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Estimation of NUTS2 Interregional Input-Output Systems for Greece, 2010 and 2013
Amaral Haddad, Eduardo
(Departamento de Economia, Universidade de São Paulo)
Cotarelli, Natália
Simonato, Thiago
Vale, Vinicius
Coelho Visentin, Jaqueline
Eduardo Amaral Haddad
Vinicius Almeida Vale
The aim of this paper is to describe in details the process of estimation of two interregional input-output systems for Greece, for the years 2010 and 2013. Further understanding of the changing structure of the Greek regional economies during the crisis, within an integrated interregional system, is one of the main goals of a broader project underway at the University of São Paulo Regional and Urban Economics Lad (NEREUS). With this paper, we make available not only the details of the methodological procedures adopted to generate the interregional systems, but also the database itself to be used by other researchers and practitioners.
Amaral Haddad, Eduardo & Cotarelli, Natália & Simonato, Thiago & Vale, Vinicius & Coelho Visentin, Jaqueline, 2018. "Estimation of NUTS2 Interregional Input-Output Systems for Greece, 2010 and 2013," TD NEREUS 3-2018, Núcleo de Economia Regional e Urbana da Universidade de São Paulo (NEREUS).
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Eduardo A. Haddad & Natalia Q. Cotarelli, Thiago C. Simonato, Vinicius A. Vale & Jaqueline C. Vicentin, 2018. "Estimation of NUTS2 Interregional Input-Output Systems for Greece, 2010 and 2013," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2018_07, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
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When the time will come for picking a gift for a 4 year old boy, you will notice that by this age his tastes have already formed too. This is especially true if you have an older child in the household.
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This is a fantastic company with great people, products and prospects.
We have a strong, talented management team in place, and we all believe the future of Namaste is bright. I'm incredibly humbled and excited by the opportunity I have as Interim CEO to lead this company forward, but it's truly not about me; Namaste is bigger than any one individual.
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Q: Where is the correct place to call session_start()? There seem to be two principle ways of setting out a login system with PHP from the code I have studied as a beginner. I would like to know which is the "better" way to do it.
The first way calls session_start() in the header of every page, regardless of whether the user is logged in or not. The login script when called adds variables via $_SESSION. If the variables match the Users table then the user is logged in and gains access to the login area.
The second way first calls session_start() in the login script, and then in every further page within the user area.

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*Given that session_start() needs to be called to create or resume sessions, is best practice simply to put it in the header and forget about it?

OR

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*Should session_start() be called for the first time in the login script?

What are the implications of this decision?

A:
The first way calls session_start() in the header of every page, regardless of whether the user is logged in or not.

This is ideally the best option for a number of reasons.
Maybe additional functionality can be added for security (or other reasons) from the very start. For example, maybe you could have some blocked IP addresses which you do not want to access your website, or you could use the session for gaining statistics.
So maybe you want to see where a person was redirected from to get to a certain page, even when they are not logged in.
Overall it helps to develop easier session management for security reasons and develop statistic functions.

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package mplex

import (
	"errors"
	"net"
	"testing"

	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/network"
	test "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing/suites/mux"
)

func TestDefaultTransport(t *testing.T) {
	test.SubtestAll(t, DefaultTransport)
}

type memoryScope struct {
	network.PeerScope
	limit    int
	reserved int
}

func (m *memoryScope) ReserveMemory(size int, prio uint8) error {
	if m.reserved+size > m.limit {
		return errors.New("too much")
	}
	m.reserved += size
	return nil
}

func (m *memoryScope) ReleaseMemory(size int) {
	m.reserved -= size
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func TestDefaultTransportWithMemoryLimit(t *testing.T) {
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}

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This morning, EILE'a music section features pop singer-songwriter and Pittsburgh native, Parker Matthews, who has just released his latest single, Lost With You. Matthews is an advocate for Suicide prevention and anti-bullying, having gone through bullying himself, and supports organizations such as The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and LGBTQ+, spreading positivity and fortitude through his music and lyrics.
Matthews was influenced early in life by Whitney Houston at the Grammy awards, singing "I Will Always Love You". He also cites among his influences Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Adele, Jennifer Hudson and Jessie J. His atmospheric first single, "Lost With You," tells about the liberation of embracing who you are, despite what others may think. We think you'll like it!


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Henrik Schütz (Heinrich, Hinderik) (Schutz, Schütt), född 1650 i Stockholm, död 1701 i Karlskrona, var en svensk amiralitetsbildhuggare.

Han var son till amiralitetsbildhuggaren Jost (Joost) Schütz och från 1675 gift med Catharina Gröning (änka efter Georg Waldau) samt bror till Claes Schütz. Clas Schütz nyblivna änka Christina Nilsdotter skrev 1674 ett brev till Schütz som då var verksam i England att hon önskade att han skulle återvända till Stockholm och överta sin döde broders verkstad. Schütz hörsammade hennes önskemål och for genast hem till Stockholm där han liksom sin far blev en berömd bildsnidare och om vars kunnighet har vidimerats av hans lärjunge Caspar Schröder. Enligt ett kontrakt som utfärdades 1677 anlitades han biträdd av Nicolaus Enander och Clas Swant som bildhuggare vid Skeppholmsvarvet. Han fick 1682 ett fastebrev utfärdat på ett stenhus i kvarteret näst väster om Beridarebanan. Hans verksamhet kom huvudsakligen vara att förse flottans fartyg med bildsnideri. Han var verksam i Stockholm fram till 1684 och åren 1684–1686 i Kalmar och därefter i Karlskrona där han arbetade på det nya Trossövarvet som den ledande bildhuggaren. Han blev på kort tid en aktad man bland hantverkarna och konstnärerna i Karlskrona och medlem i den nyinstiftade amiralitetsförsamlingens kyrkoråd och till kyrkan skänkte han en egenhändigt förfärdigad dopfunt som inte finns bevarad. Schütz arvode vid varvet reglerades genom kontrakt med amiralitetskollegium och normerna för dessa växlade under åren. I Stockholm fick han enligt kontraktet 1677 en årslön samt ersättning för speciellt arbete enligt ett anbud medan i Kalmar ersattes han med daglön för honom själv och hans gesäller samt hyresersättning. I Karlskrona  fick han enligt ett kontrakt utfärdat 1689 betalning enligt taxa grundad på skeppens typ och storlek och från 1689 enligt en taxa grundad på utfört arbete. Under några år på 1690-talet fick Schütz först en årslön på 200 daler silvermynt som senare höjdes till 300 daler silvermynt samt därutöver betalning på ackord. Hans arbetsuppgifter vid varvet var att producera ornament, gallerier, akterspeglar och i förekommande fall utsmyckningar på och under däck. Hans vanligaste galjonsföremål var ett stort ilsket fräsande lejon. Han ägnade särskild omsorg med utsmyckningar som bar olika kungars namn och under Karl XI:s regering byggdes tre sådana skepp av stegrad storlek och effekt. Det första Carlous XI hade som galjonsbild ett lejon och centralfiguren på akterskeppet var Karl XI till häst som finns bevarad vid Sjöhistoriska museet i Stockholm. Det andra skeppet tredäckaren Konung Carls som sjösattes 1683 försågs med utsmyckningar ritade av arkitekten Abraham Svansköld men Schütz mest omfattande arbete var utsmyckningen av fartyget Konung Carl som när det sjösattes 1694 var svenska flottans dittills största skepp. Skeppets dekorativa utsmyckning lades i Tessins händer som tog kontakt med den franske konstnären Jean Bérain  som utfört liknande uppdrag för den franska marinen. Tessin lät sända en ritning i stort format över det svenska skeppet och på ritningen utförde Bérain sitt förslag över skeppets dekorationer samt överfört i färg på en oljemålning i samma format. Med oljemålningen och Bérains anvisningar på ritningen utarbetade Svansköld arbetsbeskrivningar och Schütz ornamentsarbetet. Förstäven pryddes av en ovanlig och mycket praktfull galjonsfigur och en förgylld ryttarstaty av Karl XI. Akterspegelns rika utsmyckning kröntes av väldiga lejon med riksvapnet i dubbla sköldar. Efter det stora Nordiska krigets utbrott 1700 såg Schütz skeppet Konung Carl segla ut i täten för den svenska flottan med Karl XII ombord. I kungens kajuta stod möblerna som Schütz snidat, bordet med de förgyllda fötterna är bevarat och räknas till en av dyrgriparna på af Chapmans Skärva i Blekinge där det kallas Karl XII:s bord.

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Bauer Maschinen has released its full-year results, showing a 4.9% decline in total group revenues, to just under €1.7 billion.
The foundations engineering specialist's CEO, Michael Stomberg, who took the reins at Bauer just six months ago, said he was happy with the group's overall performance, including the earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) figure of around €100 million, which represents an 11.7% improvement on the previous 12 months.
The group's earnings after tax were reported to be €24 million, while its net debt was reduced by 5.4%, to around €562 million.
Stomberg said revenues from the construction segment were weaker than the previous year, however, primarily because of reduced demand from the Middle East region.
The operating business, however, was good, said Stomberg, who stressed that the fourth quarter of 2018 had been particularly strong.
In terms of equipment, Bauer saw group revenues of €723 million, down 4.2% on the same time last year.


The CW renews its lineup of originals, including the Take 5/Whizbang/CBS production and a host of British Columbia-shot series.
The CW's close relationship with Canada and Canadian producers looks to be solid, as the net announced Friday it was renewing its entire slate of originals, including the Canadian-certified production Reign.
The net has given an early greenlight for season four of Reign, a period drama coproduced by CBS Studios and Toronto's Take 5 and Whizbang Productions.
The number of episodes on order for this latest season has yet to be determined, as is its season-four launch date. The series will continue to be shot at Cinespace Film Studios' Kipling location in Toronto, executive producer Frank Siracusa told Playback Daily. Reign is licensed to Bell Media in Canada. Executive producers on Reign are Siracusa, Laurie McCarthy, John Weber and Brad Silberling.
The CW also announced Friday it has re-upped a number of its British Columbia-shot series, including The Flash (season three), DC Legends of Tomorrow (season two), The 100 (season four) and Supernatural (season 12). Production for all these series will return to British Columbia for their new seasons, a CW spokesperson confirmed to Playback Daily.


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Glow and Behold! Underwater LED Surveys Reveal Rare Marine Species
Typically reserved for psychedelic '60s posters and funky lava lamps, fluorescence adopts a new important role in the discovery of mysterious marine species. By following the lead of a new tourism trend, scientists in Australia have developed a creative and colorful way to detect lesser-known lifeforms under the sea.
We are surrounded and often outnumbered by that which we cannot see. Cryptic species, identified as such due to their likeness to their surroundings, elusive behavior, and small size, are both the most abundant and comparatively least researched in any given ecosystem. Detectability, or the extent to which something is easily observed, therefore presents a major variable in conservation science.
Before determining population trends, true conservation status, and risk of extinction, scientists must first acquire a wealth of data regarding a species' abundance and geographical distribution. This task is especially important when attempting to fit the globally recognized ranking criteria outlined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As a result of these lofty data requirements, extinction-risk assessments in common fishes are typically based on the readily available information derived from fisheries and other commercial sources, while rare species most at risk are left with the label "data deficient". With the development of new sampling technologies, the problem of data deficiency has been partially solved for terrestrial species. Auditory and acoustic surveys have been designed for organisms that are difficult to see but easy to hear such as birds, bats, and frogs. For large yet sneaky felines like jaguars and snow leopards, camera trapping and hair sampling is now providing researchers with consistent data on species abundance and distribution. Despite these advancements, however, cryptic marine species remain underrepresented and understudied, with surveying methods relying heavily on inefficient and potentially biased visual counts dependent on the expertise of the surveyor. That is, until now.
See biofluorescent diving in action in this video highlighting the reefs around Koh Tao, Thailand.
With the expansion of recreational fluorescence diving, a new technological market has arisen for underwater gear such as blue LED torches and camera filters. At a relatively affordable price, certified divers can take a nighttime dip into an environment where biofluorescent creatures abound, and cryptic species reveal themselves in a kaleidoscope of color. Capitalizing on this growing trend, Dr. Maarten De Brauwer and his team from Curtin University packed their blue LED torches and sojourned to the coral reefs of Indonesia, a region containing the greatest number of marine fish species in the world. Focusing in particular on two rare species of pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti and H. denise), the team completed underwater biofluorescence census (UBC) surveys at 63 sites with the goal of investigating which cryptically patterned fish species emit biofluoresence, and whether or not this new methodology is appropriate for estimating the population density of cryptic marine species.
Although the pygmy seahorses were rarely encountered (only 39 in total), the surveys revealed that all of the individuals identified fluoresced in the red and green spectrum. The brightness of the red fluorescence along each seahorse's tail allowed for increased detectability against the dark background of the seafans on which they cling. For H. bargibanti, nearly double the number of individuals was detected using the fluorescence method when compared to non-fluorescent surveys. This increase of detectability was also found during Brauwer's assessment of a more abundant fish, the largemouth triplefin, as nearly three times more individuals were detected in UBC transects versus the traditional visual method.
Pygmy seahorse H. bargibanti (pictured) is considered a cryptic species for its ability to blend in with its environment, its secretive behavior, and its small size.
The results of the study therefore demonstrated that the UBC method was indeed effective at finding cryptic species that are otherwise difficult to detect and quantify. The diversity of the research sites and recorded species also indicated that biofluorescence is ubiquitous in cryptic marine life, demonstrating that the new methodology is applicable across a wide range of taxa and geographic locations.
The implications of such a study are immense, as increased data for data deficient species such as the pygmy seahorses spotlighted in this study may lead to their proper identification as vulnerable, threatened, or even endangered. By establishing the abundance, distribution, and conservation status of such species, especially under the IUCN criteria, scientists and policymakers will be better equipped to implement effective protective measures, as well as facilitate the research and conservation initiatives needed to ensure the survival of these mysterious marine species.
Want to know more? Find the full research article here!
De Brauwer et al. (2017) Biofluorescence as a survey tool for cryptic marine species. Conservation Biology 32(3): 706-715.
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Now, Kaepernick is looking to cash in on his touchdown celebration. The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday that Kaepernick is looking to trademark "Kaepernicking."
From the Chronicle's report:
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's website, the 49ers quarterback filed to trademark "Kaepernicking" on Jan. 14, two days after he had 444 total yards and four touchdowns in a divisional-playoff win against Green Bay. The filing indicates Kaepernick intends to use the term on "clothing, namely shirts."
ESPN reported that Kaepernick's marketing team has allowed the T-shirt company Sportiqe to use his name and image, with part of the proceeds going to Camp Taylor, a camp for children with heart disease.
While Kaepernick didn't actually start the whole kiss-your-bicep celebration (Ron Artest, aka Metta World Peace, has been doing that for years), he appears to be using it to help a good cause.
ESPN also reports that Kaepernick's jersey has been the NFL's top-selling jersey on Fanatics.com, a national sports retailer, for the past 10 days.
The former Wolf Pack quarterback will get a chance to go "Kaepernicking" again Feb. 3 when his San Francisco 49ers face the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Also of note, somebody also has created the website KaeperTat.com, which helps you get fake tattoos that resemble Kaepernick's real tattoos.


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For the last several seasons, at the start of each season, the Minnesota Timberwolves have looked the part of a young talented team ready to make their big breakout. However that has yet to happen, and last season was no different. The Timberwolves, with young talent that is enviable across the entire league, hired Tom Thibodeau, as their new head coach, hoping he could put it all together. That didn't happen, and the Wolves finished the season 31-51. So this offseason, the team decided to shake things up.
The Timberwolves kept "mega-talents" small forward Andre Wiggins and center Karl Anthony-Towns, considered to be the best young big man in the league. They traded former slam dunk champion Zach LaVine, 2016 lottery pick Kris Dunn, and 2017 lottery pick Lauri Markkanen to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler and the rights to the Bulls 2 017 first round draft choice center Justin Patton. They also traded point guard Ricky Rubio to the Jazz for their 2018 first round draft choice. We will see if the shakeup finally gets the Wolves to the playoffs for the first time in 14 years this season.
Doesn't it seem the Dallas Mavericks have been one of the NBA's best franchises for about 100 years now? Well, not exactly, but you get the idea. Yes the Mavericks have been one of the league's best for a long time now. They have been riding one of the best players in league history, and by far the most unique, power forward Dirk Nowitzki. He's had great success, but that may be changing. A year ago, they missed the playoffs for just the second time since the 1999-2000 season, and their prospects of returning to the playoff this season look even worse. This happens to everybody though.
This is an old team and no amount of roster retooling is going to change that. It is time, past time, for the Mavericks to let the bottom drop out, and rebuild. The question is, who is going to tell the team owner Mark Cuban, that his team needs a major rebuild?
The Dallas Mavericks were founded in 1980, towards the end of the NBA's era of rapid expansion. Their first round draft pick Kiki Vandeweghe was so upset that he was heading to this brand new team, that he refused to play for them. Dallas ownership traded Kiki for future draft picks, and ultimately wound up with two great players in Sam Perkins and Rolando Blackman. Some of the best seasons for the Mavericks came between 1985 and 1988. Their best season as a team was in 1986, when the team finished 27 games above .500. Sadly, they could not reach the finals that year, bowing out after the first round.
Perhaps the most known fact about the Mavericks, is that they are owned by the most famous and dynamic owner in sports, Mark Cuban. Mark Cuban has a long history of fines, arguments with former NBA Commissioner David Stern, and non-stop yelling at officials. Throughout their history, the Mavericks have won their division three times, first in 1987, then 2007 and finally in 2010. They have won the Western Conference in 2006 and 2011. In 2011, they also won their first NBA Championship to date.
The Dallas Mavericks have been one of the NBA's premiere teams for long time. Since 1998, they are one of just four teams to win the Western Conference, the others being the Spurs, Lakers, and Thunder. They have two retired numbers since inception. Derek Harper's number 12 and Brad Davis' number 15 hang in the rafters at the American Airlines Center. The team is looking to once again rebuild, as their roster is made up of nine players that are thirty years old or older.
The Dallas Mavericks finished the 2014-2015 regular season with a record of 50-32, good for the seventh seed in the Western Conference. The Mavericks made the highlight trade at the deadline, acquiring all-star point guard Rajon Rondo from the Boston Celtics. The move was made to fill a glaring hole at point guard for the Mavericks, and at the time of the trade, it was expected to make the Mavericks serious contenders in the loaded Western Conference. This is not how it worked out at all.
Rondo was benched by the end of the season and the Mavericks lost to the Houston Rockets in five games in the first round of the playoffs. So far this offseason, the Mavericks came close to signing DeAndre Jordan away from the Clippers, but at the lost moment Jordan decided to return to Los Angeles. This led to a fury of comments from both sides, although the tone has settled. The Mavericks, desperate for a center, have brought Samuel Dalembert back into the league. He has not played an NBA game since the first week of January earlier this year.
The Dallas Mavericks have been one of the NBA's best teams for a very long time. However, it appears that run is coming to an end. A year ago, the Mavericks finished with a record of 24-58, the third-worst record in the Western Conference.
Before the draft, the Mavericks traded Shake Milton for Gianni's brother, Kostas. For the draft, Dallas held the fifth overall selection, which they used on the best player in the nation a year ago, Oklahoma point guard Trae Young. However, they traded Young to the Hawks for the third overall selection, hybrid guard Luca Donic. In free agency their big signing was center DeAndre Jordan, and they also brought back veteran point guard Devin Harris who began his career in Big D. Later on in the month of July, Dirk Nowitski decided he would return for his 20th NBA season, all with the Mavericks.
Right now, the story seems to be that the Mavericks are going to wait one more-year before they try to rebuild, seeing how far they can go in what is almost certain to be Dirk Nowitski's last ride through the NBA. So far, they are doing okay, but the experts don't expect this start to last.


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The FIA president explained that drivers have decided not to make "political statements" without the governing body's permission.
The FIA International Sporting Code, which sets the rules for all classes of motorsport, has been revised for this year to stop drivers and other competitors from making unauthorized statements.
It also banned further "political, religious and personal statements or opinions" on the ISC, unless previously approved in writing by the FIA for International Competitions, particularly in violation of the principle of neutrality promoted by the FIA under its rules. or by the relevant ASN for national competitions within their jurisdiction.
Competitors will also "fail to comply with FIA regulations regarding the appointment and participation of persons in any competition that counts towards the FIA Championship" which is now considered a violation of the rules.
In recent years, several Formula 1 drivers have used their helmet designs or clothing choices in the paddock to show their support for various causes. The new restrictions have caused some criticism.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulaiman also explained the change. "We are concerned about building bridges. You can use sport for peace," he told reporters. But one thing we don't want is to have the FIA as a platform for personal agendas.
Ben Sulaiman drivers can also carry messages of peace.
"We change from the sport. What makes the driver better? Driving. They are very good at it, and they do the business, they make the show, they are the stars. Nobody can stop them.
"There are other platforms to express what you want. Everyone has that and they are very welcome to go through the FIA process and go through that.
"I have my own personal things, OK, but it doesn't mean I use the FIA to do it," added Ben Sulaym.
The clause in the ISC does not completely prohibit political expressions, they were first confirmed by the FIA.
"If anything, they took away his permission," Ben Sulaym said. "If not, if you make another mistake, it's like speeding down the pit lane. It's pretty clear what you'll get if you do that."
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Salary Range: Low to mid-30's.
A Bachelor's Degree and four years experience or a combination of post high school education and experience equal to eight years.
Four years experience with collections management to include proper handling, installation, preservation and/or maintenance.
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Experience in coordinating shipping and receiving activities to include packaging products for shipment and delivery, receiving inbound packages, and processing appropriate documentation.
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If not otherwise specified, schedule is M-F, 8-5. May be required to travel (nationally or internationally) to serve as a Museum courier. Assignments are based on the needs of the Museum. Courier training and certification is required prior to the incumbent serving in this capacity.
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL is comprised of three museums on a 66-acre bay-front estate. Recognized as the official State Art Museum of Florida, the museum is under the governance of The Florida State University (FSU) and is the largest university museum complex in the nation.
Responsible for the care and registration of artwork and artifacts for the Ringling Museum as well as incoming and outgoing exhibitions/loans.
Coordinates all aspects of incoming and outgoing exhibitions including but not limited to contracts, loan documentation, shipping logistics, insurance, couriers.
Works with Collections Manager to establish collection management system access and administration protocols; works with Collections Manager and Curatorial Division to establish protocols and standards for data entry, authority controls.
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Celebrate cinema in Portland, Oregon. Watch over 200 independent films, attend over 75 workshops, networking events, parties, classes and more. Spread across 12+ venues. Buy tickets, merchandise and more at our Festival HQ located at 1139 NW Couch Street—just a block from Powells Books. September 1-7. #PDXFF15
Thursday, September 3 • 9:45pm - 11:15pm
The Whole Gritty City LIMITED
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Directors of three New Orleans marching bands prepare students to perform in the Mardi Gras parades. What emerges is a dramatic, music-filled story of children struggling to reach adulthood in one of America's most impoverished and violent cities.
Christopher "Skully" Lee Wilbert Rawlins
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Thursday September 3, 2015 9:45pm - 11:15pm PDT
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I've never been to a live spoken word event before. Sure, I've seen videos online and that guy at the Olympics, but nothing live. I don't know how that happened. Every third blog post from Jessica Ruano or Nadine is about some spoken word thing or another, probably one they are participating in, and I always go see performances my friends are in. And they talk about it with such passion that it sends shivers down my spine. I know that kind of passion.
It should be right up my alley.
I used to write. From my teenage years to early university, I wrote almost every day. I filled notebooks with scribbles and poems, thoughts and ideas, heartache and heartbreak until every page was covered. I always had pen and paper with me. I preferred pencils but they always broke in my bag. And then I would take what I thought was good and meticulously edit and copy the "finished product" into my "clean" book; a pretty blue thing with golden sun, moon and stars on the cover. It had a matching bookmark.
I have over half a dozen notebooks, which I recently rediscovered as I was moving out of my Ottawa home. But then I just stopped writing poetry. Why? I don't know. Probably because I fell in love and was content. Little passion comes out of contentment.
Did you know Ottawa is home to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word champions: Capital Slam & Urban Legends. The festival is happening in Ottawa this year. I was actually asked to cover some of it for Ottawa Tonite but work was running late last night and I wasn't able to make it on time. I regret that, but you shouldn't. Click on the CFSW website and find out what's still going on and where. This logistically impressive festival (seriously, who organized this thing with all these venues? I'm very impressed if this is working out) runs until Saturday night. Then click on the Ottawa Tonite link & read up on some of the awe-inspiring coverage of the festival.
I'm not sure I'm going to get to see anything at this point, but I really hope that one day, soon, I will learn to stop resisting and embrace the Slam.


Think of a pork loin as a tenderloin's alter ego--while they sound like they should be similar, they require different cooking techniques to maximize their deliciousness. Luckily, your June has a Cook-Program for both so you can stop worrying about the differences and just enjoy the results. Here we pair pork loin with an herbaceous, roasted garlic-spiked Italian salsa verde. Have your butcher tie the loin for you, and while it's resting after cooking you can whip up some Roasted Broccolini or Asparagus in your June for a satisfying side.
Place the garlic bulb inside the resealable plastic bag with the pointy stalk end pointing towards the counter. Press the palm of your hand on the root end of the bulb of garlic and push down firmly. The bulb should break apart and the cloves will separate. Pull out the individual cloves of garlic from the bag, leaving the outer skin from the garlic behind.
Place the garlic cloves on the June Pan. Drizzle the oil and salt over the garlic cloves and toss to coat. Add 1 tablespoon of water to the June Pan.
Place the pork on a June Roasting Rack set in the June Pan. Rub the oil over the entire surface of the pork loin, then sprinkle all over with the salt and pepper. Rub the salt and pepper into the pork so the seasoning adheres to the meat.
Horizontally insert the June Food Thermometer in the pork so the tip is in the geometric center of the meat. Select cooking preferences using the button below.
Place the pork on the bottom shelf of the June Oven and plug the June Food Thermometer into the jack. Roast until the pork is cooked to your desired doneness, about 60 minutes. June will notify you when the pork is ready.
While the pork cooks, make the salsa verde. Squeeze the paste from 4 of the roasted garlic cloves and add to the bowl of the food processor. Reserve the remaining garlic for another use. Add the oil, cilantro, parsley, mint, lime juice, honey, salt and red pepper flakes to the food processor. Process until the herbs are finely chopped, about 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and cover until ready to use.
Remove the pork from the June Oven and transfer the roast to a chopping board. Allow to rest at least 10 minutes before cutting crosswise into ½"-thick slices. Transfer the sliced pork to serving plates or a platter. Spoon some of the salsa over the pork and serve more at the table.


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Petr Rudolf Manoušek (* 5. května 1957 Praha) je český zvonař, restaurátor zvonů, od roku 1988 vedoucí dílny rodiny Manoušků (Zvonařství Manoušek), soudní znalec specializovaný na kampanologii.

Narodil se ve zvonařské rodině, Rudolfovi (synu Rudolfa staršího) a Květě Manouškovým. V roce 1976 absolvoval Střední uměleckoprůmyslovou školu a začínal v dílně svého otce na Zbraslavi, kterou v roce 1988 převzal. Do nečekaných potíží se dílna dostala při povodních v r. 2002, kdy byla zvonárna zcela zatopena a její činnost na Zbraslavi se již nepodařilo obnovit. Petr Manoušek mezitím externě pracuje v několika jiných evropských zvonárnách, zejména v holandské Royal Eijsbouts v Astenu. Zde se v r. 2006 se podílel na odlití největšího výkyvného zvonu světa. Japonský zvon o hmotnosti přes 36 tun, zavěšený u města Gotenba na ostrově Honšú vyzvání denné při západu slunce.

Dílna Manoušků na Zbraslavi za dobu své existence vyrobila a zrestaurovala několik tisíc zvonů, podílela se mj. na opravě pražské loretánské zvonkohry nebo pořízení nového srdce pro největší český zvon Zikmund. V restaurovaném domě bude od září 2020 otevřeno soukromé muzeum zvonařství a historie rodiny Manoušků.

Pro město Praha v rámci projektu Evropské město kultury v roce 2000 sestavil Petr R. Manoušek Pražskou mobilní zvonohru s 57 zvony, aktuálně největší mobilní zvonohru na světě. Ta je v současné době přímo v jeho majetku poté, co město Praha odstoupilo od ústní dohody o jejím financování. Kvůli nutnosti vrátit vyplacené zálohy magistrátu nakonec Manouškovi museli prodat svůj rodinný dům.

Reference

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 SUCHOPÁREK, Karel. Zvonaři Manouškové - tři generace. IN: Slévárenství 1978/8, s. 335-7, Praha.

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The concept of human rights in the information society involve comprehension of two key phrases; human rights and the information society.
Linking a legal tradition to a vaguely defined policy concept
Human rights draw on deep and widespread historical roots since practically all cultures, religions, and philosophies include human rights principles, though they also contain practices which are incompatible with human rights. However, one important date for placing it on the international agenda is December 10, 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted at the UN General Assembly in the aftermath of the Second World War to ensure that such horror would never again occur. The UDHR has since been developed into a large body of international conventions and declarations, some of them legally binding, others political statements, which UN member states commit to follow in their national legislation and practice. [1]
In the following, human rights are referred to as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as civil and political rights of citizens, as well as their economic, cultural, and social rights. At the 1993 UN World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna, the international community reaffirmed the four principles that lie at the heart of the human rights regime: human rights are universal (rights belong to all persons), indivisible (rights cannot be separated from one another), interrelated (rights impact upon one another) and interdependent (a right cannot be fully achieved without fulfilment of all other rights) [2].
The term information society has academic roots dating back to the mid-seventies [3] but was politically revitalized by the American and European project to privatize and liberalize the telecommunication sector globally. In 1994, Al Gore as the US Vice President, announced the creation of "the Global Information Infrastructure", echoed at the European level in a number of white papers and reports in the mid-¬nineties, the most famous of which was the Report of the Bangemann High Level Expert Group in 1994. In official rhetoric the many political, economic, scientific, and social changes related to globalization and communication infrastructure soon became "the information society" [4].
At civil society level, American and European NGOs in particular have since the early nineties focused on specific human rights challenges within a digital environment, especially in relation to the protection of privacy and freedom of expression. This initial US / European lead has today turned into an increasingly large number of civil society groups from all over the world, focusing on analysis and policy campaigns for the defense of human rights standards in a digital context. [5] One of the largest networks of these groups is the Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC), an umbrella organization with currently more than 60 member organizations [6]. However, long before the development of the cyber rights community with its more specific Internet focus, a number of social movements had raised issues of information and media ownership and access to communication. [7]
When the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) process took off in 2002, one of its important contributions was to create and facilitate a global space where these very diverse civil society groups and movements met and were forced to interact since they were included in a formal UN process as one voice; the voice of "civil society" [8]. Both in terms of mutual ¬learning and networking on a global scale, and in terms of ¬putting human rights on the information society agenda [9], the WSIS process played a significant role.
Dignity, liberty, and the equity of all human beings
No single definition of the rather broad concept of "human rights in the information society" exists, although many documents praise human rights as the foundation for the information age.
The concept has at least two connotations. One relates to the ways in which technology can be used as an enabler for human rights workers. Countless examples exist showing how Internet has facilitated communication from suppressed groups, have enabled human rights activists to report on violations, to campaign across borders and to reach global information, and support to strengthen their case [10].
The other use of the concept, which is the main focus here, relates to the challenge of protecting and enforcing human rights standards at a point in time when new communicative means are essentially changing the way we live, work, and develop. Human rights are subject to dynamic interpretation, and part of their essence is their recognition as standards in a given context at a given time. This requires analysis as to how human rights are affected by current developments, how the core of a given right is potentially threatened, how it can be enhanced, and - crucially - to what extent the existing system of protection is adequate and effective given the realities of new technological developments. The international body of human rights is thus in perpetual evolution to dismiss new threats as well as to encompass new opportunities for their extension. Historically this evolution has always been the result of social struggles led by different groups in specific historical junctures. The relatively recent codification of women's rights and the rights of indigenous peoples are a case in point.
Civil Society representatives attending the WSIS have stressed that to apply the human rights framework to the information society implies taking dignity, liberty and the equity of all human beings as the starting point of reference rather than technological considerations. It entails the task of addressing the basic values we wish to guide the direction of the information society, and to ensure that these standards continue to be upheld.
One central human rights challenge to the many societal changes, which we call the information society, is the protection of human dignity, liberty, and equity as technology becomes more invasive, as measures for information control, ownership and surveillance stronger, and inequality more visible. [11]
Several trends that characterize the development of the information society represent challenges to, and in many cases serious dangers for, a human rights-based information society. These include extended regimes for information ownership and management (i.e. copyright and patent regulation, trade agreements, digital rights management systems), rapid advances in surveillance, profiling, and retention of personal data (i.e. counter terror legislation, radio frequency identification devices, IPV6, etc.) [12], and new means for censoring and blocking information (i.e. state firewalls and filters, ISP licensing), to mention but a few of the current developments [13].
The Human Rights framework is in perpetual evolution
The acknowledgment of human rights as the foundation for the information society was after many negotiations included in the official outcome from the WSIS Geneva Summit in 2003. The Declaration of Principles [14] in Article One speaks of an information society "respecting fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights". The vision articulated by the Declaration also stresses the four principles of universality, indivisibility, interrelated, interdependency as reaffirmed in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In other words, human rights in the information society are not only about civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to a fair trial or the right to privacy, but equally include economic, social, and cultural rights, such as the right to an adequate standard of living, to education, to health, to benefit from scientific progress, and so on. This is important to bear in mind, since some civil society groups tend to see human rights as something secondary to issues of development, rather than the normative foundation for any society independently of its level of development. At the same time, some civil society organizations, especially from northern countries, have a narrow understanding of human rights, and focus primarily on civil and political rights - or only freedom of expression [15].
The Geneva Declaration of Principles affirms that the information society must not result in discrimination or deprivation of human rights and that states are obliged to promote and respects all human rights within this context. [16] However, as stated by the then Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there is yet no clear response on how to meet this challenge: "We seek to build an Information Society where people and individuals are placed at its centre, where human dignity is firmly upheld and where human rights are recognized as its guiding principles. How can we best ensure that these principles are reflected in an Information Society? How can we make best use of information and communication technologies, which are the vital tools and building blocks in this endeavor? These questions await our answer, our commitment and our concerted action" [17].
From a legal perspective, many of the regulatory challenges relate to the transnational nature of the Internet. International agreements have traditionally been based on the premise of territorial jurisdiction, and Internet as a global communication space challenges this premise. One of the current policy debates related to the global nature of Internet concerns human rights and Internet governance, and to what extent the current mechanisms for Internet governance have an impact on human rights. Many civil society groups argue that human right issues of privacy, freedom of expression, access to information, and the public domain of knowledge are at stake in the existing governance structures. Furthermore, there is the challenge of reforming the existing governing structures, since the current forum for domain name management is a private party dominated by a limited number of countries and based on a contract with a single government. Here the human rights stance has been that the result of the ongoing negotiations must ensure that the future mechanisms for Internet governance are human rights compliant, both in their composition and governing structures and through regular monitoring and assessment of their decisions. "It is a state responsibility to ensure that Internet governance mechanisms are compliant with human right standards, that there are means to enforce them, and that governments can be held accountable for human rights violations, including before international courts. Internet governance mechanisms can and should further human rights by ensuring an enabling environment that protects and enforces human rights standards and democratic principles of inclusiveness, transparency, checks and balances, and the rule of law"[18]. At present, there seem to be a growing acceptance of Internet as a global commons, which implies effective access for all countries to participate in decisions regarding enjoyment of this common good.
Another debate concerns the global CRIS (Communication Rights in the Information Society) campaign. The CRIS campaign has raised issues of knowledge ownership and media diversity within the information society agenda, and demands the recognition of a new human right; the right to communicate. In response to this, a number of human rights groups have argued that these issues can and should be addressed within the existing human rights framework. The right to communicate should not be conceived as a new and independent right but rather as an umbrella concept; communication rights, encompassing the effective implementation of a group of related existing rights. [19]
A continuous and final battlefield to be mentioned is the struggle to ensure that working for and with human rights in the information society does not limit itself solely to the affirmation of already set human rights standards, but includes the effective protection and implementation of these rights.
With regard to technical developments entailing privacy threats, these call for a tight legal and political framing, which must be built upstream through privacy impact assessments, and not only once the risks have manifested themselves in our everyday life.
It is urgent that we continuously address the challenge of bringing people and countries closer to the standards outlined in the human rights treaties, and evaluate their realization through benchmarks and indicators for national enforcement and compliance. So far the WSIS process has shown little political willingness to address this challenge.
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[1]	There are numerous books on the history of human rights, how they are spelled out in international law, and the attached system of monitoring mechanisms. See e.g. Alston, Philip; Megret, Frederic (eds.), United Nations and human rights: A critical appraisal, Oxford, 2003.
[2]	Adopted 25 June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu5/wchr.htm
[3]	See the article on "Information Society / Knowledge Society" by Sally Burch in this volume.
[4]	The political information society development at European level is described in : Seán Ó Siochrú, Will the Real WSIS Please Stand-up?, CRIS paper, January 2004. http://sos.comunica.org/docs/gazett...
[5]	Surveys like the annual "Privacy and Human Rights" (EPIC), or "Silenced" (Privacy International / GreenNet Educational Trust, 2003), or "ICT Policy: A Beginners Handbook" (APC, 2003) all present examples on how NGOs in all regions of the world are involved in influencing national, regional and international ICT policy processes. See http://www.privacyinternational.org/
[6]	http://www.gilc.org
[7]	See the article on "Communication Rights" by Sean Ó Siochrú and Al Alegre in this volume.
[8]	On this linking process during first phase of WSIS see: Peugeot, Valérie. Relieurs. Etude Vecam, FT R&D http://www.vecam.org/article.php3?i...
[9]	During prepcom1 in July 2002, a Human Rights Caucus was formed to ensure that human rights standards were upheld both within the WSIS process and as the guiding framework for the Declaration of Principles and plan of action. By the time of the Geneva Summit, in December 2003, the notion of "human rights in the information society" was used both by governments and civil society in official speeches and references.
[10]	Castells, Manuel, The Internet Galaxy, Oxford, 2001.
[11]	This is elaborated in : Deborah Hurley, Pole Star in the Information Society, Rights & Democracy, September 2003 http://www.ichrdd.ca/english/commdo... and in : International Symposium on the Information Society, Statement on Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Information Society, November 2003. http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/sm...
[12]	Examples of recent technical developments which entails privacy threats include: Profiling: Profiling, which is based on research in "excavation of data" (data mining), challenges the protection of privacy, offline as well as online. Online actions and behaviours can be traced (purchases carried out on line, visited sites, downloaded documents etc.) by robots, making it possible to constitute databases to send promotional offers via e-mail adapted to the profile of the consumer. In stores, this opens for extended databases with customer information (age, sex, assembling purchases, number returns etc.) making it possible to adapt the reception to the profile of the customer and its potential profitability for the company. (See for instance, Best Buy stores'customers policy, The Washington Post, august 22, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...
RFID: As pointed out by many civil liberties organisations and by the EU Article 29 Working Party, the deployment of RFID (radio frequency identification devices) can have serious impact on the right to privacy. The identification by radio frequency is a method to store and recover remote data by using markers called Tag RFID. Tag RFID are small objects, which can be stuck or incorporated in products, and which include/understand an antenna making it possible to receive and to answer a radio requests. (See EPICs RFID Privacy Page at http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/ and the RFID Working document on date protection related to RFID from Article 29 Working Party at http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_h...
IPV6: IPV6, the new Internet protocol, can reinforce pre-existent risks. At present, computers connected to the internet are identified by a temporary IP number, which is allocated by its supplier of access. With IPV6, each computer, and even each portable tool connected to the network, will have a fixed and single IP address, thus the computer will be detectable and packets send out via Internet using IPv6 would have "fingerprints" on it. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
[13]	An overview of global developments can be found in "Silenced" (2003) from Privacy International / GreenNet Educational Trust. http://www.privacyinternational.org...[347]=x-347-61390&als[theme]=Silenced%20Report and in "Privacy and Human Rights - an international survey of privacy laws and developments" (2004) from Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
[14]	Declaration of principle, WSIS, Geneva december 2003 http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/d...
[15]	In the process of finalizing the civil society declaration for the Geneva Summit, a number of organizations claimed that the issue of development (poverty reduction and economic and social development) was to take priority over human rights. This perspective is problematic since it presupposes a distinction between development and human rights, rather than recognizing that the two are intimately related.
[16]	The human rights framework is also an important part of the parallel WSIS civil society declaration, adopted on December 11, 2003.
[17]	Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan, December 12, 2003, Geneva.
[18]	Human rights and internet governance. Statement by the Civil Society Human Rights Caucus, February 23, 2005, Geneva http://www.wgig.org/docs/HR-Caucus.doc
[19]	The history and debate around communication rights is addressed extensively in the article on "Communication Rights" by Sean Ó Siochrú with Al Alegre in this volume.
Coalition of global civil liberty organizations working in the field of Internet: http://www.gilc.org
Electronic Privacy Information Center, US privacy and freedom of expression documentation: http://www.epic.org
European NGOs defending rights in the digital era; European Digital Rights: http://www.edri.org
Privacy International, European freedom of expression and privacy documentation: http://www.privacyinternational.org
HR and ICT training material and resources by APC: http://rights.apc.org/
Overview and resources for National Human Rights organizations: http://www.nhri.net
Overview of the WSIS process, documents, working groups etc.: http://www.worldsummit2005.org
WSIS Human Rights Caucus: http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/sm...
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www.OHCHR.org
Council of Europe: http://www.coe.int (i.e. Convention on Cybercrime 2001).
EU: http://www.eu.int (i.e. Data Protection directive 1995, E-commerce directive 2000).


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Uncertainty continues for North West businesses as Brexit outcome remains unclear
25th March 2019, 9:55 am
With continued confusion over the Brexit process, financial and business advisors Grant Thornton is urging local businesses to update their contingency plans.
The announcement follows a delay to Brexit with the UK now not expected to leave the EU on 29 March. However, with the final outcome still uncertain, Grant Thornton has outlined the likely next steps to help businesses navigate the coming weeks:
The EU has granted an extension to the Brexit process until the 22 May, conditional on the Prime Minister's deal being approved by Parliament within the next week. The delay was required because, if accepted, the Withdrawal Agreement needs to be translated into a full Act of Parliament which will take longer.
The third so called 'meaningful vote' is expected to take place this week. If approved, the two month extension is likely to cause similar uncertainty experienced in the past three months unless, and until, the agreement is fully incorporated into UK law. A no deal outcome still remains a possibility at the end of the extension.
If the deal is rejected by Parliament, the UK has until 12 April to outline the proposed next steps. MPs may propose alternative solutions, an emergency EU summit could result in a longer delay, or the UK could leave the EU with no agreement in place.
Adam Jackson, head of public affairs and director of Brexit advisory services from Grant Thornton said: "The last few days have seen complete Brexit chaos with disagreements across government and Parliament. The announcement of a delay provides no further clarity for businesses as the list of potential outcomes is widening, not narrowing. Whilst we might slowly start to see some clarity over the next week or two, this is far from certain. In the meantime, businesses need to continue to review and update their contingency plans to ensure they can respond quickly to any changes in the local market or across the wider economy."
Firms are advised to continue to evolve their response strategies following the latest developments as new information becomes available.
Adam added: "If your business is not yet ready for Brexit then clear your diary, bring your team together and get things moving. it's not too late! Whatever happens, firms need to be match fit and focus on the basics from retaining staff, monitoring cash flow and removing unnecessary costs. With strong underlying foundations in the local economy, businesses have every reason to be confident if they stay calm, carry on but be prepared for change."
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The best approach to this article is to clearly define the intended audience, so here it goes….
If you have ever turned out a computer and forgot to plug in the +12 VDC CPU line, you might be a computer geek.
If you visit www.newegg.com and your heart skips a beat, you might be a computer geek.
If you know what the acronyms IHS, HSF, and TIM stand for, you might be a computer geek.
If you log onto a discussion group, clamoring about base clock walls or max Vcores, you might be a computer geek.
If you know anything about what is described in the bullets above the most likely this article is not of interest to you. However, if you found this page by google, yahoo, or bing because you want to soup up your brand new Netbook but have never seen the inside of a computer case, this may be a handy guide.
Ok, now, with that out of the way, let's talk about Netbooks. Netbooks is a ubiquitous term which has been invented and marketed as, basically, a small, portable notebook sufficient for basic, everyday tasks. Things like surfing the net, checking email, a little Skyping, or simple word processing can be done with 1/10th the computing power that is actually available in most mainstream or high end micorprocessors on the market today. A lot of hubbabloo has been generated by this new class of device, it has achieved the status of one of the fastest growing categories of computers on the market today. In short, the netbook has a very basic usage model, and, as such, comes with very basic components sufficient for the simple tasks but with costs that bring the price points way down well within the $200-300 price range in many cases.
Netbooks have evolved, quickly, into pretty much a standard mold. Most all netbooks come equipped with 2 or 3 USB ports, a VGA (monitor connection) port, an 8 or 10 inch screen, qwerty keyboard and track pad, one gigabyte of ram and either a solid state drive (fairly small) or a 160 gigabyte mechanical hard drive. For most applications, this is well enough to satisfy most users, however, there are some other good applications where a little more RAM and a larger hard drive can help. For example, blu-ray movies, and now many DVD versions of the movie, come with digital copies and the netbook is a perfect place to hold these. For a movie buff, like myself, a 500 gigabyte hard drive is much better for holding a large collection of movies from these formats and the netbook is a perfect companion to play them. I can routinely get 5 or 6 hours, 2 or 3 movies on one battery charge enough to get me from coast to coast without searching for a plug.
Great, so what can one can go about amping up their netbook and make them more versatile. One important note, the netbooks best upgrading are those that provide some degree of user acess to the memory and hard drive. Netbooks from Asus, MSI, and Acer often include panels accessible by simply unscrewing a few screws. Other, higher named vendors, may or may not provide this access. (If this sounds confusing, it will be clear when you see the step by step.) As such, it is not recommended that a someone with no experience try this by 'prying' open their netbook to attempt this upgrade.
The netbook we will upgrade in this how to article is the Asus Eee 1000HE version B, but this should work on most any netbook where acess to the hard drive and/or RAM is easy. This is not a complicated procedure but you will need some parts, which can be ordered through most online computer hardware ships (yes, including www.newegg.com).
RAM: DDR2 SODIMM at 2 gigabyte capacity and the same speed rating as the ram currently installed in the netbook.
HardDrive: any 2.5 inch hard drive (or solid state drive) will work fine, but pay attention to what you buy and how much power it consumes, the higher the power consumption the shorter the battery life will be.
Your recovery or system DVD that came with your netbook.
A external USB DVD drive (added expense, you can also attempt to do this with a thumb drive).
A phillips head screw driver, a jewelers screw driver set is recommended as the screws tend to be small.
The warranty information for the netbook, most likely preforming this upgrade will void your warrantee, though some may not. Nevertheless, you, the user, assume the risk as XCPUs will not be held responsible if you bork your spiffy netbook.
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Building a company "we could all be proud of" was the genesis of Kaleidescape. "We literally gathered the founders with a singular vision of building a company we personally would want to work for," notes founder and chairman, Michael Malcolm.
The concept for Kaleidescape was born in early 2001, just after Michael Malcolm had a state-of-the-art home theater system installed in his Colorado home. A small group of seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs brainstormed the best way to serve up a rich cinematic experience in the home.
Kaleidescape's founders began to research everything they could about the motion picture business, licensing, and the technology of digital audio and video to bring their audacious goal to life. This led to their design of the Kaleidescape architecture, several innovative hardware appliances, and the purpose-built software for these products known as kOS — the Kaleidescape Operating System.
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