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Charles R. Lydic, 66, of Blairsville, PA passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 P.M. Saturday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Sunday at the Shoemaker Funeral Home, Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, PA. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 P.M. Monday at the United Presbyterian Church, Blairsville, with Rev. Timothy R. Monroe officiating.
Interment will be in Coles Cemetery, Derry, PA.
Acacia Lodge #355 F&AM will have services in the funeral home on Saturday at 7:30 P.M.
Military services will be accorded by the Blairsville VFW Post #5821 and the American Legion Post #0407.
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Every year about this time, when most other winter sports are winding down, I like to take to an Ozark stream for some cold weather floating, especially when there is a good snow on.
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Fallow Deer The sole remaining megacerine, the fallow deer, (Dama dama Linnaeus 1758) is rather distinct from other Old World deer. It is highly gregarious , has the largest relative antler mass (Table 7-2), and is the only extant Old World ...
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Last year at the ShoWest Film Festival Sony announced they had plans to produce another sequel in their lucrative Men in Black series entitled, Men in Black 3D. At the time there was no definite word on if star Will Smith would return as Agent Jay or Tommy Lee Jones as his older, wiser partner Agent Kay but according to a recent report from Showbiz 411, both actors will be back to reprise their roles in the second sequel.
Director Barry Sonnenfeld told Roger Freidman that both Smith and Lee have officially signed on star in MIB3 and are awaiting the completion of the script. He also confirmed that the film could be shot in 3D like every other tentpole project released these days. Besides those two revelations, Friedman didn't get confirmation regarding Josh Brolin's casting or the possible additions of Sacha Baron Cohen or Jemaine Clement to the film.
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Usury laws vary state by state. However, in the federal system, Congress through the Federal Credit Union Act, made it clear that any rate above the present the NCUA authorized 18% is usurious, and the 18% rate is only under unique circumstances. The NCUA is required to justify this matter periodically. The NCUA has a mandate to return the rate back to 15% if the circumstances do not warrant a higher rate. The maximum rate that the NCUA can approve is 21%.
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I love happy endings and I love animals. Stories about homeless animals that find good homes are, to me, picture perfect moments. It is in that spirit that I regularly write "Happy Tail" stories for the Gastineau Humane Society (GHS). Each story features an animal adopted from there. Both the GHS and the Juneau Empire have generously agreed that this blog is also an appropriate place to further share these stories. Here is the most recent, Maya's story.
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Hurricane Isaac may end up reminding voters of the legacy of George W. Bush.
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There is nothing Republicans would rather the American people forget more than George W. Bush, who doesn't even have a bit-part at the GOP convention opening in Tampa.
But W's ghost may be there, anyway.
The National Weather Service says tropical storm Isaac is now heading for New Orleans, and Isaac is projected to become a Category 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall late Monday or early Tuesday.
Isaac is very likely to revive memories of the Bush administration's monumental incompetence in dealing with the needs of Americans caught in Hurricane Katrina.
And if the public remembers the Bush administration's incompetence with Katrina, they may also recall the Bush administration's incompetence and its lies about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq—which led us into that devastating war.
We're still living with George W. Bush's legacy … which is a truth that Romney is desperate to put out of our minds. He wants to blame the bad economy, and most of everything else, on Obama.
And the public may recall how George W. Bush took the $5 trillion surplus Bill Clinton bequeathed to him and turned it into a $6 trillion budget deficit by slashing taxes, mostly on the rich, and by creating an expensive new Medicare drug benefit that helped drug companies more than it helped seniors.
The public might even recall how the Bush administration tried not to see what Wall Street was up to when the Street went on a rampage of risky bets, and then, when Wall Street was about to melt down, pushed Congress into approving a no-strings bailout—both of which cost the nation billions more.
Indeed, we're still living with George W. Bush's legacy—the last Republican to occupy the White House—which is a truth that Romney is desperate to put out of our minds. He wants to blame the bad economy, and most of everything else, on Obama.
The GOP was intent on not even bringing up Bush's name at the GOP convention, because the former president might also remind Americans how little the Republicans care about average Americans, like those caught in Hurricane Katrina, and how much they care about top corporate and Wall Street executives, like those being entertained in Tampa.
But Hurricane Isaac seems likely to remind Americans anyway.
Let us hope and pray Isaac doesn't cause the disaster of Katrina. We can at least be confident that the Obama administration will respond as the Bush administration didn't.
But the split screen on the TV newscasts—part GOP convention, part Hurricane Isaac bashing into the Gulf Coast—may nonetheless pose a public-relations disaster for the GOP.
Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton.
Time Magazine has named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including his latest best-seller, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future; The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism which has been translated into 22 languages; and his newest, an e-book, Beyond Outrage. His syndicated columns, television appearances, and public radio commentaries reach millions of people each week. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, and Chairman of the citizen's group Common Cause. His widely-read blog can be found at www.robertreich.org.


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San Francisco Giants on historic pace for defending World Series champion
Another loss — a 4-2 setback to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday — has put the San Francisco Giants on an historic path.
A historic path of the worst kind.
The loss dropped the Giants to a .441 winning percentage on the season. That prorates to a record of 71-91 on the season. It would match the Giants' worst season since going 71-91 in 2007, Barry Bonds' final season with the Giants.
If the Giants lose 92 games this season, it would be their worst season since going 68-94 in 1996.
But when put into context of defending World Series champions, it gets really bad.
When it comes to follow-up seasons for World Series champions, the 1998 Florida Marlins set the gold standard with their 54-108 season. The Giants only need to win three more games to surpass that season.
After winning the 1997 championship, the Marlins traded away players like Kevin Brown, Al Leiter, Moises Alou, Devon White, Jeff Conine, Robb Nen, Ed Vosberg and Dennis Cook in the offseason. They would trade away Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich and Felix Heredia during the 1998 season.
In the Nen trade with the Giants, the Marlins received in return Mike Villano, Joe Fontenot, Mick Pageler. So it's no wonder they lost 100-plus games in 1998.
By contrast, the Giants kept the bulk of their 2012 championship trophy together for 2013. So they won't challenge the 1998 Marlins. But they are right on course for the second-worst record by a defending World Series champion.
Presently, that honor goes to the 1991 Cincinnati Reds, who went 74-88 (.457). To finish ahead of the Reds, the Giants only would have to go 23-21 the rest of the way. If the Giants finish 75-87, they would also surpass the third-worst mark by a defending champ, the .460 mark of the 1918 Chicago White Sox (57-67).
On more win would put them ahead of the 1932 St. Louis Cardinals. Another win and they slide past the 1986 Kansas City Royals and 1967 Baltimore Orioles.
In all, 15 defending World Series champions have failed to post a winning record in their encore season. For the Giants to avoid becoming the 16th team, they would have to finish the season 30-14.
The most likely scenario is somewhere in between. So here is the list of the worst records of defending World Series champions, along with (in parenthesis) the record the Giants would require in their final 44 games to surpass that mark.
- 1998 Florida Marlins 54-108 .333 (3-41)
- 1991 Cincinnati Reds 74-88 .457 (23-21)
- 1918 Chicago White Sox 57-67 .460 (23-21)
- 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 72-82 .468 (24-20)
- 1986 Kansas City Royals 76-86 .469 (25-19)
- 1967 Baltimore Orioles 76-85 .472 (25-19)
- 2003 Anaheim Angels 77-85 .475 (26-18)
- 1994 Toronto Blue Jays 55-60 .478 (26-18)
- 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers 77-83 .481 (27-17)
- 2007 St. Louis Cardinals 78-84 .481 (27-17)
- 1919 Boston Red Sox 66-71 .482 (27-17)
- 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 75-79 .487 (27-17)
- 1983 St. Louis Cardinals 79-83 .488 (28-16)
- 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers 80-82 .494 (29-15)
- 1965 St. Louis Cardinals 80-81 .497 (29-15)
Sunday's starter goes from "Zito" to "TBA" — What are San Francisco Giants' options at this point?
The San Francisco Giants officially listed their starter for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay as "TBA."
Sunday is Barry Zito's turn in the rotation.
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweeted: "Not a good sign for Zito. … Chances of Zito pitching that game … not good."
Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea chimed in with: "We might have (seen) Barry Zito's last start as a Giant."
MoreSplashHits remains completely baffled as to why the Giants didn't use Monday's off-day (not to mention last Thursday's) to skip Zito's turn in the rotation.
Then they could have given Zito some time in the bullpen to work on his delivery, while Chad Gaudin, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner pitched in Philly and Tim Lincecum, Zito and Gaudin pitched in Tampa.
Instead, they said the ONE GUY who has been terrible on the road and make him the only pitcher to be slated for two starts on the six-game road trip.
Now, they find themselves looking for a replacement starter possibly on Sunday.
So what are the options?
Ryan Vogelsong: Vogey made his second rehab start after his long DL stint with a broken finger Tuesday in Richmond. That would put him on pace to pitch Sunday. But manager Bruce Bochy said Vogey will remain on his original rehab schedule, which is to pitch Sunday for Double-A Richmond. If all goes well, he will return to pitch for the Giants on Aug. 9 at home against the Orioles … in Zito's spot in the rotation.
Guillermo Moscoso: The Giants acquired Moscoso from the Cubs a week ago just for this situation. Moscoso, 29, was 7-5 with 3.93 ERA in 17 starts for the Cubs' Triple-A team in Iowa. He had a shaky debut for the Giants in relief of Zito on Tuesday. He gave up a single, intentional walk and hit batsmen before escaping without giving up a run in the fourth vs. the Phillies, set down the side in order in the fifth, then gave up another walk and a two-run homer in the sixth.
Eric Surkamp: Zito could develop some mysterious ailment that would prompt a trip to the DL — or he could be DFA'd — creating a roster spot for Surkamp. Surkamp struggled in his first big-league start since Tommy John surgery, giving up seven runs in 2.2 innings vs. the Reds on July 23. Surkamp was optioned to Fresno on July 24, meaning he needs to stay at Triple-A for 10 days. That period would expire Saturday, allowing the Giants to recall him to start on Sunday. In his first start back at Fresno, Surkamp gave up one run on three hits over seven innings on Tuesday, putting him right on pace for a Sunday start.
Pray for rain: Rain is the forecast Thursday in Philadelphia. The two teams will wait out for a window to play for as long as possible as Thursday's game is the last scheduled in 2013 between the two teams. But if the game is postponed, then Cain starts Friday in Tampa, followed by Bumgarner and Lincecum. That would give the Giants the option of pitching Zito on Monday in San Francisco against the Brewers, where he's had more success.
How Roger Kieschnick's MLB debut measures up to other Giants
And so ushered in the Roger Kieschnick era.
Kieschnick singled in runs in his first two major league at-bats, finishing the night 2 for 5 and included a nice grab in left field as the Giants snapped a five-game skid with a 9-2 win at Philadelphia.
It's been a long road to the majors for Kieschnick, a third-round pick in the 2008 draft that included Buster Posey (first round), Conor Gillaspie (sandwich pick), Brandon Crawford (fourth round) and Eric Surkamp (sixth round).
Injuries have stunted Kieschnick's progress through the minors. After hitting .296 with 23 home runs and 110 RBI for Class A San Jose in 2009, he spent two injury-filled seasons with Double-A Richmond in 2010 and 2011. He was off to a solid start in 2012 with Triple-A Fresno and might have earned a call-up to the majors, but he injured his wrist while crashing into a wall while trying to run down a foul ball, effectively ending his season.
He was hitting .273 with 13 HRs and 56 RBI for Fresno this season before getting his first call-up on Monday. He made his debut on Wednesday.
Here's how Kieschnick's debut matched up with other MLB debuts for players on the current Giants' roster who made their debut as a Giant.
- Sept. 11, 2009 vs. Dodgers — 0 for 1, 1K, entered game in eighth inning
First start
- Sept. 25, 2009 vs. Cubs — 0 for 3, 2 K
- March 31, 2011 at Dodgers — 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
- May 27, 2011 at Brewers — 1 for 3, 1BB, 1 HR, 4 RBI (grand slam)
- Aug. 14, 2008 at Astros — 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 SF
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- July 15, 2011 at Padres — 0 for 0, 1 BB, entered game in ninth inning
First start
- Sept. 10, 2011 vs. Dodgers — 0 for 2, 1BB.
- Sept. 6, 2011 at Padres — 1 for 3, 1 HR, 2 RBI


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1 November 1804 Visited by Several Chiefs of the lower Village who requested we would call on them &c. Spoke to the Same purpote [purport] with the Grand Chief. we Set out in the evening & I with the Party droped down to the place we intended to winter [1] & Cap Lewis called at the Village 3 miles above &. &.
the wind hard from the N W. Mr. McCrackin a Trader Set out at 7 oClock to the fort on the Ossiniboin by him Send a letter, (incloseing a Copy of the British Ministers protection) [2] to the principal agent of the Company— at about 10 OClock the Cheifs of the Lower Village Cam and after a Short time informed us they wished they would us to call at their village & take Some Corn, that they would make peace with the Ricares they never made war against them but after the rees Killed their Chiefs they killed them like the birds, and were tired [NB: of killing them] and would Send a Chief and Some brave men to the Ricares to Smoke with that people in the evening we Set out and fell down to the lower Village where Capt. Lewis got out and continud at the Village untill after night I proceeded on & landed on the S. S. at the upper point of the 1st Timber on the Starboard Side after landing & Continuinge— 〈Some〉 all night droped down to a proper place to build [3] Capt Lewis Came down after night, and informed me he intended to return the next morning by the perticular Request of the Chiefs.
We passed the Villages on our Decent in veiw of Great numbers of the inhabitents
the Main Chief Big White & 2 others i e the Big Man or Sha-ha-ca and [blank] Came early to talk, and Spoke as follows, after Smoking, Viz.
Is it Certain that the ricares intend to make good with us our wish is to be at peace with all, we will Send a Chief with the pania Chief and Some young men to Smoke and make good peace—? are you going to Stay abov or below this Cold [season?].— answer by C. L We are going down a few miles to look a place we can find no place abov proper.
The panias know's we do not begin the war, they allway begin, we Sent a Chief and a pipe to the Pania to Smoke and they killed them—, we have killed enough of them we kill them like the birds, we do not wish to kill more, we will, make a good peace
We were Sorry when we heard of your going up but now you are going down, we are glad, if we eat you Shall eat, if we Starve you must Starve also, our village is too far to bring the Corn to you, but we hope you will Call on us as you pass to the place you intend to Stop
C[aptain] L[ewis] answered the above—!
The wind blew so violently during the greater part of this day that we were unable to quit our encampment; in the evening it abated;— we droped down about seven miles and land on N. E. side of the river at a large point of Woodland.
Thursday 1st November 1804. a clear & [illegible] morning the wind high from the N. W., cool at 3 oClock P. M. we Set off to return a Short distance down the River in order to find a Good place for winters quarters. the wind abated. But the River So Shallow the we Struck the Sand bars. Capt. Lewis myself and Several more of the party halted at the 1st village of the Mandens in order to git Some corn. the head chief told us that they had not Got the corn ready. But if we would come tomorrow they [w]ould have it ready. they Gave us 3 kinds of victuls to eat which was verry Good. they were verry friendly Gave the pipe round everry fiew minutes &.C. they live verry well. have pleanty of corn Beans Squashes meat &.C. Capt. Lewis told the chief that he would come again tomorrow. then we went on abt. 2 miles down to a Bottom covered with Timber, where we Camped on the N. Side of the Missouris River.
Thursday 1st Nov. 1804. At 3 o'clock P. M. we returned down the river, to look for a place where we could fix our winter quarters. At dark we had descended 9 miles, and came to a bottom covered with cotton wood, where we encamped. [6]
November thur. 1st 1804. [7] the wind blew So fresh from the South that we Could not Get Under Way 〈In〉 at the time appointed as the Officers Intended falling down the [crossed out, illegible] the river before two Oclock P. M., to the place that they wishd. to build a fort. at dark we arivd. with the boat and Peirouges 9½ Miles 〈bel〉 Below the 2nd vilage of Mandans at a piece of woods On the N. E. Side whare we Commend. building the fort.— [8]
November 1st Thursday This morning, we had the Wind blowing hard from the South, that we could not set off at the time appointed; our Officers having agreed on, to return down the River, before 2 o'Clock P. M., to a place that they had concluded on, to build a Fort; at 3 oClock we set of, and arrived at the place at dark; with the boat and Pettyaugers. This place lies 9½ Miles below the 2nd village of the Mandan Nation, and 〈is〉 lay in a piece of Woodland, lying on the North side of the River Mesouri, and lies in Latitude 47° 21' North.—
1. This passage is misleading; as Clark indicates in the Codex C entry, the party did not go as far as the future site of Fort Mandan this day. The camp is not shown on Atlas map 29, but was between, and somewhat north of Matootonha, the lower Mandan village, and the fort site, on the McLean County, North Dakota, side (starboard). Note how the river bends between the two places on the Atlas map. MRC map 52. (Return to text.)
2. Edward Thornton, later Sir Edward, entered the British diplomatic service in 1791. He served in various posts in the United States from then until 1804, being chargé d'affaires and acting minister in Washington from 1800. In February, 1803, he issued Lewis a passport, requesting all subjects of His Majesty to permit Lewis to pass and to render all aid and protection possible, on a mission he declared to be purely scientific. Lewis's British Passport [February 28, 1803], Jackson (LLC), 1:19–20. (Return to text.)
3. Clark here refers to events of November 2, indicating that the Codex C entry of November 1 was composed later. (Return to text.)
4. This transcript is on a loose sheet in the Voorhis Collection, Missouri Historical Society. See Indian Speeches, Miscellaneous Documents of Lewis and Clark, Appendix C. The talk is covered in Ronda (LCAI), 87–88. (Return to text.)
5. Lewis's note from Codex O, though not concerned with astronomy. (Return to text.)
6. In McLean County, North Dakota, a little north of Mitutanka village. (Return to text.)
7. Here resumes in the original version the daily entries, now in the hand of No. 2. (Return to text.)
8. They did not actually reach the Fort Mandan site until the next day. The camp for this day was between that site and Mitutanka village, McLean County, North Dakota. (Return to text.)
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My DH thinks I hate him. I swear I don't. But I feel sooo freaking ill all the time, that I honestly don't want to be touched. At all. By anyone. I tense up when he tries to show me any affection at all. It's mostly just because I constantly feel like I have vomit sitting right at the top of my throat just waiting to come out. I am exhausted, and EVERYTHING makes it worse. So he's taking offense and acting pissy with me, and of course I'm pissy with him for not being understanding. We've been through this twice before, you'd think he would know the drill by now.
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I was born in 1975. Which means that for the first 20 or so years of my life, I didn't have the internet, or mobile phones, or even email. It genuinely feels like I'm talking about The Olden Days when I say that, but I'm still under 40. Time is moving very fast.
Anyway. Until a few years ago, almost all of my interaction with friends was through personal contact in pubs and so on, or sometimes phone calls or letters – letters! that takes me back – and then email started up and we all instantly stopped calling or writing to each other, which was a relief, because our handwriting was terrible and phone conversations are weirdly stressful. Hurray for email.
And then the world got virtual. There were message boards, which was very exciting. Then there was LiveJournal, which was like having access to the private diaries of everybody I knew, and therefore the best thing ever. Then social media exploded and now there is Facebook and Twitter, and tumblr and flickr and Spotify, and youtube and Linkedin and Google+ – Google+! that takes me back – and of course texting, and in the middle of all that I had two children and found I was staying in a lot more than I used to. And a lot of my friends were doing the same. But that was ok, because we could all still hang out thanks to the magic online world I now keep in my pocket on the thing I laughingly call a 'phone'.
It's odd how the popular trad-media view of Facebook/Twitter is of lonely faceless strangers spending their evenings typing away to other lonely faceless strangers – presumably bonding over their mutual lack of face. In fact, practically everyone on my Facebook friends list is somebody I've met in person, and I don't think that's unusual. The internet isn't some separate weird thing. It's mostly just real life translated into words and pictures. (And in any case, you can be friends with someone you haven't met in person. But that's another discussion.)
Anyway. The point is, quite a lot of my contact with friends is now via the internet. And it's fascinating to discover what your friends are like when you mainly experience them as words on a screen. So, in a world where we experience our friends both as physical presences and as online personas, the question presents itself: is the online version of you 'really' you?
My theory about that is that the online version of you is you to the same extent that drunk you is you. In my 20s, when I used to go to pubs more, I also used to drink more.
But never that much, because being drunk just made me go on about how drunk I was (because it was a novelty) or feel sick and fall asleep (which is not a lot of fun at parties). I was therefore often sober when my friends were drunk, and able to notice that when my friend Jim became Drunk Jim he might change in various interesting ways.* Drunk Jim might be exactly the same as Sober Jim – some people can drink and drink and it just doesn't show. Or Drunk Jim might be Giggly Jim. Or Suddenly Very Sleepy And Somewhat Sick Jim.
Similarly, Online Jim can be quite different to Offline Jim, while still being recognisably the same person. For example:
1. ILoveYou Jim. Some people react to alcohol as though it's ecstasy. Tipsily clasping you to their bosom, or whichever part of themselves they can manage to clasp you to, they announce that you are the loveliest, kindest, most delectable friend/partner they have ever had, and they never want to let you go. This can be delightful or terrifying depending on how you feel about them, how drunk you happen to be at the time, and how much you enjoy the fragrance of Stella Artois emanating from someone else's pores.
Online, ILoveYou Jim is usually a late-night phenomenon, and quite possibly involves the magic combination of alcohol and social media. It might be a Facebook post on your wall, or a public Twitter announcement, or a lengthy ramble on tumblr, or a sign held up and photographed on Instagram, but the defining characteristic is that they really, really like you a lot. The advantage of the online version is of course the lack of beery breath in your ear, but on the other hand there is the embarrassment of realising all your work colleagues, childhood friends and in-laws are witnessing the whole thing. Overall, this is quite sweet as a one-off, and less so if repeated on a weekly basis.
2. Hulk Jim, also known as Suddenly Very Argumentative (But Also Incoherent) Jim. This type finds that both alcohol and social media turn them into very angry people who cannot seem to get across the very clear and cogent points they are making owing to other people being too stupid to keep up. Some of them realise, when sober and offline again, that the problem was actually to do with them. Others never come to that realisation. Either way, if you're in the mood, this can be fun to be around, although more enjoyable if the ire isn't directed at you. To engineer a Hulk Jim, throw a party full of whisky and people with differing political opinions, or alternatively (and much more cheaply) update your FaceBook or Twitter status on a Friday night to claim that the Lib Dems are just trying to do their best in a difficult situation.
3. Applejack Jim. Applejack was traditionally made by distilling cider down until you got what was basically very concentrated and much stronger cider, best appreciated in small doses. Some people, when drunk or online, become the distilled version of themselves. If they were witty before, they become terrifyingly, sarcastically witty. If they were clever, they become intensely profound. This is often lots of fun, and this type of person tends to enjoy both alcohol and social media because they know they do it well. However, there are dangers. Applejack Jim may be so caught up in their performance that they fail to notice they've made several of their friends cry, run away, or defriend them and/or throw DVDs at their head. It should also be noticed that the applejacking process usually falls apart if Applejack Jim is both drunk and online, as then the concentrated wit becomes so distilled it's no longer intelligible to anyone else, which is probably for the best since it's almost certainly very insulting.
I like the drunk/online versions of my friends on the whole, but I remain Largely Sober Katy, because there's only one thing worse than waking up in the morning and remembering your embarrassing behaviour at the previous night's party. And that's waking up in the morning and remembering that your embarrassing behaviour on the internet the previous night will be preserved as if in amber for ever and ever. Because friends don't let friends forget.
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The large-volume production of low-cost, highly functional, integrated and standardized optical components is a key prerequisite for the more widespread introduction of optoelectronic and multi-wavelength technologies in new network segments. This note describes the demand for optical components from Ultra-Long-Haul to Metro, Cable and Access Networks, to LANs and Dark-Fiber Networks, together with requirements and opportunities for application-specific optoelectronic components in those networks. The article is a summary of an invited paper presented at the IEEE LEOS Topical Meetings in Copper Mountain, Colorado, July 30 to August 2, 2001.
Due to exponentially growing Internet and data traffic which may comprise as much as 99% of the total traffic in the next 3 to 5 years, information networks are evolving from SONET/SDH-based ring networks to more cost-effective, packet-based mesh networks with ITU-wavelengths-compatible DWDM interfaces of the IP (Internet Protocol) routers. To further reduce the cost of bandwidth in the core networks, the trend is to eliminate opto-electronic regenerators and SONET multiplexing equipment as much as possible and to deploy large-channel-count DWDM systems together with wideband optical amplifiers extending up to several 1000 kms in Ultra-Long-Haul (ULH) systems. Access to the 2.5 and 10 Gb/s channel rates (and 40 Gb/s in the near future) is achieved with optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) and currently typically opaque optical crossconnects (OXCs) with electronic switching matrices. Both the low speed of electronic switching matrices and the high cost of the transponders required for such switches is gradually leading to their replacement with transparent OXCs with all-optical switching matrices.
The deployment of ULH DWDM transmission systems at 10 Gb/s and particularly at 40 Gb/s signal rates requires the use of low-nonlinearity and low-dispersion optical fibers with dynamic chromatic and polarization-mode dispersion compensation, and wideband EDFAs and Raman amplifiers with dynamic gain equalization. A reduction of the effects of fiber non-linearities can be achieved through new fiber designs (e.g., large-effective core area fibers) and through a reduction of the amplifier pump power via distributed Raman amplification and through Forward Error Correction coding.
Metro and Access networks are considered the next major growth area for optical networking technologies. The drivers for these services are fast-growing e-commerce and e-business, and increasingly Web-based entertainment, multimedia, general and customer-specific information and educational services in addition to conventional voice and data services. In addition, Napster-like peer-to-peer communication and information exchange will rapidly increase the user demand for larger-bandwidth transmission with an associated increase of traffic in the Access, Metro and core networks. Metro networks with transparent OXCs and multi-service platforms will be able to route different protocol LAN/WAN, Enterprise, Storage Area as well as multimedia and digital video traffic together with conventional SONET signals.
Much is being said about the bandwidth glut in the long-haul network where both incumbent and new network operators and service providers have installed the latest fiber and DWDM systems with up to 10 Gb/s SONET/SDH rates on each wavelength, and resulting capacities in the 100s of Gb/s range to multi-Tb/s on a single fiber. However, there is a severe bottleneck in accessing this immense transport capacity and potentially very low cost bandwidth by end-users since currently only about 12% of the 68 million Internet users in the United States have high speed Internet access. This access is currently provided by highly Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL) and Cable Modems that are practically limited to not more than 500 kb/s speed per user in the downstream, and only about 50 kb/s in the upstream direction. The increasing use of ADSL and Cable Modems, however, is stimulating the demand for symmetric higher-speed and broadband access for large-bandwidth-consuming video, interactive multimedia and file-transfer services. This should lead to the deployment of fiber closer to the customer through the use of FTTC and FTTH by telecom operators, and fiber-fed smaller Service Areas by Cable Network operators involving only 75 to 300 customers (compared to 500 to 2000 users per service area today). As a result, the number of Cable users served via so-called Fiber mini-Nodes (FmN; Ref: AT&T Broadband) approaches the 16 to 32 customers served in typical APON-based FTTC systems by Telecom operators. This may lead to a convergence of the optoelectronic component technologies for both applications such as common-design ONUs (Optical Network Units) - with a resulting increase of the manufacturing volume and an accompanying reduction in the manufacturing costs. It should be noted that the FmN concept includes three or more wavelength WDM transmission to the mini nodes, and also allows for FTTH connections upon customer demand.
The use of WDM in the Access network can provide services from different service providers to a customer on the same fiber, or it can be used to route selected services to different customers in a flexible way. Because of its cost-effectiveness (e.g., requiring no thermo-electric cooling of the lasers), low-cost coarse WDM (CWDM) technology with 20nm channel spacing may advantageously be deployed in the Access network already in the near future, while DWDM channels within some of the CWDM bands could be provided for additional services to selected customers later on.
Broadband access can also be provided with low-cost Ethernet LANs up to 1 Gb/s now, and 10 Gb/s (10GigE) in the near future. In fact, due to its low cost, optical Ethernet may become the preferred transmission protocol not only for high-speed LANs/WANs but in the subscriber loop as well, once improved network reliability is being achieved through Resilient Packet Transport (RPT, see IEEE802.17). The increasing deployment of dark-fiber networks where both the fiber and terminal equipment is owned and operated (under contract) by user communities rather than Telcos - for example with Ethernet protocol - is already resulting in bandwidth offered at a fraction of the price of conventional high-speed services today (e.g., $1000 per month for 100Mb/s Fast Ethernet connections, or $10 per Mb/s - Ref.: Cogent Communications). This trend is expected to accelerate with the commercial introduction of 10GigE in 2002, whereby 10GigE transceivers are predicted to be available in the $1000 range in the near future and around $500 within the next three years (at approx. 1/7th of the cost of SONET transceivers; Ref: R. Haitz, Agilent).
While the component functionality in Metro networks is similar to that in long-haul networks, the key for success of optical networking technologies in the Metro and also the Access networks is a high level of integration of low-cost, robust, highly reliable and standardized optical components that are designed for mass production. Furthermore, as the number of DWDM channels increases into the several hundred channel range, it is necessary to design tunable devices such as lasers and filters in order to minimize the number of manufacturing codes, allow cost-effective sparing for maintenance purposes, and also permit increased optical networking functionality.
Specifically, optical component costs may be reduced through the following improvements of the component design, manufacturing or processing steps, or other means:
Great emphasis is recently being placed on automated manufacturing as the component volume increases from several 10,000 to 100,000 units or network elements in the long-haul network to potentially several hundred million devices in the Access Networks and LANs - where the sensitivity to costs is paramount. As the number of components also increases due to large-channel-count DWDM systems (such as 80 or 160 wavelengths per fiber, and beyond), component designs will have to be chosen that allow easy scalability while maintaining small size overall. Good examples are Arrayed-Waveguide-Grating (AWG)-based components fabricated with photo-lithographic techniques, and VCSEL devices which permit wafer-scale processing and testing. Potentially very-low-cost components with different functionalities are also being designed with MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology, and emphasis is being placed on using MEMS for 2D and 3D optical switches, variable attenuators and filters, as well as long-wavelength VCSELs for low-cost fixed-frequency and tunable lasers (together with MEMS technology).
While wideband Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and Raman amplifiers continue to be improved for ever more demanding applications in long-haul and ULH networks, compact and low-cost EDFAs with more limited performance parameters and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are being developed for use in Metro, Cable and Access network applications.
Another important aspect for the more widespread acceptance of advanced optical networking technologies by Network Operators and Service Providers is the need for low-cost, software-driven OAM&P (Operation, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning) of new optical network elements in the Metro and Access network environment and which frequently may have to be smoothly evolvable from, and interface with legacy network technologies and networks.
In summary, low-cost optoelectronic components comprise the enabling technologies for the ever more widespread application of optical and WDM technologies in next-generation optical networks, with particular emphasis on Metro and Access networks. This is expected to exhaust the bandwidth glut in the core network and bring affordable high-speed and broadband services to end-users directly - and thus propel the optical networking and information technology industry forward on its continuing path to success.
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