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Crystal clear sound. Loud and easy to operate. Love it.
Pros: Small, portable, sound
Cons: None
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It's small, simple, and sounds way bigger than it looks. That's the Beacon Audio Phoenix portable powered speaker system. It's about the size of a coffee mug, making it easy to slip into your backpack or handbag. Pair it wirelessly to your smartphone or other Bluetooth-enabled device, and you're ready to party. The Phoenix has two titanium-core full-range drivers that team up with a down-firing passive radiator for clear, surprisingly full sound.
And operation is simple, too. The large touch interface on the top not only lets you adjust volume, but also sends play, pause, and skip track commands to your paired device. The built-in rechargeable battery delivers up to eight hours of non-stop music. A provided tangle-resistant cable lets you plug in non-Bluetooth portables, such as a portable game console or CD player.
Crystal clear sound. Loud and easy to operate. Love it.
Jlk, NC
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Crystal clear sound. Loud and easy to operate. Love it.
Pros: Small, portable, sound
Cons: None
Pretty good little speaker
Pros: Ease of use/set-up
Cons: none
Fantastic sounding. Unbelievable value. Have used everywhere including the car.
Pros: The Sound is wonderful, super easy to use. Have used with phone and ipad improving sound 100%
Cons: None so far.
Little box---BIG voice!
Pros: Easy set up, great blue tooth range, did I mention BIG voice. Crutchfield reliable as a railroad conducter,s pocket watch.
Cons: Not a one
Bought this for my son's 4th birthday to plug his ipod into for a mini-stereo system. Powerful speaker for the size!
Pros: Powerful for the size
Good for work and on the boat. Does not have the bass or other feature my Brother's small Jamebox has, but is one third the price.
Pros: Price, small size
Cons: limited Bass, controls (volume and track selection)
The Phoenix is so portable. We use it on the boat, the dock, or the deck. anyone can use their phone to connect and share their music. works great
I bought this speaker for my daughter to use in her room and when she travels. It sounds better than I had expected. It does get loud enough, but does lack a little in bass but has plenty for the size that it is and the music that my daughter listens to. She uses this for both her iPod Nano (wired) and her Samsung Tablet (Bluetooth). I like that it is easy to use and once set up on Bluetooth, automatically remembers when her Tablet is turned on. Controls on top are a little funky because you have to use the same buttons for volume and track, but is not an issue when using Bluetooth because it can all be controlled by the Tablet. The Beacon is pretty well built and is somewhat ruggedized. The rubber coating around the speaker allows it to take falls and bouncing around in a bag when being carried. The charging of the device is simple and straight forward. For my daughter's use, this is perfect! For use when camping or just hanging out when you do not have access to a radio, it is also great!
Pros: size multifunction (wired/Bluetooth) great sound for size
Cons: minimal bass
Ultimately I felt that $100 was too much for the product. Paying $50 from Crutchfield makes it worth while. The Bluetooth range is a bit limited and less than reported. Sound is excellent for the size. One weird issue is that you can't but the speaker into standby mode if you have something plugged into the aux in. Very satisfied with the sound and overall quality
Pros: size
Cons: none
If you are expecting mind blowing sound then you may want to look elsewhere. But if you are looking for an inexpensive compact Bluetooth speaker that travels/packs well and sounds good...look here! We're happy with the purchase.
Pros: Price, ease of use, small size, and portability.
Cons: None
This is a neat little bluetooth speaker with incredible power especially when you consider its small size. It has two primary strengths. First its convenient and easy to use; pairing it with an iPod using bluetooth is quick and easy. Second, it has great power. Small speakers tend to have a low volume threshold, turn them up and distortion kicks in quickly. Not these speakers, turn these up and they remain clear while filling a small room with decent sound. That being said, the sound quality is good for their size but if you are looking for really good sound then you need to look at something larger, less mobile and less convenient (and most likely more expensive). Obviously, what these speakers lack most is bass and depth; but that should go without saying considering their small size. Bottom line is these speakers do what they are designed to do very well.
Pros: Convenience and power.
Cons: Sound lacks bass and depth.
I have tried many Bluetooth speakers. They will disconnect and the clarity and loudness is not like the beacon.
Pros: Had to buy a second one for my wife
Cons: None
This is a great little portable speaker. Great balance of sound and stylish!
I chose this speaker over several other ones. I'm so glad I did because this speaker made me do a double take. I couldn't believe the sound coming from this speaker. Actually, I own two of these and I have to say these speakers are definitely worth the price. After hearing the first one I knew I had to buy another. I wish I would have bought both from Crutchfield. Anyway, to sum up this review, I'll say, there isn't a better sounding speaker out there as far as size. This speaker is really a 2.1 system. It has 2 speakers and a down firing passive radiator that handles the bass. And this speaker has nice bass. The mids and the highs are just as good too. A VERY GOOD one of a kind speaker. It speaks for itself !
Pros: Sound , Looks, Build, Color, Design, Battery Life, Cool Blue Light, Everything.
Unbelievable sound for such a small device, easy to connect via Bluetooth!
Pros: Small, nice sound
Cons: None
This is a great little speaker with big sound. I paired it with my iPod Touch and now when I turn the speaker on, it connects automatically and is ready to play. Charging it using USB is simple and the battery seems to last several hours. I'm considering buying another one.
Pros: Small, great sound, auto connects using Bluetooth and looks good.
Cons: None
We traveled to Europe with this, and it was great to have music in our room before going out. We streamed music from our iPad, and for the size, this little speaker sounds great.
Pros: Size, ease of use, sound for its size
Cons: Because it is so small, it is limited on max volume.
This product exceeded my expectations. Great design, easy to travel with, and sound quality is best ive heard compared to other products in this price range. Also Beacon automatically connects to the last device it was using when you turn it on so there is no need to pick up my iphone. I brought this on my cruise and it was very convenient.
Pros: Small design, powerful speaker, easy to use buttons, remembers last device so just turn Beacon on and music will start, long lasting battery, great for traveling.
Got mine on sale so that was a bonus. Pretty decent sound. Very portable. Controls are a little finicky but it does control the device so that's nice. Overall nice for what it is.
Pros: Small, light, loud, and seems to be well built,
Cons: Sometimes the volume adjustment advances or starts a song over since it uses a common button.
Great little speaker. It gets very loud!
Pros: Good sound
Cons: The controls on top seem difficult to work, but you can just use your MP\3 player's controls.
Great little speaker. Good sound. Works a little better wired than with bluetooth.
Unbelievable sound from a tiny speaker! You will not be disappointed when you listen to it . I am very happy with this amazing quality made speaker.
Pros: Tiny size, big sound and long battery life.
Cons: none
Until you hear this little speaker in action you will not beleve it! Rich, full sound, good highs, mids and lows in something so small. The price may seem a bit high for such a small speaker, but it's worth every penny! Great travel speaker.
Pros: BT Music, works great with IPhone and iPad, size.
Cons: None
Forget about a boombox this is all you need, portable, you can use Bluetooth or via cable and sounds good for the price
Pros: Very portable, great sound and price. Easy setup. Can control basic functions on speaker when using bluetooth.
Cons: I get intermittent Bluetooth reception when I move around quickly using my smartphone (within 20 feet) as the source. I can live with this.
Great speaker for the money, although not as loud and not as much base and sound quality as Bose. However for $200 less its well worth the money for the use in the golf cart and around the pool that I bought it for.
Pros: Value and ease of use
Cons: Loudness and lack of bass
Reviewers and customers all love this little speaker and so do I. It's tiny and handy and its convenience way out-weighs they slightly lacking sound quality. The bluetooth is flawless (except of course for iOS6's annoying drop-outs) and also well thought-out. Rather than having to go into iOS settings and connect to the speaker each time you want to use it, you just hold the power button down on the Beacon for about 10 seconds (kinda long, but it's still quicker than the alternative) and it auto connects to the last bluetooth transmitter it was connected to! And to be able to skip songs from the speaker itself is also surprisingly convenient -- can leave the iPad safely closed and covered out of harm's way. The bass is what I expected... subtle, but in a quiet room, you can hear that the little passive radiator is thumpin' pretty strong. It actually sounds like it has more low-end range than physically possible. So that is acceptable. But what is a little lacking is the high end. Treble is clean and natural, but there is little crisp "high-hat range" sizzle. When I run an EQ-able app, it does create the crispness I like, but most apps in iOS don't have equalization built in. Movie channel stream apps, rdio, grooveshark... non have EQ's built in. To really make this little box shine, an added internal digital EQ would really supe it up! If it has that feature, I'd have nothing to complain about. It's be perfect. But the sound is still very good.
Pros: Form factor... couldn't be more convenient. Really small, really consistent and very cool looking. Bluetooth is flawless and well engineered. Sound is loud and clean. Fills a small room with sound.
Cons: Could really use an internal EQ (two band would be plenty - or even just a treble adjustment since I figure bass is maxed out just shy of distortion). High end slightly lacking in intensity.
Easy to use and set up...sounds great...can't wait to use it out on the deck this summer!
Pros: Size, sound and ease of use.
Cons: None!
Packs a lot of punch in a little package! You won't believe the sound you get from such a small speaker. It's small enough to carry anywhere, the battery life is great. It's easy to use, What's not to like?
Pros: Sound, Sound, Sound, size and battery life.
Cons: None
Excellent product. Amazing sound for such a small speaker. No 'tinny' sound, good clarity. The bass is amazing and will actually shake the table you set it on. You can crank the volume up REALLY loud. Battery life seemed to last even longer than advertized. I would highly recommend this product! It is very reasonably priced so you get a lot for your money. Very small and portable.
Pros: Amazing sound. Great clarity. Nice bass. Can get REALLY loud volume. Long battery life. Great deal for the price.
Cons: Only downside is if you want to use it to listen to the radio via your ipod or whatever, you do need a cable connection. Otherwise, listening to the rest of your music is, of course, wireless.
For a small speaker it sure sounds great. I was looking for a small cordless speaker to play songs off my iPad with and this one works great. Great sound and the bass sounds great also.
Pros: Small size, no cords required to use it.
Cons: It does move (slide)slightly when in use from the thump of the bass. Be sure to clean the rubber feet to prevent this. Other than that this speaker rocks!
Small but powerful. I attached this to my IPOD and cranked it up to full volume with good results. Perfect for music in a room, your patio or on the beach. Not sure I would recommend it for a large party.
Unbelievable sound from this little cube! Ordered Saturday and Crutchfield had it before noon today, and the shipping was FREE! It will be great to have around the house to listen to Christmas music on Pandora. Thanks Crutchfield, You guys ROCK..
Nice sounding, of course no real low end, very portable and non-invasive in most home and car environments. Better than most computer speakers that do not include the separate subwoofer box. Would highly recommend for anyone desiring a nice portable speaker with sufficient volume for most uses. Extremely surprised by volume it can produce without distortion.
Pros: Size, sound quality, portability, battery length.
Cons: Some difficulty with on off button, you have to hold it down longer than you might anticipate five seconds being, would prefer it were a separate button. Slightly complex regarding initial bluetooth set up since it flashes when it is searching for any signal, and flashes, but much faster when in detect/pairing mode.
Holy smokes this speaker howls and screams complete awesomeness!!! I can't even count how many bands and folks I've already turned on to this amazing small package that packs a solid punch! I love amazing people w/ how cool this Phoenix speaker is by using it at work at SiriusXM in my office, at the house and even on vacation! I was a judge for a big "Battle Of The Bands" contest last month and I used this monster to listen to all 30 finalists' music & videos one night in order to make my decision! I even used my Phoenix to power our family's recent yard sale in NJ and while freaking neighbors out w/ loud hard rock I also impressed a few who said they were going to buy one too! OK, one more story, my wife and I used our Phoenix on vacation in Puerto Rico and blasted it in our killer room AND on the gorgeous beach of San Juan! Even though this speaker is sexy looking, my wife still was waaaay hotter! Haha... Anyways, I rarely write reviews on stuff I order, but I really felt like sharing my satisfaction w/ this purchase w/ the world! Yesterday I saw some commercial for some subpar product and it got me fired up about Beacon and how I want people to know about this thing! Thanks for reading this and hope it helps ya w/ your decision on buying this beast! You can thank me later! Peace in a celebrated cloud of music....
Pros: SOUND - SOUND - SOUND and... sexy look, small design, smart design, ease of use, long battery use, great price, light weight, cool name (I'm from Phoenix AZ!)
Cons: none!
The Phoenix..... Dear God this thing is awesome!!!! Very rich sound in a small enclosure. That is the best way to describe it. I work in the construction business and am around power tools and various machinery all day. I brought the Phoenix to work this past week and a large amount of my coworkers could not believe the quality and the volume that it produced. I mainly used it to stream Spotify through the Phoenix's easy to use Bluetooth capability or pluged in my iPod to the 3.5mm jack in the back (all while cranking the volume and not experiencing distortion). Another thing that I liked are the rubber feet on the bottom, it stayed put on ladders while working, which is what I want from a Bluetooth speaker. All in all this is the most ideal Bluetooth speaker I have used to date. It's an absolute must have while hanging-out with your friends or traveling to remote parts of the world.
Pros: Extremely high audio quality + Stylish/Design + Makes heads turn + Easy to use + Very portable + Bluetooth & AUX 3.5mm are harmonious
Cons: The fact that you have not bought one yet..... Get on it!!!!!
OK. It's confessional time. I bought this because it was... cute. And it IS! Very cute. But that's not my confession. My confession is that I'm not actually a very technical sort of person. So why, you might ask, is a decidedly un-technical person writing a review about such a sleek, sexy little nugget of sonic wizardry? I guess I'm writing because probably not everyone considering the Phoenix is a gadget guru, a troubador of tech. Maybe you are secretly oblivious about the difference between Amps and hertzezezes. Maybe you, like me, thought that "subwoofer" was some kind of Latin code word for "underdog". It's OK!! With this speaker, you won't even have to BS your way through half-memorized tech specs to try to convince your friends you're hip and savvy. You just have to casually pull this baby OUT OF YOUR POCKET and you are instantly cool by association! In all seriousness, though, you don't have to know *why* the Phoenix is so cool to enjoy this awesome little device. I have excellent ears (musician!) and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of sound such a small speaker achieved, even the bass. AND it's practical in both price and usage. It's even a good option for me around the house instead of headphones-- I can keep it right next to me and there's no ear fatigue. The portability is a huge plus, too-- love that! I can create my own netflix cellphone home theater! And...it's cute!
Pros: *Looks! (you know you're shallow, too!) Sleek, simplistic (in a good way) design. Love the blue and black combo! Well-made. *Size and portability *Good sound for small speaker *Bang for your buck
Cons: Little bit of a learning curve on operation, though it really is quite simple after the first time or two. Would like if the volume controls on the speaker were more responsive. It's easier to adjust the volume through your device.
I had read that the Phoenix is solid, and it definitely is. Very happy that I bought it- bought two different colors.
Pros: Louder than I thought it would be. It fills the room with great sound. Actually, better than I anticipated. My new prize possession.
Cons: Haven't found any cons.
The phoenix just showed up this afternoon, and I've been rocking out to it all day! I even put it in my backpack and took the dog for a walk with tunes! This little black box packs a PUNCH. Great big full sound, light wight, looks pretty durable, sexy looking product too, so it doesn't have to hide behinds stuff on the shelf, it can be center stage.... not to mention it's so easy to use, my mom could figure it out. I highly recommend this product, unless of course, you hate music, then you probably wont like this.
Received my Beacon Phoenix today. All I can say is "Wow". I read some reviews online before purchasing, and although the reviews were good, I wasn't sure what I'd REALLY get for the $99. I'm so stoked on this little speaker. I'm a bit of a home audio/ music geek, so I feel like I have a decent perspective on what good sound is. I have a larger ipod dock for home use from one of the bigger brands and I paid $250+ for it. I have it side by side right now with the Phoenix and although slightly less deep in the bass range, due to it's size, the Phoenix sounds as good as the other speaker/ipod dock that's 3x its size. Of course the wireless bluetooth aspect of the device is very cool as well. Aside from just having something more portable that sounded great, my purpose in buying something this size was really two fold: 1. I'm on the road a lot for work and wanted something that didn't take up a ton of room in my travel bag. 2. I also do onsite client presentations that require good sound for multimedia presentations from a laptop. About the size of a softball, the Phoenix more than meets those needs. It's has great clarity at high volumes and an awesome dynamic range. I can't personally attest to its longevity, but the box says that it has a 1000 day warranty, so hopefully that means it has some mileage! It's hard to get to geeked-out over anything that's $99, but I'll let this purchase be an exception.
Pros: * Great balance of sound and sIze * great price for what you get in * Bluetooth enabled * 1000 day warranty * Durable material. doesn't feel "cheap" * Packaged with USB and Auxiliary cable. Cool bonus considering it's already wireless bluetooth. * Volume and track control on the device itself.
Cons: The touch controls on top might initially be confusing, but not hard to figure out and get used to. Not a big issue.
Bluetooth Speaker: The Phoenix by Beacon features built-in Bluetooth (ver. 2.1+EDR) technology. It supports A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) and AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile). You can wirelessly stream music from your Bluetooth-enabled iPod/iPhone/iPad, Android smartphone/tablet, Blackberry, laptop/computer, or other device to the Phoenix Bluetooth speaker. It even allows you to control Play/Pause & Next/Previous Track functions of your Bluetooth-enabled device.
Note: The Phoenix can be paired to multiple devices, but not at the same time. Due to the differences in Bluetooth technology, some Bluetooth enabled devices may be incompatible, function improperly, or may not support all features when used with the Phoenix Bluetooth speaker.
Drivers: The Phoenix Bluetooth speaker features dual titanium core full-range drivers powered by a 4W amplifier, along with a passive radiator for great sound from a small speaker.
Aux Input: The Phoenix by Beacon is fitted with a 3.5mm auxiliary input for connecting an external audio source which features an audio or headphone output.
Rechargeable Battery: The Phoenix Bluetooth speaker uses a built-in rechargeable Lithium battery (850mAh) that lasts between 6-8 hours. It can be charged from a free USB (type-A) port on your computer using the included mini-USB to USB charging cable. Charging time is approximately 2-3 hours.
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Im sick and tired of media outlets and publications such as yourself claiming that the GOP is the party of the rich. Can you say George Soros, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison or Michael Bloomberg? Should I mention the Kennedy family or John Kerry? According to the New American Gazette, 60 of the top 100 richest people are actually Democrats. Perhaps the media is just ignorant, too lazy to do its job, or more likely wants to promote its ideals for socialistic utopia. Im not rich in fact Im probably barely even in the middle class but I dont think its fair to take my money or anyones money and give it to someone else. Ill ask you again, how is that fair?
This whole myth that the GOP is not for working people and minorities is perpetuated by those in the media. It doesnt take a brain surgeon to see that social programs have absolutely failed where they have been implemented. Look at Michigan, Illinois and California, just to name a few. Black-on-black crime is through the roof, schools are in shambles and the states are all operating in the red. Yet, we dont hear about that from the media. Instead we hear how the Romneys put their dog on the roof of their car decades ago. Wow! That is some hard=hitting news!
The only reason I subscribe to your paper is for the local news coverage, but Im starting to wonder if its worth it when you support and endorse a man like Barack Obama.
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Editor's Column: Listen With Your Head and Your Heart
You're sitting at your desk, poring over spreadsheet after spreadsheet, making correlations, drawing conclusions and often coming up with more questions than answers. Reports flow in on new vendor possibilities and issues with existing ones that require you to analyze and determine the best course of action. Many tangible matters come across your desk each day that are important or even crucial to your credit union's overall success.
All of these matters also contribute to stress, an emotion that many people have trouble coping with, but (and because) it can be a powerful feeling. Feeling? Emotions? Those don't belong in the workplace, especially not a financial institution. Wrong.
There's no way around it. An interesting article by Daniel Goleman, "The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders" that appeared in the publication Leader to Leader, points out that your brain literally can't work that way. Everything you know or ever will know passes through a piece of your limbic system, the part responsible for emotions, before it arrives at the cortex, the part that performs logical analysis.
So, yes, the numbers on the spreadsheets make you feel something. That can range from "yippee" to "this is hopeless," and your reaction to whatever's going on filters down. Then your members will be greeted by an angry teller or a nervous loan officer. This is not the impression that should be conveyed to members, particularly by representatives of a financial institution.
Unlike your spreadsheets, the brain does not organize anything in clean rows and columns.
According to Goleman, who is a psychologist and prolific author, there are five dimensions to emotional intelligence. If you are self-aware, you'll recognize that a particular situation may be parallel to something you've experienced in the past and that helps form your response today. So when the results of a lending program are not going as planned, your brain automatically thinks back to a time when someone questioned your judgment now that you're questioning your own. It doesn't feel good. Unless you're willing to acknowledge and accept it, the results can be a meeting that turns into a scream-fest because the boss is unwilling to look inward and instead points fingers at everyone else. If you're certain you're on the right path, you should be able to lead others down it.
Bullying does no good, so being able to manage your emotions is a great asset to any organization as a whole. Society for Human Resource Management surveyed and discovered that 51% of companies reported workplace bullying, which can negatively affect morale and health care costs among others. There is a practical side to all this mushy stuff.
Workers who are better able to deal with stress also demonstrated higher profitability per square foot, according to a study of a retail chain that Goleman cited in his article.
That doesn't mean a raised voice every now and then from a normally mild-mannered executive can't be a positive and effective tool. It just can't be the only tool. Regular explosions hurt morale and become easier to tune out, which is counter to the intended effect.
Being an optimist also helps, Goleman asserted. Optimists feel a bit more in control and thus are able to regroup after setbacks. Optimists are more driven and outperform others, he wrote. And everyone watches how the leader responds. Self-awareness and self-control are crucial.
Demonstrating empathy and not self-interest is also important in leading any organization. That doesn't mean you have everyone in for a good cry. But it does mean you need to be able not only to listen to their words but also to read their body language and expressions. You can't afford to find out too late that things have gone south, degrading into apathy or even sabotage. In the virtual world these connections can be very difficult to maintain, but find creative ways to keep your fingers on the pulse of the people in your organization.
Finally, it's all about staying connected. Being a leader means recognizing a prevalent feeling among employees and talking about it first, the Goleman article states. If morale seems low, don't live in denial because you feel it's your short coming–it's not about you (or it is but not in the way you're thinking at that moment). Addressing it will illustrate your self-awareness, your ability to manage emotions, your effort to motivate others and your ability to empathize, thus rounding out Goleman's five dimensions of emotional intelligence.
Your credit union is not only as strong as its weakest link. Goleman says a great team creates something greater than any single player could. Achieving what consultant Warren Bennis labeled organized genius, Goleman wrote, is your team's emotional intelligence.


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cdrtools (formerly cdrecord) creates home-burned CDs/DVDs with a CDR/CDRW/DVD/BluRay recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. It supports CD/DVD/BD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc- and ATAPI/mmc-compliant drives should also work. Supported features include IDE/ATAPI, parallel port, and SCSI drives; audio CDs, data CDs, and mixed CDs; full multi-session support; CD-RWs, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, BD-R/BD-RE; and TAO, DAO, RAW, and human-readable error messages. cdrtools includes remote SCSI support and can access local or remote CD/DVD/BD writers.
Clonezilla is a partition or disk cloning tool similar to Symantec Ghost. It saves and restores only blocks in use on the hard drive if the file system is supported. For unsupported file systems, dd is used instead. It has been used to clone a 5 GB system to 40 clients in about 10 minutes.
G4L is a hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool. The created images are optionally compressed, and they can be stored on a local hard drive or transferred to an anonymous FTP server. A drive can be cloned using the "Click'n'Clone" function. G4L supports file splitting if the local filesystem does not support writing files larger than 2GB. The included kernel supports ATA, serial-ATA, and SCSI drives. Common network cards are supported. It is packaged as a bootable CD image with an ncurses GUI for easy use.
zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered, lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib data format is itself portable across platforms. Unlike the LZW compression method used in Unix compress(1), the compression method currently used in zlib essentially never expands the data. (LZW can double or triple the file size in extreme cases.) zlib's memory footprint is also independent of the input data and can be reduced, if necessary, at some cost in compression.
PeaZip is a cross-platform file archiver utility that provides a unified portable GUI for many open source technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ, UPX, etc. Creates 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, and ZIP files. It extracts more than 150 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, ZIPX, and more. Features of PeaZip include extracting, creating, and converting multiple archives at once, creating self-extracting archives, split/join files, strong encryption with two factor authentication, an encrypted password manager, secure deletion, find duplicate files, calculate hashes, and export job definitions as scripts.
imapsync is a tool for facilitating incremental recursive IMAP transfers from one mailbox to another. It is useful for mailbox migration or backup, and reduces the amount of data transferred by only copying messages that are not present on both servers. Read, unread, and deleted flags are preserved, and the process can be stopped and resumed. The original messages can optionally be deleted after a successful transfer.
Dar is a shell command that makes backup of a directory tree and files. Its features include splitting archives over several files, DVD, CD, ZIP, or floppies, compression, full or differential backups, strong encryption, proper saving and restoration of hard links, extended attributes, file forks, Door inodes, and sparse files, remote backup using pipes and external commands (such as ssh), and rearrangement of the "slices" of an existing archive. It can run commands between slices, before and after saving some defined files or directories (for a proper database backup, for example), and quickly retrieve individual files from differential and full backups. Several external GUIs exist as alternatives to its CLI interface, like kdar, DarGUI, SaraB, etc.
JSX serializes Java objects to XML. You can persist objects, evolve them, and send them over the network and between applications. Your object data becomes human-readable and human-writable. You can test it, search it, profile it, audit it, and edit it with ordinary text and XML tools. JSX handles all POJOs and also all classes that require Java's own object serialization. JSX also correctly and completely handles the content of Serializable classes - including when they evolve and add additional content, for both upgrading to a new version (e.g. of Java or third-party libraries) and downgrading to an older one. It does this by reusing a class's Serialization methods, which are maintained by the class's developer to handle its evolution.
Areca is a file backup system that supports data compression (zip / zip64 format) and encryption, incremental backups, FTP/SFTP file transfer, delta storage mode, and many other features. It includes a transaction mechanism, which guarantees the integrity of your backups. Two user interfaces are available: a command-line interface (useful for backup automation) and a graphical user interface (useful for backup administration).
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Kristen: "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry,"
Rupert: "I am utterly distraught about the pain I have caused my family, my beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I have in this world. I love them with all my heart. I am praying that we can get through this together."Suddenly, their secret dinner date whilst on promo in Germany isn't so innocent!
Thanks Jenn via Yahoo
So I woke up this morning to a whole mess of activity O_o
It seems that US Weekly have broken news of Kristen "having an affair" with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders...
Even though they have since removed the post from their website, the story link remains on their home page and will reportedly be followed by published photos of Kristen and Rupert making out!
So far the magazine only has a questionable picture on their cover (see above) which could easily be filed under "Photoshopped BS" or "it's not what it looks like".
However, GossipCop - who are known for being a very reliable source - have said:
Something did happen between Stewart and Sanders, although a source close to the actress tells us, "It's not a relationship."Additionally, the director's wife, Liberty Ross - who actually played Snow White's mother in the movie - has since deleted her Twitter and Instagram account but not before posting this:
"She made a mistake. She feels awful," we're told, but our source stresses, "She's not with him."
I'm not going to speculate on Kristen's past but... what do you think, would she really cheat on Rob???


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Walker has unique perspective on Bucs' drought
Pittsburgh native has been a part of 20-year losing run as player and fan
By Tracy Ringolsby / MLB.com
PITTSBURGH -- Neil Walker understands the plight of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He has lived it.
More than being the second baseman for the Pirates, he's a Pittsburgh native. He grew up a Bucs fan.
Walker was 7 years old on Oct. 14, 1992, when Atlanta rallied in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on a two-out, two-run Francisco Cabrera pinch-hit single, with Sid Bream sliding into home ahead of a Barry Bonds throw to the plate to cap a 3-2 Braves win over the Pirates.
"I was so upset after that game," Walker said. "So close, and then ... "
Little did Walker, or anybody else, realize what was ahead for the Pirates, a team which won three consecutive NL East titles from 1990-92, but never advanced to the World Series. Pittsburgh hasn't posted a winning record, much less won a division title, since.
The 20 consecutive losing seasons is the longest streak in the history of North American professional team sports. And Walker has been an active part of each of the last four. He made his big league debut in September 2009, and he has been the Pirates' starting second baseman the last three years
And Walker wants to be part of the Pittsburgh team that starts the upward trend for the Pirates to regain that status.
The franchise played its first NL game on April 30, 1887, and is one of the oldest clubs in professional baseball. Forty Hall of Famers have had ties to the team. And despite the struggles of the past 20 years, the Bucs' all-time winning percentage is .503. Pittsburgh has won five World Series championships.
The Pirates, however, have not been to the postseason since 1992, the longest drought in the NL and second longest in the big leagues. Kansas City hasn't played a playoff game since '85.
Pittsburgh lost 105 games during Walker's rookie season in 2010, the third most in franchise history, and is a combined 208-278 in his three full years in the big leagues.
The Bucs' first-round Draft choice and the 11th player taken overall in 2004, Walker's ties to the team run deeper than his playing career.
"Three Rivers [Stadium] was my second home," Walker said of the Pirates' home prior to the opening of PNC Park in 2001. "My dad is a member of the Pirate alumni."
Tom Walker was a right-handed pitcher who played in the big leagues from 1972-77 with Montreal, Detroit, St. Louis and the California Angels. He finished his career in '78 with Pittsburgh's Triple-A team, and early in his career, played winter ball in Puerto Rico with Bucs legend Roberto Clemente, who talked him out of accompanying Clemente on that fatal flight of mercy on Dec. 31, 1972.
"I'm aware," Neil Walker said of the Pirates' storied history that has been overshadowed by two decades of failure. "I know about Clemente, Willie Stargell and 'Maz.'"
"Maz," as Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski is known, worked with Walker on making the transition to second base. Signed as a catcher, Walker didn't move to the infield until his fourth year in pro ball.
"Regardless of what has happened the last 20 years, the Pirates are one of the best organizations in the history of baseball," Walker said.
And while outsiders talk about the late-season fades the Pirates have suffered in the past two years, Walker sees them as providing promise for the future. The Bucs were in first place as late as July 25, 2011, but won only 19 of their final 62 games, slipping below .500 for good at 54-55 on Aug. 3 that season. A year ago, Pittsburgh led the NL Central as late as July 18, was a season-best 16 games above .500 on Aug, 8, but lost 36 of its final 52 games
What frustrated Walker is the Pirates lost 24 of the final 35 games. He started only six of those games because of a lower back problem that was the focus of his offseason workouts.
"This game can throw you curves," Walker said.
Pittsburgh, however, continued to rework its roster, looking to add depth. In addition to the July 24 acquisition of lefty Wandy Rodriguez from Houston last season, the offseason additions included left-handed starting pitcher Francisco Liriano, right-handed reliever Mark Melancon and catcher Russell Martin.
Now. ...
"The last two years have not ended the way we want," said Walker. "We played a lot of good baseball, but did not get done what we needed to get done.
"Our motto this year is, 'Finish every pitch. Finish every at-bat. Finish every inning.'"
And if it all goes the way Walker hopes, the Pirates will finish the two decades of failure.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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People need to stop with the Kleiza and Fields options. Unless Deng or Noah is coming as well it defeats the whole purpose of the reported trade talks. This is another salary dump by a team who does not want to pay the luxury tax.
People need to stop with the Kleiza and Fields options. Unless Deng or Noah is coming as well it defeats the whole purpose of the reported trade talks. This is another salary dump by a team who does not want to pay the luxury tax.
Rogers fixed the Jays, tried to fix the leafs but Burke wouldnt comply and lost his job over it, and now they are fixing the Raptors. The money isnt the problem, Rogers just wants players that will be exiting, bring in fans and make the playoffs for revenue. We probably wont wing the championship but neither will 29 other teams. IMO this is a great start for us. SPEND THE DOUGH BC!
You've missed my other posts where I state that I'm not a fan of Boozer, think he's overrated and a minimal upgrade talent-wise over Bargnani. For me, it's not just financial, it's both financial and talent.
Gay was a totally different acquisition. At 26, he has 5-7 years in his prime to grow with the team's young core; Boozer does not. Gay is not just a 'win now' player, he's potentially with the Raptors for the long-term; Boozer wouldn't be.
We can disagree on Boozer VS Bargnani on a talent debate, and I'd fully respect your opinion. For me, the upgrade of talent (if any at all) isn't worth the financial noose around the Raptors' neck for the next 2.5 years (the deal would make the Raps a luxury tax team and say goodbye to exceptions in the offseason to sign new players), especially since Boozer is 31 and won't be around for the long-term.
PS: My opinion would be different if the NBA operated without a salary cap, like MLB, but it doesn't. You can't compare Blue Jays spending and Raptors spending, because they're on completely different financial fields.
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mr. bargnani - "smithers. are they booing me?"
smithers - "no! they're saying boorgnani! boorgnani!"
These threads get really big, really quickly . my bad.
I dno for me I think Bargnani could work here but its time to move on. Im sure he will be happier on chicago fwith Beli.
I see Boozer being a good player to even help Johnson and teach him a few things. I dont think Boozer is a MUST HAVE player but he certainly would be an upgrade imo. The money is just a non factor for me. It's not mine so i dont care. We overpay everyone because we have to so its not a big deal. We could amnesty Klieza this off season, keep our rookies and step into next year with more talent. Our rookies have a lot of upside as well as our younger players so im optimistic about the future.
Maybe Boozer even gets flipped for Pau in the offseason too ? who knows.
People should be Cheering for Bargs if they liked the Rudy Gay trade.
Its because of his injury that Ed got to play his way into a legit trade piece.
Booing Bargnani is just not right. Sure, if he misses a certain game winner or gets injured we all would be angry. That doesn't mean you have to boo the man after all the memories hes had with Toronto.
Living up to the hype of being the first draft pick is never easy. How many players have actually come out as the "best in the draft" and emerged as the best in that draft class. Almost never happens. Not a good move to boo him, fans
Barg's was trying in last game. He was in too long in the Boston game & that was Casey's fault. EVERYONE wants Barg's to work in Toronto but it won't. The Celtics TARGETED Barg's and gave the ball to his man in an iso. He's a defensive liability & a turncoat.
Some really good points being thrown around.
In my opinion, Boozer IS an upgrade in terms of talent to Bargnani. Offensively, better suited to this team because of our traditional perimeter lineup. Finance isn't a problem long term (in 2015), especially with his expiring contract - near 16$ million - moves can be made to address that position when the time comes. An exceptional low-post scorer - something this team severely lacks - and a terrific rebounder - not enough consistency at the rebounding department.
Here is the problem.
Carlos Boozer is 31 years old, and this is a fast-paced team. Defensively - statistically wise, and eye test - is barely better than Bargnani is on that side of the court. Long term on the court, it would not be a fit after say, this year or next year. The guy's play will decline, his numbers will drop over time, and we'll be paying him a large sum when time comes around when he turns into a mere veteran player.
With the already limited cap space starting next season in paying Derozan 10$ million, Gay 17$ million, likely re-signing Lowry to a similar deal to Derozan, and B.C. continuously bringing in pieces every off-season, it's going to be extremely hard to balance in ways the team can address both talent, and their worth. Which means, getting talented players and not overpaying them. i.e. Amir Johnson. Many fans originally thought he was a little overpaid, but he's lived up to his contract ever since his arrival, and it attests to his value for the team. If anything, with how valuable he is to the team, maybe he's a mil or so underpaid.
Overall, I wouldn't be upset with a deal like this, nor would I be ecstatic. Basically I'd be content with a deal of this magnitude, especially with so many variables to account for short-term, and long-term.
I would rather trade Andrea Bargnani + Alan Anderson + 2nd Round Picks to Minnesota for a prospect big/forward (Derrick Williams) and a veteran point guard (Ridnour - expiring contract), or something of this similarity.
If anything, keep Bargnani till the end of the season, and deal him than with more insurance on finance, players, etc.
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I would take Williams and Ridnour because at this point, it's about addressing the team needs. Boozer is a talented player, and has great character and helps out short-term, but it'll be difficult to sign/acquire players from deals, free agency, draft because of his contract hampering any sort of financial flexibility.
Derrick Williams is on a rookie-scale contract, and if he doesn't show much improvement, you allow him to walk, or trade him as an asset to return another prospect player/picks/money. Ridnour is an expiring contract at 4$ million, so adding in Williams' contract - around 4-5$ million - that is 8$ million coming off the books if you don't pick up D.Will's 3rd year, and letting Ridnour walk.
People talk about the cap not being an issue - regardless if MLSE is willing to spend - you can't exactly acquire players if you don't have the space in terms of finance to add them.
Finance will be a huge part if this team decides to deal Andrea Bargnani. Taking in another long term contract, and if it's more expensive, it'll hurt.
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I think Everything Bargnani cracks 1,000,000 views before the clock strikes midnight!
I'd do it if they include Nate Robinson or Marquis teague. Then we throw in Alan Anderson
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Global disaster victim identification efforts need permanent structure says INTERPOL Chief
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A permanent structure for the deployment of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) assistance at any time anywhere in the world is essential, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has told an international conference on missing persons.
Speaking at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) conference, 'The Missing: An Agenda for the Future', Mr Noble said INTERPOL had responded to this need by developing the permanent Platform for DVI which will create a rapid deployment model for Incident Response Teams to provide the necessary expertise whenever and wherever required.
Secretary General Noble said experience had shown that field deployments are complex and require a uniform response when providing onsite support following a disaster, whether natural or man-made, and that a permanent structure would significantly speed up the international response and results.
"The combined experience of INTERPOL and the ICMP is impressive and has shown that when disaster strikes any country, we need to be able to deploy a team immediately and know that we will have the resources behind us to complete the DVI process from beginning to end," said Secretary General Noble.
"Countries should not have to develop both capacity and expertise for sporadic events. We should never find ourselves in the situation with many victims remaining to be identified but not enough support to do the kind of thorough identification required," added the INTERPOL Chief.
Mr Noble highlighted assistance previously provided by INTERPOL and the ICMP following a number of devastating events, including the 2004 Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2008 Philippines ferry disaster, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and most recently, the Westgate shopping centre terrorist attack in Kenya.
Secretary General Noble said INTERPOL was now strengthening its partnership agreement with the ICMP to support the permanent platform for DVI and called on other stakeholders to join these efforts to ensure a 'rapid, sustainable solution' in disaster response, especially in providing answers to victims' families.
The three-day ICMP conference (30 Oct – 1 Nov) will address three main areas in relation to missing persons: armed conflict and human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances; natural and man-made disasters; and other causes including, organized violence (drugs, human trafficking, terrorism) and migration.
With keynote addresses from ICMP Chairman Ambassador Thomas Miller, Queen Noor of Jordan, President of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipović and David Tolbert, President of the International Center for Transitional Justice, the meeting is also looking to create a set of recommendations to shape a future global agenda in addressing the issue of missing persons in all its facets.


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Nintendo of America Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Corporate Communication George Harrison boldly predicted sales of more than 35 million
Wii consoles in the United States by 2012. More than 2.5 million Wiis
have been sold, putting it in second place behind the Microsoft Xbox 360 game
Wii sales surpassed Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sales over the past four
months. The PlayStation 2 still dominates overall console sales, with
more than 38 million sold over seven years. The PS2 outsold the Xbox 360
and PS3 in the month of April.In
a recently published interview with Bloomberg, Harrison confirmed
Nintendo is increasing production at factories in China because of the high
demand. "Demand is much greater than we anticipated. A year ago no
one thought we would be in this position," Harrison said.
Analysts have not had the same enthusiasm over estimated Nintendo Wii sales
figures. "The 35 million target is a bit too optimistic for now as
it seems the Wii is targeting light gamers, but the U.S. market has a lot of
hard-core game players," said Etsuko Tamura, Mizuho Investors Securities
Co. analyst.
While the company confirmed that there are no immediate price cuts on the
horizon, Nintendo also does not have any plans on upgrading the hardware used
in the Wii. Graphical and hardware inferiority was never an issue for
Nintendo, as the console is still able to attract casual gamers.


text: So, looking at the next 12 games on the schedule, with a sense of realism, not pessimism, how many of those teams would you actually predict the raptors to beat? I say likely one win between Phoenix and Sacramento. That likely means 1-11 over the next 12 games. Anything can happen but logic would dictate that result. That doesn't mean the team has gotten any worse or performed at any different level. Just what they can be accepted to do as the team is currently assembled. There are a few Orlando and Cleveland games after that. But, what do you think the Raptors society will be like at 4-21 (even though we predicted it)? Will Bryan be able to resist pulling the trigger to blow up the team? Will the media be calling for heads? Casey still around? Half empty building? Any of these might happen but I say none of them should. If they should happen then, they should happen now as the next 12 games are likely going to unfold just as planned. Hang in there. It may get ugly. See you on the other side.


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The Twitterverse exploded in a ball of snark and outrage in early June when Edward Snowden leaked the news that the National Security Agency was collecting vast piles of data on ordinary Americans' phone and Internet use. Later, tweeters threw a tantrum over Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Fed would wind down its quantitative easing program.
Meanwhile, the MSCI cut Greece's index from developed to emerging-market status, and gold bugs got jittery.
Here are 15 of the best finance tweets of the month:
On general economic topics:
For past 12 mo, the amount of $ flowing into funds with "Income" in their name is 3X larger than funds without "Income" in their names.— Russ Kinnel (@RussKinnel) June 5, 2013
"US stocks seemingly go up everyday while EM stocks couldn't find a bottom in a Sir Mix-A-Lot video." http://t.co/aOGcRJErcE— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) June 30, 2013
On Greece's downgrade to emerging-market status:
Greece is first advanced economy cut to emerging market status by MSCI. You can call that an upgrade...— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) June 13, 2013
Greeks inventing democracy appears to be a lot like the English inventing football. Bloody useless at it now.— Paweł Morski (@Pawelmorski) June 20, 2013
On the NSA surveillance programs:
They're saying Snowden joined Booz Allen just to infiltrate and expose the NSA. Probably what Tebow's up to in the Patriots organization.— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) June 24, 2013
The NSA should just fund the government by selling targeted ads based on all the data it mines.— John Carney (@carney) June 7, 2013
.@MilenaRodban @CrispinBurke basically the government is trying to declare the entire Internet their property and that is a serious problem.— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) June 14, 2013
We don't need Google Reader anymore. I hear the NSA is going to open up an Everything Reader.— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) June 30, 2013
On the Fed's announcement that it may soon slow its bond buying:
There is a risk the #Fed is in La La Land. I hope I'm wrong, but while Fed hopes, I can't base investment decisions on hope. #gold— Axel Merk (@AxelMerk) June 19, 2013
#FOMC #Bernanke says unemployment to fall to 6.5% by end of 2014. That is $1.53 trillion more #QE3 which equals $90,000 per job!! #insane— Mark Jasayko, CFA (@McIverWealth) June 19, 2013
You'd think a guy who couldn't even see the housing bubble would be a little more circumspect about his new forecasts. #bernanke #fomc #fed— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 19, 2013
Grow up, people. It's time to stop blaming Bernanke for your losses. http://t.co/sG1xnVcvxW via @BloombergView— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) June 27, 2013
Fed drug dealer may visit markets while in QE rehab. Fed Stimulus to Persist After QE Taper? http://t.co/6ArbfSENEh— Andrew Wang (@RunnymedeCap) June 25, 2013
On gold:
Gold bugs strangely silent and quiet. They must be eating crow...— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) June 26, 2013
Gold is a barbarous rock It doesn't compete well with stock An ugly tradition A form of sedition Demand for it leaves us in shock— The Limerick King (@TheLimerickKing) June 21, 2013
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Niger signs Ministerial decree supporting INTERPOL-led programme to enhance West African security
NIAMEY, Niger – Niger has become the first country to sign a Ministerial decree for the creation of a National Committee in support of INTERPOL's West African Police Information System (WAPIS) programme.
Chaired by the Director General of the National Police, the committee brings together senior representatives from the Gendarmerie, National Guard, Customs and a representative of the Ministry of Justice to establish a national police database to support the creation of a regional level information system.
"The creation of this committee demonstrates Niger's commitment to INTERPOL's programme and is an example for other countries to follow," said Pierre Reuland, the Special Representative of INTERPOL to the European Union.
The police forces of the 16 countries of West Africa are faced with threats of terrorism and organized crime, in particular the trafficking in human beings, drugs and weapons.
In response to these threats, the European Union and INTERPOL launched the WAPIS programme in September 2012 in order to create a system of police databases, linked at national, regional and global level.
The programme will allow West African police officers in their work environment – including at border posts – to obtain information about people, vehicles and identity documents. This data will be shared by INTERPOL's 190 member countries and thus help the police to better protect the people of the whole region and beyond.


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In the prior article in this series, I pointed out that the situations that will require a computer forensics analyst are people issues first. The tools your computer forensics expert brings to your case also begin with people skills. Investigating computer systems and working effectively with enterprise IT staff require finesse and the ability to deal well with stakeholders.
My former partner Mitch Dembin wrote an article a number of years ago comparing technical people to his fellow attorneys. Mitch explained that computer people are binary, and lawyers deal in gray areas. I often see this in practice. In a case where a former employee denied having printed an important file, my attorney client asked IT administrators if there were print logs. An IT administrator told the attorney no. The next day I was working with the same admin and sat with him at a workstation. I asked him to bring up the Windows event logs. No, they are not called print logs in Windows. I saw the Windows event logs had records for about 150 print queues on the network, including the printer used by the former employee. As it turned out, the Windows event logs had recorded his user name as having printed a file with the right name and size as reported by witnesses.
An understanding of both the technology and the people who interact with that technology is a tool your computer forensics expert will use to investigate systems. We also ensure your discovery obligations are met. In another interview with an IT manager, I learned she continued to delete email backups although she had received a legal hold notice. She was more concerned about running out of storage space than legal hold instructions.
Recently, I was browsing the agenda for an upcoming computer forensics conference and saw how analysis, incident response and e-discovery and legal tracks reflect how much this field has grown. The tools forensics experts have are reflected in the varied tracks and sessions I saw. Sessions on examination of Windows and Mac computers, examination of mobile devices, cloud storage, e-discovery, intrusion incidents, recovery of evidence from system memory and iTunes backups were among the many topics covered. Considering these different techniques and applying them efficiently are also key to controlling costs. How work is staged by the team that supports your expert when confronting litigation or potential litigation will affect the bill you receive at the end of the engagement.
Your computer forensics expert will likely direct a number of analysts, each with a different mix of technical skills. Your expert's team may include analysts who understand programming languages or are skilled in intrusion ("hacker") investigations. Each will have an understanding of forensic hardware and software tools. During my time in the U.S. Marine Corps many years ago, I learned that every Marine is a rifleman first; that is, every Marine must possess the basic skills of an infantryman before going on to master a particular specialty. I believe that applies to the team a forensics expert brings to your case. The core skills of properly documenting and preserving data, performing a rich set of analysis with an array of tools and recording observations or extracting the data which will be reviewed by a litigation team are the tools your expert will always draw upon. The expert's team members will then have additional specific interests or training to warrant assigning specific analysis tasks accordingly.
Planning what analysis tasks are appropriate to each case will help your expert manage costs. Not every case requires the examination of mobile devices, for instance. If the issue involves data that is stored on a device or source already preserved, like email on a server or mobile device data on an iTunes backup on a PC, there may be no need for the expense of acquiring a backup of the mobile phone.
Also, planning the analysis in stages, by committing to a budgeted preliminary examination first, will help you manage costs. Your expert's team can look for indicators that are relevant to your case before proceeding with additional investigation. During analysis the expert's team should work closely with the case team because there are sources of forensic data which will not make it into your review database. Recovered remnants of deleted documents, temporary files and links used as shortcuts to files in Windows are examples of data that is not normally part of the information in a document review database but may help you piece together the evidence that helps tell the story of the important documents in your case.
Along with the technical tools your computer expert brings to your case should be the ability to communicate the results of the forensic analysis. Whether briefing C-level executives or providing testimony at deposition or trial, your computer forensics expert will need to reduce the technical tasks the team has performed to language that techies and non-techies alike will understand. Although the number of cases that require testimony is very small compared to the number of matters we are involved in every year, each case should be worked and documented as though it will see a courtroom. The payoff for work done by your expert can mean avoiding sanctions or finding a remnant of that smoking gun document. The tools your expert has brought to bear will ensure that your computer evidence has been identified, preserved and analyzed in a sound manner. The defensibility of work that your expert does is perhaps the most important tool.


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EVs that are currently making headlines. The fact of the matter is
that while most hybrid cars certainly get good fuel economy there are
several subcompacts and compacts on the market that offer great fuel
economy with standard powertrains.Chevrolet earlier this year
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for 26mpg in the city and 37mpg on the highway.The Cruze Eco
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The Cortez City Council moved forward with a resolution to provide economic development incentives by authorizing the partial rebates of sales tax revenues, use of tax and building permit fees and other incentives in the Were in this together economic development program.
The resolution states that the intent of the were in this together program is to establish policy guiding the use of economic incentives to encourage business retention and attraction in the city to preserve jobs, encourage new businesses and employment opportunities, all which will enhance the citys tax base.
There are four different sections in the program that the council approved in a resolution back in October.
The first section focused on the city manager working with the city planner and the Planning and Zoning Commission on the developmental code to ensure an expedited developmental review where possible.
The second section reaffirmed the citys position on its local vendor policy with a 2 percent incentive policy meaning the city is allowed to spend 2 percent more on a certain item if purchased locally like a police car or construction project. On projects of $50,000 to $250,000, the threshold would be 1 percent, and no preference would be given on purchasing local products in excess of $250,000.
In addition, the local preference cannot exceed $2,500.
The third section provides a sales tax rebate on businesses with 10,000 square feet or less.
Businesses that see a growth of 3 percent or more in any of the next three years will receive a 10 percent rebate of the increase, and they are eligible each of the three years.
City Manager Shane Hale said that rebate amounts local businesses would receive could be substantial, and added that this is aimed at helping the smaller local businesses.
The fourth section focuses on abating 50 percent of the building permit fees and use taxes on new construction or remodels for all business building permits through Dec. 31, 2014.
To qualify, city staff will utilize different criteria to determine whether the building is an actual business, which includes determining if the property is assessed as a commercial structure by the county assessor and whether or not the applicant remits sales tax to the city or has a sales tax license or whether this will be the case once construction is complete.
Hale said all four of the sections had been discussed by council in work sessions, and the items that were preferred were put into the resolution.
The city manager also said the resolution was also meant for this council to reaffirm the citys support of the Were in this together program.