner for Nvidia 3D Vision Technology under the 3D PC initiative.

Morphosis, Inc. dissolved in 2016.

Media coverage 
V3 Gaming PC products garnered favorable reviews from various print and online technology publications, including PC World, Legit Reviews, CPU Magazine, and PC Magazine. A review of the V3 Gaming PC Avenger desktop computer earned the prestigious TweakTown Must Have: Best Features Award, citing value-adding tweaks like a significant processor overclock and RAID 0 as justification.

In February 2011, the V3 Convoy system reviewed at PC World was ranked in second place on the Top 10 Performance Desktop PCs list behind a $6399 computer from Origin PC. Given the similar performance of the V3 Convoy at $2499, it represents far greater value for money.

See also
 List of computer system manufacturers

References

External links
V3 Gaming PC Website
Review of V3 Avenger at TweakTown
Review of V3 Convoy Desktop at PC World Magazine
Review of Move 3DS SFF PC at Legit Reviews

2010 establishments in California
2016 disestablishments in California
American companies established in 2010
American companies disestablished in 2016
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
Computer companies established in 2010
Computer companies disestablished in 2016
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Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct computer hardware companies
Defunct computer systems companies
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Frank Moolin Jr.. Frank P. Moolin Jr. (1934–1982) was the senior engineer in charge of the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

He graduated from the University of Chicago magna cum laude with an engineering degree.

Moolin worked on various projects, including a refinery in Singapore and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system. After finishing work on the pipeline, Moolin started a construction consulting company. He also served as chief executive officer for the conglomerate Alaska International Industries, and became a vice president of Western Airlines. He was awarded "Construction's Man of the Year" by Engineering News-Record magazine.

In 1982, he died of leukemia. Shortly before his death, he stated:
"Perhaps I am being immodest, but I believe that in my career, I have accomplished many things. And foremost among them is the successful construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. I am confident that history will place the TAPS project among the highest technological achievements of engineering and construction. We had a very tough job to do, and we did it well."

References

External links

 Alaska's Digital Archives – Moolin reading on an airplane
 Alaska's Digital Archives – Moolin standing next to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

1934 births
1982 deaths
American civil engineers
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
University of Chicago alumni
20th-century American engineers
Deaths from leukemia
HMIS Narbada. HMIS Narbada (U40) was a Modified Bittern class sloop, later known as the Black Swan class, which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

Narbada was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the Partition of India, and served as PNS Jhelum.

History
HMIS Narbada was ordered in 1940 as a part of the 1940 Build Program for the Royal Indian Navy. She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company and commissioned in 1943.

With World War II underway, she was deployed as an escort to multiple Allied convoys en route to Bombay. Upon arrival, she joined the Eastern Fleet. In 1944, she was deployed for defence of military convoys in the Bay of Bengal.

In early January 1945, she was deployed with  to support the landing of the 74th Indian Brigade of the British Indian Army on Akyab Peninsular, as a part of Operation Lightning. Jumna and Narbada engaged Japanese batteries up the Kaladan River near Ponnagyun. After embarking troops, she joined Task Force 64 headed by  for support of landing by 3rd British Commando Brigade between Akyab and Ramree with  and HMIS Jumna.

On 13 January 1945, with the task force under attack by Japanese aircraft, Narbada downed an Oscar aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. In February, she supported the landing of the 53rd Indian Infantry Brigade at Ryuwa with  and HMIS Jumna. She was hit aft by return fire, but continued operations. In March, she returned to Bombay for a refit and to repair damages.

In April 1945, she resumed escort duties and supported the Indian and British Army amphibious landings in Rangoon with , , ,  and  as a part of Operation Dracula. The next month, in May, she was deployed with HMIS Cauvery, HMIS Godavari, HMIS Kistna, HMIS Sutlej and HMIS Hindustan to intercept Japanese troops withdrawing from the Andamans. In July, Narbada was a part of the planned force for Operation Zipper and conducted preparatory exercises, before the postponement of the operation.

At the end of World War II, after the Surrender of Japan, she sailed to Andaman waters and her commanding officer Martin Henry St. Leger Nott accepted the surrender of the Japanese Brigadier in command of the Car Nicobar garrison onboard the ship.

After the Independence of India and the subsequent Partition, she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan, where she was renamed HMPS Jhelum and subsequently, PNS Jhelum.  She was scrapped in 1959.

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Black Swan-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy
Black Swan-class sloops of the Pakistan Navy
1942 ships
India–Pakistan military relations
Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company
JB-4. The JB-4, also known as MX-607, was an early American air-to-surface missile developed by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Using television/radio-command guidance, the JB-4 reached the flight-testing stage before being cancelled at the end of the war.

Design and development
Developed under the project code MX-607 at Wright Field in Ohio, the JB-4 was a modification of the GB-4 glide bomb, which had entered service with the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1944. Powered by a Ford PJ31 pulsejet engine, the JB-4 was intended to give an improved standoff range as opposed to its unpowered predecessor. In addition, the addition of an engine made the missile capable of being ground-launched as well. However the requirement to carry fuel for the engine meant that the size of the JB-4's warhead was limited to , compared to the  bomb that formed the core of the GB-4.

Utilising primarily plywood construction, the JB-4 utilised television/radio-command guidance, with an AN/AXT-2 transmitter broadcasting a television signal from a camera in the missile's nose to a remote operator. The operator, viewing the transmitted picture, would then transmit commands to the missile via radio, correcting the missile's course to ensure striking the target.

Operational history
The JB-4 entered the flight testing stage in January 1945. The missile demonstrated the ability to cruise at over ; however, the television-guidance concept suffered from the limitations of the technology of the time, the pictures being difficult to make out in anything except completely clear weather. The missile also suffered from reliability issues; these, combined with the end of World War II in August 1945, resulted in the termination of the project, with none of the JB-4s built seeing operational service.

References
Notes

Bibliography

External links

 B - Bombs/Bomb Units

Abandoned military rocket and missile projects of the United States
JB-004
Pulsejet-powered aircraft
World War II guided missiles of the United States
Wright Model E. The Wright Model E was the first in the series of Wright Flyers that used a single propeller The aircraft was also the test demonstrator for the first automatic pilot control.

Design
The Model E featured 24 inch tires. It was flown with four and six cylinder Wright engines.

The model E was fitted with a prototype autopilot that used a wind driven generator and pendulums to drive the wing warping controls. The design was quickly eclipsed by a gyroscopic autopilot developed by Lawrence Sperry for the competing Curtiss Aeroplane Company.

Operational history
On 31 December 1913, Orville Wright demonstrated a Model E with an "automatic stabilizer" flying seven circuits around Huffman Prairie field with his hands above his head.
The Model E demonstrations earned the Wright Brothers the 1913 Collier Trophy from Aero Club of America.

Albert Elton (1881–1975) purchased the sole Wright Model E for exhibition flights.

Specifications (Wright Model E)

References

1910s United States sport aircraft
Model E
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1913
Single-engined pusher aircraft
HMIS Kistna. HMIS Kistna (U46) was a Black Swan-class sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

After independence, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Krisna.

History

HMIS Kistna was ordered under the 1940 Build Programme on 10 September 1941. She was built by Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited and commissioned in 1943.

With World War II underway, she was soon deployed for convoy escort duties between the UK and West Africa. In November 1943, while escorting a convoy to Liverpool, the convoy was sighted by German aircraft. Wolfpack Schill was formed to attack the convoy, which was repelled by the escorts, including HMIS Kistna.  was hit by a torpedo and took major damage in the attack. A mercantile vessel being escorted was sunk and another damaged by German aircraft with Hs 293 glider bombs.

HMIS Kistna was transferred to the Eastern Fleet and continued to escort convoys en route to Bombay. In the Eastern Fleet it continued escort duties in the Persian Gulf, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. It supported military operations by the British Indian Army and the British Army in Burma.

In December 1944, she joined a task force with HMIS Jumna,  and  to support the advance by the Indian Division down the Mayu peninsula in Burma as a part of Operation Romulus.

In January 1945, HMIS Kistna with ,  and HMS Flamingo, supported the amphibious landings of the Indian 71st Division and the British 4th Division on Ramree Island in Burma, as a part of Operation Matador. It continued to provide naval gunfire support as a part of the operation.

After a refit in Bombay, in April 1945, she was part of the amphibious assault group for the Indian 26th Division on Rangoon during Operation Dracula. Other members of this assault group included , , ,  and .

In July, Kistna was deployed for minesweeping operations to the Malacca Straits during Operation Collie. In August, she conducted preparatory exercises to participate in Operation Zipper to recapture Malaya.

At the end of World War II, Kistna was in Penang during the Japanese surrender there.

After India's independence, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Krisna. She was a part of the 12th Frigate Squadron, before being used for training purposes. She was decommissioned in 1981 and scrapped.

Notes

References

External links

Black Swan-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy
1943 ships
Training ships of the Indian Navy
Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland and Hamstead Plant Hire Co Ltd. Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland and Hamstead Plant Hire Co Ltd [1984] EWCA Civ 5 is an English contract law case concerning the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.

Facts
Hamstead Plant Hire hired out a JCB excavator to Phillips Products. It also hired out a driver, Mr Hyland. Condition 8 of their contract stated the driver would be deemed to be the employee of Phillips Products. The driver crashed into Phillips’ factory wall. Phillips argued that Hamstead Plant Hire should pay for the damage caused by Mr Hyland, because condition 8 was caught by UCTA 1977 section 2(2) and was unreasonable. Hamstead Plant Hire argued it was not, asserting there had been no negligence on its part that was even being excluded, because there was no ‘breach’ of obligation in section 1(1)(b). The effect of condition 8, they contended, was that no liability for the driver had ever been assumed.

Judgment
Slade LJ rejected Hamstead Plant Hire’s argument. Condition 8 was caught by UCTA 1977, and was unreasonable in excluding its liability for Mr Hyland's damage. When deciding what breach there is, the court should not include the exclusion clause in deciding whether a breach existed. Read with section 13(1), section 2 encompasses ‘terms and notices which exclude or restrict the relevant obligation or duty’, so section 2 clearly extends to duty defining, not just duty excluding clauses. Condition 8 failed the reasonableness test under section 11 and Schedule 2, because the claimants’ hire was for a short period, there was little opportunity for arranging insurance and no choice over the driver. Hamstead Plant Hire Co were in the best position to take out insurance.

See also

English contract law
Thompson v T Lohan (Plant Hire) Ltd [1987] 2 All ER 631

Notes

References

English contract case law
Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases
1984 in United Kingdom case law
Guardian Service Processor. The Guardian Service Processor (also referred as GSP) is a subsystem within several models of server computers made by HP.

It is a separate computer system within the server that allows some service tasks. It is available as long as the system is supplied with power, even when the main operating system (usually HP-UX) is shut down, defective or not installed at all.

Common tasks of the GSP are:
 Alert display configuration
 Automatic System Restart configuration
 Remote Power Control (if the system is managed from remote)
 Configure asynchronous/serial ports
 Display of several status values
 Reset system ("reboot")
 Show logs (chassis code buffer)
 System status of proc. modules
 LAN configuration for console port
 Firmware upgrades

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Hewlett-Packard products
Petra (sculpture). Petra is a sculpture made in 2010 by the German artist Marcel Walldorf. It is a lifelike representation of a policewoman in riot control gear squatting down and urinating. Although controversial for its alleged misogyny, it obtained an award from the Leinemann-Stiftung für Bildung und Kunst in 2011.

Description
The life-size sculpture, made of silicone and metal, is of a woman in armored olive-green German riot control police uniform, wearing a sidearm. Most of her face is hidden behind a protective helmet and a black ski mask. She is squatting on her haunches, legs spread, pants and underwear pulled down, exposing her genitals to urinate. 

The sculpture contains a mechanism by which a liquid can be made to flow out of the sculpture's genitals, but to avoid damaging the wood-tiled floor, a puddle of simulated urine made of gelatin was substituted for the sculpture's exhibition in Dresden.

The title of the work, "Petra", is a common female given name in Germany.

History
Petra is the first major work of Walldorf, a student at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Walldorf built it in 2010, modelling the exposed body of the sculpture after a flatmate who posed for him.

The sculpture was sold to a collector in 2011. Walldorf has been commissioned to build two additional copies.

Reception
Petra was shown at exhibitions in Berlin and Leipzig without attracting public notice. It was awarded the third prize, worth 1,000 euro, of the Kunstpreis für Nachwuchskünstler (award for young artists) of the Leinemann Foundation for 2011. The jury found that it showed "very well the difference between the public sphere and the private sphere."

In advance of its exhibition in Dresden in January 2011, Walldorf's teacher Eberhard Bosslet informed the country's largest tabloid newspaper, Bild, about the potentially controversial sculpture. Bild published a story asking: "Is this really art?", which triggered a plethora of media reports and public controversy. The  Minister of the Interior of Saxony, Markus Ulbig, was quoted by Bild as saying: "This so-called work of art is a shame. It's an insult to policewomen. I'm shocked that there are bodies who award prizes to such so-called artists." The German police union also criticized the sculpture as insulting and as "breaching the limits of artistic freedom."

Nonetheless, the curator of the Dresden exhibition reported that the public response to the sculpture had been "overwhelmingly positive". Walldorf himself stated that he did not pursue any political objective with the sculpture, saying that he did not intend to criticize the state or to denounce anything or any profession. In an interview with Der Spiegel, he said that he merely wondered, after seeing male police officers on riot duty relieve themselves, how policewomen would deal with this problem.

See also
 Urine in art

References

2010 sculptures
German sculpture
Metal sculptures
Sculptures of women in Germany
Urine