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We are Jet Airway (India) Ltd ("Jet Airways"), of Siroya Centre, Sahar Airport Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 099, India. We are a Scheduled Airline in India and engaged in the business of providing services of air transport and cargo and services ancillary and related thereto ("Services").
Our data protection officer is located in India and can be contacted at email@example.com
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Any personal information received by Jet Airways in the course of providing Services is controlled by us and so we are considered the data controller of your personal information. If you have made a flight booking with us but one or more flights are to be provided by other airline(s) then those other airlines will also separately be considered a "data controller" under European Union and UK data protection law. Any entities providing additional services such as entities providing insurance, hotel or car rental services will also separately be a "data controller" of your information if you sign up for such additional services. You can access the privacy policies of these entities from them directly.
We have to comply with the data protection laws of India and other countries that we fly to including Data Protection Act no 2472/1999, Law no 3471/2006 and from 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 when keeping personal information about you and when we obtain, use, disclose or otherwise process such data.
We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.
This policy explains about the personal information that we collect from you, use, disclose or otherwise process in connection with your relationship with Jet Airways as a customer. In particular, we explain the kinds of personal information that we collect from you, how we collect it, what we use it for and who we may share your personal information with. By "personal information" we mean information about you where you are, or could be, identified.
Where you are making a booking on behalf of other travelling passengers, it is your responsibility to represent to that passenger in the booking process and explain to the travelling passengers how we will use their personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy. Consent from such travelling passengers is deemed to be in place when you enter into a transaction with us and share their details with us enabling us to reach out to them. If you enter into a transaction for some other person, we may collect your billing information but may communicate with the passenger directly about the service transacted .
Further we will also use and disclose your personal information to persons who have been validly identified as being you or your authorised representative(s) pursuant to our then-current security procedures, for the purpose of the relevant transaction or enquiry. In particular, each of the passengers who are grouped under the same Passenger Name Record ("PNR") number shall be deemed to be authorised representatives of each of the other passengers under the same PNR number.
If you or any passenger travelling has special health, dietary or access requirements, which you or they would like us to be aware of, you need to inform the same to us in advance of your travel through the website, contact centre or any of our airport/city ticketing offices enabling us to process the said information and your request accordingly.
Use of our website is subject to our terms of use and any products and services supplied are subject to our Terms and Conditions and General Conditions of Carriage, which you can access here.
Where making a reservations through our airport, city offices or agents in countries where we function through agents, you may update your preferences for communication by filling out the form made available at our airport offices, city booking offices and such agents. You also have an option to update your preferences here
We collect personal information from you such as your name, address and contact details, your travel arrangements and purchase history, your credit/debit card number (including expiration date), passport number and nationality, health information e.g., medical records or requests such as dietary preferences and information about how you use our services and about how you use access to our websites, call centres and mobile applications. This may include information that you provide to us directly or through companies or agents we work with, as well as information which we collect when you use our services.
When you enrol in our frequent flyer program "JetPrivilege", or if you are already a JetPrivilege member, you will provide information to JetPrivilege Pvt. Ltd, ("JPPL"). JPPL is an associate company of Jet Airways and forms part of Etihad Aviation Group P.J.S.C., and is a Limited Liability Company incorporated in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, which owns and operates the frequent flyer program and manages your account and provides you with rewards and benefits. On acceptance of membership terms & conditions, JPPL will create a traveller profile for you and will assign you a frequent flyer membership number and collect your name, address, contact details, date of birth, your travel preferences, hobbies, business details and other preferences. You may refer to the Privacy policy of JPPL for further information.
Sensitive Personal Information
Certain categories of Personal Information, such as health or biometric information are considered to be special categories of data requiring additional protection under European Union and UK data protection law and is referred to here as "Sensitive Personal Information". You may choose to share Sensitive Personal Information with us directly (or through authorised persons, travel agents, other airlines) in certain circumstances by providing your medical history or dietary preferences. We collect and process Sensitive Personal Information only when it is essential. Examples of where we may collect and process 'sensitive personal data' includes the following:
We collect Personal Information about you whenever you use our services (whether services provided directly by us or by other companies or agents acting on our behalf), when you travel with us, when you use or purchase tickets through our website, when you use our website through interactions with our staff and cabin crew, when you use our contact centres or mobile applications, or interact with us via email or social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or Twitter, or when you book to use our services through third parties (such as travel agents and other airlines).
Jet Airways may occasionally collect personal information through its sponsoring of promotions and contests to give its guests the opportunity to win various prizes.
Jet Airways may occasionally collect personal information through its carrying out of, or sponsoring of, optional customer services.
Jet Airways may also receive Personal Information about you from third parties such as companies we have contracted with to provide services to you or other airlines involved in your journey, relevant airport operators and customs and immigration authorities.
Jet Airways collects Personal Information directly from you or from your authorised representatives (i.e. persons whom you have authorised to do so, persons who have been validly identified as being you or your authorised representative pursuant to our then-current security procedures), from third parties (e.g., your travel agent or our service provider), through our website, mobile services, and other channels including our ticketing counters and airport operations.
We use your Personal Information to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible services and travel experience including to:
Personal information collected from JetPrivilege members by JPPL is used to ensure the members receive applicable mileage credit for travel purchases, for participating flights and other JetPrivilege partners activities/benefits. This personal information is also used by JPPL to communicate with the members concerning their JetPrivilege account and to notify them of any special promotions they may be eligible for. Jet Airways may also use JetPrivilege members profile information to perform a number of functions including but not limited to:
To best serve you, we may share your personal information with our associates, partners, wholly-owned subsidiaries, JPPL as well as service providers that provide support services to us or that help us market our products and services or process personal information on our behalf. Service providers are third parties who perform services on our behalf, including local agents who help manage customer needs at airports contractors who help us run our office operations and provide baggage delivery and repair services. They are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from Jet Airways.
In particular and in order to facilitate your service request, as part of our legal and contractual obligations, we will often need to share your personal information with third parties such as other airlines when there is a codeshare and airport operators, customs and immigration authorities and travel agents involved in making your travel arrangements. We also share your personal information with third parties who deliver services either to you or to us, such as companies that provide airport assistance, purchase of duty free products inflight or with banks and payment providers, to authorize and complete payments.
In particular and in order to facilitate your travel arrangements, we will often need to share your personal information with third parties such as other airlines when there is a codeshare and airport operators, customs and immigration authorities and travel agents involved in making your travel arrangements. We also share your personal information with third parties who deliver services either to you or to us, such as companies that provide airport assistance, purchase of duty free products inflight or with banks and payment providers, to authorize and complete payments.
Occasionally, Jet Airways may provide customer mailing lists and email addresses to reputable, carefully screened partners or other companies whose services and products may be of interest to you.
We may also disclose your personal information to a third party when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required by law or under a contract.
Personal Information will be disclosed to our legal advisors for establishing, exercising or defending our legal rights and to our other professional advisors, or as otherwise authorised or required by law.
Jet Airways may disclose your personal information to law enforcement agencies and government for security, customs and immigration requirements. Mandatory personal information (known as Passenger Name Record (PNR) or Advance Passenger Information (API)) will be disclosed to the appropriate customs and immigration authorities as required by the immigration authorities of the countries where you are travelling. Do note that the initial recipients of such information may share your PNR and API data with other government agencies or enforcement authorities.
We may need to transfer your Personal Information across our other offices to help provide the Services in the course of operating our business efficiently. We also allow third party service providers to process Personal Information where this is needed in connection with a service they provide to us. These arrangements may involve your Personal Information being located in various locations around the world. The countries to which we commonly disclose your personal information include India, where we have our corporate office, United Kingdom and the countries where you are flying to and from, in these circumstances Jet Airways will enter into agreements with those processors incorporating the Model Contract Clauses to ensure an adequate level of protection of your Personal Information.
Our servers, storing and keeping your information secure, are located in countries which either have an adequate level of protection or with which Jet Airways will have agreements incorporating the Model Contract Clauses.
We are able to legally collect and use your personal information either because:
We will only retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary to process your Service request, including flight purchases, keep you up to date with Jet Airways' promotions where you have asked us to do so and/or to provide you with the best customer experience possible and pursuant to the requirements of law including laws of India. Retention is therefore necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests (for example, to deal with any claims or queries which you have relating to your flight purchases), or where we are required to do so by law.
We will actively review the information we hold and delete it securely, or in some cases anonymise it/encrypt it, when there is no longer a legal, business or customer need for it to be retained.
You have the right to:
In exceptional circumstances, Jet Airways reserves the right to deny you any of the above rights and may provide an explanation as required by applicable laws. Exceptional circumstances include where:
To make any requests as listed above, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We will confirm any requests relating to your rights above within one month of receipt of your request, or within two months of receipt of your request where this request is more complex.
You can tell us to stop collecting and using your personal information at any time by updating your preferences or emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you tell us to stop using your personal information, Jet Airways may not be able to perform its obligations for the Services contracted and the some of the consequences of doing so could be that:
Contact centre and social media interactions are one of the many channels that can be used by guests to seek information on the various products and services of Jet Airways. Jet Airways in turn will use the contact centre and social media tools to deliver information relevant to you or respond to your queries.
Following are some examples of information or services Jet Airways provides to its guests via calls and/or emails & SMS : reservation creation and confirmation, fares and flight enquiries, special service requests, ancillary products (related to the particular travel that you have booked with us provided that you have consented to being contacted for the same) and information, important travel and flight related information and updates, customer satisfaction surveys and feedback.
When you send us an email or chat with us online or via social media, we register your communication with us. When you call us, our customer support will register your questions or complaints in our database. We may also record telephone calls for training purposes or to prevent or combat fraud and to respond to any legal requirements. We keep a record of any calls you make to our contact centre for a period of six months.
When we collect information directly from you we may ask you if you want to receive our marketing communications. Please be aware that we do sometimes send marketing communications that promote a third party's products and services (for example, those of our business partners) as well as our own.
We will usually send marketing communication by email but we may choose to contact you in other ways for example by phone, post, SMS and/or other electronic means if that is more appropriate. You can ask us to stop sending you marketing material at any time by updating your preferences here, or by opting out of the marketing communication by clicking on the Unsubscribe link in the email.
Please note that if you tell us that you do not wish to be sent further marketing communications, you will still receive service communications which are necessary, for example, to confirm your booking or to provide you with an update on the status of your booking. If you ask us to stop sending marketing communications, please note we will retain your Personal Information for the purposes of indicating that you do not want to receive marketing communications.
From time to time we may contact you with information regarding flight promotions and ancillary products via email, SMS and/or push notification. However, you will have the choice to opt in or out of receiving e-communications by indicating so at the booking stage or disabling them in your phone settings for the App or by managing your preferences. You will also be given the opportunity on every email communication that we send you to indicate that you no longer wish to receive our or their direct marketing material.
When you use our mobile application it may access your device information or data from your mobile device. If you would like to restrict such access, please adjust the settings on your mobile device. In particular, if you would like to restrict our access to your location, please turn off location data collection in your device's settings. If you do decide to turn off location information, please note that services such as airport mapping, city code search and other location-based notifications on your day of travel will not work. Please note that our app will activate the camera on your device, if you choose to use the credit card or passport scanning functions. You can prevent this by not using those features.
When you subscribe to push notifications, you agree to receive Jet Airways promotions as push notifications on your mobile device or browser. You can unsubscribe from push notifications anytime, simply by unsubscribing from push notifications from Jet Airways on your device, browser or app settings as applicable. Jet Airways only stores unique subscription ID generated while subscribing to push notifications of Jet Airways. When unsubscribed on your device, the subscription ID shall not be used to deliver push notifications.
Before downloading the application, users can view our privacy policy on the android play store and Apple App Store, By downloading the application you accept the Privacy Policy.
Our website uses "cookie" and "web beacon" technology.
You can find out more about our cookie policy.
Our website may include links to other Internet sites, content, or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties ("Linked Sites"). We provide Linked Sites to you solely as a convenience, and the inclusion of Linked Sites does not imply endorsement by us of the Linked Sites. You access Linked Sites at your own risk and by accessing them you leave our website. Linked Sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including the privacy policies or tracking technologies they may use. We encourage you to check the applicable privacy policy to determine how they will handle any personal information they collect from you. When you have purchased products or availed services from third party service providers, Jet Airways disclaims any liability for the said products or services.
To update us with your information-sharing preferences and to update your personal and contact details, you may submit your details here.
If you are a JetPrivilege member, you may access and/or update your marketing communication preferences by logging in using your JetPrivilege number and password, you can then update your consent by checking the "My Profile" link.
We shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to potential risks, including:
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of personal information transmitted to us using our website. Please note that email is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information. We offer the use of secure communication transmission software (known as "secure sockets layer" or "SSL") that encrypts all information you input to our website before it is sent to us. SSL is an industry standard encryption protocol and this ensures that the information is reasonably protected against unauthorised interception;
Where you disclose information to us using our mobile app, please ensure that your device remains safe. We cannot be held responsible for any data misuse arising from unauthorised access to your device.
As we continue to develop our business, we may undergo a business transition such as acquiring another company, merging with an existing company, or selling a portion of our assets. In such transitions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. In the unlikely event that Jet Airways or substantially all of its assets are acquired or enter a court proceeding, you acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that your personal information can continue to be used as set forth in this privacy policy.
This policy replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided you about our information practices. We reserve the right to change this policy, and to apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. If there are material changes to this policy or our information practices change in the future, we will notify you by posting the policy changes on our website. Your continued use of our website constitutes your acceptance of it.
We pride ourselves on excellent customer service, but if you would like to make a complaint about the way we have collected or used your personal information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you are unhappy about the way we have handled your complaint and/or you would like to take the matter further or make a complaint directly to our regulator without contacting us first, you can do so by contacting the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") by following this link: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or telephoning the ICO helpline, which is 0303 123 1113.


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Atrial FlutterAtrial Flutter - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Atrial Flutter
There are many types of abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. Symptoms range from mild to life-threatening. Atrial flutter is a common type of arrhythmia.
Atrial flutter involves the upper chambers of your heart (the atria), rather than the lower chambers (the ventricles). With atrial flutter, your atria beat more quickly than they should. This usually isn?t life-threatening, but it does make it difficult for your heart to pump blood efficiently. This can lead to a number of complications.
Sometime, if you have atrial flutter, you will not feel any symptoms whatsoever. However, it?s possible to experience:
A noticeable fast, steady pulse
Shortness of breath
Lightheadedness or fainting
Difficulty with normal activities or exercise
A feeling that your heart is pounding or fluttering (commonly known as heart palpitations)
Tightness, pain, or pressure in your chest
Who?s at risk
Anyone can develop atrial flutter, but some situations put you at greater risk. If you?ve had a past heart problem, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, or congestive heart failure, you?re more likely to develop atrial flutter. If you have diabetes, lung disease, or thyroid disease, you may also be at higher risk. In addition, alcoholism or recent surgery, especially on the heart, can lead to the development of atrial flutter.
Your doctor will likely be able to diagnose atrial flutter based on the telltale signs of your abnormal heart rhythm. Sometimes, your doctor will need only to listen to your pulse. In most instances, your doctor will take an electrocardiogram to confirm your diagnosis. This is a noninvasive procedure that involves attaching electrodes to different parts of your body to record your heart?s activity.
Medications are available to help control your irregular heart rate. Your doctor may prescribe blood thinners or rate-control medications that slow down your heart rate. This will depend on the severity of your condition and your risk for complications.
A procedure called catheter ablation is another treatment option. Your doctor will feed a series of catheters (thin, flexible wires) into your body and use pulses of energy to destroy problem areas of the heart that might be causing the atrial flutter. This is a very safe procedure that can often be successful in stopping the arrhythmia.
Although atrial flutter is not life-threatening at first, it does reduce your heart?s ability to pump blood effectively. This can cause a clot to form in your heart. If the clot breaks loose, it could lead to a stroke.
Over time, atrial flutter also weakens your heart muscle and can eventually contribute to heart failure. Atrial flutter can gradually become atrial fibrillation, the most common type of arrhythmia.
You can?t directly prevent atrial flutter. However, the disease is linked to some conditions that are preventable, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and lung disease. This means that healthy lifestyle choices can help prevent atrial flutter. These include eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, and not smoking. Atrial flutter is also directly tied to alcoholism. Drink only in moderation. If you have an alcohol abuse problem, consider getting help.
When to call the doctor
Although not immediately life-threatening, complications of atrial flutter can be serious if left untreated. See your doctor if you notice any of the possible signs and symptoms of atrial flutter.

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In the not-so-distant future, building owners who manage to drastically trim energy usage by implementing advanced lighting control schemes will inevitably have an edge when it comes to cost savings, sustainability, and possibly even compliance with certain codes and standards. By 2025, for example, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made it a goal to achieve zero-net energy in commercial buildings through the creation of successively more stringent standards, which could theoretically be adopted by individual states.
In response to expanding energy legislation and regulations, lighting equipment manufacturers have raised the performance bar for both linear fluorescent lamps/ballasts and HID lamps/ballasts over the past few years. Now it's time for lighting controls to push energy savings even further and make the goal of "zero net" a reality.
Recent advancements in technology, coupled with the looming possibility of more stringent energy management mandates, offer savvy electrical contractors an opportunity to bring value-added ideas to their commercial customers on the lighting control front.
Government Mandates
The Department of Energy adopted the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2010 standard (a document that focuses on dramatically reducing unnecessary lighting energy use) as the national reference standard on Oct. 19, 2011. States have until October 2013 to update their commercial building energy codes to meet or exceed the requirements of this document. The standard effectively limits the lighting power density (LPD), or watts per sq ft, for an entire building and for individual types of space. It also greatly expands the need for lighting controls compared to the previous version (2007). By implementing the provisions of the 2010 standard, with its greater energy restrictions, building owners may be able to gain 18% more energy savings compared to the earlier version.
For example, with the 2010 standard, if a retrofit lamp/ballast system is installed for more than 10% of the connected lighting load in an indoor or outdoor area, this fact may trigger other code compliance requirements. This could include LPD limits and automatic shutoff requirements, such as the addition of
occupancy sensors or some other control method. In the older 90.1-2007 standard, a retrofit project involving alteration to more than 50% of the connected lighting load was needed to initiate compliance requirements.
A quick review of the new standard indicates that buildings must have automatic lighting shutoff, covering both indoor and outdoor lighting with all interior automatic controls restricted to manual-on or auto-on to 50% operation, bi-level switching for stairwells and certain spaces, occupancy sensors in a broad range of space types, and daylight harvesting in areas that receive daylight.
In the 2007 version of the standard, buildings smaller than 5,000 sq ft did not have to comply with any automatic lighting shutoff requirements. However, all buildings — regardless of size — must now comply with this provision. This can be accomplished through scheduled shutoff (time-of-day) from time clocks or similar devices connected to a central control panel, occupancy sensors (time delay of 30 min. maximum), or a signal from another control system. In addition, lighting controls must be configured to manual-on operation, or, if automatic-on is desired, the room must be wired and controlled in such a way to ensure no more than 50% of the general lighting will turn on automatically.
The 2007 standard called for an occupancy sensor or a time switch to turn lighting off within 30 min. after the last occupant leaves a classroom, conference room, or employee lunch room (break room). Under the 2010 standard, 10 different types of spaces (including lecture halls, restrooms, and all offices over 250 sq ft) must comply. The occupancy sensors and time switches must be configured to either manual-on or auto-on to 50% or less to comply with the "additional control requirements" provision.
Light Level Reduction
Although not required in the 2007 standard, enclosed spaces have to be able to drop the power level by 30% to 70% of full connected load in addition to turning off the entire lighting load in the 2010 standard. Also new in 2010, lighting equipment in parking garages must have a method to automatically shut off. In these areas, the connected power to lighting must be reduced by at least 30% automatically when motion is not detected within 30 min. Lighting fixtures close to the perimeter of a parking garage structure must also use automatic daylighting control.
Let's take a look at how these critical lighting control schemes are coming of age in response to codes, which are based on societal mandates.
Gaining Flexible Control Systems
As LPD levels continue to drop in response to legislation and the increasingly stringent standards (e.g., 90.1-2010, California's Title 24-2008, and the 2009 Washington State Energy Code), having more granular zoning in office space makes distributed control schemes more desirable. Today's lighting equipment increasingly has network communications capabilities. Adding communications chips to ballasts and drivers permits a wide range of control options, including on/off switching, dimming, and 2-way communications for verification of a control function or the status of lamps and ballasts.
Although hardwired switching and occupancy sensor devices are relatively economical, they are inflexible. For example, a 0V to 10V dimming system lacks active feedback and suffers from voltage variations. One solution available since 2004 is a digital lighting control system using components compatible with the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) protocol. A complete DALI system consists of a bus hub and sensors, ballasts, and input ports connected on a simple 2-wire bus circuit. Because it uses an industry-standard protocol (open source language), DALI-compliant components from different manufacturers (ballasts, sensors, and switches) can be used together.
Although DALI buses are limited to 64 nodes (individual addresses), multiple buses can be used. A computer can be added to interconnect buses and allow inter-bus communication. Up to 16 different light levels, fade times, and rates can be stored in the ballast memory. Circuit and lighting schemes are defined and changed by software control — not by hardwiring, which makes for easy configuration and modification.
Although a DALI system may be more expensive than a traditional system, the lower cost of installation and the more simplistic wiring scheme must be factored into the overall equation. In a DALI system, the commissioning process (see System Commissioning), which involves assigning addresses and storing the control information using software, has particular importance. Thus, the respective manufacturers' instructions should be followed precisely.
Gaining increasingly more industry attention, "tuning" is a control function that is possible with a DALI system. A lighting system is often designed to over-illuminate a space. This assures that, even as light output diminishes over the course of a lamp's life (called lumen depreciation), light levels will remain adequate. A tunable lighting system trims the initial light level to the design light level throughout the lamp's lifetime.
Digital lighting control is particularly useful in applying daylight harvesting, where daylight enters a space through a window, skylight, or atrium, thereby reducing — or sometimes even eliminating — electric lighting. Increasing awareness of green construction, particularly Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects, and other education factors are helping in gaining greater market acceptance of this technique as well. While step dimming is similar to bi-level switching in the effect achieved, continuous dimming equipment achieves a smooth change in light level across a specific dimming range and is just about imperceptible to the human eye.
Some manufacturers have taken a slightly different approach to the use of DALI-based protocols to build what they would call an "integrated" control solution. One manufacturer with an essentially DALI-based product line, for example, uses a PDA/smart phone device to do system configuration. Another has a system that looks similar to DALI but offers a simpler zone-based solution. Yet another has a sensor and control unit built into the luminaire. A final example is a fully proprietary system that offers the most direct and easiest to install solution but limits product selection greatly.
With all of the complexity in control systems today, there is a ray of hope for some simplification in design and placement — wireless control.
Wireless Operation
One concept that comes up when specifying a detailed lighting control system is to offset the cost of the system by reducing the cost of equipment and wiring, as well as the time and labor normally associated with commissioning such a system. One alternative is to use a wireless radio frequency (RF) control system, using devices such as occupancy sensors, photosensors, low-voltage relay switches, line-voltage controls, hotel card switches, shade controls, and door/window sensors. With no damage to walls or ceiling — and little or no disruption to activities in an office — wireless control is ideal for use in existing buildings that need advanced lighting control. In the simplest RF system, a sensor, such as an occupancy sensor, communicates to a controller that serves the load, such as a wall switch that contains an embedded RF receiver.
Wireless control devices may be powered by batteries (offering a rated life of up to 10 yr) or through energy "harvested" from the operating environment, such as ambient light or temperature changes. In another case, the simple motion of pressing a light switch creates enough energy to send a control signal to a receiver.
When a large number of loads and/or a variety of control strategies have to be handled, a mesh network is generally used. In this type of arrangement, control signals are passed along, or routed among, all of the wireless devices that make up the system (each one is called a network node). Thus, multiple, redundant pathways are provided for the signals to get to their intended receiver(s). Mesh networks are "self-healing," meaning if one of the devices is not working, the signal is routed through another device that is functioning.
All of the RF control devices in an installation must be interoperable, meaning that they must be compatible with one of the four main types of RF communications protocols used today: ZigBee, Z-Wave, EnOcean, or proprietary.
Sidebar: Education Opportunities for Electricians
Last fall, the New York section of the IESNA drew about 500 architects, lighting designers, engineers, and technology professionals to a day-long event called "Control This," which offered the latest developments in lighting control and energy management ideas. The event featured more than 40 tabletop displays of lighting control solutions being offered by manufacturers and a series of educational seminars. One workshop, which allowed participants to wire a simplified lighting control system, was a shorter version of a 50-hr course for journeymen electricians, called California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program (CALCTP), in which Steve Mesh, a lighting consultant and educator, has been one of the main instructors and developers (see www.calctp.org). The course was initiated by Southern California Edison in conjunction with industry and academic partners (NECA/IBEW, California Community Colleges, etc.) and is backed by the major California utilities. To date, more than 1,000 electricians have competed the course, and utilities will be offering incentives for projects in which installing electricians have been certified by the CALCTP course.
Sidebar: System Commissioning
A third party, not connected with the design and construction of the project, must test and verify that a lighting system is calibrated, adjusted, and operates according to the manufacturer's requirements. Afterward, the party responsible for testing and verification must submit documentation stating that the controls meet or exceed the performance criteria.
A corollary to the commissioning phase is the need for specific documents to be turned over to the owner within 90 days of system acceptance, including as-built drawings of the lighting and control system, operation and maintenance manuals for all lighting equipment, a recommended schedule for relamping, and a schedule for inspecting and recalibrating the lighting controls.
Programming and commissioning costs are usually included in system specifications and factored into an estimate. Generally, someone on the design team provides a detailed description of the functions that the luminaire provides, and that documentation should be as accurate as possible. The wording of this "control narrative" may change as the project moves forward in time from design to construction to occupancy.


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Just got a call from Gary and Sandy, they went out to eat after the tournament, when they got home someone had stolen all there left over drinks. I know it was not any of our players. We have the best and most respectful bunch there is. If anyone hears anything please let me know.


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by Tom Utescher
The area track and field athletes who compete year-round have made the transition from the spring scholastic season to the major summer meets, and recently a number of performers achieved All-American status at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals on June 14-16.
Megan McCloskey, who just completed her junior year at Germantown Academy, earned that distinction with a second-place finish in the high jump, and the girls' distance medley relay team from Germantown Friends School also came home from the meet as All-Americans after coming in fifth in the DMR.
The New Balance Nationals were held on the campus of North Carolina A & T University, but the group of high jumpers who assembled on the Bulldogs' campus in Greensboro was led by a pair of Pennsylvanians.
Both McCloskey and Abby Jones of Franklin High School in northwestern Pa. topped out at 5'8.5", but Jones had fewer misses along the way and won the competition, while the rising Patriot senior was the runner-up. Floridian Nicole Green was third, clearing the bar at 5'6.5".
Several jumpers who have hit the six-foot mark in the past were off their game in Greensboro. Among them was PIAA Class AAA state champion Cyre Virgo, who comes from Fleetwood High School near Pottstown. She placed 12th at a height of 5'4.5".
Germantown Friends' DMR quartet, which was second at the Penn Relays back in April, came in fifth at the New Balance championships with a time of 12 minutes and 1.21 seconds. In race order, the Tigers' foursome consisted of rising sophomore Sarah Walker (3:37.280/1200 meters), rising juniors Taryn Milbourne (57.802/400 meters) and Brigit Andersson (2:21.776/800 meters), and 2013 graduate Eliza Lukens-Day (5:04.352/1600 meters), who will attend Brown University.
GFS ended up right in the middle in this nine-team race, which included a quartet from California and which was won (in 11:51.46) by a quartet from West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Another 2013 grad who is moving on to the Ivy League was at the meet, Columbia-bound Ben Ritz of Germantown Academy. He came in 18th in the one mile championship in 4:25.56, and his brother Sam, two years younger, finished three places higher; 15th in 4:17.64. Last month the younger Ritz produced a time of 4:11.73 in the mile, which is still holding up as the second-fastest time for any Pennsylvania runner in the class of 2015.
Also among the Patriots performing at the Outdoor Nationals was distance ace Paige Kupsky, a rising sophomore who is the title holder for the 3200 meter run in both the Girls Inter-Ac League and the Pa. Independent Schools Athletic Association for 2013. A time of 11:30.04 positioned her 14th overall in the freshman two-mile down in Greensboro.


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A few days ago Forsett put his Xbox live Gamertag on Twitter, and today i finally got to play some madden against him.
He was the Hawks, I chose the Saints.
He did choose to run the New England Playbook though.
He won the toss, but deferred.
My first drive resulted in a long drive (73 yards) for a score. I stripped the ball from him the fallowing kickoff. 3 and out, forced to kick the field goal. He has not run an offensive play yet and the score is 10-0. I kickoff, he gets 1 first down and then has to punt. I tried to spin after catching the punt, but was met by Ken Lucas, I fumbled. He scored. 10-7. He did not score again.
The game got out of hand, to the point where taking 3 on 4th and goal was not going to work for him. I stopped him at least twice on the goalline. One of his turn over on downs put my at my own 2. Reggie Bush weaves his way through the middle of the line on his way to a 98 yard touchdown run.
I hit Henderson on a deep play action pass for 60.
All in all the final score was 38-7.
He has told me to "be ready for a rematch." I assume it is so he can regain hid dignity.
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We're getting to the end of the conservative movement that really kicked into gear with the election of Ronald Reagan, and now we're seeing the inevitable final stages, as the loons on the far right start reeking havoc on the Republican Party.
Future historians tracing the crackup of the Republican Party may well look to May 8, 2010, as an inflection point.
That was the day, as is now well known, that Sen. Robert Bennett, who took the conservative position 84 percent of the time over his career, was deemed not conservative enough by fellow Utah Republicans and booted out of the primary.
Less well known, but equally ominous, is what happened that same day, 2,500 miles east in Maine. There, the state Republican Party chucked its platform — a sensible New England mix of free-market economics and conservation — and adopted a manifesto of insanity: abolishing the Federal Reserve, calling global warming a "myth," sealing the border, and, as a final plank, fighting "efforts to create a one world government."
You can read the rest of the article for some of Glenn Beck's greatest hits.
What's left of the conservative movement and the Republican Party?
We have the Reagan worshipers who have become so dogmatic that they think tax cuts solve everything at every time in history, regardless of the circumstances. These folks seem to forget that George W. Bush enacted huge tax cuts that would be followed by the greatest economic collapse in 80 years. These folks also turn on former allies like Bruce Bartlett and David Frum who dare top open a debate on how conservatives might adapt to the changing circumstances of today's economy.
Then we have the religious right, who's leaders keep getting caught up in sex scandals. All these folks who preach morality can't keep it in their own pants. Most of the public has tuned out these self-righteous fools at this point.
We also have moderate Republicans who would like to see the government spend less and who also tend to be social liberals. These reasonable folks abandoned the party and the conservative movement long ago.
And finally we have the Tea Party clowns. Many of these folks are angry as hell – some are angry at everybody, while others don't know why they're angry. As noted above, they can be a force at times, and they may be the GOP's not-so-secret weapon in the fall as anti-incumbent fever hits new highs.
Or, they may just turn off everyone else with their peculiar brand of crazy. Nuts like Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and and Michelle Bachman can rile up these nut jobs, but they may end up giving the Democrats a lifeline as well.
Most people don't like the crazies. The GOP did a great job for years of exploiting the loony left and painting the Democrats with a broad brush, and now the tables are turned, and the Tea Party folks are giving Democrats some good talking points for the fall.
We'll see how it plays out.
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Well, these certainly aren't ment to turn any audiophile heads, but maybe they would be a good gift in these hard times for the iPod generation. $50 for some stylish speakers isn't going to break the bank and might be either a good gift or a stocking stuffer. The speakers boost the ability to charge your iPod or other USB players, oh, and they also "glow".  I could see hooking these up to the alarm on your iPod. Awake up to music, and since it is dark outside, you'll have a little morning light!
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The first and only speakers of their kind, Ice Speakers are tiny, transparent speakers that glow with ultra-bright blue LED lights when in use, making them the most stylish units on the market. The crystallized PC Plastic forming the speakers' housing is the clearest plastic available, and the substantial weight for the speakers' diminutive size hints at the superior audio technology housed within.
The Ice Speakers' convenient features complement the cutting edge design: The miniature size and the deluxe travel case allow users to easily take them on the go, whether to work, school or from room to room. The included AC adapter is also compatible with iPod and other MP3 players' original USB cable, so users can charge their devices in between play time. This extra feature ensures that users are ready to combat low battery life at any time.
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What I want is an amazing "fojol" face and then use the same font/character structure for "bros." You could be famous as I am rolling out a concept during the Inauguration in DC. I want people to see what's going on and say "huh....who are the fojol bros? Who are these mysterious characters?" The modern version of the Ringling Bros maybe? Good luck and can't wait to see your creativity.
fojol bros.
I mostly want the name "fojol" to look like a subtle face. I chose the name "fojol" because it has the foundation of a face ("f" and "l" are high characters to give you the sides of the face...the "o's" are the eyes and the "j" is the nose). This "fojol bros." will be on the side of vehicle during the Inauguration in DC. It must balance that line between being able to easily discern the name "fojol" but having subtle references to a mysterious face.
The face must look mythical/mysterious/intriguing. I want "fojol bros." to look great in black and white. I think that I would like "fojol bros." to angle down from upper left to bottom right (i.e. swooping in of sorts). In this case, the left eye would be above (on a different plain) than the right eye. You could use that to your advantage when designing an obscure face. It could also be a kind of roller coster font to give it some movement.
I don't think I want any capital letters. I don't want a skinny face (i.e. I don't want the 5 characters in "fojol" to have a predominantly long/skinny structure). I don't think I want "fojol bros." to be on one flat plain (like this text that you are reading).
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One thing to consider with using a crystal versus a resonator for timing is how long you are going to be keeping time. There are 10080 minutes in a week. If your resonator is off by 0.5% (worst case) your clock will be off by 50 minutes. where as a crystal at worse case (0.05%) will only be off by 5 minutes. So if I need a timer for cooking an egg, the resonator is fine, but when I come back from a week's vacation, i could tolerate my arduino based alarm clock going off 5 minutes late, but not 50 minutes late.Look at what you are wanting to do figure out what will work.
Ben, I agree with you 100% (which is why I make kits with resonators).To be fair, the following illustrates the difference between resonators and crystals:AWCR-16.00MDABL-16.000MHZ-B2Price$0.18$0.27 (plus caps)Tolerance0.5%0.05% (50ppm)Temp Stability0.3%0.05% (50ppm)10yr Stability0.3%0.05% (50ppm)The worst case scenario (end of the temperature scale, 10+ years old, and worst sample) is about 1.1% (15.82MHz - 16.17MHz) while the crystal is about %0.15 (15.976MHz - 16.024MHz). Obviously you're unlikely to see this kind of error in either component. You'd have to look it up, but I believe NASA testing showed their resonators to be within 100ppm of the target frequency from the factory. It's also important to realize these numbers are based on a perfect board layout (and capacitor matching for the crystal, badly matched load caps can severely throw off the native frequency).


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iPhone and iPad cases, chargers, and accessories galore, that was the theme for CES 2011 and here's the gallery to prove it. We're still processing tons of video interviews and we'll be posting those the rest of the week but until then, enjoy the stills after the break!
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Llandudno is best known for it short desperate slab climbing above dodgy bolts from the 80's. But more recently it is being frequented by a new generation of climbers looking for new urban bouldering areas. If nothing else it's a sweet spot to chill with your buddies after a good training session and watch the sun go down over the sea.
All year round
Very rough granite that contains large crystals which are used as holds
Sport climbing: Short rope and not many draws but BIG balls! Bouldering: A crashpad, loads of chalk and super skin!
People have been climbing on the short hard slabs on the right of the beach for ages but in the last few years there been little to no action as the bolts have become increasingly fragile. With the popularity of bouldering Llundudnio too has been seeing ever increasing traffic from people rediscovering the surprisingly featured rock. There are loads of quality problems hidden amongst the jumbled boulders on both side of the beach just waiting...
The climbing
The sport climbing is on near vertical slab with rough crystals as holds. It is highly technical and quite hard for the grade as many of the origanal holds have come off over the years. The bolts are old and fragile and you DO risk serious injury if they break. Toproping is a popular alternative or a means to gauge the route before it is attempted on lead. There is a large variety of boulder problems to choose from but most require either brass balls or short term memory.
Getting there
From Cape Town, take the Atlanic coast road past Camps Bay towards Hout Bay. Turn into Llandudno before Hout Bay.
Food and accommodation
Sundowners at the famous La Med is always an option after a day at Llundudno!
Guide Books/References
The previous edition of Western Cape Crags written by Guy Holwill contains most of the routes. As for the boulders, not much is known about who has done what over the years until Joe Möhle published a PDF guide
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Excellent beach to swim at. Mind the dumping waves and stay away from the surfers. Challenge: prove you're a hard man and keep your head underwater for 10 seconds.
Above: Above: Joe Möhle getting some big air on Zero Gravity 7B+. Photo by Jimbo Smith


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But in the case of Josh Rutledge, the Rockies' faith is paying dividends. From Day One of spring training, he has been their guy at second base. The 24-year-old got out of the box slowly, hitting only .213 in April. And he looked tentative, at times, in the infield.
But Rutledge is starting to come on, proving that his sizzling big-league debut last summer was no aberration. After rapping out three hits Tuesday and then going 1-for-4 on Wednesday, he is hitting .400 in May. His diving stab of a hot grounder by Lyle Overbay was the defensive gem of Tuesday's game.
"I feel like, for me, things are starting to fall in place," Rutledge said. "At the beginning of the year, I hit some balls hard and they just didn't find a hole. That always turns around in baseball."
Rutledge said the faith shown by manager Walt Weiss has provided a big boost. "It gives you the extra confidence you need, so you don't really worry about it if you are playing or not," he said. "It kind of takes the burden off your shoulders."
Weiss is pleased with how Rutledge has responded from a slow start.
"I think he's swinging the bat well," Weiss said. "The thing about 'Rut' is that he brings athleticism to the lineup and he runs really well. He covers some ground at second base. It's not just the bat.
Tulo sits again
The Troy Tulowitzki watch continues. The cold and rain Wednesday convinced Weiss and Rockies trainer Keith Dugger to keep Tulo out of the lineup for the second consecutive game.
"As soon as I walked in (to Weiss' office), I think they knew I wasn't going to be very happy," Tulowitzki said.
He said the sore adductor muscle in his left leg feels better, and he wanted to start.
"It is what it is, but it's probably the smart decision," he said. "But when you wake up in the morning feeling good and ready to play and it doesn't happen, you're going to be disappointed. But I've got to listen. We will still throw a good team out there and expect to win."
Said Weiss: "Of course he wants to play. We talk it through and try to do the sensible thing. The weather is going to be the X factor tonight."
The game-time temperature Wednesday was 45 degrees.
Tulowitzki, who is hitting .348 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs, hasn't started in three of the past five games.
Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado and Yankees catcher Austin Romine attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif. Their coach, Mike Gonzalez, was at Tuesday's game. ... Weiss, on Denver's awful spring weather: "It's been tough conditions. This first month of the season has been as bad as I've been around in my time here in Colorado. But both teams have to play in it and deal with it. I think, for the most part, our guys have dealt with it very well."


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Public sculpture: the good, the bad - and the downright ugly
SHOULD public sculpture be a monument to patriotism, to good artistic taste, or humbly aim to keep the public happy? The famed Indian-born British sculptor Anish Kapoor, who is visiting Sydney soon, says he ''hates'' public sculpture.
Works by British sculptor Henry Moore, for example, while ''very, very good'', have come ''to be almost the turd on the lawn outside your iconic public building'', says Kapoor, whose exhibition at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art opens on December 20.
''If you're going to make a public object you need to engage public space,'' Kapoor says. ''It cannot just be an emblem on the lawn. It cannot be just a fat turd on the lawn.''
But veteran Sydney sculptor Ron Robertson-Swann, whose own abstract minimalist sculpture Vault was attacked as the ''yellow peril'' when placed in Melbourne's City Square in 1980 and hastily moved the following year, laughs at what he calls Kapoor's ''mea culpa''.
Robertson-Swann, now the head of sculpture at Sydney's National Art School, points to Kapoor's helter-skelter sculpture Orbit for the London Olympics opening ceremony, ''that red steel thing with flourishes and an elevator and a restaurant inside it - that was appalling'', he said.
''I would have thought that qualified as an enormous turd on the lawn.''
Robertson-Swann insists Melbourne has more good outdoor sculpture, which he defines primarily as having artistic merit as well as inviting public interaction, than Sydney does: ''Sydney looks like it's so uptight, so terrified to make a taste mistake.''
He nominates the late Rayner Hoff's work on the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, completed in 1934 - the figures on the exterior, the group in the interior, and the bronze reliefs - as Sydney's most moving example of publicly visible sculpture. ''Sculpture in Sydney seems to have gone into the doldrums after that.''
Robertson-Swann said Kapoor and other sculptors are too critical of ''plonk'' art - sculpture dropped into a landscape that's not integrated with the environment - but ''that's an exaggerated thing of one group of artists challenging another''.
Nonetheless Bert Flugelman's Pyramid Tower - ''the silver shish kebab'' - gained a ''presence that still looks good'' when it was moved from Martin Place to the street behind Australia Square.
Robertson-Swann dislikes the term ''public'' art: ''All art is public unless the artists say it's private, then it's their secret. The expectations when people keep saying 'public art' is that it is meant to do something for the public. The only thing that justifies a work of art in my view is if it is any good or not.''
Ken Unsworth's infamous Stones Against the Sky at Kings Cross - colloquially known as ''poo on sticks'' - is ''the only one that really justifies its nickname'', Robertson-Swann says.
''Ken's done some very good sculptures but that one is absolutely appalling. I don't know why he doesn't get it taken down, because it's badly made, badly thought out and badly executed.''
Robertson-Swann said the best examples of recent sculpture were those donated to the public by private foundations - Transfield Holdings around Walsh Bay and the Balnaves Foundation around the Botanic Gardens - and the worst, such as the Sydney Sculpture Walk erected for the Sydney Olympics from the Domain around Mrs Macquarie's Chair, by governments and committees: ''If it's in the hands of arts bureaucrats, it's dead.''


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Perhaps some of you have seen some of these ....
How about the 14th one? - courtesy the Nebraska Historical Society.
What's different from that blend and the "modern" ethanol - if it worked then (and maybe it didn't) why not now?
Talk waterpumps later??
(Better that than politics)
One can almost date a lot of those pic. by the yrs. of the cars in them.
Gas stations had so much more character back then.
1st picture, Bomber gas station. It is in Milwaukie/Oak Grove, OR. It is still there & operating. When my mother was a young girl, the public was allowed to go inside the B-17. After years of stealing parts and someone fell out, the public is no longer allowed inside. The nose of the aircraft is housed in a building on the same property and there is an ongoing effort to restore the airplane to flying condition.
In the second photo of the Gilmore Gas Station you can see that they have a car or pick up truck with wire wheels in the front window.
How did they get all those cars stacked up in those 2 racks?
Hey Ross,
I believe there is a moveable platform between the two racks that elevate a car to its place.
The third photo from the bottom (Standard station) was almost certainly taken in St. Louis, I think. Eagle Stamps were a kind trading stamp issued by a subsidiary of the May Department stores (which narrows it down to a handful of cities) and we had an Adams Dairy here as well.
My father in the 50's and early 60's owned the biggest Shell gas station in St. Louis. He gave Eagle Stamps. I still remember my Mom taking stacks of filled books to Famous Barr department store to buy clothes for us kids. Dad got a better return on the stamps at Famous than turning them in for cash.
Did anyone see the sign on the wall in photo #14 that advertises "Barney Auto Sales-Home of the Tucker"?
I've been told that the station in photo #9 in Cucamonga still stands.
Mike, there was a family in that area that owned a Tucker in about 1990. They were Franklin restorers. Dunno if they bought it new. Can't remember the name..
We have an iconic gasstation, designed by the danish architect Arne Jacobsen:
It's still there today: http://goo.gl/maps/7dWfj
this sinclair is in snyder,tx has been restored need to take my t over and take a few pictures


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New Harry Potter Prequel Now Online
Jun 11, 2008
Waterstone's is set to reveal the entire new Harry Potter prequel contained on the special card that was auctioned earlier tonight in London, England. UPDATE: BEHOLD the entire card featuring the prequel story about Sirius Black and James Potter is now online for all to read via this link. To read, at the link, click where it says "Read Our Author's Stories," then click on the name J.K. Rowling. Please note the card is handwritten, and is not typed out.
As reported below, the card was sold tonight for 25,000 pounds ($48,855 USD) at a charity event, with the proceeds to benefit English Pen and Dyslexia Action. There is a new photo of the card available here via the Evening Standard, and you can see a video of Lizo from the BBC read a short excerpt where James and Sirius meet two police officers here in our galleries. This card from J.K. Rowling, along with the 12 other cards donated by various authors such as Neil Gaiman, Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and Irvine Welsh among others will be made available in a special book which will be published on August 7, pre-orders available via this link.


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What Is Wrong With The BCS?
When college football reaches this point of the season, the same debate erupts year after year. Why isn't there a playoff system in division 1 college football?
For the average fan, it's a joke. Bowl games don't really mean anything, and why would anyone rather watch two unranked non-AQ schools play in the Salt n' Peppa Bowl when they could be watching round one of the college football playoffs? There would be more money, more interest, and an undisputed champion. It's a no brainer.
For years I too shared this popular sentiment until I was overcome with a recent revelation. For once in sports, it's not about the average fan.
To the people in college football that really matter, the players, students, and die-hard fans, the chance to take part in a bowl game is the ultimate reward for a successful season. The teams are given the keys to cities around the country. They are treated to exclusive tours; they dine at the best restaurants, attend parties in their honor, and are given gifts from the bowl sponsor. They have the chance to end their season as champions, and do it on national TV, so that all their friends, family, and all the people who have supported them over the years can watch. Whether the school is a perennial top ten power, or not, the experience for the players is the same, they are treated like royalty.
One of the most beautiful things about the bowl season is that the scheduling allows for the smaller, often uncelebrated schools to receive national spotlight, if only for a night. For once, their game gets the national hype. For once, their highlights are on ESPN, and for once, the national media talks about them. For the players on these smaller teams who may not be destined for pro sports, the bowl season is the opportunity of a lifetime.
Sure, the system is flawed, and the way it is designed means there will always be a team or two left out in the cold, but as we inch closer and closer to what now seems an inevitable playoff system, we have to ask ourselves; is having an undisputed national champion worth costing hundreds of young men around the country their night in the national spotlight? Because any way you look at it, a college football playoff system will come at the expense of the Salt n' Peppa Bowl.
The smaller schools that once cherished their one night of fame will now have to compete for airtime with pundits discussing upcoming mega matchups between big time programs.
The current leading candidate for a playoffs system seems to be a plus one or two system in which the top three or four teams compete in extra games to determine champions. Granted, depending on scheduling, this would allow the smaller bowls to continue to have their exclusive night on national television, but how many of those elusive ad dollars from the ESPN hype machine be diverted from promoting the smaller bowls to promoting the upcoming playoffs? And once a plus one or two system is allowed, how long before public outcry demands an expanded playoff field, pushing round one further and further back into the bowl season? Once Pandora's box is opened, it can never be closed again. Likewise, once the smaller bowls lose their prime time TV slots, the bowl system, as we know it will be lost forever.
The average fan has already taken so much. High dollar luxury boxes now occupy the best seats in stadiums around the country. The Super Bowl, our nation's crowning jewel of sport has devolved into a six hour parade of pop-stars and ad dollars, designed more to sell beer and potato chips than honor the two best teams in the sport. Even the rules of the game itself have been altered to cater more towards the average fan.
I understand that the system has its issues, but for a sport that has fallen from the quintessential prototype of amateur athletic display, to a seedy cesspool of backroom deals, dirty boosters, and greedy coaches, the bowl system may be the only redeemable thing left in maligned punch line of an organization that division one college sports has become.
For once, it's about the people who it should be about. For once, the good guys win. Who cares what the average fan thinks.


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But, I do have some concern about this one.
Is anyone else as confused about the JAVA 'Zero Day' malware threath? I read so many conflicting and seeming erroneous reports. I'd like to have a clear understanding (if there is one).
1. It can effect LINUX. (Can it?)
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2201420/ ... rs-at-riskThousands of computer users - whether they favour Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems - are at risk from a newly discovered Java vulnerability for which there is currently no fix.
It appears the flaw allows the Blackhole exploit kit to target the Java system using a Pre.jar file that lets it install malware, in this case a banking Trojan, onto users machines, through a variety of methods.
Security firm FireEye warned that criminals have already begun targeting the flaw using the Blackhole exploit kit. Some versions of the malware toolkit were updated to include the ability to exploit the vulnerability earlier this week, the company claimed.
"This morning we started getting the first indication of a large scale attack. So far we have observed over a dozen domains actively attacking systems with this exploit, and the count is increasing rapidly," read FireEye's blog.
"After seeing the reliability of this attack, I have no doubt in my mind that within hours the casualties will be in the thousands."
FireEye went on to criticise Oracle - which owns Java - for its lack of action regarding the flaw.
"It's very disappointing that Oracle hasn't come forward and announced a date for an emergency update patch," wrote FireEye's Atif Mushtaq.
At the time of publishing Oracle had not responded to V3's request for comment on the exploit or when a patch may be released.
The flaw was uncovered earlier in August and reportedly works on Windows, Linux and OSX operating systems, according to Errata security.
"I have tested the following operating systems: Windows7, Ubuntu 12.04, OSX 10.8.1. I have tested the following browsers: Firefox 14.0.1 (Windows, Linux, OSX), IE 9, Safari 6. The same exploit worked on all of them," an Errata representative wrote on a company blog.
The Blackhole exploit kit is an automated attack kit available for sale in several online black markets. It allows cyber criminals without sophisticated IT skills to mount automated cyber campaigns.
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/nasty ... -it-011013
2. Its only JAVA, not javascripts? (So, the tips of using NO SCRIPTS is not effective?)
3. Protect by disabling JAVA in your browser?
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240 ... t-zero-day
In Chrome/Chromium
chrome://plugins/ > Java > Disable
In Firefox: Tools > Addons > Plugins > IcedTea > Disable
4. Do we really need JAVA? I thought we did, but I disabled it in Google-Chrome and the sites I tried work fine?
5. Today I just recieved an update to Oracle JAVA.
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gene@lmdexfce-rc:~$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_11"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21)
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http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01 ... s-that-is/
Earlier this week, a security hole in the latest version of Java was being "massively exploited in the wild." Hackers were turning compromised websites into platforms for installing silent keyloggers or other malicious software. And at the time news broke, even fully patched Java installations were at risk.
Today however, KrebsOnSecurity reporter Brian Krebs is reporting Oracle finally shipped its critical security update. Java 7 Update 11 fixes this sticky situation and it's available both via Oracle's website and through the Java Control Panel in an active program.
I changed the title to "FACTS" from "QUESTIONS", as sound explanations were given by "Mockturtle" and Zerorzero"
The Kreb's Blog is most informative.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/what ... a-exploit/
Just to quote some key points from Krebs...Update, Jan. 13, 8:14 p.m. ET: Oracle just released a patch to fix this vulnerability. Read more here.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/01/orac ... -for-java/
Q: What is Java, anyway?
A: Java is a programming language and computing platform that powers programs including utilities, games, and business applications. According to Java maker Oracle Corp., Java runs on more than 850 million personal computers worldwide, and on billions of devices worldwide, including mobile and TV devices. It is required by some Web sites that use it to run interactive games and applications.
Q: So what is all the fuss about?
A: Researchers have discovered that cybercrooks are attacking a previously unknown security hole in Java 7 that can be used to seize control over a computer if a user visits a compromised or malicious Web site.
Q: Yikes. How do I protect my computer?
A: The version of Java that runs on most consumer PCs includes a browser plug-in. According to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CERT, unplugging the Java plugin from the browser essentially prevents exploitation of the vulnerability. Not long ago, disconnecting Java from the browser was not straightforward, but with the release of the latest version of Java 7 — Update 10 — Oracle included a very simple method for removing Java from the browser. You can find their instructions for doing this here.
Q: How do I know if I have Java installed, and if so, which version?
A: The simplest way is to visit this link and click the "Do I have Java" link, just below the big red "Download Java" button.
Q: I'm using Java 6. Does that mean I don't have to worry about this?
A: There have been conflicting findings on this front. The description of this bug at the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), for example, states that the vulnerability is present in Java versions going back several years, including version 4 and 5. Analysts at vulnerability research firm Immunity say the bug could impact Java 6 and possibly earlier versions. But Will Dormann, a security expert who's been examining this flaw closely for CERT, said the NVD's advisory is incorrect: CERT maintains that this vulnerability stems from a component that Oracle introduced with Java 7. Dormann points to a detailed technical analysis of the Java flaw by Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations, a security research team that has alerted Java maker Oracle about a large number of flaws in Java. Gowdiak says Oracle tried to fix this particular flaw in a previous update but failed to address it completely.
Either way, it's important not to get too hung up on which versions are affected, as this could become a moving target. Also, a new zero-day flaw is discovered in Java several times a year. That's why I've urged readers to either uninstall Java completely or unplug it from the browser no matter what version you're using.
Q: A site I use often requires the Java plugin to be enabled. What should I do?
A: You could downgrade to Java 6, but that is not a very good solution. Oracle will stop supporting Java 6 at the end of February 2013, and will soon be transitioning Java 6 users to Java 7 anyway. If you need Java for specific Web sites, a better solution is to adopt a two-browser approach. If you normally browse the Web with Firefox, for example, consider disabling the Java plugin in Firefox, and then using an alternative browser (Chrome, IE9, Safari, etc.) with Java enabled to browse only the site(s) that require(s) it.
Q: I am using a Mac/Linux, so I should be okay, right?
A: Not exactly. Experts have found that this flaw in Java 7 can be exploited to foist malware on Mac and Linux systems, in addition to Microsoft Windows machines. Java is made to run programs across multiple platforms, which makes it especially dangerous when new flaws in it are discovered. For instance, the Flashback worm that infected more than 600,000 Macs wiggled into OS X systems via a Java flaw. Oracle's instructions include advice on how to unplug Java from Safari. I should note that Apple has not provided a version of Java for OS X beyond 6, but users can still download and install Java 7 on Mac systems. However, it appears that in response to this threat, Apple has taken steps to block Java from running on OS X systems.
Q: Okay, I think I'm covered on Java. But what about Javascript?
Firefox has many extensions and add-ons that make surfing the Web a safer experience. One extension that I have found indispensable is NoScript. This extension lets the user decide which sites should be allowed to run JavaScript, including Flash Player content. Users can choose to allow specific exceptions either permanently or for a single browsing session.
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Rangers' Nelson Cruz accepts 50-game suspension, says he made 'error in judgement'
Nelson Cruz accepted his punishment Monday, stripping the Rangers of their leader in home runs and RBIs for the remainder of the regular season.
Cruz, in the midst of an All-Star year, was the biggest name among the dozen players who accepted 50-game suspensions from Major League Baseball for receiving performance-enhancing drugs from Biogenesis of America, a defunct anti-aging clinic in Miami. It was the largest mass suspension in baseball since February 1986, when 13 players were penalized in fallout from the Pittsburgh cocaine trials.
The star outfielder said in a statement that he made "an error in judgment" in seeking help from Biogenesis to recover strength lost because of a gastrointestinal infection. Cruz said he dropped 40 pounds from November 2011 to January 2012 because of helicobacter pylori, a microaerophilic bacterium that attacks the stomach's protective mucous lining.
Cruz would be eligible to return to play if the Rangers make the playoffs.
Milwaukee third baseman Ryan Braun previously agreed to a 65-game suspension for receiving PEDs from Biogenesis. New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who made his season debut shortly after the penalties were issued, said he will appeal his suspension, which would run through the 2014 season.
Despite losing their biggest bat, Rangers chief executive officer Nolan Ryan and general manager Jon Daniels voiced their support for MLB commissioner Bud Selig, who issued the suspensions.
"As a whole, we're disappointed that we haven't as an industry moved past this," said Ryan, a Hall of Fame pitcher. "A lot of effort has been put into this, a lot of education; MLB has made it a priority. Yes, it's disappointing that we haven't moved further down the road.
"We're disappointed that he [Cruz] violated the drug policy and that he now has to deal with that."
Cruz can become a free agent after the season. Daniels said the suspension does not rule out a return by Cruz but said the club would take a wait-and-see approach.
Selig said "we pursued this matter because it was not only the right thing to do, but the only thing to do."
During a meeting with the Baseball Writers of America at the All-Star Game, Selig said numerous players had come to him this season, asking for harsh penalties for their peers found to be using PEDs.
Cruz is not known to have ever tested positive for a banned substance. MLB based the suspension of Cruz and the others on a "nonanalytical positive." That can be a paper trail or direct testimony from a participant.
'No excuse'
Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch cooperated with MLB's investigation. According to documents published by the Miami New Times in January, Cruz spent $4,000 on purchases from the clinic. Notes from Bosch's ledger indicated he was planning to meet with Cruz in May 2012 to supply him with more "products."
"I accept full responsibility for that error," Cruz said in the statement. "I should have handled the situation differently, and my illness was no excuse.
"I am thankful for the unwavering support of my family, friends and teammates during this difficult time. I look forward to regaining the trust and respect of the Rangers' organization, my teammates and the great Rangers fans."
Cruz will lose $3.02 million in salary. He can use club facilities during the suspension but cannot be in uniform when ballpark gates open. Daniels said the club will wait a few days "to let the dust settle" before talking with Cruz to determine a course of action.
In his statement, Cruz said he is "grateful for the opportunity to return to the team for the playoffs." Daniels said the club is "open-minded" to bringing back Cruz for postseason play but wants to gauge player reaction before making a decision.
A year ago, the San Francisco Giants took negative player reaction into account when they decided not to bring back outfielder Melky Cabrera for the playoffs following his 50-game suspension for PED use.
"We want to see how this plays out, most importantly with his teammates," Daniels said of Cruz.
On Sunday night, Cruz informed the club of his decision to not appeal the suspension. Daniels had several discussions with Cruz leading up to that in an attempt to find out which way he was leaning but did not attempt to influence him.
Daniels denied that Cruz put the Rangers in a bind by waiting so long to make a decision. The Rangers, aware Cruz could accept the suspension, looked for a right-handed hitter leading up to the trade deadline last Wednesday but found nothing. American League Central Division leader Detroit traded for shortstop Jose Iglesias before shortstop Jhonny Peralta accepted a Biogenesis suspension.
Tough to replace
It would be difficult to add a hitter of Cruz's stature at any point of a season, Daniels said. At the time of the suspension, Cruz was tied for fourth in the majors for homers with 27 and tied for eighth in RBIs with 76.
"We're disappointed that he violated the policy," Daniels said. "We knew this was out there. There was not a lot we could do about it. I'm not sure if he had made up his mind any sooner that it would have had much impact."
The Rangers' immediate response to the loss of Cruz will be more playing time for outfielder Craig Gentry, whose game is built on speed.
The club also promoted two outfielders from Triple-A Round Rock: prospect Engel Beltre and Joey Butler, who has never appeared in the majors. Butler, 27, has built a reputation for hitting minor-league left-handers.
Daniels acknowledged the lineup, inconsistent all season, will be different without Cruz. Creativity will be important, Daniels said.
"We're not going to replace Nelson's production with one player, whether internally or through a trade," Daniels said. "It's incumbent on [manager] Ron Washington and his staff to get the best out of our whole roster. It's going to be a challenge for us, but this club has never shied away from a challenge before.
"We believe in this team. We have every expectation of continuing to win and making it to the playoffs in spite of this situation."
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