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Homo Sapiens Will Conquer Space 123 the Mystery of the Seven Spheres Giovanni F
Giovanni F. Bignami The Mystery of the Seven Spheres How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space 123 The Mystery of the Seven Spheres Giovanni F. Bignami The Mystery of the Seven Spheres How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space 123 Giovanni F. Bignami Italian Institute for Astrophysics INAF Rome Italy Translation by Alessandra Scaffidi Abbate ISBN 978-3-319-17003-9 ISBN 978-3-319-17004-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17004-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015936153 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 Translation from Italian language edition: Il mistero delle sette sfere by Mondadori, © 2013. All rights reserved This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. -
Sergio Givone Interroga La Peste
Alias – 15.7.12 Sergio Givone interroga la peste - Piero Gelli Nella Mosca di Pirandello, Giurlannu Zarù sta morendo in una stalla, probabilmente di carbonchio, infettato da un comune dittero, come ipotizza il dottore subito accorso; e ora la mosca è lì che s’aggira sulla guancia del cugino Neli, attonito e dolente, pronta a iniettare con la piccola proboscide l’infezione nel taglio del rasoio sul mento. Zarù osserva tutto, e per la cupa invidia, per la sorda gelosia nei riguardi del parente bello e florido, gode al pensiero che quello sia proprio lo stesso insetto che gli sta portando via la vita. E così è, infatti, ché anche il suo giovane cugino è infettato, come avverte dalle urla Zarù, abbandonato da tutti come un cane, nello stabbio, grufando per non sentire il silenzio della campagna, e osservando sul muro la mosca che si netta celermente le zampine anteriori, come soddisfatta. Veicolo dunque di contagio, di peste (qui carbonchio, come altrove colera), figura di morte è, in questa novella paradigmatica di Pirandello, un elemento della natura, il più delle volte innocuo intorno a noi, come l’aria e l’acqua. Può sembrare curioso che io ricordi un autore che indubbiamente non rientra nel canone di Sergio Givone, il quale anche in questo suo ultimo bellissimo saggio, Metafisica della peste (Einaudi, PBE, pp. XVII-206, €22), non lo cita mai, pur incrociando spesso temi su cui lo scrittore siciliano ha intessuto ossessivamente la sua fortuna di narratore e drammaturgo. Può parere un atto irriverente, come segnalare una lacuna, quando invece la citazione «a sproposito» vuole solo indicare la capacità e la forza della speculazione di Givone, che sono quelle di provocare suggestioni, convogliare personali agnizioni anche al di fuori dello sterminato diorama che il filosofo ha messo in scena: parte da lontananze remote, omeriche, traversa la nostra bimillenaria cultura per arrivare alla contemporaneità, a sottolineare la permanenza mitica, nonostante le ragioni scientifiche, di ogni pandemia, sotto l’endiade di colpa e destino. -
ACRP Report 37 – Guidebook for Planning and Implementing
AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACRP PROGRAM REPORT 37 Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration Guidebook for Planning and Implementing Automated People Mover Systems at Airports ACRP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE* TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE* CHAIR OFFICERS James Wilding CHAIR: Michael R. Morris, Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (re- Governments, Arlington tired) VICE CHAIR: Neil J. Pedersen, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration, Baltimore VICE CHAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board Jeff Hamiel MEMBERS Minneapolis–St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission J. Barry Barker, Executive Director, Transit Authority of River City, Louisville, KY Allen D. Biehler, Secretary, Pennsylvania DOT, Harrisburg MEMBERS Larry L. Brown, Sr., Executive Director, Mississippi DOT, Jackson James Crites Deborah H. Butler, Executive Vice President, Planning, and CIO, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport Norfolk, VA Richard de Neufville William A.V. Clark, Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, North Carolina DOT, Raleigh Kevin C. Dolliole Unison Consulting Nicholas J. Garber, Henry L. Kinnier Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, and Director, John K. Duval Center for Transportation Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Austin Commercial, LP Jeffrey W. Hamiel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis, MN Kitty Freidheim Paula J. Hammond, Secretary, Washington State DOT, Olympia Freidheim Consulting Steve Grossman Edward A. (Ned) Helme, President, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington, DC Jacksonville Aviation Authority Adib K. Kanafani, Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Tom Jensen Susan Martinovich, Director, Nevada DOT, Carson City National Safe Skies Alliance Debra L. -
CSR Report 2011 Digest
Locations (as of April 1, 2011) MHI CSR Repor Head Office Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Head Office Building 2-16-5 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8215, Japan Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 (main number) Fax: 81-3-6716-5800 t 2011 Digest Yokohama Building 3-3-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8401, Japan Business Segments SHIPBUILDING & OCEAN DEVELOPMENT Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Head Office Building, Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works) POWER SYSTEMS Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 (Yokohama Building, Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works, Takasago Machinery Works) NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Head Office Building, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works) MACHINERY & STEEL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Head Office Building, Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, Hiroshima Machinery Works, Mihara Machinery Works, Iwatsuka Plant, Yokohama Engineering Center) Environmental & Chemical Plant Division (Yokohama Engineering Center) Transportation Systems & Advanced Technology Division (Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, Mihara Machinery Works) Industrial Machinery Business, Technology & Solutions Division CSR REPORT (Hiroshima Machinery Works) AEROSPACE SYSTEMS Phone: 81-3-6716-3111 Address all inquiries about this report to: (Mitsubishi -
Metromover System Expansion Study Final Report
Metromover System Expansion Study Final Report Work Order #GPC V-16 Metromover System Expansion Study Final Report Work Order #GPC V-16 Metromover System Expansion Study Final Report Work Order #GPC V-16 Metromover System Expansion Study Final Report Prepared for: Miami-Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization Prepared by: Work Order # GPC V-16 September 2014 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Miami-Dade MPO Metromover System Expansion Study Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................i List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ v List of Appendices ............................................................................................................................................................................................ vi 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Study Need .................................................................................................................................................................................. -
IHI Report Interim Report for 196Th Fiscal Year April 1 to September 30
IHI Report Interim Report for 196th Fiscal Year April 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012 IHI Corporation To Our Shareholders The IHI Group has adopted “Realize your dreams” as the new corporate message. Our mission is to realize “growth” through the creation of value for all our customers across the world. Half a year has passed since you were In November, the IHI Group announced “Group Q appointed President in April. Looking back, Q Management Policies 2013,” the medium-term please provide a summary of this period. management plan for the next three years. Please comment on these management policies. The operating environment surrounding the A IHI Group has been extremely diffi cult both in The keyword in the “Group Management Policies Japan and overseas with factors such as the A 2013” is “growth.” prolonged European debt crisis, a slowdown in The current fi scal year is the third and fi nal the emerging economies, and the continuation of year of “Group Management Policies 2010.” the strong yen. Under these management policies, the IHI Group Orders received on a consolidated basis implemented various initiatives to proceed with for the six months ended September 30, stabilizing the business foundation, strengthening 2012 totaled ¥589.0 billion. Among the orders business selection and concentration, and were boiler construction for a large coal-fi red globalization. Achievements through these thermal power plant in Taiwan and three units initiatives included profi tability in all business of shipbuilding orders, including a helicopter- divisions for three consecutive years, the carrying destroyer. Although consolidated net expansion of aero engines and vehicular sales ended ¥15.0 billion short of the initial turbochargers businesses, the merger of the forecast at ¥564.9 billion, consolidated operating marine businesses, and establishment of regional income was ¥14.5 billion, ¥4.5 billion higher than headquarters in Asia and China. -
Automated People Mover “Crystal Mover” for Hartsfield-Jackson
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review Vol. 47 No. 2 (June 2010) 6 “Crystal Mover” Automated People Mover for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Transportation Systems and Advanced Technology Division Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), with local partners including MHIA, received an order for its APM (Automated People Mover) system, a passenger transport system connecting the main terminal of Atlanta International Airport and the new rental car facility (CONRAC: Consolidated Rental Agency Complex), from the City of Atlanta, Department of Aviation, in October 2005. It was the third APM system project awarded to MHI in the U.S., following similar systems at Miami International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, and was the first to enter into operational service, in December 2009. MHI's APM system and associated technologies are introduced below. |1. System overview The APM system at Atlanta International Airport comprises of 2.2 km (1.4 miles) of elevated double tracked guideway connecting the airport main terminal (Airport Station) and the rental car facility (Rental Car Center Station). There are three stations in total, including one intermediate station (GICC/Gateway Center Station) (Figure 1). The system is used by customers of the rental car facility, and by people visiting the convention center (GICC: Georgia International Convention Center), which is adjacent to the intermediate station. At the west end of the system, there is a vehicle Maintenance and Storage Facility (M&SF), which also accommodates the Central Control Center for the operation and supervision of the system. Figure 1 CONRAC APM system overview at Atlanta International Airport The system is fully automated and unmanned, operating 24-hour per day in correspondence with the operation of the airport. -
The Sojitz Group | Automotive Sales & Service
OFFERING MEMORANDUM The Sojitz Group | Automotive Sales & Service Fairfield, CA www.preservewestcapital.com TABLE OF CONTENTS PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS 1 AERIALS 4 PROPERTY OVERVIEW 2 ABOUT THE AREA 6 ABOUT THE TENANT 3 DEMOGRAPHICS 8 Disclaimer MGM Capital Corp dba Preserve West Capital (“Broker”) has been retained on an exclusive basis to market the property Putnam Daily described herein (“Property”). Broker has been authorized by the Seller of the Property (“Seller”) to prepare and distribute Partner the enclosed information (“Material”) for the purpose of soliciting offers to purchase from interested parties. More detailed financial, title and tenant lease information may be made available upon request following the mutual execution of a letter of 415.445.5107 intent or contract to purchase between the Seller and a prospective purchaser. You are invited to review this opportunity and [email protected] make an offer to purchase based upon your analysis. If your offer results in the Seller choosing to open negotiations with you, CA RE License #01750064 you will be asked to provide financial references. The eventual purchaser will be chosen based upon an assessment of price, terms, ability to close the transaction and such other matters as the Seller deems appropriate. Lindsey Snider The Material is intended solely for the purpose of soliciting expressions of interest from qualified investors for the acquisition of the Property. The Material is not to be copied and/or used for any other purpose or made available to any other person Vice President without the express written consent of Broker or Seller. The Material does not purport to be all-inclusive or to contain all of the 415.906.2887 information that a prospective buyer may require. -
Last Mile” Project
International benchmarking study about transportation services 28.5.2018 ”Last Mile” Project . The “Last Mile” project (“Perille asti” in Finnish) aims to improve the mobility of local residents and travelers in the Helsinki Region: . Jätkäsaari in Helsinki . Aviapolis and touristic destinations in Vantaa . Nuuksio and Rantaraitti in Espoo . It is a joint project of the city of Vantaa, Espoo Marketing, Forum Virium Helsinki, Metropolia UAS, Aalto University, and Demos Helsinki . ”Last mile” is funded by European Regional Development Fund through the ”Six City Strategy” during 2017-2019 METROPOLIA PROJECT TEAM • Project Manager: Kaija Haapasalo • Project Co-ordinator: Christophe Buyle • Project Assistant: Milka Holmberg • Project Assistant: Valentina Zeljonaja • More information: [email protected] INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH • This international benchmarking research was done by the project team of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences during January- May 2018 as part of Last Mile project. • The main objective of the research was to provide examples of mobility services implemented or under development in cities and recreational areas similar to the target areas and cities involved in Last Mile project. • In total 41 cases from all over the world were summarized and presented with help of a “Case card”. • The template and content of the “Case card” as well as the main research questions are shown on the following slides. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH • Cases were categorized into 4 sub-categories; transportation services, mobility applications, tour packages and other. • The purpose of the research was to provide ideas of possible new mobility services that could be tested and piloted also in Finland e.g. as pilots of the Last Mile project. -
List of Japanese Companies /Organizations and Mous (TICAD7 /MOU Ceremony, 29 August 2019)
1 List of Japanese Companies /Organizations and MOUs (TICAD7 /MOU Ceremony, 29 August 2019) Japanese side : 37 Companies / 5 organizations, Counterpart : 26 African Countries (Organizations and Companies) MOU : 110 in total Japanese Companies/ African Contries organization Title of MOU Outline of MOU organizations Partnership between Gavi's accelerator programme and AAIC's Africa Asia Africa Investment and Consulting Pte Gavi and Japanese Growth Equity Fund sign MOU to support 1 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance health fund to technically and financially support startups for social Ltd innovative startups for immunisation in Africa impact Ghana Health Service (GHS), a government agency in Ghana managing health facilities in the whole country 1) develops nutrition education tools Memorandam of cooperation between Ghana Health Service in collaboration with The AJINOMOTO FOUNDATION TAF, 2) 2 The AJINOMOTO FOUNDATION Ghana Health Service and The AJINOMOTO FOUNDATION implementation of nutrition education using education tools and advising TAF on TAF's activities including the promotion of the TAF's nutritious powder. Sierra Tropical Ltd. The Government of Sierra Leone Agreement on Pineapple plantation and food processing 3 Tax incentives and investor protection for Dole project in Sierra Leone (100% owned by Itochu Corporation) project (Dole project) in Sierra Leone Through the IFC funding we aim to realize long tem effective and Itochu Corporation International Finance Corporation(IFC) 4 MOU on a co-financing for Dole project in Sierra Leone successful business management, a high level of publicity and public Sierra Tropical Ltd. interest International Organization for Itochu Corporation MOU on Partnership for IOM Technical and Vocational Through the collaboration and employment with Dole and IOM, mitigate 5 Migration(IOM) Sierra Tropical Ltd. -
H-2 Family Home Launch Vehicles Japan
Please make a donation to support Gunter's Space Page. Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful a nd informative for you. If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simp le and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much. H-2 Family Home Launch Vehicles Japan H-2 (ETS 6) [NASDA] H-2 with SSB (SFU / GMS 5) [NASDA] H-2S (MTSat 1) [NASDA] H-2A-202 (GPM) [JAXA] 4S fairing H-2A-2022 (SELENE) [JAXA] H-2A-2024 (MDS 1 / VEP 3) [NASDA] H-2A-204 (ETS 8) [JAXA] H-2B (HTV 3) [JAXA] Version Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2 H-2 (2 × SRB) 2 × SRB LE-7 LE-5A H-2 (2 × SRB, 2 × SSB) 2 × SRB LE-7 LE-5A 2 × SSB H-2S (2 × SRB) 2 × SRB LE-7 LE-5B H-2A-1024 * 2 × SRB-A LE-7A - 4 × Castor-4AXL H-2A-202 2 × SRB-A LE-7A LE-5B H-2A-2022 2 × SRB-A LE-7A LE-5B 2 × Castor-4AXL H-2A-2024 2 × SRB-A LE-7A LE-5B 4 × Castor-4AXL H-2A-204 4 × SRB-A LE-7A LE-5B H-2A-212 ** 1 LRB / 2 LE-7A LE-7A LE-5B 2 × SRB-A H-2A-222 ** 2 LRB / 2 × 2 LE-7A LE-7A LE-5B 2 × SRB-A H-2A-204A ** 4 × SRB-A LE-7A Widebody / LE-5B H-2A-222A ** 2 LRB / 2 × LE-7A LE-7A Widebody / LE-5B 2 × SRB-A H-2B-304 4 × SRB-A Widebody / 2 LE-7A LE-5B H-2B-304A ** 4 × SRB-A Widebody / 2 LE-7A Widebody / LE-5B * = suborbital ** = under stud y Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP H-2 (2 × SRB) 3800 H-2 (2 × SRB, 2 × SSB) 3930 H-2S (2 × SRB) 4000 H-2A-1024 - - - - - - - H-2A-202 10000 4100 H-2A-2022 4500 H-2A-2024 5000 H-2A-204 6000 H-2A-212 -
Canada's Tech Region
THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE www.lrta.org www.tautonline.com JUNE 2018 NO. 966 CANADA’S TECH REGION READY TO EMBRACE LRT Keeping the peace: Managing noise and vibration China opens another 90km of lines ‘21st century’ transit plan for Auckland UK launches first wire-free services E dinburgh EMC challenges 06> £4.60 Defying critics and Why OESS does not preparing for growth equal compliance 9 771460 832067 SUPPORTED BY Manchester “I very much enjoyed theincreased informal networking opportunities 17-18 July 2018 in such a superb venue. The 12th Annual Light Rail Conference quite clearly marked a coming of age The UK Light Rail Conference and exhibition as the leader on light rail worldwide, as evidenced is the premier knowledge-exchange event in by the depth of analysis the industry. from quality speakers and the active participation of With a wide range of presentations, panel debates key industry players and suppliers in the discussions.” and unrivalled networking opportunities, it is Ian Brown cBe – well-known as the place to do business and Director, UKtram build valuable and long-lasting relationships. There is no better place to gain true insight into the workings of the sector and help shape Voices its future. V from the t o discuss how you can be part of it, industry… visit us online at www.mainspring.co.uk “I had a great time in or telephone +44 (0) 1733 367600 Manchester. Thank you for everything, the conference was a great success for us.” ana M. Moreno – ORGANISED BY ORGANISED BY General Manager, tranvía de Zaragoza CONTENTS 205 T he official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association JUNE 2018 Vol.