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27 June 2008
Dear SPoCs,
We have a very short newsletter this week:
Organisational Matters:
We would like to welcome our new IYA2009 Organisational Associates, Armagh Planetarium, and our new IYA2009 Organisational Node, ECSITE-European Network of Science Centres and Museums.
We are proud to announce that Celestron is our newest IYA2009 Global Sponsor. Celestron recognised the tremendous potential of IYA2009 and we extremely delighted with this new partnership.
Guidelines and Resources:
As the IYA2009 draws closer and the preparation of activities and the search for support becomes more urgent, the IYA2009 Secretariat had prepared a resource which will hopefully help you promote and get support for your IYA2009 national activities. The IYA2009 Communication Guidelines for SPoCs is available on the Resources webpage: http://www.astronomy2009.org/static/resources/iya2009_comm_guidelines_spocs.pdf and attached to this email.
The IYA2009 Trailer is now available in Fulldome format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulldome). This is a very useful resource for planetariums and we recommend you to contact your national planetariums to show the IYA2009 trailer.
Please note that the trailer without text is also available for download. Those of you haven't been able to request a translated version in time for it to be produced by the IYA2009 Secretariat, may now use this version and add text if you so wish.
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We would like to remind you about the IYA2009 Opening Ceremony. As you know, it will be held in Paris, at the UNESCO Headquarters, on 15 and 16 January 2009. The ceremony will have the presence of several invited personalities on astronomy and the topics of their talks will range from history to the state of astrophysics nowadays, from the exciting discoveries to the prospective for the future. The programme will also include discussion in round tables and remote observations.
Participation in the IYA2009 Opening Ceremony will be by invitation only. In order to properly prepare this ceremony, the Opening Ceremony Task Group needs to know in advance how many people (typically from 1 to 3) from your IYA2009 National Node would who like to attend.
The Task Group would also like to stress the importance to have as many young people as possible. For this, they ask your help in selecting one or two students from your country (18-21 yrs old), who are highly engaged in astronomy and who should be selected on their merits.
Please note that neither accommodation, nor travel expenses will be covered for the SPoCs. However, the Task Group will offer 4 days stay for the students in youth hotels, extending over the weekend if they wish to tour in Paris or meet together. The travel expenses would have to be covered by the IYA2009 National Node of each country.
We ask you again to tell us as soon as possible (no later than 4 July) whether you intend to participate in the ceremony, how many people from your node would come, and if you agree to do the selection of young people and can support their travel.
The selection process should start as soon as possible, and be finished by the 1 October 2008. More information on the IYA2009 Opening Event Website: http://ama09.obspm.fr/ama09/open.php
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WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University softball team split a pair of contrasting one-run games in their first home action of the season today, defeating visiting WPI in a 2-1 pitcher's duel in the opener before falling in a slugfest, 13-12, after the Engineers scored eight runs in the first inning and were ahead 12-4 in the fifth.
In the opener, Brandeis (4-6) scored twice in the first inning, and senior pitcher Caroline Miller (Bala Cynwyd, Pa./Harriton) made it stand up. Rookie RF Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./North Haven) singled to center to open the game and senior SS Brittany Grimm (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) followed with a triple to the right-field corner. Senior 1B Marianne Specker (No. Windsor, Conn./Westminster School) plated Grimm with what proved to be the game-winning run on a grounder to her opposite number at first base.
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After Miller retired the side easily in the seventh with the sun setting, Brandeis had one last chance to complete the comeback. Engineer junior Christa Coscia (Lakeville, Mass./Apponequet Regional) walked senior LF Megan DeNubila (Princeton, Mass./Wachusett Regional) on four pitches to start the inning. McWilliams bunted her into scoring position, but the Judges were unable to advance her any further, as McDonough was positioned perfectly in center field for the last two outs. She made a charging catch on Genovese's short fly ball for the second and made just a couple of steps in on Grimm's hard-hit ball to end the contest.
Offensive leaders for the game were Specker (3-4, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI), Porcaro (2-4, 2B, R, SB 3 RBI) and Genovese (2-3, 2 BB, 3 R, SB) for Brandeis and Bumila (3-5, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI) and McDonough (1-3, 2 BB, HR (5), 2 R, 2 RBI). Cote suffered the loss to fall to 0-1, while Flaherty survived for the win to improve to 2-1. Coscia earned her first save of the season.
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Google is rolling out yet another way of pumping advertising onto the web with Gadget Ads, and this time it reckons it can trick you into thinking it's real "content", whatever that is.
According to the PR bumpf: "Gadget Ads are designed to feel more like original content than a typical ad." The system openly lets developers build flexible and "rich" Flashtastic ads with audio, interactive elements, and feeds packaged together in a HTML and JavaScript web application.
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Yahoo! has the same idea to convince people into thinking ads are interesting in their own right, as UK boss Glen Drury told us back in May.
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Facial recognition is an emerging technology typically fraught with controversy, but most seem to agree that for animals, there's nothing but potential.
Of the 6 million to 8 million dogs and cats cared for in shelters each year, about half of those animals are put down, according to the Humane Society of the United States. For animal lovers it's a sad reality, but even the most cold-hearted logicians can agree that it's also a huge waste of time and money collecting so many animals just to jail and eventually euthanize them.
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A Code for America Twitter bot called Cuties in Denver tinkers with the idea on a city-wide level, but it's far from putting dent in the millions of animals that are euthanized each year. There's also a lot of technology put toward recovering lost animals, like micro chipping and tattoos, but the lack of any standardization renders a lot of those efforts useless.
When Philip Rooyakkers, owner of one of the largest pet boarding facilities in Vancouver, lost his own dog, he got the idea for a facial recognition app that would help recover a missing pet. "Microchips are great if and when they work, and if someone has a microchip reader," he said. "But reality is that the vast majority of people who find a dog, of course they have a smartphone, but they don't have a microchip reader."
His free app for iOS and Android, called PiP, allows anyone with a smartphone to take a photo of a found animal and check the app's database to see if anyone is searching for that animal. A pet's tag can be lost, and tattoos are useless if not connected with the right facility. "The one thing a pet always has is its face," Rooyakkers said, adding that the app's facial recognition engine has between a 95 and 98 percent success rate.
"What we then do is take his image and all his information, and send out a notice to all the veterinarian clinics and all the animal control and stakeholders within a 10- to 15-mile radius of where you lost him, so if someone should happen to find him and take him to a local veterinarian, they already have a notice sitting on their desk saying that he's been lost," he said. "The problem with microchips is that they're using four different standards. Just because you have your dog micro-chipped doesn't mean that when they get found, that microchip can be read. In Canada there's over seven different databases. There's no centralized database for microchip information because they're from different manufacturers and they don't want to share that data."
PiP is now forming agreements with large U.S. counties that would share data and images with his company, Rooyakkers said. "These counties and cities are all very much struggling for income or struggling on their budgets, and we want to provide this service at really no cost, no expense to the cities so that ultimately it ends up lessening the amount of pets they have in their shelters."
Rooyakkers said he couldn't share which counties they were working with, but that they were now working with the technology companies that manage the animal control units and shooting for some kind of announcement in August. The app has "thousands" of users, Rooyakkers said, and it's growing all the time. "The neat part will be when someone loses a pet and they'll be able to use the application to find out if and when that pet goes into a shelter," he said.
PiP uses facial recognition to find lost pets, but there's another app that uses similar technology to connect people with a pet they want to adopt. PetMatch, available on iOS and Android, uses facial recognition to help potential pet owners find an animal they like by searching through the Petfinder database. Someone looking to adopt a brown and white husky, for example, can take a photo of one and the app will use the image to find similar-looking dogs (or not – your mileage may vary) in their area that are ready to be adopted.


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Hand me a Cuban and screw my carbon footprint ...I'm an AMURKIN!
Cover the children's eyes. Avert your own, all you purist anti-smokers. As I write this, I am puffing on a fine Havana cigar, courtesy of Fidel, Raul, the Ghost of Che and the Cuban Revolution.
They're legal here in Australia (the Aussies have determined that the importation of a good cigar does not threaten their national security), so I am free to puff at will.
As Rudyard Kipling once said, "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke."
And sorry about all that pollution. My doctor told me, 1) I wasn't consuming enough carcinogens and 2) he insisted my carbon footprint was too small. So I'm doing my best to make people happier.
Again, here I am in this sunburnt, fly-ridden country, for reasons I cannot begin to explain. I have a love/hate relationship with Australia. Co-dependent. Dysfunctional. I come back like a heroin addict in dire need of a fix.
As I exited the Perth domestic terminal, I was greeted by about a hundred bush flies (we've had this conversation before) who have been with me ever since. I've given some of them names. One of them, I find curiously attractive.
This may be my last extended visit for a while. For more than a decade, I have been trying to outrun the flies and reality, but they and it finally caught up with me. Western Australia has entered the 21st Century with a bang, just as I was desperately seeking asylum in the 19th. I've known this for a while but have been in denial.
When I first touched ground a decade ago, I thought I'd pulled off a coup. I really had found "The Place that Time Forgot". But the world can turn over many times in ten years. It did double inverted flipflops with a counterclockwise twist here. I was shocked.
But the commodities boom that began at the beginning of the century started transforming this quiet corner of the world and not even the Global Economic Crisis has put a dent in it.
I had such hopes for the GEC. I had even entertained the notion that our new leaders, both here in Oz and back in the States, might dare to re-define prosperity and wealth itself.
I dreamed we might see true visionaries who had the courage to say: "All this ...stuff ...is destroying us. Happiness is not an iPod or a plasma TV....It's an empty promise that leaves us even hungrier for more."
But... nope... didn't happen. Here in WA (Western Australia), the economy dipped briefly, but I'm not sure most even noticed. It has been business as usual.
Home prices are still climbing and unemployment is barely five percent (just a bit lower than the Australian national average and HALF the rate in the USA).
WA is a treasure house of natural resources—gold, silver, uranium, iron ore, nickel, copper, manganese...the stuff that China and India and other Asian nations destined to rule the world are buying up as fast as it can be mined. Australia's future is now tied to Asia, not America and Europe. We're history. Burnt toast...
And so the Australians open one new mine after another, one gas plant bigger than the one before and China buys all those commodities to fuel its massive and still expanding manufacturing base, creates products from those resources and sells them back to them. And everywhere.
Even during the Great Recession, the Chinese kept buying, stockpiling commodities at reduced prices. So unemployment only dipped a bit here and prices stayed high. The Aussie cost of living is extraordinary.
In 1999, an average home in Perth was $147,000. Today it exceeds $480,000. In the trendy parts of WA's capital city, an upscale home that fetched $350,000 in 1999 now boasts a $1.3 million price tag.
Consequently, many Aussies can't afford to buy. But the demand for rentals has sent that market through the roof as well. A modest three bedroom home routinely rents for $350 to $400 a week. Yes....a WEEK. Plus utilities.
A pint of exotic beer at the trendier Perth pubs" Twenty dollars. One beer. And if you can find it, a can of Dr. Pepper costs $3.95.
With the U.S. dollar in free fall, I'm learning to live without specialty brews and Dr. Peppers.
One worry though for the Land of "No Worries." The government recently announced that Australians' personal debt now equals the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It means every Aussie adult owes an average of $74,000. Down the road, sooner or later, the Real World may catch up after all.
I love Australia. It's not where I "go on vacation." It's like a second home.
Away from the coastal cities and away from the mines, there are still vast expanses of golden pastoral lands, gum tree forests, and dense wild country that Aussies just call The Bush.
And it is a country dominated by good, decent people who continue to bestow their generosity and kindness upon me, even when I don't deserve it.
But the real wealth of this country was truly in its people and its land and its lifestyle. I think many Aussies would agree they were a lot richer before they discovered all this damn money.
POSTSCRIPT: I left Perth 48 hours ago where it was 110 degrees in the shade and where I'd been recently attacked by a swarm of sand fleas.
Now I'm back in Monticello and there's some strange white substance everywhere. I can barely see my little cottage. What IS this stuff?
(Jim Stiles is publisher of the "Canyon Country Zephyr -- Planet Earth Edition" now exclusively online. He is also the author of "Brave New West." Both can be found at www.canyoncountryzephyr.com. Stiles lives in San Juan County and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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Few cities can boast of having such an impressive historical and architectural heritage. The Italian capital, backed by 3,000 years of history, exudes culture at every turn. It was the capital of the Roman Empire and one of the first great metropolises of mankind.
As far as tourism, Rome is one of the most-visited cities in the world. Required stops include the city's squares, such as Piazza Navona, Piazza San Pietro, and Piazza di Spagna; its countless religious buildings, such as the Pantheon, San Pietro, and the Vatican; its breathtaking constructions, such as Fontana di Trevi, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Castel Sant'Angelo, and the Column of Marcus Aurelius; and its archaeological ruins, such as the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Other popular destinations include the Vatican Museums and the famous Sistine Chapel. In summary, Rome offers countless tourist and cultural attractions.
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Law 34/2002 of July 11 for services related to the information and e-commerce
society. The APP "DRIVANIA" and the website www.drivania.com are owned by
DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU (hereinafter DRIVANIA), with registered address at
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Drivania is an application of DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU, whose aim is to provide
private transportation services in chauffeured vehicles.
Drivania has an office in Barcelona as well as United States locations in San Francisco, Miami and New York.
It has a young, dynamic and international team of professionals who work hard every day to offer quality customer service, technical support and sales assistance. The chauffeurs are professionals with years of experience.
The Drivania application is intended for use by businesses and individuals, and
it provides Users with private chauffeured transportation services in more than
1,000 cities.
Through Drivania, Users can book a chauffeured vehicle service at their travel destination in less than one minute and with only three steps:
1. Select the type of ride, date, time, pick-up location and destination.
2. Choose the vehicle that best fits your needs.
3. Enter the passenger information.
Two hours before the ride, we will send a text message with the driver's name and phone number to the passenger.
Through your Drivania.com account, you can manage all your reservations, check the status of each booking and the driver assignments in real time, and much more.
Drivania offers two types of services:
- Transfers: From point A to point B.
- Hourly: A vehicle is at your disposal for a minimum of three hours.
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The user must keep the credentials under their own responsibility in strict and utmost confidentiality, thereby assuming damages and consequences of any kind that may arise from the breach of confidentiality or disclosure of information. For security reasons, the credentials for electronic access to the services linked to the website may be modified by users at any time. The user agrees to immediately notify Drivania of any unauthorized use of their credentials as well as of unauthorized access to them by third parties.
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personal data of the Interested Party, who is informed that this data will be handled as
per the applicable legislation on personal data protection, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of
27 April 2016 (GDPR), and thereby the following processing information is provided:
Purpose of the processing: To provide professional services.
DRIVANIA promises and guarantees that personal data will be handled in accordance with the applicable legislation in force at any time, as well as with the utmost confidentiality of the personal data that is provided, on behalf of DRIVANIA and its employees who have or may have access to the aforementioned personal data. DRIVANIA also guarantees that the company complies with generally accepted security regulations for protecting the information provided by Users, and this applies to the transmission, receipt and storage of the information in question. The User confirms that all the data provided is accurate and correct, and agrees to notify DRIVANIA of any applicable changes.
Data retention criteria: The data will be kept as long as there is a mutual interest for processing. When the data is no longer necessary for this purpose, it will be suppressed according to the appropriate security measures so as to guarantee the pseudonymisation and complete destruction of the data.
Disclosure of personal data: The data will not be disclosed to third parties unless legally required. Rights of the Interested Party: - The right to withdraw consent at any time. - The right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of their data and of restriction of processing. - The right to submit a claim before the corresponding authority (agpd.es) if they deem the processing does not comply with the applicable legislation.
Contact information to exercise your rights: DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU. Calle Jesús Serra Santamans 2 - PL 0 08174 SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÉS (BARCELONA, SPAIN).
4.1. Sending offers and/or messages
In compliance with Law 34/2002 on Information Society and Electronic Commerce
Services, DRIVANIA will only send special deals, advertising content and promotions to
the e-mail address (or via a similar digital medium) of the Users who have expressly
granted their consent to receiving these types of messages. The foregoing
notwithstanding, by DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU C/ Jesús Serra
Santamans, 2 - PL 0 SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÉS 08174 (BARCELONA) accepting the Terms
and Conditions, Users expressly agree and authorise DRIVANIA to send special deals
and advertising content related to the services provided by DRIVANIA.
The User may state their desire to no longer receive these types of messages at any time by notifying DRIVANIA in the manner described earlier.
Drivania notifies the user that we may gather personally identifiable information about the
User, such as their name, surnames and email address.
Drivania also collects technical information about the device (e.g., the device name and model, the name and version of the operating system, information about the CPU, storage capacity, screen size, firmware, software, mobile carrier and Internet service provider) with the aim of resolving technical incidents.
In order to use the application, the user must have a compatible computer, smartphone or mobile
device with an Internet connection and that meets the minimum specifications
(software requirements).
The software version of the application may be updated periodically to add compatibility with new features and services.
The software requirements are as follows: Android devices with Android OS 4.1 or newer; Apple devices with iOS 8.0 or newer.
Drivania will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the application is always available. However, the User agrees that the application is delivered via the Internet or mobile networks and that, as a result, the quality and availability of the application may be affected by factors beyond Drivania's control.
Drivania is not liable in the event that the application is unavailable, if it is difficult or impossible to download or access its content, or if any other errors in the communication system result in the application's unavailability.
7.1 Price
The applicable service prices will be listed in our website and the app at the time of booking; they will be specified in euros and include any discounts as well as the applicable VAT on the booking date.
7.2 Payment
The payment method is negotiable, depending on the client and the booking volume. Options include VISA bank card, Visa Electron, Maestro, MasterCard and 4B, bank transfer, and voucher in the case of travel agencies.
By clicking on "Authorise Payment", you are confirming that the bank card is yours. Bank cards are subject to verification and authorisation by the issuing entity, and if this entity does not authorise payment, we will not be liable for any delays or services not rendered, and we will be unable to formalise a contract with you.
8.1. Any changes and/or cancellations must be made directly through the
Drivania.com account or via e-mail or phone.
8.2. Changes and/or cancellations will always appear in your online Drivania account and also be confirmed via e-mail.
8.3. The cancellation policies will depend on the type of service, the pick-up time and the vehicle category:
8.3.1 In the case of SEDAN, SUV and MINIVANvehicle categories:
For transfer bookings:
- Free cancellation when notified at least 2 hours before the pick-up time.
- 100% charge will be applied if the cancellation is made less than 2 hours in advance.
For hourly bookings:
- Free cancellation when notified at least 8 hours before the pick-up time.
- 50% of the amount will be charged if the cancellation is made 4-8 hours in advance.
- 100% charge will be applied if the cancellation is made less than 4 hours in advance.
8.3.2 All other vehicles, for transfers as well as hourly bookings:
- Free cancellation when notified at least 24 hours before the pick-up time.
- 100% charge will be applied if the cancellation is made less than 24 hours in advance.
8.4. This cancellation policy may vary in the following instances:
A. During special events in the city that could affect overall demand.
B. For our Meetings & Events services that involve a large number of passengers.
In these instances, the client will be informed of the applicable cancellation policy.
The services in which the reservation includes more than 3 vehicles may entail special contract conditions that may affect some or all steps in the hiring process.
9.1. Services will be conducted by executive chauffeurs.
9.2. English-speaking drivers are available in most destinations.
9.3. Drivers who speak Spanish or other languages are available in various locations.
9.4 The chauffeur carries a mobile phone available from 1 hour before the service begins so that you can contact him with your travel details.
9.5 The drivers meet the dress code and the executive image.
9.6 Gratuity is included in the price.
10.1. The passenger should know the pick-up time and pick up procedure and
whether it is at an airport or a specific address (street, floor, and door).
10.2. 45 minutes before the service begins Drivania can send an SMS with all the service details confirming the details of the chauffeur, name and mobile phone number.
10.3. 24h Customer Service: If the passenger does not locate the driver, he/she must contact Drivania before deciding to leave.
Phone 24/7 hours: EUR +34 91 176 02 15 | US +1 415 376 4112 | UK +44 203 769 1926
10.4. The request for Drivania´s services through any channel means that you accept these terms of engagement and the responsibilities arising from there on.
10.5. Quotes are in EURO, US dollar or GBT depending on the client's country.
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application, regardless of their nature, in addition to the source code, are the exclusive
property of Drivania, or, in this case, of the owners from which Drivania has legally obtained
their licence or transfer for use in the application.
The application and the content provided through it are owned by Drivania and we only grant you a limited, free, non-exclusive and revocable license for personal and non-commercial use and for receiving the multimedia content made available through the application. This licence will remain in force unless you cease using the application or are removed at Drivania's request.
The application is licenced but not sold to you, and Drivania retains ownership of all the copies of the application, even after it is installed on your device.
Drivania, S.L.U. may transfer these or any part of them without restrictions, but the User may not transfer these or any part of them, or transmit or sub-licence their rights to this license to a third party.
All the commercial brands, service brands, commercial names, logos, designs and domain names included in the application, along with any other functions of the application, are the exclusive property of Drivania. This license does not grant the User any rights to use the commercial brands, service brands, commercial names, designs, logos or domain names of Drivania, regardless of whether it is for commercial or non-commercial use.
In accordance with the maximum permitted by law, Drivania, its senior management, shareholders,
employees, agents, board members, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assignees,
suppliers/vendors or licensors will not be held liable for any type of loss or damage (direct,
indirect, special or punitive) derived from using or accessing the application.
The User also agrees that, to the degree permitted by applicable legislation, their single and exclusive right in light of any issue or dissatisfaction with the application or its content is to uninstall the application and cease using it.
Drivania will not be liable for any damages or alterations to the User's devices as a result of installing or using the application, including but not limited to, computer equipment, portable devices and mobile phones.
Drivania will keep the application operational. However, certain technical difficulties may arise or it may be necessary to perform maintenance tasks that could cause temporary service interruptions. For this reason, Drivania cannot guarantee the application's continuous availability or operation; the absence of viruses or other elements that could make changes to device systems; or the reliability, usability, accuracy, precision, integrity and up-to-date nature of the information contained in the application. In any case, Drivania has made all the necessary technical adjustments required by Spanish legislation.
The User acknowledges and accepts that their use of the content and/or services made available
through Drivania applications is under their own risk and/or liability. The User agrees to use
the applications and all their content and services in accordance with the applicable laws,
morals, public order and these Terms of Use and the corresponding Specific Terms & Conditions.
Moreover, the User agrees to use the services and/or content of the application accordingly and
not use them to carry out unlawful or criminal activities that violate the rights of third
parties and/or that infringe on intellectual and industrial property regulations or any other
applicable legislation. Specifically, the User agrees to not transmit, insert, distribute or
make available to third parties any type of material or information (data, messages, drawings,
audio/image files, photos, software, etc.) that go against the law, morality, public order, and
these Terms of Use and the corresponding Specific Terms & Conditions. The User agrees to,
including but not limited to, carry out the following:
- Not introduce or distribute content or propaganda that is racist, xenophobic, pornographic, in favour of terrorism, or against human rights.
- Not introduce or distribute data programs (viruses and malicious software) to the network that may damage the computer systems of the access provider, its suppliers/vendors or third party Users on the Internet.
- Not distribute, transmit, or make available to third parties any information, elements, or content that violates the fundamental rights and public freedoms recognized in the constitution and in international treaties.
- Not distribute, transmit, or make available to third parties any information, elements, or content that entails unlawful or unfair advertising.
- Not transmit unrequested or unauthorized publicity, advertising materials, "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of solicitation, except for those areas (such as commercial spaces) that have been exclusively created for this activity.
- Not introduce or distribute any false, ambiguous, or inaccurate information or content that leads to errors on behalf of the recipients of said information.
- Not impersonate other Users by using their credentials for the various services and/or content of the portals.
- Not distribute, transmit, or make available to third parties any kind of information, element, or content entailing a violation of intellectual and industrial property, patent, trademark, or copyrights corresponding to the owners of the portals or to third parties.
- Not distribute, transmit, or make available to third parties any information, elements, or content that violates the privacy of communications and legislation on personal data.
Drivania may end the application's use by the User at any time with prior notification. Ending the application's use also ends all the rights and licences granted to the User, who must in turn stop using the application.
The rendering of services and/or content by the DRIVANIA application has an indefinite duration. However, DRIVANIA is authorised to terminate, cancel or unilaterally interrupt, at any time and without prior notice, the service provided by the application and/or any of the services, regardless of what is specified in the corresponding Specific Terms & Conditions.
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enable us to gather more information on your preferences and tailor Drivania to
your individual interests.
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A cookie is a file that is downloaded on your computer (or mobile device) in order to store data that can be updated and recovered by the entity responsible for installing it.
Information gathered using cookies can include the date and time of visits to Drivania, the pages viewed, the time spent on Drivania and the sites visited just before and just after it.
Performance cookies: This type of Cookie stores your preferences for the
tools contained in the Services, eliminating the need for you to reconfigure the
service every time you visit the site. For example, these cookies include:
· Volume adjustments for video or audio players.
· Video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.
· The items placed in the "shopping cart" in the case of e-commerce Services such as shops.
Geolocation cookies: these cookies are used to determine the country in which you are located when requesting a service. This cookie is completely anonymous and it is only used to help tailor the content to your location.
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Maintaining the user's identification in such a way that if they book a service and then return to that service at another time or day, the user's identification will remain in the browser or the computer so they may continue browsing without logging in again. This feature may be deactivated if the user clicks on the "close session" functionality, thereby eliminating this cookie and requiring the user to log in again to confirm their identification the next time they access the service.
Verifying whether the user is authorised to access certain services, such as to participate in a contest.
In addition, certain services may use connectors to social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. When the user registers in a service using the credentials of a social media platform, they authorise the social media platform to store a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and guarantees their access to the Services until it expires. The user may delete this cookie and revoke access to the services via social media platforms by updating their preferences in the corresponding social media platform.
Analytics cookies: Whenever a user visits a service, the tool of an external service provider (Omniture, Netscope, Comscore and similar entities that may be added to this list as applicable) generates an analytic cookie in the user's computer. This cookie, which is only generated at the time of the visit, will be used to anonymously identify the visitor when the Drivania services are visited in the future. The main goals are:
· To anonymously identify navigating users via the "Cookie" (it identifies browsers and devices, not people), and therefore to estimate the number of visitors and their time trends.
· · To anonymously identify the content with the most visits and that is therefore the most appealing to users.
· To ascertain whether the user is a new or a repeat visitor.
Additional information about the privacy policy of these tools is available at:
· Omniture: www.omniture.com/es/privacy
· Comscore: www.comscore.com/esl/About_comScore/Privacy_Policy
· Netscope: www.net-scope.com/oursolutions/oursolutions.aspx
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These cookies are sent to your computer and managed solely by us to ensure the better functioning of Drivania. The information gathered is used to improve the quality of our service and enhance your user experience. These cookies remain in your browser for longer, allowing us to recognize you as a repeat visitor to Drivania and adapt its content to offer you content in line with your preferences.
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Together with our server logs, they enable us to ascertain the total number of users visiting Drivania and the most popular areas. Thanks to them, we can obtain information that helps us to improve browsing and offer a better service to users and clients.
If you interact with the content of Drivania, third-party cookies may also be installed (for example, by clicking on social media buttons or viewing videos housed on other sites). Third-party cookies are those established by a domain different to Drivania. We cannot access the data stored in cookies of other websites when you browse these other websites.
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In any case, since cookies are not necessary for the use of Drivania, please note that you can block or disable them by configuring your browser to allow you to block the installation of some or all cookies. Almost all browsers allow you to be alerted to the presence of cookies or block them automatically. If you block cookies, you can continue to use Drivania, although some services may be limited and your experience on Drivania may be less satisfactory as a result.
Should you wish to withdraw your consent in relation to the Cookies Policy at
any time, you must delete the cookies configured on your computer (or mobile
device) using the settings and configuration of your Internet browser.
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- (IE9) http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
- http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
- http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
- http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042 (and for iOS - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677)
Drivania Cookies Policy may be updated and we therefore recommend that you
review this policy every time you access Drivania in order to be duly informed of
how and why we use cookies.
The Cookies Policy was last updated on June 20, 2013
Should you have any queries, comments or suggestions about the Cookies Policy, please write to: email@example.com
The company responsible for processing your data according to this Privacy Policy is:
Address: C/ Jesús Serra Santamans, 2 - PL 0 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona)
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: www.drivania.com
Telephone no.: 931760215
Registered in the Companies' Register of Barcelona, Tomo 33890, Folio 113, Hoja B-234825 At DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU, we recognise the importance of protecting your personal information and we are committed to processing it responsibly and in compliance with the data protection laws.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to regulate all the aspects relating to the processing of data of the different users browsing the website or providing their personal details on the different forms to be found on it.
Personal Data
Personal Data is the information that identifies you or may identify you. Through the website, in the
boxes that are stablished for that purpose, it is collected the personal data that the User provides us:
Name, surname, email, telephone number, postal code, city, etc. In addition, it is collected all the
personal data that the User voluntarily provides us through any of the social networks, of which the User
is registered. In this case, the privacy settings will depend on both the configuration that the User
established as well as the terms and conditions of the social network itself.
When a user visits the website, this does not mean that he/she has to provide any information about his/her personal data. However, if such information is provided, the data will be processed lawfully and subject at all times to the principles and rights contained in the GDPR 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the LOPDGDD 3/2018 of 5 December.
We will process the data provided to us by the user for the following purposes:
· To deal with the user's application or request made using the contact form on the website. We collect and process the user's personal data to enable us to process and manage his/her application, query or any request made using said form. We will keep these data for the time necessary to comply with the request and for the time established by law, with a minimum duration of 3 years.
The basis for legitimation of the data processing will be the consent granted by the user when checking the box for acceptance of our privacy policy before sending the request. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
· To manage the user's registration and participation in the
The basis for legitimation of the data processing will be the consent granted by the user when registering through the blog subscription form and checking the box for acceptance of our privacy policy before sending the request. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
· To manage the experiences or opinions regarding the products and/or services through the user opinions that will be published on the website, and thereby help other users. The only personal data that will be published in relation to the user opinion will be the user's name and town/city. We will keep the data given to us for as long as the user does not request that they be revoked, and for the time established by law, with a minimum duration of 3 years.
The basis for legitimation of the data processing will be the consent granted by the user when registering using the form provided for this purpose on the website and checking the box for acceptance of our privacy policy before sending the request. · To send circulars and newsletters about DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU products. When we have the user's consent, we collect and process his/her personal data to send him/her information about our products and services. We will keep these data for as long as the user does not revoke his/her consent to them being processed, for the time established by law and for a minimum duration of 3 years.
The basis for legitimation of the data processing will be the consent granted by the user when checking the box for acceptance of our privacy policy before subscribing to the newsletter in the form provided for this purpose on the website. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
· To register as a "registered user" on the registration form on the website, which will allow the user to access his/her private services area and be informed of our activities; this will enable us to send him/her by any electronic medium commercial communications about the new features of our services. We will keep these data for as long as the user does not request cancellation of his/her registration, and for the time established by law, with a minimum duration of 3 years.
The basis for legitimation of the data processing will be the consent granted by the user when registering with the registration form and checking the box for acceptance of our privacy policy before sending the request. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
· To improve the user experience when browsing the website. We will keep these data for as long as the user does not revoke his/her consent to them being processed by deleting the cookies, for the time established by law and for a minimum duration of 3 years.
The legitimate basis for improving website browsing is the consent given by the user when accepting the cookies. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
· To manage our social networks and send users information about our activities and products. We will keep these data for as long as the user does not revoke his/her consent to them being processed, for the time established by law and for a minimum duration of 3 years.
The legitimate basis for managing our social networks and sending users our activities and new features is the consent we are given to do so. The user has the right to revoke his/her consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to it being withdrawn.
Your data will not be communicated or transferred to third parties unless there is a legal obligation, or to
those service providers associated with the Controller which act as data processors.
Data will not be transferred internationally; if, at any time, this might be required, the user will be informed so that his/her consent can be obtained.
In order for us to keep the personal data up to date, the user must always inform us of any change in
said data; if this is not done, we cannot be liable for the veracity of the data.
The user guarantees that the personal data provided are true, and guarantees that all the information provided corresponds to reality, is up to date and is accurate. He/she is obliged to communicate any modification thereto.
If the user provides third party data for any purpose to DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU, he/she guarantees
that he/she has obtained these data lawfully, has informed the affected parties in advance, has obtained
his/her consent to communicate them, and that the information provided is accurate and true.
All our forms have an asterisk (*) to indicate which details are compulsory. If the user does not complete
these fields, or does not check the privacy policy box, the information will not be sent.
In order to access your account, the USER must "Log in" and include the email address and password
generated in the registration form according to the complexity rules established at each moment on the
The users are responsible for the adequate custody and confidentiality of any identifiers and/or passwords that they have selected in the registration from, and they undertake not to assign their use to third parties, nor to allow their access to outsiders.
Likewise, it will be the obligation of the user to notify immediately to the Controller any fact that allows the misuse of the identifiers and/or passwords, such as theft, loss, or unauthorized access to them, in order to proceed to its immediate cancellation.
You have the right to access your data and obtain confirmation regarding the processing thereof, as well
as a copy of the personal data being processed. You have the right to update them and request that any
inaccurate data be corrected, or request removal of the data when they are not necessary for the
purposes for which they were collected. You may request a restriction in the processing of your data and
object to them being processed by revoking your consent, and also exercise your right to data portability.
Similarly, you have the right not to be the subject of decisions based solely on the automated processing
of your personal data. You may exercise your rights by contacting us C/ Jesús Serra Santamans, 2 PL 0
- 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona). Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you consider that your rights have not been duly respected, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency www.aepd.es
Anyone providing data through the forms on this website and accepting the processing of such states
that he/she is at least 14 years old. Access to, and use of the website is prohibited for anyone younger
than 14. If, at any time, the Data Controller detects that a person younger than 14 years of age has
provided personal data, we will cancel said data. In addition, parents or tutors may in any event write to
DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU to block any access account created by minors in their charge who have
registered by falsifying their identity.
A cookie is a small file that is downloaded and stored on the user's computer when he/she access a
website. Cookies allow the website, amongst other things, to store and recover information on the
browsing habits of the user or of his/her computer and, depending on the information they contain and
the way in which you use your computer, they may be used for user recognition.
The user has the option to prevent the generation of cookies, by selecting the corresponding option in his/her browser program. You can obtain more information by reading our Cookies Policy.
DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU, as the party responsible for the website, hereinafter the website
MANAGER, makes this document available to its users, for the purpose of complying with the obligations
set out in Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society and Electronic Commerce Services (LSSICE),
BOE No. 166, and also to inform all users of the website of its conditions of use.
Any person accessing this website assumes the role of user, and undertakes to observe and comply strictly with the provisions herein, and with any other legal provision that might apply.
DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU reserves the right to modify any type of information that might appear on the website, with no obligation to provide advance notice or make users aware of said obligations; it shall be understood that the mere fact that it is published on the DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU, website is sufficient.
Domain name: www.drivania.com
Company name: DRIVANIA EUROPE, SLU. DRIVANIA
Registered office: C/ Jesús Serra Santamans, 2 pl 0 08174 SANT CUGAT DEL VALLÉS
Telephone no.: 931760215
E-mail: email@example.com ; firstname.lastname@example.com
Registered in the (Commercial / Public) Register: Barcelona, Tomo 33890, Folio 113, Hoja B-234825
The website, including as examples, though not limited to these, its programming, edition, compilation
and other elements necessary for it to function, the designs, logos, text and/or graphics, are the property
of the MANAGER or, where relevant, it has a licence or explicit authorisation from the authors. All the
website content is duly protected by intellectual and industrial property legislation, and is registered in the
corresponding public registers.
Irrespective of the purpose for which said content was intended, the total or partial reproduction, use, operation, distribution and commercialisation requires, under all circumstances, the prior written authorisation of the MANAGER. Any use that is not authorised in advance is considered a serious breach of the author's intellectual or industrial property rights.
Any designs, logos, text and/or graphics which do not belong to the MANAGER, and which might appear on the website, belong to their respective owners, and they themselves are liable for any dispute that might arise with regard to them. The MANAGER explicitly authorises third parties to re-direct directly to the specific content on the website and, in any event, re-direct to the main http:www.drivania.com
The MANAGER recognises the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights of their holders, and the fact that they are referred to or appear on the website does not mean that it has any rights or responsibility over said rights. Neither does it provide any guarantee, sponsorship or recommendation for such.
If you wish to make any comments on possible infringements of the intellectual or industrial property rights, or regarding any of the website content, you may do so by sending an e-mail to: email@example.com ; email@example.com
The MANAGER is exempt from any type of liability deriving from the information published on its website,
provided this information has been handled or entered by a third party beyond its control.
Use of Cookies
This website may use technical cookies (small information files that the server sends to the computer of
the person accessing the page) to carry out certain functions considered essential for the correct
functioning and viewing of the website. The cookies used are, in any event, temporary in nature; their
sole purpose is to make browsing more efficient, and they disappear when the user ends his/her session.
Under no circumstances do these cookies provide personal data by themselves, and neither are they
used to collect such data.
Cookies may also be used to ensure that the website server recognises the browser used by the user, to make browsing simpler; it allows, for example, access for users who have registered previously for the areas, services, promotions or competitions reserved exclusively for them without having to register on every visit. They may also be used to measure audience, traffic parameters, monitor the progress and number of entries, etc. In these cases, they are cookies that are technically dispensable but beneficial for the user. This website will not install dispensable cookies without the user's prior consent.
It is possible for the user to configure his/her browser to receive alerts when cookies are received, and to prevent them being installed on his/her computer. Please consult your browser's instructions for more detailed information on this.
It is possible that you may be re-directed from the website to content on third party websites. Given that
the MANAGER cannot always monitor the content third parties place on their respective websites, it
cannot be held liable for any of said content. In any event, it will withdraw immediately any content that
might contravene domestic or international laws, morals or public order, will withdraw immediately the re-
direction to said website, and will make the relevant authorities aware of the content in question.
The MANAGER cannot be held liable for the information and content stored in the following, which are
examples, and not an exhaustive list: forums, chats, blog generators, comments, social networks or any
other medium which allows third parties to publish content independently on the MANAGER's website.
However, in compliance with articles 11 and 16 of the LSSICE, it makes itself available to all users,
authorities and security forces, and cooperates actively in the withdrawal or, where relevant, blocking of
all content that might affect or contravene domestic or international laws, the rights of third parties or
morals and public order. If you as a user consider that the website features any content which might fall
under this heading, we request that you inform the website administrator immediately.
This website has been checked and tested to ensure that it works correctly. In principle, correct functioning can be guaranteed 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. However, the MANAGER does not rule out the possibility that there might be certain programming errors, or that there might be causes of force majeure, natural catastrophes, strikes or similar circumstances that make access to the website impossible.
The website servers may detect automatically the IP address and the domain name used by the user. An
IP address is a number assigned automatically to a computer when it connects to the Internet. All this
information is recorded in a duly registered server activity file which allows subsequent processing of the
data in order to obtain solely statistical measurements that reveal the number of pages printed, the
number of visits made to the web servers, the order of visits, the point of access, etc.
For the resolution of any disputes or similar matters related to this website or the activities carried out on
it, Spanish law shall apply. The parties submit themselves explicitly to Spanish law, and the resolution of
any conflicts deriving from or related to the use of the website shall be the competence of the Courts and
Tribunals closest to Sant Cugat del Vallés.


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Windows 8 FAQ: Windows 8 features, news and more
Now that the consumer preview is out, we have more information about new Windows 8 features. This Windows 8 FAQ has the latest Windows 8 news and analysis.
With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft is revealing more details about its next operating system. But many enterprises are just adopting Windows 7, so is there good reason to get excited yet? This Windows 8 FAQ looks at what we know so far.
What Windows 8 features are new?
The latest iteration of Microsoft's venerable operating system will supposedly boot up faster and be more secure than its predecessors. Windows 8 will also support touch-based interfaces, use an app store called AppX, and have Internet Explorer (IE) 10 and Hyper-V built in. Microsoft's next OS will be deployable through Systems Center Configuration Manager 2012 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012.
What will the user interface be like?
Microsoft claims that the cleaner Metro user interface demonstrates how its next operating system will work smoothly across devices, including tablets. The company also said its Metro interface will make it easier to develop apps for multiple devices. The much-maligned ribbon will still be present but revised, and Windows 8 features include more support of the use of multiple monitors. A touch keyboard is intended for tablet-style use, and some analysts speculate that the gesture-based Microsoft Kinect could make it easier for the OS to incorporate biometric security.
More Windows 8 news and resources:
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How will it support virtualization?
Microsoft's next OS will support Hyper-V, which is a bare-metal hypervisor, eliminating the need for a virtual machine manager. Hyper-V could also make it possible to support legacy systems, but with some limitations. As with personalization preferences and virtualization, Metro apps will be accessible via any Microsoft login, which could place extra demands on virtual desktop infrastructures. With Windows To Go, users will be able to upload their personal data, settings and apps onto a USB stick and use them with any Windows 7 or Windows 8 machine.
How will Windows 8 work with mobile devices?
Windows on ARM is a specific version of Windows 8 designed to run on tablets, which utilize ARM processors. Questions remain about application compatibility across devices and licensing for bring your own device programs.
What about Internet Explorer?
IE 10 will come preinstalled with Windows 8. Microsoft still doesn't support IE as a separately virtualized application, but developers could look at Hyper-V and MinWin (a stripped-down version of the OS) as a way around that.
And the file system?
Applications based on Windows 7 should work in Windows 8, according to Microsoft. Finding files with Windows Explorer and tracking resource-intensive applications with the Task Manager are supposed to get easier in this next OS as well. Users will also be able to organize Metro applications, both built-in and downloaded through its app store, much as they would on a smartphone or tablet.
Will the OS be secure?
Windows 8 features will include the SmartScreen file filter (originally found in IE 8) and Secure Boot, which loads antimalware protection before other OS components. Although Windows on ARM won't be able to connect to corporate domains, enterprise IT can use BitLocker to encrypt data and AppLocker to set policies governing software access.
The W8 for 8:
The W8 for 8, a special report from our sister site DesktopReview.com, has in-depth looks at some new Windows 8 features. Check out their coverage of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch and more.
Will licensing be a problem?
Despite the reluctance of many organizations to upgrade from previous OSes, Microsoft is pushing ahead with profitable new Enterprise Agreements (EAs). It wouldn't hurt to start thinking now about EAs and Software Assurance costs.
What is History Vault?
A new refresh option will make it possible to restore a PC to a clean state without erasing a user's data and customized settings, similar to the Time Machine function in Mac OS X.
How should my organization prepare for Windows 8?
The hardware requirements for Windows 8 are the same as those for Windows 7, but developers and admins should get ready for Microsoft's new focus on mobile computing, new user interface and potential application incompatibilities. They can start by checking out the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.