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|18 Nov 2011
second physical hard drive?
Hi, if I have PC tower with a spare hard drive slot. If I place a new HD in there, will that automatically give its a drive letter?
Ideally I would prefer to install another OS on that drive?||Is that possible?||Thanks
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|18 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
Yes, although not entirely "automatically". You have to format it and may have to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Management.
You can install to a new drive.
Be sure to disconnect the other drive before you start. Otherwise, you could have problems.
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|18 Nov 2011
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
2-Yes and relatively easy. Let us know when you are ready. You might want to investigate the tutorial section here on SevenForums.
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|18 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
Yes, providing you initialize (format the hard drive) first or it is already formatted.
When you do so you can either allocate a drive letter or let Windows allocate the next available one.
Do you intend dual-booting? If you going to use it for another operating system, you might want to consider using a solid state drive (SSD) for a real performance boost.
SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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|18 Nov 2011
wow! Thanks for all feedback. I would like to dual boot ideally from different physical drives. Essentially that would be achieved by a OS Grub Loader right? OR I guess I can set that in the BIOS?
Am I over designing this? Do you reckon there is an easier way to have two OS from individual physical drives?
Thanks again
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|18 Nov 2011
Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit
Go through my thread and see if it can be of any help you!!
Installing OS on two Internal Hard Drives
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|18 Nov 2011
Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
You can set your computer up to boot up automatically into a default OS of your choice. This is done by setting the HDD/SDD containing the required OS as one of the main boot devices, usually after the floppy and optical drives. For other OSes, this can be done via the one-time boot menu, usually accessed by pressing F12 (check motherboard manual for actual key to press) when turning the system on. Note that drives in this case will be identified by the manufacturer's name rather than the name that you have assigned to it/them. They might not necessarily appear in the same order each time.
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|19 Nov 2011
For other OSes, this can be done via the one-time boot menu, usually accessed by pressing F12 (check motherboard manual for actual key to press) when turning the system on. Note that drives in this case will be identified by the manufacturer's name rather than the name that you have assigned to it/them. They might not necessarily appear in the same order each time.
If anyone could confirm or further refine that would be really helpful and thanks as always for everyones invaluable help.
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|20 Nov 2011
Windows 7 pro x64 SP1
My fav way of dual booting is to have each OS on its own HDD, and select the required OS from BIOS. You can set the BIOS to start with your most-used OS as default.
Just unplug the HDD with orig OS and install 2nd OS on 2nd HDD. When thats working, plug in both HDDs.
This keeps everything separate with no need for Grub etc and you can go back to orig setup if you change your mind (or add even more OS's/HDDs).
but with the recent price rise of HDDs . . .
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October 27th, 2007, 09:57 PM #1From PR0 to PR4 Overnight
I assume google just did a pagerank update or maybe it's just a fluke. I noticed the pagerank a few days ago and it was 0. Today, to my surprise, it shows a 4. Who knows, maybe it will be back to a 0 tomorrow.
October 27th, 2007, 10:12 PM #2Originally Posted by SeymourButts
I haven't found that any of my sites went down and a couple even went up a notch here and there. So I am a happy camper, as you must be right now. Good luck on keeping it there.Bill / Marketing Blog @ 12PM - Current project: Resurrecting my "baby" at South Baltimore..
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October 28th, 2007, 06:43 AM #3
Google just did a Toolbar PageRank update. They haven't done one for quite some time.
With this updae, there were many more sites that showed declines rather than gains in PageRank. Directories got hit particularly hard. It's believed to be part of Google's campain to discourage link sales.
Toolbar PageRank is superficial anyways. It has not affected rankings for the past couple of years.There's good, fast and cheap. Pick any two.
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October 28th, 2007, 07:26 AM #4
It's just one of the google updates but as everybody already mentioned, they made some drastic changesMa, where the beer? :escape:
October 28th, 2007, 10:39 PM #5
I don't even think pagerank means much anymore. I think google just updats it to fool the blackhat seo companies into trying to build high pr, instead of Search Rank.
My main site has almost no pagerank, and has been around for years, but I get decent traffic, and am high on the search terms for some popular terms. Another site of mine has better rank, but get almost no traffic.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think it's all about search rankngs, and not page rank. My site thrives on traffic, not on rankings. There are plenty of PR6 or PR7 sites and you run alexa on them, and they aren't even ranked.
October 29th, 2007, 08:04 AM #6
Traffic is what really matters. That shows that you have good rankings for at least some popular search phrases.
The popularity of your targeted search phrases is important. A number one rank position is worthless if it is for a phrase that no one uses in a search.
People who focus on solely on building PageRank are just spinining their wheels.There's good, fast and cheap. Pick any two.
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October 29th, 2007, 08:41 AM #7
PR is essentially meaningless I hate to say.
Unlike in days past it is not a good reflection of either page rank or relevant content. Just do a search for nearly any topic and review the results. Many of the top 10 sites will make no sense to you.
I had heard that Google was considering dropping their page ranking altogether at one point but had serious negative feedback so they decided to keep it.
However I believe what they show as PR much the same as what they show for backlinks is no longer relevant or accurate. (For the backlinks comments check Google vs. Yahoo or Live).
Having said all that, though, its never a bad thing to be ranked higher in any rating system. Good job.I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die
to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there
isn't and die to find out there is.
October 29th, 2007, 06:33 PM #8Originally Posted by Tech Evangelist
I used to be a pagerank junkie, I could care less now.
People are so paranoid about it and focusing on it, Id rather spend my time creating good solid content, working on creating backlinks, keyword phrases, and traffic.
To give you an example; although one of my competitors has a higher pankrank (pr6 vs pr4) then I do, I rank higher then them in 8 of the 10 highest keywords/phrases for my site in Google and Yahoo. Enough said!
October 29th, 2007, 07:25 PM #9
I only looked at the PR after seeing a lot more commissions rolling in and wanted to see what was going on.
November 16th, 2007, 07:38 AM #10
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Even my website faced same problem it was 4 again became 0 again 4 now 3 even i am having more visitors than ever ok frankly i do t care about pr
Here I would like to tell Pr is bullshit no matter how good your page rank is but it matters when u get more visitors without pr and one thing how many guys using google tool bar in their system very few so do t concentrate on pr better target SERP
November 16th, 2007, 07:56 AM #11
Wow, that's quite a run-on sentence you have there.
November 16th, 2007, 01:49 PM #12
Based on the lastest round of PR I have now completely divorced myself from looking at it as a useful tool or yardstick.
Its a shame. It was a great tool for so long.I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die
to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there
isn't and die to find out there is.
November 26th, 2007, 08:16 AM #13
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actually might be google tool bar is being used by people but most of the cases they do not activated pr option and again i would like to tell here do not run behind page rank better spend more time to get quality links and content...........
November 26th, 2007, 06:05 PM #14Originally Posted by visitourmall
December 1st, 2007, 01:09 PM #15
For a newbie in search and net marketing, it sucks to hear/read so many different conflictiong viewpoints on PR. (and how to build it, etc)
I started blogging a few months ago this year, and every big time blog i visited, suggested to build backlinks in various ways. All of which apparently now are considered blackhat by Google and members here at ABW.
Now a ton of folks have lost or decreased their PR because of this advice/suggestion. Somehow i received PR4 on two blogs, and to be honest, i'm not sure how i got it, and how long it will remain. The whole google dependence thing really bugs me.
I think it maybe because i never got around to doing sponsored posts for PPP, Sponsored Reviews, etc. But the funny thing is i couldnt because i didnt have PR, so when the update came around, i was happy, cause i figured, o.k. cool, now i might be approved to do some reviews.
But then the whole thing hit the fan, and now, i cant take advantage of a really good way to make some extra (and much needed) bucks.
December 2nd, 2007, 06:59 PM #16
Here is the definitive answer regarding PR from someone who has worked with SEO for 10 years. Do not waste your time focusing on it. It no longer gets you higher rankings, so it is nothing more than lipstick on a pig.
What really matters is building sites with interesting content that people want to link to. It's hard to come up with a good idea, but if you do, traffic will come your way.
Never judge a site by rankings alone. A #1 position in Google is worthless if it's for a keyword phrase that no one searches for.
Qualified traffic is much important than rankings.There's good, fast and cheap. Pick any two.
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January 30th, 2008, 02:38 PM #17Originally Posted by Tech Evangelist
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The New York-based private equity firm picked up ING's brokers in 2009 for a song after market meltdown but AIG networks has intangible value as a survivor
January 26, 2016 — 8:47 PM UTC by Brooke Southall
Brooke's Note: I got to talk to Donald Marron while he gobbled a few bites of lunch right before he addressed AIG's advisors, no doubt to assure them. I got to talk to Valerie Brown, who sounded nothing less than fantastic after 18 months of kicking back a bit in Wyoming. Her play is different this time from what she did at Cetera — letting Erica McGinnis handle the day-to-day. Brown will make sure the transition to Lightyear ownership goes well to lay the groundwork for an unabashed play at rolling up stray IBDs.
In finally securing a deal for AIG Advisor Group — a deal that that was a badly kept secret — Donald Marron will attempt to do unto the sales force of the big New York-based insurer what it did with ING starting in 2010 — but with one less tailwind. See: Sources: Lightyear Capital is set to snap up AIG — and perhaps install Valerie Brown as its leader.
The chairman of Lightyear Capital LLC — as private equity buyers do — will endeavor to take a fixer-upper company and turn it into a Sotheby's-quality listing. In the case of ING, he bought an IBD network of 4,000 advisors administering $75 billion of assets and grew it to 6,200 advisors with $148 billion.
Now, Marron wants to take broker-dealer AIG, with 5,200 independent advisors and $160 billion in client assets under administration, and push it to new stratospheres with new technology, new branding, better products and a subtraction of conflicts, whether real or perceived. See: AIG's Advisor Group introduces a 100%-payout for big RIAs as part of a massive revamp of its fee-based platform.
He also plans to make it much more of a starting place for deals than was the case with Cetera — because AIG Advisor Group starts at a much more mature level in terms of technology and other fine-tuning, according to its CEO, Erica McGinnis. She says her management team was intimately involved with vetting potential suitors and the capital and intent to do deals was a big consideration. "The market is consolidating and the opportunity is great."
Battle tested
The difference this time is that — recent market turmoil aside — asset levels are not depressed like they were in 2010 — making growth by market rebound less likely to be a difference maker.
Still, the AIG Advisor Network, though selling at more of a premium than the ING brokers, also comes more battle tested, according to Ryan Shanks, CEO of Finetooth Consulting, a Springfield, Mass.-based recruiter.
"You might say the AIG one is strongest since they weathered the bailout episode and managed to retain a very solid percentage of their advisors across the network," he says.
Still, this deal is anything but a slam dunk, according to Bill Butterfield, a Maine-based consultant for Aite Group specializes in broker-dealers.
"I would rate the chance of success as medium-high," he says. "This will be challenging for AIG Advisor Group and other insurance/independent B-Ds as there is a product-centric culture currently coupled with a sales mentality. The cultures of ING and AIG are likely not all that different."
AIG Advisor Group's share of products sold is far less than 50% already and isn't the number one product brand in any category, including annuities, life insurance and mutual funds, McGinnis says.
Product-side innovation
Putting it more bluntly on AIG as product provider is Valerie Brown, who will serve as executive chairman once the deal closes, a senior position to the CEO once the deal closes.
"They don't and won't get special treatment," she says. "We will innovate on the product side, particularly in regard to regulatory changes."
Lightyear won't have too hard a time making a positive impression of advisors — based on what happened with Cetera, according to Marron.
"They understood right away that we understood advisors," he says. "We didn't ask them to sell anything they didn't want to sell."
Perhaps in this AIG deal, a medium-good return on capital for a medium risk will be sufficient — as signaled its single largest investor, PSP Investments, which is the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, one of Canada's largest pension investment managers with $112 billion of net assets under management as of March 31, 2015.
Mounties to the rescue
PSP Investments, which has the Canadian mounted police among its key participants, will have the majority of the seats on Advisor Group's board of directors. PSP Investments' head office is located in Ottawa, Ontario, and its principal place of business is in Montréal, Québec. In November 2015, it opened its first non-Canada office in New York City.
When asked in an interview why a pension investor was brought in this time but not for Cetera, Marron says that simple math dictated the move. "We needed a partner." he says. "It was a bigger deal."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Lightyear Capital LLC is a financial services-focused private equity firm based in New York. Lightyear, through its three affiliated private equity funds, has raised over $2.5 billion of capital See: The 19 ways private equity has juiced up the RIA business and how it's working out.
Still, it seems that Marron was negotiating with a good faith motivated seller in AIG, which told shareholders it believed it had to unload the sales force or hazard running afoul of the stiffened fiduciary requirements being imposed by the Department of Labor.
It's been a fuzzy area for years, according to Shanks.
AIG products
"AIG advisors clearly have an inside track on the proprietary AIG products, but regulations don't allow for preferred recommendations anymore; which is what drove the insurance companies to buy the Independent Broker Dealers in the first place," Shanks says.
The other X-factor in this deal is Brown who is being installed in a position senior to McGinnis. Brown's title is executive chairman. Brown moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo. after she left Cetera in May of 2014 and will remain based there. She will commute to AIG Advisor Group headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. frequently.
Marron says Brown's involvement addresses the biggest challenge of the deal — the 5,200 personalities of the reps and other humans involved. See: Why exactly Valerie Brown is out of a job at Cetera — and Larry Roth is in.
"Valerie understands that this is a people business and she understands clearly how to interact with people."
First, don't alienate
Experience matters, according to Butterfield.
"AIG is bringing on Valerie Brown, who has experience running a network of disparate B-Ds — namely the four Cetera B-Ds. Lightyear has experience building up then selling these entities — a plus for them. I think the key in these network deals is to centralize as much as you can from an operating/management perspective without alienating the unique cultures of each BD in the network."
Brown says she kept things simple during her sabbatical.
"I've just been enjoying life but I missed the industry."
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Directed by Daniel Riser, this feature film with audio in English (original language) was premiered in 2014. This movie, whose libretto belongs to Nicholas D. Lamb and Daniel Riser, was developed in USA. You can watch Hysperia online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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Runtime: 90 minutes
Dallas Steinback, Brandon Buescher, Chriss Anglin, Robert Du Haime, Dustin Murphy, Nicholas D. Lamb, Ali Sadiq, Kasey Leigh Dickerson, Gabriel Aslan, Bridget Du Haime, Leonard Kelly-Young, Derek McEntire and Bill J. Stevens.
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There's a question I'm asked at pretty much every school and library I visit, as well as online via Twitter, Tumblr, the contact form, what-have-you. So I figured maybe it was time to write something up that I can point to from now on.
The latest iteration of this question came via email the other day:
hello Mr. Lyga i was just wondering and if you think this is stupid you don't have to respond but why don't you make a movie out of some of your books (ex the fanboy and goth girl series) they all seem to have the potential to become a movie just saying oh and just for the hell of it i'm adding peer pressure here it comes all the cool authors are doing it =)
It's not a stupid question, but it does point to a basic point of information that apparently has not filtered into the public consciousness. I get this question from kids as young as ten and adults much, much older.
It is, of course, enormously flattering that someone loves a book of mine enough to want to see it translated into a medium (film) with a much wider audience. But there's a problem with this question.
To wit: I don't get to decide to make a movie out of my books.
I'm not trying to pick on the asker — I get asked this exact same question in this exact same fashion dozens and dozens of times a year. The question seems to assume that there would be movies of my books at a cineplex near you right now if only I weren't so recalcitrant.
Ain't so.
Movies happen because movie studios make them. Not authors. I can't look at, say, Boy Toy, and say, "Gee, that would make a great movie! Let's make that happen!"
A book becomes a movie when someone in Hollywood — an actor, a producer, a director, a studio executive — says, "Gee, that would make a great movie! Let's make that happen!"
At that point, they get in touch with me and say, "We'd like to make a movie out of your book!"
And yes, I've gotten that phone call. Every single time, I've said, "Okay, sounds cool. Do it." And they give me some money and they go off to make a movie.
Also every single time, the movie hasn't been made. Why? I don't know, exactly. Making movies is a tough, expensive, complex business. With a book, it's basically me and my editor. With a movie, you have to wrangle hundreds or thousands of working parts. Someone once told me the rule of books made into movies. It is:
Of the books published, only a few are actually optioned. Of the ones optioned, only a few are actually set up to be filmed. Of the ones filmed, only a few are actually released. Of the ones released, only a few are actually good.
Sounds about right to me.
So, people in Hollywood have to be willing to do what's necessary to make a movie out of one of my books. I can't just pick up the phone and call Spielberg and say, "Stevie! I've got a new book coming out. Get on the movie-making, will ya?" It doesn't work like that.
Now, it seems that once you get something on the screen and it does well, it's easier to get more of your books turned into movies. Stephen King probably sells his movie rights at the same time he turns in his manuscripts. And if The Fault in Our Stars does well at the box office, I'm willing to bet a decent sum of money that you'll see Looking for Alaska in theaters within a couple of years.1
There are no movies of my books because as of yet, no one has managed to clear all of the various hurdles to get one made. Not for lack of trying. The movie screenplay to The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl was drop-dead hilarious and — believe it or not — even geekier than the novel. WBTV has been working for a couple of years now to try to bring I Hunt Killers to the small screen.
Movies (and TV) are tough. And expensive. And complicated. Tens of thousands of books are published each year in the U.S. Mere hundreds of movies are made.
Do the math. Not all of those books are going to become movies. Thus far, mine are among those not to be anointed by Hollywood.
The good news is this: If someone wants to make a movie out of my book, great, but I don't attach any sort of self-worth to it. I'm happy to keep writing books, and fortunate enough to have readers like you who care enough to keep reading them.
- Probably John's other books, too. Although how much do you want to bet they rename An Abundance of Katherines to simply Katherines or The Katherines?↩


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The wedding was simply beautiful. I was blown away by the décor and the entire atmosphere + the food was THE BOMB!
…..Fast forward…….
What was my favorite part about the wedding? The bride and groom speeches were my favorite parts about the wedding. It was amazing to hear how the groom hadn't touched his wife (in a sexual manner) until tonight (their wedding night)! He mentioned that it wasn't easy, but it was worth the wait. They've both been tempted, but he stated, "It takes a strong person to stand up for what is right." He elaborated more and it was completely relatable. Being a young couple and striving to court God's way is admirable, but you will get tested with temptation at times! The question is...do you give in to temptation just because that's what your flesh wants to do or do you refrain from sexual desires in order to please God?
One thing that I can say, when you come into the knowledge of Christ, he will give you strength....but are you trusting, praying and casting your cares to the Lord during your tempting times? ....
…..Fast forward…….
My thoughts on marriage? I have a lot I could say here… Whether you're a virgin or you've stopped having sex to honor God before marriage, I applaud you! It takes a lot of self-control and discipline! Throughout it all, marriage is beautiful!
There were several other aspects from the wedding I enjoyed, but I wanted to keep this blog short and to the point.
May God continue to bless the Anthony's! I love you two!


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The idea for Reader's Digest first came to a young American copywriter called DeWitt Wallace while he was recovering in France from a shrapnel injury during the First World War. He spent four months poring over magazines sent from home, and it gave him an idea. Returning to the US at the end of the war, he decided to produce a new kind of monthly magazine—one that gathered together all the most interesting articles around so that people could get the best of the best reading all in one-pocket sized place. In doing so DeWitt Wallace became the world's first search engine.
The first issue rolled of Reader's Digest off the presses in New York in 1922. DeWitt and his wife Lila had hoped to make $5,000 from their venture, but by 1929 the magazine had 290,000 subscribers, an income of $900,000 a year and was well on the way to becoming the world's most popular magazine.
The first UK issue was published in London in March 1938, and since then we've printed everything from laugh-out-loud jokes to ground-breaking articles. We published the first exposé of the dangers of smoking in 1952, and highlighted the threat of a little-known Islamic extremist called Osama bin Laden as early as 1998.
And along the way we've found our way into countless TV programmes and films:
"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", The Simpsons (1991)
Lisa reaches the final of a "Reading Digest" essay-writing competition and is sent on an all-expenses paid trip to the US Capital, where she uncovers a bribery scandal in the Senate.
"Harbinger", Waking the Dead (BBC1, 2011).
A young boy whose mother has Münchausen syndrome collects Reader's Digest due to the amount of time he spends in doctors' waiting rooms.
Cigarette firm Lucky Strike seeks the advertising men's help to counter RD's recent article on the dangers of smoking. The episode is set in 1960, though, of course, we'd actually published "Cancer by the Carton" eight years earlier.
The narrator (Edward Norton) discovers stacks of old Annotated Reader issues (which are clearly based on RD) in the basement of his dilapidated house. He reads them obsessively.
"Listen to this. It's an article written
by an organ in first person. 'I am Jack's medulla oblongata, without me Jack could not regulate his heart rate, blood pressure or breathing!' There's a whole series of these! 'I am Jill's nipples.' 'I am Jack's Colon.' "
"I am John's …" was a regular medical section in the magazine.
Nemo and his fishy friends seize the moment for the little clownfish to try to escape from a dental-surgery aquarium when the dentist leaves the room.
Peach: "Potty break! Potty break! He just grabbed the Reader's Digest! We have 4.2 minutes."
Gill: "That's your cue, Sharkbait."
We've also been mentioned in Good Morning Vietnam, Final Destination, Outnumbered, Scrooged and, even, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
And the best til last: Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954)
Stella: We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?
Jeff: Reader's Digest, April 1939.
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Forecasting demand for telecommunications services and equipment has been a challenge for the last two yearsespecially with respect to optical networks. During this time, SONET/SDH sales have tanked as service providers chose to limit their capital investment in growth and responded to additional capacity needs by using up the reserve capacity in their well-engineered networks, leaving little margin for planning errors. Insights research suggests that SONET/SDH will resurge as carriers again see the need to add capacity in response to undiminished end-user demand for ever-greater amounts of bandwidth. Carriers will continue using SONET/SDH since it is an established technology that has already performed well for voice transmission. Given the hype about replacing SONET/SDH with alternatives such as dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM), the path of SONETs evolution is not entirely clear. DWDM increases the capacity of optical networks by increasing the number of wavelengths, or colors, of light that can be transmitted down a fiber optic path. At the same time, DWDM possesses advantages that may reduce reliance on SONET in the network, at least in the form used today. In particular, routing traffic by wavelength may render some of SONETs advantages obsolete. Although SONET carries multiplexed voice circuits well, the multiplexing of voice is now a much less important task in optical networks compared to the movement of data. In most systems today, data is still multiplexed by SONET add-drop multiplexers (ADMs) before transport by DWDM systems. One advantage of this approach is that SONET provides many functions to simplify the management and operation of transport networks. Network management functions are performed by an embedded communications channel between network elements that allows signal labels, remote error indicators, signal traces, error detection, multiplexing, and synchronization. Yet with so much data traffic in the form of pure Internet protocol (IP) packets, service providers are tempted to boost the efficiency of their networks by eliminating layers between IP and DWDM. Recently-developed OC-48c and OC-192c high-speed interfaces enable routers and switches to interface directly with DWDM systems without time division multiplexing (TDM) from a SONET ADM. For the first time, carrying IP or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic directly over photonics becomes possible. Such a move could reduce the costs of high-capacity networks, if the network functions now provided by SONET could be built into the optical layer. Some of the SONET management functions can indeed be provided by DWDM systems by using an optical supervisory channel (OSC), which uses either a separate wavelength or a small amount of bandwidth (per-channel) to facilitate communications among optical network elements. The OSC typically provides an embedded data communications channel, order-wire capability, signal label and trace, and remote error indications. Some SONET features, however, such as fault isolation, synchronization, protection, and restoration are not easily duplicated within an OSC. While DWDM will not replace SONET entirelyat least not any time soonSONETs long-term future is certainly not rosy. Whether SONET can last or should be abandoned is a popular question, with more than a few players in the business hoping for SONETs speedy demise. Any network architecture that requires significant SONET multiplexing also requires burdensome optical-to-electrical conversion with added cost. Misleading advertising by many vendors has unfortunately created confusion by suggesting the imminent arrival of an All Optical Network.
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SONET/SDH Terminal Market and Price Forecast by OC Type OC-3 OC-12 OC-48 OC-192 OC-768
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Worldwide Photonics Market by Subsystem Type Transmitters Receivers Other Active Passive Amplifier
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Chapter IEXECUTIVE SUMMARY1.1 Overview1.2 Development of the All-Optical Network1.3 The Market
Chapter IIMARKET DRIVERS2.1 Overview2.2 The Internet2.2.1 Internet Application Growth2.2.2 Internet Traffic Growth2.2.3 Broadband Markets2.2.4 Internet2 and the Next-Generation Internet2.2.5 Gaming and other Multimedia Entertainment2.3 Deregulation and Worldwide Telecom Policy2.3.1 Results of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the US2.3.2 Price Reductions2.4 Home Networks and Fiber-to-the-Home2.5 The Competition in Broadband Access2.5.1 DSL vs. Cable Modems vs. Wireless2.5.2 Power Line Networking2.6 Voice Communications Growth2.6.1 Wireless2.6.2 The Convergence of Voice and Data Communications2.7 Summary
Chapter IIIOPTICAL TECHNOLOGY3.1 The Emergence of the Optical Network3.2 Overview of the All-Optical Network3.3 Components of the All-Optical Network3.3.1 Optical Transmitters18.104.22.168 Tunable Lasers220.127.116.11 Modulators3.3.2 Optical Receivers3.3.3 Optical Fiber22.214.171.124 Development of Fiber126.96.36.199 Linear and Nonlinear Transmission Effects18.104.22.168 New Types of Fiber188.8.131.52 Future Fiber Design3.3.4 Amplifiers220.127.116.11 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers126.96.36.199 Semiconductor Laser Amplifiers188.8.131.52 Raman Amplifiers3.3.5 Passive Components18.104.22.168 Connectors184.108.40.206 Splices188.8.131.52 Attenuators3.4 Optical Systems3.4.1 Multiplexers/Demultiplexers3.4.2 Optical Switches, Routers, and Cross-Connects3.5 Equipment Manufacturing Issues3.5.1 Packaging and Assembly3.5.2 Hardware Cost Concerns3.6 Multiplexing Trends3.6.1 Advantages of Time Division Multiplexing3.6.2 Advantages of Wavelength Division Multiplexing3.7 Present and Future DWDM Systems3.7.1 Long-Haul Systems3.7.2 Metropolitan Systems3.8 Management of All-Optical Networks3.8.1 End-to-End Wavelength Management3.8.2 Optical Network Monitoring3.8.3 Restoration3.9 Developing Technology3.9.1 Soliton-Based Systems3.9.2 Advances in Components3.10 Standards Efforts and Organizations3.10.1 Optical Domain Service Interconnection Coalition3.10.2 Optical Internetworking Forum3.10.3 Internet Engineering Task Force3.11 IP, ATM, DWDM, and the Future of SONET
Chapter IVOPTICAL SERVICE PROVIDER SOLUTIONS4.1 Long-Haul and Metropolitan Infrastructure Buildouts4.1.1 Overview4.1.2 List of Buildouts4.2 Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Deployment4.2.1 Submarine Fiber vs. Satellites4.2.2 Deployment Process4.2.3 Underseas Cable System Ownership4.2.4 Impact of WDM/DWDM on Submarine Fiber Cable4.2.5 Submarine Fiber Cable Deployments4.3 The Last Mile: PONs and Fiber-to-the-X4.3.1 Fiber to the Home: PONS in the Local Loop18.104.22.168 The BellSouth Project126.96.36.199 The Palo Alto Project18.104.22.168 Other Ventures4.3.2 Fiber-to-the-Business and Multiple Dwelling Units4.4 Hybrid Fiber Coax Systems4.4.1 Hybrid Fiber Coax Technology4.4.2 HFC Telephony4.5 Utility Company Involvement
Chapter VTHE OPTICAL VENDOR LANDSCAPE5.1 Semiconductor, Integrated, and Planar Optics Vendors5.1.1 Fabless Semiconductors5.1.2 Integrated Optics Vendors5.1.3 InP-Based Development5.2 Transmitter, Receiver, and Modulator Vendors5.2.1 VCSELs5.2.2 Tunable Lasers5.2.3 Receivers5.3 All-Fiber Component Vendors5.4 Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Vendors5.5 Passive Component Vendors5.6 Module and Subsystem Vendors5.6.1 Integrated Components5.6.2 Switch, Router, and Cross-Connect Vendors5.6.3 MEMS vs. Liquid Crystals vs. Lithium Niobate Switches22.214.171.124 MEMS in Fiber Optic Systems220.127.116.11 Liquid Crystal Switches5.6.4 Optoelectronic Devices5.7 Systems, Platform, and Infrastructure Vendors5.7.1 Metro System Vendors5.7.2 Infrastructure Providers188.8.131.52 Niche All-Optical Infrastructure Providers
Chapter VIMARKET FORECASTS6.1 Summary6.2 Fiber Deployment6.2.1 Worldwide Fiber Deployment by Network Type6.3 Growth in Worldwide Bandwidth Demand6.4 The Future of SONET/SDH6.5 The DWDM Market6.5.1 The Metro DWDM Market6.6 Photonic Subsystem Market Growth6.6.1 Transmitters6.6.2 Receivers6.6.3 Other Active Components6.6.4 Passive Components6.6.5 Amplifiers
AppendixGLOSSARYTable of FiguresI-1 Worldwide PCs Online, 2000-2006I-2 Worldwide SONET/SDH and DWDM System Revenue, 2000-2006 ($Billions)II-1 Worldwide Internet Traffic Growth, 2000-2005 (Gigabits per Second)II-2 Host and Domain Name Growth, 2000-2006 (Millions)II-3 Worldwide E-commerce Revenue, Business vs. Consumer, 2000-2006 ($Billions)III-1 SONET Ring ConfigurationIII-2 Switched Optical/Electrical Networks vs. All-Optical IP Meshed NetworksIII-3 Optical Fiber StructureIII-4 Optical Transmitter, Amplifier, and Receiver Basic ConfigurationIII-5 Functional Elements of Optical SystemsIII-6 ITU-T Wavelength Spacing Grid for DWDM Systems (Nanometers)III-7 DWDM Bands Around 1550 NanometersIII-8 Chromatic DispersionIII-9 Stimulated Raman ScatteringIII-10 Four-Wave MixingIII-11 Three-Stage EDFA StructureIII-12 Demultiplexing Using Cascaded Thin-Film FiltersIII-13 Example of 80-Channel Multiple Step Demultiplexing Using InterleaversIII-14 Optical Add-Drop MultiplexerIII-15 Optical Cross-ConnectIII-16 TDM Expansion vs. WDM ExpansionIII-17 Long-Haul DWDM SystemIII-18 Two Ways to Expand DWDM CapacityIII-19 Six Different Layered Approaches Used in Optical Networks TodayIII-20 Comparative Restoration Timing Performance (DCS, OXC, SONET, and Optical Rings)IV-1 Submarine Cable LayoutIV-2 Types of PONsIV-3 Basic APON Architecture for FTTH, FTTB, FTTC, and FTTCab StructureIV-4 HFC ArchitectureVI-1 Fiber Deployment by Region, 2000 vs. 2006VI-2 Worldwide Fiber Deployment by Network Type, 2000 vs. 2006VI-3 Average Cable Cross-Sections, 2000-2006 (Fibers/Cable)VI-4 Decline in Bandwidth Cost, Short- vs. Long-Haul, 2000-2006 ($ per Gbit/s per Kilometer)VI-5 Worldwide SONET/SDH Equipment Unit Sales, 2000-2006 (Thousands)VI-6 SONET/SDH Terminal Market, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-7 SONET/SDH Terminal Price Forecast, 2000-2006 ($Thousands)VI-8 DWDM Mux/Demux Prices, 2000-2006 ($Thousands Per Port)VI-9 Worldwide DWDM Sales, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-10 Transmitter Subsystem Market Growth, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-11 Tunable Laser Penetration, 2000-2006 (% of Total Lasers)VI-12 Receiver Subsystem Market Growth, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-13 Other Active Component Subsystem Market Growth, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-14 Passive Component Subsystem Market Growth, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-15 Amplifier Subsystem Market Growth, 2000-2006 ($Billions)
Table of TablesI-1 Optical Networking`s Advantages Over Legacy SONET/SDHI-2 Trial DWDM Systems With the Largest Capacity, 2001II-1 Download Time Comparison by Type of Internet AccessII-2 Online PCs, North America and Rest of World, Home vs. SME, 2000-2006 (Millions)III-1 ITU-T Frequency and Wavelength Grid for DWDM SystemsIII-2 Typical Features of First Generation Metropolitan vs. Long-Haul DWDM NetworksIV-1 List of Major Landline Fiber DeploymentsIV-2 Major In-Service and Planned Atlantic Submarine Cables, 1995-2002IV-3 Major In-Service and Planned Pacific Submarine Cables, 1995-2002IV-4 PON Technical FeaturesVI-1 Fiber Deployment by Region, 2000-2006 (Gigameters)VI-2 Worldwide Fiber Deployment by Network Type, 2000-2006 (Gigameters)VI-3 PCs Online, North America vs. Rest of World, Home vs. SME, 2000-2006 (Millions)VI-4 Bandwidth Demand, N America vs. Rest of World, Home vs. SME, 2000-2006 (Gbit/s)VI-5 Worldwide SONET/SDH Equip Unit Sales, Metro vs. Long-Haul, 2000-2006 (Thousands)VI-6 SONET/SDH Terminal Market by OC Type, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-7 SONET/SDH Terminal Price Forecast by OC Type, 2000-2006 ($Thousands)VI-8 DWDM System Prices, Metro vs. Long-Haul, 2000-2006 ($Thousands Per Port)VI-9 Worldwide DWDM Sales, Metro vs. Long-Haul Systems, 2000-2006 ($Billions)VI-10 Worldwide Photonics Market by Subsystem Type, 2000-2006 ($Billions)
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — CHP officers had to use a stun gun to subdue a man who allegedly threw a punch at them only minutes after demanding to see the governor.
"When they asked him to leave, he turned and punched one of the officers in the eye," said CHP Sgt. Rick Campbell.
It was a simple request, but one that the man didn't like.
"He was getting aggressive and said, "I want to see the governor. I want to see the governor," said Erasto Teran, a man who witnessed the scuffle.
Teran says he saw it all. He was standing in front of the in the security line.
"All the other security, they were running to help the other ones, you know," said Teran.
Officers eventually brought Eric Ball, 38, down with a Taser.
It's the third time Ball was spotted at the capitol.
"He was at the capitol yesterday," said Sgt. Campbell.
Officers say the man walked around the capitol and left without any problems yesterday. But a week ago, they say had to escort him out.
"He was yelling incoherently outside the governor's door," said Sgt. Campbell.
Ball was taken by ambulance to UC Davis medical Center. His scuffle was caught on capitol security cameras right outside the CHP office doors.
Court records show that officers arrested him for battery and resisting arrest before.
If you're thinking of forcing your way into the governor's office, Sgt. Ball says think again.
"You usually lose that battle," he said.
Ball is facing charges of felony resisting arrest and felony battery on a peace officer.


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- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Fort Basinger (10km)
- Mildred (12.9km)
- Brighton (14.8km)
- Basinger (14.8km)
- Cornwell (15km)
- Dixie Ranch Acres (16.3km)
- Basswood Estates (23km)
- Whispering Pines (25.4km)
- Wild Island (26.2km)
- Barber Quarters (26.3km)
- Plains (26.8km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Sandfly Gully (10.8km)
- Maple River (11km)
- Cypress Slough (14km)
- Chandler Hammock Slough (14.6km)
- Turkey Slough (15.2km)
- Snake River (15.7km)
- Gore Branch (16.6km)
- Ash Slough (17.6km)
- Istokpoga Creek (23.4km)
- Fish Slough (26.9km)
- airport;
- a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- River Acres Airport (3.5km)
- River Oak Airport (13.2km)
- Bass River Airpark (14.1km)
- Lykes Brighton Airport (18.9km)
- Sunset Strip Airpark (19.4km)
- Flying B Ranch Airport (20.1km)
- Okeechobee County Airport (24.5km)
- island;
- a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Oak Hammock (11km)
- Turkey Hammock (20.8km)
- Fish Branch Island (21km)
- Dad Island (24.2km)
- Eagle Island (25km)
- White Hammock (26.8km)
- canal;
- an artificial watercourse.
- Canal C-41A (17.8km)
- Indian Prairie Canal (21.6km)
- Canal C-40 (21.8km)
- Istokpoga Canal (24km)
- Canal C-39a (24.3km)
- Canal C-41 (25.8km)
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- Kissimmee River Camp (0km)
- Morgan Landing (0.6km)
- Platt Bluff (3.9km)
- Fort Basinger Station (7.7km)
- Dixie Ranch (14.7km)
- swamp;
- a wetland dominated by tree vegetation.
- Long Cypress Slash (8.5km)
- Yates Marsh (9.1km)
- Underhill Sawgrass Pond (22.5km)
- inlet;
- a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water.
- Doughtry Cutoff (5.7km)
- Chandler Slough (9.8km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Basinger School (14.2km)
- North Elementary School (24.9km)
- bridge;
- a structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across.
- Pearce Bridge (10km)
- Harding Bridge (11.2km)
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Canal Lake (14.4km)
- Grogan Lake (17.7km)
- tower;
- a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
- Brighton Lookout Tower (16.4km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Basinger Cemetery (12.5km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Brethren Church (13.8km)
- bay;
- a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Pitman Bay (12.6km)
- second-order administrative division;
- a subdivision of a first-order administrative division.
- Okeechobee County (22.7km)
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- Taylor Creek, Florida city city o
- Lake Istokpoga waterbody lake
- Okeechobee Battlefield city city o
- Sylvan Shores, Florida city city o
- Up the Grove Beach, Florida city o
- Fort Drum, Florida military
- Lake Placid, Florida city o
- Lakeport, Florida city o
- Placid Lakes, Florida city city o
- Venus, Florida city o
Airports close to Kissimmee River Camp
Vero beach muni(VRB), Vero beach, Usa (97.5km)
Melbourne international(MLB), Melbourne, Usa (130.6km)
Patrick afb(COF), Coco beach, Usa (150.7km)
Southwest florida international(RSW), Fort myers, Usa (152.5km)
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Lovells has raised newly-qualifieds' salaries by 6 per cent to overtake Allen & Overy (A&O), but it still trails Linklaters as this year's first associate salary hikes are revealed.
Lovells has increased its newly-qualifieds' salaries from £50,000 to £53,000. The firm has also increased its performance-related bonus for all associates from a maximum of 20 per cent to 30 per cent from 2007.
Linklaters has increased newly qualified lawyers' salaries by 6 per cent to £55,100, as first revealed on www.thelawyer.com (29 April). The firm is increasing salaries for fee-earners in London by between 5.5 and 12 per cent, depending on seniority.
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Bells & Bellringers
The Bells of Christ Church St Laurence are rung every Sunday morning, on Feast Days and to announce other liturgical occasions. In addition to calling people to worship, the sound of our bells has accompanied civic occasions. In 1901 the bells were rung to mark the Federation of Australia and the death of Queen Victoria.
The original six bells were cast by John Taylor & Sons of Loughborough, England, in 1852. They arrived in Sydney the following year aboard the Hamlet, and were hung in the belltower in 1855, first chimed on Christmas Day that year, and first rung full circle on 1 January 1856. Following retuning by Whitechapel Foundry in London, the bells were rehung by the ringers with new fittings in a steel frame. On Trinity Sunday, 1983, the bells were blessed and named by the Rt Rev'd David Hand, former Archbishop of New Guinea. Four new bells from Whitechapel were added in 1984, bringing the full complement in our belltower to ten.
The Bells
- Whitechapel, 1984 "Warwick"; pitch B (treble); weight 162kg
- Whitechapel, 1984 "Robert"; pitch A; weight 163kg
- Whitechapel, 1984 "John"; pitch G; weight 181kg
- Whitechapel, 1984 "Neil"; pitch F#; weight 200kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Mary"; pitch E; weight 228kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Esther"; pitch D; weight 267kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Barbara"; pitch C; weight 315kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Patrick"; pitch B; weight 316kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Basil"; pitch A; weight 369kg
- Taylor, 1852 "Laurence"; pitch G; weight 550kg
Some of the bells bear the names of religious figures: No. 5, Mary (the Mother of God); No. 7, Barbara, Patron Saint of Bellringers. Bell No. 3 is named for Fr John Hope, rector of this church from 1926-64.
The 1852 tenor (No. 10) is named for Laurence, Deacon of Rome, who is the Patron Saint of this Church. It bears the inscription:
Tho' various stops the solemn organ grace
the sprightly treble, and majestic bass
Yet say what bass, what treble can excel,
the cheerful matin, or the funeral knell?
Learning to Ring
For more information on becoming a Bellringer, contact the Tower Captain. New recruits are always welcome, as are visiting ringers. Ringers come from all walks of life and most age groups, and need not be church-goers. Bellringing is a group activity that combines physical coordination and mental alertness to produce the unique sounds of change ringing. This combination of mental and physical skills, teamwork, and the rich sounds that are produced, ensures a lifetime's enjoyment. Many people ring as a contribution to church and community life; others enjoy learning a traditional skill which has been passed down for centuries. Ringers everywhere enjoy the social aspects of their hobby, meeting regularly to ring bells for various occasions. Visiting other towers is encouraged, and a good way to meet people when travelling. Bellringing does not require great physical strength, nor do you need any knowledge of music or mathematics. It's all about rhythm, memory and concentration. Although a bell rests with its mouth facing downwards, the English tradition of bellringing requires that the bell be raised to the "up" position. The bells swing through a full circle each time they ring. You will need some intensive practice at the outset – perhaps a dozen one-to-one lessons to develop the technique to ring your bell "to the balance". With that skill acquired, you will quickly become a useful member of the band, attending our weekly practice (Tuesdays 6-8pm) and ringing on Sunday mornings and for special occasions. Change ringing comes next, with its intriguing mix of quick-thinking, listening, vision ("ropesight") and fine-tuning of the physical skills. How rapidly and how far you advance depends mainly on opportunity and enthusiasm, but the feeling of achievement and fun starts from the beginning.
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The Bellringers of Christ Church St Laurence are members of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Bellringers. New ringers are welcomed.


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MICHAEL Phelps failed in his first bid to qualify for his first international meet since the London Games, finishing seventh on Wednesday in the 100m freestyle at the US Swimming Championships.
Phelps, whose record 22 Olympic medals include an astonishing 18 golds, ended a near two-year retirement in April.
But his first attempt to take his comeback to a new level by qualifying for a major international meet — the Pan Pacific Championships on Australia's Gold Coast later this month — fell flat.
He was last at the turn and couldn't find the last-lap speed needed, settling for seventh in 49.17 sec.
Nathan Adrian, the 100m free Olympic gold medallist in London, won in 48.31 sec.
Ryan Lochte, whose own collection of 11 Olympic medals includes five golds, stormed to second from lane eight in 48.96.
Jimmy Feigen was third in 48.98 and Conor Dwyer was fourth in 49.06.
The top four earned berths for the Pan Pacifics.
Results from these championships and the PanPacs will then determine the US team for the 2015 World Championships in Russia. Phelps, who has been coy about whether his comeback is aimed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is entered in three more events this week, just his fourth competition since coming out of retirement.
He is slated to swim the 100m butterfly on Friday — the event he has raced the most since his return — and the 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley on Saturday and Sunday.
Originally published as Michael Phelps fails in 100m freestyle