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L'Aquila, Casa dello Studente: condanne fino a 4 anni

L'Aquila, Casa dello Studente: condanne fino a 4 anni Quattro anni, come aveva chiesto il pm, per Bernardino Pace, Pietro Centofanti e Tancredi Rossicone, tecnici autori dei lavori di restauro del 2000, che, secondo l’accusa, avrebbero ulteriormente indebolito il palazzo, che già presentava vizi costruttivi all’epoca della sua edificazione negli anni ’60. Due anni e sei mesi per Pietro Sebastiani, tecnico dell’Azienda per il diritto agli studi universitari (Adsu). Secondo l’accusa, i lavori avrebbero ulteriormente indebolito il palazzo, che già presentava vizi costruttivi all’epoca della sua edificazione negli anni ’60. Circostanza confermata dal perito del tribunale, Maria Giovanna Mulas, docente del Politecnico di Milano, che ha redatto una relazione di 1.300 pagine. L'accusa per tutti e quattro è di omicidio colposo, disastro e lesione colpose. Per loro il giudice ha stabilito l'interdizione dai pubblici uffici per cinque anni. Assolti perché il fatto non sussiste Luca D'Innocenzo, presidente Adsu dell'epoca, Luca Valente, nel 2009 direttore Adsu, Massimiliano Andreassi e Carlo Giovani, tecnici autori di interventi minori. Non luogo a procedere per Giorgio Gaudiano, che negli anni '80 ha acquisito la struttura da un privato per conto dell'Ateneo aquilano, e Walter Navarra, che ha svolto lavori minori in passato: per loro, che avevano scelto il giudizio ordinario, il processo era nella fase dell'udienza preliminare. Non luogo a procedere anche per le quattro persone morte nelle more del processo. Un risarcimento danni in via provvisionale per circa due milioni di euro per i parenti delle 8 giovani vittime del crollo della casa dello studente. In Aula molti i parenti delle vittime. Alla lettura del dispositivo commozione ma anche rabbia per una sentenza non ritenuta 'equa': "Gli studenti dovevano farli uscire", ripetono parenti e amici che si aspettavano dieci condanne. Sotto le macerie dell'edificio, che non resse alla scossa delle 3.32, morirono otto giovani universitari: Luca Lunari, Marco Alviani, Luciana Capuano, Davide Centofanti, Angela Cruciano, Francesco Esposito, Hussein "Michelone" Hamade e Alessio Di Simone. Nei crolli, quella notte, in tutto morirono 309 persone.

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L’Enea patrocina FameLab: il talent show degli scienziati

L’Enea patrocina FameLab: il talent show degli scienziati FameLab è una competizione internazionale promossa a livello mondiale dal British Council rivolta a giovani ricercatori scientifici che vogliono cimentarsi con la divulgazione scientifica. FameLab Italia è la versione italiana ed è alla sua seconda edizione. L’ENEA sostiene questo “talent show degli scienziati” dando il suo patrocinio alla manifestazione ed invitando i ricercatori giovani a partecipare alla competizione. Le selezioni si svolgeranno nelle seguenti città: Ancona, Bologna, Genova, Perugia, Roma, Trento e Trieste. I partecipanti potranno parlare di un argomento scientifico a piacere avendo a disposizione 3 minuti. I 14 finalisti prescelti nell’ambito di FameLab Italia potranno partecipare alla FameLab Masterclass, un workshop di formazione in comunicazione della scienza, che permetterà ai concorrenti di prepararsi per la finale nazionale che si svolgerà a Perugia il 3 maggio 2013. Il vincitore dell’edizione italiana concorrerà alla prestigiosa finale internazionale che si terrà a giugno nel Regno Unito, in occasione del Cheltenham Science Festival, sottoponendosi al giudizio di una giuria di esperti provenienti dal mondo della scienza e della comunicazione

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Obama: La tecnologia salverà il Paese

DISCORSO DELL'UNIONE: OBAMA è il PRESIDENTE che cita più volte la TECNOLOGIA di qualsiasi altro Presidente Sesso scandalo debito Obama: Technology Will Save the Country Did Obama’s State of the Union speech include more mentions of technology than any other president’s? The State of the Union address is a set piece. Appeal to the middle class. Rattle sabers at enemies abroad. Toward the end, highlight a few ordinary, courageous Americans by name. Last night, Barack Obama waded into new territory with a plan for the nation that seemed to rely particularly heavily on gee-whiz technology. In fact, Obama made so many references to 3-D printing, genome mapping, Apple, and clean energy that some wags on Twitter suggested he might be trying out for a writing position at a technology magazine. I think this raises important questions. First, are presidential addresses featuring more technology? Second, is more of the technology being discussed the sci-fi, unproven kind? It matters because the State of the Union is usually taken as a blueprint of a president’s plans for the coming year. We didn’t have time to analyze every presidential State of the Union address. But we did look at three speeches in which technology was key: Obama’s last night, Ronald Reagan’s in 1986 (at the culmination of the Cold War), and Harry S. Truman’s in 1953. The data we have suggest that technology—particularly the promise of futuristic, as-yet-nonexistent technologies—is taking on a bigger role. If you feel like it, you can do this analysis for yourself. Here’s what I did. First I counted the number of specific technologies mentioned by name. I excluded things like “industry” and “trucks” as too generic and also excluded those merely hinted at (as when Obama made an indirect reference to drone warfare). You’ll find my tallies below. Then, I decided if the technologies were real or futuristic. In Obama’s case, I counted “high-speed rail” as real, but “self-healing power grids” as futuristic. There were some tough calls: even though 3-D printing is real, I categorized it as fantasy because of the way Obama framed it, promising it could “revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” Truman’s 1953 speech is interesting because it includes a detailed discussion of the atomic era. The speech has some poetry, as when he describes the bomb as “that great white flash of light, man-made at Alamogordo.” But it largely sticks to the facts. Atomic bombs and atomic energy, he said, have opened “the doorway to the atomic age” and divided the world between East and West. (I counted atomic energy as real, not futuristic, even though this was early on the path to commercial power.) Reagan may have been the first to insert Hollywood-style science fiction in a State of the Union speech. Certainly he takes the prize for pure cinematic imagery, as when he promised “a new Orient Express that could … take off from Dulles Airport, accelerate up to 25 times the speed of sound, attaining low Earth orbit or flying to Tokyo within two hours.” Reagan’s speech was all about projecting American power into outer space and cowing the Soviet Union. In fact, the Tokyo-Washington rocket, Reagan said, was “the same technology” that would let the U.S. create a “security shield” to block nuclear weapons and thereby “solve the greatest problem of the 20th century.” Even though the space shield was pure balderdash and brinksmanship, some of Reagan’s predictions, which I tallied as futuristic because they were at the time, actually did come true, including a “space station” and “a space telescope that can see to the edge of the universe and possibly back to the moment of creation.” Obama’s speech was less militaristic but stands out for the sheer number of technologies mentioned. And I didn’t even count “mapping the human brain” or “map the human genome,” since no specific technology was mentioned. Maybe it’s because times have changed and we’re surrounded by more technology. Or maybe this president is counting more than his predecessors on technology to fix what are otherwise the kinds of problems politicians are supposed to solve. Barack Obama, 2013: Macs, 3-D printing, drugs to regenerate damaged organs, new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful, wind energy, solar energy, technology that helps natural gas burn even cleaner, high-speed rail, high-speed Internet, high-tech schools, self-healing power grids, modern pipelines to withstand a storm, nuclear weapon/nuclear materials, weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines Ronald Reagan, 1986: Space shuttle, a space telescope that can see to the edge of the universe, space station, a new Orient Express that could … fly to Tokyo within two hours, [nuclear] security shield, nuclear weapons Harry Truman, 1953: atomic bomb, atomic energy

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Valutazione dei rischi: procedure standardizzate e autocertificazione

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Sisma EMILIA contributi al 100% per abitazioni e immobili di imprese

Sisma EMILIA contributi al 100% per abitazioni e immobili di imprese In sintesi Stanno per essere emanate nuove ordinanze che riguardano sia il Programma per la ricostruzione delle abitazioni, sia le misure per le imprese e assicurano la copertura del 100% dei costi per case e imprese e prevedono nuove scadenze, integrazioni, semplificazioni. Per quanto riguarda le attività produttive, tra le novità, la possibilità per le imprese di poter produrre più domande per la richiesta di contributi per i lavori che potranno suddividere in quattro stati di avanzamento in luogo dei tre precedenti. Ad oggi sono circa 1000 le pratiche di contributo avviate dai professionisti attraverso il Mude (il modello unico digitale per l'edilizia) e sono 160 le procedure presso gli istituti bancari che riguardano 1129 unità abitative. Tutte le informazioni sul sito Dopo il terremoto.

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VENETO: GPE WEB, IL NUOVO SOFTWARE ON-LINE PER LE PRATICHE EDILIZIE

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Donne e uomini nelle professioni. Uguali o diversi?

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12 febbraio - Evento sismico in provincia di Pordenone

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Gas effetto-serra: parere favorevole delle Regioni sul Decreto

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EU Cybersecurity plan to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity

EU Cybersecurity plan to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity The European Commission, together with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has published a cybersecurity strategy alongside a Commission proposed directive on network and information security (NIS). The cybersecurity strategy – "An Open, Safe and Secure Cyberspace" - represents the EU's comprehensive vision on how best to prevent and respond to cyber disruptions and attacks. This is to further European values of freedom and democracy and ensure the digital economy can safely grow. Specific actions are aimed at enhancing cyber resilience of information systems, reducing cybercrime and strengthening EU international cyber-security policy and cyber defence. The strategy articulates the EU's vision of cyber-security in terms of five priorities: Achieving cyber resilience Drastically reducing cybercrime Developing cyber defence policy and capabilities related to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Developing the industrial and technological resources for cyber-security Establishing a coherent international cyberspace policy for the European Union and promoting core EU values The EU international cyberspace policy promotes the respect of EU core values, defines norms for responsible behaviour, advocates the application of existing international laws in cyberspace, while assisting countries outside the EU with cyber-security capacity-building, and promoting international cooperation in cyber issues. The EU has made key advances in better protecting citizens from online crimes, including establishing a European Cybercrime Centre (IP/13/13), proposing legislation on attacks against information systems (IP/10/1239) and the launch of a Global Alliance to fight child sexual abuse online (IP/12/1308). The Strategy also aims at developing and funding a network of national Cybercrime Centers of Excellence to facilitate training and capacity building. The proposed NIS Directive is a key component of the overall strategy and would require all Member States, key internet enablers and critical infrastructure operators such as e-commerce platforms and social networks and operators in energy, transport, banking and healthcare services to ensure a secure and trustworthy digital environment throughout the EU. The proposed Directive lays down measures including: (a) Member State must adopt a NIS strategy and designate a national NIS competent authority with adequate financial and human resources to prevent, handle and respond to NIS risks and incidents; (b) Creating a cooperation mechanism among Member States and the Commission to share early warnings on risks and incidents through a secure infrastructure, cooperate and organise regular peer reviews; (c) Operators of critical infrastructures in some sectors (financial services, transport, energy, health), enablers of information society services (notably: app stores e-commerce platforms, Internet payment, cloud computing, search engines, social networks) and public administrations must adopt risk management practices and report major security incidents on their core services. Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda said: "The more people rely on the internet the more people rely on it to be secure. A secure internet protects our freedoms and rights and our ability to do business. It's time to take coordinated action - the cost of not acting is much higher than the cost of acting." Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission said: "For cyberspace to remain open and free, the same norms, principles and values that the EU upholds offline, should also apply online. Fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law need to be protected in cyberspace. The EU works with its international partners as well as civil society and the private sector to promote these rights globally." Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs said: "The Strategy highlights our concrete actions to drastically reduce cybercrime. Many EU countries are lacking the necessary tools to track down and fight online organised crime. All Member States should set up effective national cybercrime units that can benefit from the expertise and the support of the European Cybercrime Centre EC3." Background Cyber-security incidents are increasing in frequency and magnitude, becoming more complex and know no borders. These incidents can cause major damage to safety and the economy. Efforts to prevent, cooperate and be more transparent about cyber incidents must improve. Previous efforts by the European Commission and individual Member States have been too fragmented to deal with this growing challenge. Facts about cybersecurity today There are an estimated 150,000 computer viruses in circulation every day and 148,000 computers compromised daily. According to the World Economic Forum, there is an estimated 10% likelihood of a major critical information infrastructure breakdown in the coming decade, which could cause damages of $250 billion. Cybercrime causes a good share of cyber-security incidents, Symantec estimates that cybercrime victims worldwide lose around €290 billion each year, while a McAfee study put cybercrime profits at €750 billion a year. The 2012 Eurobarometer poll on cyber security found that 38 % of EU internet users have changed their behaviour because of these cyber-security concerns: 18 % are less likely to buy goods online and 15 % are less likely to use online banking. It also shows that 74% of the respondents agreed that the risk of becoming a victim has increased, 12% have already experienced online fraud and 89% avoid disclosing personal information. According to the public consultation on NIS, 56.8% of respondents had experienced over the past year NIS incidents with a serious impact on their activities. Meanwhile, Eurostat figures show that, by January 2012, only 26% of enterprises in the EU had a formally defined ICT security policy. Useful links MEMO/13/71 Frequently Asked Questions Cyber Security strategy of the European Union: An open, safe and secure Cyberspace Proposal for a Directive concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union Have Your say Hash Tag: #cybersecurity Neelie Kroes Follow Neelie on Twitter EEAS website EEAS on Twitter Cecilia Malmström's website Follow Commissioner Malmström on Twitter Europol's EC3 website Global Alliance against child sexual abuse online Contacts : Ryan Heath (+32 2 296 17 16), Twitter: @RyanHeathEU Michele Cercone (+32 2 298 09 63) Maja Kocijancic (+32 2 298 65 70) Michael Mann (+32 2 299 97 80)

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BIM: Construction and Assembly - Learning from 'Build Qatar Live' Event Recap

BIM: Construction and Assembly - Learning from 'Build Qatar Live' Event Recap Over 50 construction professionals including contractors, consultants, architects, engineers, academics and students filled the lecture theatre in the Rose Bowl in Leeds last week for what was a great start to our thinkBIM’s spring BIM: Construction and Assembly series. Members of The BIM Academy Build Qatar Live Competition Winning team shared their experience and lessons learnt from the intensive 48hr competition, testing multi-disciplinary collaborative BIM to the maximum in a very high pressure environment, utilising up to 30 different softwares (some of which I have highlighted below). Founder of the Build Live competitions and COO of Asite, Nathan Doughty, opened and chaired the evening stressing the BIM Academy teams’ excellence in organization and delivery due to their existing working relationships, a set of common goals and an appetite to test a variety of BIM tools. Peter Barker kick-started the presentations with 3 key critical success factors for them as a team: Rigorous forward planning ; team working with clear lines of responsibility and good communication .George Mokhtar, senior BIM Coordinator for BIM Academy gave an impressive account of their 48hr experience and their winning performance with detailed information on costing presented by Dave Monswhite cost manager for Turner and Townsend , architectural design by Jonnie Flavin, Ryder Architecture, model validation process and COBie information by Michael Serginson, BIM Academy and Dave Fuller from NBS providing specification information. George opened the evening taking our group through the Build Qatar Live pre-planning and set up of the team that was undertaken, stating and stressing the importance of initial clarity of team roles, BIM uses, Modelling standards, formats of information exchange and programming in 20 min chunks. Jonnie provided an insight into the design process and how the team responded to the brief with thoughts on spatial issues, context (including views out back to Doha), adjacency as well as historical aspects. Lots of early on debate on massing and scale with sketches and diagrams coming thick and fast, working with Felt tip pens and BIM concurrently. George referred to the three stages of the project as Mass Model, Design Model and the Model Federation for which the co-location was key as scope for misunderstanding information was minimized in a shared space. The real time mass model, allowed instant scheduling of floor areas and gave consultants confidence of the concept going forwards. Work in Progress (WIP) models from the design team were uploaded to Asite as IFC. These were downloaded and opened in Solibri Model Checker to be validated. Various aspects checked including space properties, overlapping intersections and duplications. Relevant information was highlighted and reported back via Asite with comments and actions. This allowed the team to review the models for any major clashes and discrepancies within approximately 30 minutes, improved collaboration and reduced the potential for iterative design further on in the project. The model validation also provided the cost management team with an accurate model, allowing for greater cost precision at an earlier stage in the project. Dave Monswhite described the project as ‘like a freight train’ with sub groups having to work in parallel to achieve the outcomes required in the tight time frame. 4D was implemented linking the project construction programme through to Navisworks, allowing the to create construction simulations highlighting any issues with site logistics. The model was being used to inform the cost plan , this was done open source linking validated IFC data into COSTx software, using Qatari cost data. He highlighted the use of individual parts of the federated model to allow different disciplines of building to be taken off at the same time without a clash ‘Quantum is quantum’. For him, quantity wise there is no need to use federated model in these circumstances. George indicated up to 30 different types of software used throughout the process, indicating the use of Tekla BIMSight as a ‘sanity check’ for clash detection as they progressed. iCIM, the Interoperable Carbon Information Model (iCIM) TSB research project into BIM and financial and environmental cost information gave the capabilities of changing specification and monitoring differing Carbon levels via a carbon monitor on the screen. He also indicated a open source pedestrian modeling tool ‘Steps’ an agent-based micro-simulation tool developed by Mott MacDonald for the simulation of pedestrian movement under both normal and emergency conditions. Dave Fuller took us through the performance outline and detailed specification work through out the project stressing that the specifications were created as exports from the model, using NBS Create to automatically generate the spec from the model. He described three levels of specification that were developed through the scheme and spoke about how the first version gave a level of detail comparable to the overall model and then subsequent further information was added as the level of detail of the overall model geometry was increased. The initial brief had been issued as an existing site model and project information in the form of COBie. During the competition the teams had to upload COBie drops on Asite. Rather than the normal 5 for a project this was restricted to three for the competition. George stressed the importance of having 4 disciplines working together, actually incorporating information into the model. For the logistics planning and 4D simulation Asta power project was used and then linked into Navisworks to highlight pinch points that were identified at set times of construction. George brought the presentations to a close with a summary of over 100 documents uploaded to Asite throughout the process and the last minute drama of the gas leak at Northumbria University which nearly lead to the team being unable to submit their final submission document on time! An interesting Q and A followed with questions focusing on actual processes of getting information into COBie spreadsheets, use of IFC and a broad range of softwares to the benefits these types of competitions can bring to industry and academia as a place where boundaries can be pushed and innovation really happens.

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Inarcassa incontra gli iscritti Architetti ed Ingegneri delle Regioni Piemonte Liguria e Val d’Aosta

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ANCI PIEMONTE - PRESENTATO PORTALE PER CONTROLLO CONSUMI E PIANIFICAZIONE RISPARMIO ENERGETICO

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Natural Gas Generator Set Market to Reach Nearly $10 Billion by 2018

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Info Day Regione Liguria su Energia ed Ecoinnovazione

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PayPal, Lenovo Launch New Campaign to Kill the Password

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Italcementi premia l’architettura al femminile - NASCE arcVision PRIZE

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