There is quite a sizeable cost difference between the .22lr Pardini Bullseye model at Pardini USA in Tampa FL and the Benelli MP90S at Larry's Guns in Maine.
Having shot neither one I am unable to make a decision. Tampa is 4 hours West of me and they have an indoor range where I could maybe shoot a demo. Shooting the Benelli appears not to be within my reach anytime soon.
The Pardini is available with a factory mounted Matchdot II while the Benelli requires an aftermarket rail.
The intended use is semi-frequent local practice and regional Bullseye tournaments. Knowing myself I fear that if I buy the Benelli I may blame bad scores on the gun itself as long as a Pardini, or a whole gang of them, is beating up on me. If I am however shooting a Pardini I'll have no other option but to look inward.
I am seriously in need of advice.
I have both. They are equally accurate but as Jon said there is no comparison in their triggers. I actually like the balance of my Benelli better but it does not make up for the trigger.
Two questions about those triggers.
1. Are they two-stage triggers or can they be adjusted to be?
2. Once the trigger of either one is adjusted/tuned/modified to your liking, is there any reason to keep adjusting it beyond that setting?
Larry's guns in Maine sells a Benelli scope mount that (I believe) he has custom made for the MP90S (but think it will also fit the MP95). The MP90s has a modular trigger that can be removed. I've never compared the Pardini to the Benelli triggers, so I can't comment. But the Benelli MP90S has a mechanical two stage trigger that is fully adjustable. I think both the MP90S and Pardini SP and HP pistols are very durable pistols (made of metal with wood grips) designed for competition.
Both don't lock back on the last round (by design). The Pardini trigger may (or may not) be easier to adjust than the Benelli. Benelli is owned by Beretta. I'm not sure who owns Pardini, but the customer service from Pardini USA is frequently described as excellent. A nice feature of the Pardini (depending on one's opinion) is the ability to shoot centerfire (32 S&W long or 32 acp) and .22 lr by changing the upper with the same trigger and grip lower. It seems Pardini has made a conscious and deliberate effort to be part of USA shooting and they make an excellent product.
p.s. Larry's guns in Maine is the importer/distributor for Benelli pistols for the USA and he is a gunsmith who can answer any specific questions about the trigger group. He and his wife run their store and sometimes seem to be a bit overwhelmed by inquiries, so some patience is needed.
messenger wrote: I have both. They are equally accurate but as Jon said there is no comparison in their triggers. I actually like the balance of my Benelli better but it does not make up for the trigger.
Can you describe how the balance is different? I'm "in search of" my next 22.
Bullseye_Stan wrote: Larry's guns in Maine sells a Benelli scope mount that (I believe) he has custom made for the MP90S (but think it will also fit the MP95). The MP90s has a modular trigger that can be removed. I've never compared the Pardini to the Benelli triggers, so I can't comment. But the Benelli MP90S has a mechanical two stage trigger that is fully adjustable. I think both the MP90S and Pardini SP and HP pistols are very durable pistols (made of metal with wood grips) designed for competition.
The one thing that keeps driving me back to the Pardini in my decision process is Olympic shooters. I watched the rapid fire shootoff in the last Olympics with 3 or 4 countries represented and I'm pretty sure every one of them was shooting a pardini.
Ive seen several Benelli's that didn't run out of the box and Larry didn't resolve it. The owners gave up and went to the Bullseye Gunsmiths to work it out. Based on seeing Team members and the Benelli factory/Larry customer service I won't buy one.
The issue may have resolved itself.
Larry himself works in the background and it is his wife who answers the phone. She passes the questions, not always correctly, to Larry and then communicates Larry's answer to you.
On the subject of the trigger Larry said (?) that he can make the Benelli trigger as good as any Pardini trigger, free of charge.
I hear you Jayhawk and I think I'm driving to Tampa.
I have been told the guy in Maine can be hard to deal with, I've had decent luck with him.
I have had both. Currently I have a Pardini. It was not as easy to get accustom to as I expected, but after a few months of struggling with it I am at the point where I'd be hard pressed to switch to anything else.
I'd suggest considering looking at a .22 conversion too for a 1911. A lot of competitors really like them.
I have the Pardini Bullseye which is a fine pistol in many ways. I recently bought a Nelson Conversion and have it on a dedicated lower. This set up is very accurate and extremely reliable. I don't seem to score as well with it, however I think it is mostly due to having more trigger time on the Pardini. Although the Nelson has a bit more felt recoil, it is more enjoyable to shoot. IMHO there is no comparison then gripping a 1911 with slabs. Beats constantly working on orthopedic grips trying to make them fit. For the money I think the conversion is the better choice. Also I have not personally had problems with Pardin USA service, a friend has had a lot of trouble getting an older SP repaired.
I also have both, both in 22 and 32. I agree Jon and most of the above comments re: the trigger. Plus, IF you ever have issues I would much rather deal with Pardini USA then Larry's. MUCH RATHER.
Both the Pardini and Benelli factory grips have a rather extreme angle, particularly compared to 1911, 208 or GSPs. Rink makes a steeper (more upright) grip for the Pardini which I love. Can't overstate the importance of handling both guns before you buy.
I have a Nelson conversion on a custom 1911 lower than Jon made for me, it is wonderful to shoot and as accurate as anything I have. But, for me, a 1911 trigger will never be the same as a good s stage.
I like a nose heavy gun, With the Larry's Guns scope mount the Benelli gives me the effect of less wobble. Once I got used to the weight I started to shoot the Pardini better. I think it's mostly the trigger. I like a medium roll trigger. The Benelli is a two stage with a break. Not very adjustable. The Pardini can be adjusted to a roll. I have a Nelson with the weight extension also.
Larry, the one at Nelson's, is a very nice guy but the delivery time on his kit is somewhat uncertain.
I have a very nice 1911, worked on by Clark, that would be an ideal conversion candidate and reading all these posts ^^ I'm beginning to think that a Nelson kit with weights may balance and shoot quite well.
I purchased a Benelli MP90s several years ago. It was VERY unreliable from the start. I eventually got it working, but moved on to other pistols. About three years ago I purchased a Pardini SP BE, and it has been very reliable with quite a variety of ammunition. Peoples experiences certainly vary, but the Pardini is my favorite .22 by a long shot.
At one time I was ready to look up Benelli in the dictionary. I was starting to think it might translate as "Double Alibi" from Italian to English.
From time to time Ft will host an Olympic shooting event. They have the electronic target system and the money to pay to have the system calibrated that is required prior to the event and the technicians must remain during the event just in case. Adam told me that 99% of the shooters are using Pardini in the events requiring firing a string. Not sure what guns were most used in Free Pistol. Also talking to Keith Sanderson at Perry (he shoots Pardini) said all the countries shooting use the Pardini except France, they was shooting the MatchGun even Russia switched to Pardini.
I may be the lone voice here... but don't rule out the AW93. I love mine. I don't see how the trigger could be any better. Long, smooth roll. I have heard from others it is not able to have a good crisp trigger, but this does not bother me at all. Trigger is adjustable in every way. It is not easy to mount a dot on either, but again this does not bother me. The irons are impeccable. And mine has been boringly reliable. I don't recall any jams. The moving weight/hydraulic buffer thing on it makes timed and rapid very, very easy, minimal muzzle climb.
So if you like a crisp trigger and dot, maybe not the best choice. But it is a really well made pistol. That being said, I mostly shoot my marvel conversion for grip and trigger continuity with the .45.
SmokinNJokin wrote: ... I mostly shoot my marvel conversion for grip and trigger continuity with the .45.
Thanks. Which Marvel of all the ones available and on what lower?
I shoot the unit 1, which is nearly identical to a Nelson as best as I can tell. It has the RRA steel rib on it for a dot. Other options are the iron sight rib (which I have also used) and the combo rib from Marvel.
The lower is a caspian built by Jon. There are quite a few gunsmiths who will build you a dedicated lower for your conversion. I did the swap uppers thing for a year or so and quickly grew tired of it. That being said, my Marvel and my .45 are as close to identical as I can get them. 20 lpi checkering, arched MSH's, same trigger shoe, same grips, same trigger, etc.
There are, however many, many excellent competitors who have no issue switching between different platforms for .22 / CF / .45. When I complete my goals for service pistol, I may very well start using the AW93 more regularly or even shop for a Pardini or Hammerli. Its all about having fun, and more guns in the collection = more fun.
Thanks Andrew. In my case I don't even know if I can hit the barn door with the 1911 grip angle given that I've grown up with the 55° of my European past.
Doing a 1911 .22lr conversion kit might be the way to find out.
If you are shooting a dot the Benelli is not the best choice.
I shoot conversions after trying everything and I am averaging 278 NMC.
For the money nothing better than a good conversion on a dedicated and tuned just right lower.
Outside of the Pardini , AW93 and the Hammerli 208 are master level. The Xesse is very good but I had a lemon and a terrible experience getting it resolved.
I shot both of these with my Marvel Conversion. Was using my conversion on my 45 frame and switching to the 45 upper for CF & 45. This conversion will shoot .60" groups with most high end ammo from a Ransom Rest.
Here is a pic of a Benelli MP90s with a dot sight mounted. The front sight needs to be removed before using the scope mount. The mount is from Larry's.


As we have seen, the second Mishna in Massekhet Kiddushin (15b) leaves the realm of marriage and focuses on the status of an eved ivri and specifically on how such slaves are acquired and how they are granted their freedom. While a male Jewish slave is freed from his status as an eved ivri after completing six years of work, or when the yovel arrives or by paying back the value of his remaining years, an amah ivriyah – a Jewish servant-girl – will also be released upon reaching physical maturity.
When discussing physical maturity, the Gemara uses the expression simanim – has the young woman shown "signs", that is to say, signs of physical maturity. Generally speaking, this refers to the appearance of pubic hairs (in the terminology of the Gemara, shetay sa'arot – at least two hairs). Obviously, every child differs in his or her physical development and there is no precise time when these simanim will appear. The age that they appear depends on many factors, including their family genetic history, issues of climate and nutrition. Nevertheless, there are average times that we anticipate the appearance of simanim, and, as the Gemara points out, if they appear years earlier they will not be seen as a true indicator of physical maturity.
The reason an amah ivriyah leaves her master's house with the appearance of simanim is because the true purpose of such an arrangement is for the "master" to have his son (or himself) marry the girl. If the betrothal has not taken place by the time she is old enough to be married – in a society where marriages were expected to take place at a young age, the Torah concludes that, "Ve-yatzah hinam, ein kasef – she goes free without any payment being made," (see Shemot 21:7).


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The refinancing was strongly supported by the project finance market with 5-year facility being provided by Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation together with a 10-year facility provided by investment clients of asset manager, Babson Capital.
The transaction marks a significant milestone for the senior debt market in Australia with the introduction of US-based institutional funds as long-term senior-debt lenders to an Australian infrastructure project.
Craig Whalen, Executive Director of ICG who led the transaction commented: "This is one of the first times in the Australian infrastructure finance market that non-traditional lenders have participated in a syndicated debt facility alongside institutional banks. The refinancing takes advantage of the favourable debt market currently available to borrowers and provides funding diversification to Wattle Point – today as well as in the future."
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Wave If You're Really There #05
16/10/09 Live
The show is essentially a one-off poetry-cum-music extravaganza, presenting the best-est most cutting edge-est most challenging and intense collaborations across music, literature and visual arts, in one of the most impressively charming venues in the UK.
It's also a total steal: Arts Council England have seen fit to subsidise the entry fee to a practical vanishing point.
Tickets are £5 with a little postage & booking fee if you book on the 'net.
We sincerely advise that you snap up as many as you need RIGHT NOW, because by the time you have got to the end of this news item they'll probably all be gone.
Got them? Right, now here's what you'll be seeing ...
Wave Machines
Co-curators, disco long-burners, BBC darlings, wise men, and Mercy's best pals. Since releasing their debut album in 2009, these shows in collaboration with Mercy are the ultimate way to experience the music of this shockingly accomplished, inspirationally inventive four-piece at the top of their form.
Post War Years
More a living organism than just an outcome of the sum of their parts, Post War Years' inherent cognitive ability to communicate on stage makes them one of the most captivating live bands around. Their new single Soul Owl is an 'avant-garde contemporary lullaby'. That's so Mercy! For WIYRT they'll be pulling the owl out of the bag and popping out a-once-in-a-lifetime steam-coming-out-of-ears, leather-jackets-on-fire-style set that will shake the church to the bones beneath.
A dazzling, inventive guitarist, with lightning-fast fingerpicking, unconventional percussive guitaring and an unforgettable, honeyed, gravelly growl of a voice that gives us watery knees. As well as songs from his new album, John will be bringing the noise with a thrilling electric guitar collaboration with the Homework poets.
Luke Kennard
Youngest ever Forward Prize nominee, Mercy E-zine favourite, irresistibly clever impeccable funny-guy, and the most important poetic voice of his generation. That is all. Luke will be presenting newly commissioned poetry in performance, alongside new illustrative work from the Mercy creative team.
Ross Sutherland
Mercy resident. One of the most natural creative talents working in the written word today – a film-maker, playwright, poet, journalist and all-round inky egg head. He was featured in The Times' list of Top 10 Literary Stars of 2008. His work for WIYRT includes a newly commissioned animation from M.S. Paint-ifier and folkie, Line And A Dot.
Ross, Joe Dunthorne, Tim Clare and Chris Hicks present a series of irrestitable multi-vox poetry performances, including new collaborative multimedia work. Homework is London's monthly poetry meeting at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club. It is also a hot-house and drawing board for the team's strikingly original new poetry in performance.
"The Mercy productions of Wave If You're Really There in 2008 were the undisputable live literature highlight of the year and a guarantee of the wealth of talent that the collective continues to draw on"
Brychan Tudor
Using an amalgamation of projected light and solid structure to create a kind of ghostly layering, Brychan's work explores the relationship between 'real' and 'illusionary' space. Through composed repetition, these serious and playful works explore the connection between sight, imagination and the importance of our bodies' experience in constructing our perception of space.
Karen McLeod
A physical performer whose style is confrontational, absorbing and visually stunning. For WIYRT#05 Karen will be reprising and reinvigorating her startling portrayal of a lost bride, as part of a character-based durational work, flipping the traditional performer/audience relationship on its back and leaving it for dead.
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DJ sets by Binary Jam's Markus SoukupNew artwork and décor by Scott Spencer, Gary Daly & Becky Grove
Visuals and atmosphere by Phil Communication & Adam Sloan, and the Mercy creative team
YOU! Dressed to the nines and getting drunk on your own booze with the stranger next to you in the pews
Date & Time : Saturday, December 5th at 7:00pm to Saturday, December 5th at 11:59pm
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A plain old barberry might seem like an odd choice to make the cut, but let me explain. This one, Berberis thunbergii purpurea arrived as one of two tiny little whips of plants from one of those cut-rate catalogs. They grew so vigorously that I was seduced into ordering other things from the same source with far less success. Those catalogs now make their way immediately to the round file. Still, the barberry shrubs came to dominate their border and surprised me with a profusion of tiny flowers.
and Berberis jamesiana. Purchased in 2007, they are just coming into their own. Jim here bloomed for the first time last year, but only sparsely. I take the plentiful blossoms this year as a good sign that he is working up to the clusters of pearly hanging berries that were love at first sight.
I was told that 'Blue Jeans' was the hardiest of the Ceanothus and I guess it's true. I'm happy, after losing 'Vandehberg' last year without ever having seen a blossom.
The Rhodys are going great guns. We buy them primarily for leaf shape, but with the foliage suffering from the cold snap, the parade of flowers is a welcome distraction. This one is Rhododendron 'Seaview Sunset'.
I wanted to show you how the buds are a much deeper hue than the flowers when they emerge, making for an interesting display. This is Rhododendron 'Mrs Betty Robertson.
The last of the Daffodils to put in an appearance is Narcissus 'Salome'. I have been planting daffys in drifts, but I may need to rethink that strategy after seeing the impact of this single, well-placed bulb.
Speaking of tweaking and fine-tuning, I love the color play of these orange tulips with the Fritillaria meleagris. More of the frits are called for, don't you think?
For scent, nothing beats the old-fashioned lilac.
Andy Warhol's "fifteen minutes of fame" says it all when it comes to bloom time for Penstemon newberryi, so even though it is just getting started, I'm sneaking it in here. Just as a point of interest, it usually blooms around the first week in April.
What is it about Epimediums? They are super-expensive, have diminutive flowers and are almost impossible to photograph (if you don't believe me, that was the best of my many attempts). Still, I was inordinately thrilled with the first bloom on Epimedium x warleyense that I picked up at an end-of-season sale at Garden Fever. The other one I have is 'Lilafree', whose tiny purple blossoms disappear even to the naked eye. It does have lovely foliage that turns autumnal colors before dying back.
Almost forgot to give credit and send you on over to May Dreams Gardens, where Carol has masterminded this monthly ritual and will link you to many more May blooms.
Hi Ricki~~ Speaking of Dancing Oaks, my buddy Carol and I were there yesterday. I love your photos. Epimedium is one of those enigmatic plants isn't it?
BTW, my blog address is NOW http://www.gracepete.blogspot.com. I'm just letting everyone know. Thanks.
Ah you've got those fancy Barberry's I've been loving lately. And Lilacs too! I've yet to catch the Epimedium bug. Surprising since as you point out they are super-expensive.
Grace~You are lucky to be relatively close to Dancing Oaks. For us, it is quite the expedition. I just clicked on the link you left here, and it took me to a "page not found" message. Help! I do not want to lose you!
Loree~My two eps were purchased on sale. I am intrigued by them, but not sure I would spring for the going rate. There were 4″ pots of them for $15 when I last saw some.
Such a lot on show all of a sudden, and isn't it about time too.
I share your admiration for Berberis. Almost any of them actually, but the one you show is particularly lovely with those colours.
Jo~Oh goody, another barberry lover. I am trying to learn to love the things that grow here with ease, and these are a good start.


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 Род Hystrix
 Подрод Acanthion
 Малајско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix brachyura)
 Сундско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix javanica)
 Подрод Hystrix
 Капско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
 Бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix cristata)
 Индијско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix indica)
 Подрод Thecurus
 Борнејско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix crassispinis)
 Филипинско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix pumila)
 Суматранско бодљикаво прасе (Hystrix sumatrae)
 Род Atherurus
 Афричко четкорепо бодљикаво прасе (Atherurus africanus)
 Азијско четкорепо бодљикаво прасе (Atherurus macrourus)
 Род Trichys
 Дугорепо бодљикаво прасе (Trichys fasciculata)

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 Род Sivacanthion †
 Род Xenohystrix †
 Род Miohystrix †

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HomeSport News
European Cycling Union President perplexed by Katusha's WorldTour license denial
Cyclist Timofei Kritsky undergoes an oxygen uptake test at Russia's Team Katusha training camp in Klagenfurt, Austria. (RIA Novosti/Konstantin Chalabov) © RIA Novosti
The Katusha Russian cycling team which was denied a World Tour license for 2013 on Monday has received official support from the president of the European Cycling Union.
The Cycling's world governing body, the UCI, crossed Katusha out of the list of 18 teams that were granted licenses for the 2013 season and therefore could take part in all the major races including the Tour de France. The team has to rely on wildcards into the three Grand Tours of France, Spain and Italy.
With no reason behind the decision yet given, the team, ranked second in the world and featuring World No. 1 rider Joaquim Rodriguez, is threatening legal action if the ruling remains in force.
The ECU president Wojciech Walkiewicz has backed the Russian team in his letter to UCI president Pat McQuaid.
"Depriving [Katusha] of a World Tour license is inexplicable," the R-Sport agency quotes Walkiewicz.
"I must admit that this fact worries me a lot. I know the Katusha team fulfilled all the requirements set up by the UCI in order to receive World Tour license," Walkiewicz wrote, before adding:
"The sporting level, to which Katusha reached last riding season, is very high, if not the highest. Similarly, the organization of the team is perfect. Itera as a main sponsor secured the finance which is indispensable for Katusha to operate at the world's top level."
Last year Katusha was the only World Tour-licensed team from Central and Eastern Europe.
"Development of cycling in this region is extremely important not only for the European Cycling Union. Popularization of cycling in Russia and former Soviet Union countries shall be priority also for the UCI," Walkiewicz stressed.
The UCI has not yet commented.
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Peter Sivey. Health budget: GP care isn't the problem, costly specialist care is.
The opening of eight new medical schools in Australia in the past decade has seen a massive increase in the number of new doctors entering the workforce. The number of new junior doctors graduating in Australia doubled between 2004 and 2011. But while fears of an overall shortage of doctors seem assuaged, we don't have the right mix of doctors.
A recent trend is the increasing specialisation of the medical workforce. In 1999, 45% of Australian doctors were general practitioners (GPs) but this proportion had fallen to 38% by 2009. Similar trends can be observed in the United States and United Kingdom.
This trend is concerning because primary care, provided by general practitioners, is the most efficient and equitable type of health care, particularly preventive care and the management of chronic disease. These components of GP-provided care have the potential to improve health outcomes, lower costs and reduce the need for future more costly interventions.
In contrast, specialists tend to be reactive and expensive, seeing patients only when a health condition has taken a turn for the worse, when surgery, expensive pharmaceuticals, or other intensive treatments are required.
Of course, a modern health-care system needs a high-quality specialist sector; specialists are the doctors patients rely on when they're sickest. But workforce planners should strike the right balance between primary care and specialist physicians.
So what is causing the growing imbalance towards specialism in medical career decision making?
Our recent study asked junior doctors in Australia about their job preferences. We did this using a discrete-choice experiment, where respondents made hypothetical but realistic choices about their future career. By analysing their responses statistically, we could tell what factors drove their choices.
Our results show a range of factors affect choice of speciality. Opportunity to practice procedural work and academic opportunities are some of the factors that drive junior doctors to specialise rather than choose general practice. But the elephant in the room is money.
Specialists in Australia earn almost twice as much as GPs. Survey data shows average earnings in 2012 of $194,000 for GPs and $360,000 for specialists. Even when adjusted for the longer hours that they work, specialists' hourly wages are still 60% higher than GPs.
We found expected earnings have a large effect on choice of speciality. But lowering the income gap could redress the situation. Our modelling shows that increasing GPs' earnings by A$50,000 per year (a 28% increase from 2008 levels) would increase the number of junior doctors choosing general practice by 11%, or 247 more trainee GPs per year.
So, how can policymakers increase GPs earnings relative to specialists?
The main policy tool available is Medicare. Medicare influences GPs' earnings via rebates for the consultations they provide. Increasing Medicare rebates for GP services would therefore be a simple way of increasing their earnings. Of course, this is entirely the opposite of current government policies to introduce co-payments for bulk-billed consultations and reduce rebates.
Innovative payment mechanisms may provide a more cost-effective way of increasing GPs' relative earnings. Introducing additional funding sources using capitation (where doctors are paid for looking after enrolled patients for a whole year, not just per consultation) and pay-for-performance would allow earnings increases to be linked to higher quality of care, rather than just the number of consultations provided.
Increased earnings for GPs needn't blow a hole in the budget either. Offsetting savings could come from targeted reductions to Medicare rebates for specialist services, which would reduce the earning power of specialists, especially those working in private hospitals on privately-insured patients.
In 2012/13, the government spent $3.9bn subsidising private specialist consultations. A proportion of these Medicare subsidies could be redirected to GP consultations.
Together, these measures could reduce the relative earnings advantages of specialists over GPs, encouraging more junior doctors into general practice.
Peter Sivey is Senior Lecturer, School of Economics at La Trobe University. This article was first published in The Conversation on 7 August 2014.
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package pitt.search.semanticvectors.tables;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import pitt.search.semanticvectors.FlagConfig;
import pitt.search.semanticvectors.SearchResult;
import pitt.search.semanticvectors.VectorStoreWriter;
import pitt.search.semanticvectors.utils.StringUtils;
import pitt.search.semanticvectors.utils.VerbatimLogger;
import pitt.search.semanticvectors.vectors.Vector;

/**
 * Class that reads input data from a stream and organizes it into records and columns.
 *
 * @author dwiddows
 */
public class TableIndexer {

  public static final String usageMessage =
      "Usage: java pitt.search.semanticvectors.tables.TableIndexer [--args] $TABLE_CSV_FILENAME";

  /** Experiment in querying for a particular inauguration date. */
  private static void queryForSpecialValues(Table table) {
    System.out.println("\nQuerying for time took office 1800");
    Vector queryVector = table.makeCellVector(2, "1800");
    for (SearchResult result : table.searchRowVectors(queryVector)) {
      System.out.println(result.toTexTableString(20));
    }
    System.out.println("\nQuerying for year of birth 1800");
    queryVector = table.makeCellVector(5, "1800");
    for (SearchResult result : table.searchRowVectors(queryVector)) {
      System.out.println(result.toTexTableString(20));
    }

    System.out.println("\nSorting in order of age upon taking office");
    queryVector = table.getColumnAlphaVector(8).copy();
    queryVector.bind(table.getColumnVector(8));
    for (SearchResult result : table.searchRowVectors(queryVector)) {
      System.out.println(result.toTexTableString(20));
    }

    System.out.println("\nQuerying for proximity between year of birth and time took office");
    Vector elementalYOB  	= table.getColumnVector(5);
    Vector elementalTTO  		= table.getColumnVector(2);
    Vector demarcatorAlpha 	= table.getColumnAlphaVector(2); //should be identical across columns on account of "standard_demarcator" seed
     Vector demarcatorOmega	= table.getColumnOmegaVector(2); //as above

     //System.out.println(demarcatorAlpha.measureOverlap(table.getColumnAlphaVector(5)));
     //System.out.println(table.getDemarcatorVector(2, 1950).measureOverlap( table.getDemarcatorVector(5, 1950)));

    	for (SearchResult result : table.searchProxRowVectors(elementalYOB,elementalTTO, demarcatorAlpha, demarcatorOmega))  {
    	      System.out.println(result.getScore()+"\t"+result.getObjectVector().getObject().toString());
        }

  }

  /** Experiment in querying for a particular president's name. */
  private static void queryForName(Table table, String name) {
    System.out.println("Querying for name: '" + name + "'");
    Vector queryVector = table.getRowVectorStore().getVector(name);
    for (SearchResult result : table.searchRowVectors(queryVector)) {
      System.out.println(result.toTexTableString(20));
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    FlagConfig flagConfig = null;
    try {
      flagConfig = FlagConfig.getFlagConfig(args);
      args = flagConfig.remainingArgs;
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
      System.err.println(usageMessage);
      throw e;
    }

    if (flagConfig.remainingArgs.length != 1) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong number of arguments after parsing command line flags.\n" + usageMessage);
    }

    VerbatimLogger.info("Building vector index of table in file: " + args[0] + "\n");
    BufferedReader fileReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(args[0]));
    String[] columnHeaders = fileReader.readLine().split(",");
    ArrayList<String[]> dataRows = new ArrayList<>();
    String dataLine;
    while((dataLine = fileReader.readLine()) != null) {
      String[] dataEntries = dataLine.split(",");
      if (dataEntries.length != columnHeaders.length) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
            "Column headers have length %d and this row has length %d. This indicates a data error or a csv parsing error."
            + "\nColumn headers:%s\nData row: %s\n",
            columnHeaders.length, dataEntries.length,
            StringUtils.join(columnHeaders), StringUtils.join(dataEntries)));
      }
      dataRows.add(dataEntries);
    }
    fileReader.close();

    Table table = new Table(flagConfig, columnHeaders, dataRows);
    VectorStoreWriter.writeVectors(flagConfig.termvectorsfile(), flagConfig, table.getRowVectorStore());

    queryForSpecialValues(table);
    //queryForName(table, "J. Adams");
   // queryForName(table, "T. Roosevelt");

  }
}

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Braves' postseason goals grow after another division title
Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker (43), right, hugs Ronald Acuna Jr., after defeating the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game to clinch the NL East baseball title Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
By CHARLES ODUMAP Sports Writer
ATLANTA —
One year ago, just winning the NL East was enough for the rebuilding Atlanta Braves.
Now manager Brian Snitiker and general manager Alex Anthopoulos expect more.
Even as players celebrated their second straight division title with beer and bubbly on Friday night, focus shifted.
"Our first goal was to win the East and we did, and I think now that's not good enough," Snitker said Saturday. "I think our guys know they're capable of a lot more than that. The goal now is the big prize. We feel like we have a team that can do that. We are deep enough, strong enough. I think that is a realistic goal, not just to want to get in but to win the whole thing."
After Friday night's clinching 6-0 win over the Giants, Anthopoulos stood outside the clubhouse doors while the rowdy celebration continued inside.
The GM didn't allow himself to be sprayed. He was looking ahead to the Division Series starting Oct. 3.
"Kind of by design," Anthopoulos said when asked how he stayed dry. "Hopefully we're doing this after the DS and that's when I'm going to be wet."
The Braves haven't won the World Series since 1995 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, two ballparks ago. They have lost nine straight playoff series since sweeping Houston in the 2001 NL Division Series, including last year's four-game loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Atlanta's only regulars in Saturday night's lineup were Ronald Acuña Jr., Josh Donaldson and Dansby Swanson. Others, including Freddie Freeman and Ozzie Albies, were rested.
Donaldson likely will not start on Sunday. Snitker acknowledged it may be more difficult to hold out Acuña, who is chasing a 40-40 season.
Swanson, however, feels he needs at-bats after missing a month with a foot injury.
"I need to play," Swanson said. "I missed enough time. I'm still looking for ways to kind of find that groove and get back to where I was before. Each day I'm working to get better and I need the at-bats to continue to boost myself in the right direction."
Swanson said the offseason additions of Donaldson and catcher Brian McCann plus re-signinh Nick Markakis put the Braves in position to be a more viable postseason contender.
"I think as soon as the season was over last year everyone was excited to come back and get to work," Swanson said. "With the additions of J.D. and Mac and having Nick come back really put us in a good position to really win consistently and to be able to do it in a multitude of ways."
Acuña (41 homers), Freeman (38) and Donaldson (37) have led Atlanta's deep lineup. Freeman's 120 RBIs led he majors entering Saturday's games. Acuña led the NL with 126 runs and 37 stolen bases.
"I told the guys I feel like we knocked on the door last year," Snitker said. "Now we're going to try to kick that sucker in."
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Mets beat Phillies behind Pete Alonso, Chris Bassitt
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Alonso has been at his best when it matters most, raising his game when the moment calls for it.
After the Mets dropped three of four to the Braves this week, the division matchup against the rising Phillies that began Friday night certainly mattered, and so the first baseman responded.
Alonso surpassed the 100 RBI mark and smashed his 30th home run of the season to power the Mets to a 7-2 victory at Citizens Bank Park.
The Mets bounced back nicely after those four games in Atlanta, in which they lost a series to an opponent from the NL East for the first time this year. With a 77-43 record, they remained 3 ¹/₂ games ahead of the Braves, who beat the Astros on Friday.
Pete Alonso hits a two-run homer against the Phillies in the third inning on Friday night at Philadelphia.
"He wants to be everything to us every night," manager Buck Showalter said of Alonso, who went 2-for-5 and finished the night tied with Aaron Judge for the major league lead with 102 RBIs. "He takes pride in defending himself, running the bases, driving in runs.
"Regardless of how he got here, you look up and see '100' next to his name in the middle of August, it's impressive."
Alonso found a running back in scoring position three times and was successful twice, providing most of the offense to back up a solid Chris Bassitt and the Mets' effective bullpen.
In the first inning, Alonso got the job done with an assist from Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm. The Mets had runners on the corners with one out, and Alonso grounded a ball down the line to Bohm, whose throw to second base bounced into right field.
The 100th RBI wasn't the prettiest, but it counted nonetheless. Reaching the century mark in 119 games, Alonso is fourth-fastest in 100 RBIs in franchise history. Mike Piazza reached the mark in 103 games in 2000.
There was less luck involved in the third inning, when Alonso, with two out and Starling Marte on third, homered to put out Aaron Nola.
"It's great, but I'm also trying to do my best to help this win," said Alonso, whose 1.125 OPS with runners in scoring position was seventh-best in baseball at the end of the game. "I am very happy and satisfied with my consistency so far this year."
After Alonso's show, the Mets got creative to increase their lead.
Pete Alonso celebrates his two-run home run with Starling Marte on Friday night in Philadelphia.
They honored the Massapequa Coast team and drew a Little League play later in the third inning. With runners in the corners, Francisco Lindor (3 of 5) went to second. When Phillies catcher JT Realmuto threw to the ground, Marte ran from third to home plate. A perfect pitch could have caught him, but Bryson Stott's relief back to Realmuto was on the side of first base, and Marte slipped and snuck home safely.
The Mets added two runs in the seventh thanks to rookie Brett Baty and Showalter. After loading the bases, Showalter curiously pinch-ran with the slower Darin Ruf instead of the slightly slower Daniel Vogelbach at second base. The move looked brilliant when Baty advanced with a two-out single to right field, and Ruf slid past Nick Castellanos' throw.
The work of Alonso and company led to Bassitt's departure. Bassitt pitched six solid innings, in which he gave up two runs and threw out 104 pitches. Bassitt has pitched back-to-back games against the Phillies and has been effective in each one.
Chris Bassitt throws a pitch against the Phillies during the first inning at Citizens Bank Park on Friday night.
"I try to do the same thing that's working, but I know they're looking at what I did last start, so it's kind of a cat-and-mouse game," said Bassitt, who has pitched four times against the Phillies this year. season and totaled 22²/₃ innings over four runs (1.59 ERA).
Bassitt extended his streak of not allowing earned runs to 28 innings before Philadelphia finally capitalized on a chance in the fifth inning.
After Bassitt hit Matt Vierling with a pitch, Bradley Zimmer's perfectly placed slow grounder down the third-base line turned into a double. Notorious Mets killer Kyle Schwarber singled in two runs, but the Phillies' scoring stopped there.
Bassitt passed Adam Ottavino, who passed Joely Rodriguez, who pitched a scoreless eighth before Trevor May pitched a scoreless ninth.
With a doubleheader ahead of them on Saturday, the Mets were lucky to be able to stay away from Edwin Diaz.
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Les Misérables ebook
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Les Misérables (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that starts in the year of Napoleon's final defeat. Principally focusing on the struggles of the protagonist—ex-convict Jean Valjean—who seeks to redeem himself, the novel also examines the impact of Valjean's actions for the sake of social commentary. It examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. Les Misérables is known to many through its numerous stage and screen adaptations, of which the most famous is the stage musical of the same name, sometimes abbreviated "Les Mis" or "Les Miz" .
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I think I have comprehended what was passing in my brother's heart. He was thinking, no doubt, that this man, whose name is Jean Valjean, had his misfortune only too vividly present in his mind; that the best thing was to divert him from it, and to make him believe, if only momentarily, that he was a person like any other, by treating him just in his ordinary way. Is not this indeed, to understand charity well? Is there not, dear Madame, something truly evangelical in this delicacy which abstains from sermon, from moralizing, from allusions? and is not the truest pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?
and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests on his poetic and dramatic output. Among many volumes of poetry,
"The faults of women, of children, of the feeble, the indigent, and the ignorant, are the fault of the husbands, the fathers, the masters, the strong, the rich, and the wise."
"The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I . That I of the infinite is God."
After a pause, the old man raised a finger heavenward and said:— "The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I . That I of the infinite is God."
"Man has upon him his flesh, which is at once his burden and his temptation. He drags it with him and yields to it. He must watch it, cheek it, repress it, and obey it only at the last extremity. There may be some fault even in this obedience; but the fault thus committed is venial; it is a fall, but a fall on the knees which may terminate in prayer. "To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright.
"Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you liberty; Baruch calls you Immensity; the Psalms call you Wisdom and Truth; John calls you Light; the Books of Kings call you Lord; Exodus calls you Providence; Leviticus, Sanctity; Esdras, Justice; the creation calls you God; man calls you Father; but Solomon calls you Compassion, and that is the most beautiful of all your names."


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package com.crm.thread;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;

import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
import javax.jms.Queue;
import javax.jms.QueueConnection;
import javax.jms.QueueSession;
import javax.jms.Session;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import com.crm.kernel.message.AlarmMessage;
import com.crm.kernel.message.Constants;
import com.crm.kernel.queue.LocalQueue;
import com.crm.kernel.queue.QueueFactory;
import com.crm.kernel.sql.Database;
import com.crm.provisioning.message.CommandMessage;
import com.crm.thread.util.ThreadUtil;
import com.fss.thread.ManageableThread;
import com.fss.thread.ThreadConstant;
import com.fss.thread.ThreadManager;
import com.fss.util.AppException;

public class DispatcherThread extends ManageableThread
{
	protected Object		mutex					= "";
	public int				snapshotInterval		= 1000;
	public int				statisticInterval		= 1000;
	public int				overloadWaitTime		= 100;
	public long				lastStatistic			= 0;
	public long				lastSnapshot			= 0;

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Thread parameters
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public boolean			loadCacheEnable			= false;
	public boolean			alarmEnable				= false;

	public boolean			instanceEnable			= false;
	public String			instanceClass			= "";
	public int				instanceSize			= 0;
	public long				instanceCheckTime		= 0;

	public boolean			neverExpire				= true;

	public boolean			queueDispatcherEnable	= false;
	public int				queueMode				= Constants.QUEUE_MODE_MANUAL;
	public String			queueName				= "";
	public String			queueLocalName			= "";
	public int				queueLocalSize			= 0;

	public boolean			displayDebug			= false;
	public String			logClass				= "";
	public Logger			log						= Logger.getLogger(DispatcherThread.class);

	public InstanceFactory	instances				= null;
	public Date				instanceLastExecute		= null;

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Queue variables
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public QueueConnection	queueConnection			= null;
	public Queue			queueWorking			= null;

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// result of process variables
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public int				totalCount				= 0;
	public int				successCount			= 0;
	public int				errorCount				= 0;
	public int				bypassCount				= 0;
	public int				insertCount				= 0;
	public int				updateCount				= 0;
	public int				exportCount				= 0;
	public String			minStamp				= "";
	public String			maxStamp				= "";

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// batch variables
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public int				batchSize				= 1;
	public int				batchCount				= 0;
	public boolean			batchCommit				= true;

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// error variables
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public Exception		error					= null;
	public String			lastError				= "";

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// other variables
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public long				sequenceValue			= 0;

	public ThreadManager getThreadManager()
	{
		return mmgrMain;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Override
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
	public Vector getDispatcherDefinition()
	{
		Vector vtReturn = new Vector();

		vtReturn.addAll(ThreadUtil.createQueueParameter(this));
		vtReturn.addAll(ThreadUtil.createInstanceParameter(this));
		vtReturn.addAll(ThreadUtil.createLogParameter(this));

		return vtReturn;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Override
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
	public Vector getParameterDefinition()
	{
		Vector vtReturn = getDispatcherDefinition();

		vtReturn.addElement(ThreadUtil.createTextParameter("LogDir", 256, ""));
		vtReturn.addElement(ThreadUtil.createIntegerParameter("DelayTime", "Delay time between sessions (in second)"));

		return vtReturn;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Override
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void fillDispatcherParameter() throws Exception
	{
		snapshotInterval = ThreadUtil.getInt(this, "snapshotInterval", 100);
		statisticInterval = ThreadUtil.getInt(this, "statisticInterval", 15000);
		overloadWaitTime = ThreadUtil.getInt(this, "overloadWaitTime", 10);

		loadCacheEnable = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "loadCacheEnable", false);
		alarmEnable = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "alarmEnable", false);
		neverExpire = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "neverExpire", true);

		// get instance setting
		instanceEnable = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "instanceEnable", false);

		if (instanceEnable)
		{
			instanceClass = ThreadUtil.getString(this, "instanceClass", true, "");
			instanceSize = ThreadUtil.getInt(this, "instanceSize", 1);

			if (instanceSize <= 0)
			{
				throw new AppException("Instance size must greater than zero");
			}
		}

		// get log setting
		displayDebug = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "displayDebug", false);
		logClass = ThreadUtil.getString(this, "logClass", true, "");
		log = Logger.getLogger(logClass);

		// get queue setting
		queueDispatcherEnable = QueueFactory.queueServerEnable;

		if (queueDispatcherEnable)
		{
			queueDispatcherEnable = ThreadUtil.getBoolean(this, "queueDispatcherEnable", false);
			queueName = ThreadUtil.getString(this, "queueName", false, "");
		}
		queueLocalName = ThreadUtil.getString(this, "queueLocalName", false, "");
		queueLocalSize = ThreadUtil.getInt(this, "queueLocalSize", 0);

		if (queueLocalName.equals(""))
		{
			queueLocalName = queueName;
		}
		if (queueDispatcherEnable)
		{
			String mode = ThreadUtil.getString(this, "queueMode", false, "consumer");

			if (mode.equalsIgnoreCase("manual"))
			{
				queueMode = Constants.QUEUE_MODE_MANUAL;
			}
			else if (mode.equalsIgnoreCase("consumer"))
			{
				queueMode = Constants.QUEUE_MODE_CONSUMER;
			}
			else if (mode.equalsIgnoreCase("producer"))
			{
				queueMode = Constants.QUEUE_MODE_PRODUCER;
			}
			else
			{
				throw new AppException("unknow-queue-mode");
			}
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// Override
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void fillParameter() throws AppException
	{
		super.fillParameter();

		try
		{
			fillDispatcherParameter();
		}
		catch (AppException e)
		{
			logMonitor(e);

			throw e;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			logMonitor(e);

			throw new AppException(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

	public QueueSession getQueueSession() throws JMSException
	{
		if (queueConnection == null)
		{
			return null;
		}

		return queueConnection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
	}

	public synchronized void addInstance() throws Exception
	{
		if (!instanceEnable || (instances == null))
		{
			return;
		}
		else if (instances.getActiveTaskCount() >= instanceSize)
		{
			return;
		}

		DispatcherInstance instance = (DispatcherInstance) Class.forName(instanceClass).newInstance();
		instance.setDispatcher(this);

		try
		{
			instances.execute(instance);
		}
		catch (RejectedExecutionException e)
		{
			// logMonitor(e);
		}
	}

	public int getDelayTime()
	{
		return miDelayTime;
	}

	public Logger getLog()
	{
		return log;
	}

	public boolean isAvailable()
	{
		return (miThreadCommand != ThreadConstant.THREAD_STOP && !mmgrMain.isServerLocked());
	}

	// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// load directory parameters
	// Author: ThangPV
	// Modify DateTime: 19/02/2003
	// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void logMonitor(String strLog, boolean bSendMail)
	{
		if (bSendMail)
		{
			alertByMail(strLog);
		}

		SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM HH:mm:ss:SSS");

		strLog = fmt.format(new java.util.Date()) + " " + strLog + "\r\n";

		log(strLog);

		strLog = null;
	}

	// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// load directory parameters
	// Author: ThangPV
	// Modify DateTime: 19/02/2003
	// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void logMonitor(Object message)
	{
		String logContent = "";

		try
		{
			if (message instanceof Exception)
			{
				Exception exception = (Exception) message;

				if (exception != null)
				{
					if (!(exception instanceof AppException))
					{
						exception.printStackTrace();
					}

					if (exception instanceof InvocationTargetException)
					{
						Throwable target = ((InvocationTargetException) exception).getTargetException();

						logContent = target.getMessage();
					}
					else if (exception instanceof AppException)
					{
						AppException appException = (AppException) exception;

						if (appException.getContext() != null)
						{
							logContent = appException.getMessage() + " : " + appException.getContext();
						}
						else
						{
							logContent = appException.getMessage();
						}
					}
					else
					{
						logContent = exception.getClass().getName() + ": " + exception.getMessage();
					}
				}
			}
			else
			{
				logContent = message.toString();
			}

			logMonitor(logContent, false);
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
		}
	}

	// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// load directory parameters
	// Author: ThangPV
	// Modify DateTime: 19/02/2003
	// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void debugMonitor(Object message)
	{
		try
		{
			if (displayDebug || (message instanceof Exception))
			{
				logMonitor(message);
			}
			else if (log.isDebugEnabled())
			{
				log.debug(message);
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	public void sendInstanceAlarm(Exception e, String cause, String detail) throws Exception
	{
		if (alarmEnable)
		{
			AlarmMessage alarm = new AlarmMessage();

			if (cause.equals(Constants.ERROR) && e != null && e instanceof SQLException)
			{
				String format = "%05d";
				cause = "ORA-" + String.format(format, ((SQLException) e).getErrorCode());
			}
			alarm.setCause(cause);

			String content = detail + "\r\n";
			if (e != null && e.getStackTrace() != null)
			{
				StackTraceElement[] stackTraces = e.getStackTrace();
				for (StackTraceElement stackTrace : stackTraces)
				{
					content += stackTrace.toString() + "\r\n";
				}
				alarm.setDescription(e.getMessage());
			}

			alarm.setContent(content);

			sendInstanceAlarm(alarm);
		}
	}

	public void sendInstanceAlarm(Exception e, String cause) throws Exception
	{
		sendInstanceAlarm(e, cause, "");
	}

	public void sendInstanceAlarm(String cause, String detail) throws Exception
	{
		sendInstanceAlarm(null, cause, detail);
	}

	public void sendInstanceAlarm(Exception error, CommandMessage request, String detail) throws Exception
	{
		if (request.getCause() != null && request.getCause().equals(Constants.ERROR)
				&& request.getDescription() != null && !request.getDescription().equals(""))
		{
			sendInstanceAlarm(error, request.getDescription(), detail);
		}
		else
		{
			sendInstanceAlarm(error, request.getCause(), detail);
		}
	}

	public void sendInstanceAlarm(AlarmMessage request) throws Exception
	{
		try
		{
			QueueFactory.attachLocal(QueueFactory.ALARM_QUEUE, request);
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			throw e;
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// reset counter
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void resetCounter() throws Exception
	{
		totalCount = 0;
		successCount = 0;
		errorCount = 0;
		bypassCount = 0;
		insertCount = 0;
		updateCount = 0;

		minStamp = "";
		maxStamp = "";
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// after process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void loadCache() throws Exception
	{

	}

	/**
	 * Init queue Author : ThangPV Created Date : 16/09/2004 Edited by NamTA
	 *
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void initQueue() throws Exception
	{
		if (queueDispatcherEnable)
		{
			queueConnection = QueueFactory.createQueueConnection();
			queueWorking = queueName.equals("") ? null : QueueFactory.getQueue(queueName);
		}

		if (!queueLocalName.equals(""))
		{
			QueueFactory.getLocalQueue(queueLocalName).setDispathcher(this);
			QueueFactory.getLocalQueue(queueLocalName).setMaxSize(queueLocalSize);
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// after process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void beforeProcessSession() throws Exception
	{
		try
		{
			logMonitor("Starting process session");

			if (loadCacheEnable)
			{
				loadCache();
			}

			resetCounter();
			initQueue();

			if (instanceEnable && (instances == null || instances.isShutdown()))
			{
				instances = new InstanceFactory(instanceSize);
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			throw e;
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// after process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void afterProcessSession() throws Exception
	{
		try
		{
			QueueFactory.closeQueue(queueConnection);

			if (instances != null)
			{
				instances.shutdown();
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			logMonitor(e);
		}
		finally
		{
			instances = null;
			Database.closeObject(mcnMain);

			logMonitor("End of process session");
		}
	}

	public boolean isAutoLoop()
	{
		return neverExpire;
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void checkInstance() throws Exception
	{
		if (!instanceEnable || queueLocalName.equals("")
				|| ((System.currentTimeMillis() - instanceCheckTime) < ThreadUtil.intervalCheckInstance))
		{
			return;
		}

		instanceCheckTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

		LocalQueue localQueue = QueueFactory.getLocalQueue(queueLocalName);

		int added = 0;
		while ((instances.getActiveTaskCount() < instanceSize) && (localQueue.getSize() > 0))
		{
			added++;

			try
			{
				addInstance();
			}
			catch (RejectedExecutionException e)
			{
				// logMonitor(e);
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				throw e;
			}

			if (added > instanceSize)
			{
				break;
			}
		}

		instanceCheckTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public Object detachMessage(MessageConsumer consumer) throws Exception
	{
		if (consumer != null)
		{
			return consumer.receiveNoWait();
		}
		return null;
	}

	public boolean isOverload()
	{
		return QueueFactory.getLocalQueue(queueName).isOverload();
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void processOverload(MessageConsumer consumer) throws Exception
	{
		Thread.sleep(overloadWaitTime);
	}

	public void updateSnapshot() throws Exception
	{
	}

	public void updateStatistic() throws Exception
	{
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// process session, default apply for consumer dispatcher
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void doProcessSession() throws Exception
	{
		QueueSession session = null;
		MessageConsumer consumer = null;

		try
		{
			if (QueueFactory.queueServerEnable && queueDispatcherEnable && (queueMode == Constants.QUEUE_MODE_CONSUMER))
			{
				session = getQueueSession();
				consumer = session.createConsumer(QueueFactory.getQueue(queueName));
			}

			while (isAvailable())
			{

				checkInstance();

				if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - lastSnapshot) > snapshotInterval)
				{
					updateSnapshot();
					lastSnapshot = System.currentTimeMillis();
				}
				if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - lastStatistic) > statisticInterval)
				{
					updateStatistic();
					lastStatistic = System.currentTimeMillis();
				}

				if (isOverload())
				{
					processOverload(consumer);
				}
				else
				{
					Object message = detachMessage(consumer);
					if (message != null)
					{
						QueueFactory.attachLocal(queueName, message);
					}
					else
					{
						Thread.sleep(5);
					}
				}

				// Thread.sleep(1);
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			throw e;
		}
		finally
		{
			QueueFactory.closeQueue(consumer);
			QueueFactory.closeQueue(session);
		}
	}

	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// process session
	// Author : ThangPV
	// Created Date : 16/09/2004
	// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	public void processSession() throws Exception
	{
		try
		{
			beforeProcessSession();

			lastStatistic = System.currentTimeMillis();

			while (isAvailable())
			{
				checkInstance();

				doProcessSession();

				if (!isAutoLoop())
				{
					break;
				}
				else if (isAvailable())
				{
					Thread.sleep(getDelayTime());
				}
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			// sendAlarmMessage(e);

			logMonitor(e);
		}
		finally
		{
			afterProcessSession();
		}
	}
}


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Doyle LLP Trial Lawyers » Maritime & Offshore Injury » Maritime Personal Injury- Negligence
Maritime Personal Injury- Negligence
Doyle LLP Trial Lawyers has filed suit against Ariel of SW Florida LLC for negligence, unseaworthiness, and wrongful denial of maintenance and cure arising from a hand injury sustained upon the Defendant's vessel that led to a serious bone infection. At the time of the incident, Doyle LLP's Client was working as a shrimp boat captain in the Gulf of Mexico.
Due to improperly maintained cables and other equipment, Doyle LLP's Client sustained a deep cut on his thumb. Due to inadequate medical care available aboard the vessel, the cut became infected and developed MRSA and osteomyelitis, a serious and painful bone infection requiring surgery. The suit alleges that Ariel of SW Florida was negligent in creating the condition that caused its client's injuries, and that the vessel, Capt. G.C. II, was unseaworthy. The suit also alleges that Doyle LLP's Client has been wrongfully denied maintenance and cure and demands that these non-delegable payments commence immediately.
The suit seeks recovery of lost wages and medical expenses and compensation for pain and suffering, mental anguish, and physical impairment, among other damages.
Doyle LLP frequently represents offshore maritime workers in cases involving negligence. If you or someone you know has suffered an injury while working offshore on a platform, rig, or vessel, please contact us to determine whether you may be entitled to compensation.


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Europlanet Science Congress 2022
Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain
18 – 23 September 2022
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Terrestrial Planets (TP)
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Small Bodies (comets, KBOs, rings, asteroids, meteorites, dust) (SB)
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Programme groups: PGs:
TP – Terrestrial Planets OPS – Outer Planet Systems MITM – Missions, Instrumentatio… SB – Small Bodies (comets, KBOs… EXOA – Exoplanets, Origins of P… ODAA – Outreach, Diversity, Ama… BR – Briefings KLD – Keynote Lectures and Debates EP – Europlanet Events EPEC – EPEC Events CE – Community Events SMW – Splinter Meetings and Wor…
MITM – Missions, Instrumentation, Techniques, Modelling
Programme group coordinators: Colin Wilson, Sébastien Besse
Mercury Science and Exploration
Understanding the formation, evolution, composition, interior structure, and environment of Mercury is of primary interest to better understand Mercury and the role this terrestrial planet plays in the evolution of our solar system.
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft provided many insights and surprising results regarding these goals. MESSENGER data are still under analysis and will continue to provide many important contributions to Mercury science.
However, MESSENGER also raised many questions that are still open and will be addressed by the new joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, which was successfully launched in October 2018. In October 2021, the first of six flybys of Mercury took place (second flyby in June 2022).
This session welcomes contributions addressing the planet's geology, surface composition, geodesy, interior structure, exosphere, magnetosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields, based on modeling, laboratory experiments, and observations (ground-based, remote-sensing and in situ). The first analyses of BepiColombo's flyby data from Mercury are welcome. Finally, contributions of concepts of future missions to Mercury are encouraged.
Share: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2022/session/44573
Co-organized by MITM
Convener: Jack Wright | Co-conveners: Joe Zender, Johannes Benkhoff, Go Murakami, Lina Hadid, Noah Jäggi, Beatriz Sanchez-Cano, Willi Exner, Joana S. Oliveira, Alice Lucchetti, Anna Milillo, Valeria Mangano
Orals
| Mon, 19 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST), 15:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Machado
| Attendance Mon, 19 Sep, 18:45–20:15 (CEST) | Display Mon, 19 Sep, 08:30–Wed, 21 Sep, 11:00|Poster area Level 1
EXOA7
Future instruments to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and their environment
Exoplanets are being discovered in large numbers thanks to recent and ongoing surveys using state-of-the-art instrumentation from the ground and from space. In the next years, new astronomical instruments will further scout our Galaxy to overcome the current observational biases in the search of alien worlds, to gain a deeper understanding of the chemical and physical properties of both exoplanets and their environments, and to unveil the processes of formation and evolution of planets and their atmospheres.
The goal of this session is to bring together the instrumentation and observational communities that are underpinning the future of this field. Contributions are invited to review ongoing programmes of exoplanet and circumstellar discs discovery and characterisation, to update on the progress of planned instrumentation programmes, and to present innovative ideas for future instrumentation.
Convener: Camilla Danielski | Co-conveners: Elodie Choquet, Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Enzo Pascale
| Thu, 22 Sep, 17:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Albéniz+Machuca, Fri, 23 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST)|Room Albéniz+Machuca
| Attendance Thu, 22 Sep, 18:45–20:15 (CEST) | Display Wed, 21 Sep, 14:00–Fri, 23 Sep, 16:00|Poster area Level 2
Mars Science and Exploration
The aim of this session is to share the knowledge and experience gained by all Mars exploration programmes, both in Europe and worldwide, to promote synergies among the various missions in operations and development.
We welcome contributions from any field of Mars science and exploration, in particular mission and instrument overviews of latest scientific results and technical developments. These include latest discoveries and new challenges for all operational orbiters (Mars Express, ExoMars TGO, Odyssey, MRO, MAVEN, Mangalyaan/MOM, Tianwen-1, Hope), surface assets (MSL, Insight, Mars2020, Tianwen-1), and preparations for the new missions (ExoMars RSP, MMX, Mars Sample Return, etc).
Convener: Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo | Co-conveners: Lucie Riu, Eleni Bohaceck, Elliot Sefton-Nash, Colin Wilson, Csilla Orgel
| Thu, 22 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST), 17:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Manuel de Falla, Fri, 23 Sep, 10:00–13:20 (CEST)|Room Machado
Towards better understanding planets and planetary systems diversity
Almost 5000 exoplanets are now confirmed, a number rising almost daily. This impressive rate of discoveries, impulsed by the synergies between different observational techniques and space-based missions, reveals a great variety of planets and planetary systems that challenge our understanding of planetary occurrences, physical-chemistry properties, and system architectures. Since each technique and method provide only a part of the bigger picture, the confluence of different perspectives is a must.
Hence, in this session, we aim to bring together recent results and studies performed by observers, modelers, and experimentalists, and a combination of them to open discussions about the pathways that the community needs to follow to understand the exoplanetary variety fully and promote and inspire the collaboration between teams with different expertise. In particular, this session welcomes any abstract related to the following topics:
(1) groundbreaking discoveries of planets and systems of special interest (due to peculiar physical properties/orbital architectures, amenable targets for atmospheric investigations, etc.)
(2) cutting edge measurements of exoplanet properties (tidal distortions, spin rates and angles) and first tentative detections of satellite or rings;
(3) deep characterization of planetary systems and their global picture (precise measurements of radii, masses and internal planetary compositions, observed/theoretical populations, occurrences, etc.);
(4) synergies between different techniques for comprehensive exoplanet characterization (photometry, spectroscopy, radial velocities, transit timing variations, radio observations, etc.);
(5) hunting surveys from the ground- and/or space-based observatories in the search for new planets and systems.
Conveners: Giuseppe Morello, Francisco J. Pozuelos Romero | Co-conveners: Camilla Danielski, Achrène Dyrek, Enric Palle, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Laetitia Delrez, Elsa Ducrot, Rafael Luque, Miguel Perez Torres, Cristina Rodriguez Lopez, Denis Shulyak
| Fri, 23 Sep, 12:00–13:30 (CEST)|Room Albéniz+Machuca
MITM5
Machine Learning in Planetary Sciences
Due to an increasing amount of data from a continuously increasing number of spacecraft in our solar system, new frameworks for rapidly and intelligently extracting information from these data sets are needed. Machine learning provides such a framework for tackling a wide range of research questions in planetary sciences.
Machine learning approaches could improve existing models, creating computationally efficient algorithms for feature classification and regression problems, e.g. solar wind time series data, planetary surface images or hyperspectral data.
We encourage submissions dealing with machine learning approaches of all levels in planetary sciences. In this session, we aim to provide an overview of the current efforts to integrate machine learning technologies into data driven space research and to highlight state-of-the art developments.
Convener: Ute Amerstorfer | Co-conveners: Sahib Julka, Hannah Theresa Rüdisser, Mario D'Amore, Angelo Pio Rossi
| Thu, 22 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 1
Planetary space weather
The emphasis of the session is on all aspects of the conditions in the Sun, solar wind and magnetospheric plasmas that extend the concepts of space weather and space situational awareness to other planets in our Solar System than Earth, and in particular to spacecraft that travel through it. Abstracts on space- and ground-based data analysis, theoretical modeling and simulations of planetary space weather are welcomed. The description of new services accessible to the research community, space agencies, and industrial partners planning for space missions and addressing the effects of the environment on components and systems are also strongly encouraged. This session will also summarize the planetary space weather services developed during Europlanet 2024 RI with the Sun Planetary Interactions Digital Environment Run on request.
Co-organized by TP
Convener: Nicolas André | Co-conveners: Andrea Opitz, Sae Aizawa
Small sensors, instruments and payloads for planetary exploration
Small-mass and small-volume sensors and instruments are holding
an increasing role in planetary missions, because they allow to
save resources and costs. Cubesat, microsatsats and nanosatellites based
missions are further encouraging the development of miniaturized
instrumentation.
This session is opened, but not restricted, to the following topics:
a) presentations of small instruments flown on previous missions,
and analysis of the data they provided; b) presentations of
small instruments, sensors and cubesats on board ongoing and
planned missions; c) studies and concepts for future instrument/payload/mission
applications; d) laboratory and testing activity related to this topic.
Conveners: Andrea Longobardo, Fabrizio Dirri, Maria Genzer
Synergistic exploitation of small body missions in the 2020s
The 2021 launches of the DART and Lucy spacecraft inaugurated a decade-long period of sustained mission flight rates to small bodies, with some fifteen individual spacecraft set to be dispatched to a diverse set of targets: near-Earth and main belt asteroids, cometary nuclei and comet-asteroid transition objects, Jupiter Trojans and small planetary moons.
This high flight rate implies concurrent operation of multiple spacecraft in-flight which, in turn, offers unprecedented opportunities for synergistic exploitation. For example, simultaneous observations of an asteroid or comet target from different vantage points across the solar system may be used to cross-verify instrument calibration, monitor for changes of the target and/or its environment over long time periods and expand observational coverage beyond the geometric and temporal constraints of any one mission.
In addition, new Earth-based and near-Earth survey facilities stand to complement the spacecraft investigations by allowing additional target characterisation and to apply the lessons learned from the targeted in situ studies at population level.
In this session we invite contributions focusing on such coordinated observations as to allow cross-calibration of spacecraft instruments, complement target characterisation efforts and for added science value. In this way, we hope to motivate the community to generate ideas for cross-project investigations. Flight projects relevant to this call include (but are not limited to) the DART, DESTINY+, Hayabusa II, HERA, Janus, Lucy, M-ARGO, Mars Moon eXplorer, NEA Scout, Psyche, Zheng-He and Comet Interceptor missions as well as Earth-based assets such as Gaia, JWST and the Rubin telescope.
Co-organized by SB
Conveners: Apostolos Christou, Jamie Gilmour | Co-conveners: Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez, Paolo Tanga
| Fri, 23 Sep, 17:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 1
Advances in Mass Spectrometry for Spaceflight Applications
Since the beginning of planetary exploration in the 1960s, mass spectrometers have been key to the in situ exploration of celestial bodies. These instruments enable the detection and identification of many chemical compounds and reaction chains, leading to a better understanding of extraterrestrial environments. A wide range of samples derived from planetary exospheres, atmospheres, and (sub) surfaces, as well as materials sourced from small bodies and interplanetary dust, have been analyzed to date. Legacy technologies, including heritage spaceflight mass analyzers, often represent the state-of-the-art. However, a suite of next generation mass spectrometry instruments is being developed, improving several analytical performances such as mass resolution, dynamic range and mass range among others. In this frame, High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) instruments targeting mass resolving powers up to m/Δm > 100,000 (FWHM) and mass ranges beyond >1000 mass units, aim to provide answers to high-priority science questions previously considered inaccessible.
By increasing their respective TRLs (Technology Readiness Levels), these emerging instruments (including HRMS instruments) can be selected for new and exciting in situ space missions that support the long-term objectives of science programs across the globe, including the ESA Voyage 2050 and the NASA Planetary Science Decadal Survey.
The proposed session solicits contributions that inform on the latest advances in mass spectrometry for planetary exploration. Abstracts are invited to be submitted on the following topics:
- New spaceflight instruments concepts
- Performances characterization of laboratory prototypes of space mass spectrometers under development
- Applications of HRMS operations and analytical techniques germane to evolving community-driven science goals
- Future mission concepts made possible with the new generation of mass spectrometers
Conveners: Laura Selliez, Arnaud Sanderink | Co-conveners: J. Hunter Waite, Ricardo Arevalo, Frank Postberg, Morgan L. Cable, Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Forward to the Moon: The Science of Exploration
Human and robotic lunar exploration is opening new vistas and scientific understanding as humanity reaches toward the Moon again. In partnership with institutions around the globe, the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) focuses on these scientific aspects of exploration as they relate to the Moon and other airless bodies. This session will feature interdisciplinary, exploration-related science centered around the Moon as a human and robotic destination. Scientific plans and results within this session represent the broad spectrum of lunar science representing investigations of the Moon and its environment as a planetary body as well as science research uniquely enabled by being done from the Moon. Graduate students and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to submit for oral presentations.
Convener: Gregory Schmidt | Co-conveners: Mahesh Anand, Kristina Gibbs, Brian Day
| Wed, 21 Sep, 12:00–13:30 (CEST), 15:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Manuel de Falla
MITM11
Tools and Data Analytics for Solar and Planetary Sciences
Modern space missions, ground telescopes and modeling facilities are producing huge amount of data. A new era of data distribution and access procedures is now starting with interoperable infrastructures and big data technologies. Long term archives exist for telescopic and space-borne observations but high-level functions need to be setup on top of theses repositories to make Solar and Planetary Science data more accessible and to favor interoperability. Results of simulations and reference laboratory data also need to be integrated to support and interpret the observations.
The Virtual Observatory (VO) standards developed in Astronomy may be adapted in the field of Planetary Science to develop interoperability, including automated workflows to process related data from different sources. Other communities have developed their own standards (GIS for surfaces, SPASE for space plasma, PDS4 for planetary mission archives…) and an effort to make them interoperable is starting.
Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics (PSIDA) are also offering new ways to exploit the science out of planetary data through modern techniques such as: data exploitation and collaboration platforms, visualisation and analysis applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data fusion and integration supported by new big data architecture and management infrastructure, potentially being hosted by cloud and scalable computing.
We call for contributions presenting progresses in the fields of Solar and Planetary science databases, tools and data analytics. We encourage contributors to focus on science use cases and on international standard implementation, such as those proposed by Europlanet/VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access) the IVOA (International Virtual Observatory Alliance), the OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium), the IPDA (International Planetary Data Alliance) or the IHDEA (International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance), as well as applications linked to the EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) infrastructure.
Conveners: Baptiste Cecconi, Colin Wilson
| Thu, 22 Sep, 17:30–18:25 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 1, Fri, 23 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 1
Planetary Missions, Instrumentations, and mission concepts: new opportunities for planetary exploration
This merged session welcomes a broad range of presentations about future missions and instrumentation, and has a particular focus on small satellites. Recent advances in small platforms make it possible for small satellites, including CubeSats, to be considered as independent or complementary elements in planetary exploration missions, for example the small probes as part of the Hayabusa 2, DART and Hera mission. Presentations on Deep Space Planetary CubeSats, e.g. the small satellites accompanying the F-class ESA mission Comet Interceptor and those selected or proposed for the NASA SIMPLEX program are welcomed. Concepts for future mission may either be an augmentation to larger missions or as stand-alone missions of their own. We encourage presentations on new Planetary science mission architectures and associated technologies, as well as dedicated instrumentation that can be developed for these applications.
Conveners: Claire Vallat, Davide Perna, Sebastien Besse
| Wed, 21 Sep, 17:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 1
Planetary Seismology and Geophysics
The investigations of planet's interior are key to understand the origin and evolution of the planet. Seismology has proven to be a very powerful tool for determining the internal structure of Earth, leading to the direct measurement of the thickness of crust, mantle and core, as well as obtaining detailed 3-dimensional structure models.
The first successful extraterrestrial seismic experiment was carried out by the Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972, when a network of seismometers was deployed along with other in situ geophysical instruments. A renaissance of planetary seismology occurred almost 50 years later, when the InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander deployed successfully a seismometer on the surface of Mars. Since its landing, on November 26, 2018, data from this mission have shown that Mars is a seismically active planet, and have placed key constraints on the thickness of the crust, core radius, and the presence of a low velocity zone in the upper mantle. Improved constraints for the interior structure of both the Moon and Mars have since been obtained through the joint analysis of seismic datasets with other geophysical observables, such as gravity, surface topography, magnetic field measurements, and heat flow.
This session invites abstracts concerning the following topics:
- Studies based on the analysis of existing extraterrestrial seismic datasets.
- Analyses of geophysical data that rely on seismic constraints or that offer information for the design of future seismic experiments.
- Works that propose new methodologies and mission concepts for future extraterrestrial seismic experiments.
Convener: Philippe Lognonné | Co-conveners: Melanie Drilleau, Foivos Karakostas, Mark Panning, Simon C. Stähler, Mark Wieczorek
| Tue, 20 Sep, 15:30–17:00 (CEST)|Room Machado, Wed, 21 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST)|Room Machado
Outer Planet Moons: Environments and Interactions
The aim of this session is to discuss our current understanding on the environments of the outer planet moons and their interactions with the surrounding electromagnetic fields and particles and to discuss the pathway for upcoming and future explorations. This session covers contributions on all the outer planet moons from a variety of topics including (but not limited to) the magnetic field generation, subsurface ocean detection from fields and particles, active processes (e.g., volcanoes and plumes) and their interactions with the surrounding environments and detections, neutral atmosphere, ionosphere, aurora, plasma and dust environment, moon-ring systems, and moon-magnetosphere interaction. Contributions based on observations (both from space and from the ground), modelling, theoretical interpretation and supporting laboratory experiments and concepts for future spacecraft missions are welcome.
Convener: Shahab Fatemi | Co-conveners: Audrey Vorburger, Lorenz Roth, Elias Roussos, Krishan Khurana
| Fri, 23 Sep, 12:00–13:25 (CEST), 15:30–16:45 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 3
Icy ocean worlds: Past and future explorations
The exploration of the outer solar system by Galileo at Jupiter, Cassini-Huygens at Saturn, New Horizons at Pluto-Charon and Dawn at Ceres, has revealed that several icy worlds harbor subsurface salty liquid reservoirs underneath their cold surface. Such discoveries provide incentive for future exploration of the icy Galilean satellites with Europa Clipper and JUICE, and Titan with Dragonfly, and motivate several other mission projects already under consideration by space agencies. While we are entering in a new era in icy world exploration, understanding these promising worlds and preparing for their characterization requires input from a variety of scientific disciplines: planetary geology and geophysics (including active processes, e.g. plumes), atmospheric physics, life sciences, space weathering, as well as supporting laboratory studies, numerical simulations, preparatory studies for future missions and technology developments in instrumentation and engineering. We welcome abstracts that cover this full breadth of disciplines required for the characterization and future exploration of icy world systems.
Convener: Alice Lucchetti | Co-conveners: Gabriel Tobie, Carly Howett, Frank Postberg, Federico Tosi
| Mon, 19 Sep, 17:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 2, Tue, 20 Sep, 10:00–13:30 (CEST), 15:30–17:00 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 2, Wed, 21 Sep, 15:30–18:30 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 2
Exploration of Titan
Saturn's moon Titan, despite its satellite status, has nothing to envy to planets: it has planetary dimensions, a substantial and dynamic atmosphere, a carbon cycle, a variety of geological features (dunes, lakes, rivers, mountains and more), seasons, and a hidden ocean. It even now has its own mission: Dragonfly, selected by NASA in the frame of the New Frontiers program.
In this session, scientific presentations are solicited to cover all aspects of current research on Titan: from its interior to its upper atmosphere, using data collected from the Cassini-Huygens mission (2004-2017) and/or from ground-based telescopes (e.g., ALMA) and/or based on modelling and experimental efforts to support the interpretation of past and future observations of this unique world.
Conveners: Alice Le Gall, Anezina Solomonidou | Co-conveners: Ralph Lorenz, Conor Nixon, Marco Mastroguiseppe, Sandrine Vinatier
Ice Giant System Science and Exploration
This session will cover all aspects of ice giant (IG) systems including (but not limited to) the atmospheric structure and composition, magnetospheres, interiors, satellites, and rings of the IGs. Interdisciplinary, crosscutting themes of ice giant planet exploration, such as the relationship to exoplanetary science and connections to heliophysics will also be considered in the session. The session will comprise a combination of solicited and contributed oral and poster presentations on new, continuing, and future studies of the ice giant systems and the importance of the ice giants to models of the formation and evolution of the giant planets and solar systems. We welcome abstracts that
• Address the current understanding of ice giant systems, including atmospheres, interiors, magnetospheres, rings, and satellites including Triton.
• Advance our understanding of the ice giant systems in preparation for future exploration, both by remote sensing and in situ.
• Discuss what the ice giants can tell us about solar system formation and evolution leading to a better understanding of the current structure of the solar system and its habitable zone as well as extrasolar systems.
• Address outstanding science questions requiring future investigations including from spacecraft, remote sensing, theoretical, and laboratory work necessary to improve our knowledge of the ice giants and their relationship to the gas giants and the solar system.
• Present concepts of missions, instruments and investigations relevant to future exploration of the ice giant planetary systems.
Convener: Thibault Cavalié | Co-conveners: David H. Atkinson, Olivier Mousis, Alena Probst, Sushil K. Atreya, Mark Hofstadter, Leigh Fletcher, Nadine Nettelmann
| Mon, 19 Sep, 10:00–11:30 (CEST), 15:30–17:00 (CEST)|Room Andalucia 2
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