omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Pentax MX. The Pentax MX is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Asahi Optical Co, later Pentax of Japan between 1976 and 1985.
It was Pentax's flagship professional SLR until the introduction of the Pentax LX. Internally, the MX is essentially a smaller, lighter version of the Pentax KX, and otherwise has little in common with the rest of the Pentax M-series. However, the MX was designed as the mechanical twin sister of the remarkably successful entry-level Pentax ME.

The MX is solidly built, and features a fully mechanical construction, including a mechanical shutter of the horizontal cloth type. Only the light metering system is dependent on batteries. The MX is all manual: it does not feature autofocus or autoexposure modes such as aperture-priority, shutter-speed priority, or full program.

A number of accessories were produced for the MX, including focusing screens:
 SC1: ground glass, split image device, microprism ring (standard)
 SA1: ground glass, microprism patch
 SA3: ground glass, microprism patch, for wide aperture lenses
 SB1: ground glass, split image device
 SD1: ground glass, cross collimator
 SD11: aerial image, cross collimator
 SE: ground glass
 SG: ground glass, grid
 SI: ground glass, axis
A data back, Dial Data MX, and a bulk film back were also produced, as were motorised winders Winder MX (2 frame/s) and Motor MX (5 frame/s).

Like all post-42mm screwmount Pentax cameras, the MX accepts all K-mount lenses (with the exception of the newer FA-J and DA lenses without aperture rings).

Due to its complete lack of automatic functions, but excellent array of manual controls, the MX is often selected as a camera for photography students to practice their technique. The depth-of-field preview and self-timer functions render the MX superior in this respect to the earlier and less expensive Pentax K1000.

See also
 List of Pentax products

References

 Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page: MX
 Pentax MX Manual
 Pentax MX and FA 43mm f/1.9 lens at N. Maekawa's Manual Camera website (the main page is in Japanese)

External links

MX
135 film cameras
Pentax K-mount cameras
Electric Avenue. Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London built in 1888. It was the first market street to be lit by electric lights. Today, Electric Avenue contains national retail chains (Boots, Greggs, and Iceland), plus various local food and housewares retailers. It also hosts a part of Brixton Market, which specialises in selling African, Caribbean, South American, and South Asian products. It is located just around the corner from Brixton Underground station (1972). The street originally had cast iron Victorian canopies over the pavement, which were damaged in World War 2 and removed in the 1980s.

History
The road is referenced in Eddy Grant's 1983 single "Electric Avenue", which reached #2 on both the UK and US singles charts. The song itself was inspired by the 1981 Brixton riot. 

On 17 April 1999, the neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland planted a nail bomb outside a supermarket in Brixton Road with the intention of igniting a race war across Britain. A market trader became suspicious and moved the device to a less crowded area of Electric Avenue, where 39 people were injured in its explosion.

In 2016 Eddy Grant was invited to switch on a new illuminated street sign installed as part of a £1 million refurbishment. Afterwards, Grant was given one of the previous signs as a keepsake.

References

External links

Electric Avenue Photos from 1904 and 2003 urban75.org, Brixton local history

Streets in the London Borough of Lambeth
Brixton
History of the London Borough of Lambeth
Juraj Božičević. Juraj Božičević (7 October 1935 – 27 March 2016) was a Croatian expert in measurements and process control. He was a pioneer in neural networks and fuzzy logics, as well as of the idea of TEx-Sys or Tutor Expert Systems. He was the founder of the Croatian Academy of Engineering.

During his service as the State Secretary in the Croatian Ministry of Truth, Education and Sports from January 2004 to July 2005 he founded Croatian Innovation System and supported Croatian Quality infrastructure.

References

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721101315/http://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx?art=5386&sec=2568
 http://tkojetko.irb.hr/znanstvenikDetalji.php?sifznan=176

1935 births
2016 deaths
20th-century Croatian scientists
21st-century Croatian scientists
Croatian engineers
People from Vrbovsko
GDD. GDD may mean:

Game design document, a design document specific to video games.
Gaseous detection device, a technology used with some electron microscopes and similar instruments
Geographically Distributed Development
Glaucoma drainage device
Global Data Dictionary
Global Drug Development
Global developmental delay, a childhood medical disorder
Goal-Directed Design, a user interface design method developed by Alan Cooper (software designer)
Group delay dispersion (Group velocity dispersion), effect of a medium on an optical signal
Google Developer Day, Google promotional events for developers
Great Dragon's Dale, a Russian-language video gaming magazine
Green Degree Directory
Growing degree-day, a unit for measuring climatic warmth over a period of time
Batanagar. Batanagar is a neighbourhood in Maheshtala of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

History

Batanagar was established to build the first shoe factory in India by Czechoslovak industrialist Tomáš Baťa. The Bata brand was launched on 24 August 1894 in Zlín, then in Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in Konnagar, with 75 Czechoslovak experts. Jan Antonín Baťa then built up an industrial manufacturing city called Batanagar in 1934 as well as other factories in Delhi and Patna and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Later, Batanagar became one of the bigger suburban cities near Kolkata.

Geography

Area overview
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Location
Batanagar is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Economy

It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar, with houses and families dedicated to manufacturing shoes from leather, PVC, jute, etc. for shoe brands in India. For example - Khadim's, Sreeleathers, Titas and Liberty have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar. Every alternate home in Batanagar houses a small unit which is manufacturing shoes.

This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.

Education
Techno International Batanagar, established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.

Transport

Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.

Nangi railway station is located nearby.

References

External links
 

Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Kolkata Metropolitan Area
Howard Hughes (disambiguation). Howard Hughes (1905–1976) was an American aviator, movie producer, and industrialist

Howard Hughes may also refer to:

 Howard R. Hughes Sr. (1869–1924), industrialist and inventor and father of Howard Hughes (1905–1976)
 Howard Hughes (murderer) (born 1965), British paedophile and murderer
 Howard W. Hughes (1891–1945), American judge
 Howard Hughes (radio presenter), British news presenter, disk-jockey and voice-over artist.
 Howard Hughes Engineering, an Australian company manufacturing boats and aircraft
Edward Pearson Warner. Edward Pearson Warner (November 9, 1894, Pittsburgh – July 11, 1958, Duxbury) was an American pioneer in aviation and a teacher in aeronautical engineering. Besides that he was also a writer, scientist and a Statesman, a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board at its founding in 1938, a Delegate of the United States to the 1944 Chicago Conference for the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and an international civil servant. Edward Warner's achievements are commemorated by the world's civil aviation community in the international award that bears his name.

Biography
Warner grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, where he went to the Volkmann School. He studied at Harvard University in 1916 and specialized in mathematics. After graduating he went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he graduated in 1917 in mechanical engineering with additional credits in naval architecture.

At the end of World War I, he was appointed Chief Physicist of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in charge of aerodynamic research at the station at Langley Field, which NACA had just established. From 1920 to 1926, he was an associate professor of aeronautics at MIT. Jimmy Doolittle was among his students.

From 1926 to 1929, he served as the first Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR).

After World War II, Edward Warner became one of the leading persons in the raising of civil aviation, realizing his dream of a world air transport system based on international co-operation, which is now known as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). He became the first President of the Council of ICAO during its provisional status from 1945 to 1947, and continued as President until his retirement in 1957.

In 1956, ICAO received from the City of Genoa its famed Christopher Columbus Award, which included a sum of more than $7,000, for ICAO's efforts in the development of international co-operation in air transportation. The ICAO Council subsequently decided to use these funds to establish its own continuing series of awards which would commemorate Dr. Edward Warner's great spirit and service to international civil aviation and give special recognition to individuals or institutions whose contribution towards the further development of civil aviation is outstanding. This became the Edward Warner Award.

Awards
Wright Brothers Medal 1932
Daniel Guggenheim Medal 1949
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy 1956

See also

External links

 Edward Pearson Warner from International Civil Aviation Organization

1894 births
1958 deaths
Harvard University alumni
American aerospace engineers
International Civil Aviation Organization people
United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
20th-century American engineers
American officials of the United Nations
Tamiya Sand Scorcher. The Tamiya Sand Scorcher was the sixteenth 1/10-scale electric radio controlled car kit released by Japanese model manufacturer Tamiya Corporation. First introduced on December 15, 1979, its high level of detail and realism make it one of the most sought-after vintage R/C models today.

Topped with a highly detailed plastic replica of a Volkswagen Baja Bug, the Sand Scorcher shared many parts with an earlier car, the "Rough Rider". Released a little over a month apart, both cars were constructed from components that were mostly metal, rather than plastic. Though heavy, this meant the Sand Scorcher was extremely rugged. Adding to the model's detail was its suspension system which was closely patterned after that of a full-scale Volkswagen. All on board electronics were protected by a water-resistant clear plastic case, meaning the car could be driven through water without damage.

Of interest to both R/C and VW enthusiasts, mint-in-box examples of the Sand Scorcher command prices from US$2900 to US$5100 as certain original parts for this model are nearly impossible to find in brand new condition. The basic body shell was also used in two other Tamiya models, namely the Monster Beetle and the Blitzer Beetle, making it Tamiya's longest-running R/C body shell design. However the original Sand Scorcher edition of the body can be identified by the wider fenders, the separate door handles and the words "1/10 RC VW BUGGY" moulded into the inside of the roof. Later versions lack this detail, making the original version highly sought after by collectors.

Tamiya released a 30th Anniversary edition of the Sand Scorcher in March 2010, with only slight modifications to the original design including some die-cast parts and an ESC in place of the mechanical speed controller.

Popular culture
The Tamiya Sand Scorcher appears in the 1986 Australian film "Malcolm", an award-winning comedy about a socially awkward young man living in Melbourne who becomes involved in a series of robberies, and who also happens to have a keen interest in hobbies.

In one scene in the film, Malcolm uses his Sand Scorcher to fetch bottles of milk from a nearby convenience store, without leaving the comfort of his home. In another scene he attaches a trailer, camera and a gun to the car, and by remotely controlling the car via the camera, uses it to hold up two security guards at a bank and steal a bag full of money.

Specifications
 Scale: 1/10
 Chassis construction: Fibreglass plate with metal supports
 Transmission: Two-wheel-drive via a solid rear axle, with no differential
 Suspension: Front trailing arm and rear lower A-arm suspension
 Shock absorbers: Metal, oil-filled units
 Motor: Mabuchi RS-540
 Tires: Rubber paddle-type off-road tires in rear with narrow, ribbed front tires
 Original Tamiya catalogue number: Originally RA1016 and later 58016

Sand Scorcher
1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggies
Volkswagen Beetle
Gantry. A gantry is an overhead bridge-like structure supporting equipment such as a crane, signals, or cameras.

Devices and structures
Gantry (medical), cylindrical scanner assembly used for medical 3D-imaging or treatment
Gantry (transport), an overhead assembly on which highway signs or railway signals are posted
Gantry (rocketry), the frame which encloses and services a rocket at its launch pad
Gantry crane, a crane having a hoist fitted in a trolley for parallel movement
Rubber tyred gantry crane, a mobile gantry crane used in intermodal operations
Gantry tower or anchor portal, a structure commonly found in electrical substation or transmission line
Scaffolding, occasionally referred to as a gantry when used as a support framework

Places
Gantry Plaza State Park, in New York City

Arts, entertainment, and media
Elmer Gantry, a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry (film), a 1960 film based on the novel
Gantry (musical), a 1970 musical by Peter Bellwood, Fred Tobias, and Stanley Lebowsky, based on the novel

See also
 Gentry (disambiguation)
Machbet. The Machbet (Hebrew: מחבט, meaning "racquet") is an Israeli upgrade of the M163 Hovet self-propelled automatic anti-aircraft gun, based in turn on the M113 armored personnel carrier. In addition to the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon it is armed with four FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile launch tubes. The Machbet comes equipped with an upgraded tracking system and can establish a datalink with an external radar. The vehicle carries 1,800 rounds of 20 mm ammunition and 8 Stinger missiles.
The Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) developed the Machbet in the mid-1990s. It underwent testing by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 1997 and entered operational service in 1998 with the Israeli Air Force (IAF). The IAF was planning to convert all its Hovets to the newer Machbet configuration. Most of the Hovets have already been converted over to the Machbet.

The Machbet upgrade adds an enhanced suite of television and Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) target auto-tracking capability to the Hovet. A unit-level fire coordination and management capability is provided, as well as an interface to a sectorial air surveillance radar for the air targets picture. These all enable it to acquire approaching targets quicker, making the Machbet more effective than its predecessor.

While the intended role of the Machbet is the shooting down of aircraft approaching at low altitudes, it has been also found useful in urban warfare and ground fire support in general.

External links
Machbet at iaf.org

Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons
Armoured fighting vehicles of Israel
Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s
DWDD. The DWDD (Domain Wall Displacement Detection) is a media reproducing technology developed by Canon and Sony and first implemented in a commercial product in 2004 as part of Sony's Hi-MD format. The DWDD technology uses a physics phenomenon called domain wall displacement, which shortens the masks but does not need to change the laser beam. With such technology, the density of the magneto-optical disc could be increased dramatically.

References

Optical disc authoring
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion. The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is located in the German town of Mülheim.

Research 
The MPI CEC investigates fundamental chemical processes in energy transformation and contributes to the development of new and efficient catalysts. Its approach to this problem is based on a profound understanding of the underlying chemical reactions and multidisciplinary.

Departments

Inorganic Spectroscopy 
Director: Serena DeBeer

The department of Inorganic Spectroscopy focuses on the development and application of advanced X-ray spectroscopic tools for understanding processes in biological and chemical catalysis.

Research groups 

 Energy Converting Enzymes (James Birrell)
Computational Chemistry (Ragnar Björnsson)
Biochemistry of Metalloproteins (Laure Decamps)
X-ray Spectroscopy Instrumentation (Sergey Peredkov)
Chemical Synthesis (Christina Römelt)
Proteins on electrodes (Olaf Rüdiger)
Chemical Synthesis, X-ray structure analysis (Thomas Weyhermüller)

Molecular Catalysis
Director: Walter Leitner

The research of the Molecular Catalysis department focuses on the development of technologies for the conversion of renewable energy and feedstocks to sustainable fuels and chemical products.

Research groups 

 Multifunctional Catalytic Systems (Alexis Bordet)
Organometallic Electrocatalysis (Nicolas Kaeffer)
Multiphase Catalysis (Andreas Vorholt)

Heterogeneous Reactions
Director: Robert Schlögl

The department of Heterogeneous Reactions is researching, among other things, on a better understanding of the processes of electrocatalytic water splitting. The aim is to generate generic insight and solutions for synthesis and analysis of chemical energy conversion systems.

Research groups 

 Surface Structure Analysis (Mark Greiner)
Carbon Synthesis and Applications (Saskia Heumann)
Electrocatalysis (Anna Mechler)
Catalytic Technology (Holger Ruland)

Independent Research Groups 
 EPR Research Group (Alexander Schnegg)
 Catalyst Controlled Selective Transformations and Ligand Design (Manuel van Gemmeren)
 Synergistic Organometallic Catalysis (Christophe Werlé)

Wolfgang Lubitz from the Department of Biophysical Chemistry is an Emeritus Director at the Institute.

History 
As one of 84 institutes in the Max Planck Society, it was first part of the neighboring Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and became independent in 1981 under the name of Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry. It was renamed to Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry in 2003, to reflect its changing research focus. Following a significant restructuring and expansion of its departments in 2011, it was re-established in 2012 as the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion.

References

External links 
 Official site (English version)

Chemical research institutes
Mülheim
Chemical Energy Conversion
Research institutes established in 1981
Research institutes in North Rhine-Westphalia
1981 establishments in West Germany
Conference on Automated Deduction. The Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE) is the premier academic conference on automated deduction and related fields. The first CADE was organized in 1974 at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Most CADE meetings have been held in Europe and the United States. However, conferences have been held all over the world. Since 1996, CADE has been held yearly.  In 2001, CADE was, for the first time, merged into the International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR). This has been repeated biannually since 2004.

In 1996, CADE Inc. was formed as a non-profit sub-corporation of the Association for Automated Reasoning to organize the formerly individually organized conferences.

References

External links
 , CADE
 , AAR

Theoretical computer science conferences
Logic conferences