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Student Success, Community Partnerships Drive GCC's New Facilities Master Plan
Genesee Community College's new Facilities Master Plan should emphasize facilities that promote student success, community partnerships, and cost-effective stewardship of buildings and grounds, Robert J. Joy, managing principal of JMZ Architects and Planners, P.C., told the College's Board of Trustees Monday evening.
Batavia, New York - Genesee Community College's new Facilities Master Plan should emphasize facilities that promote student success, community partnerships, and cost-effective stewardship of buildings and grounds, Robert J. Joy, managing principal of JMZ Architects and Planners, P.C., told the College's Board of Trustees Monday evening.
Mr. Joy said that he and his staff heard those themes repeated frequently by trustees, as well as faculty and staff members, as the architectural firm prepared Genesee's new Facilities Master Plan, required every five years by the State University of New York.
Trustees agreed, and unanimously endorsed the principles Mr. Joy presented. The architectural firm plans to complete the formal Facilities Master Plan this summer. The College could begin to seek New York State funding for the Plan as early as this fall, Vice President for Finance and Operations Kevin P. Hamilton said.
Trustees had retained JMZ Architects and Planners last year to prepare the Facilities Master Plan. The Glens Falls-based firm is a nationally recognized leader in higher education facilities and space planning.
The Facilities Master Plan will recommend the creation of more gathering space for students around the Batavia Campus, improvements to the Library, expansion of dining areas, renovation of the Batavia Campus entrance, roofing projects, parking lot renovations, and needed maintenance and upgrades to the heating, ventilation, and cooling systems. Mr. Joy's firm will recommend the construction of an approximately 9,000 square foot Student Success Center, and also plans to recommend that the Wellness and Events Center envisioned in the 2007 Facilities Master Plan be carried over to the new plan.
The new Facilities Master Plan will enable the College to serve students and the community more effectively, and remain competitive, Mr. Joy said. Noteworthy goals of the Plan include:
•Creation of a Learning Commons. The Learning Commons would likely be an addition to the College Library, encompassing a variety of student support services currently scattered around the College.
•Creation of a Student Success Center. Mr. Joy envisions that this 9,000 square foot Center, which could be constructed immediately west of the Batavia Campus plaza, would be a "one-stop" service center for students and community residents. It would contain admissions and financial aid services, job and career counseling, advising for current and prospective students, and other services. "More significantly, it would place a variety of service staff in one location, enable cross training, and permit the College to provide many non-classroom services more quickly and efficiently," Mr. Joy said. "Other colleges have found that this one-stop approach significantly improves student retention and success."
•Creation of a Wellness and Events Center. Mr. Joy noted that such a center has been discussed for about 15 years and was endorsed as part of the last Facilities Master Plan. It would be used for student events, athletics, and community gatherings, as well as wellness and health education.
•Reduction or Elimination of Space Deficits. Genesee currently has 27,981 square feet of space available for student and faculty activities, significantly under the 48,310 square feet recommended by SUNY. Deficits also exist in the Library and athletic facilities.
•Realignment of Batavia Campus Space for New Programs. Mr. Joy and President James M. Sunser noted that Batavia Campus facilities are "landlocked," with little space available for new classrooms and labs. Creation of new space, through a Student Success Center and a Wellness and Events Center, would enable the College to relocate some functions more efficiently and free up space for programs that meet new workforce needs.
•Continued Fiscal Strength of the College. The quality of Genesee Community College's programs and facilities has attracted students across New York State and beyond, Mr. Joy noted. This has resulted in a stable college budget and very favorable costs to local taxpayers. "If you continue to make strategic investments in programs and facilities, you will remain a college of choice for local and non-local students, and the entire region will benefit," Mr. Joy said.
Mr. Joy complimented the Board of Trustees and Genesee County Legislature, sponsor of the College, for "wise and effective stewardship" over the years. JMZ Architects learned that Genesee Community College rates 3% on the Facilities Condition Index (FCI), a nationally-normed measure of maintenance and repair backlogs. SUNY considers any college with an FCI below 5% to be in very good physical condition. "Clearly, the College and the County have been very conscientious in performing preventive maintenance and upgrades," Mr. Joy said. "This has resulted in very functional facilities and lower long-term costs to taxpayers."
Completion of the Facilities Master Plan is only the first step in implementing the recommendations made by JMZ Architects, Mr. Joy reminded trustees. State, local, and private funding must be lined up before any projects can become a reality. "This will be a multi-year process, and you may have to complete the plan in stages," he said.
Mr. Joy urged trustees to make the implementation of the Facilities Master Plan a priority. Said Mr. Joy: "You and your sponsor [Genesee County Legislature] have adopted large portions of facilities master plans in the past, and you are now reaping the benefits of those very wise decisions. The steps you took over the years and the decisions you made now bring large numbers of out-of-area students and significant financial resources here each year. The investments you have made in facilities over the last two decades have been largely paid by out-of-area dollars. Students and local taxpayers have benefited from your decisions. What you need to do in the future is continue the very wise and strategic types of decisions you have made in the past."
In other business this evening, the Board of Trustees:
•Heard Trustee Laurie J. Miller, Chair of the Nominating Committee, recommend a slate of officers for the 2012-2013 year. The Nominating Committee recommended that Maureen Torrey Marshall be elected chair; Diane D. Torcello, vice-chair, and Laura J. Bohm, secretary. Trustees will elect officers at the July Board of Trustees meeting.
•Heard President James M. Sunser report that Debbie L. Allen of Avon will join the staff as a technical assistant at the Dansville Campus Center. Ms. Allen comes to Genesee from Monroe Community College. She holds an A.A.S. degree from Alfred State College and a B.S. degree from SUNY Brockport.
•Heard President Sunser report that Patricia H. Bigwood will join the faculty as Instructor of Sociology. Ms. Bigwood will relocate to the area from Arizona where she has taught at Brookline College, Pima Community College, and Coconino Community College. She holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Northern Arizona University.


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Medical science is undergoing a quiet revolution. Many alternative and natural health care practitioners have long understood the connection between disease and inflammation, and the role that the immune system plays. However, the conventional medical establishment is beginning to rethink the whole matter. Certain illnesses, such as arthritis, have been widely accepted as "inflammatory diseases," but more and more research is pointing towards the key role that chronic inflammation plays in other health concerns such as heart disease, diabetes and depression. In fact, some researchers believe that inflammation is one of the major players in virtually all forms of disease.
Inflammation is a term that is no stranger to most people. It is associated with redness and tenderness in wounds, and is a normal response of the body when there is tissue damage or infection. Inflammation is a function of the immune system that is part of the way that our marvelous bodies seek to repair and heal themselves. However, when the inflammatory process is out of balance due to an immune system that is not functioning properly, the chemical responses that trigger inflammation do not get turned off after the crisis is dealt with, and the result is chronic inflammation. The immune system remains on high alert, and it begins to get aggressive with healthy tissues, mistakenly viewing them as invaders to be attacked. This is known as autoimmune disease, and there has been a significant increase in the incidence of autoimmune diseases in recent decades.
By treating the inflammatory symptoms of depression — rather than the neurological ones — researchers and doctors are opening up an exciting new dimension in the fight against what has become a global epidemic. There is evidence that omega 3 fatty acids and curcumin, an extract of the spice turmeric, might have similar effects as anti-inflammatory drugs. Other foods that help to fight inflammation are ginger root, dark red cherries, blueberries, and hibiscus tea fight inflammation.
There is most definitely a connection between food and mood. Sugar is one of the leading causes of the blues. Ever since the get-rid-of-all-fat craze, we've been dumping sugar in just about everything. The result is that depression rates are rising, as well as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Stress: Researchers from Ohio State University, the University of California, Los Angeles, Northwestern University and the University of British Columbia found that chronic stress changes gene activity of immune cells before they enter the bloodstream so that they're ready to fight infection or trauma — even when there is no infection or trauma to fight. This then leads to increased inflammation.
The best way to minimize disease in your life is to pursue wellness with a lifestyle of healthy eating, exercise, and avoidance of known toxins. A healthy diet is especially important, and some foods have been identified that both lower and raise inflammation levels.
Veggies & Fruit. Load up on lots of fresh organic fruits and vegetables. These foods high in antioxidants are anti-inflammatory as well, and they will get right to the root of the issue by keeping you well so that you don't have to fight off sickness and develop excess inflammation.
Eliminate these foods. Eliminate processed and pre-packaged foods and foods laced with sugar, unhealthy fats, and chemical preservatives. These substances encourage inflammation, and they will lead you to obesity as well, which is itself a factor in chronic inflammation.
EFAs are Essential. Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) from Flax Seed Oil, Black Seed Oil, Hemp Seed Oil and unrefined coconut oil are encouraged.
Water. Drink at least 1/2 of your body weight in ounces of purified water every day. This will bathe your cells and also provide hydration to tissues and muscles. Adding 1 capful of organic, raw apple cider vinegar to each 16-ounce glass of pure water will also help with pain and inflammation.
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Digestive Enzymes. Breaking food down properly in the digestive tract can ease much of the resulting inflammation that results when the body attempts to process poorly digested foods. In turn, the anti-inflammatory action of systemic enzymes can further aid in easing remaining inflammation.
Other natural remedies for inflammation: Bromelain, Turmeric, Devil's Claw, White Willow Bark, Cat's Claw-TOA free, Eucommia (if you have high blood pressure consult with practitioner first), Green Tea, Pycnogenol, Boswellia serrata resin (Frankincense), Resveratrol, Capsaicin.
Daily Exercise. As with most things, moderation is key. I highly suggest walking, rebounding, working with weights and stationary bikes.
Adequate restful sleep. To ensure adequate sleep, most experts recommend sleeping for six to 12 hours nightly. Try to go to bed at the same time every night, including weekends.
Andrew S Greenberg, Martin S Obin. Obesity and the role of adipose tissue in inflammation and metabolism. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. February 2006 vol. 83 no.2 pages 461S-465S.


Post your Just Code Challenge Week 9 Projects in this conversation! The blog post with my project will is published on Fridays and I'll update this conversation when this it is published.
So whenever you finish your week 9 project, go ahead and post it here. Have fun and be sure to download other projects and discuss!
The color selector of RISC OS is particularly simple and innovative: two colors accessible directly and the third one to change the palette of the whole set.
DynamicColorPicker.ShowModal displays the color picker.
DynamicColorPicker.selected allows you to read and write the color.
Improvements are possible: custom sliders, other color models, threads, etc.
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For week 9 of #JustCode, my project is a web app that demonstrates a web service, JSON and SQLite. The web app functions as both an app with a UI and a web service. It lets you enter your own quotes which are saved in a SQLite database. The web service randomly fetches a quote and returns it as JSON.
The download also includes client desktop and iOS apps to accompany the web app.
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This week I programmed a little simple SQLite Viewer. You can also type SQL Commandos, but the syntax highlighting and a few other things are missing. For now it is useful and I will continue to develop it in the future.
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Some years ago I wrote a simple base64 encoding/decoding tool using C# and WinForms. But since it only works on WIndows platform I thought it would be worth re-writing it using Xojo. And here it is, a simple base64 UI for Mac and Windows (maybe also running on Linux but I havn't tried).
You can enter text or paste text from clipboard and encode or decode it easily. You also can load files, even binary files. The UI does not display binary data but keeps it in its buffer, so that decoding and encoding also works with non-text formats. Furthermore there is a simple routine which tries to detect the file-format when binary data was decoded, so that the user gets an idea of what file-extension he sould give the decoded data when saving to file.
Sourcecode can be downloaded here .
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This is simple example of a "Minesweeper" game programmed in Xojo. It does not have all the features of the full game but the basic things are working.
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Continuing the theme of puzzles and games, my entry for this week is a tool that helps the user solve cryptogram puzzles. It does letter frequency analysis and other lexicographical analysis to come up with a list of suggested letter substitutions. It also sets up an interactive solving grid which makes it faster to enter plaintext letters. Entering a letter in one position fills in the letter in all other positions where the same ciphertext letter appears.
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Pfff have to say I still had to change some things on my previous programs after seeing all the differences when running the Windows version. But hey, they work better now and I am learning from this project.
First post of this week is a simple convolution filter running on the RGBSurface. It is not really advanced, but I want to learn more about creating Pictures in the coming weeks.
The picture displayed in the example is by Jeroen Tibbe, a dutch sports photographer.
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Yes, the idea was to show what can be done with Xojo and the project file.
Sorry, I tried to edit my post and deleted it instead. I didn't see the link at first that's why I post that. Now I see that the download only has the app, thanks for pointing that out.
No need to compile, you are only required to submit your project to complete the challenge.
And my second project this week. I was inspired by an introductory text on image processing: not all bits of the pixels are of equal importance if you want to do image recognition. Knowledge that might safe you work. So I had to try and see if I could make it more insightful, as in the picture of the book.
Even though the project is easy in itself, I did have to delve into a lot of little topics as it has been a while since I really used Xojo for images.
@Emile S Project link, please.
Sorry, I did not read that the source code needs to be published for the challange and I have not found a way to edit my post.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace FineUI.Examples.message
{
    public partial class alert_download_hide : PageBase
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (!IsPostBack)
            {

            }
        }

        protected void PageManager1_CustomEvent(object sender, CustomEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.EventArgument == "Confirm_OK")
            {
                // 非AJAX回发
                Response.ClearContent();
                Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=alert_download.txt");
                Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
                Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
                Response.Write("这是下载文件的内容!");
                Response.End();
            }
            else if (e.EventArgument == "Confirm_Cancel")
            {
                // AJAX回发
                ShowNotify("点击了取消按钮!");
            }
        }

        protected void btnOperation_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            PageContext.RegisterStartupScript(Window1.GetHideReference() +
                Confirm.GetShowReference("操作成功!点击确定按钮开始下载文件,点取消按钮弹出对话框",
                    String.Empty,
                    MessageBoxIcon.Question,
                    PageManager1.GetCustomEventReference(false, "Confirm_OK"), // 第一个参数 false 用来指定当前不是AJAX请求
                    PageManager1.GetCustomEventReference("Confirm_Cancel")));
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    }
}

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I stumbled upon your blog via Chris Kennedy's latest post highlighting good work by teachers in West Van. We are going to pilot iPads in 2012 in Coquitlam and we are a long term, well since 2007 "officially", Sharepoint using District (not on 2010 yet…). It's encouraging to follow your journey with iPads and the complications you've had to overcome to make them work well with students. I like how you ended this post on a reluctantly positive note about Sharepoint 🙂 Nice – I will join your other 5 followers and look forward to future posts!
Thanks for the comment. It is always nice to know I at least one fan, other than my wife besides she only reads out of obligation.
As for sharepoint… Well the jury is still out but there is always hoping.
Have you thought about using the asus transformer with linux, by using smb or even afp in a w indows or mac school lab set up.
Jemsher, We have gone whole hog on Sharepoint at the network level and there will be no deviation from the course. At this point and I am not sure if it would be a good use of you time or even possible to set up a seamless integration of Apple File Protocol on a Windows server. SMB in an interesting thought however and there is an app out there which I was not aware of until now.
I'm having the opposite problem. Students turn in assignments from home and I can see a snapshot of it in the edmodo app, but I can't open some of the files (like .odt). Others open with errors- vanishing graphs has been a big problem.


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Trek-Segafredo's Ryan Mullen hit by car while training
The Irishman will miss the E3 BinckBank Classic after the incident
Alex Ballinger March 29, 2019 1:22 pm
Ryan Mullen has been forced to pull out of his next race after being hit by a car (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA)
Trek-Segafredo's Ryan Mullen has been forced to pull out of the E3 BinckBank Classic after he was hit by a car while training.
The team announced that the Irishman was involved in a collision on Thursday (March 28) and would have to miss his next race.
Mullen was due to ride in support of John Degenkolb and Jasper Stuyven in the Belgian one-day race, formerly known as E3 Harelbeke.
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Trek-Segafredo said on Twitter: "Last minute roster change for E3 BinckBank Classic.
"Ryan Mullen was hit by a car while training.
"He wants to let everyone know that he's okay, sore obviously, but needs a few days to recover."
Usually the cafe ride is a chance to de-stress and well.. drink coffee.. sadly today neither of those things happened. I'm all good though. Nothing broken, not even the driver.
I'll be back soon. https://t.co/lmqDPzfYhS
— Ryan Mullen (@ryanmullen9) March 28, 2019
The 24-year-old will be replaced by Kiwi team-mate Alex Frame.
Mullen said on Twitter: "Usually the café ride is a chance to de-stress and drink coffee.
"Sadly, today neither of those things happened.
"I'm all good though, nothing broken, not even the driver.
"I'll be back soon."
Mullen is a five-time Irish national champion, with three time trial titles and two road race victories.
He is due to ride Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Tour of Flanders next month.
Mullen had already opened his one-day campaign in Belgium, starting with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad earlier this month.
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He went on to ride Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, Nokere Koerse, the Bredene Koksijde Classic and the Three Days of De Panne.
Trek-Segafredo are targeting one-day victory with Stuyven and Degenkolb.
Stuyven has had previous victory in Belgium, winning Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne but failing to take a Monument victory despite his consistency in the Classics.
Degenkolb has a better track record in the spring, having already won Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo, but has been returning to his best after a lot of misfortune in recent seasons.
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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu asks Indian varsities to take up 'big challenge', improve global rankings
Dehradun | Published: July 14, 2018 9:24:24 PM
Noting that Indian varsities had not been able to make it to the list of world's top universities, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today asked them to treat it as a "big challenge" and work hard to distinguish themselves from others.
Noting that Indian varsities had not been able to make it to the list of world's top universities, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today asked them to treat it as a "big challenge" and work hard to distinguish themselves from others. (PTI)
Noting that Indian varsities had not been able to make it to the list of world's top universities, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today asked them to treat it as a "big challenge" and work hard to distinguish themselves from others. "Our universities have not been able to make their place in the list of the world's best universities. We should take it as a big challenge. The universities should focus on imparting to students the knowledge and skills they need to survive in today's fiercely competitive world," Naidu said, addressing the convocation of ICFAI University here.
According to Times Higher Education's World Reputation Rankings 2018, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, was the only Indian institution to make it to the top 100 universities in the world this year. The IISc was ranked in the 91-100 band of the annual list topped by American universities Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford, with the UK's Cambridge and Oxford completing the top five.
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Asking the students who were conferred with the degrees at the convocation to bring their knowledge to the service of the nation, he said India's prestige has grown internationally in the recent years and "this opportunity should be utilised to strengthen the country's economy". "Today, the world is moving fast and there is tough competition. It is the era of L.P.G, meaning Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization. The world is fast becoming a global village thanks to information technology. You should know how to acquire new knowledge and achieve excellence," Naidu said.
He asked students not to confine themselves to books but cultivate the habit of thinking about the nation and the society and make their valuable contribution to schemes of national importance such as Swachh Bharat. The emergence of India as the sixth largest economy in the world is a matter of pride for everybody, he said, crediting it to the steady process of reforms under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Different kinds of apprehensions were expressed when GST was implemented but now it is proving to be helpful in developing our economy, " he said, adding that challenges may crop up but victory over them is guaranteed under the leadership of Modi. Naidu also invoked Swami Vivekananda and asked students not to stop until the goal is achieved. Exhorting the students to dream big, Naidu reminded them of the teachings of Swamy Vivekananda who said, "Arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached."
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Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1
M. López-Puertas, G. Zaragoza, M.Á. López-Valverde, Javier Martin-Torres, G.M. Shved, R.O. Manuilova, A.A. Kutepov, O.A. Gusev, T. Von Clarmann, A. Linden, G. Stiller, A. Wegner, H. Oelhaf, D.P. Edwards, J.-M. Flaud
An evaluation of the effects that the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) has on the retrieval of pressure, temperature and the five primary target gases (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3) from spectra to be taken by Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on the Envisat-1 platform has been conducted. For doing so, non-LTE and LTE limb radiances in the spectral range of 680–2275 cm−1 (4.15–14.6 μm) with a resolution of 0.05 cm−1 at tangent heights from 10 to 70 km have been computed. These calculations included the most updated non-LTE populations of a large number of vibrational levels of the CO2, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O and HNO3 molecules which cause the most prominent atmospheric infrared emissions. A discussion of the most important non-LTE effects on the limb radiances as well as on the retrievals of pressure-temperature and volume mixing ratios of O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3 is presented, together with the most important non-LTE issues that could be studied with the future coming of MIPAS data.
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
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10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00128-3Licence: Unspecified
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limbs Physics & Astronomy 100%
radiance Physics & Astronomy 97%
thermodynamic equilibrium Physics & Astronomy 95%
atmospheric sounding Physics & Astronomy 72%
Thermodynamics Chemical Compounds 52%
local thermodynamic equilibrium Physics & Astronomy 51%
Michelson interferometers Physics & Astronomy 49%
López-Puertas, M., Zaragoza, G., López-Valverde, M. Á., Martin-Torres, J., Shved, G. M., Manuilova, R. O., Kutepov, A. A., Gusev, O. A., Clarmann, T. V., Linden, A., Stiller, G., Wegner, A., Oelhaf, H., Edwards, D. P., & Flaud, J-M. (1998). Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 59(3-5), 377-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00128-3
Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1. / López-Puertas, M.; Zaragoza, G.; López-Valverde, M.Á. et al.
In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 59, No. 3-5, 1998, p. 377-403.
López-Puertas, M, Zaragoza, G, López-Valverde, MÁ, Martin-Torres, J, Shved, GM, Manuilova, RO, Kutepov, AA, Gusev, OA, Clarmann, TV, Linden, A, Stiller, G, Wegner, A, Oelhaf, H, Edwards, DP & Flaud, J-M 1998, 'Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 59, no. 3-5, pp. 377-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00128-3
López-Puertas M, Zaragoza G, López-Valverde MÁ, Martin-Torres J, Shved GM, Manuilova RO et al. Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 1998;59(3-5):377-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00128-3
López-Puertas, M. ; Zaragoza, G. ; López-Valverde, M.Á. et al. / Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1. In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 1998 ; Vol. 59, No. 3-5. pp. 377-403.
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abstract = "An evaluation of the effects that the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) has on the retrieval of pressure, temperature and the five primary target gases (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3) from spectra to be taken by Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on the Envisat-1 platform has been conducted. For doing so, non-LTE and LTE limb radiances in the spectral range of 680–2275 cm−1 (4.15–14.6 μm) with a resolution of 0.05 cm−1 at tangent heights from 10 to 70 km have been computed. These calculations included the most updated non-LTE populations of a large number of vibrational levels of the CO2, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O and HNO3 molecules which cause the most prominent atmospheric infrared emissions. A discussion of the most important non-LTE effects on the limb radiances as well as on the retrievals of pressure-temperature and volume mixing ratios of O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3 is presented, together with the most important non-LTE issues that could be studied with the future coming of MIPAS data.",
keywords = "Aerospace Engineering, Rymd- och flygteknik",
author = "M. L{\'o}pez-Puertas and G. Zaragoza and M.{\'A}. L{\'o}pez-Valverde and Javier Martin-Torres and G.M. Shved and R.O. Manuilova and A.A. Kutepov and O.A. Gusev and Clarmann, {T. Von} and A. Linden and G. Stiller and A. Wegner and H. Oelhaf and D.P. Edwards and J.-M. Flaud",
journal = "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
T1 - Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium limb radiances for the mipas instrument on Envisat-1
AU - López-Puertas, M.
AU - Zaragoza, G.
AU - López-Valverde, M.Á.
AU - Martin-Torres, Javier
AU - Shved, G.M.
AU - Manuilova, R.O.
AU - Kutepov, A.A.
AU - Gusev, O.A.
AU - Clarmann, T. Von
AU - Linden, A.
AU - Stiller, G.
AU - Wegner, A.
AU - Oelhaf, H.
AU - Edwards, D.P.
AU - Flaud, J.-M.
N2 - An evaluation of the effects that the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) has on the retrieval of pressure, temperature and the five primary target gases (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3) from spectra to be taken by Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on the Envisat-1 platform has been conducted. For doing so, non-LTE and LTE limb radiances in the spectral range of 680–2275 cm−1 (4.15–14.6 μm) with a resolution of 0.05 cm−1 at tangent heights from 10 to 70 km have been computed. These calculations included the most updated non-LTE populations of a large number of vibrational levels of the CO2, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O and HNO3 molecules which cause the most prominent atmospheric infrared emissions. A discussion of the most important non-LTE effects on the limb radiances as well as on the retrievals of pressure-temperature and volume mixing ratios of O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3 is presented, together with the most important non-LTE issues that could be studied with the future coming of MIPAS data.
AB - An evaluation of the effects that the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) has on the retrieval of pressure, temperature and the five primary target gases (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3) from spectra to be taken by Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on the Envisat-1 platform has been conducted. For doing so, non-LTE and LTE limb radiances in the spectral range of 680–2275 cm−1 (4.15–14.6 μm) with a resolution of 0.05 cm−1 at tangent heights from 10 to 70 km have been computed. These calculations included the most updated non-LTE populations of a large number of vibrational levels of the CO2, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O and HNO3 molecules which cause the most prominent atmospheric infrared emissions. A discussion of the most important non-LTE effects on the limb radiances as well as on the retrievals of pressure-temperature and volume mixing ratios of O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, and HNO3 is presented, together with the most important non-LTE issues that could be studied with the future coming of MIPAS data.
KW - Aerospace Engineering
KW - Rymd- och flygteknik
JO - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer


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Q: Change the colour of the list item in listview depending on the value in the list android I am trying to change the colour of the list item in ListView in a fragment depending on the value of the item. any suggestions would be great. I've tried a few options with getView() but no luck.
String[] validvalues = new String[] {personalList, doctorsList,carerList,
    myMedList,mymedproblist,kinList,relyList,allergiesList
};

ArrayAdapter<String> files2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
    getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,validvalues);
View view2 = inflater.inflate(R.layout.verify, container, false);

list.setAdapter(files2);
list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view2,int position, long id) {
        String str = list.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), position + " " + str,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

Something like if string.contains("!!") > set background colour to red.

A: Instead of using ArrayAdapter, create a custom Adapter class (possibly derived from it). Then, in the getView() method, set the background color of the returned view. For example, just change the ArrayAdapter creation in your code with:
ArrayAdapter<String> files2 = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,validvalues)
{
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
        View itemView = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
        if (getItem(position).contains("!!"))
            itemView.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);

        return itemView;
    }
};

A: You need to create your own Adapter.
I would extend ArrayAdapter and override getView() so that it looks something like this:
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    // Note: you could get a LayoutInflater and inflate your own layout here instead
    // of calling through to super.
    View row = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);

    String content = getItem(position);
    if (content.equals("StringToLookFor") {
        row.setBackgroundColor(yourRowColor);
    } else {
        row.setBackgroundColor(yourOtherRowColor);
    }
}

A: in this case you must define your own custom adapter
 public class myadapter  extends ArrayAdapter<String>
  {

    public myadapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId) {
        super(context, textViewResourceId);
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return validvalues.size();
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        // here you can  change color
        View v = convertView;
        if (v == null) {
            LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            v = vi.inflate(R.layout.yourcustomlayout, null);
        }
        if (validvalues[position].equals( ""))
        v.setBackgroundColor(color)
        return super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
    }

  }

A: use this code, I gave u here an example with even and odd position ( u can change the condition on the position as u like )
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new MyListAdapter();
    listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.myListView);
    listView.setAdapter(adapter);

here is the implementation of MyListAdapter
public class MyListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<IArtVO> {

    private class MyListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<INoteVO> {

    public MyListAdapter() {
        super(context, R.layout.ifact1_help2, R.layout.ifact1_help1, liste);
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return yourListe.size();
    }

    @Override
    public int getViewTypeCount() {
        return 2;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        if (position % 2 == 0) {
            return 1;
        }
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View itemView = convertView;
        if (position % 2 == 0) {
            itemView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.textViewRed, parent, false);
            itemView.setText(" your text");

        } else {
            itemView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.textViewGreen, parent, false);
            itemView.setText(" your text");
        }
        return itemView;
    }

}

and here is the textViewRed.xml and green which u have to define on the directory layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:textColor="@color/black"
android:background="@color/red"
/>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:textColor="@color/black"
android:background="@color/green"
/>

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By MacRumors Staff on November 7, 2016
'Viv' Articles
Samsung Galaxy S8 to Debut 'Viv', the AI Assistant From the Creators of Siri
Monday November 7, 2016 2:47 am PST by Tim Hardwick
Samsung said on Sunday it will launch its first AI virtual assistant in next year's Galaxy S8 smartphone, based on technology gained through its acquisition of Viv. Viv is the AI firm run by Dag Kittlaus, co-creator of Apple's Siri. Last month, Samsung bought Viv with the intention of allowing it to operate as an independent company, while providing Samsung with a readymade AI solution that will enable it to go toe-to-toe with Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon's Alexa. Siri co-creator Dag Kittlaus' Viv AI will appear in Samsung devices According to a Reuters report, Samsung now plans to integrate the AI platform into its Galaxy smartphones and expand voice-assistant services to home appliances and wearable devices. Samsung hopes the AI technology will help revive its momentum in the smartphone industry following the recall and discontinuation of this year's flagship Galaxy Note 7, which will cost the company $5.4 billion in profit through the first quarter of 2017. Samsung didn't mention what types of services the AI would offer in its Galaxy S8, which is due to go on sale next year, but Viv features enhanced contextual understanding which allows it to understand the intent of a user's queries and create its own programs on the fly. "Developers can attach and upload services to our agent," said Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee Injong during a briefing, referring to its AI assistant. "Even if Samsung doesn't do anything on its own, the more services that get attached the smarter this agent will get, learn more new services and provide them to end-users
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Samsung Acquires Viv, the AI Assistant From the Creators of Siri
Wednesday October 5, 2016 4:43 pm PDT by Husain Sumra
Samsung has acquired Viv, the AI assistant co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham, who created Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010, reports TechCrunch. The trio left Apple in 2012 and founded Viv. Viv will continue to operate as an independent company. Viv has enhanced contextual understanding thanks to "dynamic program generation," which means that Viv can understand the intent of a user's queries and self-code responses on the fly. Viv can understand context and stack multiple queries on top of each other. For instance, at TechCrunch's Disrupt NY event last year, Kittlaus was able to ask Viv whether it was raining in Seattle a couple days prior, following up with whether it'll be warmer than 70-degrees near Golden Gate Bridge after 5pm the day after tomorrow. Kittlaus tells TechCrunch that the reason it sold to Samsung was ubiquity. The company ships 500 million devices a year, he explained, which gives Viv a large distribution network. On the other hand, the acquisition gives Samsung its own AI assistant that can go toe-to-toe with Siri, Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa. Samsung says that while the acquisition was done by its mobile team, the company sees the benefits to multiple product categories. "From our perspective and from the client's perspective, the interest and the power of this really comes from taking advantage of the Samsung scale overall, as well as the richness of the touch points we have with consumers." Viv's technology may eventually work its way into Samsung's non-mobile devices, like washing machines,
Siri Creators Offer First Demo of 'Viv', the Self-Coding Voice Assistant
Tuesday May 10, 2016 1:29 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Siri co-founders Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer have offered their first public demonstration of Viv, the much-anticipated voice assistant that promises an advanced level of human-computer interaction. The demo took place yesterday at TechCrunch's Disrupt NY event, where Viv's creators wasted no time showing what the new AI bot is capable of. Kittlaus began by asking Viv what the weather was like today, but then continued the conversation with increasingly complicated queries, like "Was it raining in Seattle three Thursdays ago?" and even "Will it be warmer than 70-degrees near the Golden Gate Bridge after 5pm the day after tomorrow?" Viv had no problems answering the stacked requests, showing a clear awareness of context. Viv CEO Dag Kittlaus demos the new AI bot at TechCrunch Disrupt NY (Image: TechCrunch) Viv's enhanced contextual awareness is thanks to what Kittlaus called "dynamic program generation", a "new science breakthrough" that enables Viv to understand the intent of the user and code its own responses on the fly. The feature is central to Kittlaus and Cheyer's hopes for a thriving third-party ecosystem for Viv, since developers are fully able to integrate it into their apps' functionality. The idea is that developers will take advantage of the open-ended nature of the platform to create new and increasingly complex experiences in a short period of time, instead of having to hard-code every response specific to their apps' interactive features. Kittlaus and Cheyer say Viv is closer to the original vision they had for Siri, the virtual assistant
Siri Creators Debuting New AI Assistant 'Viv' Next Week
Wednesday May 4, 2016 4:02 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, co-founders of Siri, the virtual assistant now built into all of Apple's iOS devices, are set to demonstrate their newest artificial intelligence project on Monday, reports The Washington Post. Viv, the name of the AI bot, is more advanced than Siri and is able to carry out complex tasks by mimicking the "spontaneity and knowledge base" of a human assistant. Viv can, for example, set up a dinner reservation and purchase movie tickets all based on one query, parsing ticket prices to find deals and offering suggestions if a movie is sold out or a restaurant has no seating available. Completing the same task with Siri would require multiple commands and human interaction. In an example given by The Washington Post, the Viv team uses it to order pizzas from a nearby restaurant, with Viv parsing numerous voice-based topping and side dish orders without ever needing to open an app. Image via The Washington Post Much of Viv's functionality is enabled through integration with third-party apps like Uber, Florist One, SeatGuru, ZocDoc, and Grubhub, similar to Amazon's Alexa. The team behind Viv is in talks to bring on more partners and plans bring the Viv technology to a variety of Internet-connected devices like cars and TVs. Grubhub chief executive Matt Maloney said he rushed to sign up with Viv two years ago, impressed with the idea of allowing consumers to perform different activities without having to toggle between services. "No one has been able to say, 'I want the movie ticket, and the bottle of wine, and some flowers on the side' -- all
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As someone who has worked in the Managed Network Services space for over a decade, there are certain behaviors I notice when it comes to security planning. Every so often, a major security incident occurs that makes headlines, and the media cycle begins. Decision makers at organizations, who are typically business experts and not technology experts, often react with questions about what they are doing to fight this specific threat. Are they doing the right thing? What else could they be doing? How exposed are they?
This kind of reactionary impulse does not necessarily bear out when it comes to other areas where we manage risk. Consider investing. Most people who are investing for the long term develop a strategy and stick to it; they do not allow some kind of external factor to force them to change their fundamental strategy, even if they make minor adjustments along the way with the advice of an expert.
While not completely the same as investing, you want to create a good fundamental approach to managing the risks associated with your practice's security. By developing strong habits, you will be managing security and compliance risks by "tweaking" your approach, rather than tearing your whole approach down and rebuilding from scratch.


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Robert Weiss Named One of L.A.'s Most Fascinating People by LA Weekly
Robert Weiss Named One of…
Robert Weiss, senior vice president of clinical development with Promises Behavioral Health and director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, talks about his own recovery from sexual addiction and the founding of his treatment center in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. In the magazine's annual roundup of what it calls "the city's most fascinating people," Weiss says he feels he has the opportunity to save lives through his Sexual Recovery Institute treatment center. Weiss came to grips with his own sexual addiction in 1985, when, on the advice of a friend, he began attending a 12-step program for sexual addiction. Weiss said he was promiscuous from the age of 14 into his mid-20s. There, "I started to realize I had a self," Weiss says. "I realized I couldn't maintain my sexual behavior and still like myself. "Right around that time, AIDS came crashing down, and people were dying all around us. I never got HIV, and I don't know why. I was lucky. I should have died." Realizing other people with sexual addictions would die if they didn't get treatment, Weiss decided to do something about it: He earned a master's in social work at UCLA. He then landed a job with Patrick Carnes, possibly the world's leading authority on sexual-addiction treatment. Carnes was years ahead of his time. "Pat was belittled by the press," Weiss told LA Weekly. "People didn't get it. Sexual addiction was a joke. But I learned about sexual addiction from the inside out." Weiss started the Sexual Recovery Institute on the Westside in 1995 with a handful of clients and a secretary. As the popularity of the Internet exploded, so did the number of sexual addicts coming to him for help — he was seeing 150 to 200 clients a week. Initially, he saw mostly straight men whose partners had caught them cheating. Gay men, he says, "weren't interested." But then things changed. "Gay marriage started a new dialogue about relationships in the gay community that wasn't there before. "The fear of losing a partner got men seeking treatment," Weiss said. "The fear of death did not get people seeking treatment, which I find interesting." Weiss has become a prominent figure in the sex-addiction recovery field, writing or co-authoring several books and numerous articles, speaking around the world and appearances on TV shows. Just recently, he set up a program at Promises in Malibu.
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Questions about the causes or sources of work stress have been the subject of considerable research, as well as public fascination, for several decades. Earlier interest in this issue focused on the question of whether some jobs are simply more inherently stressful than others. Other questions that soon emerged asked whether some individuals were more prone to stress than others. The Handbook of Work Stress focuses primarily on identifying the different sources of work stress across different contexts and individuals.
Chapter 5: Poor Leadership
By: E. Kevin Kelloway, Niro Sivanathan, Lori Francis & Julian Barling
In:Handbook of Work Stress
Subject:Stress in Organizations, Wellbeing, Health & Stress, Occupational/Industrial Psychology
Keywords:role ambiguity; social support; staff; stress at work; stressors; supervisors; transformational leadership
E.Kevin KellowayNiroSivanathanLoriFrancisJulianBarling
Authors' Note: Preparation of this chapter was supported by funding from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation to the first and third authors and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to the first and fourth authors.
An aggressive, bullying boss I used to work for would build himself up into a state of rage at least three times a week. He once became so enraged that he actually threw the office kettle out of the window shouting, "You're not drinking my tea and coffee!" as staff looked on in disbelief.
My boss really drove me up the wall to a point where I started developing stomach problems, which my doctor linked to stress.
My husband worked for the NHS and ...
Kevin Kelloway, E., Sivanathan, N., Francis, L., & Barling, J. (2005). Poor leadership. In J. BarlingE. K. Kelloway, & M. R. Frone Handbook of work stress (pp. 89-112). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412975995.n5
Kevin Kelloway, E., Niro Sivanathan, Lori Francis, and Julian Barling. "Poor Leadership." In Handbook of Work Stress, 89-112. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412975995.n5.
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Transactions are added to the blockchain almost as soon as they come in. But we can't just add every transaction willy-nillily. We need to add them securely.
To achieve this, Bitcoin forces anyone who wants to add a block of transactions to the blockchain to solve a puzzle first.
Why the need for a puzzle?
Why not add transactions to the blockchain straight away without the need for a puzzle?
The short answer is: the puzzle prevents people from adding fraudulent transactions to the blockchain.
You send someone 1 bitcoin, and that transaction is added to the blockchain.
If it was possible to add to the blockchain quickly and easily, you could create a new version where you didn't acually send that bitcoin to someone else. And because your version of the blockchain is newer and longer, everyone on the bitcoin network will update their copy of the blockchain to your version, and the original bitcoin transaction will disappear.
So before a block of transactions is added to the blockchain and everyone updates their copy, someone needs to solve the puzzle for that block.
This prevents dodgy versions of the blockchain from being built.
It's a cryptographic hash function.
That means absolutely nothing to you I know, so allow me to elaborate.
Cryptography is the art of muddling up messages so that the original message is hard (or impossible) to decipher. For example, if I wanted to send a secret message to my Mum to buy more milk, I could use my cryptography skills to change the message to yub erom klim.
A hash function is the way you encrypt a message in Cryptography. In my milk example I reversed each word, so the hash function was "reverse each word". This would be an awful hash function in real life as it's easy to figure out the original message, but at least it gives you an idea of what a hash function is.
I know, what the hell right? It's not even the same length as the original message, and how did those numbers get in there?
This just goes to show how complex (i.e. secure) SHA-256 is. There is absolutely no way you're going to be intercepting my Mum on her way to the shop now.
How is this used as a puzzle in Bitcoin?
// Try "buy more milk"
Example of a Bitcoin puzzle.
First of all, imagine each block comes with it's own identification number (ID), and it's a long string of text and numbers, just like the results of the hashing we just did.
To add this block to the blockchain (also known as "mining" it), we have to hash this ID with another number to try and get a result that's below a certain value.
When I say "get a result below a certain value", lets say that means "get a result that starts with 8 zeros".
That's a good effort, but the result doesn't begin with enough zeros.
Nope, still no good. Looks like we'll have to keep working our way through the numbers until we find one that works.
And how does this keep the blockchain secure?
As you can imagine, iterating through all these numbers (i.e. going 1, 2, .. 2504433986) takes time and effort (i.e. computer processing power), so it's difficult to do it on your own.
Every miner on the bitcoin network is trying to find a number that works for the current block. When someone finds it, the answer is broadcast around the network and the block is added to everyone's copy of blockchain.
This is how the blockchain stays secure, because with everyone working hard to solve each block's puzzle, no one-person is going to be able to "out-work" the entire bitcoin network for long enough to be able to create a fraudulent copy of the blockchain.


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Malonsäuredimethylester ist eine chemische Verbindung aus der Gruppe der Carbonsäureester, genauer der Ester der Malonsäure.

Gewinnung und Darstellung
Malonsäuredimethylester kann durch Reaktion von Formaldehyddimethylacetal mit Kohlenmonoxid gewonnen werden.

Eigenschaften
Malonsäuredimethylester ist eine wenig flüchtige, licht-, luft- und feuchtigkeitsempfindliche, farblose Flüssigkeit mit schwach esterartigem Geruch, die wenig löslich in Wasser ist.

Verwendung
Malonsäuredimethylester wird als Ausgangsprodukt bei organischen Synthesen (z. B. Barbitursäure) verwendet. Es wird weiterhin in der Heizungstechnik als Flüssigkeit in Heizkostenverteilern eingesetzt.

Sicherheitshinweise
Die Dämpfe von Malonsäuredimethylester können mit Luft ein explosionsfähiges Gemisch (Flammpunkt 69–76 °C, Zündtemperatur 440 °C) bilden.

Einzelnachweise

Dicarbonsäureester
Aromastoff (EU)

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Smokin' Lipps head to "the Jack"
Tee Wayne Abshire and Brian Lipps of St. Amant left out Wednesday afternoon traveling to Lynchburg, Tenn. to compete in the 22nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue on Saturday.
Competitors often refer to "the Jack" as the most prestigious barbecue competition in the world with more than 70 teams from throughout the entire United States and several other countries competing for the coveted title of "Grand Champion".
The team known as "Smokin' Lipps" will compete in seven categories, including pork ribs, pork shoulder/butts, beef brisket, chicken, dessert, cook's choice and Jack Daniel's sauce.
See Tuesday's Weekly Citizen for a complete story and results from the competition.


By Caroline Jenner, CEO at JA Europe.
We read about how important young people are to Europe's future but how often do we actually bother to ask them what they want? Too often young people's views are assumed or – worse – taken for granted.
A survey sponsored by JA Europe and the European Round Table of Industrialists will change that.
We are inviting young people to work with us online to produce a well-focused picture of their vision, concerns, and ideas about Europe.
We aim to generate data from 10,000 responses and we are working with a research institute to summarise and analyse these inputs.
This is not a drily academic piece of work. Our objective is to effect change. So we need to develop recommendations for policymakers.
We will do this by hosting innovation workshops in which young Europeans will debate the survey results. So far nine national JA organisations in as many EU member states have committed to participate.
Nine EU member states – from Bulgaria and Portugal to Finland and many in between – will host these workshops. Participants will aim to present the key conclusions in the form of recommendations for an action-oriented agenda at a conference in Brussels scheduled for March 2018.
Are you a young European? If so, we want to hear from you. Access the survey at https://www.whyeuropematters.eu/survey/ It is open now and closes at the end of December.
You could win a place at the JA Alumni Europe 'Create' conference in Tallinn from 29 August to 2 September 2018.
You will also play a part in trying to shape EU policymakers' agenda.


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High concentrating photovoltaic efficiency of 33.9 percent reached
-Semprius, Inc., an innovator in high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has set a new world record for photovoltaic module efficiency, reaching 33.9 percent (active area). The module was tested indoors at Standard Test Conditions (850 W/m2, 25°C cell temperature, and a spectrum matched to AM1.5D) by the Instituto de Energía Solar at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM). This efficiency result, certified by the IES-UPM and corroborated by outdoor measurements made at the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaic Systems (ISFOC) in Puertollano, Spain, significantly exceeds the previous claim of 32.0 percent.
"Semprius as a leader in HCPV modules shows us that we have bet on the right technology"
"This is a significant milestone for Semprius and the entire PV industry," said Scott Burroughs, vice president of Technology at Semprius. "For the first time, we have been able to convert more than one-third of the sun's energy into usable electricity. This demonstrates how concentrated PV can leverage rapidly increasing efficiencies to continue driving down the cost of solar generated electricity."
Semprius delivers a unique HCPV module design that begins with its proprietary micro-transfer printing process. This process enables the company to fabricate the world's smallest solar cell – approximately the size of a pencil point – to create solar modules with unmatched efficiency and performance.
"This is the culmination of our emphasis on bringing smart design to solar," said Joe Carr, chief executive officer of Semprius. "We looked carefully at each component of our module – cell, optics, enclosure and the manufacturing process – to develop a competitive solution that embodies high efficiency, performance and reliability. Important to our customers is the fact that the module chosen for this third-party evaluation is part of the normal production distribution that will be commercially available later this year."
After developing its module with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Semprius is now ramping up global deployment of demonstration systems while completing construction of a pilot plant in Henderson, North Carolina. Commercial production at the plant will begin during the second half of 2012.
"Semprius as a leader in HCPV modules shows us that we have bet on the right technology," said Martin Pfund, CEO of the Siemens Energy Photovoltaic Business Unit. "The world record is a breakthrough in module efficiency. Combined with our expertise in turnkey solutions business, it has the potential to become a game changer for the solar markets in regions with high irradiation. With Semprius as a partner, we will further broaden our portfolio in the photovoltaics market. We're very pleased to be working together with Semprius to commercialize this technology globally."
Semprius, Inc. is the smart way to generate solar electricity. Based upon the world's smallest solar cells, Semprius designs and manufactures the highest efficiency solar modules in the world. Using patented cell technology and a state-of-the-art manufacturing process, Semprius is leading the way to cost-competitive, sustainable generation of solar electricity. Semprius' headquarters and production facilities are located in North Carolina.
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Western think tanks and 'strategic institutes' have been getting themselves in a cold sweat about Iranian influence for some time. In 2012, Frederick Kagan (former Bush advisor and Project for a New American Century neo-con) co-authored a report for the Institute for the Study of War warning "the US and its allies and partners in the region and beyond must not only understand Iran's regional strategy and influence but also develop a coherent strategy of their own with which to confront them. Considering the religious, economic, political and diplomatic power of the two sides, it is simply unacceptable for the US and its allies to allow even such progress as it has [already] made in these realms." Since Kagan made those comments four years ago, Iran's "unacceptable...progress" has continued apace.
For here, as ever, lies the empire's real fear - that the people of the Middle East might actually gain control over their own resources, and start using them strategically for their own development. Genuine independence has always been the fear of the region's British, US and Israeli overlords. And Iran's potential makes this independence a greater threat than most.
These are just part of a massive flotilla of almost 5,000 US soldiers currently en route to the region, with troops from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE also being considered. This was revealed just one day after Trump met Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, following meetings earlier in the week between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the foreign ministers of both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These troops are ostensibly going to aid the fight to oust ISIS from their stronghold in Raqqa. The real reason is to cement US influence and confront the Iranians. This is the US ground invasion which the 'Gulfis' have been calling for for years. Its aim is to keep the civil war alive by keeping the Syrian Arab Army out of Raqqa.
troops to Syria is nothing to do with any 'common front' against ISIS and everything to do with weakening Iran. And in the end, this means weakening Russia too.


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An Environmental Undertaking // Green Burials Come With New Ownership
By Banda Olney
Growing up above a Philadelphia funeral home, Tim Dinan didn't think there was anything unusual about living alongside caskets and having the nickname Digger. Even when he realized his family was unique, he chose to embrace his birthright. Dinan, the newest owner of Bainbridge's Cook Family Funeral Home, has made burial services his life's work. And an impressive body of work it is.
Dinan has been in the industry for 32 years. Before that, he helped out in the family-run funeral parlor his great-grandfather started in 1890 that his family still owns, 129 years later.
The first funeral home Dinan purchased as a young man was on a quaint little island in New Jersey. Today, he and his wife, Alison, provide
traditional and innovative funeral services for Bainbridge Island and Kitsap residents.
It was while living in San Diego that Dinan first came upon the sale of the Cook's business while browsing an industry magazine. He saw a small ad that described a "charming little funeral home on beautiful Puget Sound." There was no phone number or email address. Instead, the ad required a written correspondence to the current owner.
Intrigued, he mailed off a letter of interest. "I'd taken a writing course in college and loved it, but I hadn't had much occasion to write letters in the years since," he said. After the Cooks had vetted the Dinans, determining they were the best fit to carry the business forward, Dinan learned that Dave Cook had been a journalism major and had stipulated the handwritten communication to see if anyone would care enough to write one.
It was fortuitous that Dinan did. Since purchasing the funeral home from Cook in 2018, the Dinans have honored the dedication to care and support that the Cooks valued, while also adding some environmenttohwe tally conscious services.
Among those are green burial options at Hillcrest Cemetery on Bainbridge which they acquired last summer making Cook the only funeral home in Kitsap County to offer a designated green burial site. "It's for people who still want that ritual of traditional burial without the environmental impact," he said.
Green burials differ from the more heavily publicized human composting process that was legalized in Washington state earlier this year. Composting is essentially an accelerated decomposition method and involves the use of fuel (such as wood chips or straw) and manmade equipment.
The remains at the end of the weeks-long process are soil that can be scattered much like cremated remains. In contrast, in a green burial, a body is simply buried in a biodegradable shroud or casket without embalming. Composting won't be available until 2020 when the new law takes effect, so for the time being Dinan sees green burials as the best option for an environmentally conscious choice.
He doesn't rule out offering composting services in the future. Because green burials do away with the formality of manufactured caskets, vaults and embalming, they have been largely ignored by funeral homes because they are seen as unprofitable. Dinan explained, however, that he is less concerned with making a buck and more in favor of letting families decide for themselves how they want to lay their loved ones to rest. "I'm not a salesperson, I'm a service provider," he said. "I've found that when you care for people, the business takes care of itself."
Cook Family Funeral Home continues to offer full conventional funeral services as well, for every religious denomination. In addition to traditional cremation, they offer flameless cremation, which uses 90% less fuel than the customary process. They are also making green improvements to the decades-old building they occupy on Wyatt Way. Dinan says this is the intersection where technology meets an industry steeped in tradition. He wants to be on the forefront of positive change.
In keeping with the generous customs inspired by their predecessors, the Dinans are dedicated to giving back, supporting island museums and events and hosting an annual Toys 4 Tots drive around the holidays. "The Cooks made this a very personal business and invested in the community," Dinan said. "We now represent that family name and want to do it well."
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'It's time to talk': Grieving mum urges people battling depression to open up after son's death
Troubled Brendan Smail, of Elswick, Newcastle, suffered in silence with depression and jumped off the Tyne Bridge but now his mum is urging others to talk
Lisa HutchinsonMultimedia Journalist
Mary Smail and (inset) son Brendan
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He was a young man who loved Christmas and looked forward to the festivities.
But troubled Brendan Smail suffered in silence with depression and in May jumped from the Tyne Bridge, leaving his family and friends devastated.
As Christmas draws near, his heartbroken mum Mary is urging anyone suffering from depression to speak out.
And she hopes to save lives as she remembers her son.
Brendan Smail (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
"It is this time of year when many people who suffer from depression find it difficult," said Mary, 51, of Walker, Newcastle.
"When others are enjoying themselves, others find it a very lonely time and can be in a very dark place.
"It is better to talk about how you feel. If Brendan talked then maybe the outcome would have been different. He suffered in silence and I wished he didn't."
Troubled Brendan tragically committed suicide on May 30.
Vital mental health charity Anxious Minds reveals it only has three months of funding left
Now, grieving Mary is doing all she can to stop others from taking their own lives.
She is on a mission to raise enough money to open a centre for people with depression and other mental health issues, where they can go to a safe place for face-to-face talks and has set up Brendan's Trust.
"I know there are telephone numbers to ring for help from the Samaritans and Mind but people who are suicidal need someone to talk to face to face," added Mary.
"This is why I believe a centre for people with mental health issues would be good so they can just drop in and talk."
Brendan didn't tell anyone about his inner feelings and ended his own life.
Mary said she never had any idea how he was feeling and is now channelling her grief into making something positive happen, as she hopes to open the centre in her son's name.
Mary added: "We have a Facebook page in Brendan's memory and anyone who wants to talk on Christmas Day can message me and I will answer them. I believe if Bendan had someone to talk to he would be here today."
September 7 would have been Brendan's 21st birthday and Mary threw a party in his memory.
Mary Smail who has done a sponsored walk over the Tyne Bridge in memory of her son Brendan (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
Family and friends gathered to reminisce and tell their stories and they also raised money towards making Mary's vision a reality as she plans on opening the centre.
In August, Mary returned to the Tyne Bridge for the first time after Brendan's heartbreaking death as she completed a sponsored walk.
Family, friends and colleagues crossed the bridge from Newcastle to Gateshead and returned across the Millennium Bridge.
The walkers tied messages to the bridge in Brendan's memory and left them with other notes urging people not to take their own life and letting them know that others care.
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Brendan, who lived with his brother Scott, 26, in Elswick, was a keen footballer before he suffered a knee injury.
He studied sport and leisure at Gateshead College and had worked at McDonald's in Washington. He was also an enthusiastic artist.
Mary, who has other sons Cavan, 31, Stephen, 29 and Bobby-Lee, 23, added: "It is particularly difficult for men to talk.
"It's a pride thing and men don't cry, but they do cry and they should talk about their feelings. Christmas can be very lonely for so many."
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Mary has raised £,1800 in total. To donate to Mary's fundraiser, visit www.gofundme.com/brendans-trust-for-mental-health
Anyone wanting a listening ear can contact Mary on the Brendan James Smail Facebook page.
Samaritans (116 123) operates a 24-hour service available every day of the year.
If you prefer to write down how you're feeling, or if you're worried about being overheard on the phone, you can email Samaritans at jo@samaritans.org.
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GIMA backs pragmatic approach to UK-EU agreement
The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) has joined with 71 other trade associations and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) to urge the government to reach an agreement regarding a Brexit deal to ensure that the UK remains a key player in international trade.
The joint statement, which was handed to politicians last week and reflected the feelings of over 190,000 business and 7 million employees, presented a united voice which calls upon the need for a quick agreement so that UK jobs and livelihoods can be safeguarded.
Vicky Nuttall, GIMA Director said: "On behalf of GIMA and its members, I was grateful that we were able to add our name to the list of organisations supporting the CBI. With a deal comes certainty, and certainty provides a much more tangible base for building further growth for our sector, something which is needed more than ever as we all recover from the first wave of COVID-19 and prepare for a second wave. Time is of the essence now, and businesses, particularly GIMA members, need clarity on the way ahead in order to be able to successfully manage the supply chain for next season, particularly when interest in gardening is at an all-time high."
UK Transition Hub
To further support the Brexit transition, GIMA has added an informative resource to its website – www.gima.org.uk – available to both members and non-members. This 'UK Transition Hub' outlines all the government advice as we head towards January 1st 2021, including a handy checklist which outlines the necessary 'next steps' for business covering topics such as importing and exporting, chemical regulations, workforce, access to R&D funding, energy, intellectual property and waste movement.
The Hub also connects readers with key organisations such as Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and the CBI, outlining the latest advice from these organisations including access to vital webinar sessions.
Import Trade Tariffs, Trade Continuity Agreements, and Product and Marking Certification are also key topics featured.
To access the UK Transition Hub please visit https://gima.org.uk/gima-uk-transition-hub/
info@gima.org.uk
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The event takes place in the presence of the composer and includes analysis and performance of Eberhard Eyser's The Nightingale was singing all night long and is followed by a cheese and wine reception.
Places are limited and advance booking/reservation essential. Please send cheques made out to London Schubert Players Trust to the above address.
The Invitation to Composers seminars are musical journeys that combine performance with music analysis and give audiences the chance of interacting closely with the dialogue between composers and performers. They present a stimulating and informal opportunity to meet, work together and discuss ideas, aesthetics and experiences.
Pre-concert illustrated talk given by the musicians at 6 pm (admission free).
About the Schubertiade: The LSP's "Invitation to Composers" project, generously supported by the European Cultural Fund, breaks new ground in broadening the European chamber music repertoire. As part of this project, the Schubertiade will premiere music of significant contemporary composers inspired by The Trout Quintet and The Quartet for the End of Time. The wider project will see further performances in the Edinburgh Festival, London, Bucharest and Paris during 2010.
A magical study of spirituality, time and clouds from the European Commission award-winning project 'Invitation to Composers'. The visionary power of Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps', written when he was a prisoner-of war and based on St John's Apocalypse, inspires composers in Scotland, Mexico, Norway and Romania. It will be played along with Blunt's 'Serenades', Torre's award-winning 'Clouds', Skjelbred's 'Crystals' and Carneci's 'Quatuor pour Marguerite' – an evening of ecstasy, bird song, rainbows, dreams of the abyss of time, chaos, wrath, peace and harmonious silence. Pre-concert public workshop.
An evening of carnivalesque effervescence, colour, instrumental dialogue, intense emotions, humour, piquanterie and folk tunes from the Balkans.
Concert: 8.00pm – 10.00pm including workshops with Romanian composer Lucian Zbarcea and Serbian composer Ivan Božičević.
Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) was born in Paris and had one of the longest careers in music history, stretching from Beethoven's traditions to the modernism of the 20th century. In his lifetime he was acclaimed as a genius. He had been a child prodigy comparable to Mozart and remained a most conscientious performer (organist and pianist) until the end. At 86, he was still practising the piano every day and a short while before his death in Algeria, he played the piano part in the Septet in a concert in Paris. Sometimes labeled the French Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns had a gift for mixing instrumental timbres and creating colourful textures.
Lucian Zbarcea (1983 - ) was born in Bucharest, Romania. He studied piano and composition at the National University of Music and, following his graduation, was offered a scholarship by the Indonesian Government to study at the High Institute of Arts in Dempasar in Bali. Zbarcea won several important prizes in national competitions and some of his works are influenced by harmonic and rhythmic elements of traditional Indonesian music.
Ivan Božičević (1961 - ) was born in Belgrade and graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Music where he also obtained a Master's degree. He attended courses in Darmstadt and studied the organ at the Frankfurt Music Academy. He received numerous composition awards and he taught counterpoint, analysis and harmony at the Belgrade Faculty of Music and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He now lives in Croatia and is a founder member of the Split Society for Contemporary Music.
Uberto Pieroni (1952 - ) was born in Correggio, Italy. He graduated from the Arigo Boito Music Academy in Parma with a degree in choral music and choir conducting. Later he attended courses in music analysis and composition with Franco Donatoni, Aldo Clementi, Witold Lutoslawsky and André La Porte.
He won several international composition prizes and is president of the Città di Reggio Emilia Orchestra and Choir, and of the Ferruccio Tagliavini Cultural Association. Pieroni	is head of the Information Laboratory at the Institute of Higher Music Studies in Reggio Emilia, where he also teaches recording techniques and music information technology.
Rodney Waschka II (1958) was born in Memphis, USA. He received his doctorate from the University of North Texas and also studied at the Institute of Sonology in the Netherlands Royal Conservatoire. He is a Professor of Arts Studies at North Carolina University where he teaches composition, computer music, and directs the Arts NOW Series. Waschka's works are recorded on American, Portuguese and Canadian labels and published by Borik Press and American Composers Editions. His music has been promoted worldwide by the National Endowment for the Arts, The North Carolina Arts Council, the Fundacion Valparaiso (Spain) and the Texas Composers' Forum.
You are cordially invited to the official launch of Invitation to Composers. A ground-breaking international project for the European Commission.
The event includes the press launch for the project, four workshops, composers' forum and a concert.
Invitation to Composers is a unique, two-year project, funded by the European Cultural Fund, that encourages modern-day composers to write new works, inspired by celebrated musical ideas of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and enhanced by cultural elements from the composers' own indigenous heritage.
The official press launch for the project will be followed by workshops with four chosen composers who will explore their works with the audience, with musical illustrations provided by the London Schubert Players. A composers' forum will be followed by a concert where all the new works will be receiving their World Premières.
The event will be presided over by Philip Cashian DMus, BMus, Hon ARAM, Head of Composition for the Royal Academy of Music.
Opened with Danse and Improvisation for Solo Double Bass by Michael Cretu.
The Invitation to Composers events are musical journeys that combine performance with music analysis and give audiences the chance of interacting closely with the dialogue between composers and performers. They present a stimulating and informal opportunity to meet, work together and discuss ideas, aesthetics and experiences.
Finished his Masters in Composition at the Norwegian State Academy in Oslo in 2006. He is active as a composer and engages in several genres of music and musical environments such as: stage productions, music for young people and music supporting other art forms.
Is the organist of Cappella Civica della Cattedrale di San Giusto in Trieste, Italy. He graduated in composition from the Pollini Conservatoire in Padua and is studying conducting and vocal composition at the Tartini Conservatoire in Trieste. He received national awards in composition, conducting and organ performance.
Appeared as composer and conductor in several festivals of new music and is a regular guest conductor at the Stuttgart State Opera. As a composer she received important awards in Mannheim, Rome, Köln, Bucharest and Hong Kong, and commissions from The State Opera in Bonn. Her works are published by Ricordi-München and Furore-Edition-Kassel.
Graduated from the National Music Conservatoire in Mexico City in composition, flute and chamber music. He studied in Paris on a scholarship from the French Government and completed his doctorate at the Sorbonne. He received a First Prize in Composition and Flute, and a diploma in Electro-acoustic music. He represented Mexico at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in Amsterdam and at the well known festival World Music Days in Japan.
The event includes analysis and performance of Messiaen's unusual Quatuor pour la fin du Temps and is followed by a cheese and wine reception.
Katerina Assimis and Alberto Portugheis, and Romanian composer Dr. Luminita Spinu.
Dance sacrificatoire pour l'Esprit de la Terre.
Dance propitiatoire pour l'Esprit de l'Eau.
Dance orgiastique pour l'Esprit du Feu.
Hymne d'Adoration à l'Esprit du Ciel.
Le Cristal de la Nuit – à Olivier Messiaen.
Colour on Colour - à Mark Rothko.
Asymmetric Interlude – à Gyorgy Ligeti.
Dans l'Ombre du Gibet – à Maurice Ravel.
London Schubert Players Studio, 72 Warwick Gardens, LONDON W14 8PP.
The event includes analysis and performance of the work and is followed by refreshments.
Places are limited and early reservations are advised.
For our first performance of the year in Romania, we have chosen the fourth most populous city as our venue. Castrum Clus or Claudiopolis as it was called in Roman times and Klausenberg under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Cluj-Napoca was Transylvania's artistic and cultural centre under its many incarnations. This legacy is ingrained through its 185-year-old Musical conservatoire, in what is now Romania's media capital.
In association with the city's Toamna Muzicala Clujeana Festival we also celebrate the work of the late Romanian-born composer György Ligeti. Born in Târnăveni, Ligeti rose to become one of the Music Academy's most celebrated graduates. He is best known internationally for scoring the films of Stanley Kubrick, amongst them, The Shining (1980). Adding to our series of pre-concert workshops, this unifying project finds its place in a diverse, historic and artistic setting in picturesque Transylvania, with the memory of those who captured Cluj's spirit.
Micul Paris (Little Paris) was the early twentieth century nickname for our second venue in the Romanian leg of our tour. Bucharest marks the première of several debut pieces, with a native composer included. Forming part of our project's International Composers' Forum in association with the National University of Music, we continue our series of successful and popular workshops. This will see the project take a nationwide platform in the capital, and brings its director back home!
Read more about the composers and the works included in the concert programmes in Cluj and Bucharest here.
The continuation of our "A European Odyssey" tour presents us to official, artistic and academic institutions in Paris. We open with a pre-concert talk on a selection of contemporary works influenced by Messiaen's landmark piece Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps in the beautiful Palais de Béhague of the Romanian Embassy. The following concert takes place at the hall named in honour of the legendary pianist Alfred Cortot and belonging to the pre-eminent Ecole Normale where the great Romanian violinist, pianist and composer George Enescu had been a teacher. This unique music legacy provides inspiration and interest for our composition project. The final concert will take place in the elegant concert hall of Cité Internationale des Arts where, as a prelude, we will hold an international Composers' Forum in partnership with the composition department of Université Paris 8.
19.30 Seminar with the audience about the evening's programme and the contemporary works that will be played during the concert.
*This composition has been awarded The Constantin Silvestri Composition Prize.
Workshops with composers Adina Dumitrescu (Romania/Finland), Drew Wilson (UK), Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred (Norway) and students from Université Paris 8.
Entry is free for all the events above and reservation obligatory : Tel. + 33 1 47 05 15 31 ; institutroumain@yahoo.fr.
Read more about the composers and the works included in the concert programmes here.
Workshops and International Composers Forum with Drew Wilson (UK), Adina Dumitrescu (Romania), Jonathan Östlund (Sweden) and Nathan Shirley (USA).
The event will be presided by Philip Cashian DMus, BMus, Hon ARAM, Head of Composition, Royal Academy of Music.


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	public void eSet(int featureID, Object newValue) {
		switch (featureID) {
		case BPELPackage.FAULT_ON_FAILURE__VALUE:
			setValue((Boolean) newValue);
			return;
		}
		super.eSet(featureID, newValue);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 *
	 * @generated
	 */

	public void eUnset(int featureID) {
		switch (featureID) {
		case BPELPackage.FAULT_ON_FAILURE__VALUE:
			setValue(VALUE_EDEFAULT);
			return;
		}
		super.eUnset(featureID);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 *
	 * @generated
	 */

	public boolean eIsSet(int featureID) {
		switch (featureID) {
		case BPELPackage.FAULT_ON_FAILURE__VALUE:
			return value != VALUE_EDEFAULT;
		}
		return super.eIsSet(featureID);
	}

	/**
	 *
	 *
	 * @generated
	 */

	public String toString() {
		if (eIsProxy())
			return super.toString();

		StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(super.toString());
		result.append(" (value: "); //$NON-NLS-1$
		result.append(value);
		result.append(')');
		return result.toString();
	}

} //FaultOnFailureImpl