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Novel fiber optic telephone loop networks are disclosed. In the networks, single mode fiber optics are used for feeder and distribution segments of the loop but multimode fiber optics are used for the drops. The use of the multimode fiber optics has permitted the use of less costly optoelectronic devices. Surface light emitting diodes are such economical but reliable parts. Fiber service terminals located near customer homes convert single mode operation to the multimode operation. The networks are relatively easy to install and upgrade and are very economically competitive with other known FTTC and FTTH schemes.
1. A cost optimized digital telephone loop network connecting a switch in a central switching office and a plurality of individual homes, comprising:
a remote fiber terminal located at said central switching office and including multiplexer/demultiplexer means for converting electrical signals from the switch into multiplexed digital optical signals and vice versa;
between one to sixteen fiber service terminal means, each located substantially near a group of said plurality of homes, each of said fiber service terminal means including multiplexer/demultiplexer means for converting said multiplexed optical signals into demultiplexed individual optical home signals and vice versa and a plurality of surface light emitting diodes for transmitting said individual optical signal to and from said plurality of homes;
single mode fiber optic feeder cables connecting said remote terminal and plurality of fiber service terminal means for transmitting said multiplexed optical signals into said fiber service terminal means;
a small number of passive optical splitter/combiner means on any of the single mode fiber optic feeder cables for splitting and combining said multiplexed optical signals to and from said plurality of fiber service terminal means, the split rate of each splitter/combiner means being less than one-to-four;
a plurality of pairs of multimode fiber optic drops, each pair optically connecting one of said plurality of fiber service terminal means and one individual home of said plurality of homes, by way of said plurality of surface light emitting diodes, one drop within each pair being for transmitting said demultiplexed individual home optical signal to said individual home and the other drop of the pair being for receiving individual home optical signal from said individual home;
house optical terminal means, each located at said individual home and including an individual line card which contains a surface light emitting diode for converting said demultiplexed individual home optical signal into a home electrical signal and vice versa, and
electrical drops, each connecting a fiber service terminal means and said individual home for supplying the electrical power to its house optical terminal means.
2. The cost optimized digital telephone loop network connecting a switch in a central switching office and a plurality of individual homes, according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of power pedestals, each located near said fiber service terminal means and connected to commercial electricity supply network for supplying the electrical power to said fiber service terminal means and including an emergency battery means.
The present invention is directed generally to a novel telephone loop network. In particular, it is directed to a telephone loop network in which single mode optic fibers and multimode optic fibers are used at specific segments of the telephone loop. Together with the use of more economical outside plant elements, the invention realizes a cost effective fiber-in-the-loop deployment which also possesses a good future upgrading capability of the communication services.
The fiber optic transmission technology has matured from its embryonic field trial status to the position of market where now it is dominates in the long-haul transmission arena. The fiber optic has recently penetrated into the feeder portion of the local loop. This technological evolution is continuing into the distribution portion of the loop and then further into the drops to individual homes. The primary reason for this change is that fiber optics has become the most economical way to meet customer needs.
As discussed in "What Cost Local Loop?" by C. Nelson in Telephony, Oct. 29, 1990, pp 38-42, there are many factors to consider when comparing the economics of copper and fiber in the loop. Although the installed first cost of fully loaded systems is probably the single most visible factor, other variables such as depreciation, maintenance costs and the ability to provide service to initial residents--while deferring the cost of providing service to future residents--can have major effects on the economics of the competing systems. These life-cycle costs are the most difficult to analyze because they vary so dramatically based on the specifics of the neighbourhood under consideration.
The telephone companies at the same time must face another problem of providing cost-effective POTS (plain old telephone service) today using a system that will be able to carry tomorrow's enhanced services. Any FITL (fiber-in-the-loop) system deployed today must have this capability. Thus Bellcore (Bell Communications Research Inc.) lists the three key requirements of such a system. First, it must have only two fibers per pedestal. Second, the upgrade plan must provide for the simultaneous transmission of telephony, AM video and broadband integrated services digital network (BISDN) offerings in any mix at the pedestal. Finally, upgrading one subscriber interface unit should not affect customer service at other subscriber interface units.
Single-mode optical fibers are the future of the telephone loop and have been exclusively used in various portions of the loop. They are relatively robust, economical and have bandwidth capacity that far exceeds today's copper pairs. But placing fiber in the loop also presents significant technical challenges for telecommunications equipment suppliers and telephone company planners in the areas of cost, power, operations and architecture. The choices made in each of these areas will affect decisions in the others, which adds to the challenge. (See "Break On Through To The Other Side" by C. T. Hawley, Telephony Jan. 14, 1991, pp 38-48.)
Telephone company planners continue to struggle with the placement of fiber in the distribution plant even though, as stated earlier, fiber optic networks can provide increased bandwidth, superior signal quality, greater immunity to electromagnetic interference and reduced maintenance when compared with their copper-based counterparts. It is discussed in "To PON or Not To PON? That is The Question" by J. S. McConnell, Telephony, Jan. 14, 1991, pp 50-56 that traditional approaches for placing fiber in the distribution plant vs. the copper cable alternative have not proven economically feasible.
In summary, as stated in the article by Hawley, telephone companies need an FITL architecture that supports current services and operations and provides an evolutionary path from a copper-dominated loop to an all-fiber loop. It must lead to the deployment of fiber in a way that conserves near-term capital resources and provides a fiber disposition in the loop that will allow a stream of new services to be provided with minimal rearrangements. It must gracefully integrate the loop into a survivable national synchronous optical network. The right architecture will allow the evolution of operations support to new generations of mechanized support systems in an increasingly intelligent and flexible network. The present invention proposes a novel way of integrating fiber network into the loop and achieves these objectives.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a optic fiber telephone loop network which is economical to implement without disrupting existing services.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a optic fiber telephone loop network which is easier and more economical to upgrade.
Briefly stated the present invention is directed to a novel telephone loop network which connects a central switching office and a plurality of individual homes. The loop network comprises a remote fiber terminal and a plurality of FST means. The remote fiber terminal is located at the central switching office and includes multiplexer/demultiplexer means for converting electrical signals from the central switch into multiplexed optical signals and vice versa. Each of the FSTs is located substantially near a group of the plurality of homes and includes multiplexer/demultiplexer means for converting the multiplexed optical signal into demultiplexed individual optical home signal and vice versa. The network includes single mode fiber optic feeder cables which connect the remote terminal and the plurality of FST means for transmitting each of the multiplexed optical signals to each of the FST means. The network further has multimode fiber optic drops, each connecting one of the plurality of FST means and one individual of the plurality of homes for transmitting the demultiplexed individual home optical signal to the individual home. House optical terminal means is included in the network and are each located at the individual home and includes an individual line card for converting the demultiplexed individual home optical signal into a home electrical signal and vice versa.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention and for further objects and advantages thereof, reference may now be made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of popular prior art fiber-in-the-loop system architecture;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a novel loop network according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a functional diagram of the various components of the loop network;
FIG. 4 is a functional diagram of the fiber service terminal according to the invention;
FIG. 5 is a functional diagram of the house optical terminal according to the invention; and
FIG. 6 is a layout showing a configuration of a carrier service area according to the invention.
In FIG. 1, there are shown popular fiber-in-the-loop system architectures widely being experimented today.
The digital loop carrier (DLC) system uses electronic multiplexing techniques to share a single mode optical fiber in the feeder portion of the loop. This sharing is often referred to as pair gain. An active remote digital terminal (RDT) converts optical signals to electrical signals. Dedicated copper wires are used only in the distribution and drop segments between which segments is located a passive curb pedestal near a group of individual homes to serve them. No special equipments are needed at the individual homes but the capacity of the copper wires limits the scope of extended services.
The fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) system in the active double star (ADS) configuration is a further variation of the DLC system and typically uses DLC in the feeder followed by more pair gain electronics for the distribution segment. An RDT may be passive or active. The traditional digital loop carrier-like approach for the FITL is to further place fiber in the distribution segment of the DLC system shown in the Figure. Thus this can be considered as a further evolutional phase from the DLC system. In this case, the RDT is an active terminal forming a DLC system (active optoelectronics). The RDT may now properly be called remote fiber terminal (RFT). Within the DLC system an optical channel unit (OCU) would transmit and receive information from the optical network unit (ONU). The ONU would be located at the curb pedestal near the customer premises and contain various service-related interfaces such as POTS, coin, data or video.
The RDT can be a passive terminal. In this case it contains only single mode fiber splices or splitters etc. but it is a junction between the feeder trunk (generally encased and buried) and the distribution (buried, aerial etc.). Other passive optical splitters may be located on the single mode fiber distribution trunk which ends at an active curb pedestal. The curb pedestal contains optoelectronics and converts optical signals to electrical signals. Dedicated copper wires are used for the drop. The services to individual homes are again limited but future upgrading will be easier to implement than the DLC system.
The fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) system in the passive optical network (PON) configuration uses the pair gain concept but also uses passive optical splitters to eliminate the electronics and optoelectronics at the curb pedestal as well as at the RFT. The same single mode optical fiber extends the pair gain concept to the drop to individual homes. An active optoelectronic terminal is required at each individual home to interface customer's data terminal equipment (DTE).
The article by McConnell referred to earlier concludes that using the traditional approach, every ONU supported would require two sets of optoelectronics (one each at the RFT and ONU) and an individual fiber path between the RFT and ONU. The amount of fiber and optoelectronics required using this architecture makes it difficult to achieve cost-parity with copper. The PON architecture, on the other hand, addresses the economic use of deploying FITL systems by sharing fibers and electronics among a number of subscribers. This is accomplished using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol that allows the payloads of multiple ONUs to be transmitted over a single pair of fibers. To separate the combined payloads, passive optical splitters are used.
FIG. 2 illustrates the present invention according to one embodiment. In the Figure, a central office 10 contains a remote fiber terminal 12 in its premise instead of being away from the switching equipment. The remote terminal includes all the necessary electronics for optical transmission to curb pedestals 14 which are called fiber service terminals (FSTS) via single mode optic fiber feeder and distribution of e.g. 150 Mb/s. No active equipments are located on the single mode fiber feeder but one or more passive splitters 16 and/or feeder splices can be provided at the junction between the feeder and the distribution or at any point on the distribution segment to accomplish a necessary configuration. The FSTs are active pedestal which contains multiplexer/demultiplexer, optical transmitter/receivers and etc. The drop from the FST to an individual home is a multimode fiber optic e.g. of 40 Mb/s which terminates at a house optical terminal 18 (HOT) located at a customer's premise. Each FST serves for example 16 HOTS.
FIG. 3 is a functional diagram of the present invention. The switching equipment 30 in the central office sends out multiplexed electrical signals. In the direction from the central office to the individual home, the electrical signals are first converted to multiplexed optical signals at the remote fiber terminal (RFT) 32 built in the central office premise and sent to the FST 34 over the single mode optic fiber feeder cable. In some embodiments, 1:n passive splitters 36 (n=1-4) divide the optical signals into each FST. FSTs are located reasonably near the individual homes 38, generally at similar locations as curb side pedestal in the known architectures. An FST demultiplexes the optical signals to a plurality of individual home optical signals and sends them over multimode fiber optic drops to house optical terminals 40 located at individual homes. As the FSTs are located near the individual homes and multimode fibers can be uninterrupted, conventional copper pedestals and fiber splice pedestals which are required near the homes in the known architectures can be eliminated. Each of the house optical terminals includes an individual line card 42 and an E/O (electric/optic) converter 44 to convert an individual home optical signal to a home electrical signal. As the FSTs and the house optical terminals are active devices, they require electric power to operate. A power pedestal 46 is provided for this purpose at or near the FST and connects it with the commercial hydro lines. An emergency battery pack is housed in the pedestal. A pair of copper wires 48 between the FST and the individual home supply the needed electrical power to the house optical terminal. A power pedestal may serve one or more FSTs (e.g. 16).
FIG. 4 shows an FST. In the Figure it is shown that an FST includes an optical transmitter 50, an optical receiver 52 and an E/O module 54 on the feeder side. A plurality of optical receivers, transmitters 56 and E/O modules 58 are provided on the drop side and a multiplexer/demultiplexer together 60 with its associated components such as a microprocessor and clock and data recovery circuits interconnect the E/O modules at the both sides. In addition, voltage converter circuits 62 for provisioning the proper power from the hydro lines are also housed in the FST. 16 pairs of multimode optic fibers 64 (32 fibers) serve as drops for 16 homes. Each pair is provided with an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. Each fiber of a pair is used for transmitting signals in each direction. The optical transmitters use surface LEDs which are optically coupled to each of the drop fibers. In the known architectures, single mode optic fibers are used because they are more efficient in transmitting optical signals due to their low absorption loss. However they require more accurate alignment between the light source and the fiber core. It is generally accepted that a laser source must be used as the light source. It should also be mentioned that a single mode fiber carrying an intense light is not welcome to customer home where inadvertent handling of the fiber may result in the handlers eye damage. The multimode fibers, on the other hand, have a higher absorption loss but permit the use of other kinds of light sources such as light emitting diodes etc. because they do not require as accurate alignment as the single mode fibers. The surface light emitting diodes (SLED) are less costly than lasers but very acceptable light source for this purpose. In one embodiment, 16 pairs of copper wires are also run along the drops for supplying the power to the house optical terminals.
In FIG. 5, the house optical terminal is shown to contain a line card 70 which interfaces customer communication terminals with CE 72. An optical transmitter and receiver 74 such as those similar to ones located at FST are attached at the home end of the drop and an E/O module 76 connects the CE and the transmitter/receiver. A voltage converter 78 is included in this terminal for supplying the proper power sent through the power copper wires to the components. In certain embodiments, a drop may include more than one multimode fiber pair and a HOT contains one or more SLED coupled to the fibers, depending upon the required bandwidth.
In FIG. 6, the present invention is applied to a typical subdivision of a residential area. In the telephone environment it is called a carrier serving area (CSA). The figure also illustrates passive feeder splices as well as passive optical splitters from which separate CSAs are branched off. As shown in the Figure, each CSA contains many FST (e.g. 16) and 1:4 splitters. A fiber distribution interface (FDI) at the entrance of the CSA is a passive equipment used as a line management location by the telephone company for repair, upgrading etc. The FDI may in another embodiment integrate a group of passive optical splitters.
According to the present invention, the RFT is integrated into the central office premise and this accomplishes increased fill on peripheral equipment i.e. more lines available to fill shelves, consolidate functionality of transport and access nodes and save cost on outside plant cabinet or CEV (common equipment vault). Small split ratio passive splitters used in the feeder/distribution segment result in reduction of fiber cost in feeder and part of CSA and central office peripheral ports, while the small split ratio will not increase EOM cost for less than 60 Mb/s. FSTs are located within reach of many individual homes and regular curb pedestals can be eliminated. Many FSTs sharing a power pedestal lower the cost and increase adaptability for future growth. The FST only contains shared equipment and because of the multimode fibers economical optoelectronics are used. No linecards are housed in the FST and subscriber lines can be installed as they are demanded. The FSTs can thus much be reduced in size. The FST utilization will improve because no linecard slot sparing is required for potential further line growth as additional linecards can be much more easily and economically accommodated at the HOT. In combination of FSTs and HOTs fault sectionalization can be more easily achieved. The HOT uses SLED and multimode drop, realizing the broadband capability immediately available for requested customers. However at the same time only one POTS line can be provided to certain homes and additional services can be easily added at very low cost if demanded later using one or more spare linecard slots on the HOT.
According to the inventors comparative analyses using generic architecture models, the present invention is more costly in installation than copper wire scheme but is very competitive with the FTTC and PON. However, when considering the cumulative cost of future growth for services, the present architecture shows advantages over other FTTC and PON or even over the copper scheme.
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I think that pretty much tells the story 'round here. Don't 'cha love it!
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Athletic directors and university presidents and sportswriters who have not spent any time on Auburn's campus with Auburn's co-eds and Auburn's men have no clue what any aspect of Auburn, being Auburn born, bred, and dead is all about. Learning the price of eggs in Auburn, learning how to play the game well, and learning to respect other peoples' trees and others' genitalia come natural to the dumbest Freshman at Auburn. It's worth far, far more to be an Auburn fan for one day smiling an holding your head up high than it is to be a jackass defending 6 or 7 fake national championships that are written down in stone forever.
The coaches are taking the easy way out. Fans should insist on 9 or 10 games.
So with data from 2 private schools, one in DC and one in Wisconsin, you are ready to pooh on the far superior results of Catholic schools over respective public schools in 100% of the individual comparisons across the entire United States? Your data is not a good sample, sir.
Here it is May 2, 2012. The auto dealers haven't done anything because their idea was precluded by political smoke blown by my representation in Montgomery, State Rep. Paul DeMarco, who wanted to make a few headlines with a worthless bill that would have spread lines to city halls across the county that even wasn't to be implimented until 2013.
Thank you for writing this.
For 12 years following the Civil War, Alabama had ONE military dictator running the entire "state." Now, 135 years after our second admission to the union, we have 15 or 16 managers, commissioners, senators and representative failing to do anything to run just Jefferson County. I vote for another military dictator. My first choice would be any naval officer or last resort -- if there are no naval volunteers, then me. I'll make a fine dictator. And I'll do it for half of what Tony P is making now. I WILL GET DIFFICULT THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. Any other ideas? Really, ideas to really fix the decisision making process for Jefferson County and throw out inefficient civil "servants" who don't want to work too hard.
Let's us Auburn engineers, veterinarians, teachers, business leaders, pharmacists, architects, builders, mathematicians, biologists, botanists, fabric technology, agriculture, nurses and arts & other sciences and other graduates go back to Lee County and secede from the state of Tuscaloosa-run-by-stupid-lawyers-Alabama, who have no economic sense at all. Then sit back and wait. How long do we think it will be before they force US to return to this state? Our thoughts only, please.
Wait. Back up the paddy wagon. Something is not right with the facts in this account of this tragedy. No one could possibly hurt two people at 90 yards by accident with any firearm that shoots bullets. If scope, 90 yards, and 2 children are true, then it is either a bizarre accident or murder. Not manslaughter.
Anything that passes 89-0 with the word tax in it cannot be good. This is just more of Paul DeMarco blowing smoke to get his name in the paper. This stuff is designed to, in the end, force taxation by states of interstate commerce, which any conservative Republican would know is blatantly unconstitutional. Yet both "conservative" Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Alabama hover at the trough for more of our money to spread around to their friends. I wonder who Paul has in mind for his supra-group of fascists new-branch-of-government council to work out the kinks in this law, which will change local governments' authority. Less home rule. Great. Paul DeMarco is more out-of-touch with the real world of his own district than Mitt Romney is at Mitt Romney's own country club. PAUL SHOULD BE SPENDING TIME REVISING "CURRENT USE" PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS. It's a Right/Wrong issue, Paul, not a liberal/conservative problem. True ad valorem would increase revenues at all levels of government in the state while the economy would be forced to improve off the bottom of the USA. But lawyers who run the state are too STUPID to see the positive economics of really charging property tax on the actual value of real property. Yes Republican Lawyers and Democratic Lawyers both are stupid where it counts in this state, obviously. Increased revenues from correct property taxes should be used to reduce local, county and state sales taxes on food. Sales tax is 10% on food in Birmingham. That's a sin, yes; taking food out of the mouths of people that could eat it to pay for "free" health care for teachers who could afford to pay more for their health insurance. Now DeMarco wants to add 10% to the costs of many personal and business transactions in Birmingham without telling anybody the whole truth about what he is doing.
"At least the did something." Really? They did nothing but waste tax payer's money meeting about this, over and over, getting paid for every worthless day they spent on it. They could have been doing something constructive. But Paul wastes time on this crap.
I voted for Paul DeMarco because he was a Republican. But this guy DeMarco is more out of touch with his average constituent than Mitt Romney is even at Romney's own county club. The News didn't mention that if DeMarco's plan got implemented, it would only move lines from one place to another. It wouldn't save anybody any time. Plus it would prove that all the little cities in the county have too many people working for them if they had time to do the county's work, too. So, none of the leadership in any suburb would touch it on it's face, before they looked at the things the News mentioned. Doing so would admit that they are bad managers of their citys' bank accounts.
Most here would be much more effective if rules of logic and debate ruled here rather than
seeing who could make the worst ad hominem attack. Readers stop reading when an fallacy
ruins an argument.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html READ it, take the test and LEARN something
about winning a political debate and stop wasting my time.
The problem is with PROPERTY TAX valuations. NOT INCOME TAXATION. The News needs to educate itself on "Current Use" vs true advolorem pricing and gather their own statistics.
To me, the question of "current use" vs. true valuation is a right-wrong issue. Has nothing to do with tax revenue increases or decreases and what leaders that we elect do with the money. If there's going to be property taxes based on the value of property, then the value of the property should be the basis on which the tax is figured. Not anything else.
Israel has never asked for "blind acceptance of everything they do" from any nation or person, not even Jews. They just want facts exposed. They just want to live in peace in their many-times over most racially diverse and religiously free nation in the world -- BTW, their small county includes free Arabs, free Muslims, and other many other Semites. Murderers of Jewish babies want to slaughter EVERY Christian and EVERY Jew in the world now, today, anywhere, including New York City, Washington, DC and the fields of Pennsylvania.
I understand how the conclusion could easily be drawn that more revenue to the government means more confiscation of wealth to redistribute. On first glance, I would probably come to that conclusion myself. But I don't know of any investor that would not like to see the value of his investments to go up. It virtually is always better to pay income taxes on income of your next $1 than it is to not earn the $1 at all. In real property capital gain terms, at about half the earned income tax rate, it definitely is better to own growth investments, even if the State of Alabama confiscates 5% of your profits when you sell it. Federal and State estate taxes, now, would not come into play to deprive a small family fortune to be passed along to survivors. The federal estate tax would be devastating to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, however, if either were landowners in Alabama. But that pair wouldn't care.
Perhaps our legislature and local governments would be smart enough with increased property tax revenues to reduce or eliminate 5%-10% sales taxes on food. Now there's an idea, Jack. Make owners of dormant real estate worth millions abutting interstate highway interchanges pay thousands more in taxes so hungry people can buy more food. Landowners would sell to developers to keep from paying higher property taxes, construction workers find employment, Alabama's GDP goes up, the landowners get higher prices for their land, an so on. Who looses?
The guilty pleas tell the truth.
An outlet for deep seated, innate RACISM is a factor in U of Alabama's non-student, redneck fanatic problem.
For brevity's sake, Bear Bryant was winning football championships while the state of Alabama segregationist politicians were loosing their war of apartheid.
The Civil Rights Bill was passed in 1965. Racist Alabamians political focus was doomed to fail while football gave them something to be proud of; proud, when they should have been ashamed.
Then, whether right or wrong, many northern "Yankee" sports writers and coaches refused to vote for Alabama to be #1 again because the Tide virtually refused to play teams with black players. So, Alabama could only be considered, they inferred, to be the whites-only college national champion. Therefore, poll voters in 1966 voted Notre Dame and one of the Michigan teams to be champs. This, after Notre Dame stalled to maintain a tie score, which of course is heresy when "how" the game is played means nothing and winning beats anything coming in second.
Racists and their ilk in Alabama were infuriated not to be crowned in 1966, became hardened to this day in their loyalty to Bear Bryant whether Bear or UAT wanted it or not.


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Bradshaw's Travel Lodge is a small, very cozy and homely 60's style lodge in the heart of Taupo - 7 min walk to town center and lake front!
With open log fires in the cold and chilly Taupo evenings we keep our guests warm and cozy. Every room has heaters, towels and linen provided.
Many social areas invite to relax and chill out: 2 fully equipt kitchens, a sunny BBQ deck with lake views, a flowery sunny courtyard off the street and 2 lounges.
We have SKY TV with the Rugby Channel and free safe off-street parking.
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Ideal for group bookings as we can accommodate 23+ people!
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Besides being a fantastic player
teacher (a rare combination), he has also accomplished something pretty revolutionary in offering live video lessons which are streamed to hundreds (now, maybe thousands) of students around the world. To my knowledge, regular, live instructional video lessons are not offered by any other drummer, or any musician in any category for that matter. So, he truly is revolutionizing how music education can be offered.
With his YouTube presence and his growing student base around the world (both through YouTube and his live lessons), his influence is increasing by leaps and bounds. And if all that weren't enough, he's got a great personality. He's completely at ease in front of the camera, friendly, lively, energetic, enthusiastic and has a great sense of humor. Best of all, he genuinely cares about his students. I know it's only a matter of time before his face is on the cover of Modern Drummer. In the meantime, I think he is definitely worthy of being on the Watchlist page at least.
(I'm not only one of his live lesson students, but I'm a big fan of his, if you couldn't tell. :)
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text: The city of Martinsville's jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in May. The Virginia Employment Commission says the city's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 14.8 percent. That's down from 15 percent in April and up from 14.5 percent a year ago. The statewide rate for May was 5.6 percent. Nationally, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for May was 7.3 percent. Rates dropped from last year in 253 metropolitan areas, increased in 86 and were flat in 33. Arlington County had Virginia's lowest jobless rate with 3.7 percent in May, followed by 4.2 percent in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. The Danville region had the highest unemployment rate among Virginia's metropolitan regions at 8 percent. The Washington metropolitan region that includes Arlington and Alexandria had the lowest rate of 4.4 percent.


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Shyamasundara Dasa
Jyotish Cudamani - Vedic Astrologer
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"You are one of the very few scholars who has gone deep into both Siddhanta and Hora and can speak with authority on both." Gayatri Devi Vasudeva, editor Modern Astrology.
Initiated Brahmana (Vedic priest), disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada since 1976.
Student of Vedic Astrology since 1977.
Given scholarships by the Bhaktivedanta Institute and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust to study Vedic Astrology in India.
Trained in India for 6 years with recognized pandits of Jyotish
An authority in all the main branches of Vedic Astrology: Ganita (mathematical calculations), Jataka (Natal), Prashna, Muhurta and Nimitta.
His four main astrology teachers were:
The late Harihara Majumdara of Kolkata, with whom he did his undergraduate study (1980-81) in Jataka with emphasis on East Indian tradition.
The late B.G. Sashikanta Jain of Bangalore, with whom he did postgraduate studies (1981 -1983) in Prashna (Bhrgu style), Jataka and Muhurta.
The late Krishnan Potti of Tiruvananthapuram, with whom he did postgraduate studies (1981 -1983) in Prashna (Prashna Marga style of Kerala).
And, Iranganti Rangacharya of Hyderabad, with whom he studied the Jaimini system (2007).
Shyamasundara Dasa is also a scholar of the Vedic Calendar and in Mathematical Astrology (Ganita) in general. The computer program he wrote for calculating the Vedic Calendar is used in hundreds of ashrams worldwide and is freely availble for download and use. Use it to calculate your own local Vedic Calendar.
Shyamasundara Dasa with S.M. Krishna April 24, 2008. At this time he predicted that S.M. Krsna would get a big promotion when his next period started.One year later he was made the Minister for External affairs in the Indian government.
He began developing Vedic Astrology software in 1979. This culminated in a joint venture, in 1988, with Matrix software and the publishing of a professional level program called Jyotish Vedic Astrology. The following links show images of the front and back of the original announcement of the software release.
He was requested by Dr. BV Raman (October, 1992) to become a founding member of the American Council for Vedic Astrology (ACVA). He declined.
1992 awarded Jyotish Kovid by ICAS.
In 2012 he was awarded the degree of Jyotish Cudamani (Crest Jewel of Astrology) equivalent to a PhD by the Raman & Rajesvari Research Foundation of Bangalore. This is a formal recognition of his position as a Jyotish Acarya.
He has authored numerous articles on Vedic astrology and Philosophy.
He maintains a private online "Symposium" for Vedic Astrology since 1993.
He has large astrological practice of satisfied international clients.
Presenting a copy of Bhagavad-gita As It Is to former Prime Minister of India, Deve Gowda, before doing a reading of his horoscope, October, 2010.
Patron member--Indian Council of Astrological Sciences (ICAS).


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Massachusetts and Political Dynasties
Things may be about to get worse for Beau Biden and Rory Reid.
10:28 AM, Jan 20, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
Perhaps the decisive moment in the Massachusetts special election happened at the debate, when Scott Brown told Martha Coakley that he was running not for Ted Kennedy's seat but "the people's seat." The line cut through the idea that Democratic victory in the special election was inevitable simply because the Democrats were entitled to hold a seat they had occupied for decades.
Brown's win may signal trouble for political dynasties like the one Beau Biden aspires to continue in Delaware.
A sense of entitlement is commonplace in political dynasties, whether you are talking about the Kennedys or the Bushes. Indeed, in retrospect we had a premonition of Brown's victory last year, when Caroline Kennedy's attempt to become the appointed senator from New York failed utterly. The public's anti-incumbent mood extends to those who believe they should rule because of their genetic heritage. This cuts across both parties.
Good candidates can make up for any disadvantages they might suffer thanks to their parentage. Even so: Beau Biden, Rory Reid, and Robin Carnahan--among many other Democrats and Republicans--ought to be a little worried after yesterday.
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Nature Notebooks!
Wednesday, August 8 | 2:00-4:00 PM | Pittsfield Branch | Program Room
Make a small notebook and record your observations of the natural world with scientific illustrator Bruce Worden and various natural specimens.
Check out these books:
J 507.8 Po Nature in a nutshell for kids: over 100 activities you can do in ten minutes or less by Jean Potter
J 508 Ar Field trips: bug hunting, animal tracking, bird-watching, and shore walking with Jim Arnosky
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J 582.13 Bu Wildflowers, blooms and blossoms by Diane L. Burns
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Y 508 Le The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms by Clare Walker Leslie
Check out the list below for more nature related material!
This event is for grades K - 5.
I'm getting "item not found" for several of these.
Clare Walker Leslie's books are fantastic.
I wish all the summer activities weren't in early afternoon. The youngest member of my family naps at that time, leaving us unable to attend many of these utterly fantastic-sounding events.


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Artists Ray, Parov Stelar, Quantic
January 27, 2012
Some swing swaggity tracks. Fedora's are recommended.
This makes me want to abandon everything, bob my hair and become a flapper.
really though...it is...
Well done, sir.
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I was meant to blog this earlier but completely forgot about it.
As the title says, I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is that I will not be attending the MCM Birmingham Expo now. I just couldn't prepare for it in time so instead of rushing and panicking I've decided to cancel it off my event list this year but I will try to attend to it next year!
The good news is that I will most definitely be attending the Kitacon IV event in Birmingham! And it is safe to say that I will be doing a photography studio shoot again but only in the evening. Opening hours hasn't been confirmed yet and it will be open only for few hours and it will be a first come first served service. The days of the studio shoot is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I will try get the opening hours a.s.a.p!
Prices will be the same as last time at the MCM Midland Comic Con. Studio fee is £5.00 per session of up to 5 people, £10.00 for 6 to 10 people. 8″ x 6″ photo prints are £10.00 each or £25.00 for three photos. I will be hoping to add more gifts/prints you can buy. Payment method is cash only at the moment but I am hoping to set up a card terminal device soon so I can take credit/debit card payments.
I will be adding the raffle ticket competition this time BUT if you don't see it on display any where in the room because I forgot etc. Point it out to me and the first person that spots it, you can get 2x free raffle tickets of your selection!! The raffle ticket prices are: Small prize – 50p per ticket or £2.00 for 5x tickets. Medium Prize – £1.00 per ticket or £4.00 for 5x tickets. Large prize – £1.50 per ticket or £6.00 for 5x tickets.
Since the studio shoot will be in the evening. I will be doing some indoor/outdoor location shoot in the afternoon. Inside the hotel has some great places to shoot and outside the hotel has some lovely greenery location! I will be deciding soon if I will be doing a 'first come first serve' basics or arrange a 'booking time slot'. I can confirm that this 'on-location' photo shoot will start at least around after 11:15am!


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Charles D. Hayes: A plethora of new books suggest America has entered a state of rapid decline. Here are three worth considering.
Republican Economics as Social Darwinism
Robert Reich: John Boehner, the Republican House leader who will become Speaker if Democrats lose control of the House in the upcoming midterms, recently offered his solution to the current economic crisis: "Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmer, liquidate real estate. It will purge the rottenness out of the system. People will work harder, lead a more moral life."


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Chelsie Marie Lisenby of Summerville and Sloan Andrew Calvert of Greenwood, S.C., are engaged to be married on May 10, 2014 at Oakley Farms.
The bride is the daughter of Rev. Elijah Eugene Lisenby, Jr., and Janet Robertson Lisenby of Summerville. She is the granddaughter of Otis Lee Robertson and Reba Hadwin Robertson of Summerville, Bernice Nobles Lisenby of Cordesville, S.C., and the late Rev. Elijah Eugene Lisenby, Sr.
The bridegroom is the son of Charles Randall Calvert and Kelly Cox Calvert of Greenwood, S.C. He is the grandson of Hilda Cox of Greenwood, S.C., the late Warren G. Cox, Marion Calvert of Greenwood, S.C., and the late Ralph Charles Calvert.
The bride is a 2008 graduate of Summerville High School and currently attends Trident Technical College. She is employed by Dorchester District Two in Summerville where she is the Head Varsity and Junior Varsity Softball Coach and Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach at Ashley Ridge High School.
The bridegroom is a 2003 graduate of Emerald High School, in Greenwood, S.C., 2007 graduate of Clemson University with a bachelors degree in Genetics and a 2009 graduate of Clemson University with a masters degree in Human Resource Development. He is currently enrolled at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, set to graduate in 2016.
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LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — Sandwiched in the middle of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday looks to be another boost for the mom and pop shops in Lee's Summit. It may take long to walk from one end to the other of downtown Lee's Summit, but it's packed full of options.
"We have lot's of different and unique things to shop and do here in lee's summit," said Nancy Bruns, President of the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce.
From cupcakes to home decor, downtown Lee's Summit has just about everything for consumers.
"When you spend money in Lees Summit it is of course giving back to the city for all the programs that go on down here," said Steve Collins of Good Looks.
All day long at In the Middle Cupcakes, Owner Janet Cozza has been baking season cupcakes for Thanksgiving. On Small Business Saturday she's offering a $5 discount on a dozen cupcakes.
The majority of the stores are also honoring the American Express $25 credit card offer. For more on Small Business Saturday in Lee's Summit.


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Three-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake of Cornell defeats Stephen Monk of North Dakota State at 2012 Las Vegas Invitational. Dake is one of four NCAA champions in the field at the Grapple at the Garden.
The focus of the wrestling community is squarely on the next big event during the college wrestling season, the inaugural Grapple at the Garden in Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, December 16.
This should be a showcase event in what has already been a very exciting season on the college level.
A field of 14 Div. I wrestling programs will be on display, spread across eight mats on the floor of one of the most famous sports arenas in the world. There will be two rounds of dual meet competitions held as part of the event, giving fans a great opportunity to see the highest level of college action. Two of the mats will feature high school wrestling from New York City from the PSAL Holiday Tournament.
Included in the college field are eight teams which are in the current Top 25 of the NWCA Coaches Poll: No. 2 Oklahoma State; No. 4 Ohio State; No. 5 Iowa; No. 7 Missouri; No. 8 Cornell; No. 9 Nebraska; No. 17 Maryland; No. 25 Bloomsburg.
The field will also feature some teams from the regional area, including Hofstra from nearby Long Island and Rutgers from New Jersey.
As of this week, there are more than 65 nationally ranked wrestlers who are expected to compete for their teams in the tournament. Every weight class has a number of ranked individuals, and there are numerous expected matchups that will feature two ranked wrestlers going head-to-head.
Fans are excited that they will see four past NCAA champions out on the mats during the Grapple at the Garden.
A three-time NCAA champion, senior Kyle Dake of Cornell will be featured at 165 pounds. He became the first wrestler to ever win three NCAA titles in three different weight classes when he captured the 157-pound title last year. Dake has moved up to another weight this year, looking to make it an amazing four NCAA titles in four different weight classes.
If Dake is successful, he will join Pat Smith of Oklahoma State and Cael Sanderson of Iowa State as the only four-time Div. I national champions.
Two-time NCAA champion and senior Matt McDonough of Iowa will be competing at 125 pounds. McDonough won NCAA titles as a freshman in 2010 and a junior in 2012, and was NCAA runner-up in 2011 as a sophomore. He can join a select group of four-time NCAA finalists and three-time champions if he reaches his goals again this season.
Logan Stieber of Ohio State, a 2012 NCAA champion as a freshman, returns for his sophomore year at the same weight class, 133 pounds. Stieber was a runner-up at last year's Olympic Team Trials event, losing in the finals series to eventual Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott. Stieber is also a past Junior World silver medalist.
2011 NCAA champion Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma State is a senior and is now competing at 149 pounds. Oliver was second to Stieber in the 2012 NCAA finals, and was also fourth in the NCAA as a freshman in 2010. A past Junior World bronze medalist, Oliver is seeking to become a four-time All-American and two-time champion.
All four of the past NCAA champions hold No. 1 individual national rankings in at least one of the major college rankings.
Two other No. 1 ranked individual wrestlers are also on display, Derek St. John of Iowa at 157 pounds and Chris Perry of Oklahoma State at 174 pounds. St. John was NCAA runner-up last year for the Hawkeyes, and was fourth in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Perry placed third at the NCAA Championships last year.
Perry comes from a very strong wrestling family. His older brother Mark Perry was a two-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American for Iowa. His father Mark Perry was a two-time All-American for Oklahoma State. He is the nephew of Oklahoma State head coach John Smith, a two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion. Another uncle, Pat Smith, won four NCAA titles for Oklahoma State, and his uncle Lee Roy, an NCAA champion and three-time All-American for Oklahoma State, is now Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
As with every major wrestling event on the schedule, fans get excited about the matchups which will take place. This event has a wealth of great battles to offer.
On the team side, there will be four dual meets where both teams are in the Top 25 national rankings:
No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 8 Cornell
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 17 Maryland
No. 9 Nebraska vs. No. 17 Maryland
No. 17 Missouri vs. No. 25 Bloomsburg
The Oklahoma State vs. Cornell showdown is the showcase dual meet of them all. Oklahoma State has won 34 NCAA Div. I team titles in wrestling, the most of any sports team in any sport in all of NCAA athletics. Cornell has not yet won an NCAA Div. I team title, but was second in the 2011 NCAA Championships and has placed in the top four the last three seasons. Oklahoma State has won both of the two previous dual meets against Cornell in the schools' history.
The Oklahoma State/Cornell dual also features one of the most widely anticipated individual showdowns of the early season, as No. 1 Kyle Dake of Cornell battles No. 3 Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma State. Dake is moving up to this weight class and Caldwell is among the stars he may have to beat to win a fourth NCAA title. In 2011, Caldwell was an NCAA runner-up competing for Oklahoma, after placing fifth at the 2010 NCAA meet. Caldwell took last season off as an Olympic redshirt, and when he returned to NCAA action, he transferred to Oklahoma State.
Another featured match will happen at 125 pounds in the Missouri/Cornell dual, when No. 4 Alan Waters of Missouri battles No. 11 Nahshon Garrett of Cornell. This is a rematch of the finals of the 2012 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, won by Waters, 6-4.
A match of high interest on a local level is between No. 6 James Green of Nebraska and No. 16 Scott Winston of Rutgers. Both are New Jersey natives and were prep stars in the Garden State. Green was a state champion for Willingboro High School. Winston won three state titles for Jackson Memorial High School.
Below, we list all of the ranked wrestlers who could see action in Madison Square Garden, as well as the potential matchups based upon the dual meet schedule between two athletes with national rankings.
Organizers are looking for a big crowd for this event, and are encouraging wrestling athletes, coaches and fans from all across the Northeast to make their way to the Big Apple for this unique event.
This will be an easy event for fans from the Tri-State area to attend, as trains come into Manhattan from Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and other parts of New York. Madison Square Garden sits right on top of one of the busiest train stations in the nation, New York's Penn Station, making this convenient for everybody with access to public transportation.
The goal is to help college wrestling become a regular attraction at Madison Square Garden in the future.
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Participating teams and expected individual athletes
NWCA team rankings as of December 4
Ranked Div. I programs
No. 2 Oklahoma State; No. 4 Ohio State; No. 5 Iowa; No. 7 Missouri; No. 8 Cornell; No. 9 Nebraska; No. 17 Maryland; No. 25 Bloomsburg
Other Div. I programs
Bucknell, Chattanooga, Drexel, Hofstra, George Mason, Rutgers.
125 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Matt McDonough (Iowa) – No. 1 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
Alan Waters (Missouri) – No. 4 AWN; No. 4 Intermat
Nick Soto (Chattanooga) – No. 10 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) – No. 11 AWN; No. 11 Intermat
Shane Gentry (Maryland) – No. 12 AWN; No. 14 Intermat
Nikko Triggas (Ohio State) – No. 17 AWN; No. 15 Intermat
Steve Bonano (Hofstra) – No. 18 AWN; No. 20 Intermat
Matt McDonough (Iowa) vs.Steve Bonano (Hofstra)
Alan Waters (Missouri) vs. Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
Shane Gentry (Maryland) vs. Nikko Triggas (Ohio State)
Nikko Triggas (Ohio State) vs. Steve Bonano (Hofstra)
133 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Logan Stieber (Ohio State) – No.1 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
Tony Ramos (Iowa) – No. 2 AWN; No. 3 Intermat
Nathan McCormick (Missouri) – No. 6 AWN; No. 7 Intermat
Jon Morrison (Oklahoma State) – No. 8 AWN; No. 8 Intermat
Geoff Alexander (Maryland) – No. 13 AWN; No. 14 Intermat
Nick Arujau (Cornell) – No. 17 AWN; No. 9 Intermat
Nick Wilcox (Bloomsburg) – No. 19 AWN
Logan Stieber (Ohio State) vs. Geoff Alexander (Maryland)
Nathan McCormick (Missouri) vs. Nick Arujau (Cornell)
Jon Morrison (Oklahoma State) vs. Nick Arujau (Cornell)
Nathan McCormick (Missouri) vs. Nick Wilcox (Bloomsburg)
141 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) – No. 2 AWN; No. 2 Intermat
Mike Nevinger (Cornell) – No. 7 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Mark Ballweg (Iowa) – No. 12 AWN; No. 11 Intermat
Luke Vaith (Hofstra) – No. 16 AWN; No. 13 Intermat
Trevor Melde (Rutgers) – No. 17 Intermat
Julian Feikert (Oklahoma State) – No. 20 Intermat
Luke Vaith (Hofstra) vs. Mark Ballweg (Iowa)
Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) vs. Luke Vaith (Hofstra)
Mike Nevinger (Cornell) vs. Julian Feikert (Oklahoma State)
149 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma State) – No. 2 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska) – No. 7 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Cam Tessari (Ohio State ) – No. 11 AWN; No. 11 Intermat
Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) – No. 16 AWN; No. 17 Intermat
Chris Villalonga (Cornell) – No. 18 AWN; No. 20 Intermat
Josh Roosa (Bloomsburg) – No. 20 AWN
Justin Accordino (Hofstra) – No. 6 Intermat
Justin Accordino (Hofstra) vs. Cam Tessari (Ohio State )
Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) vs. Josh Roosa (Bloomsburg)
Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) vs. Chris Villalonga (Cornell)
Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma State) vs. Chris Villalonga (Cornell)
157 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Derek St John (Iowa) – No. 1 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
James Green (Nebraska) – No. 6 AWN; No. 8 Intermat
Frank Hickman (Bloomsburg) – No. 7 AWN; No. 7 Intermat
Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) – No. 14 AWN; No. 9 InterMat
Josh Demas (Ohio State) – No. 15 AWN
Scott Winston (Rutgers) – No. 16 AWN; No. 11 InterMat
James Green (Nebraska) vs. Scott Winston (Rutgers)
165 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Kyle Dake (Cornell) – No. 1 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State) – No. 3 AWN; No. 3 Intermat
Josh Condon (Chattanooga) – No. 14 AWN; No. 20 Intermat
Zach Toal (Missouri) – No. 16 AWN; No. 14 Intermat
Nick Moore (Iowa) – No. 18 AWN; No. 19 Intermat
Corey Lear (Bucknell) – No 20 AWN; No. 17 Intermat
Joe Booth (Drexel) – No. 11 Intermat
Kyle Dake (Cornell) vs. Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State)
Kyle Dake (Cornell) vs. Zach Toal (Missouri)
Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State) vs. Josh Condon (Chattanooga)
Nick Moore (Iowa) vs. Corey Lear (Bucknell)
174 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Chris Perry (Oklahoma State) – No. 1 AWN; No. 1 Intermat
Nick Heflin (Ohio State) – No. 2 AWN; No. 2 Intermat
Josh Asper (Maryland) – No. 5 AWN; No. 6 Intermat
Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) – No. 6 AWN; No. 8 Intermat
Greg Zannetti (Rutgers) – No 9 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Mike Evans (Iowa) – No. 11 AWN; No. 7 Intermat
Todd Porter (Missouri) – No. 20 AWN
Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) vs. Greg Zannetti (Rutgers)
Josh Asper (Maryland) vs. Nick Heflin (Ohio State)
184 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) – No. 5 AWN; No. 6 Intermat
Mike Larson (Missouri) – No. 6 AWN; No. 8 Intermat
Ethan Lofhouse (Iowa) – No. 8 AWN; No. 7 Intermat
Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) – No. 9 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers) – No 13 AWN; No. 14 Intermat
Chris Chionuma (Oklahoma State) – No. 17 AWN; No. 13 Intermat
Steve Bosak (Cornell) – No. 2 Intermat*
Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) vs. Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers)
Mike Larson (Missouri) vs. Steve Bosak (Cornell)*
Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) vs. Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland)
Chris Chionuma (Oklahoma State) vs. Steve Bosak (Cornell)*
*Note – Bosak has not competed yet this year
197 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Andrew Campolattano (Ohio State) – No. 9 AWN; No. 10 Intermat
Brent Haynes (Missouri) – No. 11 AWN; No. 12 Intermat
Christian Boley (Maryland) – No 13 AWN; No. 16 Intermat
Blake Rosholt (Oklahoma State) – No. 14 AWN; No. 7 Intermat
Richard Perry (Bloomsburg) – No 15 AWN; No. 18 Intermat
Niko Brown (Chattanooga) – No. 19 AWN
Brandon Palik (Drexel) – No. 20 AWN
Christian Boley (Maryland) vs. Andrew Campolattano (Ohio State)
Brent Haynes (Missouri) vs. Richard Perry (Bloomsburg)
Blake Rosholt (Oklahoma State) vs. Niko Brown (Chattanooga)
285 lbs. ranked wrestlers
and matchups between two ranked wrestlers
Dom Bradley (Missouri) – No. 3 AWN; No. 2 Intermat
Alan Gelogaev (Oklahoma State) – No. 4 AWN; No. 3 Intermat
Bobby Telford (Iowa) – No. 5 AWN; No. 5 Intermat
Peter Capone (Ohio State) – No. 13 AWN; No 12 Intermat.
Justin Grant (Bloomsburg) – No 20 AWN; No. 19 Intermat
Dom Bradley (Missouri) vs. Justin Grant (Bloomsburg)
Mat 1 – PSAL Holiday Tournament (High School)
Mat 2 – Drexel vs. George Mason
Mat 3 – Rutgers vs. No. 9 Nebraska
Mat 4 – No. 5 Iowa vs. Hofstra
Mat 5 – No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 17 Maryland
Mat 6 – No. 8 Cornell vs. Missouri
Mat 7 – Oklahoma State vs. Chattanooga
Mat 8 – PSAL Holiday Tournament (High School)
Mat 1 – PSAL Holiday Tournament (High School)
Mat 2 – No. 5 Iowa vs. Bucknell
Mat 3 – Rutgers vs. Chattanooga
Mat 4 – No. 4 Ohio State vs. Hofstra
Mat 5 – No. 9 Nebraska vs. No. 17 Maryland
Mat 6 – No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 8 Cornell
Mat 7 – No. 17 Missouri vs. No. 25 Bloomsburg
Mat 8 – PSAL Holiday Tournament (High School)
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Because the main stream media mostly ignores murders involving small numbers of people (unless that is, the murdered people, or person, were/was killed with an "assault rifle" or, barring that the dead person is a teenager who reminds The Barack of what his mythical son would have looked like), this week I wanted to talk about something that happened in the community I live in. While definitely newsworthy, I seriously doubt it will make the national news, or for that matter even the news in the nearest large media market.
In a couple of days, we will start another New Year. The media is filled with recommendations for resolutions, how not to make resolutions, and a host of other thoughts. It is also filled with looking back on a year that has been extremely eventful, both positive and negative.
When I began writing this article toward the end of November, my intention was to be transparent when so many times during the holiday season, a simulated form of joy is thrown into people's faces whether they like it or not.
I was going to tell you about a person I knew who passed away right before Thanksgiving and its sudden shock (because there was no illness present, etc.) and almost-disbelief.
"And if I was feeling that surprised," I wrote, "then I could only imagine--or perhaps I couldn't even fathom--how the family was feeling."
"We just got up on Christmas morning…and we'd usually have an apple and orange in our stockings. That was about the only time we ever had oranges. I can smell an orange to this day, and it always makes me think of Christmas. We didn't get many toys. We got necessities."
Over the days and weeks ahead, the Congress of the United States will be wrestling with the deficit, automatic budget reductions, and a possible end to income tax cuts, as well trying to keep from going over the so called "fiscal cliff". They will weigh reductions in one area of the budget versus another. Buried within all the confusion and with no major news coverage are some almost invisible Medicare provisions that could make the difference in whether many rural hospitals in Texas can keep their doors open.
Despite the carols encouraging love and good will, the sermons and surface greetings, the holiday season is one of the most dangerous times of year. Perhaps it is our distraction with the many things we want to accomplish, perhaps something else, but statistics show that this time of year is quite hazardous to life, limb and property.
Having followed the recent troubles of Hostess, I thought I would point out a few things about that story which aren't getting the emphasis they might deserve.
Many of us are starting this week with a light heart. Most employees will have Thursday and Friday as holidays to celebrate Thanksgiving. Somehow, this holiday that we were taught was a special time to express our gratitude for the blessings of life has become the extended shopping weekend for Christmas, something which is neither appropriate nor complimentary of the day. We owe more than we can ever pay to those who were involved in the celebration of the first Thanksgiving – the least we can do is make the time to remember them.
Dear Vietnam Veterans:
After seeing the results of Tuesday's election, I find myself in the position of hoping I was wrong about the direction our country is headed and that Barack Obama will be the pro-drilling, pro deficit-reducing, politically compromising, job creating, conservative he campaigned as. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to happen, what I really expect is four more years of "the same" (as the last four years) except on steroids.


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I feed mine round bales our hay fields are mostly timothy with red clover,alfalfa brome and a small amount of fescue not much of the fescue the timothy has it about wiped out but when the temps drop I will set out 2 round bale's a week that's for 5 horses and 3 cows so they can free choice eat it helps keep them warm but right now I have a round bale sitting up and I peel hay off and feed it out.
I feed both round bales and square bales. I keep a round bale in the pasture and allow the horses to eat free choice. If a reason occurs and I can't get another round bale out then I switch to the bales.
I bought my three horses 20 round bales and 75 squares and hope to be good until the next hay season.
If the hay is not high quality the horses won't eat all of it. So, buying low quality hay is really more expensive than buying good hay that the horses eat.


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Peaks and Plateaus on the Path of Yoga Weekend of August 29-31 , 2014
$405.00 – $1,750.00 (based on accommodation type)This workshop's start date has passed.
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As we walk this pathway and journey of yoga — and engage the study of the self — we cross the broad terrain of the personality, ego, and soul. We see more clearly who we are in our daily lives and how we're connected to the greater whole. Sometimes we find ourselves on the mountaintop, in blissful love and unconditional self-acceptance. At other times, we're descending into the valley of darkness and learning to embrace hidden, or shadow, aspects of ourselves. The experiences of oneness and expansion are a huge support in these moments of deep reckoning.
On the mat and in our daily lives, openness to the ups and downs, and persistence in showing up continues to move us forward. There's no doubt that we have a compass in our yoga practices — a guidance through the valleys and plateaus and mountaintops of self-acceptance and greater love. May we be refreshed once again through this end-of-summer weekend, gathering for pranayama (conscious breathing), meditation, asana (postures), and as much fun as we can imagine. Please have at least three months of yoga experience, and bring your yoga mat.


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Place a rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Rub a baking sheet lightly with butter. Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl, pouring back into bowl any remaining bits of grain or other ingredients in sifter.
Cut butter into 1/2-inch pieces
and add to dry mixture. Rub butter
between your fingers, breaking it
into smaller bits. Continue rubbing
until pieces range from rice grain
to flattened pea size. The faster you
do this, the more solid the butter
will remain, which is important for
the success of the recipe.
In a small bowl, whisk together
buttermilk and egg until thoroughly
combined. Scrape buttermilk and
egg into dry mixture and mix until
barely combined.
Use a pastry scraper or a spatula to transfer dough to a well-floured surface. If dough is too sticky to handle, dust it with flour and fold it together a few times. Divide dough into 2 pieces. Flour your hands and pat each piece of dough into a disk about 3/4 inch thick and 7 inches in diameter.
Cover one disk with marmalade.
Top with other disk and
press down gently so that dough
settles into marmalade. Brush
dough lightly with melted butter
and sprinkle with sugar.
Use a
sharp knife to slice circle into
8 triangular wedges on baking
sheet, leaving a few inches
between them. Chill until firm,
about 30 minutes.
Bake for 22 to 26 minutes,
rotating sheets halfway through.
Scones are ready when tops are
golden brown and some marmalade
has bubbled over. To keep
scones from sticking to pan, slide
a thin spatula underneath them
while they're still warm and transfer
to a baking rack. Scones are
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Colors bring tranquility, Colors bring life,
Colors bring hope and new spirit to a dull life.
A time of Joy A time of Fun
A time to cherish all loved ones.
Happy Holi Everyone!
Muhammad Shaharyar Khan
Holi is the day to express love with colors. It is a time to show affection. All the colors that are on you are of love.
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Just like a red rose that fills the world with beauty & fragrance… You have made my life so beautiful by being in it. On Holi, the festival of colors & joy I wanna say thank you for all the love & smiles you've brought to my life. Happy Holi.
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Holi is the day to express love with colors. It is a time to show affection. All the colors that are on you are of love!
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Bright colors, water balloons, lavish gujiyas and melodious songs are the ingredients of perfect Holi. Wish you a very happy and wonderful Holi.
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A true and caring relation doesn't have to speak loud, a soft sms is just enough to express the heartiest feelings. Enjoy the festival of Holi with lot of fun.
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Make merry with colors on Holi and the rest of the days with the colors of love.
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Holi is a time to reach out with the colors of joy. It is the time to love and forgive. It is the time expresses the happiness of being loved and to be loved through colors.
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Dipped in hues of love and trust has come the festival of Holi.
Happy Holi!!
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Holi is the apt time to break the ice, renew relationships and link yourself with those that you wanted to with a bit of color.
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Gulal – red, green, yellow and countless
A day's canvas – a riot of colors
Lively crowd running hither and thither,
Rainbow of colors, dashing from every nook and corner
Disregarding their woe and despair fervent folks,
rejoicing at the marvel of colors.
A day filled with luster and gaiety,
A day to smear our dreams-
With a splash of vibrant frenzy colors
Holi Hai! A spring of unbounded fun and frolic!!
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The dominant idea behind Holi festival is that we should live more in harmony with nature instead of trying to destroy her and make her our slave.
Author Unknown
Holi is the festival of color and joy. It is the day when the bright colors of Holi diminish all the discrimination of caste and creed in society.
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Photograph - Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Apr 1936 Reg. No: MM 122225
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- Black and white photograph of Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia in April 1936. It is part of a large photographic collection of glass plate and film negatives, photographic prints and photo albums, relating to the development of the electric power supply industry in Victoria, operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) from 1919 to 1993 and various predecessor private and municipal power supply enterprises dating back to the late 1880s.
- Description:
- Black & white silver gelatin photographic print.
- Description Of Content:
- Exterior of Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia, showing clock tower and surrounding garden.
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- Transfer from Public Record Office Victoria (PROV)
|85 mm (Height), 140 mm (Width)
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|Engineering Collection, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) Collection
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|Tertiary Classification:
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|Printed in purple ink on front of photograph: 'APR 1936'
Printed in blue ink on front of photograph: '1106'
Printed in blue ink on back of photograph: 'F[in a circle] 24'
Printed in black ink on back of photograph: 'KODAK / PRINT'
Printed in grey on the back of photograph: 'VELOX' [repeated]
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What are the health implications of a sedentary life?
Dear Reader
Everyone needs to kick back and relax now and then, but too much bonding time with the couch and TV remote control can lead to serious health problems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than 50 percent of adults in the United States do not meet the Physical Activity Guidelines.
The human body functions best when it is active regularly. Check out the many ways the CDC suggests regular physical activity can improve health:
- Reduces the risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD)
- Reduces the risk of stroke
- Lowers both total blood cholesterol and triglycerides and increases high-density lipoproteins (HDL or the "good" cholesterol)
- Lowers the risk of developing high blood pressure
- Lowers the risk of developing non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus
- Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer
- Helps people achieve and maintain a healthy body weight
- Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety
- Promotes psychological well-being and reduces feelings of stress
- Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints
- Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move about without falling or becoming excessively fatigued
Leading a sedentary life doesn't mean you will develop all or even most of the conditions listed above, however your risk for developing any of these conditions could be higher. Daily physical activity — even walking for as little as a half-hour each day — can greatly reduce the risk for many major medical problems.
An excellent way to stay healthy is to stay active — with or without a friend or exercise buddy — whether you're swimming, rock-climbing, working up a sweat at the gym, dancing, walking around the neighborhood, taking the stairs rather than the elevator, parking a little farther away and/or getting off at an earlier subway or bus stop. You can get moving in so many ways that you are certain to find one or more that you enjoy and can stick with. For some general tips on getting started, visit the CDC website and learn how to overcome some common barriers to exercise.
Anything that makes you put down the remote and get off of the couch is a step toward a healthy, more fulfilling, and longer life. Start slow, find something you enjoy, and keep moving!
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C'mon, Knaws. Journalistic skepticism is reserved for such things as Romney's record at Bain Capital, beneficial effects of tax cuts, and the motives of anyone skeptical about the wonderfulness of Obamacare. Everyone knows that Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Science is settled science. How could a journalist be skeptical when authorities such as Al Gore, Bill Maher, and people receiving grants to write papers on the harmful effects of global warming all agree that it is very harmful, indeed. Just because all those harmful effects forecast ten years ago by the same people have not come true is no reason to question them now!
Tim, nobody could accuse you of not doing your part to support the President Obama reelection strategy. The plan is to focus on everything but President Obama's record--a 3+ year litany of all-time high deficits, record national debt, record number on food-stamps, a record amount of new federal regulations, a record number of long-term unemployed Americans, and over 1.3 million fewer employed Americans today than when he took office. President Obama's record is one of failure, so his campaign and media supporters will bring up every tangential topic in the hopes of drowning out any substantive discussion of meaningful topics.
The most reliably Democratic voting city in the USA. And also the most poverty stricken and hopeless. The best laboratory there is to show the results of unfettered rule by the Democratic Party.
A good rule of thumb for visiting Detroit is to stay in sight of the People Mover. If you can't see it, you're in the wrong part of town.
Now that's the real green solution!
Don't assume that they know it was being foreclosed on. My daughter and her room-mates were blindsided out in California--had been paying rent for over a year when they were evicted with very short notice because the house had been foreclosed without their knowledge. To add insult to injury, they later found the landlord had simply quit paying the mortgage and had been pocketing their rent the whole time.
"opposed by Democrats, who argue that some of the schools are run by for-profit management companies"
Pretty substantive objection--LOL.
He very well may not have known when he bought the house, but I also find it hard to believe that he didn't know Smith's status as an active Soldier when he tried to evict him after he bought the house.
It is pretty simple. Smith had lived their for two years and faithfully paid the rent. He is mobilized and sent to Afghanistan, still paying the rent each month, and while he is gone this guy tries to kick him out of the house. It's despicable and against the law. The judge got it right.
Complete nonsense. If it makes business sense to ban smoking, then you wouldn't need a law. Bar-owners would ban smokers all on their own if it increased their business.
Let the people decide. Bars must designate themselves as smoking or non-smoking and then indicate so on all signs and advertising. People can choose for themselves which ones they patronize. Want to smoke? Go to a smoking bar. Don't want to? Go to a non-smoking place. Repeal the law.
Tax breaks work--my company put its main facility into a city that offered all sorts of tax incentives. Hundreds are now employed there. Except it was in New Jersey (of all places!)
The reporter's spin about secrecy etc is meaningless to jihsadists. They refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of secular law or authorities. A non Sharia court is against their beliefs.
Sorry, but using government to force people to buy from a particular industry is not conservative, Republican, nor economically smart.
Well, one thing we know is that politics trumps reality in the mind of Thomas. Pestka voted for a bill 11 years ago that was demagogued as defunding Planned Parenthood. The bill passed. Planned Parenthood was not defunded. We all know that. Yet for Thomas and apparently many on the far left kook fringe, the reality of what the bill did or did not do is much less important than the political stance taken before the bill passed. You want political posturing that leads to partisan bickering and gridlock--then vote for Thomas. You want someone who will take a thoughtful look at the actual practical consequences of votes, then Pestka is the guy.
A progressive hero--universal free health care (good enough for the masses--although Hugo leaves the country for his own treatments), big buddies with Fidel, a reliable vote against the US in the UN, shut down Venezuela's equivalent of Fox News, stacked the courts with political allies, and has stayed in office since 1999.
However, despite (or because) of such activities,he is beloved by such as Danny Glover, Jesse Jackson, Howard Zinn, AFSCME leadership, and Sean Penn--not to mention our own John Conyers who signed a letter saying the US should do more to "protect" him.
Good riddance.
"Teachers union leaders call for corporations to pay more taxes, sending money to schools"
In other recent news: "Titanic Sinks"
Contrary to the headline, this is not exactly a ringing endorsement of teachers. Every high school grad has had dozens of teachers, probably more than 30, yet 45% said that not even "one of their teachers made a significant difference or contribution to their success."
I'm older, but can name several and I personally know of several dedicated teachers today. Too bad that the hyper-politicized NEA and MEA have become the face of teaching. The best thing teachers could do to rebuild respect for their profession and across the board community support is to forbid the MEA and NEA from donating to political campaigns or passing resolutions on political issues.
Gridlock isn't the problem. President Obama had the largest majorities from one part in the legislature since Jimmy Carter. And just like President Carter, he squandered those majorities on pet projects and pay-offs to favored political supporters. So instead of more jobs, he vetoes Keystone, instead of good stewardship of the taxpayer's dollars, he spends hundreds of millions on "stimulus" that doesn't creat jobs but does steer money to unions. We have Solyndra and the Chevy Volt, a worsening situation in Afghanistan, Iran just announced they can build a nuclear bomb, the threat of Obamacare is stifling business activity, and as of the March 2012 Bureau of Labor and Statistics employment report, there are currently 1.5 million fewer employed Americans than when President Obama took office. Sympathy and attacks on the oppostion are the only way this failure can get a vote--so look for more of both.
Well, Garrett--you sort of ran away from that "objective" part of objective journalism when you wrote "opposition to climate change science" in this article. I know of no one who objects to climate change science, but many who oppose false claims of consensus within the scientific community, who oppose public relations campaigns substituting for use of the scientific method in studying the climate, who oppose climate change proponents who refuse to allow publication of dissenting views in journals they control, who oppose global warming "science" based upon data which has been "lost", and who oppose the politicization of climate science. It would be brave and might cost you come lib-cred among those you hold dear, but you might consider applying some old-fashioned journalistic skepticism and investigation to those who advocate the squelching of opposition in the name of cllimate change. Start with Al Gore, Michael Mann of Penn State, and Phil Jones of East Anglia. Where did they get all their money? How did Mann move into a house that no normal college professor could afford? To which politicians do they contribute? And how did those politicians vote on approving the grants and projects administered/enriching these contributors?
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Watch: Oscar nominated animated "Simpsons" short
Warm up a cold day with this Oscar nominated short film "The Longest Daycare."
The four minute film stars a wordless Maggie Simpson and uses the savvy and witty visual storytelling familiar from "The Simpsons."
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MBP Noisy HDD... I know I know, Just Read..
Lately Ive noticed the HDD on my 2010' MBP 13" has become more noticeable...
It is a normal HDD noise, it sounds like the head reading/writing/searching for data... Ive just never noticed it before..
My first thought is that being that the case is aluminum it is just transferring sound throughout the unibody... but if you do a google search everyone is freaking out saying it will fail soon... And most of the stuff Ive googled is about a different noise...
just looking for some advice..
Regular read/write noise - wouldn't think twice about it - some drives are just noisier than others - just because you've only now noticed it, doesn't mean it hasn't been doing it all along.
Having said that, whether the drive is quiet, noisy, or whatever else - if you don't have a backup, you're only asking for all your data to be lost.
I use time capsule. Is that good enough?
Yep, should be good with that.
If you start hearing the dreaded clicking noise or start experiencing the beach ball for 20-30 seconds at a shot when just clicking on a menu or something else that shouldn't take any time at all - then it's time to get yourself a new drive.
I do get the beach ball a lot when using safari... :/
Maybe I should just go ahead and replace the HDD, Ive been wanting to upgrade to a 500GB anyhow, Its probably easier to install a new drive when the old on is still working...
Ill have to google how to replace a HDD, I am not sure how to do a full restore to a new drive from Time Machine.
What drives play nice with Mac? Ive always been a big fan of Seagate...
I use a WD Black 7200 rpm and like it.
Other long timers here say the WD has a little too much vibration for them (I have not noticed it with mine) and will recommend the new Hitachi drives.
If you're only getting it while browsing the web, that's not a drive issue. I'd suggest doing a reset of Safari - after that, it could be an ad server slowing down some sites, loading flash content or any number of other things.
If you're hitting 30% free space or less, then I would say it's time to upgrade the drive size.
Head to ifixit.com for directions for your machine.
Newegg has a Seagate 5400 500Gb for $54.... That's cheap for piece of mind... Apperantly from reading the reviews it comes with some cloning software.... I might add some ram too while I have the bottom cover off
Quick update...
I went to my local computer store (Micro Center) to get a Seagate momentus 500Gb 5400rpm HDD... They didn't have one, so instead they allowed me to buy a 650Gb Momentus LP for the same price.. :)
Installed it last night, did a fresh OSX install and restored files from Time Machine...
Everything is working great! No noises at all, I cant even tell that the new drive is spinning..
I was expecting to see a fujitsu drive when I opened my MBP up, but instead I found a Seagate...
Anyhow thanks guys for your help... :) *beer*
If I ever hear my SSD making a noise, I'll be very worried.
Big or fast... That's always the question...;D
Id go with western digital. Seagates have gone downhill. Their QC has gone down the tubes, and ALOT of seagate drives these days suffer serious dead sector issues, so I wouldnt get a Seagate drive. They also dont have a 5 year warranty like they used to have.
For me, Hard drive brand loyalty is something personal to the user, which they learn from experience alone. I don't like to push my opinion on people about it.
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