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Starring former Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe, The Woman in Black, based on the novel by Susan Hill, was a conscious effort to introduce British horror studio Hammer to a new generation, and a vastly successful one at that, grossing almost $128 million on cinema release, a fine return on the $15 million production budget. Of course, a sequel beckoned, moving the story forward a generation from the period prior to the Great War to the days of the London blitz as a schoolteacher and her young charges are evacuated to the supposed safety of isolated Eel Marsh House. Tom Harper directs from a script by Jon Croker, based on a story by Susan Hill, the writer of the original novel.
Kevin Gilmartin – As Geek Chocolate's proprietor I reserve the right to be its resident total wuss. Having claimed that right I eschew horror movies; I'm good at it, it's well documented, I get laughed at; mine is not a face that cares. I knew before watching this trailer that I will never see The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, but that has nothing to do with the implied quality.
It looks gorgeous, very atmospheric indeed, and if I wasn't such a big woopsie about this stuff I'd probably want to see it. That said, it seems a little clichéd; every horror trope I can think of is in the sub-two minute. There's creepy fingers, creepy dollies, a rocking chair moving on its own, freaky-assed dead little girls, the old hand-on-the-shoulder bit. There's probably tonnes more that proper horror fans will see and no doubt be drawn to.
Me? I'll be lucky if I can get to sleep tonight now.
Dario Persechino – It looks like a standard by the numbers horror with jump shots that (at least from the trailer) you know are coming. Nothing new, and nothing in the trailer indicates that it is going to introduce anything interesting to the formula. This is an unnecessary sequel.
Les Anderson – Although completely derivative it still looks considerably better than the Radcliffe film which was an overwrought mess.
Matt Rutland – Aww goddamnit. I loved the first WiB, Will Smith was charming and Tommy Lee Jo… what? wait. sorry, I mean Daniel Radcliffe was very good and threw off the cape of young Master Potter admirably in the understated but effective horror of the type which Hammer used to be renowned for.
Sadly, this sequel seems very much to be aiming for the straight to DVD market with a messy plot and script that seems to have had all the creativity and thought expunged for cheap, American schlock.
From the American prayer at bedtime as opposed to the Lord's Prayer, to the cheap jump scares and the essential reveal of the whole plot and ending in the trailer, we Brits are left to suffer as we pander to those across the pond once more, sacrificing the good for the popcorn munching simpletons this now targets. Poor effects, telegraphed scares and clichéd dialogue make for an unsatisfying trailer experience.
Michael Flett – First up, it seems well made and atmospheric, and will no doubt do moderately well, though without the major selling point of Daniel Radcliffe, it will not repeat the success of the first unless it is exceptionally good, and I get no impression of that.
I remember feeling that the first was a brilliant horror film for someone who has never seen a horror film before, like a Ladybird introductory version, but with nothing to offer to anyone who knows horror. Daniel was hopelessly miscast: this is no reflection on his performance or him as an actor, he simply wasn't physically right for the part, but he wasn't cast to be convincing, he was cast to bring in fans of the recently finished Harry Potter films, and it worked, they came in droves. I'm presuming this is likely aimed at same audience, else why make a sequel, but what is there here to hook them?
This time we have the excellent Helen McCrory leading the cast, another Potter escapee, also seen in Doctor Who (Vampires of Venice) and Peaky Blinders (so she knows director Tom Harper), Jeremy Irvine, no doubt young, ruggedly handsome and talented, Adrian Rawlins who played Harry's father James Potter (see a pattern here?), Ned Dennehy (Peaky Blinders, Harry Potter…), but where is the hook for the audience?
It's telling that the novelisation, written by Martyn Waites, not Susan Hill, was released a year ago and was not well received, and the trailer is promoting a film which seems to be ripping off not only its own predeccesor with more creepy dolls and empty rocking chairs but Juan Antonio Bayona's infinitely superior El Orfanato and Doctor Who's superlative Blink, and admittedly it was only broadcast this year but Doctor Who also did the monsters under the bed routine in Listen.
The opening shots of the evacuees does make me wonder what The Chronicles of Narnia would have been like made as horror films, Tilda Swinton given free reign to make her White Witch Jadis as terrifying as she should have been, Mr Tumnus as creepy as Doug Jones' Faun rather than cute as a button James McAvoy. But I digress.
I would say I was hoping this means they have a strong story, which should be the starting point for any film, rather than another exercise in directed marketing which I was expecting, but we don't seem to have either, and without that, my fear is that they don't have anything, but come January I will be delighted to be proven wrong.
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death is scheduled for release on 2nd January 2015.


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When Telefónica of Spain paid €2.3bn ($3.1bn) to join a consortium taking control of Telecom Italia last month, there was little doubt in the industry that the focus of its attentions was not the companies' home markets in Europe but a battle being played out on the other side of the Atlantic in Latin America.
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Fixed telephony has reached maturity and growth in mobile markets in the developed world is slowing. But mobile growth in emerging markets is still strong, and Brazil is no exception.
Units wholly or partly controlled by Telefónica (Vivo), América Móvil (Claro) and Telecom Italia (TIM) share three quarters of what is already the world's fifth largest mobile market.
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Yet to do so it would have to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Brazil's regulators have rejected smaller deals in the past. When Telecom Italia, during a byzantine dispute with co-investors, found itself controlling more companies than regulations allowed, it was forced to put its share of control of Brasil Telecom, a big fixed and mobile operator, into an escrow account and withdraw from management. A combined Vivo and TIM would dominate the market to a far greater extent.
Telefónica must also resolve questions over Vivo, of which it shares control with Portugal Telecom. Earlier this week it reiterated its determination to take full control. But Vivo is Portugal Telecom's main source of income growth and the Portuguese have shown no sign of budging. Telefónica could sell its share, but to whom?
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If the battle is complex, so is the battleground. At privatisation in 1998, Brazil's mobile market was divided into ten regions, each with four separate licences. The market has since consolidated, but that has still left between three and six operators competing in each region. Vivo, Claro and TIM dominate, but two locally-owned operators – Oi, controlled by fixed operator Telemar, and Brasil Telecom's BrT Celular – are gaining ground.
Pre-paid subscribers make up 80 per cent of the total because wealth is concentrated in such a small percentage of the population. Indeed, many mobile users never make a call and only use the handsets to receive calls.
Price wars have also taken their toll in the scramble for market share. Mobile phone numbers are not portable between networks yet. Nevertheless, the rate of poaching between operators is high.
Since last year, operators have declared a truce and their focus has switched to higher margin services – basically post-paid subscribers targeted with loyalty programmes, but also text messaging and other services.
Many have stopped supplying handsets to pre-paid customers, instead selling SIM cards only. Pyramid Research says 50 per cent of handset sales are now through supermarkets and other retailers; 30 per cent through dealers and just 20 per cent through operators themselves.
Margins are tight and many operators have yet to make a return on investment. But most are now profitable and the prospects for growth – especially if Brazil succeeds in lifting economic growth above the recent average of just 3 per cent a year – are among the most attractive in the world. The Spaniards and Mexicans have everything to fight for.
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by Fraidy Cat
Disclaimer: If I owned Don and Charlie, they would still be working.
Charlie stood at the Edge of Africa and calculated the distance to Nairobi.
It was hot, but the weather did not account for the beads of sweat gathering on his forehead, or for the perspiration trailing a silent line down his spine. It was the sweat of apprehension, the perspiration of angst. His eyes flicked quickly to the left, and then to the right. He looked for danger, and wondered again how he's gotten himself into this mess.
It had seemed both a safe and wise decision: a family vacation. When Amita and Charlie had returned from six months at Cambridge, she was freshly pregnant. Don and Robin had snuck off to Vegas for a quickie wedding during their absence, and Alan was decidedly unhappy. He was living in the remodeled garage, now his "man cave", but every time Charlie went out there, he saw brochures for condos lying around. Alan had looked forward to his sons marrying for so many years; he was disappointed that neither of them had the large, extravagant affair that he had imagined. He had perked up a little at the news of Amita's pregnancy, but so far, her gestation had been easy. She suffered no morning sickness, her energy level had remained high, and there had been no need to alter her schedule. Alan had become convinced that no one particularly needed or wanted him. He settled into a funk the likes of which he had not allowed himself since the months directly after Margaret's death.
Don and Charlie knew something had to be done. When Charlie was invited to participate in a symposium discussing an algorithmic approach to linear orderings at the University of South Florida in early September, a plan began to form. Cal Sci had not started its year yet, so Amita was free to go along; she planned to spend some serious time studying USF's advanced electronic systems for astronomy. Don and Robin had only had a long weekend in Vegas for a honeymoon, so they were willing to complete the difficult task of coordinating their schedules so that they could take ten consecutive days off at the same time. Charlie had shamelessly played The Grandfather Card to talk Alan into going with them. "I know Amita's feeling good right now," he had whispered to Alan in the kitchen, "but I worry. She's still in her first trimester, and that's supposed to be a delicate time, isn't it? She could wake up exhausted tomorrow, for all we know." Even though the ruse was well-known to Amita, Charlie glanced at the kitchen door fearfully, as if he expected her to enter at any moment. His whisper grew more frantic. "She wants to go, while she can still travel...but I don't want to leave her alone all the time I'm at the symposium." He ran a hand through his curls. "She'll work too hard! She'll overdo! Please, Dad, please come with us and help me keep an eye on Amita!" Alan had leapt at the bait like a hungry bass, and September 1st found the Family Eppes cramming aboard a 757, thanking God for mileage upgrades, and winging their way toward Florida.
It came as a shock to everyone (except Alan) when Amita actually did wake up exhausted their second day in Tampa. While Charlie enthralled students and faculty alike with his elegant math, Don and Robin drove a rented car to Siesta Key beach in Sarasota, Amita slept until almost noon - and Alan lounged in the hotel lobby and tried to teach himself how to knit. Amita began to feel better after a few days, but she was still given to mid-afternoon naps and early evenings. Robin, regardless of her L.A. tan, somehow managed to come back from Siesta Key with an extremely painful sunburn. Now it was Labor Day, and Alan's usual sunny disposition was back. He was in full "I'm needed" mode, happily supplying one daughter-in-law with aloe and another with fruit-and-yogurt smoothies, chamomile tea and whatever else he could think of. USF was shut down for the holiday, and Don and Charlie were encouraged to spend some time together. Bonding. As brothers.
Charlie swallowed nervously, squinted up at the sun, and wished again that they had gone golfing. They almost had; Don loved to golf, but he knew that Charlie didn't share his enthusiasm. Even though Charlie had been willing to go along, Don had tried to politely decline. Eventually, as Charlie insisted, Don became less polite; he pointed out that Charlie was a terrible golfer, and spending the day on the links with him would be more of a punishment to Don than a vacation.
That's when things started to go sour.
They were standing in the hotel lobby at the time, in front of a tourist display of attraction brochures. Offended, Charlie had blindly grabbed one. "Fine," he huffed. "Let's go here." He thrust the glossy brochure at Don.
Don glanced down at the advertisement, grinned slowly and raised his twinkling eyes to look at his brother. "Seriously?" There was an undercurrent of hope in his voice.
Charlie wondered what he had done. His own voice quivered a little when he answered. "Um...yeah?"
Don's smile grew wider. "The last time I took you on a roller coaster, you almost had a nervous breakdown. You cried — and you were 14 years old. In college, already!"
Charlie paled and tried to snatch back the brochure. "What? Where? When? What?"
Don laughed and let Charlie have the brochure. "You remember. Dad and I were helping you and Mom settle in for your sophomore year at Princeton, and there was some kind of county fair, or carnival, or something...anyway, there was a roller coaster. Little tiny thing, but you still cried like a baby." He barked another laugh.
Charlie shook the brochure at him. "THERE ARE ANIMALS!" he practically shouted. "It says here we can take an off-road truck tour, and, and..." He glanced at the brochure again. "We can feed giraffes," he finished lamely, trying not to think about how much taller than him a giraffe was.
Don nodded, still grinning. "Cool. I've heard a lot about Busch Gardens. We'll find a lot to do." He winked. "Lots of coasters to choose from."
Charlie glanced at the brochure display. "We could go somewhere else," he started, but Don put an arm around his shoulders and started steering him toward the hotel's parking garage.
"Nah, Busch is good," he said. He felt the tension in Charlie's shoulders and tossed his brother a bone. "Tell you what," he offered. "We'll off-road for a while, then we'll split up. If you can avoid me for two...no, three...hours, I'll go on the coaster without you."
Charlie stopped walking, and looked suspiciously up at Don. "What's the catch?"
Don shrugged. "I just know you can't do it," he teased. "I know the way you think, Buddy - and trust me, that scares me a little. I'm a cop, and I'm your brother. There's no way you can ditch me. When I find you, you have to go on at least one roller coaster ride with me. I want to see you cry."
Charlie tossed his curls and started for the garage again, pulling away from his brother's grasp. "You will so regret this," he promised.
"One of us will," he heard behind him.
The conversation had taken place almost four hours earlier. Don had thoroughly enjoyed the Serengeti Safari open-truck tour, cramming huge lettuce leaves into antelope, giraffes, and the occasional zebra. Charlie had huddled in a corner of the truck bed and watched. He had also begun studying the park map, and plotting his route. He was a freakin' genius; how hard could it be to avoid Don for three hours? After the safari, the brothers had ridden the Serengeti Railway through the greater part of the park. At one point, near Stanley Falls, they had viewed SheiKra, a coaster that climbed 200 feet, included a 90 degree drop, and traveled at speeds exceeding 70 miles per hour. Don had smiled widely and winked at Charlie. Charlie had almost started crying then, and again frantically consulted the park map.
After some smoked beef brisket at the Zambia Smokehouse (a restaurant Charlie was sure Don chose because of its view of SheiKra), the brothers strolled to the Edge of Africa, synchronized their watches, and shook hands solemnly. "I'll go into that restroom over there for five minutes," Don said. "I won't see which way you go." He grinned. "Not that it will matter." Charlie simply grunted. When Don was out of sight, Charlie sprinted all the way to Timbuktu, where he nervously endured the first 15 minutes of a 45-minute production that had something to do with the Sesame Street Film Festival. The deal he had made with Don prohibited Charlie from finding a restroom and hiding, but Don had agreed that the theme park's shows were fair territory - if Charlie wanted to risk staying in one place for that long. It was Charlie's plan to keep moving, but Timbuktu's 4-D Theater was filled with screaming children and crying babies: it was the last place Don would ever look for him.
After looking carefully for any sign of his brother, Charlie implemented the rest of his plan. He headed up the hill, through Jungala, toward the Congo River Rapids. He walked rapidly, but refused to draw attention to himself by running. He tried to attach himself to groups: couples, families, busloads of retirees. Finally he arrived at the Congo River Outfitters gift shop, and smiled grimly. Charlie was about to disappear.
He purchased a towel, a t-shirt, board shorts, sunglasses, flip-flops, and a baseball cap. It was hard to believe Don hadn't thought to make "no disguises" one of the rules, but Charlie sure wasn't going to volunteer the idea. When he finished at the gift shop, he crossed the short distance to the Congo River Rapids ride and rented a day locker for fifty cents, placing the bag of freshly-purchased items inside. Then he joined the blessedly short line waiting to ride the rafts. A recorded voice in an endless loop warned him repeatedly that he would get wet (and possibly soaked). Finally, Charlie stepped out of the line, returned to his locker, and slipped his wallet and watch inside with the gift shop bag. Then he rejoined the line.
The ride was short; full of hard stops and numerous opportunities for cooling off. In spite of his best efforts, Charlie found himself enjoying fulfilling the Prophecy Of The Voice. He was soaked less than twenty seconds into the ride, courtesy of the deadly aim of the strangers on the road above, who were putting quarters into water cannons and shooting at the rafts as they passed. Splashing and dipping through a set of rapids left Charlie with underwear full of water, and he knew he'd be flying commando during the rest of the day. The circular raft took a brief turn through a cave; as it emerged out the other end, approximately 100 gallons of waterfall fell directly on Charlie's curly head. When he climbed out of the raft at the end of the trip, Charlie felt as if he had put his jeans on directly from the washing machine. He retrieved the items from his locker, and found a nearby bathroom. He used the towel to dry off, changed into his new clothes, and dropped his soaked tennis shoes, jeans, and everything else he had been wearing, into the plastic bag. Charlie checked his watch as he slipped it back onto his wrist: almost an hour had passed since he and Don separated. Only two more to go.
He corralled most of his wet hair under the baseball cap, and was out of the bathroom less than ten minutes after he squelched his way in. His next stop took him back to the Edge of Africa in the Serengeti Plain. Don knew that Charlie had already had a big lunch, so Charlie reasoned that his brother would not look for him in restaurants. He went to the magnificent Crown Colony, the park's only traditional sit-down-and-order choice. He ordered a fruit plate and stayed as long as he dared. When he had finished eating, Charlie went to the nearby boarding station for the off-road open-truck and purchased another Serengeti Safari. Not only would Don remember how reluctantly Charlie had endured his first safari that morning, the tour would take him deep into the animal habitat, and away from the theme park crowds. It was a perfect way to use up twenty-five more minutes. It was unfortunate that this tour guide was much more insistent than the first, and Charlie ended up touching a giraffe tongue. Unfortunate - but still better than a roller coaster.
After the safari ended and the truck had unloaded its passengers, Charlie wound his way past King Tut's tomb, the Moroccan Palace, the Marrakesh Theater, the Garden Theater and Aviary, and onto Walkabout Way. He exchanged unblinking stares with several kangaroos and two wallabies before his watch alarm sounded. With only twenty minutes left until he could claim his victory, Charlie headed for the absolute last place Don would look for him.
It took Don exactly twenty-two minutes to reach the theater in Timbuktu. Naturally, Charlie would assume that Don would never look for him around a bunch of screaming children and squalling babies. Don arrived just in time to see Charlie - who was much taller than most of his fellow park patrons, here in the Sesame Street Safari of Fun, and therefore, easy to spot - sneaking out of the show early. Don backed quickly into the shade of one of the ever-present gift shops, and shook his head fondly. For a genius, his brother was such as idiot. He glanced at his watch: found him in twenty-two minutes, in the first place he looked. Idiot genius.
Don slipped into stake-out mode and began to follow his prey, always hanging back far enough so that he wouldn't be spotted. When Charlie bought his disguise at Congo River Outfitters, Don was a little impressed. He himself was wearing a hastily purchased baseball cap and a t-shirt with a large tiger silkscreened on the front; he had gone directly from his restroom hiding place to the nearest gift shop (which is why it took him all of twenty-two minutes to find the Idiot Genius); he was a little surprised that Charlie thought of doing the same thing. When Charlie actually got in line for the raft ride, Don glanced back at the coin-operated water cannons and grinned. He loitered near the three-dollar drying station at the end of the ride until Charlie had joined the line for the second time, and was approaching the boarding location. Then Don withdrew all the quarters he could find in the pockets of his jeans, and claimed his water cannon.
It was like shooting fish in a barrel - or Idiot Geniuses in a raft. His first shot hit Charlie dead-center in the back. Charlie ducked forward toward the center grip bar, but didn't look up to see who had fired the kill shot. For good measure, and because he could, Don fired another shot over his brother's head, practically into the open mouth of the screaming girl sitting on the other side of the raft. Then he hung around and fired a few rounds at the next raft. He was having so much fun he almost missed it when Charlie squelched within two feet of him on his way to change in the bathroom; Don almost turned right into him, but he caught a glimpse of soggy curls and hugged his water cannon instead. Charlie just kept walking.
Idiot. No other word for it.
Don was a little stunned when Charlie emerged from the bathroom. Neither he nor his brother were given to wearing shorts...and was he flopping around commando? Then Charlie, who had just eaten half a cow less than an hour before, went to the Crown Colony and ate some more. At least Don assumed Charlie had to order something in there; he was busy outside circling the huge restaurant, trying to watch all the exits. What he wouldn't give for a few extra agents right about now. As it was, the Idiot Genius almost lost him. Don came around a corner of the restaurant just in time to see Charlie disappear into the crowd. Don quickened his step and frowned.
Oh, no, you don't, Whiz Kid.
Great; how he was channeling Granger.
Don was actually a little relieved when Charlie signed up for another safari. He knew how long they lasted, so he could find a bench and rest for a few minutes. While he sat, he allowed himself a begrudging admiration of his brother. If Don hadn't already been tailing him, he never would have checked out the safari; Charlie hadn't seemed all that keen on the one they took together earlier that day.
When Charlie reappeared twenty-five minutes later - looking disgusted and wiping one hand repeatedly on his new board shorts - he led his older brother on quite a merry chase. Don was panting by the time Charlie reached the walkabout. Funny…he didn't remember Charlie walking so fast. Maybe he was still trying to air-dry his commando parts. It was a little tricky avoiding detection once they got into the aviary and the kangaroo habitat; this was a lightly populated area of the park. Twice Don had to duck into a gift shop or behind a huge jet ski that was being raffled, and once he had to dive off the paved street onto a dirt path marked for "trainers only". He waited to be attacked by a tiger or a white rhino.
Finally, Charlie was out of the kangaroo habitat and on the move again. A quick glance at his watch told Don that the three hours were almost up. He was grateful; his younger and skinnier brother was about to walk him into an early grave. Charlie kept moving as he studied his map, and Don wondered where they were going. They passed through the Sesame Street Safari of Fun again, and moved on to Lory Landing. Don saw what lurked ahead, and smiled.
He wasn't planning on really riding, but you couldn't even stand in line holding a bag - so Charlie rented another day locker, stored his wet clothes, and walked as slowly as he could toward the end of the line.
The line was not nearly long enough; but Don would never look for him here. Never; it was a necessary evil. If Charlie started to approach the front of the line, he would just step out and go back to the rear. Let people assume he was scared shitless. They would be right. He glanced nervously at his watch, and allowed himself a tiny smile. Thirteen minutes, and it would all be over.
The roar of machinery sometimes overpowered the screeches of the patrons; the combination of the tumultuous, constant, noise and the anticipatory churning of his gut was giving Charlie a headache. He moved forward another few inches, thought longingly of his loving and lovely bride, and couldn't wait for this frozen moment in time to be over.
Don almost hated to do it.
Charlie was so thoroughly miserable already. He had stopped moving with stealth, stopped constantly checking out the landscape around him, trying to avoid Don. Part of that was probably because he didn't expect his brother to look here; again, the Idiot Genius at work. If Don hadn't been tailing him since Minute Twenty-Two, his back-up plan had been to come here and just wait for Charlie to show up. Of course he would think he was safe here - so of course, he was not. Idiot.
Charlie checked his watch again and Don offered a five-dollar-bill to the teenager in front of him. The kid was part of a larger group, so in the end, it cost Don twenty dollars to cut in front of them in line. He marveled as he stood directly behind Charlie, undetected. When there were only four people ahead of Charlie, the professor made a lateral move, obviously intending to go to the back of the line. Don clamped an iron hand onto Charlie's shoulder and leaned forward to speak directly into his brother's ear. "Hold up, Buddy. We're almost there."
He felt Charlie wither beneath him. His brother's eyes were impossibly large when he swiveled his head to regard Don. "Please, officer," he begged. "I'll do anything."
Don didn't loosen his hold. "I've been behind you since Minute Twenty-Two," he shouted above the noise. "I was the one who shot you at Congo. This was so not even close." He grinned and waggled a lifted brow. "Although going commando was a nice touch."
Charlie seemed to redden and pale at the same time. "Dear God" was all he said before the ride attendant was reaching for him.
"You two want to ride together?" he asked. "I only got room for one on this car."
"We'll wait for the next one," answered Don, still holding onto Charlie. "We're riding SheiKra together."
They were on the track for just three minutes.
Charlie made it past the first four-second braking, at a height of 200 feet. He even made it through the first 90-degree drop, at 70 miles per hour. By the time they were upside down in the Immelman loop, his eyes were closed. He was pretty sure his left kidney ruptured during the second 90-degree, 138-foot drop through an underground tunnel. After a 360-degree climbing carousel, SheiKra splashed to a halt in a water feature, and Charlie lost his second set of clothes that day. The brothers disembarked - Charlie requiring significant assistance from the ride attendant - and his eyes were luminous and shining when Don turned to look at him.
He would have felt guilty - if he had been a different person. Instead, Don grinned cockily. "When did you start crying?" he asked. "Was it that first drop, or did you hold out until the tunnel?"
Charlie staggered a little as they made their way toward the gate. "Don!" His voice was excited, not at all the tear-clogged rendition Don was expecting.
He pushed through a turnstile and waited for Charlie to join him on the other side. "Yeah?"
Charlie beamed at him for a moment, then abruptly turned toward the line of passengers waiting to board the coaster. "That was fun," he enthused, grabbing a fistful of Don's t-shirt. "Let's go again!"
Don's mouth gaped open and he stumbled after Charlie. Another 138-foot drop at 70 miles per hour?
He felt his eyes begin to water. "The park's closing," he protested weakly.
Charlie glanced at his watch. "We've got almost two hours," he answered. "Maybe we have time to do it twice."
Don felt the brisket in his stomach lurch and considered his options. He could go quietly, or he could cry. Nothing short of crying would end this hell.
He smiled, clapped Charlie on the back, and gamely took his place in line. He probably had just enough time to eat a little crow.
The End
This was written as a tribute to the day I spent recently touring Busch Gardens in the company of Serialgal. She didn't get me on SheiKra, but we did wash my clothes in the Congo and I survived one of the smaller roller coasters. For the record, I'm ready to do it again!


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|Feb 25, 1992
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|Apr 12, 1991
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|Apr 12, 1991
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|Yinon Degani, Robert M. Kimball, George J. Shevchuk
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The present invention relates to apparatus for effecting a releasable, optically transmissive connection between at least one pair of optical fibers.
Many conventional methods for connecting optical fibers involve elaborate procedures for preparing the ends of the fibers and for aligning them. However, there are applications, for example in the consumer market, where faster and simpler connection methods are advantageous because they can reduce costs. Where such methods also involve releasable connections, they are even more advantageous because they can enhance the flexibility of the systems being interconnected without substantially increasing the cost of installation.
One desirable form that a fast, releasable fiber connection may take is a connector pair comprising a plug and a receptable. The end of one fiber that is to be connected is mounted within the plug. The end of a second fiber to be connected is mounted within the receptacle. It is particularly desirable to mount the mating fiber ends without first affixing them within ferrules, as is often done in the prior art. Although ferrules add mechanical strength and convenience in handling, they also increase cost and preparation time.
The connection is desirably effected by manually inserting the plug within the receptacle. Similarly, the connection is desirably broken by manually withdrawing the plug from the receptacle. It is particularly desirable to include at least one spring-loaded member that holds the plug and receptacle together when the connection is effected, but that can be released by, e.g., manually depressing a portion of such member. One advantage of a connector pair using such a snap-locking mechanism is that it can be assembled more quickly and conveniently than, e.g., a threaded connector pair that is assembled by tightening a nut.
Apparatus for releasably connecting fibers substantially as described above has, in fact, been made. Such a connection is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,225,214, issued to M. H. Hodge, et al. on Sept. 30, 1980. In the Hodge receptacle, the receptacle fiber end lies within a fiber-guiding passageway. When the receptacle is inserted within the plug housing, a slideable cylinder surrounding the end of the plug fiber is retracted, thereby exposing the fiber end. The fiber end enters the passageway and mates with the end of the receptacle fiber. In one embodiment described by Hodge, the receptacle includes spring arms having locking lugs. When the connection is assembled, the spring arms snap into mating recesses in the plug. The connection can be unlocked for disassembly by manually compressing the spring arms.
A connector pair such as that of the Hodge patent is quite complex, and is manufactured from relatively many, i.e., about 15, individual piece parts, some of which are of complicated design. As a consequence, manufacturing costs may price such a connector out of low-cost, high-volume markets.
Thus, a need has remained for a fast, releasable plug-and-receptacle combination that can be manufactured inexpensively. Desirably, such apparatus would include relatively few parts requiring precision machining, and those parts that did require precision machining would be of relatively simple design.
Described below is an optical fiber connector pair which can be made by ordinary manufacturing techniques, and which requires only two high-precision parts. Each of the high-precision parts is a simple silicon block having a substantially linear groove formed on a major surface thereof.
The connector pair described herein is useful for making an optical connection between ends of respective first and second optical fibers such that the connection can be repeatedly made and broken by insertion and withdrawal, respectively, of the first fiber end. In a general sense, it comprises first support means for supporting an end portion of the first fiber, said means being moveable such that while affixed therein, the first fiber end can be moved relative to the second fiber end; and second support means for supporting an end portion of the second optical fiber such that it is substantially stationary during insertion and withdrawal. The second support means are adapted to receive therewithin, during insertion, at least a portion of the first support means. The first support means comprise a first silicon member having a substantially planar first principal surface and a first groove formed in said first surface such that the first fiber end can be supported in a portion of the first groove; and the second support means comprise a second silicon member having a substantially planar second principal surface and a second groove formed in said second surface such that the second fiber end can be supported in a portion of the second groove. During insertion, the first and second surfaces are substantially parallel and oppositely facing, and the first and second grooves are substantially parallel. The apparatus further comprises means for directing the motion of the first support means during insertion, such that the perpendicular distance between the first and second principal surfaces initially decreases until a portion of the first fiber is captured within the second groove and a portion of the second fiber is captured within the first groove, and thereafter, the first and second fibers contactingly slide within, respectively, the second and first grooves such that the longitudinal axes of the first and second fiber end portions are substantially collinear and the first fiber end approaches the second fiber end along the mutual axis.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plug housing, made according to one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a receptacle, made according to one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a detail of the receptacle of FIG. 2, shown in perspective view.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a floating head, made according to one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a piston, made according to one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 6 is a sectional side view of the inventive plug assembly inserted into the inventive receptacle with the piston and floating head in withdrawn position.
FIG. 7 is a sectional side view of the assembly of FIG. 6 with the piston and floating head in forward position with mating of the plug and receptacle fibers.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a plug assembly made according to one embodiment of the invention, showing a leaf spring and the engagement of the leaf spring with the piston.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the inventive plug assembly in an alternative embodiment.
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the invention, in one embodiment, comprises plug 10 (depicted in FIG. 1) and receptacle 20 (depicted in FIG. 2). Such an embodiment is envisaged, for example, as an optical analog of a modular telephone connector. The plug and receptacle are readily manufactured from, e.g., a polymeric material by molding or machining. The receptacle includes recess 30 into which the plug can be inserted. During insertion, the plug slides smoothly along guiding surfaces, e.g. surfaces 40a-40d. The clearance between the plug and the guiding surfaces should be wide enough to permit smooth motion of the plug, but narrow enough to prevent such gross misalignment of the plug as would interfere with the engagement of the fiber-carrying parts, described below. After insertion through a predetermined distance, a leading surface of the plug, e.g., surface 50, encounters a stopping surface of the receptacle, e.g., surface 60. The meeting of surfaces 50 and 60 prevents further insertion.
Attached to, or integral with, the plug are locking arms 70. If the locking arms are not integral with the plug, they are readily made from, e.g., a polymeric material or from a resilient metal such as beryllium-copper alloy. Corresponding to the locking arms are cutaways 80 formed in front face 115 of the receptacle. Cutaways 80 are so formed that the locking arms do not impede insertion while they are compressed against plug body 90, but when they are expanded away from the body after insertion, they engage the inner faces of the cutaways, preventing withdrawal. For this purpose, the locking arms are advantageously formed with expanded portions 100, which are wider than cutaway region 110a, but narrower than cutaway region 110b. Thus, when expanded, the locking arms prevent withdrawal, but when compressed, e.g. by manual pressure exerted by a human operator, portions 100 lie within regions 110b, permitting withdrawal. Expansion of the locking arms away from the plug body is effected, e.g., by the action of leaf spring 120, which, when compressed, presses against both locking arms 70. The leaf spring is advantageously made from, e.g., a resilient metal such as beryllium-copper alloy.
The plug has a substantially hollow interior, adapted to receive further components, to be described below. The plug body is shaped, e.g., like a box which has an open front and back, and which is defined by four walls: a pair of substantially parallel side walls 130, and, perpendicular to the side walls, substantially parallel walls 140 and 150. The locking arms are attached to the side walls. Leading surface 50 is an edge of wall 140, which is here referred to as the "upper" wall although such designation is for convenience only, since the usefulness of the plug does not depend on the orientation. For convenience, wall 150 is correspondingly referred to here as the "lower" wall. The lower wall includes a tongue portion 160 which extends beyond surface 50 of the upper wall. Attached to the lower wall, and extending over at least a portion of the upper surface of the tongue portion, is guide spring 165. The guide spring is readily manufactured from, e.g., a resilient polymeric material or from a resilient metal such as beryllium-copper alloy.
As shown in FIG. 1, the guide spring extends longitudinally, i.e., along the insertion direction. (The insertion direction is from left to right as viewed in the figure.) The guide spring is configured such that a component having vertical freedom of movement which slides along the guide spring will be urged upward as it is inserted into the plug. (The "upward" direction is defined to be consistent with the designation of wall 140 as "upper" and wall 150 as "lower.") One useful spring configuration is the double ramp configuration shown in the figure.
As shown in FIG. 3, there is formed in upper inside surface 170 of the receptacle a cavity 180. Within the cavity is affixed a flush-fitting silicon block 190. The cavity is situated such that when the plug is fully inserted in the receptacle, block 190 lies directly above tongue portion 160 and is centered with respect to the longitudinally extending centerline of the tongue portion. Longitudinal groove 200, exemplarily an etched V-groove, is formed in the center of the lower (i.e., facing the interior of the receptacle) surface 195 of block 190 and extends the full length of the block. Continuous and collinear with groove 200 is groove 210 formed in surface 170. Groove 210 is formed such that an optical fiber resting in groove 200 and describing a straight line can extend entirely through the receptacle without obstruction. Surface 195 desirably lies flush with surface 170 or extends slightly above it.
With further reference to FIG. 3, surface 170 is substantially parallel to the insertion direction. Disposed on the left and right sides of surface 170 are guiding slots 220. Guiding slots 220 are not parallel to the insertion direction. Instead, in at least an initial portion of each slot 220, the depth of the slot increases in the insertion direction. As a result of such increase, an object resting against a surface 230 of one of slots 220 will tend to move upward (according to the directional convention defined earlier) as it is pushed longitudinally in the insertion direction.
With reference to FIG. 4, the invention further comprises a floating head 240, which is advantageously manufactured from polymeric material by, e.g., molding or machining. As is apparent in the figure, the floating head is generally parallelepipedal in shape, having vertical front (i.e., facing in the insertion direction) face 250, and vertical sides 260. The rear face of the floating head is partially cut away to form T-shaped locking portion 270. Side grooves 280 of the locking portion engage finger portions 290 of piston 300, which is depicted in FIG. 5 and described in greater detail below. Returning to FIG. 4, the bottom face of the floating head is partially cut away to form leading lower surface 310 and trailing lower surface 320, separated by ramp or step 330. The top face of the floating head is partially cut away to form platform surface 340, which lies substantially in a horizontal plane, and on either side of the platform surface, wings 350, having upper surfaces 360. As is apparent from the figure, surfaces 360 do not lie in a horizontal plane. Instead, the trailing edge of each surface 360 is coplanar with the platform surface, but proceeding in the insertion direction, each of surfaces 360 rises, in ramp-like fashion, away from the platform surface. Locking portion 270 is advantageously made to vertically extend somewhat beyond the plane of platform surface 340. The resulting vertical offset is useful for initially positioning the floating head as it enters the receptacle. The slope of wing surfaces 360 is matched to the slope of guiding slots 220 such that the wing surfaces 360 slide along slot surfaces 230 with the platform surface maintained substantially parallel to receptacle surface 170 (shown in FIG. 3).
With further reference to FIG. 4, cavity 365 is formed in platform surface 340 of the floating head. Affixed flush within this cavity is silicon block 370, which is substantially identical to silicon block 190 (shown in FIG. 3). Groove 380, which is exemplarily a V-groove, is formed in the upper surface 390 of silicon block 370. Surface 390 desirably lies flush with surface 340 or extends slightly above it. Thus, when the plug and the floating head are fully inserted, surface 195 of silicon block 190 faces and is substantially parallel to surface 390 of silicon block 370. Moreover, when the plug and floating head are fully inserted, block 370 overlies at least a portion of block 190 such that groove 380 overlies at least a portion of groove 200. It is intended that the opposing fiber ends being joined will be held between the two silicon blocks, within facing grooves 380 and 200. For this purpose, each of grooves 380 and 200 is formed such that when an optical fiber of the relevant outer diameter rests in the groove, slightly less than half the fiber diameter is hidden within the groove, and correspondingly, slightly more that half the fiber is exposed above the surface of the relevant silicon block.
Groove 400 is formed in the platform surface, exemplarily by molding. Groove 400 is substantially collinear with groove 380, and extends from the trailing edge of block 370 to the trailing edge of locking portion 270. As a result, when the plug and floating head are fully inserted, a straight-line optical fiber held within groove 380 is able to extend through the back of the plug. (It should be noted in this regard that in use, the plug fiber does not necessarily extend through the back of the plug in a straight line. It may, for example, pass through a deflection groove in the piston, to be described below. In such a case, the fiber may emerge from the back of the plug at an angle to the insertion direction.) The floating head should slide freely within the plug. The clearance between the floating head and the inner walls of the plug should be wide enough to permit the floating head to be positioned centrally within the receptacle, taking into account manufacturing tolerances on the relevant part dimensions.
The plug assembly, comprising the plug, floating head, and piston (described below), will typically be provided to the end user in factory-assembled form, including an optical fiber (i.e., the "plug" fiber) having an end mounted to the floating head. With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, and end of plug fiber 410 is affixed within groove 380 by, e.g., gluing within the groove, or by mechanically clamping over an adjacent portion of floating head 240. The fiber end is located approximately in the center of the silicon block, and should be positioned within several fiber diameters of the nominal position. (By "nominal" position is meant the center of the distribution of positions over which acceptable fiber connections can be made.)
With reference to FIG. 5, piston 300 is useful for providing the vertical freedom needed in order for silicon grooves 380 and 200 to capture both fibers during the process of insertion. Finger portions 290 are formed on the leading face of piston 300. As noted above with reference to FIG. 4, the finger portions are captivated by grooves 280 on the floating head. Piston 300 should slide freely within the plug. A groove 405 is desirably formed in the upper surface of the piston in order to accommodate the extension of the plug fiber through the back of the plug. Such a groove may be straight, and substantially collinear with groove 400 in the floating head. Alternatively, as noted above, groove 405 is readily made such that it adjoins groove 400 at its forward edge, but curves away from the axis of groove 400 such that the fiber exits the plug at an angle to the insertion direction.
In use, the motion of the piston is controlled by leaf spring 120, and thus ultimately by the compression and release of locking arms 70. For example, in the exemplary arrangement shown in FIG. 8, the trailing end of the piston is attached to the center of the leaf spring. When the locking arms are compressed, the spring bends so as to pull the piston away from the receptacle. Conversely, the piston is urged toward the receptacle when the locking arms are released.
An end of the fiber attached to the receptacle, here called the "receptacle" fiber, will typically be mounted in the relevant silicon block by the end user. With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, an end of receptacle fiber 420 is affixed within groove 200, e.g., by gluing or by mechanically clamping over an adjacent portion of surface 170 (see FIG. 3) distal the plug.
In use, a plug assembly, including a mounted plug fiber is provided, and a receptacle fiber end is mounted in the receptacle. The fiber connection is effected by compressing the locking arms and inserting the plug assembly into the receptacle. The locking arms are then released. The fiber connection is subsequently broken by simply compressing the locking arms and withdrawing the plug assembly.
The motion of the floating head during insertion is illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. As is apparent from the figures, spring 165 pushes against surface 320 of the floating head such that while it is being inserted, the floating head is urged upward, as viewed in the figure. (The sliding engagement of finger portions 290 in grooves 280 allows the floating head to float in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction. As shown in the figure, this direction makes an angle of 90� relative to the insertion direction. Various alternative embodiments are also envisaged, in which the angle made by such substantially perpendicular direction deviates from 90� by up to about 5�.) As a consequence of such upward urging, wing surfaces 360 (see FIG. 4) come into contact with guiding slot surfaces 230 (see FIG. 3) and slide along surfaces 230. When surfaces 360 first encounter surfaces 230, each fiber will generally overlap its respective, opposing silicon groove by a small amount without yet touching the groove. As insertion progresses, the plug fiber end advances toward the receptacle fiber end along the insertion direction. Simultaneously, because surfaces 360 and 230 are inclined, the sliding of those surfaces decreases the vertical offset between each fiber end and its opposing silicon groove.
At some point during insertion, while a gap still remains between the mating fiber ends along the insertion direction, each fiber end is captured by its respective, opposing silicon groove. Thereafter, the motion of the floating head is directed by sliding contact between the fibers and the silicon grooves. As a result, surfaces 360 and 230 separate, and the floating head advances in a direction substantially parallel to the insertion direction, until the mating fiber ends abut and make touching contact. Insertion is completed when such abutting contact is made. Thereafter, spring 165 urges the opposing silicon blocks together such that the mating fibers remain captured between the opposing silicon grooves. Leaf spring 120 forces the fiber ends together, and thereby maintains abutting contact between them.
It should be noted in this regard that the mating fiber ends are directed into final alignment by the silicon grooves. As a consequence, the manufacturing tolerances of the plug, floating head, and receptacle are generally not of critical importance, provided only that the respective fiber ends are readily captured by the relevant silicon grooves during insertion. However, because the initial guidance is provided by wings 350 and guiding slots 220, those particular parts must be formed according to an appropriate standard of accuracy. The appropriate standard applies to the side-to-side (i.e., the "lateral") locations and dimensions of the wings and guiding slots. The standard is that the wings and guiding slots must direct the floating head accurately enough to bring the longitudinal centerlines of the two silicon blocks into substantially the same vertical plane (i.e., such that the mathematical extension of one lies directly above the mathematical extension of the other), with a lateral offset which is less than about one relevant fiber diameter and clearance sufficient to allow the offset to decrease substantially to zero when mating of the fibers is completed.
The description set out above is intended for pedagogical purposes and describes only one of many possible embodiments for the invention. For example, an alternative, and currently preferred, embodiment includes the alternative plug assembly depicted in FIG. 9. In the depicted plug assembly, the force urging forward and reverse motion of the piston is transmitted by helical spring 500 instead of by leaf spring 120 of FIG. 1. Each of locking arms 510 has a portion 520 proximal the plug body and a portion 530 distal the plug body, separated by a hinge 540. (The hinge may be integral with the proximal and distal portions.) The proximal portions function to lock the plug within the receptacle as described above. The distal portions fold toward the plug body and engage the end of the piston distal the floating head. Compression of the proximal portions of the locking arms against the plug body causes the piston-engaging ends of the locking arms to move away from the receptacle. This tends to compress the helical spring, and to withdraw the piston and floating head. Conversely, when the proximal portions are released, the helical spring extends. This tends to cause the piston and floating head to slide in the forward insertion direction.
The currently preferred embodiment also includes an alternative floating head 550, which is also depicted in FIG. 9. In the alternative floating head, silicon block 370 is not horizontal, but rather is tilted by an angle lying typically in the range 3�-5�, and preferably about 3�, with the leading edge lying more deeply than the trailing edge relative to wing surface 560 of the floating head. The opposing silicon block in the receptacle is correspondingly tilted. During insertion, the initial motion of the alternative floating head is substantially horizontal rather than diagonal. Accordingly, the guiding slots and wings are not ramped (contrary to the earlier described embodiment), and the initial motion of the floating head is guided by substantially horizontal surfaces, such as surface 560. When each fiber end is captured in its respective opposing silicon groove, the motion of the floating head changes to diagonal motion until the fiber ends make contact. Thus, the trajectory of the floating head is the converse of that discussed in connection with the earlier described embodiment.
In the currently preferred embodiment, spring 165 (see FIG. 1) is advantageously attached to surface 310 of the floating head (see FIG. 4) instead of being attached to the plug housing.
A plug, receptacle, floating head, and piston corresponding substantially to the first embodiment described above were fabricated from polycarbonate plastic material. Maximum outside dimensions of the receptacle were: height, 0.67 in. (17 mm), length, 1.0 in (25 mm), and width, 1.0 in. (25 mm). The minimum receptacle wall thickness was 0.05 in. (1.3 mm). Guiding grooves, as described, were formed in the receptacle with a slope angle of 5.0�. Maximum outside dimension of the plug were: height, 0.60 in. (15 mm), length (exclusive of the tongue portion), 1.0 in. (25 mm), width, 0.54 in. (14 mm), and length of tongue portion, 0.35 in. (8.9 mm). The plug wall thickness was 0.05 in. (1.3 mm). The floating head was manufactured from a solid block of plastic. Maximum outside dimensions of the floating head were height, 0.375 in. (9.5 mm), length, 0.50 in. (13 mm), and width, 0.35 in. (8.9 mm). The locking portion was 0.10 in. (2.5 mm) long, and 0.25 in. (6.3 mm) wide. Each locking groove was 0.045 in. (1.1 mm) long and 0.025 in. (0.63 mm) deep. The step height between the two lower surfaces was 0.05 in. (1.3 mm). The wings were inclined at 5.0�. The locking portion of the piston was 0.375 in. (9.5 mm) high. The piston included two locking fingers in each side. Each locking finger fit into a corresponding locking groove with a total front-to-back clearance of 0.005-0.010 in. (0.13-0.25 mm) and a total side-to-side clearance of 0.010 in. (0.25 mm).
Each of the two silicon blocks was 0.255 in. (6.5 mm) long, 0.085 in. (2.2 mm) wide, and 0.018 in. (0.46 mm) high. Running along the longitudinal axis of one face of each silicon block was a crystallographically etched V-groove. The vertex half-angle of each such groove was 36�, and the depth of each such groove was 0.003 in. (0.076 mm).
Affixed in each V-groove was a multiple-mode optical fiber having an outer diameter of 125 micrometers. The fibers were affixed by clamping or gluing in place. Before the optical connection was made, a small amount of index-matching gel was deposited on the plug fiber tip or the receptacle silicon block.
In a group of trials of the optical connection, insertion losses in the range 0.05-0.5 dB were demonstrated.
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Correction: this is going to be released on 4th November.
Today, Alfie Boe and Michael Ball are releasing Together, a joint album of classical music. (Did anyone watch Alfie Bowie singing at the Queen's ninetieth birthday? Such a great performance.) I am really exicted to see them perform in Brighton, possibly, as well as for the literal album. It's also going to have some Broadway songs on it.
This is what I would really like to see on the album, but what probably won't be on the track list:
Alfie Boe to cover Barcelona.
Have you seen the documentary Freddie Mercury Saved My Life? Alfie spoke about a personal connection to Queen, particularly Freddie Mercury himself. Anyway, it cumulates in him covering Mercury's Barcelona. I would love Alfie Boe to record this with a full Orchestra. Because wouldn't that be brilliant?
A duet of Defying Gravity.
This is one of my all-time favourite Broadway songs. I particularly love the Kerry Ellis version best of all. I would love Ball and Boe to duet this, with full two-part harmonies. That would be epic.
This is the only Broadway show I've seen actually on Broadway. Any way, as a semi-ironic slant, I would love to see the duo record something from this great musical. But then again, they strike me as a duo who are far too refined to do such a thing. I would have loved to have since this at one point, though…
Protest song from Les Mis.
Okay, bear with me on this on-mainly because I cannot spell French words, or remember the title of the song-but it goes "Do you hear the people sing, singing the songs of angry man?" I want a full two part harmony, orchestra, backing singers, violins, etc. This would be a great song if they covered it, I feel.
What would you like to see on the album?