One of the West Midlands' fastest-growing independent security businesses is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in style by securing a clutch of new contracts. The Integrity Security Group, which was formed by local entrepreneur and managing director Will Adams, has seen its dedicated approach to customer service and the ongoing development of its staff pay off, with over £100,000 of recent contract wins including work for the Imperial Retail Park, the Grand Hotel, Umberslade and Alliance Scaffolding.
The Solihull-based company has seen turnover grow from just £50,000 in its first year of operation to in excess of £3 million for the last 12 months. The workforce has risen from just seven people to over 100 employees.
Integrity Security Group provides bespoke security services and facilities management to a blue chip client base spread across the country. Services range from security guarding, mobile patrols, key holding and alarm response through to temporary guarding and strategic consultancy on security matters. The business has also invested heavily in expanding its electronic security capabilities, including complex CCTV, access control and fire and intruder alarm systems.
Integrity Security Group holds a number of industry accreditations, including Safe Contractor, CHAS, Principal Member Status of the British Security Industry Association and Security Industry Authority Approved Contractor status. In addition, the company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accredited, with an impressive track record of zero major or minor non-conformances for the past eight years.


ftp error code 36 - Network M.D. Inc.
Type the following command "dot_clean" in the terminal window. I'd check the drives with something like DiskWarrior. The proper command would be (it won't work because mounted images are locked) dot_clean /Volumes/AirServer\ 5.3.2/ Reply AntToyProductions says: June 17, 2015 at 9:24 pm Okay, so I'm running Yosemite and then din't again December 16, 2010 at 7:21 pm Hugh Paterson I tried the command line mv command and the command line told me Input/Output error.
View 1 Replies View Related Intel Mac :: Error : The Operation Can't Be Completed Because An Unexpected Error Occurred (error Code - 8003) Jul 2, 2012 I'm trying to empty Reply tom says: July 31, 2016 at 12:48 pm I have the exact same issue transferring FCP library, Bjorn - did you manage to fix? Repeat the entire process as needed for other folders that won't copy. I don't get what's going on…but drag and drop certainly continues to not work….Can you help???
It worked. Just no way to know unless you're willing to spend a month trying to repeat the experiment. But if you ever get the Error Code -36 message, try this. that it wasn't as ridiculous as it first seemed.
I can't copy / move / write any files to my external hard drives. David A. Windows is still a necessity for me because I play games on my compy, DirectX was the smartest thing Microsoft ever did for themselves imho. The problem is that I keep getting this "disk cannot be read from or written to" every few hundred songs.
View 2 Replies View Related MacBook Pro :: Unexpected Error Occurred (error Code -50) Mar 13, 2012 I can't do much on my MacBook pro since I have this unexpected error gamma rays gamma-ray burst gamma-ray bursts Ganymede garbage Gardasil gargoyle gas Gavin Aung Than gay gay marriage Geek a Week Geek and Sundry Geek Dad geeks Geeky Pleasures geese gegenschein Gemini I'm trying to move it to an external… Reply Bjorn says: July 29, 2016 at 5:01 am Having the same problem… I want to move a 50Gb Final Cut Pro library Reply Jess says: December 13, 2015 at 2:24 pm Oh trying this over and over.
It's a shame really. I ran a Verify/Repair Disk Permissions and this is what I got: View 1 Replies View Related OS X :: Finder Freezes During Copy "some Data Could Not Be Read Or Who'd have thought that Apple still has uncharted spots for error numbers. I've just unwrapped my first macbook pro.
Rachie dragon Dragon capsule Dragon's Den Dragon*Con Dragon*Con 2011 Dragonfish nebula Drama Prairie Dog drum corps Duck Dodgers dude ranch Dumbbell Nebula Duncan Kitchin dunes dust dust clouds dust devil dust I am running 10.6.8. It's so sad. There is always a way to solve the problems and it depends on your determination.
One of these albums was my professional wedding photos. Drag and drop the Mac into the bin. 4. Now try to copy that particular file again. You forget that Apple *invented* the useless error message: March 30, 2008 at 9:14 pm Raja99 Pardon me for jumping in.
Reply Stephan Tanguay says: December 4, 2015 at 3:29 pm Dot_clean did not work for my iPhoto Library… But Carbon Cloner works well, for what ever reason Carbon Cloner just moves I'm using a macbook 15″. The error occurs usually part, mid or towards the end of transferring a folder of images. Reply anon says: February 24, 2016 at 7:24 am This is one of the reasons people dont want to use MACs.
Some servers would let us copy files to the server normally w/ Finder; other servers gave us Error -36 and would create a 0 byte file. It's formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled).


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package org.jboss.aesh.console.operator;

import org.jboss.aesh.console.ConsoleOperation;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Parser class for everything that contain operator and pipelines
 *
 * @author Ståle W. Pedersen
 */
public class ControlOperatorParser {

    private static final Pattern controlOperatorPattern = Pattern.compile("(2>&1)|(2>>)|(2>)|(>>)|(>)|(<)|(\\|&)|(\\|\\|)|(\\|)|(;)|(&&)|(&)|(\")|(\')");
    private static final Pattern redirectionNoPipelinePattern = Pattern.compile("(2>&1)|(2>>)|(2>)|(>>)|(>)|(<)");
    private static final Pattern pipelineAndEndPattern = Pattern.compile("(\\|&)|(\\|)|(;)");
    private static final char ESCAPE = '\\';
    private static final char EQUALS = '=';

    public static boolean doStringContainRedirectionNoPipeline(String buffer) {
        return redirectionNoPipelinePattern.matcher(buffer).find();
    }

    /**
     * Used when parsing a complete
     *
     * @param buffer text
     * @return true if it contains pipeline
     */
    public static boolean doStringContainPipelineOrEnd(String buffer) {
        return pipelineAndEndPattern.matcher(buffer).find();
    }

    public static int getPositionOfFirstRedirection(String buffer) {
        Matcher matcher = redirectionNoPipelinePattern.matcher(buffer);
        if(matcher.find())
            return matcher.end();
        else
            return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Used when finding the correct word to base complete on
     *
     * @param buffer text
     * @param cursor position
     * @return last pipeline pos before cursor
     */
    public static int findLastPipelineAndEndPositionBeforeCursor(String buffer, int cursor) {
        return findLastRedirectionOrPipelinePositionBeforeCursor(pipelineAndEndPattern, buffer, cursor);
    }

    /**
     * Used when finding the correct word to base operator complete on
     *
     * @param buffer text
     * @param cursor position
     * @return last operator pos before cursor
     */
    public static int findLastRedirectionPositionBeforeCursor(String buffer, int cursor) {
        return findLastRedirectionOrPipelinePositionBeforeCursor(redirectionNoPipelinePattern, buffer, cursor);
    }

    private static int findLastRedirectionOrPipelinePositionBeforeCursor(Pattern pattern, String buffer, int cursor) {
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(buffer);
        if(cursor > buffer.length())
            cursor = buffer.length();
        int end = 0;
        while(matcher.find()) {
            if(matcher.start() > cursor)
                return end;
            else
                end = matcher.end();
        }
        return end;
    }

    /**
     * Parse buffer and find all RedirectionOperations
     *
     * @param buffer text
     * @return all RedirectionOperations
     */
    public static List<ConsoleOperation> findAllControlOperators(String buffer) {
        Matcher matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
        List<ConsoleOperation> reOpList = new ArrayList<>();
        boolean haveDoubleQuote = false;
        boolean haveSingleQuote = false;

        while(matcher.find()) {
            if(matcher.group(1) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.OVERWRITE_OUT_AND_ERR,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(1))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(1));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(2) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.APPEND_ERR,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(2))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(2));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(3) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.OVERWRITE_ERR,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(3))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(3));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(4) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.APPEND_OUT,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(4))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(4));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(5) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                if(matcher.start(5) > 0 &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(5)-1) != ESCAPE &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(5)-1) != EQUALS &&
                        ((matcher.start(5)+1 < buffer.length() &&
                                buffer.charAt(matcher.start(5)+1) != EQUALS)
                                || matcher.start(5)+1 == buffer.length())) {
                    reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.OVERWRITE_OUT,
                            buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(5))));
                    buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(5));
                    matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
                }
            }
            else if(matcher.group(6) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                if(matcher.start(6) > 0 &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(6)-1) != ESCAPE &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(6)-1) != EQUALS &&
                        (( matcher.start(6)+1 < buffer.length() &&
                                buffer.charAt(matcher.start(6)+1) != EQUALS) ||
                                matcher.start(6)+1 == buffer.length())) {

                    reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.OVERWRITE_IN,
                            buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(6))));
                    buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(6));
                    matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
                }
            }
            else if(matcher.group(7) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.PIPE_OUT_AND_ERR,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(7))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(7));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(8) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.OR,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(8))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(8));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(9) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                if(matcher.start(9) > 0 &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(9)-1) != ESCAPE) {
                    reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.PIPE,
                            buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(9))));
                    buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(9));
                    matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
                }
            }
            else if(matcher.group(10) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.END,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(10))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(10));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(11) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.AND,
                        buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(11))));
                buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(11));
                matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
            }
            else if(matcher.group(12) != null && !haveDoubleQuote && !haveSingleQuote) {
                if(matcher.start(12) > 0 &&
                        buffer.charAt(matcher.start(12)-1) != ESCAPE) {
                    reOpList.add( new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.AMP,
                            buffer.substring(0, matcher.start(12))));
                    buffer = buffer.substring(matcher.end(12));
                    matcher = controlOperatorPattern.matcher(buffer);
                }
            }
            else if(matcher.group(13) != null) {
                if((matcher.start(13) == 0 || buffer.charAt(matcher.start(13)-1) != ESCAPE) && !haveSingleQuote)
                    haveDoubleQuote = !haveDoubleQuote;
            }
            else if(matcher.group(14) != null) {
                if((matcher.start(14) == 0 || buffer.charAt(matcher.start(14)-1) != ESCAPE) && !haveDoubleQuote)
                    haveSingleQuote = !haveSingleQuote;
            }
         }
        if(reOpList.size() == 0)
            reOpList.add(new ConsoleOperation( ControlOperator.NONE, buffer));
        if(buffer.trim().length() > 0)
            reOpList.add(new ConsoleOperation(ControlOperator.NONE, buffer));

        return reOpList;
    }
}

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Geoscience Research Institute | What Can We Do at Home to Care for the Environment?
As Christians, we believe that God created the Earth and us, and has entrusted us to care for the planet and each other. What are some practical things that we can do at home to care for the Earth's environment? Before you step out in action, pray individually and with your family about what God desires your family to do in caring for His creation. Prayerfully consider the path He impresses on you. Perhaps He will lead you to start with simple steps. But first, as a family, learn to love God's great outdoors.
You can also lead children to learn more about creation by providing them books or magazines on nature topics. Every family should consider subscribing to a magazine that has well-written articles on environmental issues. Increased knowledge and awareness can lead to a greater desire to act and care for the environment.
Visit state or provincial parks, pay the entry fee and write your name in the log of visitors. If you use a nature trail that has a registry, be sure to record your hike. The more these parks and trails are used the more likely they will continue receiving funding. Your family could plan to stay overnight in the park campground. The visitor or interpretive center may have much information, including special programs and hikes, where you can learn more about natural things, including the sky at night, animals in ponds or streams, the types of plants and birds nearby, and what you can do to help these plants and animals continue to thrive. While at the park you might also learn how you and your family might volunteer for organized data collection efforts, such as to count birds or plants for scientific surveys.
Our environment is God's gift to us. We live in it, we use it, and we enjoy it. It is also our responsibility to care for it. What are some practical things we can do to achieve this laudable objective? An easy way to start is by thinking recycle, reuse and reduce.
Is there a recycling program in your neighborhood or city? Some household items that are commonly recycled are glass, paper, cardboard, metal cans, and plastics. Some places offer money for your old aluminum. It is easier and less expensive to recycle used aluminum than it is to mine and process it.
Many cities have a public recycling center where you can deposit your recyclable items for free. Talk with family members about where in your home you will temporarily collect your items for recycling, and start a biweekly habit of making the trip to drop off your recyclables.
Some cities also have curbside pickup of certain recyclables. Look in your phonebook yellow pages for recycling companies. They are becoming more common and many don't require you to sort your recycling items; you may simply mix glass, paper, cardboard and metal cans together. Recycling companies have equipment that can separate these items.
Consider reusing items and reducing your household waste. One easy item to reuse or reduce is your grocery bags. Use reusable cloth bags for your shopping, and avoid plastic bags.
If you do get new grocery bags each time you shop, reuse them at home; instead of buying small garbage bags for your wastepaper baskets, reuse grocery bags. Other ways to reuse and reduce the amount of garbage you produce is to cut old clothes into rags for household cleaning; or donate used clothing and household items to a thrift shop so someone else can reuse them.
Two examples of websites to assist communities to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills and to reuse items are the Freecycle Network and "Craigslist." The Freecycle Network4 is active in over 85 countries; it is an e-mail list where you can list household items that you want to give away for free. Craigslist5 is also active internationally and has a free section to advertise your used items. Many things that your family doesn't need anymore may be just right for someone else.
Donate your time or money to an environment-friendly organization to help advance their work. There are international and local organizations that your family may wish to support.
By making the choice to buy food locally grown, you are supporting your local economy and lowering the amount of gasoline or diesel used in food transportation from a distance away. The price may reflect lower transportation costs. Also, buying fresh produce means it might taste better, since it was more likely to have been picked when it was ripe. Your local market may indicate which produce was grown locally. You may have a local "farmers' market" or food co-op near your home that you can patronize.
Choosing to eat a diet that includes less or no meat and more plant-based foods will mean less pollution from animal feed lots (urine, antibiotics, and other waste materials from factory farms can seep into rivers and ground water).9 In addition, if fewer animals are raised for slaughter, the amount of grains that go into animal feed can be reduced and used for people instead. The amount of food the animals eat is huge compared with the amount of meat obtained from their slaughter. It is much more economical for people to eat grain and plantbased foods than to eat meat.10 Adequate protein is easy to obtain from a plantbased diet. For example, all essential amino acids are available in sufficient amount when a person eats a mixture of rice and beans, or corn and beans. Also, choosing to eat a plant-based diet reduces the demand for meat, and hence less slaughter of animals.
Energy from both the wind and the sun can be harnessed to produce electricity. Burning less coal for household electricity consumption is better for the environment. If you live in a location where ordinances don't prohibit wind turbines, consider buying and installing a roof- or tower-mountable vertical axis wind turbine.15 If your home doesn't use all the energy produced by your wind turbine, the generator can be tied into the electrical grid, or you may store the energy in a battery. Some countries give tax credit for installing wind turbines.
Solar panels are becoming more efficient and available for homes. European countries, such as Spain and Germany, are far ahead in solar power utilization.16 You can purchase solar panels for your home and/or use solar power to make hot water and for heating the home. Technology to make flexible solar cells is now also available for personal use to charge portable electronic devices, such as cellular phones and small computers.
While your home and family can do much to care for the environment, as a Christian you have an opportunity and an obligation to make your church sensitive to environmental concerns. Share with your church the biblical reasons for taking care of God's creation. Challenge your church as opportunity arises to be good stewards of Creation.17 Educate and work with your church friends, church elders, and your pastor to do simple things to care for the environment together: creating among church members an appreciation for nature by organizing walks and camps; printing church bulletins on post-consumer, recycled paper; placing and using recycle containers in the church building; and arranging seminars on some of the environmental concerns mentioned in this chapter, such as recycling, composting, catching rainwater, and being responsible stewards of God's creation.
Prayerfully consider the path God wishes for you and your family in caring for His creation. Let Him impress on you the first way for you to begin your practical care of the environment. Perhaps you will start a recycling system in your home. Or you might spend some time learning how to reuse more items instead of throwing them in the trash. Donate your time or money to an environment-friendly organization to help advance their work. Consider the possible use of wind or solar power for energy in your home. Whatever you choose to do, remember your first duty is to be a good steward of God's creation.
Carrie A. C. Wolfe chairs the Division of Science and Mathematics at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska where she teaches chemistry. She received her BA in Chemistry from Union College and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Since then she has taught at Columbia Union College and Union College.
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Diane Gow McDilda, 365 Ways to Live Green (Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2008).
Clippings (Ojai, CA: Harmonious Press, 1992).
Andrea Chesman, The Roasted Vegetable (Boston: Harvard Common Press, 2002).
Mollie Katzen, The New Moosewood Cookbook (Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2000).
———, Sunlight Café: Breakfast Served All Day (New York: Hyperion, 2002).
2 "Plaster cast animal tracks." Available at: http://charlottemason.tripod.com/plaster.html.
3 "How to raise tadpoles." Available at: http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/tadpoles/index.html.
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eat matter?" American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 89 (2009):1699S-1703S.
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Berkey water filter system (Berkey Water Filter. Water Purification Systems and Filtration.
Available at: http://www.berkeyfilters.com/index.html. Accessed November 29, 2011).
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iowa.org/. Accessed October 24, 2011.
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Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship (Norcross, GA: Ampelon Publishing, 2006).
October 31, 2017 marked 500 years since Martin Luther strode through the crisp autumn air of Wittenberg's streets, making his way toward the Castle Church. Clutched in his hand were nails, a hammer and a revolutionary document.


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Q: Query of three related tables, showing only the latest records for each person, with SQL in MS Access I have three tables:
Registrants

*

*Registrant ID (Primary key)

Correspondences

*

*Correspondence ID

*Correspondence Time

*Correspondence Date

*Registrant ID (Foreign key)

*Course ID (Foreign key)
Course

*

*Course ID (Primary key)

The idea is that we can record who has registered for which course, whether a course is full and so on, while keeping track of all of the changes along the way and keeping detailed notes for each phone-call, email, fax, etc (there are way more fields than I have shown here).
What I want is a query with one unique Registrant ID and the Course ID in the latest Correspondence record (as determined by Corresponence Time and Date) in each row. So basically I can look at the query and read off something like this:

*

*"Person A last said he would like to attend Course C at this time and date"

*"Person D last said she would like to attend Course A at this time and date"
Solutions that use SQL or the MS Access 'Design View' UI are both fine.

A: This is made more difficult because the date and time are in separate fields.
If you are using the sequential Autonum ID in Access, you can use the CorrespondenceID to indicate the latest one.
Try something like this:
SELECT
  Reg.Name,
  Course.Name,
  C.CorrespondenceDate,
  C.CorrespondenceTime
FROM
  (SELECT MAX(CorrespondenceID) AS ID, RegistrantID, CourseID
     FROM Correspondence
      GROUP BY RegistrantID, CourseID) AS CX
  INNER JOIN Correspondences AS C ON CX.CorrespondenceID = CX.ID
  INNER JOIN Registrants Reg on CX.RegistrantID = Reg.RegistrantID
  INNER JOIN Course ON CX.CourseID = Course.CourseID;

If you are not using sequential autonum, you'll have to combine the date and time fields to determine which is the latest.  You could probably substitute MAX(CorrespondenceDate + CorrespondenceTime) in the CX Subquery above.
A couple of other things you might consider:

*

*Use a single DateTime field, populate with Now() will make it easier to determine the latest.

*You have mixed pluralities on the table names "course" (singular) vs "registrants" (plural) - you should probably be consistent - many people prefer singular

*I would consider having a table enrollment which does the mapping between course and registrant, then have correspondence map to enrollment.  It feels a better structure to me.

A: You need a bunch of parentheses in MS Access.
SELECT c1.[correspondence id],
       r.[registrant id],
       c2.[course id],
       [correspondence date] + [correspondence time] AS expr1
FROM   course c2
       INNER JOIN (registrants r
                   INNER JOIN correspondences c1
                     ON r.[registrant id] = c1.[registrant id])
         ON c2.[course id] = c1.[course id]
WHERE  [correspondence id] IN (SELECT [correspondence id]
                               FROM   correspondences b
                               WHERE  b.[registrant id] = c1.[registrant id]
                                      AND [correspondence date] +
                                          [correspondence time]
                                          =
                                          (SELECT MAX([correspondence date] +
                                                      [correspondence time])
                                           FROM   correspondences
                                           WHERE
                                              [registrant id] =
                                              c1.[registrant id]))

I would go mad very quickly if I had to work with these tables. Get rid of all the spaces.

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Pipeline Leak detection industry for the Oil and gas will grow say industry experts
Piple Photo credit: pennenergy.com
According to a study by TechSci Research, the global oil and gas pipeline leak detection industry is expected to surpass $1.8 billion in the next five years. This is in part due to the increase in oil and gas leaks over the past few years writes Pennenergy.
Houston Public Media reported that, in Texas alone, the frequency of leaks, fires and other hazardous events has more than doubled since 1995. Research shows that weather, age and corrosion are all common causes of leaks.
Old pipes
According to Business Wire, most pipelines across the globe are between 30 and 100 years old. With age comes greater chance of corrosion and leaks. These pipes are therefore propelling the need for increased leak detection across oil and gas companies worldwide.
In Texas, the rapid increase of leaks is likely due to aging pipelines, according to Houston Public Media. However, funding to study pipelines and incorporate leak detection technology has dropped over the past seven years. Over the past five years alone, only $1.3 million has gone toward research of this kind. This is compared to the $8 million granted to research between 2003 and 2008.
Sam Mannan, a chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University who leads oil and gas safety research at the university, explained to Houston Public Media that lack of funding and research could be detrimental to Texas oil and gas.
Meanwhile, California governor Jerry Brown signed three bills into law regarding the care and upkeep of oil and gas pipelines in the state, according to the Los Angeles Times. It was reported that Brown was reacting to an oil spill in May that leaked 20,000 gallons off the coast of Santa Barbara.
One bill requires pipelines in environmentally sensitive areas to have leak detection technology and automatic shut-off valves. The second states that the fire marshal inspect pipelines annually to detect any issues that need addressing. The third invites commercial fishermen and other nearby boats to help contain oil spills, thus speeding up the cleanup process.
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration also passed stricter regulations on pipelines throughout the country, according to a press release. The new rule requires all hazardous liquid pipelines, such as oil and gas, to have a leak detection system in place. It also states that following extreme weather, all pipelines in the affected area should be checked for damage.
"Hazardous liquid pipelines crisscross the country and pipeline failures can have profound impacts on local communities and the environment," Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary, said in a press release. "This proposed rule is an important step forward to enhance safety, and protect people and the environment."
Old pipelines pose a greater risk to surrounding environments than newer ones, though age and corrosion are not the only factors driving the oil and gas leak detection market up. New pipelines being built are beginning to incorporate the use of leak detection technology at deployment, according to a press release from TechSci.

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Johan Erik Söderlund (ofta J.E. Söderlund, i vissa källor J. Söderlund ), född 23 maj 1826 i Söderala socken i Gävleborgs län, död 3 augusti 1875 i Stockholm, var en svensk hovintendent, arkitekt, tecknare och målare.

Söderlund genomgick Konstakademiens läroverk i Stockholm och reste därefter som dess stipendiat till Italien. Efter återkomsten till Stockholm utnämndes han till slottsintendent 1850 och andre arkitekt i Överintendentämbetet 1866 och han tjänstgjorde som slottsarkitekt för att slutligen bli tillförordnad hovintendent 1873. År 1874 utnämndes Söderlund till agré av Konstakademien.

Bland hans verk i Stockholm kan nämnas Alhambrateatern på Djurgården (1868), Patologisk-anatomiska institutionen vid Karolinska institutet (1866-1869), Norr Mälarstrand 4, de putsade institutionsbyggnaderna visar ungrenässansens kraftfulla former och åren 1885 och 1895 fick institutet tillbyggnader och Bredablick på Djurgården (1876).

Han utförde även restaurationer och tillbyggnader av bland annat Petersenska huset (1873-75), på- och tillbyggnad mot Munkbrogatan, Arsenalsgatan 2 (1863), med om- och påbyggnader 1884 och 1915. Byggnaden i kvarteret Näckström 19 vid Arsenalsgatan 2 i hörnet av Berzelii park 1 ritades av Johan Erik Söderlund och uppfördes 1863-64. Sedan 1870 ligger auktionshuset Bukowskis, Bukowski auktioner AB, i de två understa våningarna med adress Berzelii park 1 och sedan 1993 disponerar Slovakiens ambassad i Stockholm, som bildades då Tjeckoslovakien delades, lokaler på den tredje våningen i fastigheten, ambassaden har adress Arsenalsgatan 2.

Vidare var Johan Erik Söderlund tillsammans Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander arkitekt för den inre ombyggnaden för Frimurarorden till Bååtska palatset (1876-77), den ursprungliga arkitekten till Bååtska palatset från 1660-talet vid Blasieholmsgatan 6 var Nicodemus Tessin den äldre (1669). Stockholms gamla observatorium (1875), tillbyggnad och nytt torn ritades av Söderlund.

Hamiltonska huset, som var byggt i slutet av 1600-talet, byggdes om och till på 1860-talet av greve Jakob Essen Hamilton enligt Johan Erik Söderlunds ritningar, då bland annat tornet och fasaden mot Kungsträdgårdsgatan tillkom. Hamiltonska huset hette ursprungligen Wachtmeisterska huset eller Wachtmeisterska palatset var ett hus i hörnet av Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2C (nuvarande 4) och Arsenalsgatan. På Wachtmeisterska husets före detta tomt vid Kungsträdgårdsgatan 4 uppförde Svenska Handelsbanken 1921 ett nytt bankpalats, det ritades av Erik Josephson.

Bland hans övriga verk märks läroverkshuset i Söderhamn (1861-1864).

Bland kyrkobyggena återfinns Dagstorps kyrka 1861–1862, Lurs kyrka 1862–1868, Veddige kyrka 1866–1868, Ås kyrka 1869–1870, Oskars kyrka 1870, Munkarps kyrka 1883–1884 (bearbetad av C Möller), Kårböle kyrka 1869–1870, Näsums kyrka 1868-1871, Erikstads kyrka 1880–1881 och Tyngsjö kyrka.

Som konstnär består hans huvudsakliga produktion består av akvarellerade arkitektritningar av byggnader och inredningar. Som konstnär avbildade han äldre byggnadsverk och figurmotiv. Söderlund är representerad vid Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, Nationalmuseum och Norrköpings konstmuseum.

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Los cojinetes de fluidos son un tipo de cojinetes en los que la carga es soportada por una capa delgada de líquido o gas presurizados que se mueven rápidamente entre las superficies de apoyo. Dado que no hay contacto entre las partes móviles, no hay fricción, lo que permite que tengan menor rozamiento, desgaste y vibración que muchos otros tipos de cojinetes. Por lo tanto, es posible que experimenten un desgaste prácticamente nulo si se operan correctamente.

Se pueden clasificar en términos generales en dos tipos: cojinetes fluidodinámicos (también conocidos como cojinetes hidrodinámicos) y cojinetes hidrostáticos. Los cojinetes hidrostáticos se caracterizan por estar presurizados externamente; el fluido utilizado suele ser aceite, agua o aire; y se presurizan mediante una bomba. Por su parte, los cojinetes fluidodinámicos dependen de la alta velocidad del muñón (la parte del eje que descansa sobre el fluido) para presurizar el fluido en una cuña entre las caras.

Los cojinetes de fluidos se utilizan con frecuencia en aplicaciones de alta carga, alta velocidad o alta precisión en las que los rodamientos de bolas ordinarios tendrían una vida útil corta o generarían mucho ruido y vibración. También se utilizan cada vez más para reducir costes. Por ejemplo, los cojinetes de fluido de los motores de las unidades de disco duro son más silenciosos y económicos que los rodamientos de bolas a los que reemplazan. Las aplicaciones son muy versátiles e incluso se pueden utilizar en geometrías complejas como tornillos de potencia.

Origen
El cojinete fluido pudo haber sido inventado por el ingeniero civil francés L. D. Girard, quien en 1852 propuso un sistema de propulsión ferroviaria que incorporaba cojinetes hidráulicos alimentados por agua.

Operación

Los cojinetes fluidos evitan el contacto entre las piezas principales que conectan, para lo que se valen de una capa delgada de un fluido (líquido o gas presurizado) que se mueve rápidamente entre las caras del cojinete en movimiento, generalmente selladas alrededor o debajo del eje giratorio. Las partes móviles no entran en contacto, por lo que no hay fricción; la fuerza de carga es soportada únicamente por la presión del fluido en movimiento. Hay dos formas principales de introducir el fluido en el rodamiento:

En los cojinetes fluidoestáticos, hidrostáticos y en muchos cojinetes de gas o aire, el fluido se bombea a través de un orificio o a través de un material poroso. Dichos cojinetes deben estar equipados con el sistema de control de posición del eje, que ajusta la presión y el consumo de fluido de acuerdo con la velocidad de rotación y la carga del eje.
En los cojinetes fluidodinámicos, la rotación del cojinete succiona el fluido hacia la superficie interna del mismo, formando una cuña lubricante debajo o alrededor del eje.

Los cojinetes hidrostáticos dependen de una bomba externa. La potencia requerida por esa bomba contribuye a la pérdida de energía del sistema, tal como lo haría la fricción del rodamiento. Mejores sistemas de sellado pueden reducir las tasas de fuga del fluido y la potencia de bombeo, pero pueden aumentar la fricción.

Los cojinetes hidrodinámicos se basan en el movimiento del cojinete para aspirar fluido hacia el cojinete y pueden tener una alta fricción y una vida útil corta a velocidades inferiores a las de diseño, o durante arranques y paradas. Se puede utilizar una bomba externa o un cojinete secundario para el arranque y el apagado con el fin de evitar daños en el cojinete hidrodinámico. Un cojinete secundario puede tener una alta fricción y una vida útil corta, pero una razonable vida útil general si los arranques y paradas del cojinete son poco frecuentes.

Lubricación hidrodinámica
La "lubricación" "hidrodinámica" (HD), también conocida como "lubricación de película fluida", depende de los siguientes elementos esenciales:

 Un lubricante, que debe ser un fluido viscoso.
 El comportamiento fluidodinámico del flujo de fluido entre las superficies del propio cojinete y la del muñón.
 Las superficies entre las que se mueven las películas de fluido deben ser convergentes.

La lubricación hidrodinámica (de película completa) se obtiene cuando dos superficies de contacto están completamente separadas por una película cohesiva de lubricante.

El espesor de la película evita así la rugosidad combinada de las dos superficies. El coeficiente de fricción es más bajo que con la lubricación de capa límite. La lubricación hidrodinámica evita el desgaste de las piezas móviles y evita el contacto de metal con metal.

Requiere películas fluidas delgadas y convergentes. Estos fluidos pueden ser líquidos o gaseosos, siempre que presenten viscosidad. En un ventilador de computadora y en otros dispositivos como las unidades de disco duro que deben soportar elevadas velocidades de rotación, se utilizan sistemas de lubricación hidrodinámica en los que el aire de la atmósfera forma la película fluida.

La escala de estas películas es del orden de micrómetros. Su convergencia crea presiones normales a las superficies con las que entran en contacto, forzándolas a separarse.

Los tres tipos de cojinetes de esta clase son:

De autoactuación: la película existe debido al movimiento relativo, como en un cojinete ranurado en espiral.
De película comprimida: la película existe debido a un movimiento relativo en sentido normal.
Presurizado externamente: la película existe debido a la presurización externa.

Conceptualmente, los cojinetes se pueden considerar como dos clases geométricas principales: cojinete-muñón (antifricción) y plano-deslizador (fricción).

Se puede utilizar la ecuación de Reynolds para analizar los principios generales de la mecánica de fluidos. Se debe tener en cuenta que cuando se utilizan gases, la modelización matemática de su comportamiento es mucho más complicada.

Se considera que las películas delgadas tienen presión y fuerzas viscosas que actúan sobre ellas. Debido a que hay una diferencia en la velocidad, habrá una diferencia en los vectores de tracción de la superficie; y teniendo en cuente la conservación de la masa, también se puede suponer un aumento en la presión, haciendo que las fuerzas en el cuerpo sean diferentes.

 Lubricación hidrodinámica – características:
 La película de fluido en el punto de espesor mínimo disminuye de espesor a medida que aumenta la carga
 La presión dentro de la masa fluida aumenta a medida que el espesor de la película disminuye debido a la carga
 La presión dentro de la masa de fluido es mayor en algún punto cercano al espacio libre mínimo y más baja en el punto de espacio libre máximo (debido a la divergencia)
 La viscosidad aumenta a medida que aumenta la presión (más resistencia al corte)
 El espesor de la película en el punto de separación mínima aumenta con el uso de fluidos más viscosos
 Con la misma carga, la presión aumenta a medida que aumenta la viscosidad del fluido
 Con una carga y un fluido determinados, el grosor de la película aumentará a medida que aumente la velocidad
 La fricción del fluido aumenta a medida que aumenta la viscosidad del lubricante
 Condición hidrodinámica – Velocidad del fluido:
 La velocidad del fluido depende de la velocidad del gorrón o guía
 El aumento de la velocidad relativa tiende a disminuir la excentricidad de los centros de los cojinetes lisos
 Esto va acompañado de un mayor espesor mínimo de película
 Condición hidrodinámica – carga:
 El aumento de la carga disminuye el espesor mínimo de la película
 También aumenta la presión dentro de la masa de la película para proporcionar una fuerza contraria
 La presión actúa en todas las direcciones, por lo que tiende a expulsar el aceite de los extremos del rodamiento.
 El aumento de la presión aumenta la viscosidad del fluido

Número característico del rodamiento: dado que la viscosidad, la velocidad y la carga determinan las características de una condición hidrodinámica, se desarrolló un número característico del cojinete basado en los efectos de estos tres factores en el espesor de la película.

 El aumento de la velocidad aumenta el espesor mínimo de la película
 El aumento de la viscosidad aumenta el espesor mínimo de la película
 El aumento de la carga disminuye el espesor mínimo de la película

Por lo tanto,
 Viscosidad × velocidad/unidad de carga = un número adimensional = C

C se conoce como el número característico del cojinete.

El valor de C, hasta cierto punto, da una indicación de si se dispone de lubricación hidrodinámica o no.

Características de funcionamiento
Los cojinetes de fluido pueden ser relativamente económicos en comparación con los otros tipos de cojinetes para soportar cargas similares. Su diseño puede ser tan simple como dos superficies lisas selladas para mantener el fluido de trabajo en su interior. Por el contrario, un rodamiento convencional puede requerir muchos rodillos de alta precisión con formas complicadas. Los cojinetes hidrostáticos y muchos de gas tienen la complicación y el costo de las bombas externas.

La mayoría de los cojinetes de fluidos requieren poco o ningún mantenimiento y tienen una vida útil casi ilimitada. En cambio, los rodamientos de elementos rodantes convencionales suelen tener una vida más corta y requieren un mantenimiento regular. Los diseños de cojinetes hidrostáticos y aerostáticos con bombeo funcionan con baja fricción hasta velocidad cero, y no sufren desgaste de arranque o parada siempre que la bomba no falle.

Poseen una fricción muy baja, mucho mejor que los cojinetes mecánicos. Una fuente de fricción en un cojinete de fluido es la viscosidad del fluido que conduce a una fricción dinámica que aumenta con la velocidad, pero la fricción estática suele ser insignificante. Los cojinetes de gas hidrostático se encuentran entre los cojinetes de menor fricción, incluso a velocidades muy altas. Sin embargo, una viscosidad más baja del fluido también suele significar que el fluido se escapa más rápidamente de las superficies de apoyo, lo que requiere una mayor potencia para las bombas o una mayor fricción en los elementos de sellado.

En el caso de un rodillo o una bola muy cargados, los cojinetes de fluido tienen espacios libres que cambian menos bajo carga (son "más rígidos") que en los cojinetes mecánicos. Podría parecer que la rigidez del cojinete, como con la carga máxima de diseño, sería una función simple de la presión promedio del fluido y el área de la superficie del cojinete. En la práctica, cuando las superficies de los cojinetes se presionan entre sí, se restringe el flujo de salida del fluido. Esto aumenta significativamente la presión del fluido entre las caras del cojinete. Dado que las superficies de apoyo del fluido pueden ser comparativamente más grandes que las superficies de rodadura, incluso las pequeñas diferencias de presión del fluido provocan grandes fuerzas de restauración, lo que mantiene el espacio de separación entre ambas.

Sin embargo, en rodamientos con cargas ligeras, como las unidades de disco, las rigideces típicas de los rodamientos de bolas son de ~10^7 MN/m. Los cojinetes fluidos comparables tienen una rigidez de ~10^6 MN/m.  Debido a esto, algunos cojinetes fluidos, particularmente los cojinetes hidrostáticos, están diseñados deliberadamente para precargar el cojinete con el fin de aumentar su rigidez.

Los cojinetes fluidos a menudo agregan inherentemente una amortiguación significativa. Esto ayuda a atenuar las resonancias en las frecuencias giroscópicas de los cojinetes lisos (a veces llamados modos cónicos u oscilantes).

Es muy difícil fabricar un rodamiento mecánico que sea atómicamente liso y redondo; y los rodillos y las pistas de rodadura se deforman en funcionamiento a alta velocidad debido a la fuerza centrípeta. Por el contrario, los cojinetes fluidos se corrigen por sí mismos en presencia de imperfecciones menores y deformaciones leves.

Los cojinetes fluidos suelen ser más silenciosos y suaves (fricción más constante) que los rodamientos. Por ejemplo, las unidades de disco duro fabricadas con cojinetes fluidos tienen clasificaciones de ruido para cojinetes/motores del orden de 20–24 dB, que es un poco más que el ruido de fondo en una habitación silenciosa. Las mecánicas basadas en cojinetes de elementos rodantes suelen ser al menos 4 dB más ruidosas.

Los cojinetes de fluido se pueden fabricar con un NRRO (desviación no repetible) más bajo que un cojinete de bolas o de elementos rodantes. Esto puede ser crítico en la unidad de disco duro moderna y en los husillos de ultra precisión.

Los cojinetes de almohadilla basculante se utilizan como cojinetes radiales para soportar y ubicar ejes en compresores.

Desventajas
 Los cojinetes deben mantener la presión para evitar el desgaste y los de tipo hidrostático en general requieren estar completamente inmóviles cuando se despresurizan.
El consumo general de energía suele ser mayor en comparación con los rodamientos de bolas.
 El consumo de energía y la rigidez o la amortiguación varían mucho con la temperatura, lo que complica el diseño y el funcionamiento de un rodamiento fluido en situaciones de amplio rango de temperatura.
 Muchos tipos de cojinetes de fluido pueden agarrotarse catastróficamente en situaciones de choque o pérdida inesperada de presión de suministro. Los cojinetes de bolas se deterioran más gradualmente y presentan síntomas acústicos.
 Al igual que la vibración de frecuencia de la jaula en un cojinete de bolas, el torbellino de frecuencia media es una inestabilidad del cojinete que genera precesión excéntrica, lo que puede provocar un rendimiento deficiente y una vida útil reducida.
 Fuga de líquido; mantener el fluido en el rodamiento puede ser un desafío para los tipos de líquido, en algunas situaciones puede ser necesario recuperar el vacío y filtrar.
 Los cojinetes de fluido de aceite no son prácticos en entornos donde las fugas de aceite pueden ser destructivas o donde el mantenimiento no es económico.
 Los cojinetes de fluido a menudo deben usarse en pares o grupos de tres, para evitar que el cojinete se incline y pierda el fluido por uno de sus lados.
 A diferencia de los cojinetes mecánicos sin grasa, los cojinetes fluidos no pueden funcionar a las temperaturas extremadamente bajas necesarias para algunas aplicaciones de investigación científica especializada.

Ejemplo

 En el caso del patinaje sobre hielo se forma un cojinete fluido hidrodinámico donde el patín y el hielo están separados por una capa de agua generada por la elevada presión existente entre ambos elementos que funde localmente el hielo.

Cojinetes de láminas

Los cojinetes de lámina son un tipo de cojinetes de aire fluidodinámicos que la compañía Garrett AiResearch introdujo en aplicaciones de turbinas de alta velocidad en la década de 1960. Usan un gas como fluido de trabajo, generalmente aire, y no requieren un sistema de presurización externo, pero necesitan un diseño cuidadoso para evitar el desgaste durante los cambios de velocidad de giro cuando el rodamiento puede experimentar un contacto físico.

Cojinetes de caucho lubricados con agua

Los cojinetes de caucho lubricados con agua tienen una carcasa metálica cilíndrica larga que aloja múltiples duelas de caucho separadas por ranuras axiales. El uso de este tipo de cojinete tiene tres ventajas principales: (i) el agua bombeada que pasa por el cojinete se usa convenientemente como lubricante, lo que reduce el costo de operación de la bomba; (ii) el flujo de agua elimina el calor y las partículas finas a través de las ranuras de los cojinetes; y (iii) la resiliencia natural del caucho otorga al rodamiento buenas propiedades de absorción de impactos y vibraciones y resistencia al desgaste. Los cojinetes de caucho lubricados con agua funcionan en condiciones de lubricación mixta.

Cojinetes de aire

A diferencia de los cojinetes de rodillos de contacto, un cojinete de aire (o lanzador de aire) utiliza una película delgada de aire presurizado para proporcionar una interfaz de carga de fricción extremadamente baja entre las superficies. Las dos superficies no se tocan. Al no tener contacto, los cojinetes de aire evitan los problemas tradicionales relacionados con los cojinetes de fricción (desgaste, generación de partículas y presencia de lubricantes), y ofrecen claras ventajas en el posicionamiento de precisión, como la falta de vibraciones y fricción estática, así como en aplicaciones de alta velocidad.

La película de fluido del cojinete es aire que fluye a través del propio cojinete hacia su superficie. El diseño del cojinete de aire es tal que, aunque el aire escapa constantemente del entrehierro del cojinete, la presión entre las superficies es suficiente para soportar las cargas de trabajo. Esta presión puede generarse externamente (aerostática) o internamente (aerodinámica).

Los cojinetes aerodinámicos solo se pueden operar en aplicaciones de alta velocidad, y para soportar cargas a baja velocidad se requieren cojinetes aerostáticos. Ambos tipos requieren superficies muy acabadas y una fabricación precisa.

Ejemplo
 El hockey de aire es un juego basado en un cojinete aerostático que suspende el disco y las palas de los jugadores para proporcionar una fricción baja y, por lo tanto, mantener altas velocidades del disco. El cojinete utiliza un plano con pequeños orificios distribuidos regularmente por los que sale aire justo por encima de la presión ambiental. El disco y las paletas descansan en el aire.

Cojinetes de fluido de almohadilla basculante Michell/Kingsbury

Los cojinetes de almohadilla basculante dinámicos de fluidos de Michell/Kingsbury fueron inventados de forma independiente y casi simultánea por el australiano nacido en Gran Bretaña, Anthony George Maldon Michell y el especialista en tribología estadounidense Albert Kingsbury. Ambos diseños eran casi idénticos excepto por las diferencias en el enfoque utilizado para hacer girar las almohadillas. Michell dedujo matemáticamente la distribución de presión para colocar un pivote lineal en el sentido del tramo, lo que permitía que la carga actuara a través del punto de máxima presión del fluido. La patente de Kingsbury carecía de este enfoque matemático y el punto de pivote de la almohadilla se colocó en el centro geométrico del cojinete. La patente de Michell (en Gran Bretaña y Australia) se concedió en 1905, mientras que el primer intento de patente de Kingsbury data de 1907. La patente estadounidense de Kingsbury finalmente se concedió en 1911 después de que demostró que había estado trabajando en el concepto durante muchos años. Como dijo Sydney Walker, un antiguo empleado de Michell, la concesión de la patente de Kingsbury fue "un golpe que a Michell le resultó difícil de aceptar".

El cojinete posee "zapatas" o "almohadillas" en forma de sectores de círculo que se apoyan sobre unos pivotes. Cuando el cojinete está en funcionamiento, la parte giratoria lleva aceite nuevo al área de la almohadilla mediante arrastre viscoso. La presión del fluido hace que la almohadilla se incline ligeramente, creando una estrecha constricción entre la zapata y la otra superficie de apoyo. Una cuña de fluido presurizado se acumula detrás de esta constricción, separando las partes móviles. La inclinación de la almohadilla cambia de forma adaptativa con la carga y la velocidad del cojinete. Varios detalles de diseño aseguran la reposición continua del aceite para evitar el sobrecalentamiento y el daño de la almohadilla.

Los cojinetes de fluido Michell/Kingsbury se utilizan en una gran variedad de equipos rotativos de servicio pesado, incluso en hidroelectricidad para soportar turbinas y generadores que pesan cientos de toneladas. También se utilizan en maquinaria muy pesada, como ejes de transmisión en grandes buques.

Es probable que George Weymoth (Pty) Ltd (bajo la dirección de AGM Michell) construyera el primer cojinete de apoyo basculante en servicio en 1907 para una bomba centrífuga en Cohuna en el río Murray, Victoria, Australia, solo dos años después de que Michell publicara y patentara su solución tridimensional según la ecuación de Reynolds. En 1913, se reconocieron los grandes méritos de los cojinetes de almohadilla basculante para aplicaciones marinas. El primer barco británico que se equipó con el rodamiento fue el barco de vapor que cruzaba el canal de La Mancha, el "París", pero muchos buques de guerra estaban equipados de manera similar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Los resultados prácticos fueron espectaculares: el problemático bloque de empuje se volvió mucho más pequeño y liviano, significativamente más eficiente y notablemente libre de problemas de mantenimiento. Se estimó que la Royal Navy ahorró carbón por un valor de 500.000 libras solo en 1918 como resultado de la instalación de los cojinetes de las almohadillas basculantes de Michell.

Según el ASME (ver enlace de referencia), el primer cojinete de fluido Michell/Kingsbury en los Estados Unidos se instaló en la central hidroeléctrica de la presa de Holtwood (en el río Susquehanna, cerca de Lancaster (Pensilvania), EE. UU.) en 1912. El cojinete de 2,25 toneladas soporta una turbina hidráulica y un generador eléctrico con un masa giratoria de unas 165 toneladas y una turbina de agua a presión que suma otras 40 toneladas. El rodamiento ha estado en servicio casi continuo desde 1912, sin reemplazo de piezas. El ASME informó que todavía estaba en servicio a partir de 2000. A partir de 2002, el fabricante estimó que los rodamientos en la presa de Holtwood deberían tener una vida útil libre de mantenimiento de aproximadamente 1300 años.

Actualmente, los cojinetes de apoyo basculante desempeñan un papel esencial para equipos rotativos como expansores, bombas, turbinas de gas o vapor, o compresores. Además de los rodamientos antifricción tradicionales que se utilizaron desde principios del siglo XX, los fabricantes modernos como Miba también utilizan otros materiales, como por ejemplo, bronce o cobre-cromo, para mejorar el rendimiento de sus cojinetes.

Véase también
Cojinete de deslizamiento

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Folleto histórico de ASME sobre el rodamiento Susquehanna de Kingsbury
 Un manual técnico de la NASA de 91 páginas y 10,6 MB Lubricación de elementos de máquinas, NASA-RP-1126 de BJHamrock, 1984 gov/19840023570_1984023570.pdf aquí.
Modelos cinemáticos para la biblioteca digital de diseño (KMODDL): películas y fotos de cientos de modelos de sistemas mecánicos en funcionamiento en la Universidad de Cornell. También incluye una biblioteca de libros electrónicos de textos clásicos sobre diseño mecánico e ingeniería.
 – Una discusión técnica que presenta los cojinetes de aire y sus muchas aplicaciones en Specialty Components Inc.
 – Una demostración en video de un cojinete de aire esférico.

Cojinetes
Lubricación


Part Two - Prepare to Perform. Assess your horse's strong and weak points to determine which classes you should enter.
While it's true that a pretty horse catches the judge's eye, your grooming and trimming efforts are going to be wasted if your horse is not capable of performing the tasks required in your chosen competitions and classes. In fact, taking stock of your horse's good and bad points should be an important part of your decision which classes to enter.
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Sport Wales – School Sport Survey Results
Sport Wales recently released the figures and infographics for the 2018 School Sport Survey. You can view the full data tables on their Statistics pages. These include Parkour/Freerunning participation figures.
The results show that the increase seen from 2011 to 2015 in previous surveys has been sustained, with 48% of young people taking part in sport 3 or more times a week in addition to timetabled PE lessons.
2018 figures also suggest a close in the participation gap for some of the harder to reach groups.
The survey showed the sports most likely to be participated in by primary pupils other than in school or community club settings.
For those in years 3-6, it showed that 25% of males & 29% of 'other'* were likely to have participated in Parkour/Freerunning in a school or community club settings (this is Wales only)
For those in years 7-11, it showed that 20% of 'other'* were likely to have participated in Parkour/Freerunning in a school or community club settings (this is Wales only)
*Sport Wales have changed the categories on gender this year so that respondents can tick "male", "female", "prefer not to say" or "other". Unfortunately, this means that gender based results are not directly comparable to previous year's.
Other headline findings include:
45% of children with a disability or impairment are now taking part in sport 3 or more times a week (in addition to timetabled PE lessons), up from 40% in 2015. The figure shows an even greater increase when responses from Special Educational Needs schools are added in, taking the figure up to 47%.
The lowest participating ethnic minority group, Asian British has increased regular participants from 36% to 40% bringing them closer to the national average.
Meanwhile there looks to be a more stubborn gap between the most and least deprived, with 42% of children from the most deprived households taking part 3 or more times a week (in addition to timetabled PE lessons), down from 43%in 2015.
In 2018, 46% of girls are taking part in sport 3 or more times a week in comparison to 50% of boys. In 2015, 44% of girls and 52% of boys stated that they regularly took part. Although direct comparisons cannot be made due to the new question dynamic, the figures suggest a potential close in the gender gap.
39% of those responding as 'other' have stated that they take part 3 or more times a week.
The data certainly demonstrates the reach, breadth and depth of Parkour/Freerunning, not just in Wales, but across the UK and our community.
We certainly feel that Parkour UK and our community have plenty to contribute to the strategic plan of Sport Wales. In addition to the Government strategy #SportingFuture, coordinated by Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the strategic plans of Sport England, sportscotland & Sport Northern Ireland
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Abstract:Deep learning refers to artificial neural networks comprising of multiple layers. The deep learning algorithms automate the representation of abstract features by composing simple representations from raw data at one level to complex representations at the higher. These algorithms have improved the current state of art results and bought new insights to the current data. In this paper, the deep neural architectures and their application on NLP have been discussed. The paper also evaluates the various approaches to train the data. Various classifications of deep neural nets are also an integral part of the paper. On the basis of architecture and transfer of information from input to output layers via hidden layers, deep neural nets have been broadly classified and elaborated. Brief comparisons of the various techniques used in deep neural networks on various parameters are evaluated and have been presented..
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Home » PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS - DECISION ON JOINT DEFENCE MOTION PERTAINING TO OBJECTIONS TO THE NATURE OF THE TESTIMONY IN CHIEF OF WITNESS TF1-150 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 107 (16 June 2005);
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS - DECISION ON JOINT DEFENCE MOTION PERTAINING TO OBJECTIONS TO THE NATURE OF THE TESTIMONY IN CHIEF OF WITNESS TF1-150 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 107 (16 June 2005);
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TRIAL CHAMBER II
Justice Teresa Doherty, Presiding Judge
Justice Richard Lussick
Justice Julia Sebutinde
Registrar:
Robin Vincent
Alex Tamba Brima
Brima Bazzy Kamara
Santigie Borbor Kanu
(Case No.SCSL-04-16-T)
DECISION ON JOINT DEFENCE MOTION PERTAINING TO OBJECTIONS TO THE NATURE OF THE TESTIMONY IN CHIEF OF WITNESS TF1-150
Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima:
Luc Côté
Lesley Taylor
James Hodes
Glenna Thompson
Kojo Graham
Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara:
Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah
Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu:
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops
Carry Knoops
Abibola E. Manly-Spain
TRIAL CHAMBER II ("Trial Chamber") of the Special Court for Sierra Leone ("Special Court"), composed of Justice Teresa Doherty, presiding, Justice Richard Lussick and Justice Julia Sebutinde;
SEISED of the Joint Defence Motion Pertaining to Objections to the Nature of the Testimony in Chief of Witness TF1-150, filed on 27 May 2005 ("Motion");
NOTING the Prosecution Response to the Motion, filed on 31 May 2005 ("Response");
NOTING the Defence Reply to the Prosecutions Response to the Motion, filed on 2 June 2005 ("Response");
HEREBY DECIDES as follows.
According to the Introductory Note annexed to the Prosecution Response to Joint Defence Motion Pertaining to Objections to the Nature of the Testimony-in-Chief of Witness TF1-150, Michael O'Flaherty (Witness TF1-150) is an Irish national who served as the first human rights advisor to the UN Special Envoy for Sierra Leone, in May 1998. In July 1998 he established the human rights section of the new United Nations Observer Mission for Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) and became its Chief while continuing to hold the position of human rights advisor to the UN Special Envoy (re-designated Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. He left Sierra Leone in January 2000 on appointment to a post at the office of the UN High Commissioner for human Rights in Geneva (OHCHR). In 2001 he continued to have a management responsibility for the OHCHR activities in support of the establishment of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The Prosecution in the case of The Prosecutor v. Alex Tamba Brima et al[1] intends to call Witness TF1-150 to testify on its behalf. In a pre-trial interview with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Witness TF1-150 made a statement consisting of "a written statement, report and documentary material". In accordance with the Trial Chamber's Order to file witness statements dated 9 February 2005 the OTP filed the said witness statement and report on the 31 May 2005[2]. The Defence objections raised in their Joint Motion are based upon this document entitled "Human Rights in Sierra Leone: 1998-2000, Certain Aspects Relevant to the RUF-AFRC Indictments of the Sierra Leone Special Court" (the impugned Report)[3].
II. SUBMISSION OF THE PARTIES
The Defence Motion
The Defence for the Accused Brima, Kanu and Kamara apply to exclude certain portions of what they describe as "the evidence to be adduced by testimony-in-chief of Witness TF1-150" who is set to testify sometime in the near future and to exclude specific documents identified by the witness in a report annexed to his pre-trial statement dated 18 April 2005, which documents the Prosecution may seek to tender in evidence in the course of his oral testimony. The Defence divides the "evidence to be adduced by Witness TF1-150 in regard to the impugned Report" into two categories, namely:
Portions of the Report based upon the witness's direct knowledge, against which the Defence raises no objection; and
Alleged findings of fact that were based on primary and secondary information sources, which do not derive from the direct knowledge of the witness, against which the Defence raises its objections in the Motion.
The Defence apply to exclude certain portions of the intended testimony-in-chief of Witness TF1-150 as well as specific documents identified by the witness in the impugned Report which documents the Prosecution may seek to tender in evidence in the course of this witness' oral testimony, on the following grounds:
Witness TF1-150 not being called as an expert witness but rather a witness of fact should not in giving his testimony, be permitted to rely upon the impugned Report in particular those parts of the report that constitute "alleged findings of fact which were based on primary and secondary information sources, which do not derive from the direct knowledge of the said witness".
Certain information in the said report should not be admitted in evidence because it is derived from "primary" or "secondary" sources that either lack foundation, or that amount to opinion evidence given by a lay witness, or that are irrelevant by reason of being too general.
With regard to the UNAMSIL Reports, the witness should not in his testimony be permitted to rely upon information derived from "UN Human Rights officers in other types of missions to localities in Sierra Leone, data gathered by other parts of the UN Mission, the humanitarian community and the national human rights community" because that information does not derive from his own personal knowledge and experience but rather from reports of which he was not the author.
The sources described in the Report as "humanitarian community" and "the national human rights community" are too vague and broad and are incapable of definition and a testimony based upon them would be tantamount to a lay witness giving inadmissible opinion evidence.
Witness TF1-150 being a lay witness of fact is not competent to testify on behalf of the "humanitarian community" or "the national human rights community".
With regard to paragraph 12 of the Report which purports to "co-centre on situations which have relevance with regard to the current RUF-AFRC related Special Court Indictments" Witness TF1-150 being a lay witness of fact is not competent to testify on legal matters pertaining to the indictment before "an internationalised criminal court" or to reasonably assess the relevance of certain information in view of such indictment.
The selection of information presented by this witness amounts to a selection which can only be attributed to an expert witness, which Witness TF1-150 is not.
With regard to the use of the term "reliability" as a criterion upon which he drafted his report, Witness TF1-150 being a lay witness of fact is not competent to make a proper assessment on the "reliability" of primary or secondary sources on this specific area which, according to this witness, would have "relevance with regard to the current RUF-AFRC related Special Court indictment".
Witness TF1-150 cannot be considered a contemporaneous witness of fact but is merely a person who collected and collated certain materials in his report. As such his intended Testimony-in-chief lacks probative value and relevance and should therefore not be admitted. (Defence cites the ICTY Case of Kordic and Cerkez Decision on the Prosecution Application to Admit the Tulica Report and Dossier into Evidence, of 29/07/99 paras.19-20)
With regard to the sources of information referred to in paragraph 13 of the impugned Report, Witness TF1-150 should not be permitted to rely upon sources of which he is not the author or exclusive author. Even with regard to his "personal notes" he should not be permitted to rely upon them in so far as these notes do not rely on his personal knowledge but rather derive from indirect sources or any other materials not based on his personal knowledge.
With regard to the "Press releases, Communiqués and Aide Memoirs of which Witness TF1-150 is not the author, his intended testimony-in-chief based on these is unreliable, irrelevant, of little or no probative value and therefore inadmissible.
The materials contained in the impugned Report of which Witness TF1-150 is not the author should not be admitted in evidence through his intended testimony-in-chief as the relevance of these materials cannot be determined through his said testimony. The said materials and reports do not qualify for Judicial notice as they are capable of reasonable dispute. (Defence cites the Separate opinion of Justice Robertson in the Fofana Decision on Appeal against Decision on Prosecution's Motion for Judicial Notice and Admission of Evidence" of 16/05/05 Case No. SCSL-2004-14-AR73, paragraphs 26-32)
The Prosecution Response
The Prosecution prays that the Joint Defence Motion should be dismissed in its entirety on the following grounds:
Witness TF1-150 is not called as an expert witness but rather one of fact. As such, the Prosecution does not intend to solicit opinion evidence from him.
The proposed testimony-in-chief of Witness TF1-150 is relevant and factual and therefore admissible under Rule 89 (C) of the Rules.
The Prosecution does not intend to tender in evidence the impugned Report wholesale, but rather to lead oral evidence relating to some of the matters referred to in the said Report.
The Prosecution intends to lead evidence-in-chief with regard to Witness TF1-150 about the monitoring and reporting of human rights abuses in Sierra Leone from May 1998 until December 1999. The intended evidence is relevant in proving that crimes were perpetuated in Sierra Leone as part of a widespread and systematic attack on the civilian population.
All objections raised by the Defence against the intended testimony of Witness TF1-150 or the documents referred to by him in his report, go to issues of weight rather than admissibility.
Even the hearsay nature of portions of the proposed testimony of Witness TF1-150 is not a bar to its admissibility. Such hearsay evidence is admissible in evidence as long as it is relevant to the Prosecution case, subject to the weight and evaluation of that evidence by the Trial Chamber at the end of the Prosecution case.
The Prosecution submits that the documentary evidence that the Prosecution intends to tender in evidence through Witness TF1-150 is relevant to its case and is susceptible of confirmation. In particular, the Prosecution will at an appropriate time apply to tender in evidence "all those documents which are annexed to the witness' pre-trial statement dated 18 April 2005, together with a selection of UN Security Council Resolutions (those referred to in the witness' report, and any others to which he is able to speak) and part only (the human rights section) of a series of reports on Sierra Leone which were presented by the UN Secretary General to the UN Security Council, some in the period in which the witness held office in Sierra Leone, the primary drafts of which were written by this witness)".
In addition the Prosecution submits that the information in these documents is admissible under Rule 92bis.
The Defence Reply
The Defence reiterates its objection to the intended testimony-in-chief of Witness TF1-150 and to the impugned Report being tendered in evidence not on grounds of hearsay but rather on the grounds that certain (primary and secondary) sources underlying the report, which sources do not fall within the witness' personal knowledge and/ or competence to testify about, are inadmissible.
III. DELIBERATIONS
Witness TF1-150 has not yet given evidence and is only scheduled to testify some time in the near future. As such, it is pre-mature and speculative for anyone to refer to the "Testimony-in-chief" or "oral evidence" of this witness as it does not yet exist. Neither is the Trial Chamber seized with an application by the Prosecution to tender into evidence the impugned Report or any portions thereof pursuant to Rule 92bis. What the Prosecution has done however, is to disclose the witness' pre-trial statement of 18 April 2005 together with the impugned report as an attachment thereto, in discharge of their disclosure obligation pursuant to Rule 66 of the Rules. The Prosecution disclosure obligation under Rule 66 as persuasively elaborated by the Special Court in the case of The Prosecutor v. Norman et al[4] and the case of the Prosecutor v. Sesay et al[5] should not be misinterpreted to mean that the disclosed material is automatically evidence. In both these cases the trial Chamber observed that the Prosecution is under an obligation pursuant to Rule 66 to continuously disclose to the defence copies of all statements of all witnesses whom they intend to call, including new developments in the investigation in the form of "will say statements" or interview notes or other forms obtained from a witness at any time prior to the witness giving his testimony in court.
The Prosecution in their submissions have made it clear that they do not intend to lead opinion evidence with regard to this witness. Nor does the Prosecution intend to tender the whole of the impugned Report in evidence. The Prosecution intends merely "to lead oral evidence relating to some of the matters referred to in the report." The Trial Chamber is of the view that for it to entertain any objections on what amounts to mere "intentions" by the Prosecution with regard to Witness TF1-150 and not on his oral testimony, would at best be premature and speculative.
We note that the impugned Report is annexed to and forms part of the witness' pre-trial statement to the Prosecution, dated 18 April 2005. We further note that both the pre-trial statement and the annexed report are not evidence. They are merely documents disclosed by the Prosecution under Rule 66 in order to put the Defence on notice about the kind of evidence the Prosecution intends to adduce, and to enable the Defence to adequately prepare to cross-examine Witness TF1-150 on any aspect thereof, if the Defence so wishes. The Trial Chamber is further of the view that the disclosure of a witness' pre-trial statement does not automatically transform it into "evidence" in the absence of an application or request to tender by the party wishing to rely upon it. We know of no authority to the contrary.
By their Joint Motion, the Defence for the Accused Brima, Kanu and Kamara are in fact asking the Trial Chamber to exclude certain portions of the pre-trial statement of Witness TF1-150 dated 18 April 2005, namely the Report annexed to that statement. The Trial Chamber has no power or authority to order the Prosecution to change or alter the content of a witness' pre-trial statement. The Trial Chamber's power to entertain any objections with regard to "the intended oral evidence" of Witness TF1-150, is only set into motion once the Witness begins to testify or when the Prosecution has through his testimony applied or requested to tender documentary evidence pursuant to the Rules, but not before.
The Kordic and Cerkez Case[6] cited by both parties is both instructive and distinguishable. In that case the Office of the Prosecutor applied to tender in evidence the Tulica Dossier and Investigator's Report (consisting of maps, video footage, witness statements, court transcripts, exhumation reports, photographs and an investigators report) in response to the Trial Chamber's request to "expedite proceedings without compromising the right of the accused to a fair trial." Clearly the Defence objections in the Tulica Case were made at an appropriate time after the Prosecution made its application to tender in evidence the Report. In the present Motion, the Prosecution has not yet led any oral evidence in regard to the impugned Report nor has the Prosecution applied to tender in evidence the said report or portions thereof as yet. The Trial Chamber accordingly finds that the Defence objections with regard to the intended testimony of Witness TF1-150 and the report annexed to this witness' pre-trial statement on grounds of lack of foundation, inadmissibility and relevance, are speculative and premature at this stage.
FOR THE ABOVE REASONS
THE MOTION is dismissed.
Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 16th day of June 2005.
Justice Teresa Doherty
Presiding Judge
[Seal of the Special Court for Sierra Leone]
[1] Case No. SCSL-2004-16-T
[2] Document No. SCSL-2004-16-T-292
[4] The Prosecutor v. Norman et al., Case No. SCSL-2004-14-T, Decision on Disclosure of Witness Statements and cross-examination, 16 July 2004, para. 6).
[5] The Prosecutor v. Sesay et al., Case No. SCSL-2004-15-T, Ruling on Oral Application for the Exclusion of "Additional" Statement for Witness TF1-060, 23 July 2004, para. 15.
[6] The Prosecution v. Kordic and Cerkez Case No. IT-95-14/2-T, Decision on the Prosecution Application to Admit the Tulica Report and Dossier into Evidence, 29 July 1999.
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS- SEPARATE AND DISSENTING OPINION OF JUSTICE SEBUTINDE IN THE DECISION ON THE CONFIDENTIAL JOINT DEFENCE MOTION TO DECLARE AND VOID THE TESTIMONY OF WITNESS TF1-023 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 128 (08 August 2005);
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS- DECISION ON THE CONFIDENTIAL JOINT DEFENCE MOTION TO DECLARE AND VOID TESTIMONY-IN-CHIEF OF WITNESS TF1-023 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 86 (25 May 2005);
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS- DECISION ON JOINT DEFENCE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FROM DECISION ON DEFENCE MOTION TO EXCLUDE ALL EVIDENCE FROM WITNESS TF1-277 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 123 (02 August 2005);
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS- DECISION ON KANU MOTION TO DISCLOSE PROSECUTION MATERIAL AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO REWARDS TO PROSECUTION TRIAL WITNESSES AND BRIMA'S MOTION IN SUPPORT (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 41 (16 March 2005);
PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS- DECISION ON JOINT DEFENCE MOTION ON DISCLOSURE OF ALL ORIGINAL WITNESS STATEMENTS, INTERVIEW NOTES AND INVESTIGATORS' NOTES PURSUANT TO RULES 66 AND/OR 68 (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 63 (04 May 2005);


The Card is interfaced with the programmable I/O lines of 8255 & simulates the lift operation of a four storied building.
There are 4 request keys and additional 4 keys for user xpansion purposes.
These keys are connected to the set pins of 74LS74 Flip/Flop & press Indicate the requested floor.