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Oh, how she'd be surprised to see how her city has changed. The nightlife here pulsates – mostly due to those crazy college kids over at the University of Glasgow. The school, founded in 1451, is the fourth oldest in the English-speaking world and ranks among the top 100 universities in the world. Come share of a pint with students taking a studying break.
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text: So there we were, confused. Especially me, Mr. Perpetually-Confused. There are a couple of Lineas in the society we stay in and one happens to be parked right where we can see it from our verandah. My wife joked that its God putting temptation in my line of sight I would stare and sigh deeply every morning as we had our morning tea. My head would always turn when one would cross by me and before you I knew it, I was head over heels in love with her. As my wife was pretty sure that I would remain in a confused state, we headed to the Honda showroom to TD the Jazz. I liked its cute look which my wife didnt (Japanese Koi fish face, she says) but she decided she could live with it. Extremely practical car, loads of space like a typical Honda. A bit sluggish due to the 1.2 ltr engine and they were offering a discount of Rs. 55,000.00 as well. A good deal and my wife decided that she had had enough of TD-ing and this was it. The Jazz it would be. The trademark Honda blue color with gun metal alloys. But I wasn't convinced somehow. The thought of my wife driving a Jazz and giving up on the passion she has just because I was confused bothered me. Woke up next morning and decided it was time for the 4th TD of the Linea and this time, the T-Jet's 2nd. We walked towards the TD car and man is it beautiful!! Sharp edges combined with smooth flowing curves, in perfect harmony. Exquisitely sculpted head lamps and tail lamps, unlike the trend these day of bulging lights a.k.a. Toad eyes . Sit inside and the beautiful retro dials beg to be looked at. Plush Italian leather seats caress your thighs and back. Crank her and she purrs, begging you to hit the road and see what she can do. Slowly I took her out of the complex and hit the highway which was newly paved. That's the place where she shines. We in Gujarat has some of the best road infrastructure in the country and in this car, its just you and the tarmac. No wind noise or tyre noise (except from the drivers door ). Almost like gliding on thin air. Reached a small toll plaza with rumble strips and she went over the rumbles with panache and ever so smoothly, we barely felt a bump. Time to put the foot down a bit and off she GOES. Without a hint of hesitation, she just lunges forward. Under that beautiful and sexy body is a devil waiting to be unleashed. We got back to the showroom with dreamy expressions on our faces. These expressions didnt go away, not even when we sat down to discuss finance. So started the search on forums for ownership reviews and as I read here about the experience of people owning one, especially the mileage bit, nothing could stop me now. My wife was kind enough to give me a couple of days to make up my mind, which wasn't required as I had already decided. So we went to Cargo Motors for the booking and came across Tushar Thakar, the sales executive. I was really surprised the way he handled us. He is extremely polite, very prompt, very patient and always smiling. Its because of him that our opinion of Tata-Fiat dealerships has changed. We were expecting really disinterested service which wasn't the case. Handed over the booking amount and the delivery was to be on the 6th May, Akshaya Tritiya day. There was still one question to be answered though, which color? Tuscan Wine is the best looking color for the Linea but Ahmedabad being an extremely dusty place, it would be a pain in the a** trying to keep it clean and sparkling. So we decided to go for the Bossa Nova White. The decision, in part, was helped by my wife who smiled at me sweetly and said " You do know that you will be cleaning the car, not me". On the 5th we went for the PDI with a long list of checks to be done we found on other forums. We couldnt restrain the wide grins on our faces as we walked towards her, catching our first glimpse of her in real life. Tushar, the SE, was surprised looking at us with a bunch of papers and pen and systematically ticking on the list and making note of the points which need to be attended to. Problems found in the PDI: 1. Boot doesn't close properly. One has to slam it really hard to close it. 2. Front two doors don't close properly. Have to close them hardly. 3. USB not working. Delivery day!!! We were in our respective work places trying to work but in vain. Afternoon my wife calls me and says she is getting restless and just cannot sit in the office and the next moment I was in the car on the way to her office to pick her up!! Frankly, I didn't need her call to run out Had lunch and after a while headed to the showroom for the delivery as our Bijli ben (thats what we christened her. Our other cars are Dhanno and Chhamiya ) had gone to their workshop for repairs/amendment of points noted in the PDI. We find that some other customer had also come for delivery of a car and found that the car was scratched and were really upset and angry about it. We looked at each other and felt smart that we took the effort of coming the previous day and do the PDI. Took the delivery, my wife proudly drove her home with me following in the Palio. The Fiat Brigade is going home.

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text: Hello! I started with Chinese a few months ago, and one of my classmates recommended me to use an electronic dictionary. He is a very good Japanese speaker, and uses a Casio that was designed for Japanese learners of Chinese. Now, I can see how it is very beneficial for him to study Chinese in Japanese, as he gets to practice both languages. Unfortunately most of these things are designed for native Asian users. He almost talked me into buying one, but someone told me about pleco, and now I am looking for the right hardware. My classmate says the electric dictionary helped him probably the most in his quite outstanding "performance" of mastering well over 4000 kanji in 3 years, so I kind of trust him in his recommendation. He says basically 3 functions are that is of major significance: 1 access to sound samples 2 hyper-links 3 history of your activity\study If I am not mistaken, the first two are granted in pleco, but what about the 3rd one? Is there someone here who has extensive experience with learning with an electric dict. (preferably a casio) and pleco? If so, could they please provide some info about their impressions? My other question goes to hardware. I am considering to buy an iPad mini (as someone suggested here in the forum), or buying a smartphone (was planning a budget of a max. 200 euros/ 270 USD). I found the motorola moto G, that just came out, quite attractive, but I am not sure if I wouldnt be better off with a second hand iPhone 4 or possibly 4S, in case I go for the smartphone. I recall reading on this forum that android gets less support in terms of applications and upgrades. What I want to use the device for is pretty much exhausted in pleco, it would be for language learning. I understand its much easier to carry around a smartphone than the ipad mini, this one point I am considering. I am not sure whether OCR would be important for me at the moment. Could become later, but for now I will most likely be browsing the dictionary and use it for checking the Hanzi that I have forgotten the meaning of, but still can write (this happens to me quite a lot). Sorry if my post is a little confusing. The main questions are: - if I was to go for android like the motorola, what benefits would I get from that? - if I stay with Apple, what speaks for the smartphone and what for the mini tablet? Thank you, G.


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I guess that you could say that I am pretty into Japanese culture. I have been for the past few years, ever since I first took a trip to the country and stayed there for a couple of weeks. I pretty much fell in love with it, and I am glad that I got to have the chance to stay there. I would like to go back again. Recently, I have been indulging myself on Jdrama which is a shortened name for Japanese drama shows, and I find them to be pretty addictive.
I just finished watching the third series of such shows that I have seen, and it is probably the best one that I have watched so far. I am not sure how many other good ones there are out there, but if there are more of the quality of the last one that I watched, then I am going to be pretty excited.
The problem is that i do not really have the time to watch all of this television. I have a pretty busy lifestyle, and usually the only time I have to watch them, is before I go to sleep at night. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to stay up late and watch more episodes than I should when I do that. I guess I should figure out some other time to watch them.
I also have the issue that I am not sure which series to watch now that I have finished the last one. I have a couple other ones downloaded, but I want to search around and see which shows are popular. I wish I had someone to recommend other shows to me, because that would be pretty helpful at this point. Maybe I can talk to someone who knows more about these shows.


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Thanks everyone for the hugs and advice. I do have a wonderful kitty who loves to cuddle, so I do soak that up!
I am trying to focus on the positives. As far as the meds go, it is a serious problem. I have tried everything (truly! there aren't hundreds of meds out there for bp, really and I have tried at least a dozen) and cannot tolerate antipsychotics. My pdoc will not add an antidepressant b/c it will cause me to cycle. So I am really stuck with the meds. So far increasing the Lamotrigine is not working.
At the next appointment I may try to beg for an antidepressant with the Lamotrigine. Honestly, we've never tried it, maybe I won't cycle???? He's pretty firm on it though.
Therapy? I tried counselling a couple months ago and the counsellor was awful. I may try again since it is covered through work.
Anyway, today and yesterday I have been so depressed. I don't know what I am going to do. I think the fact that I am feeling it's all impossible is getting to me. It feels totally hopeless right now. This has been months and I am really worried.
Still not well. But I am writing my accomplishments to you all so I can focus on continuing on fighting this depression.
This week has not gone well at work. I was in an extremely stressful situation Monday that really angered me Monday and it leaked over into Tuesday. My anger was gone Wednesday (I did a lot of venting). Yesterday was rough. My job is even slower than it already was--one of my three psychiatrists that I work for has gone on maternity leave, so now I am down to two and one of those is only here two days a week. So, that means a lot of downtime and boredem. Yesterday I really felt the walls of my office closing in on me, so although anxiety provoking, I forced myself to go have lunch with one of the teams (about 8 ppl) downstairs. The team is consisted of nurses, and psychologists, along with another secretary and a clerk. So I did that, YAY for me! Then I went for a break with the secretary and clerk in the afteroon and killed a half hour of time there.
The other night I called a friend and reached out to her to come over for some tea, it didn't end up happening but I get points for trying. Last week I did meet up with another friend who lives down the street from me and she allowed me to really let it all out, so I will be calling her again soon.
Today I have been working on CBT all morning. Mainly I am just reading and writing right now. This afternoon I am going to try to actually do some of the exercises...Actually make that one exercise this afternoon, baby steps are needed right now.
Tyring NOT to focus on how the meds aren't working for me right now and just keep on taking them and not missing any doses.
Anyway, there it is. It does make me feel better to know I am trying, although I don't feel like I am. I feel like I'm just lying there "taking it". But, like I said, I am in fact trying....Focus focus focus. Thanks for reading.
Thought I would update.
Some cycling earlier in the week, but the depression is still there and overwhelming. I decided (pdoc approved) to go back down on the Mirapex (which is supposed to be helping with the depression) and asked for a limited supply as I will have my next pdoc appointment in two weeks. I finally decided I am going to push for an antidepressant with my Lamotrigine and quit the Mirapex since this episode has not cooperated with it, like it was for a few months when I started it.
Pdoc is really against the antidepressant, but so many of you have that in your cocktail of meds, so I really want him to agree to it. He has a strong concern since I cycle that it will increase that, and maybe he is right but I want to try and if that's what happens then I'll stop it.
If anyone can give me feedback if they cycle and are on an antidepressant..How it works out? Lamotrigine should help stablize, but it might not be enough. I can't tolerate any of the antipsychotics, so...I don't know...
Anyway hope you are all well. I am trying to go for walks as much as I can....It was working great earlier in the week but once the depression got worse again I didn't get out the last two days........


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Bollywood's Jackie Shroff, Kollywood's Sarath Kumar, Aadhi and many other stars are part of this prestigious project which also happens to the debutant directorial venture of Soundarya Ashwin, Rajini's second and youngest daughter. Director K.S. Ravikumar would be penning the story, screenplay and dialogues besides assisting Soudarya in her direction assignment.
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Astronaut Bernard Harris sponsoring two-week camp at UT Arlington
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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ARLINGTON - The University of Texas at Arlington is taking applications now for this summer's ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, a free, two-week residential camp for middle school students.
The event is one of 25 planned this summer at universities throughout the U.S. to increase interest in math and science. It is made possible by a $80,000 grant to the UT Arlington College of Science from the ExxonMobil Foundation and Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr., the first African-American astronaut to walk in space and a NASA researcher. The Harris Foundation, which Dr. Harris founded, supports programs that empower individuals, in particular minorities and the economically and/or socially disadvantaged, to recognize their potential and pursue their dreams.
This year's camp at UT Arlington will be July 17-29. To be selected, applicants must be members of traditionally underserved or underrepresented populations and entering sixth, seventh or eighth-grade in fall 2011. For other requirements and instructions on how to apply, please visit www.uta.edu/cos/sciencecamp/. Applications are due by April 8.
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The EUCAM Initiative
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The Europe-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) initiative was developed by FRIDE in 2008 where it was implemented until December 2015 when FRIDE seized its activities. Since then EUCAM became part of CESS that now manages the initiative. With CESS guidance and cooperation EUCAM will seek to continue to raise the profile of European-Central Asian relations in general, and more specifically to:
• critically, though constructively, scrutinize European policies towards Central Asia;
• enhance knowledge of European engagement with Central Asia through top-quality research;
• raise awareness on the importance of Central Asia and Europe's engagement, as well as discuss European policies among Central Asian communities;
• expand the network of experts and institutions from Europe and Central Asia and provide a forum for debate.
Over the years EUCAM has established itself as a knowledge hub providing information and expert opinion on Europe-Central Asia relations. EUCAM has published over a 100 working papers, policy briefs, commentaries and newsletters, and has organised over 25 roundtables and conferences in Central Asia, Europe and the United States. For more information please visit: www.eucentralasia.eu
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I am trying to connect the Instance of SQL Express 2005 from a client PC (running on Windows XP).
While in the Object Explorer connection window, I can view the required SQL Express Instance installed in my server, but while i try to connect the instance, it says 'Login failed for the user 'MYSERVER/guest'
The same error popups when i try to tun my client application (developed in VB6)..
The server is set to run on Windows Autentication Mode and i've enabled the TCP/IP in the Local and Remote connections in Surface Area and the TCP/IP is enabled.
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Stress is a part of our daily lives. It can have a negative impact on your health and your relationships. The reason why I decided to write this book was because I wanted to share my personal success story with managing stress to you. I will talk about the following six ways (tips/ideas/behaviors) that will help you better deal with stress. I promise:
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ED Report – February 2014
BevCam was on hand as practically balmy weather, relatively speaking, greeted hundreds of plungers young and old on February 2 for the Annual Polar Plunge sponsored by the North Shore CDC and River House. Thanks to volunteer Mark Layman who joined Kim and Walt for thew shoot.
Peter Stewart brought in a young rock group called "Freak Show" as featured performers on his "I've Got Music in Me" show. In front of family and staff, they rocked the house with their spirited versions of current rock hits.
On February 18, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary presented an award of appreciation to BevCam for its support of their National Safe Boating Day, Operation "Paddle Smart", and recreational Boating Safety program through PSA's and live event coverage.
BevCam conducted a full complement of training classes in February including Editing 101, Field Camera, Studio Camera, Audio Operator, Tech Director and Producer Overview. We had from 12 to 20 attendees in each session.
Jason Parisella has started off another season producing shows of interest to homeowners, "Jason's in the House". On February 11, he hosted Coastal Windows in a discussion of replacement windows, roofing and siding.
BevCam continues to outreach at the Beverly Community Council meetings at the BCOA. At February's session, new Police Chief John LeLacheur and new Mayor Mike Cahill were featured.
On Thursday, February 27, BevCam taped the Annual Beverly Business awards from Danversport Yacht Club, sponsored by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce.
Producer Brian Thompson taped another "Live Around the Studio" show featuring local duo "Ditto". Their excellent soft-rock harmonies came alive in selections from the Beatles, James Taylor and Neil Young songbook.
"North Shore Journal" and Walt Kosmowski hosted a show on the Beverly Oracle project, sponsored by Beverly Main Streets and Montserrat College of Art. Visiting Artist Anna Schuleit Haber described some visual and technical aspects of the project.
A new Studio Associate joined our staff on February 10. We are happy to welcome Matt Greenberg to the BevCam family!
During the month, BevCam taped and aired the open public sessions at each elementary school, sponsored by the Beverly School Committee, to get input into the decision on whether the new middle school would be a 6-8 or 5-8 grade configuration.
As a public service, BevCam taped two shows with advocates for/against the Brimbal Avenue vote on February 8. Mayor Mike Cahill spoke in favor of the measure, and the North Beverly Neighborhood Association spoke against it.
On February 28, Executive Director Walt Kosmowski attended the fundraiser for the First Baptist Church.
New members for February include: individual member Haley Sciola (who attended all of our training classes); organizational members April Richard and John Custis from the Beverly Historical Society, Marc Beasley from the Pack 2 Cub Scouts, John Coonley with the North Shore Men's Choir, and Jennifer Wenger from Lahey Health Senior Care, who are preparing to produce their own show.


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In brief, it's just a baby relaxing who's joined by a puppy that cuddles up to him. The pair look so happy together. It's enough to melt the coldest heart of the most pessimistic cynic out there.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With producers of USA, this movie of 2014 has been brilliantly directed by Jordan Ehrlich. You can watch Cost of Construction 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: 72 minutes
Robert Reich, Flavia Colgan, George Cole, George Miller, Steve Ross, James Stanley, Chris Giunchigliani, Tony Illia, Steve Holloway, Alexandra Berzon and Jordan Barab.
Documental, Historic.
72-minute film (full movie) directed by Jordan Ehrlich.
The original audio of Cost of Construction has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Flavia Colgan and Jordan Ehrlich.
Lucie Schwartz, Jordan Ehrlich and Anna Belle Peevey.
Topher Hendricks, Flavia Colgan and Jordan Ehrlich.
This film was produced and / or financed by Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley and Cavelight Films.
Composed by Elik Alvarez, Jordan Ehrlich, Freddy Sheinfeld and Andres Boulton.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Cost of Construction has a duration of 72 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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The school occupies an extensive site, overlooking the coast, with superb playing fields, including an international standard artificial all weather sports ground. Significant investment of several million in the last 24 months has resulted in: refurbished Sixth Form facilities; new staff and administrative facilities; a new Library; new ICT facilities; new D&T facilities; upgraded and new science laboratories; a new drama studio; upgraded music facilities; improvements to internal accessibility; extended art facilities; and interactive whiteboards in each classroom. A brand new Junior School opened in September 2013, and a new Sports Hall for the Senior School opened in September 2014.
Please click on the respective title to see a detailed plan of each floor: Senior School Ground Floor, Senior School First Floor, Junior School Ground Floor and Junior School First Floor.
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jkirkerx wrote:The full story is that god came in a spaceship
Brandon-X12000 wrote:this will generate powerful radiation fields that will devastate and destroy all electronics in the world. Throwing us back into the stone age
lewax00 wrote:The stone age ended when the integrated circuit was invented? That's news to me.
lewax00 wrote:And in this case, most of the knowledge of how to build things isn't lost
jschell wrote:would require a manual search because the card catalog is electronic
lewax00 wrote:Like I said, it might not be immediately useful. But it is still there, if
people are willing to make the effort. And it's still probably a lot faster than
reinventing it.
wizardzz wrote:The world was pretty industrialized before electricity. IE: The first industrial revolution.
Ignition of combustion engines can be driven by compression, not just spark.
jschell wrote:And the knowledge base of that time was sufficient to create those technologies. The knowledge base now is specifically not suited to creating that stuff.
wizardzz wrote:I see your point, but people can still grow food, transport it, and sell it
without going back to the stone age.
wizardzz wrote:, I think the knowledge base now is not suited to creating much of anything.
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wizardzz wrote:, I think the knowledge base now is not suited to creating much of anything.
<layer>Of course it is. Creation occurs now based on the current knowledge base. Which is no different from the period you referred to.
wizardzz wrote:Why did you selectively quote my last sentence to suite your view? Ignoring the
qualifier changes the meaning. Incredibly rude.
jschell wrote:Presumably you meant the "masses" part - I don't agree with your qualification.
jschell wrote:Some people were really creative then. Some are really creative now.
wizardzz wrote:So you selectively quote based on if you agree with it?
wizardzz wrote:Nothing to do with creativity. I was referring to self sustainability
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With his faded leather jacket and a bike that's seen better days, Neill Devlin doesn't look like a best-selling author or a man trying to keep one lane ahead of loneliness. Loving, Indiana, is as nice a place as any for his bike to break down, especially when he catches a glimpse of a beautiful woman with an odd air of mystery about her who draws him into her spell.Damsel in Distress
Anne Moore has lived her life in the shadow of tragedy. Imprisoned by her own past, she can't escape the chains that keep her tied to this town and to a life that is slowly suffocating her. She isn't looking for a hero, and Neill isn't looking to slay any dragons. But in his heart he holds the key to freedom and happily ever after, for both of them.
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Bethune-Cookman Wildcats vs. Savannah State Tigers - 3/10/16 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction
Savannah State Tigers (15-14) at Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (14-17)
College Basketball: Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 8:30 pm (Norfolk Scope Arena)
The Line: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats -1.5 -- Over/Under: See the Latest Odds
The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats take the hardwood in a quarterfinal MEAC tilt versus the Savannah State Tigers Thursday.
The Savannah State Tigers advanced to the MEAC quarterfinals with an opening round 63-58 victory versus a stubborn Delaware State on Tuesday as a 6.5 point favorite. The Hornets seemed to be on their way to the upset with an eight point edge at the break before a 34-21 second half rally righted the ship. The Tigers won the shooting battle 49%-44% with four more makes at the line being crucial with 20 turnovers almost doing them in. Savannah State received 21 points from Chris Martin on 7-13 with Troyce Manassa tossing in 13 points. Lejo Kilo added ten points and 12 rebounds on 5-9 but production was difficult to come by outside of this trio.
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The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats were something of an oddity with a 14-17 overall record but with a stellar 12-6 conference mark which landed them in 4th place. The Wildcats were outscored 73-71 but exceeded these numbers during the home stretch with wins in eight of ten where the 'D' was shutdown at times 61 points or less allowed in six of those contests. If the defensive end of the floor comes up big in the conference playoffs there is no reason the Wildcats can't win. Jordan Potts tops the offense with 16 points with Mario Moody adding 13 points and seven boards. Ricky Johnson scored nearly eleven points with five others scoring between 4-8 points.
As happens many times in the MEAC the numbers are incredibly similar and with both teams hot down the stretch we have a virtual coin toss. I'm certainly glad my life doesn't depend on this pick because I struggle to find an edge…


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Merenre elevated his father's trusted minister, Uni, to the post of governor of Upper Egypt, an unprecedented honour that placed all Upper Egypt under a single official. The king also expanded the authority of the son of his father's vizier over two nomes (administrative districts). These appointments undid a program of diffusion of government authority that had begun in the 5th dynasty...
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...record journeys southward early in his reign. Fragments of vessels bearing the king's name were excavated at Karmah, though some scholars believe that the vessels were taken there later. Uni, another Upper Egyptian and a close confidant of the king, recruited troops from Nubia as well as from Egypt in preparation for raids against rebellious Bedouins of the northeastern frontier.


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The present invention relates to an electronic data processing system, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for arbitrating for control of a high speed direct memory access (DMA) bus within the system.
Modern microprocessors are typically rich in data processing capabilities. They often have hundreds of instructions that instruct their respective systems to READ, WRITE, and process (logically and/or arithmetically) information. The instructions and the information are typically READ, WRITTEN and processed using data words ranging from one to 16 bytes in length. Because of this data word orientation, it is not surprising that microprocessors lack the capabilities to rapidly move large blocks of data words, such as would be necessary for file transfers from a SCSI input/output device which could involve 10 kilobytes or more of information.
In recognition of this inability to perform high speed block transfers, many microprocessor based systems are supplemented with DMA controllers to increase their overall data transfer rate. The DMA controller can transfer large blocks of data between memory (e,g, random access memory or RAM) and any device which uses blocks data (e,g. SCSI peripheral devices).
The DMA controller typically connects to the system memory via the processor address and data buses in the same manner that the microprocessor is connected to these buses. In such a configuration, the microprocessor and the DMA controller time share the control and use of these buses. But, having the DMA controller share control of the processor address and data buses with the microprocessor has led to some difficult problems. Many of these problems occur because control of the processor address and data buses is passed from the microprocessor to the DMA controller at the beginning of each DMA storage/retrieval transaction. The overhead time required to periodically transfer control of these buses from the microprocessor to the DMA controller is fairly large. So large, in fact, that it is a bottleneck to high speed peripheral sub-systems, such as a SCSI controller and a SCSI bus. To provide lower overhead times and prevent this bottleneck, some systems have added dedicated high speed DMA buses which connect to their system memories. But even in a system with a dedicated high speed DMA bus, the microprocessor is typically blocked from accessing either the dedicated DMA bus or the DMA sub-system devices associated with the dedicated DMA bus until the present DMA transaction is completed. This can be especially troublesome if the DMA controller is unable to successfully complete the present DMA transaction, as occasionally happens. In such a case, the DMA controller may wait for the transaction to be completed, but that completion never occurs. The system DMA controller is not sophisticated enough to time itself out (i.e. set a maximum time limit for a transaction and then terminate the transaction if the limit is exceeded), and the system microprocessor, which is sophisticated enough to time itself or the DMA controller out, is blocked from a normal access until the normal access is completed. Thus, there is a need in the art for a system having a microprocessor and a DMA controller wherein the microprocessor can rapidly access the DMA sub-system devices at virtually any time.
It is an object of this invention to provide a data processing system with a microprocessor, a DMA controller, and a high speed DMA memory bus, wherein the high speed DMA memory bus may be used by the microprocessor to check the status of any DMA device between DMA cycles of a DMA data transaction.
It is another object of this invention to provide a DMA controller for use in a system with a high speed DMA data bus which has an arbitration circuit such that the system microprocessor may arbitrate for access to the high speed address and data buses even during a current DMA cycle of a DMA transaction.
Briefly stated, in accordance with one aspect of the invention, the foregoing objects are achieved by providing an apparatus for an electronic data processing system. The system has a microprocessor, a processor address bus, a processor data bus, and a processor control bus connecting the microprocessor to a local ROM and a local RAM in a common system arrangement. The apparatus includes a DMA controller which controls a high speed input/output controller, which interfaces to an external high speed bus, to transfer data to a DMA RAM, which is separate from the local RAM. The apparatus also includes multiplexers and a gateway to provide the microprocessor access to the high speed input/output controller to perform supervisory control thereover and to the DMA RAM to instruct the DMA RAM to WRITE one or more data words through the gateway to other portions of the system. The DMA controller has default control of the high speed input/output controller and the DMA RAM, but the microprocessor also may control the high speed input/output controller and the DMA RAM and it has a higher priority than the DMA controller. Therefore, the apparatus has an arbitration circuit which allows the microprocessor to arbitrate for and quickly gain control of the high speed input/output controller, the DMA RAM, and the DMA data bus, unless a DMA cycle is currently in progress. If a DMA cycle is in progress, the arbitration circuit allows the DMA controller from inhibiting the microprocessor from gaining control until the DMA cycle is over. Thus, rapid access to the DMA sub-system is provided to the microprocessor for performing supervisory functions without the overhead of periodic microprocessor accesses to run status checks.
Various objects appear from the foregoing summary of the invention. Other objects and further scope of applicability of the present invention will appear from the following detailed description. It should be understood that the detailed description indicates one embodiment of the invention and is given by way of illustration only since changes and modifications may be made within the spirit and scope of the invention.
While the specification concludes with the appended claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which is regarded as the invention, it is believed that the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description of the illustrative embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGS. 1A and 1B form a block diagram of a data interface which is in accordance with the present invention.
FIGS. 2A and 2B form a detailed block diagram of a SCSI-to-DPI printer interface which is accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a timing diagram useful for understanding the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a general view of a DMA controller of the present invention.
FIGS. 4A -4E when joined together according to FIG. 4, form a schematic diagram of a DMA controller and supporting circuits according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1A and 1B, a functional block diagram of a data interface 10 is shown in accordance with present invention. The data interface 10 transfers data between a high speed parallel data bus 12, such as an ANSI X.3.131-1986 SCSI bus, to a parallel printer output bus 14, such as a bus for a printer having a Data Products Interface (DPI). A microprocessor 16 supervises the operation of the data interface 10 by following the instructions of a program that is stored in PROM 18 and in local RAM 20, if necessary. The microprocessor 16 is connected to the PROM 18 and the RAM 20 by an address bus 22, a data bus 24, and a control bus 26. The microprocessor 16 uses the address bus 22, the data bus 24 and the control bus 26 to control the flow of instructions and information throughout the data interface 10.
The SCSI bus 12 is connected to an external SCSI bus at one end and to a SCSI interface 30 at another end. The SCSI interface 30 provides an electrical interface to the SCSI bus 12 for the data interface 10. The SCSI interface 30 is connected by a high speed intermediate bus 32 to a SCSI controller 34, such as a type 53C90 manufactured by NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio. All of the lines of the high speed intermediate bus 32 are bi-directional; but, the control portion of the high speed intermediate bus 32 uses this bi-directionality the most. The SCSI controller 34 transmits control signals to the SCSI interface 30 via the control portion of the high speed intermediate bus 32 to instruct it to receive and transmit data from the SCSI bus 12, and to perform the protocol tasks necessary to properly interface with the SCSI bus 12. Similarly, the SCSI interface 30 transfers control signal received from the SCSI bus 12 to the SCSI controller 34 via the control portion of the high speed intermediate bus 32.
The SCSI bus 12 is a high speed parallel data bus by design. For this reason, the SCSI controller 34 receives a large volume of high speed parallel data via the data portion of the high speed intermediate bus 32. And, since the SCSI controller 34 does not have a large internal storage capacity, a high speed data output is provided to prevent a data build-up within the SCSI controller 34. A high speed direct memory access (DMA) RAM 36 is connected to the SCSI controller 34 via a high speed memory bus 38 in order to provide the storage capacity at the data storage rate that is required to prevent build-up of the data received from the SCSI bus 12.
A DMA controller 40 during a DMA cycle provides direct supervision and control of the transfer of data from the SCSI Controller 34 to the DMA RAM 36 via the high speed memory bus 38.
The DMA controller 40 controls a group of multiplexers 44, 45, and 46 by a select signal conducted by a select line 42 connected therebetween. The DMA controller 40 subsequently performs most of its DMA operations between the SCSI Controller 34, the DMA RAM 36, and the high speed memory bus 38 with the aid of the multiplexers 44, 45, and 46.
Multiplexer 44 has one of its inputs connected to the processor control bus 26. A second input of the multiplexer 44 is connected to a DMA control bus 48. The output of multiplexer 44 is connected via bus 50 to a control input port of the SCSI Controller 34. Multiplexer 45 similarly has one input connected to the processor control bus 26. A second input of the multiplexer 45 is also connected to the DMA control bus 48. The output of the multiplexer 45 is connected via bus 52 to DMA RAM 36. Multiplexer 46 has one of its inputs connected via bus 54 to an address output port of the DMA controller 40. A second input, of the multiplexer 46 is connected via the processor address bus 22 to the address output port of the microprocessor 16. The output of the multiplexer 46 is connected via bus 55 to the address input port of the DMA RAM 36.
The multiplexers 44, 45 and 46 operate as multiple pole, double throw switches which are controlled by the select signal that is conducted via the select line 42. The select signal usually switches the multiplexers 44, 45 and 46 to connect the control bus 48 and the address bus 54 of the DMA controller 40 and the control signals thereof to the SCSI Controller 34 and the DMA RAM 36. This is the default and, also, the DMA cycle condition of the multiplexers 44, 45, and 46.
With this arrangement of the multiplexers 44, 45 and 46, except when the microprocessor 16 is accessing the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 34, the DMA controller 40 may initiate DMA cycles requested by the SCSI Controller 34 without any overhead delay and begin a DMA transaction between the SCSI Controller 34 and the DMA RAM 36 via the high speed memory bus 38. This DMA transaction may include one or more DMA cycles.
If the microprocessor 16 attempts to address the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 34 while DMA cycles of a DMA data transaction are occurring, one of two results will occur. If a DMA cycle is in progress when the attempted access is made, the DMA controller 40 will respond by transmitting a NOT READY signal via a line 58 to the microprocessor 16. As soon as the current DMA cycle is over, the DMA controller 40 will switch the multiplexers 44, 45 and 46 to connect the processor address bus 22, the processor data bus 24, and the control bus 26 to the SCSI Controller 34, the DMA RAM 36 and the high speed memory bus 38. Also, the DMA controller will change the NOT READY signal on the line 58 to a READY signal in order to allow the microprocessor 16 access for a READ or WRITE cycle to the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI. Controller 34. When the microprocessor access cycle is over, the DMA 40 will switch the multiplexers 44, 45, and 46 to the DMA cycle condition so the performance of DMA cycles may be resumed by the DMA controller 40 across the high speed memory bus 38 to complete the current transaction just as before the microprocessor access.
If the microprocessor 16 attempts to address the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 34 while a DMA cycle is not in progress, then the multiplexers 44, 45, and 46 are switched by DMA controller 40 to allow the microprocessor 16 READ or WRITE access to the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 38 without delay. If during a microprocessor READ or WRITE access cycle, the SCSI Controller 38 issues a request for-a DMA cycle via a line 56, the requested DMA cycle is delayed until the microprocessor access is over.
Referring now to FIGS. 2A and 2B, a specific embodiment-of the data interface 10 embodying the invention will be described. In the shown embodiment, the printer interface 14 is a standard interface 14 for a DPI printer, which, as is well known, is a parallel interface. Similarly, the SCSI bus 12, the SCSI interface 30, the high speed intermediate bus 32, and the SCSI controller 34 (which is a type 53C90 or equivalent) are connected together in a standard arrangement.
The microprocessor 16 is a type 80C188 by Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif. The PROM 18 is type 27C512 that is also available from Intel. The local RAM 20 is a type 55257 by Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. The microprocessor 16, the PROM 18 and the local RAM 20 are connected to the processor address bus 22, the processor data bus 24, and the processor control bus 26 in a standard manner. The processor address bus 22 has sixteen lines (A0-A15), the processor data bus 24 has eight lines (D0-D7), and the processor control bus 26 has four lines: RD/, WR/, PCS0/, and MCS0/. The control lines are operated by the microprocessor 16 in response to a program instructions to control the reading and writing of data from other integrated circuit chips within the data interface 10 in response to the microprocessor address signals on processor address bus 22, and the peripheral chip-select signal PCS0/and the memory chip select signal MCS0/on their respective control lines of the control bus 26. Additionally, a data transmit/receive signal DT/R is transmitted under program control from the microprocessor 16 via line 59 to control the connection or isolation of processor data bus 24 and the high speed memory data bus 38.
To achieve the maximum data transfer results, most of the DMA controller 40 is sequenced by a 25 megahertz clock, 2XCLK. The SCSI controller 34 is also operated by 2XCLK at 25 megahertz, which is near the upper limit of the current type 53C90 controllers. Further, the 2XCLK signal is inputted to the microprocessor 16 where it is internally divided to a 12.5 megahertz clock signal, CLK that is used as the microprocessor clock rate. The CLK signal is used internal to the microprocessor 16 for its sequencing, and is also outputted on line 62 for use by the ARDY control logic 40B within the DMA controller 40. The leading edge of the ARDY signal may be asynchronous with respect to the CLK signal, however a type 80C188 microprocessor requires that the trailing edge of the ARDY signal be synchronous with the CLK signal. Thus, the DMA controller 40, except for the ARDY logic 40B, operates at 25 megahertz to provide very fast data transfer and switching rates.
The DMA controller 40 is made up of four specific portions. A DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A which provides arbitration for the control of the multiplexers 44 and 45, and sequencing for SCSI and DMA RAM control signals. An ARDY logic circuit 40B provides the an ARDY control signal which prevents the microprocessor 16 from directly controlling the data interface 10 during a DMA cycle. A DMA Address Counter 40C and a DMA Counter Readback Register 40D together keep track of the next available DMA RAM address where SCSI data may be stored and to iterate to the next DMA RAM available address after the present one has been written into, The DMA Address Counter 40C and the DMA Counter Readback Register 40D may be read and written to by the microprocessor 16 as a means of informing each other about the location of data to be transferred from the SCSI Controller 34 to the DMA RAM 36.
The DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A has ALE, WR/, RD/, PCS0/, and MCS0/ signals from the microprocessor 16 on a control line 27 and the processor control bus 26 respectively. The other main input signals are the 2XCLK from an oscillator (not shown) and the DMA REQ signal from the SCSI Controller 34 on via line 56. When the SCSI Controller 34 transmits a DMA REQ signal, the DMA controller takes direct control of the SCSI Controller 34 and provides a high speed DMA transfer of data to the DMA RAM 36. The DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A and the ARDY logic circuit 40B together provide the ARDY signal on line 58 which disables the microprocessor from controlling the SCSI Controller 34 and the DMA RAM 36. The DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A generates a SCSI-DMA-RD/ signal, a SCSI-DMA-WR/ signal, and a SCSI-DACK/ signal from the DMA REQ signal and the 2 XCLK signal. These generated signals are connected via the multiplexer 44 to directly control the transfer of data between the SCSI Controller 34 and the DMA RAM 36. As previously mentioned, the addresses for these transfers are provided by the DMA Address Counter 40C.
Referring now to FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 3, the timing of the arbitration and multiplexer switching will be described. The microprocessor 16 attempts an access to the high speed memory bus 38 by driving an address 66 that corresponds to a location in the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 34 and by driving ALE to logic LO 67. On the next rising edge of 2XCLK after it is initiated the address 66 is valid. Since this is an access to the DMA RAM 36 or the SCSI Controller 34, the DMA controller 40 tests to determine if a DMA cycle is currently in progress. If a DMA is currently in progress, the DMA controller 40 will transmit the ARDY line with a NOT READY signal, which will tell the microprocessor 16 that the access cannot be immediately completed. As soon as the current DMA cycle is over, or if a DMA cycle was not currently in progress as indicated by a logic level 67 on a SCSI-DACK/ line (shown in FIGS. 4A and 4E), the DMA controller 40 transmits the ARDY line with a READY signal 70, which allows the microprocessor 16 to take control of the high speed memory bus 38 and perform its access. As the DMA controller 40 transmits the READY signal 70, it also transmits an acknowledgement logic LO 72 on the uPACK/ line. The access shown in FIG. 3 is a WRITE access, and the completion of the transaction is marked with a logic HI 74 on uPACK/.
Referring now to FIGS. 4A-4E a logic diagram is shown of one embodiment of the DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A shown enclosed within a dashed line, the ARDY logic circuit 40B shown enclosed by another dashed line, and some of the related circuitry. This logic diagram taken in conjunction with FIGS. 2A and 2B and this specification, provides one skilled in the art with all the information required to make and use the invention. Those skilled in the art will also recognize that much of the logic in the DMA Arbitrator and Sequencer 40A may be provided by a single programmable array logic chip, e.g. the circuit 40A' enclosed by the inner dashed lines. Alternatively, the circuit 40A' and the ARDY logic circuit 40B could be provided by a programmable gate array.
Thus, it will now be understood that there has been disclosed a method and apparatus for arbitrating for a high speed DMA bus which provides an extremely rapid switch from control by the DMA controller to control by the microprocessor. While the invention has been particularly illustrated and described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form, details, and applications may be made therein. It is accordingly intended that the appended claims shall cover all such changes in form, details and applications which do not depart from the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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Australian Open: Roger Federer free of doubt after reaching quarter-finals in style
Roger Federer has claimed he has put all his doubts to rest after a vintage victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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The 17-time grand slam champion, who will face Andy Murray in the last eight, chalked up 43 winners in a 6-3 7-5 6-4 success and looks to be back to somewhere near his best form following a torrid campaign in 2013.
Federer made the perfect start on Monday with an early break of the Tsonga serve and from then on all the pressure came from the Swiss.
Tsonga, who beat Federer in straight sets at the French Open last year, held on until 5-5 in the second set but then dropped his serve twice in three games.
His only break point came a game after he fought back from 0-40 at 2-4 in the third but he could not take it and Federer soon wrapped up an impressive win.
"I don't have doubts any more. I know I'm going definitely in the right direction. I've had a great off season. I had a strong end to the year. I couldn't have worked harder in the off season," Federer said.
"This is the type of win I needed. Clearly if I lose in the next round I'll have doubts again, but I'm going to try to not make that happen.
"What I've shown over the last three to four months to myself is that I'm more confident, that I know I'm most likely going to play okay in my next match, which wasn't always the case midway through last year when I didn't know how I was going to feel during the match.
"I feel like I can think ahead. I can think tactics. I can think many things out there. Everything else but my body, and that's very positive. I've overcome a lot in the last few months."
Many believe back problems contributed to Federer's downfall last year but Murray has troubles of his own in that department, the Australian Open being only his second tournament since back surgery.
Federer said: "I don't know how he's feeling. I haven't seen him play much. But what I'm hearing is that he's fine.
"That's very positive. That's what I was hoping for Andy, that when he did come back, he was 100 per cent, not half way, limping, not feeling great.
"It's good to see he took care of his draw, and here we are again. I'm looking forward to the match, I must say. I wonder how it's going to play out.
"Last time we played was a great match. So I hope we both can reproduce something similar.
"It will be interesting, because we had an interesting year last year with some ups and downs. It's a good start to the season for both of us already."


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When he left his job on short term disability he had to begin the process of applying for long-term. His doctors told him that he just couldn't do his old jobs anymore. And so the process began. He did EVERYTHING Aetna asked him to and still he had a hard time getting anyone to help him. He couldn't get his caseworker to return calls, they had screwed up his information, and they delayed his weekly checks. I mean this was his life they were screwing with, and mom and dad relied on his disability checks to help pay their bills. It was hard ya know, being on 2/3 of your regular pay, and what made it worse was when they screwed up sending him his checks. It was like nobody gave a damn. When he approached them about something he had heard about Aetna having representatives who help their LTD recipients in obtaining SSDI, they suddenly didn't know what he was talking about. Eventually someone got a clue. It took hours of me and dad on the phone, him from his house and me from my work, trying to get someone who gave a damn enough to help him. Eventually he received his approval for long term disability which is valid for five years. But once he FINALLY got it, he encountered more problems trying to apply for social security disability. The man has almost a dozen doctors in all different specialities (diabetes, heart, lung, orthopaedic, podiatry, and eye doc) who have all attested to his limited capacities, and he was turned down not once, but twice now.
His only course of action now is to go to the Administrative Law Judge. This ALJ is an attorney appointed by Social Security to act as a Judge in these non adversarial matters. So dad needs a lawyer. He said that Aetna's representative was there to see him through this process so he'll be contacting them to find out what's next. I hope they are as good as a regular disability lawyer. You would think they would have to be, if dad wins his case, Aetna won't have to pay him LTD anymore and that saves them a lot of money. But a lawyer on the outside is fighting for his or her 18 percent of your year's worth of Social Security Disability that you're owed. So....
I gotta tell ya, with all this bullshit he's encountered since July, dad pondered whether or not to keep going with this SSDI case. It's really heartbreaking to see a grown man at his wit's end feeling like the world is working against him. There was a point in time where he had to make a choice to either go back to work and forget about it or continue fighting and allow his employer to officially terminate his position so they could replace him. If he'd gone back to work he would have been WORSE off and his disability process would terminate and all this work was for nothing. We reminded him how much pain he was in at work and that going back would kill him. So he realized that it just wouldn't work. He had to stick this out and fight it.
SSDI's recent later of denial states that they know he is disabled but he doesn't meet their criteria for LTD. They mentioned they talked to three doctors, he has at least six doctors. ALL of his physicians have attested to his disabilities and have shown proof. In fact, he caught a simple cold a few months back and had to be HOSPITALIZED. His doctors told him it is likely that every time he gets a cold this will happen! I mean what the hell people? His heart isn't functioning near what it should, he has circulatory problems, diabetes neuropathy, pinched nerves, herniated disks, COPD, congestive heart failure, a serious hip problem, carpal tunnal and a whole host of problems. Social Security wanted to know if his condition was terminal. His doctors told them it is, eventually it may be one of those things that does it for him.
I know he never expected his life to be like this. He has worked hard since he was just 14 years old. Dad grew up poor in a very proud and hardworking Georgia family. He worked when he was a kid, joined the Air Force later on, and when he got out he worked his way up through the same company for 27 years, in a job that caused his carpal tunnel and most of his arthritis. Dad has ALWAYS worked. I don't ever recall him taking many vacation days or calling in sick. In fact, dad received recognition for perfect attendance over the period of 26 of 27 years of service.
How many people can boast that?
You might think I'm pretty protective of dad. Well hell YES I am, we all are. Dad worked when he was sick, he worked in the rain, in the snow, in the sleet, he worked for 12 hours at a time on top of telephone poles, he worked all day in nasty, damp, vermin filled manholes. He wired telephone cables for so many years, eventually it caused his hands to hurt all the time. And when he wasn't at work, but at home with his family, he worked too. He was NEVER sitting down, he was always fixing things, building things, keeping things going on the outside while mom did the inside. My dad has always sacrificed for his family many times he went without for us. He and mom always took care of us, always paid their bills, paid their taxes, and God knows that the government took more than its fair share of taxes from them in the very plentiful days.
And now, after all these years of paying into the system, they're giving him the finger and the good old fuck you. Sorry for the language folks, but I'm just angry. I'm tired of my dad being treated like he's a second class citizen who doesn't matter.
He does matter.
This situation is just one more example of yet another in a very long list of corrupt, mismanaged, taxpayer funded government agencies staffed by morons and managed by a bunch of equally incompetent jackasses. I am just sick and tired of paying into government programs that trip over their own feet in an effort to give away our hard earned tax dollars to the "poor, unfortunate, disadvantaged" people in this country while at the same time saying "fuck you" to the law abiding, decent, hardworking, middle class people like my parents who have NEVER taken a single dime from any government program, but whose tax dollars sure as hell are sucked into them every payday.


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I personally never thought that the two year contract was a big stumbling block for consumers choosing FIOS over cable. It certainly was something touted in cable ads to scare prospective customers from switching from cable to telco. And for public record, I am still a cable customer, but every time I see my bill, I consider switching. I actually like d the two year contract cause it guaranteed the consumer that their price wouldn't rise unexpectedly.
But in a move to create a more level competitive playing field, Verizon is offering its FIOS service without any contract. "Verizon introduced the month-to-month option last month in Tampa, Fla., as well as in Pennsylvania, which 'met with very favorable customer response,' the telco said in announcing the expansion of the program Monday." Will this marketing move result in more connects, we will have to see. For those consumers who did see a contract as a stumbling block, this option should provide some of the flexibility they desire. Considering the time it takes for both companies to install their service, and the time the consumer must stay in their home waiting for the service call, quick switching should hopefully not be an option.
Will FIOS subscriptions rise through this new pricing offer, I'm sure in the short term there will be lift. For me, the key to success remains a combination of low pricing, great service, easy use, and terrific programming content. The latter three require strong differentiation marketing to let the consumer know all they offer that their competition doesn't. In a free market, competition is good and leads to the victor providing best for the consumer.