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Movie Room Reviews' Craig Younkin's Best and Worst Movies of 2012
Movie Room Reviews' very own movie expert Craig Younkin gives us his take on the year in movies of 2012.
2012… you were a year that was very kind to me. I got to do more of what I love the most (saw over a hundred movies this year, I'm that hardcore) and many of them were pretty entertaining. Sure there were terrible movies and ones that were disappointing. The super hero movies weren't as great as some of their predecessors, the year had its share of overrated lightweights (Sorry Mr. Affleck, but your acting hasn't gotten better and "Argo" is a good thriller in search of a better character-driven drama), and I had to sit through another Twilight movie. But on the plus side, there were a lot of really creative, character-driven efforts ("Silver Linings","Looper", "Cabin in the Woods", "Prometheus", "Magic Mike" didn't make my top 10, but were very enjoyable), a lot of A-list directors doing some of their best work (Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes), a lot of performances that I thought were just great, and above all, no more Twilight movies. So sit back and let me wind down the years 10 worst and best for you and then let's get into 2013. I'm starving for a movie.
10. The Raid: Redemption- First floor: shoot that guy, shoot that guy. Second floor: pound that, guy pound that guy, Third Floor: Shoot…,Fourth Floor: Pound…, Fifth: Shoot…, Sixth: Pound…., Seventh. Shoot…., Eighth: You get the idea. This thing got praised over its video-game style violence and fight choreography but even video-games come up with more plot, dialogue, and decent characters than this.
9. Hyde Park on Hudson- This plays like a slack-jawed hillbilly cousin to "The King's Speech". It tries to add in a bit of fun with everyone's favorite stuttering king and his queen but mostly all they get is some long-running gag about their trepidation in having to eat a hot dog. Laura Linney's constant voice-over narration, telling you how important everything is, is as pretentious as is gets. Meanwhile, it chooses to get very dirty with claims of FDR's sexual (and incestuous) exploits, something I didn't care to know and the movie does an awful job of handling with care.
8. This is 40- I expected to see torture in "Zero Dark Thirty" but is it really this bad at the Judd Apatow house? The parents are constantly at each other's throats, the kids seem ready for a nervous breakdown, and the in-laws are deadbeats. This plays like a shrill and joke-less sitcom, and it has no plot structure other than to let the characters float around for an absurdly long 2 hours and 20 minutes.
7. Total Recall- Director Len Wiseman gives us a humorless and terribly dull film that proves two things. These remakes do not work and Colin Farrell is definitely no Arnold.
6. People Like Us- An idiot plot about a man who finds out he has a half-sister (who has a son),decides to get to know her but never tells her who he actually is, making her believe he's romantically interested. Not only that, but PLU is such a familiar and conventional tear-jerker that it feels like you've seen the whole thing before the opening credits roll.
5. Taken 2- So let me get this straight. The same Albanian dipshits decide to kidnap the same guy's family again, not come up with any better plan to ensure success this time around, have a lead villain who basically sits in a chair the whole movie while his henchmen might as well have names like "Guy who gets his "butt" kicked # 2", "3", "4", "5", etc. Liam Neeson phones it in and this gets boring fast.
4. Rock of Ages- It may be a musical that claims to love the 80's bands but this feels like stepping into the Twilight Zone. Stars like Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, and worst of all, Catherine Zeta Jones, preen, pose, wear the hair and make-up and clothes, and lip-sync their way through songs with increasing awkwardness and mockery, while Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta offer nothing as the film's two bland leads.
3. The Paperboy- I like when people push the envelope but only when it achieves a purpose. Lee Daniel's follow-up to "Precious" doesn't seem to have a single thing to actually say but he has a whole lot of disgusting and perverted sexual stuff, race issues, homosexual issues, rape, and sadistic violence to exploit. One need only watch Nicole Kidman jerk herself off in front of Zac Effron, Mathew McConaughey, and John Cusack, and later piss on Effron to subdue a jelly fish burn to see how sleazy and ridiculous this all is. You almost wish she'd just piss on Daniels to subdue him.
2. Casa De Mi Padre- Proof that Will Ferrell can get anything made. Also proof that when something that barely warrants a 5-minute sketch on SNL (a send-up of Spanish telenovelas with cheap production values) becomes a full 1 hour and 20 minute film, the result usually feels longer, more tedious, and outright dull than you can ever imagine.
1. Battleship- I hate this movie. I hate that it seems like a bunch of 10-year-old boys came up with the idea. I hate how someone decided to throw over 200 million dollars at it to get it made. I hate that they decided to take one thing and load it with a bunch of transformers in order to pass it off as another mega million dollar franchise. I hate that the plot and characters make no sense. I hate that fantastic looking special effects were used in a movie that's so soulless, empty, and lacking any and all imagination. I hate that the dialogue sucks. I hate that Rihanna was allowed to act in it. I hate how this dumb, dumb, dumb movie makes Michael Bay's "Transformers" series look like "Lord of the Rings." And I loved that in the end, barely anyone saw it.
10. The Grey- If you take a bunch of guys and strand them out in the wilderness, you'll find a compelling array of philosophical and religious beliefs, feelings, and discussions about mortality apparently. Sure there are wolves hunting the plane crash survivors and director Joe Carnahan does a fantastic job of turning that into several thrilling moments but when Liam Neeson recites the poem ("Into the fray, into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day") for the last time, you just know that this movie was so much more than just an actioner about fighting wolves.
9. The Master- Sure it was messy and the pre-release buzz that this movie was going to be some indictment of scientology messed it up further (I'm sure a second viewing would help clear it up but I've yet to do that) but overall I liked the character study of two men grappling with their own beliefs. Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives a towering performance as Lancaster Dodd, a man grounded in his convictions and prone to fury when those convictions are put under any scrutiny and Joaquin Phoenix is mesmerizingly good as the damaged PTSD soldier Freddie Quell. The cinematography is excellent here as well. This isn't Paul Thomas Anderson's best work but it works better than most people gave it credit for.
8. Ted- The talking teddy bear movie that I'm not even going to bother defending by calling it a guilty pleasure. Seth MacFarlane can, at times, produce a belly-laugh that's so clever and offensive at the same time and "Ted" basically was many of those moments strung together. Mark Wahlberg gives a fantastic performance, acting opposite a computer effect, but this is MacFarlane's show and I think it's a very strong indication that he's going to be one hell of a comedy filmmaker.
7. Skyfall- It was the best James Bond in quite some time, hands down. Daniel Craig is one of the most "B-A" Bonds ever and Javier Bardem proves again that no one could play a dead-eyed villain quite like him. The movie looks great and the action sequences are as inventive as they are skillfully put together.
6. Zero Dark Thirty- It sets out to inspire questions and questions are pretty much the main thing you get out of it. Did we use torture? Was this really all the work of one woman? Are we better off now? Kathryn Bigelow's film is driven more by plot than by characters but it's a strong plot, seemingly researched very well and told with a realistic feel that shrugs off glamorizing and hero-making. The last third of the film, where the Pakistani house is debated about and then raided, is as gripping as it gets.
5. Central Park 5- Ken Burn's fascinating documentary about five black teenagers whose lives were forever changed when they were charged with a rape they never committed. Burns does a fantastic job of capturing the racial unrest of New York in 80's and the cracks he finds in the criminal justice system are eye-opening and above all, scary and shocking.
4. The Hobbit- Critics weren't satisfied with this trip back to Middle Earth and I'm still wondering what they were looking for. For such an "Unexpected Journey", it was exactly what I was hoping for from Peter Jackson. The characters are a fun group with Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, and Ian McKellan leading the way with fantastic performances. And a special mention to Andy Serkis. The man deserved an Oscar for "Apes" last year and I can't imagine he's going to go much longer without one. The battles, CGI effects, and set design all give this movie a sense of grandeur and don't give up on 48 frames per second just yet. Does it have some problems? Sure. Does it kill the movie? Absolutely not.
3. Bernie- It stands to reason that we're all tested by at least one person at a point in our lives and the first half of Richard Linklater's film tells that story oh so well. I love that this is based on a true story. It happened in Carthage, Texas where possibly one of the world's sweetest men tried to befriend one of the world's most insufferable old women. It's not giving too much away to say that this relationship did not end well but "Bernie" isn't about the crime so much as how we perceive good and bad. Linklater's film is thought-provoking, funny, engaging, and even tragic, and interspersing commentary from real-life residents of the town proves to be a great move as well. And Jack Black is at his best here. Funny and heart-breaking, Black takes a guy who could have been played as a caricature and turns him into a genuine person.
2. Django Unchained- This is Tarantino in his revenge-thriller mode but while it's not really new territory for the director, i'll be damned if I wasn't riveted and waiting for justice to be handed out. Tarantino has fashioned something that's part satire and part ugly journey through the heart of slavery. This is a bloody, violent film but it's also so well written the characters and exchanges between characters being just as great as the action sequences. It's no surprise that we get five compelling performances here from Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and I thought Samuel L. Jackson's work here was masterfully detestable in every way.
1. Beasts of the Southern Wild- I don't think I've ever seen a movie that reveals its passion for a place better than Benh Zeitlin's film centered on "The Bathtub", what they call the place on the other side of the water line in the Bayou. This was a glorious little film that centered on the celebration, spirit, and pride of a community, the resiliency of people, and the coming-of-age of a young girl who must soon face the tough world on her own. Zeitlin does a phenomenal job of telling this story in the most moving and natural way possible and the best thing he does is cast an unbelievable six-year old (not an actress but a resident of this community herself as many of the other actors here are) named Quvenzhane Wallis. If Jennifer Lawrence or Jessica Chastain win awards this year, they should come with an asterix saying that Wallis was disqualified because of a technicality (Argo come on SAG) and the fact that she wasn't as big a star (Argo come on Golden Globes). This little kid was a force to be reckoned with, giving one of the fiercest, intense, and powerful performances I can remember seeing anyone give. This was a movie that was as rare as it was wonderful.


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Years ago I began a friendship as a result of a story in The Post and Courier. A young boy named Erik Simao in Summerville was homebound because of brain cancer and planned to get a puppy when his doctor gave the OK.
Seeing that he was a dog lover, I contacted his family through his homebound teacher and began a long series of visits with my cancer survivor pet therapy dog, Rafter, which developed into a wonderful friendship, bound by love yet resulting from the demon we know as cancer.
Erik was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was 8 years old. Rafter was diagnosed with bone cancer at 2 years of age. For years, they were on the same check up schedule: MRI's or X-rays every three months. For several months, I took Rafter to visit Erik at his home.
They played games together. Erik would hide and I would send Rafter to find him. Erik would hide a stuffed toy, then tell Rafter to go find it. Erik helped me teach Rafter new tricks as well as practice his old ones.
Erik and Rafter were the inspiration for my founding the K-9 Care Unit for Kids, made up of Therapy Dogs Incorporated members, and our logo is Rafter and Erik sitting side by side. We would see Erik at various events around the Lowcountry. The K-9 Care Unit specialized in visiting children at the Walk for Autism, holiday parades at MUSC Children's Hospital, a respite for special needs kids, school visits where we taught responsible dog ownership, to name a few.
Sometimes one of our therapy teams would come across Erik on one of his many hospital visits at MUSC. He would proudly tell them that he was the "boy on your shirt."
When Erik finished his round of chemo, I helped him find the right puppy, one that would snuggle and keep him company, and be his own private therapy dog. He had fallen in love with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel in our therapy group, so I searched for the specific color and sex he wanted: a black and tan boy.
He ended up with a pup whom he named Sir Muttley. Muttley stayed by Erik's side for years, a perfect therapy dog through all his ups and downs until recently when his epilepsy got out of control and Erik lost his best buddy.
Over the years, Erik and Rafter shared many good times. They were featured on all three networks at one time or another, as well in the newspaper and local regional papers.
In 2005, I began a fundraiser for canine cancer research known as the Trot for the Cure. Erik and his parents came and volunteered. Erik's perky personality made everyone who met him feel welcomed.
In 2006, Rafter "wrote" a book about his life as a therapy dog and dedicated it to Erik, who made appearances at several book signings. All profits went to the canine cancer research program at the University of Georgia where Rafter's cancer was diagnosed and treated.
Sadly, I lost Rafter when his cancer returned in 2008 but have remained close to Erik and his family. As Erik grew older, he was busy with various teenage activities so I didn't see him as much. We would meet occasionally for dinner and catch up.
Several years ago, Erik's cancer returned, and he has had more ups and downs than any person should experience. Since he was 8, his circle of friends have been the Camp Happy Days and Courageous Kids families, those who understand the unimaginable worry of wondering every day if the cancer would return.
Now, he is fighting that battle for his life again as he tackles it head on with the same perkiness and spark that I saw in him as a little boy. Where does he get his courage?
I know that I am one of many, many friends and acquaintances who takes strength from being around Erik and sharing time with him. He laughs and jokes as if battling a brain tumor is no big deal. He looks forward to doing the things he enjoys: being with his family, rooting for Clemson and sharing time with friends.
I am so in awe of him. He has taught me so much about caring, giving and living.
I believe that Erik will win this battle. I believe in Erik, and I hope that after reading this, you will, too.
Jane Hirsch is a seventh generation Charlestonian who returned in 1999 and became involved with pet therapy dogs. She raises funds and awareness of canine cancer research and testing dogs for therapy work. She is the president of the national organization Therapy Dogs Incorporated.

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Amazon is expected to announce a new Kindle Fire tablet tomorrow, and if the latest rumors are true, they will also reveal an Android-based smartphone. Nilay Patel of The Verge is reporting that "multiple sources" have confirmed to him Amazon is "working on a smartphone that runs a variant of the Kindle Fire's Android-based operating system."
We heard similar rumors over a year ago, but Amazon has only released one Android-based device to date – the original Kindle Fire. Nilay goes on to speculate that Amazon's smartphone will run a "forked version of Android 4.0″ and include Nokia Maps as the location service. No other details were revealed.
If Amazon does announce their own smartphone, expect it to be offered as an unlocked device. Even though Amazon Wireless sells a ton of locked devices through their online store, they have some pretty anti-locked language in their unlocked phone guide.
In response to the question "Why do carriers lock phones?", Amazon says, "A locked cell phone benefits only the carrier by keeping a customer using their service. Unlocked phones give consumers more control of plans, pricing, and services and make carriers work for you."
It's possible that Amazon could still announce some partnership with AT&T or another carrier, but I don't expect this device to be sold with a traditional two-year contract. Amazon still might choose to subsidize part of the price, but we believe it would be done through advertisements that were displayed on the phone's lockscreen.
Overall, I'm pretty excited to see what Amazon has been working on all this time. Even if the device does not resemble Android one bit, it is nice to see a worthy competitor enter the arena and keep the other OEMs on their toes.
Check back tomorrow for the full scoop. Would you even consider an Android-based phone from Amazon if it didn't include Google Play or Google's other mobile services?


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New NEC changes allow for increased design flexibility in hospital essential electrical systems through the use of more transfer switches.
Not all Code changes are more restrictive; in fact, some open up increased design flexibility by permitting alternate approaches. For example, the 1996 NEC now allows multiple transfer switches to supply patient bed locations in critical care areas. In addition, now you can use the standby generator to supply nonessential loads. (However, an additional transfer switch is involved because those loads cannot share transfer facilities with essential loads. See Sidebar "What Are Essential Loads Anyway?") You need to be aware of the intent behind the rules and about changes and conflicts in other NEC articles that may affect how an inspector applies these rules.
How many transfer switches?
In general, a transfer switch supplying emergency loads can't be used to supply nonemergency loads. This is clarified in the 1996 NEC through a new sentence added to Sec. 700-9(b) Ex. 1 ([ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED], on page 40.)
The main rule calls for a complete separation between the emergency system wiring and all other wiring, but the first exception simply says "in transfer equipment enclosures." The perennial question has been whether an emergency system transfer switch could be used to supply both emergency and normal standby loads, and this exception has been the focus of that debate. Clearly, the exception allows both normal and emergency conductors within it. The question is where and for what purpose? The intent always has been obvious in part: You can't have a transfer switch without both systems present on the line terminals to which the switch transfers load.
The real question is whether both load branches can originate on the load terminals of the same switch. Many distribution systems have been designed with the load terminals of a transfer switch arranged in just this way. The engineer allows for complete emergency/nonemergency system separation from the transfer switch out, meaning the only potential issue is within the switch itself. This exception is then cited as the basis for allowing both loads on the single switch. This has now been clarified as improper. The reason is to increase the reliability of the emergency system by preventing faults on optional standby systems from affecting it. As we shall see; however, this provision directly conflicts with rules in Art. 517 for small hospitals (and for small nursing homes as well).
The number of transfer switches is a design decision, but "each branch of the essential electrical system shall be served by one or more transfer switches ..." Sec. 517-33(b) specifically provides for the subdivision of the critical branch into multiple branches. The FPN that follows notes there are significant risks involved in feeding an area using only one branch of the critical power system. The note goes on to advise feeding such areas with a mix of normal and critical branch power, so a failure between a critical load and its transfer switch won't lead to catastrophe. The note also recognizes the equivalent benefit of feeding such areas with critical power from separate transfer switches. With this background, we can look at what happened in the 1996 NEC.
General care areas
You'll need to serve every patient bed location in general care areas with power from the emergency system, along with at least one circuit from the normal system (still a two-circuit minimum).
Previously, these locations simply required at least one of the two required branch circuits to originate in a normal panelboard, which obviously meant that both could originate from the normal system if the facility so elected. The only restriction was in Sec. 517-33(a)(8)a, which we previously mentioned, where at least one receptacle in the bedroom (serving as many beds as are in the room) had to be on the critical branch. That provision has been effectively superseded by this change. If your institution had planned to use a normal distribution as the exclusive supply to patient bed locations, that will need to be rethought and may involve additional transfer capacity.
This major change wasn't really substantiated, although there was no adverse comment, which suggests that most hospitals may be doing it anyway. It isn't consistent with Sec. 3-188.8.131.52(c)8a in NFPA 99, The Health Care Facilities Standard. Note that Sec. 3-22.214.171.124(b)(2) of NFPA 99 requires a distinctive color for these receptacles, or their faceplates, or some other effective identification for such receptacles installed on the emergency system. This applies in critical care areas as well. If your jurisdiction enforces NFPA 99, watch out for this requirement.
Critical care areas
The patient bed locations in these areas have required the presence of both normal and critical branch power for many years. It is important to note that a "patient bed location" includes not just the normal sleeping room, but also "the bed or procedure table [emphasis supplied] used in a critical patient care area." This means that an operating table is a patient bed location and must follow these requirements, even if the facility is choosing to rely mainly on isolated power.
There is a major change in the 1996 NEC, however [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED]. A new additional exception in Sec. 517-19(a) (No. 2) allows all branch circuits in a critical care location to originate from the emergency system, provided two different transfer switches supply each such location. Remember, the reason for the normal power requirement is to make sure there is some power available in the event of a failure in a transfer switch or the feeder it supplies. If there are two independent transfer switches serving each patient bed area, the result is even higher reliability. This change allows for, but does not require, that possibility.
Note that although the concept is well accepted, there are several correlation problems that weren't properly addressed by the panel. First, you can't, on the literal text, use this arrangement in a general care area. Secondly, and inexplicably, when the panel made this change it did the opposite in the very next subsection!
Sec. 517-19(b) covers receptacles at the critical care patient bed locations. Now express language spells out that at least one of the six required receptacles must be connected to a normal system branch circuit. This change clarifies that the normal circuit ordinarily required to supply critical care patient bed locations must supply at least one receptacle at each of those locations. Remember, a receptacle is a single contact point, and a duplex receptacle is, therefore, two receptacles. However, if the facility is using the new exception, there may well not be a normal system branch circuit at the bed location.
Since the actual wording is "the normal system branch circuit required in Section 517-19(a)" and since that subsection now includes the exception allowing two emergency system circuits from different transfer switches, it would be reasonable to apply that new exception to this provision as well. However, you'll need to sort this out with the inspector until this gets correlated.
These patient bed location requirements operationalize the general advice given in Sec. 517-33(b) (FPN) referred to earlier. The note advised against putting all your eggs in one basket (i.e. transfer switch) and instead urged the use of multiple sources. The rules now provide even more effective ways to do just that.
Small hospitals
Nevertheless, Sec. 517-30(b)(4) specifically allows (does not require) a small facility with a load not more than 150kVA to use a single transfer switch for the entire essential electrical system. Remember, the essential electrical system of a hospital includes equipment loads that aren't included in the emergency system. In such a facility, a single transfer switch can supply, therefore, both emergency and nonemergency loads.
Go back to Fig. 1. Sec. 700-9(b) Ex. 1, which expressly prohibits supplying both emergency and nonemergency loads from a single transfer switch. This is a direct conflict within the 1996 NEC that was overlooked by the Correlating Committee. There isn't any easy way around this one, since the provisions of Chapter 7 have equal weight to those in Chapter 5 of the Code.
There is an old principle of statutory interpretation that says when presented with an apparent conflict, interpret so as to give maximum effect to both provisions. In this case, that would mean following the express permission for hospitals (also nursing homes) in Art. 517, and then rigorously following the revision in Sec. 700-9(b) Ex. 1 everywhere else. You definitely want the inspector involved in this one early in the plan review process.
Transfer switches for additional loads
In addition to providing desirable flexibility to the design of critical branch circuiting in hospitals, transfer switches now provide additional options in the allowable loading of the standby generation facilities. A standby generator used as the source of supply for a hospital emergency system can now be permitted to supply other hospital loads not part of that system, provided they have their own transfer switch.
A new paragraph in Sec. 517-30(b) (5) is added to cover "loads served by the generating equipment not specifically named in Secs. 517-33 and 517-34." These loads require their own transfer switch(es). And, there must be provisions so the transfer won't take place if the generator will be overloaded, or the loads must be shed if the generator becomes overloaded. [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 3 OMITTED].
Be careful, however. The literal text of this new provision includes a potentially dangerous blunder (see drawing). The problem is that Secs. 517-33 and 517-34 cover the critical branch and the equipment system, respectively. Sec. 517-32, on the life safety branch, was inadvertently omitted. It is now a literal requirement of the 1996 NEC to shed the life safety branch if the generator approaches overload from nonessential load! This, of course, is in direct conflict with Sec. 700-5(b), and should never be allowed.
Sec. 3-184.108.40.206(a) Ex. of NFPA 99 recognizes on-site generation as a source of power to both essential system and other loads for load peak or internal voltage control, load relief for the utility, or cogeneration, with conditions. If a single generator is used, it must be in such a way that the mean service interval between overhauls must not be reduced to less than 3 yrs. Otherwise, two generators (minimum) must be installed, with the essential demand capable of still being carried with the largest generator out of service.
Many facilities do use their generating equipment for other loads. If done properly, there is no problem. Again, the creative use of additional transfer switches can enhance system reliability and add flexibility in these areas.
In this context, an essential load in a hospital is one that is required to be on the essential electrical system. Note that at this point, we haven't used the word "emergency." Essential electrical systems in hospitals aren't the same as emergency systems. They include both emergency and nonemergency loads, although all their loads have a high priority. Many Code users offhandedly think any loads on a standby generator are emergency loads. This is probably because the lay public commonly refers to the generating equipment as emergency generators.
In hospitals, the true emergency system joins with the equipment system, which includes priority power loads but not emergency loads, to form the essential system. The equipment system supplies "major electric equipment necessary for patient care and basic hospital operation." The emergency system, on the other hand, supplies (and is limited to) "circuits essential to life safety and critical patient care."
The life safety circuits are for egress lighting, exit signs, critical alarm systems, communication systems if needed to relay instructions during an emergency, elevator cab lighting and communications, elevator signaling and control functions, battery chargers for standby lighting used in emergencies, and selected receptacles at the generator set location. Many of these loads are building Code-type issues and are also covered in the Life Safety Code, NFPA 101.
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Nyack College Written Information Security Program
The Nyack College Written Information Security Program (WISP) is intended as a set of comprehensive guidelines and policies designed to safeguard all sensitive data maintained at the College, and to comply with applicable laws and regulations on the protection of Personal Information, as found on records and in systems owned by the College.
The WISP was implemented to comply with all regulations. In accordance with federal and state laws and regulations, Nyack College is required to take measures to safeguard personally identifiable information, and to provide notice about security breaches of protected information at the college to affected individuals and appropriate state agencies.
In addition, Nyack College is committed to protecting the confidentiality of all sensitive data that it maintains, including information about individuals who work or study at the College. Nyack College has implemented a number of policies to protect such information, and the WISP should be read in conjunction with these policies that are cross-referenced at the end of this document.
The purposes of this document are to:
- Establish a comprehensive information security program for Nyack College with policies designed to safeguard sensitive data that is maintained by the College, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations;
- Establish employee responsibilities in safeguarding data according to its classification level; and
- Establish administrative, technical and physical safeguards to ensure the security of sensitive data.
This Program applies to all Nyack College employees, whether full- or part-time, including faculty, administrative staff, contract and temporary workers, hired consultants, interns, and student employees, as well as to all other members of the Nyack College community (hereafter referred to as the "Community"). The data covered by this Program includes any information stored, accessed or collected at the College or for College operations. The WISP is not intended to supersede any existing Nyack College policy that contains more specific requirements for safeguarding certain types of data, except in the case of Personal Information, as defined below. If such policy exists and is in conflict with the requirements of the WISP, the other policy takes precedence.
Personal Information (PI), is the first name and last name or first initial and last name of a person in combination with any one or more of the following:
- Social Security number;
- Driver's license number or state-issued identification card number; or
- Financial account number (e.g. bank account) or credit or debit card number that would permit access to a person's financial account, with or without any required security code, access code, personal identification number, or password.
For the purposes of this Program, PI also includes passport number, alien registration number or other government-issued identification number.
All data covered by this policy will be classified into one of three categories outlined below, based on the level of security required for each, starting with the highest level.
Confidential data refers to any data where unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure of this data could present a significant level of risk to Nyack College or the Community. Confidential data should be treated with the highest level of security to ensure the privacy of that data and prevent any unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure.
Confidential data includes any data that is protected by federal or state laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, data protected under the following privacy laws: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Information protected by these laws includes, but is not limited to, PI, Protected Health Information (PHI), student education records and financial aid information.
Confidential data also includes other sensitive personal and institutional data where the loss of such data could harm an individual's right to privacy or negatively impact the finances, operations or reputation of Nyack College. This data includes, but is not limited to, donor information, college financial records, employee salary information, or information related to legal or disciplinary matters.
Internal Use Only
Internal Use Only data refers to any data where unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure of this data could present a moderate level of risk to Nyack College. This data should be limited to access by the office of Institutional Research or individuals who are employed by Nyack College and who have legitimate reasons for accessing such data. Any non-public data that is not explicitly designated as Confidential should be treated as Internal Use Only data. A reasonable level of security should be applied to this classification to ensure the privacy and integrity of this data.
Public (or Unrestricted)
Public data includes any information for which there is no restriction to its distribution, and where the loss or public use of such data would not present any harm to Nyack College or members of the Nyack College community. Any data that is not classified as Confidential or Internal Use Only should be considered Public data.
All data at the College is assigned a data owner according to the constituency it represents. Data owners are responsible for approval of all requests for access to such data. The data owners for each constituency group are designated as follows:
- Faculty data - the Provost (or his or her designees) serve as the data owners
- Staff data - the Vice President for Finance and Treasurer (or his or her designee) serves as data owner
- Student data - ownership is distributed across many departments. A Nyack College security policy regarding student data ownership has been developed and every faculty/staff/administration's security role determines what student data is hidden, what student data they can see, and what student data they have rights to edit or run reports on.
Nyack's Information Technology department serves as the data stewards for all data stored centrally on the College's servers and administrative systems. They are also responsible for the security of such data. For distributed data stored on departmental servers, the department head or their designee serves as the data steward, and the IT department (does not share/ shares) joint responsibility for securing this data.
Human Resources will inform the IT Department staff about an employee's change of status or termination as soon as is practicable, but before an employee's departure date from the College. Changes in status may include terminations, leaves of absence, significant changes in position responsibilities, transfer to another department, or any other change that might affect an employee's amount of access to College data. The IT Department staff will terminate all of the employee's account access upon the employee's termination date from the College, as specified by Human Resources.
Department heads will alert Human Resources at the conclusion of a contract for individuals that are not considered Nyack College employees in order to terminate access to their Nyack College accounts.
The Director of Information Technology and Executive Vice President/VP of Finance are in charge of maintaining, updating, and implementing this Program.
All members of the Community are responsible for maintaining the privacy and integrity of all sensitive data as defined above, and must protect the data from unauthorized use, access, disclosure or alteration. All members of the Community are required to access, store and maintain records containing sensitive data in compliance with this Program.
Nyack College recognizes that it has both internal and external risks to the privacy and integrity of College information. These risks include, but are not limited to:
- Unauthorized access of Confidential data by someone other than the owner of such data
- Compromised system security as a result of system access by an unauthorized person
- Interception of data during transmission
- Loss of data integrity
- Physical loss of data in a disaster
- Errors introduced into the system
- Corruption of data or systems
- Unauthorized access of Confidential data by employees
- Unauthorized requests for Confidential data
- Unauthorized access through hard copy files or reports
- Unauthorized transfer of Confidential data through third parties
Nyack College recognizes that this may not be a complete list of the risks associated with the protection of Confidential data. Since technology growth is not static, new risks are created regularly. Accordingly, our IT Dept will monitor advisory groups such as the Educause Security Institute and SANS for identification of new risks.
Nyack College believes the College's current safeguards are reasonable and sufficient to provide security and confidentiality to Confidential data maintained by the College. Additionally, these safeguards also protect against currently anticipated threats or hazards to the integrity of such information.
To protect Confidential data, the following policies and procedures have been developed that relate to protection, access, storage, transportation, and destruction of records, computer system safeguards, and training.
- Only those employees or authorized third parties requiring access to Confidential data in the regular course of their duties are granted access to Confidential data, including both physical and electronic records.
- Computer and network access passwords are disabled upon termination of employment or relationship with Nyack College.
- Upon termination of employment or relationship with Nyack College, physical access to documents or other resources containing Confidential data is immediately prevented.
- Members of the Community will not store Confidential data on laptops or on other mobile devices (e.g., flash drives, smart phones, external hard drives). In rare cases where it is necessary to transport Confidential data electronically, the mobile device containing the data must be encrypted.
- To the extent possible, making sure that all Confidential data is stored only on secure servers maintained by the College and not on local machines, unsecure servers, or portable devices.
- Paper records containing Confidential data must be kept in locked files or other secured areas when not in use. Once they are no longer needed, they should be shredded using the approved mechanisms.
- Electronic records containing Confidential data must be stored on secure servers, and, when stored on authorized desktop computers, must be password protected.
Removing Records from Campus
- Members of the Community are strongly discouraged from removing records containing Confidential data off campus. In rare cases where it is necessary to do so, the user must take all reasonable precautions to safeguard the data. Under no circumstances are documents, electronic devices, or digital media containing Confidential data to be left unattended in any insecure location.
- When there is a legitimate need to provide records containing Confidential data to a third party, electronic records shall be password-protected and/or encrypted, and paper records shall be marked confidential and securely sealed.
Traveling Abroad with Students' Personal Information
- In the event that transmission of student passport information is required by the hotel or program abroad in advance of the travel, only the relevant information requested (e.g., Name, Passport Number, Date of Expiry, and Date of Birth) will be provided, not complete copies of the passport images. This information should first be transmitted via Fax, provided that the Nyack College department arranging the travel confirms the accuracy of the Fax number by sending an initial confirmation message before the actual data. If Faxing is unavailable, the data may be sent securely via email (using SSL version of Google Mail), provided that the same confirmation of transmission takes place.
- Faculty/staff who need to retain these passport numbers for arranging travel will store this data in spreadsheets that are saved on the College's secure Vault server. Any spreadsheets containing student passport information will be routinely deleted when not needed.
- Faculty/staff who are traveling with the students abroad that need student passport and visa information for hotel check-in will keep a paper record on their person that contains relevant information (such as the passport and visa numbers and their expiry dates) and the last names of the students only. Faculty/staff must not retain or travel with copies of student passports.
Destruction of Confidential Data
- Paper and electronic records containing Confidential data must be destroyed in a manner that prevents recovery of the data.
Third-Party Vendor Agreements Concerning Protection of Personal Information
Nyack College exercises appropriate diligence in selecting service providers capable of maintaining appropriate security safeguards for Personal Information provided by the College to them. The primary budget holder for each department is responsible for identifying those third parties providing services to the College who have access to PI. It is the responsibility of the primary budget holders to confirm that the third parties maintain appropriate security measures to protect PI consistent with this Program and all other laws and regulations.
The IT Department monitors and assesses information safeguards on an ongoing basis to determine when enhancements are required. The College has implemented the following to combat external risk and secure the College network and data containing PI:
- Secure user authentication protocols
- Unique passwords are required for all user accounts; each employee receives an individual user account.
- Server accounts are locked after multiple unsuccessful password attempts.
- Computer access passwords are disabled upon an employee's termination.
- User passwords are stored in an encrypted format; root passwords are only accessible by system administrators.
- Access to specific files or databases containing PI is limited to those employees who require such access in the normal course of their duties.
- Files containing PI transmitted outside of the Nyack College network are to be encrypted.
- All College-owned computers and servers are firewall protected and regularly monitored.
- Operating system patches and security updates are installed to all servers.
- Antivirus and anti-malware software is installed and kept updated on all servers and workstations. Virus definition updates are installed on a regular basis.
Any incident of possible or actual unauthorized access to or disclosure, misuse, alteration, destruction, or other compromise of PI, or of a breach or attempted breach of the information safeguards adopted under this Program, must be reported immediately to the Director of Information Technology. The Director of Information Technology will document all breaches and subsequent responsive actions taken.
Any employee who willfully accesses, discloses, misuses, alters, destroys, or otherwise compromises data classified as Confidential or Internal Use Only without authorization, or who fails to comply with this Program in any other respect, will be subject to disciplinary action, which may include termination in the case of employees.
The following Nyack College policies provide advice and guidance that relates to this Program:
The College will review this Program at least annually and reserves the right to change, modify, or otherwise alter this Program at its sole discretion and at any time as it deems circumstances warrant.


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Seasoned batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul Haq hit resolute half-centuries to take the fight to Sri Lanka in the second Test in Dubai on Friday.
Younis was unbeaten on 62 and Misbah scored 52 not out to help Pakistan reach 132-2 at close on the third day at the Dubai stadium pitch which is likely to help spinners on the last two days.
Pakistan still need another 91 runs to avoid an innings defeat and go 1-0 down in the three Test series after the first Test ended in a draw in Abu Dhabi.
Younis and Misbah — who both hit hundreds in Abu Dhabi last week, came together with Pakistan in dire straits at 19-3. They held the batting together during their unfinished 113-run fourth wicket stand.
Sri Lanka earlier gained a big 223-run lead by scoring 388 in their first knock. Pakistan had made 165 in the first innings.
Younis said the fightback will continue.
"It's nice to fight back," said Younis. "I had a good partnership with Misbah when the team needed it and our first target on Saturday will be to erase the lead and then bat on."
It was paceman Nuwan Pradeep (2-28) who gave Pakistan early wobbles.
Pradeep, who took a career best 3-62 in the first innings, had Mohammad Hafeez (one) caught behind in his second over and in his fourth swung one across Manzoor (six) for wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene to take his seventh catch of the match.
Pakistan had lost opener Ahmed Shehzad in the last over before lunch, caught behind for nine off spinner Rangana Herath.
It was left to Younis and Misbah to fight one more time for Pakistan.
Younis was more cautious, reaching his 28th half-century with a single off Herath and continued to bat solidly during his 142-ball stay, hitting four boundaries.
Misbah completed his 3,000th Test run when on 10, becoming Pakistan's 15th batsmen to achieve the milestone. The Pakistan captain survived one leg-before referral on one and twice on close catches behind the wicket, once off a miscued hook which went to the boundary.
But in another responsible batting display he reached his fifty with a double off Herath. He has so far hit five fours and a six during his 119-ball stay.
Sri Lankan coach Graham Ford hoped Sri Lanka break through early on Saturday.
"They (Younis and Misbah) are class batsmen," said Ford. "We would love to get them early on fourth day."
Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene hit a fighting 129 and when on 117 became the eighth highest run-getter in all Test cricket, surpassing Australia's Steve Waugh's 10,927 in 140 Tests. Jayawardene now has 10,940 in 140 Tests.
India's now retired Sachin Tendulkar leads the chart with 15,921 in a remarkable 200 Tests.
Resuming at 318-4, Sri Lanka lost skipper Angelo Mathews, caught behind by wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed off paceman Rahat Ali without adding to his overnight score of 42.
Mathews, man of the match in Abu Dhabi for his 91 and 157 not out, hit five boundaries during his 88-ball knock.
Jayawardene's brilliant knock ended when he was bowled out while trying to reverse sweep Saeed Ajmal after scoring 129. Jayawardene batted resolutely for 423 minutes and hit 15 boundaries in an innings which gave Sri Lanka the crucial lead.
Ajmal's first wicket came in his 29th over and he took one more in the end to finish with 2-56 in 34 overs. He went wicketless in 49 second innings over in Abu Dhabi.
Left-arm paceman Junaid Khan finished with the best figures of 3-102 while Ali took 2-131 in 36 overs.


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Kevin Shields Says New My Bloody Valentine Will Be Out This Year
Back in April, Shields told Pitchfork that My Bloody Valentine was finishing a new record (the first since Loveless, which dropped twenty-one years ago). Turns out the band actually intends to deliver on that promise: NME reports that the album will be out by the end of this year. There's a bonus EP coming next year, too, so congrats to everyone who wrote in a vote for new MBV material yesterday. Democracy, it works.


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New 4x4 show
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Please understand that the Frontera Owners Group or any organiser of events will not be held responsible for any loss, damage, accident or injury caused by attending an event. You are responsible for your passengers and for your own safety and should carry the necessary recovery and safety equipment. You agree to follow the rules of the Highway Code, Green Lane Code and club pay and play site rules whichever applies. For greenlane events; All events should adhere to the GLASS Code of Conduct, and please note that Rights Of Way often change and if a TRO (traffic regulation order) has been put in place by the local council you should not drive the lane. If you do not agree to the above you should refrain from taking part in the event.
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Thats TomMC who bought my Rangerover thats organising this aint it??
He's a nice fella.
Check out the index thread below where pics/reviews from all our past meets can be found!!!!
click here for the SE Events Index/links Thread...see all the reviews and whats coming up soon!
Looks like I'm in trouble with the Mrs's again...
She asked me what I'd most like to do to her body...
Apparently "Identify it" is not the correct answer!
MAKE IT or BREAK IT! TEAMXTREME4X4
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Yes the very same, this is his new project since the Landy Rally is no more.
It would be nice if the people on here could lend a bit of support it would be nice to have a large 4x4 event thats not just the preserve of the green oval brigade.
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Yep Tom's a top bloke. Stopped for a beer with us after LR Max! last year and mentioned the plans he had for Apres Landy Rally.
Hope it takes off, will try and get a squad together to pop across.
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Somebody say the magic word ... beer!!!
Hi Deano/Greg/Gary 'n' all. Blimey, I know quite a few of you on here! Thanks for the kind words, although I have a reputation to uphold you know, therefore I shall do my upmost to prove you all wrong!
Yep, a new event, and as you've already noted, it ain't just open to Land Rovers. As I've said umpteen times before, much as I love my Rangies (Classics of course, not this electronic stuff), there are a host of 4x4's out there that in their own way are every bit as good as the Range Rover, maybe even better sometimes. Quick nurse, pass the tablets!
Hence the launch of ADVENTURE OVERLAND. Combining my two big passions - 4x4's and overland travel - I want to see as many different types of 4x4 there as possible. Since January, the last post on here by Deano about the event), things have moved on somewhat. I would suggest looking at the Display Vehicles and Who's Attending sections of the event website at http://www.adventureoverlandshow.com to see what I mean; the photos speak a thousand words.
The big question is, will FOG want a Club Display Stand in the main showground area? No problem if you don't as officially all the Club Display Stands have been allocated (although I'm sure I could find space if you really wanted a pitch), but just wanted to let you know that Gary (Wideformat) has already arranged a club camping area for you in the Camping Meadow so you can all remain together. Up to you entirely about the Club Display Stand, you decide.
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Well thats from the horses mouth, so to speak, we have a confirmed 5 camping spaces in the camping meadow (more space if needed) or should we go for broke and get a club display stand.
It's up to you guys ? if nothing else there will be and an outdoor
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You supplying the beer then? Excellent! In that case I'll definitely be there ... mmmmm, am anyway.
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Thats good as I don't know if I can afford to keep you in beer
I might see if I can lay my hands on some Duval for October then it certainly kept the cold out on the Landy Rally at around 4.00am.
Just a thought but is Jaap and the mental Dutch contingent making the trip over for the show ?
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Love them too, they're considering it! Fingers crossed.
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Put it in the diary and lets hope the weather is warmer at night than Sibbertoft, although the cold didn't seem to affect all of us
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New attraction at ADVENTURE OVERLAND ...
Were you aware that Whilton Mill is an internationally acclaimed karting centre that boasts two outdoor karting circuits? Well, due to public demand it has been decided to utilise the tracks as part of the ADVENTURE OVERLAND SHOW.
To this end, an enduro race will be held evening of Saturday 6th October 2012 to establish the first ever "ADVENTURE OVERLAND SHOW - Enduro Karting Champions".
The format is simple –
Featuring teams entered from participating clubs and traders at ADVENTURE OVERLAND, after the show officially closes for the day at 17:00 hrs Saturday afternoon, a 20 min. practice session begins on the nursery Mill Circuit, then at 18:00 hrs. up to 20 teams (comprising of 4 drivers per team) will take part in a floodlit 2 hour enduro race on the National Circuit. The winners will be presented with an engraved, ongoing perpetual trophy to be kept by the winning team at their workplace or clubhouse for the following 12 months.
I am here to officially invite F.O.G. to enter a team.
Entry fee is £200 per team, that's just £50 per person (four drivers are mandatory per team). Thanks to Whilton Mill Karting, this special show fee is 50% off the standard 'public price'.
The karts are Biz twin-engine 160cc pro-karts. All race overalls and safety gear supplied.
Telemetry - Computerised results analysing your driving performance will be issued at the end of your session. Similar to the printouts a Formula 1 driver will look over after every practice session, this is designed to help improve lap times.
Spectator areas will be available for clubmates, friends and family.
It should be noted, the Organisers of ADVENTURE OVERLAND make no profit from the race, it is purely provided as a novel additional attraction for the visitors and participants of the show.
Please register your interest below if you would like to become a driver in a F.O.G. team entry.
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It's all systems go for ADVENTURE OVERLAND this coming weekend – www.adventureoverland.com
Trade stands are completely full up (have been for nearly a month), loads of display vehicles, there's a full programme of seminars/talks/lectures with some top people giving up their time, the bushcraft demo area has been set up, there's even a floodlit 2-hr enduro kart race scheduled for the Saturday night – looking good!
Just remember to offer up a prayer to the rain gods to 'take a weekend off' for a change!
Camping 'pay on the day' still available although filling fast, plus of course day admission 10:00 – 17:00 Sat, 10:00 – 16:00 Sun. £10 adults, children under 16 yrs free.
Me, I'm off to site to start setting up, so see you all this coming weekend … it's going to be a good 'un!
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me and Scott have been to the show today and had a great day We bumped into Gary and diff lock Dave Good to see you guys Did not see any other Fog members though
Here are a few pics i took
Luckily this was my mode of transport to the show good job it is so small otherwise i would have brought lots of new shinny bits
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Good to see the 2 of you there yesterday, I had a great time with the Landy Rally guys and girls another couple of vehicles turned up after we saw you guys.
It was a great show different format from the norm with loads of expedition trucks and the owners doing talks and showing you round their vehicles , it's a definite for me next year if I'm in country after attending the show I've developed a wander lust and want to buy a more reliable truck and head off throught europe and down into north Africa.
Bring it on
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I was there and never seen anyone with Frontys.. I was parked in the 4x4 car park mainly all Landy..
Good show .. Shame Frontera not being there for all to see. Would be nice to get space for next year.. to all
I drive this looking like a CHESHIRE CAT on LPG.. Thinking of the Savings to Petrol Prices..
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ahhh, had i known i would have driven up with my mate, that would have been 2 frontera's to help out next year though!
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Obesity is a prevalent concern in children and teenagers. It is the main driver of a low self-esteem especially in adolescents. A weight loss camp could help develop a new image for your child by overcoming the insecurities of a not-so perfect body.
Losing weight need not be tedious
A new image is what an insecure child needs and a weight loss camp can assist him on that while enabling your child to have fun. Most weight loss camps offer a wide range of activities for children of all ages. The main goal of a new image weight loss camp is to elicit a change in lifestyle. It's just like any other camp - it provides various activities and amenities that kids would enjoy. It allows your child to socialize with other kids his age and make him feel that he's not the only one struggling with the same problem. The only difference is that a weight loss camp encourages healthy eating. Instead of fatty food, it serves a wide range of tasty and balanced meals that would aid in successful weight loss.
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Lifestyle change
A weight loss camp acknowledges the fact that the key to the ideal body and a new image is a change in lifestyle. Children are taught proper eating habits, encouraged to participate in sports activities and are generally steered towards a healthier way of life. By instilling the importance of being physically fit and healthy, the camp provides a weight loss regimen that teenagers can continue even when they're already back home.
Proper motivation
More than helping children lose weight, a weight loss camp geared towards a new image for teens also provides a venue for counseling and the development of self-esteem. The camp helps adolescents understand that acceptance is one powerful driver towards weight loss. Learning to love one's body is the first step towards establishing a new image in a weight loss camp.


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steveo100 wrote:Hey Splinter, good to see your stoked on the spectro, looks super fun.
i have been riding the 'Trunk' pretty much all winter and i have to say i nearly sold it in the autumn i just couldn't get on with it ,and then one afternoon it all clicked, i had some of my best back hand waves to date down at Godrevy over the weekend on it,so super stoked!
I'm interesed in what you think of the twinzer set up in bigger heavier surf like we've had over the last month? do you find you've got too much speed, and out run the best section at all ? Having a twinzer is something i've been tempted with for ages and i bumped in to Bro on the weekend and we were talking incut fish with a twinzer set up i should resist temptation but you know how it is !!
cheers steve
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Steve at Empire must love you i see your changing your board again, why so soon? it looks a nice board if i could afford it i'd of had the spectro off you for sure.
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SMS Messages
Keyword vs. Short Code
Alerts - Notifications containing time-sensitive information (i.e. breaking news, weather warnings, etc) sent directly to the user.
API - Abbreviation of application program interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together.
Auto-Reply – The first message a user receives AFTER the compliance message, generally a "welcome" message.
Blast - A single outgoing message sent to a list (or group) of people through an automated system.
Campaign - An outgoing message or series of messages sent to a list (or group) of people through an automated system.
Carrier - A company that provides wireless telecommunications services (i.e. Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, etc).
Click to Call - A service that enables a mobile subscriber to initiate a voice call to a specified phone number by clicking on a link on a mobile web site or in a SMS/MMS message. Typically used to enhance and provide a direct response mechanism in an advertisement.
Click to Email - A service that enables a mobile subscriber to initiate an email correspondence to a specified email address by clicking on a link on a mobile web site or in a SMS/MMS message. Typically used to enhance and provide a direct response mechanism in an advertisement.
Compliance Message - The first message sent to a mobile subscriber informing them of what mobile program they have signed up for ( ex. "Joe's Sub Shop's Mobile Club"), how many texts per month they can expect, how to end their subscription, how to get more information about the program, and reminding them that carrier specific message and data rates apply.
Content Provider - A company that creates and offers content, e.g. graphic products, ring tones, games, news, information and entertainment services, etc.
Contest - A promotional mechanism that includes a prize and a game of skill. Consideration is allowed, but there cannot be any element of chance.
Coupon - A ticket, message, and/or document that can be exchanged for a financial discount on a product or service.
Data Collection - The process by which a marketer collects mobile subscribers' personally identifiable information.
Dedicated Random Short Code - A client-specific short code that is provisioned at random (i.e. 84231 or 27845). Dedicated Short Code - A short code that is client specific.
Dedicated Vanity Short Code - A client-specific short code that is provisioned based on client preferences (i.e. DRIVE or 1234).
Double Opt-in - The process of confirming a mobile subscriber's wish to participate in a mobile program by requesting the subscriber to opt-in twice, prior to engaging the subscriber. A requirement for premium and many other types of mobile services.
Free to End User - An FTEU program is any program to which the subscriber opts-in, with the result that the subscriber receives Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS/MMS messages for which they do not incur any premium or standard messaging charges from their wireless carrier.
Handset - Term used in reference to a mobile phone, mobile device, or mobile terminal.
IVR - See "interactive voice response"
Interactive Voice Response - A phone technology that allows a computer to detect voice and touch tones using a normal phone call. The IVR system can respond with pre-recorded or dynamically generated audio to further direct callers on how to proceed. IVR systems can be used to control almost any function where the interface can be broken down into a series of simple menu choices.
Keyword - A word or name used to distinguish a targeted message within a Short Code Service.
MMA Best Practices - A set of rules, regulations, and guidelines that the Mobile Marketing Association has laid out to protect the end user and create a pleasant mobile experience.
MMS - See "multimedia messaging service"
Mobile Club - Usually referenced as a mobile form of a loyalty rewards program offering the subscriber exclusive offers through the mobile space.
Mobile Content - Entertainment, sports and news information and games delivered via any wireless media type in a non-advertising format. Location, delivery, and technology of content is irrelevant and can include both on and off deck.
Mobile Contest - A mobile promotion that includes a prize and a game of skill. Consideration is allowed, but there cannot be any element of chance.
Mobile Coupon - A mobile message that can be redeemed for a financial discount on a product or service. Generally distribution and redemption follows this path: User receives a 'coupon' offer on their phone as a text message. User redeems the unique code or message by showing it to the retailer. Retailers can accept the coupon based on the user displaying the screen, or they can validate the coupon using a redemption software program.
Mobile Marketing - The use of wireless media as an integrated content delivery and direct response vehicle within a cross-media or stand-alone marketing communications program.
Mobile Marketing Association - The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global non-profit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies.
Mobile Message - SMS and/or MMS message sent to a handset but does not include advertisements delivered on WAP sites, or advertisements delivered into mobile games.
Mobile Survey - A series of questions delivered to handsets as SMS or MMS messages.
Mobile Sweepstakes - A mobile sweepstakes is a legal game that includes a prize, and is a game of chance. No consideration is allowed.
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) - Standard for telephony messaging systems that enable the sending of messages that include multimedia objects (images, audio, video, rich text). May or may not include normal text.
Optimization - Process of modifying/refining an advertising campaign so that it will perform more favorably for the advertiser, and extend reach, boost clickthroughs and conversion rates, etc. Usually, done by using more qualified data about target market.
Opt-in - The process where a Subscriber provides explicit consent, after receiving Notice from the Mobile Marketer.
Opt-out - The process through which a Subscriber revokes consent after receiving Notice from the Mobile Marketer. An example of an Opt-out process includes, but is not limited to, a Subscriber replying to an SMS message with the phrase "stop."
Outgoing Blast - See "Blast"
Premium Content - Content for which the provider levies a charge separate and in addition to any fixed charges made by the network operator to access that content (usually regarding premium ring tones or other rich media).
Premium Rate - Programs or messages that result in charges above and beyond standard text messaging charges normally applied to the subscriber's wireless bill.
Pull Messaging - Any content sent to the wireless subscriber upon request, shortly thereafter, on a one time basis. For example, when a customer requests the local weather from a WAP-capable browser, the content of the response, including any related advertising, is Pull Messaging.
Push Messaging - Any content sent by or on behalf of advertisers and marketers to a wireless mobile device at a time other than when the subscriber requests it. Push Messaging includes audio, short message service (SMS) messages, e-mail, multimedia messaging, cell broadcast, picture messages, surveys, or any other pushed advertising or content.
Real-time Reporting – The ability to see tracking and reporting updated almost immediately.
Really Simple Syndication - An RSS is a stream of information, or a feed, that can contain text, images, links, and more along with metadata that provides additional information like a timestamp, author or other data. These feeds are often used to distribute information from a publishing source to a display destination. This destination is often called a "reader" and translates the data in the feed into an organized, readable format.
Redemption Code – A randomly generated code placed on the bottom of the cell phone screen to assist in mobile tracking.
Redemption Rate for Mobile - The rate at which mobile coupons are redeemed by subscribers; conservatively 15% in the mobile space, liberally 65%.
Ringbacks - The audio or "ring" the caller hears when calling a specific mobile number. Can be a Mastertone, Polytone or Voicetone and is either a device default or set by the handset owner when personalizing his/her mobile device. Ringback length is based on Carrier requirements.
Ringtones - The audio, or "ring" a handset owner hears when a call is received. Can be a Mastertone, Polytone or Voicetone and is either a device default or set by the handset owner when personalizing his/her mobile device. Ringer length is based on Carrier requirements.
RSS - See "Really Simple Syndication"
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - The process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a Mobile Web site from search engines via natural search results for targeted keywords.
SEO - See "Search Engine Optimization"
Shared Short Code - A short code that is utilized to run multiple mobile services and/or marketing campaigns simultaneously using different keywords.
Short Code - Short numeric numbers (typically 4-6 digits) to which text messages can be sent from a mobile phone. Wireless subscribers send text messages to short codes with relevant keywords to access a wide variety of mobile content.
Short Message Service (SMS) - A standard for telephony messaging systems that allow sending messages between mobile devices that consist of short messages, normally with text only content.
Smartphone - A handheld device that integrates mobile phone capabilities with the more common features of a handheld computer or PDA. Smartphones allow users to store information, e-mail, install programs, along with using a mobile phone in one device.
SMS - See "Short Message Service"
Standard Message and Data Rates Apply - The phrase used to inform the end user of the cost of subscribership. Standard rates are determined based on a mobile user's wireless carrier and the SMS/MMS plan they are signed up for.
Standard Rate - Programs or messages that result in only normal text messaging charges being applied to the mobile subscriber's wireless bill or that result in messages being deducted from a subscriber's messaging plan allowance.
Subscriber - A mobile user who has initiated communication with a mobile program through a keyword and short code to receive mobile content.
Sweepstakes - A sweepstakes is a legal game that includes a prize, and a game of chance. No consideration is allowed.
Targeting - Various criteria to make the delivery of a mobile advertisement more precise (age, gender, geographical, day parting, household income, etc.).
Text-for-content - User texts in for some type of multimedia content (i.e. wallpapers, ring tones, etc).
Text-for-info - End user texts a keyword to a short code to receive instant information on products, services, times, special, etc. Allows for an immediate impact on the user's buying decision.
Text-to-vote - End user texts a keyword to a short code to share their opinions through interactive polling.
Text-to-win - End user texts a keyword to a short code for a chance to either instantly win a prize or be entered in a contest/sweepstakes.
Tracking - The ability to assess the performance of a mobile campaign.
Transcoding - The process of making multimedia rich content appear and sound best on the various handsets based on which formats are supported by the handset.
Unique User - A specific mobile subscriber. Every mobile subscriber has some sort of alpha and/or numeric code (not personal subscriber data like name or phone number) that is sent with each advertisement request. These unique identifiers are used to determine how many "unique users" view each ad.
Unsubscribe -Process of opting out of a mobile subscription service/application.
Updates - Like an alert, but not necessarily time-sensitive information.
Video-enabled phone – A mobile phone capable of taking video shots and sending and receiving video messages.
Viral Marketing - The communication via text message or other mobile content including ring tones, games and wallpaper by process in which consumer A receives the original message, identifies consumer B who he/she believes will be interested in the message and initiates a process - such as inputting a phone number, by which consumer B automatically receives the same message.
Wallpaper - A piece of graphic content that is formatted to fit the screen of handsets.
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol (commonly referred to as WAP) is most commonly used to enable access to the mobile web from a mobile phone or PDA. A WAP browser provides all of the basic services of a computer based web browser but simplified to operate within the restrictions of a mobile phone.
WAP Push - A specially encoded message which includes a link to a WAP address that allows WAP content to be pushed to the handset with minimum user intervention.
WAP Site - A website written for optimization with mobile devices (i.e. a mobile website).
Web Based Platform - A platform that is accessible through the Internet.
Web-enabled phone - A mobile device capable of using the mobile web, email, etc.
Widget - An "applet" or small component of a user interface that can be added to the web, desktop, or mobile phone connected users with another program.
Wireless Spam -Push messaging that is sent without confirmed opt-in.
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Death penalty opponents seek Oregon vote
By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Of the Associated Press
SALEM — Death penalty opponents took their case to Oregon lawmakers Monday, imploring a state House committee to allow the public to vote on outlawing capital punishment.
The House Judiciary Committee took no action on the measure, which would ask voters in 2014 whether to amend the state constitution, making it illegal to execute anyone, including people already on death row.
"My plea today, as a citizen of Oregon, is do not kill in my name," said Aba Gayle of Silverton, whose 19-year-old daughter, Catherine Blount, was murdered in 1980. "And most importantly of all, do not tarnish the name of my beautiful daughter with another senseless killing."
Her daughter's killer, Douglas Mickey, is on death row in California.
Terri Hakim disagrees. She doesn't want to see any benefits for the father and son convicted of planting a bomb that killed her husband, Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Bill Hakim, at a Woodburn Bank in 2008.
Bruce and Joshua Turnidge should not be be let into the general prison population, where they might teach bomb-making techniques and anti-police ideologies to other inmates who will eventually be freed, Hakim said.
"This resolution is not a benefit for the people of the State of Oregon," Hakim told lawmakers. "This is only enabling prisoners with more rights while taking them away from other victims."
Death penalty critics arrived at their position for a variety of reasons. Some are morally opposed to the government taking someone's life. Others say it costs too much, or that the risk of executing an innocent person is too high.
"There is one way I know of for sure to prevent the execution of an innocent person," said Jeff Ellis, a defense attorney and death penalty critic. "That is to replace the death penalty with life without parole."
The Department of Corrections doesn't know how much extra it costs to house inmates on death row, spokeswoman Elizabeth Craig said. The Office of Public Defense Services estimated in 2011 that it would save $2.6 million a year if death was not a possible sentence for aggravated murder.
Oregon has 37 people on death row. Two men have been executed since Oregon voters reinstated the death penalty in 1984, both of whom waived their right to appeal their case.
Gov. John Kitzhaber wrote a letter supporting a public vote on the death penalty, saying he's personally opposed to the death penalty and "Oregon has an expensive and unworkable system that fails to meet basic standards of justice."
"The hard truth is that in the (29) years since Oregonians reinstated the death penalty, it has only been carried out on two volunteers who waived their rights to appeal," Kitzhaber wrote.
Kitzhaber issued a reprieve for Gary Haugen, who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in December 2011. At the time, the governor called for a public vote on the issue. Haugen is appealing the reprieve, saying it's invalid because he never agreed to accept it.


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Several departments within LeTourneau University provide the unique opportunity for any qualified undergraduate LETU student (Residential or Global Campus Students) to reduce the time to complete a Masters degree from 2 or more years to as little as one year (in most cases). This provides substantial benefits to the student including:
Undergraduate juniors may apply for admission to the Master degree programs through the Admissions Department. If the student meets all entrance requirements other than degree completion, the student will be accepted provisionally into the program.
Undergraduate students accepted provisionally will be allowed to take graduate courses during their final 3 semesters. Students on Provisional Acceptance will be limited to 12 credit hours in the graduate program. Once the undergraduate degree is posted, the student will be moved to regular acceptance.
Graduate degree options are available through the Schools of Engineering and Education are as follows….however, check back regularly for additional future opportunities:


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Southern California Edison Company
List of Deals
- 1966 $80,000,000 first and refunding mortgage bonds, series U, due 1991
- 1966 $75,000,000 first and refunding mortgage bonds, series T, due 1991
- 1968 series W bonds
- 1965 $75,000,000 3 1/8% convertible debentures due 1980
- 1971 $100,000,000 first and refunding mortgage bonds, series AA, due 1996
The history of the Southern California Edison Company dates to 1896 when a group of business people, including Elmer Peck and George Baker, established the West Side Lighting Company to provide electricity to Los Angeles. In 1897 West Side merged with Los Angeles Edison Electric, which owned the rights to the Edison name and patents in the region, and Baker became the president of the new concern. During this time, Edison Electric installed the first DC-power underground conduits in the Southwest.
John Barnes Miller succeeded Baker as president in 1901. During his thirty-one-year reign the company acquired many neighboring utilities and built several power plants. In 1907 the company's Kern River-Los Angeles Transmission Line began operation. At 118 miles and 75 kV, it was the world's longest and highest voltage power line and the first line in the nation to be entirely supported by steel powers. The company changed its name to Southern California Edison in 1909.
Southern California Edison purchased the Pacific Light & Power Corporation in 1917. This acquisition doubled Edison's assets and properties, making it the fifth-largest central-station power company in the United States. It now served over 100 communities with a total population of 1.25 million. In 1917 it also acquired control of the Ventura County Power Company and the Mount Whitney Power & Electric Company.
From 1917 through the 1920s, Edison created and expanded the Big Creek Project, which was the first large-scale progressive hydroelectric development in the country. This massive construction effort employed 2,000 workers and produced numerous technical innovations. By 1929 Big Creek's eight powerhouses generated a total of 360,000 kilowatts, half of Edison's total capacity.
Edison expanded its steam plants in Long Beach during the 1930s to include eleven new generators and a total of 419,000 kilowatts by the end of the decade. In August 1939 Edison swapped the remainder of its Los Angeles distribution system for facilities outside the city limits. These facilities were formerly owned by Los Angeles Gas and Electric and were acquired by the Los Angeles City Council in 1937. Previously, in 1922, Edison, bowing to pressure from local government, had sold its Los Angeles distribution system to the City Council.
During World War II, Japanese submarines shelled the Ellwood oil fields near Santa Barbara, damaging Edison transformers. In May 1942 Edison joined with all other investor and government-owned utilities in California, southern Nevada, and Arizona to form the Pacific Southwest Power Pool. The organization provided service to areas suffering power shortages or outages during the duration of the war.
In the post World War II period, Edison grew substantially as many industrial and military personnel returned to the Southern California region at a rate of 1,000 per week. Edison installed its one millionth meter in 1951.
In July 1957, at the Santa Susana Experimental Station, Edison became the first investor-owned utility to generate non-military nuclear power. Later, in November 1957, Moorpark, Ventura, became the first town in the world to receive its entire energy supply from a nuclear power plant, launching California's "Age of Atomic Energy."
In January 1964 California Electric Power Company, which served 450,000 people in an area from Tonopah in Central Nevada to Palm Springs in Southern California, merged with Edison. The integration of the two companies' systems was considered the most complex in electric industry history.
On January 5, 1968, Edison powered-up Unit One of the new San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, a joint project between Edison (80 percent) and San Diego Gas and Electric Company (20 percent).
In 1971 Southern California Edison reported net income of $127 million from revenues of $802 million.


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Tried and tested non-food rewards to keep you going as you try to lose weight on the NHS weight loss plan.
Giving yourself non-food rewards as you try to lose weight can help you stay motivated on the NHS Choices diet and exercise plan.
You could reward yourself each time you achieve a mini-goal, which can be anything you want. For example, it could be losing 1kg (2.2lbs) or achieving 150 minutes of activity in a week.
Before starting the plan, why not draw up a list of mini-goals and plan a treat for each time you achieve one.
Below are some ideas of rewards, ranging from the affordable to the special, that other people have used:
You could keep a weight loss coin jar. Add £1 to the jar for every pound lost or create your own reward system – the growing collection of money will be a visual reminder of what you've accomplished and will motivate you to add to it
When it comes to choosing your rewards, try something that will keep you on the road to health and fitness, not throw you off course.
Choosing non-food rewards may also help break the habit of rewarding yourself with food or drink.