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café com física - ciclo de palestras
palestras de 2011
palestras informais abertas a todos (sala conf. 14:00h ::0.0)
Hélvio Vairinhos, CFC
"Cores Infinitas"
Resumo: Teorias de gauge SU(N) e afins no limite N --> infinito:
a importância destes modelos e os avanços recentes neste ramo, tanto a nível teórico como numérico.
Rui Silva, LIP
"A missão espacial DUAL"
A missão DUAL foi recentemente proposta ao concurso para missões da classe M da
ESA no âmbito do Programa Cosmic Vision (missões a lançar entre 2015 e 2025).
Este novo telescópio para raios gama integra um sistema de lentes de Laue
que permitirá focar a radiação gama emitida numa região do céu restrita pelo
campo de visão do sistema de lentes. No entanto, o DUAL permitirá simultaneamente
observar todo o céu em permanência, embora com pior sensibilidade e resolução.
É desta dualidade de modos de funcionamento que resulta o nome da missão.
A configuração do telescópio é determinada pela distância focal das lentes de
Laue, cerca de 30 metros, sendo o satélite composto por dois sub-módulos: o módulo
óptico (sistema de lentes de Laue) e o módulo do detector (plano focal de CdTe ou
germânio). Ambos os módulos estarão ligados por uma estrutura expansível até 30
Helena Santos, LIP/ FCUL
"The Heavy Ion Program of the ATLAS/LHC Experiment"
The ATLAS experiment is participating in the Heavy Ion Program of the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), for which the main goal is to create strong
interacting matter under extreme energy density and temperature
conditions. Evidence from SPS/CERN and RHIC/BNL data suggests that in such
extreme conditions matter undergoes to a phase transition from ordinary
hadronic matter to a plasma of quarks and gluons, the QGP. The large
acceptance, high granularity calorimeters, silicon tracking detectors and
muon spectrometers allow ATLAS to study deeply the proprieties of such a
deconfined state of matter.
Bruce Milne, CFC
"Investigation of colour tuning in firefly bioluminescence"
Isaac Vidana
"Estimation of the effect of hyperonic three-body forces on the maximum mass of neutron stars"
A model based on a microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock approach of hyperonic matter supplemented with additional simple phenomenological density-dependent contact terms is employed to estimate the effect of hyperonic three-body forces on the maximum mass of neutron stars. Our results show that although hyperonic three-body forces can reconcile the maximum mass of hyperonic stars with the current limit of 1.4-1.5 M_Sun, they are unable to provide the repulsion needed to make the maximum mass compatible with the observation of massive neutron stars, such as the recent measurements of the unusually high masses of the millisecond pulsars PSR J1614-2230 (1.97 pm 0.04 M_Sun) and PSR J1903+0327 (1.667 pm 0.021 M_Sun).
Rui Travasso, CFC
Delivering nutrients to a tissue: blood flow and growing capillaries
Understanding angiogenesis (the growth from new vessels starting from
existing vasculature) is a challenging problem with important consequences
for the treatment of cancer and other pathological situations. We present
a multi-scale phase-field model for the description of angiogenesis that
combines the benefits of continuum physics description and the capability
of tracking individual cells.
The model allows us to discuss the role of the endothelial cells~
chemotactic response and proliferation rate as key factors that tailor the
neovascular network. Importantly, we also test the predictions of our
theoretical model against relevant experimental approaches in mice that
displayed distinctive vascular patterns. For a correct understanding of
the capillary dynamics it is necessary to analyze the irrigation in the
tissue by studying how blood flows in the newly formed network. We present
the first steps in this direction by looking at flows in healthy and
pathological scenarios.
Helena Vieira Alberto, CEMDRX
Mechanisms of electron polarization in shallow muonium in CdS and CdTe
When positive muons are implanted in a semiconductor like CdS or
CdTe, a fraction of them form a weak bound state with an electron ~
shallow muonium - which mimics hydrogen behavior inside the material.
At low temperatures ( 0.05 K) the relative populations of the electron
spin states (up and down) is observed to change with increasing
external magnetic field (up to 2 T). Experimental findings indicate
that the observed electron polarization is not due to the
paramagnetism of the muonium atom but to a polarization buildup in the
preceding stage following muon implantation. A model for shallow
muonium formation is presented based on the experimental results.
1 (Dia da Universidade)
9mar (quarta-feira) 12h
Hiroki KUSANO (Research Institute for Science and Engineering,
Waseda University)
"Scintillation and ionization yields in high-density gaseous xenon for
alpha particles"
The scintillation and ionization yields produced by alpha-particles
were studied in high-density gaseous xenon. High-density xenon is an
attractive medium for radiation detectors, but there is a lack of
information about basic properties of radiation response near its
critical point. In this study, the average numbers of scintillation
photons and ionization electrons produced by 5.49 MeV alpha-particles
were measured in high-density gaseous xenon in the density range of 0.12
- 1.2 g/cm3 at room temperature. Density dependence of scintillation
yield was observed under no electric field. Scintillation yield
decreases approximately linearly in densities from 0.12 to 0.6 g/cm3.
Over 0.6 g/cm3, some changes in relation of scintillation yield to gas
density were observed. Correlations between numbers of photons and
electrons were obtained under electric field at different densities.
Possible changes of the scintillation processes were discussed.
Rui Vilão, CEMDRX
"Hydrogen in semiconductors: a muSR approach"
"In this talk a brief review is given on the topic of the isolated hydrogen impurity in semiconductors. The essential experimental results in this field have been obtained by research on muonium, the bound state of an electron with a positive muon, which in condensed matter physics and chemistry may be considered a light pseudo-isotope of hydrogen. Upon obtaining the basic hydrogen/muonium configurations in the semiconductor lattice, usually by a combination of theoretical and experimental results, the temperature dependance of the muSR signals allows to locate the relevant hydrogen donor and/or acceptor levels in the bandgap."
Thomas Schweizer,
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munchen
Discovery of the Crab pulsar above 25 GeV
The Crab is one of the most interesting sources in the
sky. It resulted from a supernova explosion in the year
1054 AD. It consists of a pulsar which is feeding a pulsar
wind nebula. The Crab one of the strongest gamma ray sources
in the sky used my many instruments as calibration source and
its millisecond pulsar has unique properties. The Crab pulsar
has been finally detected by the MAGIC telescope after the
installation of a new trigger system, the analogue sum trigger. The low
trigger threshold was a major achievement for ground-baseed
instruments. The Crab has surprised the gamma community by
an gamma-ray flare in September 2010 since it was expected to
be a steady source. In this talk the Crab system will be presented
as seen in Gamma rays where exciting properties are revealed.
Apostolos Marinopoulos, CFC
First principles study of segregation to the Sigma 5(310) grain
boundary of cubic zirconia
ABSTRACT: While yttrium and impurity segregation at interfaces of
yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) has
been intensively studied experimentally, the mechanisms governing the
propensity for segregation are still not fully understood. The
segregation energetics
of yttrium and aluminum, another common segregant at interfaces of
YSZ, were studied by means of
first principles calculations based on density functional theory.
Site-dependent formation energies
were calculated following the substitutional incorporation of yttrium
and aluminum in the
near-interface region of the Sigma 5(310) grain boundary in cubic
zirconia, for which recent
experimental data revealed strong yttrium enrichment. Aluminum
segregation was found to be strongly
favored, accompanied by extensive changes in its local environment and
coordination. Yttrium
displayed a segregation propensity dependent on the site of
substitution that correlated with
the ability of its surrounding environment to accommodate the misfit
strain by a breathing-type
relaxation and increase of the nearest-neighbor yttrium-oxygen
distances. Formation energies of oxygen
vacancies were also determined near the interface, both as isolated
defects and also by
considering cosegregation with yttrium; the ensuing defect association
led to stable
yttrium-vacancy complexes and increased the energy gain from yttrium
incorporation at the core of the grain boundary.
12abr Luiz de Viveiros, LIP
Dark Matter Direct Detection: An Overview
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Luiz de Viveiros, LIP
Dark Matter Direct Detection: An Overview
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Prof. Dr. Dennis R. Schaart, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Emerging technologies in time-of-flight PET and PET/MRI
The use of time-of-flight (TOF) information in positron emission
tomography (PET) has been shown to significantly improve image
quality. Current TOF-PET systems have a coincidence resolving time
(CRT) of about ~500 ps FWHM. Such systems allow oncologists to find
small tumors and metastases that would go undetected without TOF.
Several new technologies are expected to enable significant further
enhancement of the TOF-PET benefits. For example, recent innovations
in PET scintillation materials result in faster and more intense
scintillation light pulses, which is crucial to obtain even better CRT
values. As another example, the so-called silicon photomultipliers
(SiPMs) is a novel type of solid-state light sensor with excellent
characteristics for application in TOF-PET scintillation detectors.
SiPMs exhibit fast response and high internal signal gain, while at
the same time they are small, essentially transparent to 511 keV
annihilation photons, and insensitive to magnetic fields. This enables
novel detector designs aimed at e.g. compactness, high resolution, and
depth-of-interaction (DOI) correction. Moreover, SiPMs will enable
integration of TOF-PET and MRI in a way similar to the integration of
PET and CT into PET/CT systems that nowadays represent the state of
the art in clinical molecular imaging. PET/MRI is expected to open up
new possibilities for acquiring clinically relevant in-vivo
information, such as concurrent functional and anatomical imaging with
excellent soft-tissue contrast, MRI-based correction of PET
attenuation and motion artefacts, among others. An overview of these
emerging technologies will be presented.
Alexandre Lindote, LIP
Dark Matter Direct Detection: The ZEPLIN-III Experiment
Rafael Cavagnoli, CFC
"Transição de fases hadron-quark em matéria assimétrica e condensados
José Matias
"Xenon100: últimos resultados"
Vânia Almeida - CI
"Piezoelectric probe for non-invasive cardiovascular studies - key
indicators in the arterial pressure waveform."
The social and economic impact of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and
the importance of efficient early diagnostic tools keep mobilizing the
interest of many researchers. Continuous monitoring and analysis of
physiological signals, as well as online interactive signal processing
are essential in the management of ill patients. Historically the cuff
sphygmomanometer was the first method to quantify a part of the
medical information contained in the arterial pressure waveform (APW);
however it provides a limited amount of information. In this work we
concentrate in developing a non-invasive device suitable to carotid
APW measurements based in piezoelectric sensors, as well the
utilization of data mining techniques in order to identify the key
indicators in the development of CVD. This system could be usefully
employed as a cheap and effective CVD screening technique for use in
general practice clinics.
12-15 de Julho
Curso: Física Estrelas Compactas
Conrado Albertus Torres(Universidade de Salamanca)
#1 Spectra: Baryons, Mesons, Hyperons.
Introduction to the quark model *
Aspects of heavy baryon physics *
Aspects of heavy quark symmetry *
Variational methods
Hands-on session: Using mathematica or fortran/c to check variational
method for a simple potential in hypernuclei.
Maria Angeles Perez-Garcia (Universidade de Salamanca)
#2 Strong interaction-low energies: nucleons
EFT Lagrangians: Walecka model
Mean field approximation
neutron stars
Pulsars: Magnetic fields and polatization of matter
Quantization of dynamics: Landau levels
Computer Simulations
Hands-on session: Using mathematica or fortran/c to solve MF equations
in Walecka model.
1- Nadja Magalhães, UNIFESP, Brasil
Ondas gravitacionais
2- Carlos Frajuca
Status and Improvements for Schenberg Gravitational Wave
(sessão especial e última antes do Verão)
Prof. Hanno Éssen
Department of Mechanics, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.
"Why Meissner was wrong or a classical explanation of flux expulsion from superconductors"
The discovery by Meissner and Ochsenfeld in 1933 that the magnetic
field inside a conductor is expelled when it is cooled down to become
superconducting was considered very surprising at the time. Meissner
wrote that this has no classical explanation. Since then virtually
every textbook stresses that this means that a superconductor is in
fact not just a zero resistivity perfect conductor but in addition has
the mysterious property that it can expel internal magnetic flux. In
this colloquium I will present evidence that this is all a
misunderstanding based on insufficient knowledge of what classical
physics in fact predicts about the magnetic flux inside perfect
X. Roca-Maza (Universidade de Milão)
"Relativistic mean field interaction with density dependent meson-nucleon vertices based on microscopical calculations"
Although ab-initio calculations of relativistic Brueckner theory lead to large
scalar isovector fields in nuclear matter, at present, successful versions of covariant
density functional theory neglect the interactions in this channel. A
new high precision density functional DD-ME delta is presented which includes
four mesons sigma, omega, rho eand delta with density dependent meson-nucleon couplings.
It is based to a large extent on microscopic ab-initio calculations in nuclear
matter. Only four of its parameters are determined by adjusting to binding
energies and charge radii of finite nuclei. The other parameters, in particular
the density dependence of the meson-nucleon vertices, are adjusted
to non-relativistic and relativistic Brueckner calculations of symmetric and
asymmetric nuclear matter. The isovector effective mass m_p-m_n derived
from relativistic Brueckner theory is used to determine the coupling strength
of the delta-meson and its density dependence
Rui Travasso (CFC)
"Why do protein folding rates correlate with metrics of native
For almost 15 years, the experimental correlation between protein folding
rates and the contact order para- meter has been under scrutiny. Here, we
use a lattice model combined with a native-centric interaction potential
to investigate the physical roots of this empirical observation. We
simulate circular permutants thus eliminating dependencies of the folding
rate on other protein properties (e.g. stability). We show that the
rate-contact order correlation is a consequence of the fact that, in high
contact order structures, the contact order of the transition state
ensemble closely mirrors the contact order of the native state. This
happens because, in these structures, the native topology is represented
in the transition state through the formation of a network of tertiary
interactions that are distinctively long-ranged.
Autores: Patricia F. N. Faisca, Rui D. M. Travasso, Andrea Parisi, and
Antonio Rey
Marco Pinto e Hugo Simões (LIP)
"RTmon: a device for real-time (dose) monitoring of radiotherapeutic
Modern radiotherapy techniques are providing increasingly higher
conformality, a potential invaluable clinical benefit to the patient.
Consequently, in both single and multi-fractionated RT, patient
misalignments and changing internal anatomy are also becoming more
critical since higher conformality may equally represent a higher risk
of target underdosage or organ-at-risk overdosage.
State-of-the-art image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) techniques aim at
providing feedback to the radiation oncologist, some times at the cost
of increased dosage, other times providing insufficient clinical
information. We investigate a novel imaging system specially designed
for providing clinically relevant information for monitoring
conventional and modern photon radiotherapy. The
principle-of-operation and feasibility details of such system indicate
that it may allow monitoring each field (and segment, in the case of
intensity-modulated radiotherapy IMRT) during all treatment fractions
without whatsoever additional dose. The concept of such system will be
presented and thoroughly explained with several simulation studies
representing different clinical irradiation scenarios. Along with the
concept, the proof-of-principle results will also be presented. These
first experimental results were obtained at Coimbra Institute of
Oncology (IPOCFG,EPE) and the correlation between simulated and
experimental results and the experimental conditions and data
post-processing will be discussed.
Silvia Chiacchiara (CFC)
"Solving the Boltzmann equation for cold trapped Fermi gases"
Abstract: In this seminar I will present some recent results we obtained for two collective modes (quadrupole and scissors) of cold trapped Fermi gases. The study focuses on the normal-fluid phase and is done in the framework of the Boltzmann equation. Experimental data for these modes are available, and previous works showed that the Boltzmann equation approach fails to describe them satisfactorily, even when in-medium effects are included. We argue that the analytical method used to solve the Boltzmann equation was inappropriate. This commonly used method is the method of phase-space moments at lowest order (2nd order). In this approach, just one parameter (the relaxation time) quantifies the effect of collisions in the whole
atomic cloud. But the collision rate can be very high at the center of the trap and very low at its surface, therefore one should take into account its spatial variations, that is, extend the method to next order (4th order). In fact, including of the fourth order terms, we clearly improve the description of the experimental data.
Louis Lyons (Universidade de Oxford)
These two very different approaches to analysing data are described and contrasted, using examples both from every-day life and from the world of Physics. Their interpretations of 'probability' are contrasted. When used for determining parameters of a theory, cases where the resulting answers differ significantly are described. Finally, a summary is given of the differences between the Bayesian and Frequentist approaches.
Paolo Pasanti
"Properties of the Fermion Hard Sphere Fluid"
abstract: The hard sphere model has historically provided remarkable results
in fluid dynamics. In particular, the fermion hard sphere fluid is a very
useful model for investigating concepts and approximations employed to study the properties
of nuclear matter. We report the results of calculations of equilibrium
and non equilibrium properties of the fermion hard sphere fluid, carried out
using the formalism based on correlated basis functions (CBF) and the cluster
expansion technique. The calculation of the energy per particle as a
function of density has been carried out solving the set of FHNC integral
equations, allowing one to sum the relevant contributions at all orders of the
cluster expansion. The CBF formalism has been also exploited to obtain
an effective interaction, suitable for calculating transport properties among
which the shear viscosity coefficient.
Micael Oliveira, CFC
"Spin-orbit effects in bismuth atom and dimer: What can we learn from a simple tight-binding model"
Abstract: "Relativistic effects in general, and spin-orbit in particular, are known to be of great importance in the determination of the electronic properties of a large number of systems, especially when these systems include heavy elements like bismuth. State-of-the-art ab initio methods exist that are able to accurately include these relativistic effects, but sometimes simpler methods, like tight binding models, are equally useful in the study of these effects. In this work we introduce a tight-binding model including spin-orbit coupling, compare it to density functional theory calculations, and show how it can be used to gain insight into the effect of the spin-orbit coupling in some properties of the bismuth atom and dimer."
Maria José Marques, CEMDRX
O problema das tensões residuais em equipamentos industriais de grande porte sujeitos a ambientes corrosivos
As tensões residuais existem praticamente em todas as peças rígidas, metálicas, ou não, e traduzem
a história mecânica e metalúrgica do componente ao longo da sua elaboração, dos tratamentos a que foi submetido e dos períodos de funcionamento posterior. Elas resultam da heterogeneidade das deformações plásticas introduzidas a qualquer escala do componente ou da estrutura, e podem ser criadas por efeitos térmicos, metalúrgicos e mecânicos, que atuam frequentemente de forma combinada, o que torna a sua previsão extremamente complexa.
As tensões residuais podem ser benéficas, mas podem também comprometer o bom desempenho dos componentes. A redução da resistência à fadiga na presença de tensões residuais de tração é um dos problemas mais preocupantes. A previsão e o controlo das tensões residuais é, por esse motivo, necessária e fundamental em áreas como a indústria automóvel, aeronáutica e nuclear.
Nesta palestra será abordada a génese das tensões residuais e serão apresentados alguns métodos para a sua determinação, com particular incidência nas técnicas que utilizam a difração de raios X e a difração de neutrões. Será também apresentado um estudo atualmente em curso no âmbito do projeto StressClad, no qual se pretende estudar o comportamento mecânico e o comportamento à corrosão das paredes interiores de reatores químicos e de permutadores de calor, usados na indústria petroquímica e de produção de energia, revestidas com camadas de aço inoxidável por soldadura.
Myrta Gruning
A first-principle real-time approach to ultrafast and extreme nonlinear optical phenomena in solids and nano-structures
Many-body effects are known to play a crucial role in the electronic and optical properties of solids and nano-structures. Nevertheless the majority of theoretical and numerical approaches able to capture the
influence of Coulomb correlations are restricted to the linear response regime. In this work we introduce a novel approach based on a real-time solution of the electronic dynamics. The proposed approach reduces to the well-known Bethe-Salpeter equation in the linear limit regime and it makes possible, at the same time, to investigate correlation effects in nonlinear optical phenomena.
After serving the bitter coffee of the theoretical approach, I will (try to) sweeten it with some examples of application to h-BN, GaAs and ZnO and carbon nanotubes.
C. Attaccalite, MG, A. Marini arXiv:1109.2424
Carlos Fiolhais CFC
Astrónomos portugueses membros da Royal Society
Um total de 25 cientistas e diplomatas portugueses foram, nos séculos XVII, XVIII e XIX, membros da Royal Society, a mais antiga sociedade científica do mundo em contínua actividade. Em 2010 comemorou-se em Coimbra com uma exposição na Biblioteca Joanina os 350 anos dessa sociedade e, em resultado, acaba de sair um livro publicado pela Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra intitulado "/Membros Portugueses da Royal Society"./ É uma edição bilingue, em português e inglês, que mostra várias obras da Biblioteca Geral e do Arquivo para além de instrumentos das coleções do Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra. O período de maior brilho da presença portuguesa na Royal Society ocorreu no século XVIII. Há três cientistas desse século que deram contribuições para a astronomia: o padre jesuíta italiano João Baptista Carbone, que foi chamado a Portugal pelo rei D. João V, e os padres oratorianos João Chevalier, que, devido às perseguições do Marquês de Pombal, haveria de se estabelecer em Bruxelas, onde chegou a Presidente da Real Academia das Ciências Belga, e Teodoro de Almeida, que, também perseguido, se refugiou em Espanha e França, onde alcançou grande notariedade. Teodoro de Almeida, observou no Porto em 1763 um trânsito de Vénus, uma observação importante para a determinação da distância da Terra ao Sol. Outro notável membro português da Royal Society que ajudou à astronomia com a construção de instrumentos foi João Jacinto Magalhães, um "estrangeirado" em Londres,que conviveu com alguns dos maiores cientistas do seu tempo. Muitas observações desses astrónomos foram publicadas, em latim ou inglês, na revista da Royal Society, as "/Philosophical Transactions"/, uma publicação quase tão antiga como a sociedade.
A astronomia do século XVIII era uma astronomia de posição, que procurava medidas cada vez mais precisas, o que só era possível por ter ficado estabelecida no século XVII, no quadro da Royal Society, a mecânica de Newton e por se terem desenvolvido melhores instrumentos. Os cientistas portugueses passaram a integrar-se em colaborações internacionais, correspondendo-se com os seus colegas estrangeiros, numa premonição do que é hoje a moderna colaboração internacional na área da astronomia.
João Carvalho
"Latest results on the Standard Model Higgs searches in ATLAS and CMS at LHC"
The last particle of the Standard Model still to be found is the Higgs boson. The search for this particle is one of the main objectives of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, in particular the ATLAS and CMS collaborations. The results obtained with most of the data acquired during 2011 will be shown, as the excluded and the most probable mass regions. Hints of the presence of the boson were found, but not yet a conclusive evidence for it, while almost all of the most probable mass values were excluded with large confidence level.
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1. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.-K- May 6, 2011 7:22 AM (in response to claghorn)Make sure you're pointing to a 1.6 JDK in \sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf or delete the entry to get the prompt:
SetJavaHome C:\Archivos de programa\Java\jdk1.6.0_16Hope that helps,
2. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.claghorn May 6, 2011 3:33 PM (in response to claghorn)This got solved setting the following line in sqldeveloper.conf
SetJavaHome D:\app\ScottD\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk
Its starts and can connect.
3. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.880390 Aug 4, 2011 9:10 PM (in response to claghorn)When I am trying to install Oracle SQL developer 3.0, I am facing the similar problem
"Oracle SQL Developer
Unable to launch the Java Virtual Machine
Located at path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdkl.7.O\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
The file exist at the same location mentioned above. Not yet able to to find a solution. If anyone get a solution please do post.
Sandeep S
Edited by: user10082291 on Aug 4, 2011 2:09 PM
4. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.Gary Graham-Oracle Aug 4, 2011 9:23 PM (in response to 880390)Hi Sandeep,
You posted the same thing 4 minutes earlier on another thread in this forum. Please avoid duplicate posts.
5. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.877449 Aug 5, 2011 12:54 PM (in response to claghorn)Hello , having a similar problem. Looking for a fix. Oracle 11g client on Windows 7 machine.
Fisrt, when I try to start sqldeveloper I kept getting a message like "Windows is trying to find SQLDEVELOPER.BAT..." It didnt find it but found some other .bat and gave me
an option to fix the shortcut. I tried the fix button a few times but it did not help so deleted the shortcut.
So I am starting sqldeveloper via the sqldeveloper.exe file.
I was getting a prompt to Enter the full pathname for java.exe. I tried a number of paths:
None of these work. I took the suggestion from claghorn and updated the line in sqldeveloper.conf
SetJavaHome D:\app\mike\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk
Still getting an error. I see two windows. One says :
"Unable to find a Java Virtual Machine. To point to a location of a Java Virtual Machine, please refer to the
Oracle9i JDeveloper Install Guide"
The other looks like a command window. There are three messages in this window
WARNING: Could not find jvm.cfg in C:\app\mike\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk\jre\lib\jvm.cfg
WARNING: Cannot find default VM "client" at C:\app\mike\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk
ERROR: Cannot find VM at C:\app\mike\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk
I do find a jvm.cfg file in
There is not much in the file.
What is the true fix? This is a new install of the 11g2 client. All the paths mentioned above are valid. I can see the directories, sub dirs, .exe files, .dll files etc.
Do I really need to install a 1.6 JDK in addition to all this stuff that came with the client install??
Thanks for any help
6. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.877449 Aug 5, 2011 1:44 PM (in response to 877449)Well I went ahead and installed the 1.6 JDK from here - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-download-346242.html
I updated sqldeveloper.conf to point to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25
Still not working...I get prompted to enter full path to java.exe. I browse to the file but the prompt keeps popping up. I tried pasting the path instead of browsing. Still no good.
I tried C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25
I tried C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin
I tried changing back slashes to froward slashes
Any suggestions??
7. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.877449 Aug 5, 2011 2:13 PM (in response to 877449)Me again. I found the following in another thread:
Re: install sqldeveloper on windows 7 64 Bit and Oracle 11.2
Posted: May 31, 2011 2:32 AM in response to: -K- in response to: -K-
I had a similar problem which I've solved. It seems you've already done everything which was necessary, but in case you've missed something, here's the check list that worked for me today :
64-bit OS
64-bit JDK, not JRE (manual install, it is not bundled with the Oracle 64-bit install)
64-bit SQLDeveloper (new manual install, not the Oracle-bundled one)
Then edit of the sqldeveloper.conf file (be sure to edit the right one, not the Oracle-bundled sqldeveloper!), add the path to your 64-bit JDK :
path to conf file : ...\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf
edit (path to 64-bit JDK on my machine) : SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25
And now make sure to launch the proper sqldeveloper.exe (not the Oracle-bundled one), at: ...\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper.exe.
It shouldn't prompt you for the JDK path anymore and start gracefully.
Best of luck to you, regards,
S. Jallard
So I went and installed 64 bit sql developer and it is now working
8. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.880390 Aug 8, 2011 8:37 PM (in response to claghorn)Hi,
I found the answer to solve this problem. I have installed Java 7 JDK. I just set the Path of java in system properties.
Steps to add path in Windows 7 64bit is as follows:
1. Right click on My computer, then click on properties.
2. On left pane click on "Advanced system settings".
3. Click on "Advanced>Envionment Variables"
4. In system variables box under Variable column look for text "Path".
5. Select that row and click on Edit.
6. In "Variable Value" text box append the path of java installation seperated by other path with ";" in my case I appened it with ";C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin"
7. Then just click on ok and then run the application which is giving you this error.
I worked for me wish it work for you also.
Sandeep Shivhare
9. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.696804 Oct 21, 2011 10:25 AM (in response to 880390)This questions is marked answered though non of the solutions above worked for me; running a SQL developer 64bit version on a win 64 bit machine. The simplest solution I found is to down load sql developer 32 bit version with the accompanies jdk. Provided you do not have an immediate need to install the 64 bit version.
10. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.642836 Nov 4, 2011 10:05 AM (in response to claghorn)maybe this thread helps: SQLDeveloper 1.5.1 won't recognise JDK.
in short : you need 32bit jdk in order to run sqldeveloper.
11. Re: Unable to find a java virtual machine.bf7fcb3f-812e-4a24-b408-2f92be22355b Aug 16, 2013 8:34 PM (in response to claghorn)
I have faced the same error while opening Sql Developer bundled with the Oracle 11g in win 7 os 64 bit machine.
I fixed the problem in two steps :
1. Installed Windows x86 JDK (32 bit) from
2.Open G:\app\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.con file in notepad (I have installed Oracle db in G directory) and Change the path SetJavaHome C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_25. Save the file .
Done..!! It worked fine..!
Abdul Shaheer


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|The Demented One
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|January 28, 2009
|Please feel free to edit constructively!
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|Army of One (Strike)
|Three Army of One maneuvers
|Initiation Action:
|1 full-round action
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With a heroic war cry, you charge across the battlefield, striking down entire armies.
As part of this maneuver, you charge an opponent. Your charge attack deals an additional 10d6 damage. In addition, each time an enemy other than your target comes into your reach during the charge, you may make a secondary attack against them at your highest base attack bonus. These secondary attacks are treated as being made as part of a charge, and deal an additional 5d6 damage. For every secondary attack you make, the attack made at the end of the charge deals an additional 1d6 damage. Any foe you damage with an attack during this maneuver must make a Will save, DC 18 + your Strength modifier, or be shaken for 5 rounds (this is a [fear] effect). You do not provoke attacks of opportunity for moving as part of the charge.
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Normally, I'd write something incredibly witty here. But I'm running up against my deadline, so come on, it's week 13. You know the drill. These are the top value plays at FanDuel and DraftKings this week. There's no contest link here, true, but DraftKings does have a very nice freeroll you can (and should) enter. Cards on the table, to save time, all my pop-culture references this week will come from the NBC TV series "Community." It's cool. Cool cool cool.
Colin Kaepernick at STL ($6,900 FanDuel, $6,500 DraftKings): Much like how Starburns was pushed aside from the fry cook job, so has Alex Smith seem his best days slip behind him. And much like Abed running a chicken finger syndicate (the show is really weird sometimes), Kaepernick can take his team to new heights. The matchup is pretty average, but you almost have to use him, since CK's price tag won't be this low again for the rest of the year.
Chad Henne at BUF ($6,500 FD, $5,500 DK): The Jaguars' offense gets a matchup this week that's hotter than Buddy's fantasy of Annie and Britta (yes, a character's name is Britta) as Greendale cheerleaders. So this won't be the first time we see the team represented in this list. For the second straight week, your QB should probably be one of these two players.
Rashard Jennings at BUF ($5,200 FD, $3,600 DK): Somewhere, there's a parallel universe where Maurice Jones-Drew is about to go off for 250 yards and two TDs on Buffalo's defense. But of course I am not lucky enough to live in that universe. At least this shouldn't be the darkest timeline, as Jennings will likely put up about 100 yards and a score. At the price, it's harder to pass that up than a ride in a simulated space shuttle.
Knowshon Moreno vs. TB ($5,300 FD, $5,100 DK): Normally you can just laugh at the Old White Man Says Twitter account, but not when said old white man is John Fox. It was he who decided last week to not only make Moreno the starter, but also to give him the rock the entire game, forsaking all other options. Another performance like that is very possible this week and if it happens, maybe Moreno will get his own TV show.
Bryce Brown at DAL ($5,800 FD, $4,800 DK): There's certainly no reason to get rid of the B (or in this case, the BB) after Brown's coming out party last week. Sure, he nearly Britta'd it with those two fumbles, but otherwise, it was a pretty awesome week. Of course, you do have to be concerned about him getting left behind in a blowout.
Cecil Shorts at BUF ($6,400 FD, $6,700 DK): Shorts! I choose Shorts! Well, at least so long as he's healthy. You'll want to check the practice report today to verify if he's actually going to go. And be willing to downgrade the whole damn team if he doesn't. But if he does, Buffalo has shown less of an ability to stop someone than Chang as a security guard.
Eric Decker vs. TB ($6,400 FD, $6,100 DK): Even moreso than Jacksonville's game, Denver's offense could make Sunday look like the fight from season one's Christmas episode where the entire study group takes out some bullies. Stacking Denver's offense (that is, using Peyton Manning, Decker, Demariyus Thomas, and maybe even Jacob Tamme) against TB's porous pass defense could even be the way to win a huge contest this week.
Denarius Moore vs. CLE ($6,100 FD, $4,800 DK): Moore is an even bigger tease than Annie when she was trying to get Jeff to join up with the Glee Club. For the record, Dan Harmon, when you mock the idea of doing a certain type of episode (Glee parody) at the end of season two, don't turn around and actually do the episode halfway through season three. This is why you got fired (well, that and not being able to get along with Chevy Chase). So yeah, Raiders could be trailing, forced to throw, that would be good for Moore.
Owen Daniels at TEN ($6,200 FD, $4,600): The way tight end shakes out this week is stranger than when Abed saw everything in stop-motion animation. Rob Gronkowski is still injured. Jimmy Graham played Thursday night. So the question becomes which of the second-tier options do you want to roll with? My vote is with Daniels, since he has perhaps the best case for an available TE being his team's second option in the passing game. Think of it like passing up on either Britta (Witten) or Slater (Hernandez) and running outside to kiss Annie instead.
Greg Zuerlein vs. SF ($5,000 FD, $2,500 DK): As much as I'd love to keep going with David Akers, news of his groin injury is more disappointing than finding out Joshua was a racist (not me, a character in the show. I finally get a namesake character on a TV show and of course he ends up being a Nazi). Zuerlein had eight points in the tie between these two teams and is averaging 8.6 points per game. Seems like a reasonable expectation for the minimum salary.
New York Jets Defense vs. ARZ ($5,200 FD, $2,700): I will, however, recommend splurging on your defense this week. Why? Ryan Lindley. Now, Rex Ryan might be more delusional than the dean trying to make a Greendale commercial when he says the Jets can still have a top-five defense this year, but that doesn't mean the Cardinals offense won't still gift them a bucketload of fantasy points (screw you spell check, bucketload is totally a word).


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- Core Foundation
CFUUID objects are used by plug-ins to uniquely identify types, interfaces, and factories. When creating a new type, host developers must generate UUIDs to identify the type as well as its interfaces and factories.
UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers), also known as GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) or IIDs (Interface Identifiers), are 128-bit values designed to be unique.
The standard format for UUIDs represented in ASCII is a string punctuated by hyphens, for example
68753A44-4D6F-1226-9C60-0050E4C00067. The hex representation looks, as you might expect, like a list of numerical values preceded by
0x. For example,
0x68, 0x75, 0x3A, 0x44, 0x4D, 0x6F, 0x12, 0x26, 0x9C, 0x60, 0x00, 0x50, 0x . To use a UUID, you create it and then copy the resulting strings into your header and C language source files. Because a UUID is expressed as an array of bytes, there are no endianness considerations for different platforms.
You can create a CFUUID object using any one of the
CFUUIDCreate... functions. Use the
CFUUIDGet function if you want to declare a UUID constant in a
#define statement. You can get the raw bytes of an existing CFUUID object using the
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Govt Calls for Full Disclosure Among Bloggers...
In case you missed it, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday that, from now on, amateur bloggers must publicly disclose freebies and financial interests or else face fines of up to $11,000.
The problem the FTC is trying to address is that many bloggers and reviewers on sites like Amazon.com occasionally get free samples from, and sometimes even get paid by, the companies they're reviewing. The FTC sees this practice as deceptive and wants to ensure that "word-of-mouth endorsements on the net are easier to believe".
This is a noble goal, perhaps, but deeply misguided. One major problem with the plan is that it only applies to amateur bloggers and reviewers; NOT to professional established sites. As Wired reports, a wine hobbyist or an avid reader who simply wants to post a review about their favorite book on Amazon would have to disclose any freebies he received or face a hefty fine, however Consumer Reports or Wired's Gadget Lab would not face the same requirement. "The FTC's logic is that people trust established sites".
There are other issues that make the new rules impractical.
- Is it enough to disclose on an "About Me" page that one accepts samples or does each review need to have that disclosure?
- Do the rules apply to blog posts only, or other online mechanisms as well? For example, what about short 140-character reviews on Twitter (where there isn't necessarily room for a disclosure statement)?
- What are the responsibilities of aggregation sites like Google and Microsoft that might display posts that are "sponsored"? Likewise, what about affiliate links that profit the blogger even if no freebie was given?
- Fundamentally, what is the distinction between a professional site and an amateur one?
These are all excellent questions that the FTC has failed to address. There is no clarity in the new rules, thus creating mass confusion that will lead to either 1) a chilling effect on speech, or 2) people completely ignoring the rules.
The FTC's attempt to regulate "amateur" content online is a bad idea almost any way you look at it. Let websites work it out on their own - most will find that reliable and honest reviews will bring return traffic while hucksters will be weeded out and gain a reputation for being exactly that. Full disclosure is in reviewers' best self-interest anyway, and that applies to all websites, amateur and professional alike. The government need not get involved in such regulation at all.


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Pretty much confirming that the 8th season ends on either a 2 or 3-parter, here are some set videos from filming around Saint Paul's cathedral for episode 11, reportedly titled....
...The Gates of Paradise. In our first clip, The Doctor tries to convince the crowd to run away, while Missy sits next to a red phone box and tells people to ignore the ranting Scotsman.
It should be noted that this red phone box has shown up a lot during filming lately. As in, it's been present at just about every exterior scene they've filmed that wasn't in a graveyard. Could it be a clue as to Missy's identity (her own TARDIS perhaps?) just a convenient bit of British set dressing, or maybe something used in conjunction with the plot? (ie: public phones as transmitters for a cyber activation signal)
And in this next clip, we see lots of Cybermen selfies, and a whole platoon of Cybermen being given their marching orders for a repeat of the iconic march down the cathedral steps from The Invasion. What's interesting about the selfies bit is that it looks like they're recording it as part of the episode, and those are actors, not passers by. Judging from some of the shots we've seen earlier, it seems like the Cybermen just sort of show up, march into place and.... wait.
Mind you, considering that the entire planet was invaded by a whole bunch of very similar looking silver guys roughly 5 or 6 years ago, you'd think humanity would be a little more wary about potential alien threats.


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The Lanesborough
Moments from Knightsbridge, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, in a Regency London landmark akin to The National Gallery, The Lanesborough offers 93 beautiful rooms and suites at the heart of the capital.
Re-opened to guests in 2015 following a comprehensive and meticulous refurbishment overseen by designer Alberto Pinto, The Lanesborough presents bedrooms and dining rooms restored to their original Georgian splendour, into which the latest communications technologies and entertainment systems have been seamlessly woven.
Guests at The Lanesborough experience fine dining in Céleste, afternoon tea, cigars and cognacs in The Garden Room, and a wealth of in-room digital services.
The only hotel guests in London to enjoy 24-hour butler service, they can also be assured the quietest night's sleep, while remaining just a short walk from Harrods, Harvey Nichols and London's most exclusive shopping district.
The Lanesborough
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The child was rushed to Humber Regional Hospital by her parents. She was then transported by ambulance to Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital. Doctors have removed the bullet that struck her lung. She is now listed in stable condition at the children's hospital.
Her pregnant mother, Sharlene Reynolds was escorted to Sick Kids Hospital by the police after 9:45 p.m. last night.
The police are looking for witnesses to the attack. They believe that two others were wounded in the attack and ask for those victims to come forward.
One person has been taken into custody as a person of interest. Police are looking for the gunman. Two firearms were used in the attack.
CBC reports:
"We're going to leave no stone unturned until we find who has done this," said Staff Sgt. Karen Smythe. "This is horrific."
Constable Wendy Drummond of the Toronto Police told Digital Journal that the person of interest was released last night. At this time there have been no arrests or additional victims.
The area is becoming known for violence. Saron Ghebressellassie, 22, is quoted about the neighbourhood by the National Post:
"For every woman who has to walk home at night, it's disgusting, an utter catastrophe. I fear for my life.
"It's absolutely gut-wrenching to hear that it was a child. It's become a social norm to come home and have, like, 10 police cruisers outside. I'm shaking right now. There's a crisis in the neighbourhood. That could have been my brother and my sister. It's devastating."
In recent months there have been nine murders and many incidents where gunfire was involved. Neighbours blame gang wars for the gun violence, pleading for the police to end the blood being spilled.
Suzanne Gold, spokesperson from Sick Kids told Digital Journal that at this time they are unable to release any information about the little girl's status.


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Sure, you can head to the mall at 6 a.m. for a hot deal on a new blender. Or you could head somewhere a little more chill, for less stress and happenin' deals. What makes it even sweeter? A bunch of great coupons in this week's Xpress.
Here are a few local Black Friday sales/deals/specials:
• Adorn Salon and Boutique is doing a Black Friday/Saturday special: if you bring in a receipt from another locally-owned downtown merchant, you can get 20 percent off any purchase. Also, Adorn will be hosting a trunk show for Lush Life Originals (not included in the discount program). And, there will be free hot cider.
• Both Diamond Brand and Frugal Backpacker are having a Bright Friday sales from Nov. 26 to Nov. 28. At Diamond Brand, there are coupons for the first 80 shoppers, $15 Polartec Fleece jackets and buy-one-get-one half-off specials. Frugal Backpacker is doing buy-one-get-one half-off footwear, $15 rain jackets and 30 percent off clothing and base layers. Deep discounts at both outdoor-gear retailers.
• Custom Hers and Home Boutique in West Asheville will be having a two-day sale on Friday and Saturday, with items priced at 30 to 80-percent off and giveaways.
• Union His and Her Boutique is having a fifth-anniversary sale: 20 percent off the entire store through Saturday, with hours extended until 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. "Like" the Facebook page for a chance to win a $500 shopping spree.
• Virtue on Lexington is offering free gloves with any purchase over $25. You'll need the coupon on pg. 37 of this week's Xpress.
• Nest Organics is having a Black Friday weekend sale: 20 percent off bedding.
• CityMac is having a Black Friday/one-year-anniversary sale. Discounts on everything, live music and door prizes all day.
• Harvest Records will open at 11 a.m. with rad new releases and special editions.
• Old North State is having a tenth-annual holiday trimming of the store. Hot cider and fresh-baked cookies all day. Having sampled these cookies, we can safely say you better get in on this one.
• Mast General Store will open an hour early at 9 a.m. with door-buster coupons for 40 percent off any jacket or coat. Friday and Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. there will be a "make-your-own-sale" coupon, where you can put anything in the store on sale. Get more coupons on pg.11 of this week's Xpress.
• G.B. Shoe Warehouse in Hendersonville has an early-bird special, 30 percent off your purchase from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Coupon on pg. 54 of this week's Xpress for 20 percent off, good from 10 a.m. Friday through Sunday.
• Take a Hike Outfitters in Black Mountain is offering discounts through Nov. 28. Look for a 25 percent off coupon on pg. 23 of this week's Xpress.
• Black Dome Mountain Sports offers a Santa Saver coupon for 25-percent off on one item, look for it on pg. 37 of this week's Xpress.
• The Downtown Market hosts its One Bazaar Holiday Arts and Music Shopping Extravaganza, a recurring event every Friday and Saturday until December 18. Extended hours until 7 p.m. Live music this Friday is the Sharon LaMotte band and Saturday is Eve Haslan Duo.
Did we miss one? Post it below!


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Mary's Forane Church at Koratty, in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam
- Angamaly, is the most revered Marian Pilgrim Centre in India after
Velankanni. Millions of devotee's throng to this place every
year from all over South India. Many a miracle is attributed to
Our Lady at this Shrine. The ill and the infirm and the distressed
Damsels who yearn for their partners in life, the parents who long
for a child - flock to this Shrine to seek solace. The millions
who throng to this place are testimony to the benevolence of the
Myth and the Mystery
folklore has it that, back in the 13th Century, while a coffin was
being carried to Ambazhakkadu for burial in the Church there, because
of the absence of Churches in that part, the pallbearers had to
rest for a while at Koratty. Later it was seen that the coffin had
got stuck hard to the ground, where it was ladi during their stopover.
The Elders then prayed for divine help and it is believed that they
had a profound insight of divine intervention and they made a makeshift
Church and Cemetery at that spot. The ruler of that place lavishly
helped the dwindling Church by assigning tax-free lands. Later on
there was considerable support from various quarters as well, in
rebuilding the Church. The Altars and the artworks above it date
back to the 15th century. Thus faith, art and culture conglomerate
at this Marian Pilgrim centre, now fast emerging as the Velankanni
of Kerala.
folklore has it that, year's back, a pilgrim hailing from Meloor,
was carrying a basket of Poovan Bananas, as an offering to the Koratty
Muthy. On the way, he had to pass through a paddy filed, where a
rich landlord was getting some work done through his laborers. On
seeing the Basket of bananas, he ordered the pilgrim to hand him
two bananas. The pilgrim told him that, it was not possible, as
it was an offering to be placed before the Koratty Mutthy. This
irked the landlord and he forcibly took out two bananas from the
basket and ate it. No sooner that he had eaten the bananas, the
landlord started writhing with intense pain in his stomach. Medicines
could not cure the pain and at last the landlord realized that it
had been some divine intervention and he immediately gave away half
of the paddy field where he was getting the work done, as an offering
to the Koratty Muthy. The moment he did this, the pain subsided.
Since that day, pilgrims throng from all parts of the hamlet with
Poovan Bananas as an offering for the Koratty Mutthy.
Koratty Angadi Railway Station is also part of a Folklore. During
one of the Annual feast and Festival of Koratty Muthy, a train which
never had a stop in Koratty, came to a mysterious halt when it reached
Koratty. Neither could any Mechanical snag be found out, not could
anyone restart the train. The Passengers also joined in the Celebrations
at the Koratty Muthy Church and gave offerings to the Muthy. Later
when they came back into the train, the mechanical snag was rectified
mysteriously and the train proceeded. Sensing divine intervention,
the authorities immediately made arrangements for a Railway Station
at Koratty and that is how the present day Koratty Angadi Railway
Station came into existence.
Madura Coats Factory with around 3000 Employees from nearby hamlets
has a similar awe inspiring tale to tell. It seems, the area where
the Factory is situated at Present was Originally planned to be
an Airport. Work was in full swing for the Airport and even a Helicopter
had landed there. The work kept on being hindered in one way or
other by a mysterious lady with a child in hand. The Hindrances
grew to such an extent that the plan for an airport was abandoned
and instead the Madura Coats Factory came up, which feeds over 1000
Employees and their dependents today.
Feast and the Festival
year, Our Lady's Feast is celebrated in the month of October
- Saturday and Sunday following the 10th of October, with great
pomp and fanfare. Bishops, Priests, Nuns and people from every caste
and creed from different parts of the Country attend the feast and
seek Our Mother's Blessings. The Offerings include cash, candles
and other valuables. The Holy Mass is followed by a awe-inspiring
pageantry. The newly built beautiful church with illuminations is
in itself a magnificent sight.
Activities carried out by the Parish
is to be mentioned that the fairly good amount received as offerings,
goes to finance our Schools, Hospitals and other charitable ventures.
The Hospital named after our Lady is a great help to thousands of
people in and around this hamlet. This adds a social dimension to
the Church. In addition to the 1650 families that the Forane Church
has to cater to, it has also to look after the needs of 20 other
Parishes of this Deanery.


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Health care expert examines Brewer's decision on health care exchange
November 29, 2012
Governor Jan Brewer has decided against a state-operated health exchange. She's leaving the job to the federal government. Health exchanges will sell health insurance coverage to people who need it, under the Affordable Care Act. KJZZ's Dennis Lambert discusses the governor's decision with Dr. Dan Derkson, chair of the Public Health Policy Section of the Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona.


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Northern Ireland, 1972. On the Crumlin Road, Belfast, the violent sectarian Troubles have forced Tom Martin to take drastic measures to protect his family. Across the divide William McManus pursues his own particular bloody code, murdering for a cause. Yet both men have underestimated the power of love and an individual's belief in right and wrong, a belief that will shake the lives of both families with a greater impact than any bomb blast.
This is a compelling, challenging story of conflict between and within families – driven by religion, belief, loyalty and love. In a world deeply riven by division, how can any individual transcend the seemingly inevitable violence of their very existence?
I have had the pleasure of meeting Deirdre and her Husband and I am delighted to welcome her here today to explain about where and how the ideas for Eden Burning were formed.
The Making of "Eden Burning" – Deirdre Quiery
"Eden Burning" started as a flicker of an idea almost fifteen years ago. I remember sitting on a red sofa in Oxford watching logs sizzle in the inglenook fireplace. My mother walked into the sitting room holding a plastic bag filled with letters which I had written to her from University in the 1970s. She said,
"You have to do something with these."
She smiled at me. It was one of those smiles in which a bond is created – a conspiracy even – to which no-one else is invited. I took the bag from her.
I wonder what she would now make of "Eden Burning". I think she would like it. She would see herself in there – not as Rose or Eileen or Lily – but she would know that she was there.
In the plastic bag stuffed with letters still in their envelopes were stories which I told to my mother in the days before the internet – stories of University, of friends and expeditions – which I knew would provide a relief from the reality of Belfast in the 1970s. I knew the importance of being an "entertainer" in a crisis. There were also in the bag some letters which my mother had written to me. It is strange to see a person's hand writing on a page when they are dead. The writing seems every bit as unique as a fingerprint, louder than a spoken word and more visual than their face in front of you. I filed the letters in date order and wondered what I could do with them.
The letters came with me to Mallorca when in 2001 my husband and I decided to come here, leaving the security of full-time employment, the company cars and more importantly friends. We sold our house, gave away all our possessions, boarding a plane for Mallorca with two suitcases and our cat Ziggy.
We rented a house in an olive grove, high in the mountains above Soller. There was no running water. A lorry delivered water once a month, winding its way around the twenty seven bends to the house. There was no fixed line telephone and no television. There was no work. I felt for the first time in my life rooted in the earth. There were no neighbours – only sheep. I had time to look at the orange blossoms change into a small green fruit which grew in size and changed in colour. I marvelled at life. Everything seemed miraculous. Clouds appearing, disappearing, birds singing, dogs barking. Everything was imbued with a sense of wonder. I felt a part of it all – a part of nature. I knew myself to be connected to the earth.
I opened the filed letters which my mother had given me. I began to write "Eden Burning." I didn't want to write an autobiography about Belfast during the 1970s. I did want to honour the spirit of the people who had suffered and who I had met. I wanted "Eden Burning" to offer something positive to the world. There is nothing so dark that cannot be turned into light. There is always hope because fundamentally everything is good as Julian of Norwich said, "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."
― Julian of Norwich
― Julian of Norwich
About the Author:
Based in Mallorca where she runs Seven Rocks Consulting, a leadership development consultancy she founded with her husband, Deirdre brings her vast experience of emotional intelligence and mindfulness to bear in her creative endeavours. Taking inspiration from experience, Deirdre has not only painted with Argentinian artist Carlos Gonzalez in Palma and Natalia Spitale in Sóller, she is also a winner of the Alexander Imich Prize in the US for writing about exceptional human experiences, and the Birmingham Trophy Prize in the UK.
Eden Burning is Deirdre's first novel and is shaped by her experiences growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. She is already working on her second novel, Gurtha.
There is a wonderful competition below to win a Paperback of Eden Burning and an Exclusive Print of the above art. Done by our very own Deirdre's hands. My thanks to Urbane Publications for running this competition.


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Friends' Meeting Speaker: Gone for a Soldier author Marsha Ward
Friends of Pine Public Library are thrilled to host local author Marsha Ward at their July 23 meeting.
Marsha's topic is "Writing the Civil War – a Novel Approach" and will focus on her Civil War novel, "Gone for a Solider".
Marsha writes authentic historical fiction set in 19th Century America, and contemporary romance. She was born in the sleepy little town of Phoenix, Arizona in a simpler time. With plenty of room to roam among the chickens and citrus trees, Marsha enjoyed playing with neighborhood chums, but always had her imaginary friend, cowboy Johnny Rigger Prescott, at her side. Now she makes her home in a forest in the mountains of Arizona.
Her books will be available to purchase.
Community Welcome!
Please Join Us!
1 p.m. Monday, July 23, 2018
Library Activity Room
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As I continue telling you ten books I would take to evangelise a desert island we come to Chronicles (1 and 2 were combined originally).
What's the book about?
Chronicles tells the story of Israel from King Saul through to the release from Exile.
Why did I choose this book?
I view Biblical Theology (following the Bible's own layout and searching it for truth) as much more important than Systematic Theology (the grouping of verses according to subjects, i.e. God, the Bible etc.).
One of the things that surprises Christians is the amount of narrative in the Bible. Both preachers and their congregations rarely consider it.
However, the story of Israel is key to God and to modern Christians. I chose Chronicles because it contains most of Israel's history, and the islanders could do with knowing it.
In particular we learn in Chronicles
- That God's people fail
- That God's people deserve punishment
- That God can work in spite of people's failure
I'd encourage you to start taking the narrative parts of the Bible more seriously. Maybe Chronicles, maybe you want to start elsewhere. But God shared Israel's history for a reason.
If you're interested in looking at the storyline of the Bible in greater depth have a look at God's Big Picture by Vaughan Roberts. A really easy read, it will give you a great overview of the Bible.
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by SS Hampton Sr.
In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) paraphrased a monologue from Shakespeare's Hamlet when engaged in a verbal dispute with the character Q (John de Lancie).
I offer a portion of the original monologue from Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2, though not with a male centrist point of view as prevailed in Shakespeare's time:
"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an Angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world!"
Truer words were never spoken.
However, I also see beauty in the lines and fierce strength of military equipment, in the natural ebb and flow of mountainous landscapes, the flat yet rugged desert (the desert might be pushing it a little after 16 years in the Southwest and Kuwait/Iraq) or the solitary expanse of the grassy plains. I am fascinated by the reshaping of drifting clouds – wind sculptures I call them (and yes, sculpting is something I would like to try someday).
But, add a woman to these subjects and something miraculous can result.
Sometimes a woman or a photograph of a woman, much like a Muse, inspires me to write. It may be her overall, perhaps striking Gothic appearance (Burning, 2002), the intense color of her eyes (Ice (Inspired by Erica), 2004), or simply who she is (Carnivale Promised (Inspired by Cydney), 2002).
In my decades of photographing – yes, I am kind of up there in years – I have been fortunate to work with a number of women. Though only three would be considered as a Muse due to working with them frequently, any one of these women could be viewed as a Muse because in one way or another they inspired my photography and writing.
Yes, I freely admit that I am biased. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Burt and Rachel Markham are ordinary small business owners of a seed & feed store in a small Kansas farming and ranching community. Many years before, as young university graduates eagerly anticipating exciting overseas employment, a lifetime in Kansas was the furthest thing from their minds, particularly Rachel who was raised overseas and dreamed of going back.
By July 2013 their twin 18-year old daughters, having graduated high school several months before, go east to attend a university. Burt and Rachel settle into their new life of an empty house and a predictable and unchanging routine that threatens to stretch far into the future.
One summer evening Burt has an idea—but will Rachel accept the idea? If she does, will the idea add new excitement to their marriage, or destroy it?
She stood and grasped his hand. "It's a little windy out, but it looks like there's only a slight drizzle. We won't get too wet walking home."
Burt glanced at the steaming dancers again and smiled. "It's been a long time since we walked in the rain."
"It has been," she said and leaned against him.
"I always liked walking in the rain. A light rain that is. A slight drizzle is better." They stepped into the cool twilight. "Anyway, when your blouse is soaked your nipples really stand out."
"Oh God," Rachel giggled. Silent lightning lit the wet road as if showing the way home.
Burt slipped his arms around her and kissed her cheek.
"Hi," he whispered in her ear. She responded with a little sigh and reached back to place her hands on his hips.
The greeting was their signal when in public that one or the other was horny. They began whispering "hi" to each other shortly after they became lovers; now they also whispered it after he slipped into her or when she seated herself on him and they were looking into each other's eyes.
The storms passed and the humid summer heat returned. The feed store remained busy. The trains rumbled past Four Corners, past their home, as they had done for the past two decades. Burt always thought that the late night train whistle that echoed across the moonlit prairie was one of the loneliest sounds he ever heard.
One night during their dinner walk they passed by the dark school. Rachel paused and stared at the small wooden building. Twinkling fireflies floated through the schoolyard.
"Are you going to volunteer this year?" he asked. Classes would start in a few days.
She was silent for a few moments before shaking her head. "No. I enjoyed being a volunteer teacher's aide, but with the girls gone…" Her voice trailed into silence. "It wouldn't be the same."
Burt brushed her long hair away from her face. "What about soccer?"
"They asked me and I said I'd help on special occasions, like the end of season awards banquet." She folded her arms around herself as if she were cold, though a warm breeze blew across the moonlit prairie. "But otherwise, no."
"It wouldn't be the same?"
"Jah, jah," she whispered.
"Well, okay. I mean, there's been a big change in our lives, but it doesn't have to mean cutting most ties."
When they returned to the farmhouse Rachel announced she was going for a swim. She poured a glass of Sauvignon Blanc for herself and picked up a CD player. She usually listened to classical music, waltzes, and operas when floating in the pool. There was a chakra wind chime hanging near the pool for the times when she felt like floating in near silence except for the chimes and the sound of the prairie wind.
A few moments later Burt followed with beer in hand. Maggie trotted behind him, rawhide bone in her jaws. Classical music floated through the night; fireflies played hide and seek among the neatly trimmed hedges along the perimeter of the yard. Others drifted in and out of the nearby cornfield, while the insects of the night droned on in disharmony.
He saw Rachel drop a dark robe to her feet. In the silvery light of the moon her nude fleshy form had a ghostly white sheen to it. She glanced over her shoulder, flashed a lusty smile at him, and dove into the pool. He stood by the edge of the pool and watched her gliding beneath the sparkling moonlit water. Then she surfaced, rolled and floated on her back with closed eyes. A pair of fireflies circled above her face.
It was the second time she was skinny dipping. It was like she was shedding the older, busy exterior of motherhood so that her younger carefree personality could reassert itself.
He sipped his beer and watched her face with Bettie Page bangs plastered to her forehead, surrounded by a fan of long hair and the glimmering water. She looked so content.
A thought was born.
A surprising thought.
A thought he never entertained before about his wife of 21 years—and the mother of his children. He walked unsteadily to a wooden chair with thick cushions and sat down heavily. He gulped his beer. A warm breeze flowed through the night; the trees rustled and the field of corn swayed like watery currents. Fireflies sailed past him.
"Dammit," Burt whispered to himself in disbelief…disbelief and excitement. And trepidation. What would her reaction be? What would she say? Could he even find a way to suggest it?
He returned to the poolside. Her eyes were open. Moonlit water droplets on her beautiful face sparkled like tiny diamonds.
The thought wouldn't let go. It took root…
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See more books by S.S. Hampton Sr. on Amazon.
Hampton has had two solo photographic exhibitions and curated a multi-media exhibit. His writings have appeared as stand-alone stories and in anthologies from Dark Opus Press, Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy, Melange Books, Musa Publishing, MuseItUp Publishing, Ravenous Romance, and in Horror Bound Magazine, The Harrow, and River Walk Journal, among others.
He graduated from the College of Southern Nevada with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Photography – Commercial Photography Emphasis. He has been studying at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with in a double major in Art and English. However, he is presently spending a cold, rainy Spring 2017 semester studying at a university in southwestern France in the shadow of the Pyrenees Mountains.
Hampton can be found at:
Dark Opus Press - Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing - Melange Books - MuseItUp Publishing - Goodreads Author Page - Amazon Author Page - Amazon UK


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Beginning chess players prefer direct attacks. In order to become adept at finishing a game with an advantage of overwhelming force, players need to learn to restrict the opponent's choices. Instead of endless checking, which leads nowhere, a beginning player must learn to first cut off the escape.
My beginning students this week were presented with a worksheet that has six diagrams. I asked them to set up each position on a chessboard and find the checkmate that required the fewest moves. After they had spent ten minutes on the worksheet, we went over all of the correct solutions on the demonstration board.
For readers needing to develop these skills, several of my previous posts my be helpful: "Checkmate with Heavy Pieces" links to a video that I made; "Lesson of the Week" (November 2011) and "Teaching Elementary Checkmates" offer instruction with static diagrams.
13 October 2015
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Beating Winter Blues
Good morning everyone,
It is hump day and that means we are half way done our work week... YEAHHHHHH!! The weather in SouthWestern has been depressing to say the least and I have found myself daydreaming of warm summer days more and more. To beat off the winter blues I have been painting flowers and summer landscapes pretty much anything to take my mind off the weather outside. I am pleased to announce that "Floral Oil Painting" is now available for sale through my various online gallery stores Fine Art America, RedBubble, Crated and Photo4Me. This gorgeous print is based on a photograph I made a while back. The original image was used as a source file in Corel Painter 17. I am very pleased with how it turned out. If you enjoy my work I would deeply appreciate it if you would share my post on your various social media streams as a way of increasing my website's exposure.
I am sorry to report but I am going to have to run to work now. So until next time I hope you have an awesome day and thank you for visiting Garvin Hunter Photography. Don't forget to bookmark my website as I am always adding new artwork and announcing new promotional pricing on selected pieces.
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Mobility Shifts, Scalable Digital Pedagogies for Undergraduate Education Panel
Participants: Adam Trowbridge, Hasan Elahi, Tiff Holmes, Jessica Westbrook, Elizabeth Losh
URL: http://mobilityshifts.org/conference/program/program-friday-october-14-2011
The New School, NYC
Mobility Shifts explores the changing locales for learning - from libraries, after school programs and museums to living rooms. it is about new learning institutions, informal peer-to-peer learning networks and the aspiration to get certification for new, self-directed types of study.
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Date: October 14, 2011


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University Courses at Runshaw College and the UCLan Partnership
Runshaw is a partner college of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). This means you can study for a prestigious UCLan qualification entirely at Runshaw College (such as a Foundation Degree*), or study the first year of your Honours Degree at Runshaw and complete it at UCLan.
By studying at Runshaw you can be sure you'll be in good hands. You'll experience all the advantages of a large university education, combined with the benefits of studying in a friendly, supportive learning environment. You'll have access to individual attention and support and won't get lost in the crowd or be daunted by finding your way around a large University campus!
The benefits include:
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- Library membership, including access to the Runshaw Library and UCLan's Preston Campus Library. You will also be able to access VALNOW (the Virtual Academic Library of the North West), providing links to thousands of online materials, journals and ebooks.
- The opportunity to live in UCLan approved accommodation.
- Access to Runshaw Student Services and UCLan Student Support, providing help and guidance on personal, financial or academic matters. You'll also have access to UCLan's Student 'i', a centre for information and help on all aspects of student life, employability, enterprise and career planning.
- Students' Union membership providing thousands of offers and discounts, plus access to the UCLan's £6.5 million students' union building in Preston.
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More information about our Partnership with UCLan is available from UCLan's website at www.uclan.ac.uk/information/uclan/partnership/pd.php
*Don't forget – as a Runshaw College Foundation Degree student, you are also able to apply to UCLan to top-up your qualification to a full Honours Degree through either one or two more years of study!


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Before Young House Love decided to stop blogging, I loved checking in on them and seeing their latest DIY project. When I became pregnant, I knew I'd follow in their footsteps with a weekly photo project for my own little one (see their photo projects for their daughter Clara here and son Teddy here). My skills aren't quite to the level of theirs, but doing the best with what I've got here is the start of Wes's weekly photo project.
He's already getting so big, but for now I'm not sad about it. I'm really happy he's growing and changing because it's hard when we're both so new at this mother/son thing. With each day that goes by we get better and we understand each other better. So bigger equals progress and I'm delighted by progress. I'm sure next month I'll be lamenting his growth.
Things are slowly getting easier. We're all a little less tired, we all have a few more tricks up our sleeves to get what we want out of the other, and we're all starting to recognize and understand better our roles. I'm starting to recognize a little personality in Wes. And he is, ever so slowly, starting to recognize Sean and me and that we are ones who love and take care of him. I'm really looking forward to the future when his recognition of us is 100% clear (sometimes we have to guess whether he's looking at us or the ceiling fan…most of the time it's the ceiling fan) and it's matched with a smile or a laugh or a coo. He's just starting to get the hang of smiling and cooing, which of course is incredibly exciting.
Things are still hard, too. But overall we love him and are delighted by him! I mean he's so adorable, so how could you not?


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Hooping It Up
The basketball teams at Our Lady of the Lake have been taking it to the finals this season! There are so many things to be proud of from all our teams. The 8th grade girls came in first place in their division. The 8th grade boys are competing in the Mater Dei finals as we go to press, and one of our high school teams is still in the city tournament. Both 7th grade boys' teams made it to the quarter finals in the CYO city tournament, while the 5th grade boys went undefeated. In their first year of playing together, the 4th grade girls made it to the finals in the St. Francis tournament. Both the 6th grade boys' and girls' teams, the 5th grade girls, and the 4th grade boys had good seasons with hard fought games. And our cheerleading team brought the spirit, cheering the fifth grade boys on to success.
It takes a lot of hard work by players, parents and coaches to make these seasons happen, and we can't thank our volunteers enough for their dedication. Thanks to the strong community backing them, all our kids are winners!
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Environmental expert Mahesh Pandya* writes on the significance of the latest National Green Tribunal (NTG) judgment on the highly mismanaged solid waste management site by Rajkot Municipal Corporation's contractors:
The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has been in contract with the Hanjer Biotech Energies Pvt Ltd. (HBEPL) since 2005 for providing adequate service facility, maintaining hygiene, waste conservation and managing solid waste at the municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill site in accordance with the MSW rules. But as a result of complete mismanagement of the waste at the landsite, the rural population of the surrounding regions was facing problems of leachate-groundwater problem, adversely impacting ambient air quality, and degradation of the quality of farmlands. All this was happening, and several other issues of pollution had arisen, because of dispersal of ill-treated or untreated municipal solid waste. Despite this, more land was allotted for landfill to the same contractor, which would have only added to air and water degradation.
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) issued several notices to the RMC, yet the latter refused to take any action towards rectifying the situation. As a result, a case was filed by the non-profit environmental organization, Paryavaran Mitra, environmentalist Shailendrasinh Jadeja and residents of village Nakravadi, which was affected the most, in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the GPCB, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the RMC and the HBEPL for polluting the atmosphere around.
The main demands raised in the case were:
- The present site where MSW was being dumped should be closed, as it was selected against rules.
- Compensation should be paid to the people who have been affected in terms of livestock, health, village common lands, source of water, agriculture etc.
- During the visit to the landfill by authorities various irregularities were seen, even then no action was taken.
- There should be restitution of land in question to its original position.
During the arguments that ensued, the GPCB said it took prompt action against the RMC when complaints were received in the matter. It also said that if any harsh or monetary restrictions were imposed leading to cancellation of contract it would have led to environmental pollution. It simultaneously said that the RMC had failed to ensure compliance to ensure air pollution control, nor did it build any proper fencing to ensure that the residual waste that was being dumped remained within the defined premises. As for the CPCB, it said the matter concerned Gujarat, and it had no role to play, and declined to give any comments.
The RMC denied the allegations leveled against it and the contractor, especially the fact that the site was harmful to the environment. It also said that the site was 800-100 metres away from the villages and it was selected in accordance to the existing environmental rules. The RMC alleged that second cell was in the process of completion and would be of the capacity 2,00,000 metric tonnes, and thereafter there would be no possibility of run off the waste from landfill area once it was ready for use.
The RMC also argued that shutting down of the plant which handles 400-450 million tonnes of MSW every day would be dangerous to environment, as it would result in spreading of epidemic. It claimed that the applications, who had filed the case with the NGT, had been filed it due to some vested interests. The response of the HBEPL was similar to that of the RMC. It denied violation of MSW rules. Its counsel said that the HBEPL was only a contractor of the RMC and had therefore no separate rights.
On hearing the two sides, the National Green Tribunal reached the conclusion that:
- RMC had not provided proper arrangements for treatment facility, protection walls, leachate collection, RDF plant, composting , foul smell, etc.
- The GPCB had issued various notices to the RMC regarding failure to properly to manage the waste, yet no followup action was taken.
- No greenbelt was developed as per the condition of authorization in the contract.
- There was failure of completion of work of the second site by the HBEPL, which is already delayed by five years. At one point, it even led to end of the contract by the RMC, but the matter was settled "amicably".
- There was complete failure on the part of the HBEPL in managing the waste as no proper treatment facility was provided, nor was any protection wall erected.
At the same time, the NTG said that the site selection issue was not open for reconsideration and the landfill site was selected after proper Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study was carried out through a Central government agency and was allotted for use to the RMC by the state government. Hence, it said, the real problem was not of site selection as such but rather of mismanagement of waste at the present site, arising mainly because the landfill was filled up to beyond its full capacity.
Based on these conclusions, the NTG gave its judgment in favour of the Paryavaran Mitra and others, and ordered the RMC to compensate the affected villagers Rs 20,000 each. It asked the RMC to deposit Rs 25 lakh with the Rajkot collector, who should make a survey of the affected villagers to be paid the compensation. The NTG further asked the RMC to pay up Rs1,00,000 to Paryavaran Mitra, Shailendrasinh Jadeja and other applicants as expenses. At the same time, the NTG dismissed the plea of restitution of land. Even then, it ordered the RMC to ensure creation of several facilities for proper operation, treatment and processing at the site, including greenbelt and compound wall.
The NGT significantly asked the GPCB to conduct and air and water monitoring of not just the present. The GPCB was asked to submit a status report of all the MSW facilities in the state, operated by all the municipal corporations of Gujarat and councils, to the urban development department, Government of Gujarat, so that such issues did not crop at other places in future. It added, based on such a status report by the GPCB, the officials should intervene and take measures for effective implementation of MSW rules.
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Centrifuge Testbed
Disturbance Analyzer
Artificial Gravity Centrifuge Module
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(1) Real-time balancing of the International Space Station (ISS) artificial gravity centrifuge, (2) minimize motion disturbances to the ISS due to centrifuge operation, and (3) minimize motion disturbances to the centrifuge due to ISS operational activities.
Centrifuge balancing methods that require averaging imbalance measurements over many rotation cycles before an accurate estimate of the imbalance and its location can be determined are unacceptable. These non real-time methods leave the vibration disturbances unabated during the estimation cycle, which affect the quality of the artificial gravity and may perturb the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. Soft computing technologies provide an alternative approach with attractive features such as on-line learning to accurately determine and track changes in centrifuge mass property, dynamic sensor noise cancellation to improve signal to noise ratio in the imbalance measurements, and real-time information processing methods to filter out the effects of motion disturbance from the ISS in determining counterweight requirements. The latter is important to insure that the counterweight requirements compensate for centrifuge rotor imbalance only.
A large diameter centrifuge onboard the ISS will be used by scientists to conduct artificial gravity research on biological specimens. It is essential that the centrifuge be well-balanced at all times to provide smooth operation and to generate an accurate artificial gravity environment for the biological specimens. Moreover, it is essential to minimize motion disturbances transmitted between the centrifuge and the ISS in order to preserve the microgravity environment of space station and to maintain the quality of the artificial gravity environment generated by the centrifuge. We have developed a centrifuge testbed equipped with motorized weights to simulate dynamic imbalance onboard the centrifuge rotor caused by animal movements. We are developing innovative methods and cutting edge software to provide accurate real time dynamic imbalance identification and determination of counterbalancing requirements.