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    Utilities series: A look at Cable One, Qwest and Cox  Jun 22, 2009
    In 2000, the fiber optics company Qwest acquired US West, one of the seven smaller telephone companies created after the antitrust breakup of AT&T in 1983. We were the original provider of telephone services in the state, said Jim Campbell, Qwest president for Arizona. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)

    Bennett leads Terra through its ups and down (29)  Jun 21, 2009
    Everything here is electronic or fiber optics. . (Sioux City Journal)

    Energy efficiency hot topic for hundreds  Jun 20, 2009
    Among the vendors was Anasazi Solar, Borner Engineering, which specializes in hybrid home design, DMEA Geothermal, HUVCO Daylighting Solutions, which featured fiber optics designed to bring sunlight into dark areas of homes and commercial buildings, and the Vegetarian Society of Colorado. Perkins Motor City Dodge, based in Colorado Springs, was also on hand with electric vehicles. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    Todd DiRoberto and Caleb Wickman of American Satellite Announce Summer Specials with DirecTV  Jun 19, 2009
    Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Todd DiRoberto and Caleb Wickman of American Satellite, Inc announce DirecTV's Summer Offers. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    New pool trends make a splash  Jun 19, 2009
    In addition to more formal geometric shapes, the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals reports that smooth pool surfaces, fiber optics and LED lights, fountains, waterfalls and fire features are popular ... Remote-controlled, multicolored LED lights and fiber optics create a night-time light show. (AZCentral -- Home)

    Pittsburgh is an economic champion, too  Jun 17, 2009
    (24th); photonics, such as optics, lasers and fiber optics in Rochester, N.Y. (20th); and plastics in Scranton (22nd). Rochester is interesting, he said, because while it has been known for the massive layoffs at Kodak, Xerox and Bausch & Lomb, most of their downsizing occurred before the current recession, and the smaller companies have stepped up in photonics and optics there. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Richest man Gates buys Irma lodge  Jun 16, 2009
    stoked wrote on Jun 10, 2009 10:54 AM:" hey these guys are alright, they have built propety up over in Big Sky at the Yellowstone Club and Jackson Hole and hired all locals except for the ones to do all the amazing fiber optics in the places. I have work for these guys before and the executives of Walt Disney they pay the same as if you where hired in any high dollar state, I guess I'm lucky to have worked for these companys before. I wish I had the money to put everybody to work but these guys... (Cody Enterprise, WY)

    Make a splash  Jun 6, 2009
    Introduced last summer at Schlitterbahns New Braunfels Water Park, for example, The Dragons Revenge incorporates original music, fiber optics, spin tunnels, faux fire, animation projected on a water screen, olfactory effects (the scent of burning), andperhaps most tellinga story line about a dragon that has escaped hundreds of years of captivity in an ancient castle. Wilderness Hotel & Golf ResortWith 240,000 square feet indoors and almost 251,000 square feet outdoors, a collection... (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Communications hut gets green light from commission, city council  Jun 5, 2009
    -- The Hamilton Planning Commission Monday recommended that a variance be granted for the construction of a building in Hamilton for a national fiber optics firm. Kentucky Data Link plans to build a 40-by-80-foot communications hut to house fiber optic switching equipment on property in Hamilton that is zoned for light industrial use. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)

    Schott Solar closing Billerica plant  Jun 3, 2009
    The plant's 180 full-time employees will be offered jobs at the company's other locations, which include a plant in Southbridge, where it makes fiber optics, and a new $100 million facility in New Mexico, said spokesman Brian Lynch. Schott Solar is a subsidiary of the Schott Group of Germany. (Boston Globe)

    Livermore Lab justifies big laser project  Jun 1, 2009
    In theory, the facility's 192 lasers - made of nearly 60 miles of mirrors and fiber optics, crystals and light amplifiers - will fire as one to pulverize a fleck of hydrogen fuel smaller than a match head. Compressed and heated to temperatures hotter than those of the core of a star, the hydrogen atoms will fuse into helium, releasing bursts of thermonuclear energy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)

    Physics: Interferometer Gets More Quiet Mirrors  May 31, 2009
    25, 2006) In an effort to provide safer and more reliable components for aircraft, researchers have invented an optical on-off switch that can replace electrical wiring on airplanes with fiber optics for. (May 26, 2007) Physicists have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while also making the atoms do things that light just. (Science Daily)

    A Personal and Cultural History of Migraines  May 31, 2009
    He collects headaches like rare butterflies, and he has a rare, possibly singular gift for fitting words to them: "The clear one that feels like cracked porcelain around the rim of the nose. The wriggling one that feels like torn fiber optics under the left temple. The strange, empty one that makes me feel like the front upper left part of my head has completely disappeared and been replaced by crisp air." (). His eloquence is all the more remarkable because migraines are a sinkhole for... (Time.com)

    RCN seeks contract extension in town  May 29, 2009
    The Board of Selectmen recently sat down with Tom Steele of RCN Corp. to discuss the possibility of the cable, high-speed Internet and phone provider offering its fiber optics services in Saugus. After a 20-minute discussion, the selectmen voted 4-0 to express a formal interest in working out a contract extension with RCN.. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)

    Cable's 'People Person'  May 26, 2009
    For the last 50 years, Bill Bresnan has built cable systems from scratch, run small and large cable companies including the country's largest MSO at the time and has been at the forefront of technological developments spurring, among other things, the advancement of satellite transmission and fiber optics. Bresnan has proven that sub-suburban and rural cable systems can be just as technologically advanced and profitable if not more so than large, urban operations. (Multichannel News)

    The Glass Industry in America  May 25, 2009
    In recent decades, scientists have developed specialty glasses for fiber optics, heat-reflecting tiles on spacecraft, advanced optics, medical and dental purposes, and nuclear waste containment ... Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optics, the Story of the Substance That Changed the World. (Suite101.com)

    How is Glass Made?  May 25, 2009
    Ellis, William S. Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optics, the Story of the Substance That Changed the World. New York: Avon Books, Inc., 1998. (Suite101.com)

    The Rise of the Glass Industry  May 25, 2009
    Author William S. Ellis describes the early origins of glass up to our modern glass industry in his 1998 book Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optics, the Story of the Substance That Changed the World ... Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optics, the Story of the Substance That Changed the World. (Suite101.com)

    Sports Packages, HDTV Drive Growth At Satellite TV Provider  May 20, 2009
    Verizon is in the television services business, too, with FiOS, a bundle of Internet, telephone, and TV signals delivered over fiber optics. But DirecTV's chief financial officer, Patrick Doyle, told analysts in a February conference call that telcos' market share gains seem to be at the expense of cable companies and Dish Network. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Distribution center among ED/GE recipients  May 16, 2009
    The project will expand the parking lot, upgrade the fiber optics to the building and renovate the interior to create additional office space. The ED/GE program, which allows county municipalities to submit applications for economic development funding, has contributed more than $77. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)

    Wiring remote regions: Statewide plan will help New Mexico access broadband stimulus funds  May 14, 2009
    You need to hire people from day one to build out fiber optics, including subcontracts for everything from engineering to digging trenches and laying cable, Armenta said ... Fiber optics will then link targeted demand centers to the gateways, said Department of Information Technology Secretary Marlin Mackey. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)

    Verizon sells off phone lines to Frontier Communications  May 14, 2009
    Verizon continues its strategy of focusing on its core areas, where it is upgrading its phone lines to fiber optics, enabling it to offer TV service and faster Internet access. It sold its phone lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for $2. (USA Today -- Money)

    Frontier to Buy Rural Verizon Lines for $5.3B  May 14, 2009
    The deal continues Verizon's strategy of focusing on its core areas, where it is upgrading its phone lines to fiber optics, enabling it to offer TV service and faster Internet access. It sold off its phone lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for $2. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Hickory manufacturer poised for rapid growth  May 8, 2009
    Scott Millar, executive director at , says the company will help the area fight job losses in furniture, textiles and fiber optics. You re exactly what Hickory and Catawba County needs, Millar told Turbotec officials at the meeting. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    Sunrise Telecom(R) Reports $14.2 Million in Sales for First Quarter of 2009  May 8, 2009
    The integration of the wireline, fiber optics and broadband product groups into a single business unit has been completed. The Protocol Products Group has been sold and the Swiss based high resolution OTDR business was divested. (PR Newswire)

    Culver: Badgerow project a model for state  May 8, 2009
    Sioux City's selling points also include low electric rates and abundant fiber optics. "Iowa has some of the most competitively priced power in the world,'' he said.Marty Dougherty, Sioux City's economic development director, said the tax incentives approved by lawmakers would help local officials market not only the Badgerow and other downtown buildings, but also other sites, including business parks in the vicinity of Sioux Gateway Airport.By the numbers:10 -- Millions of dollars being spent... (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Gaithersburg, Md., Awards Cable Franchise to Verizon  May 6, 2009
    FiOS TV is delivered over Verizon's all-fiber-optic network, which brings the power and capacity of fiber optics directly into people's homes and has industry-leading quality and reliability. Fiber delivers amazingly sharp pictures and sound, and has the capacity to transmit a wide array of high-definition programming that is so clear and intense it seems to leap from the TV screen. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    City may reap economic benefits from 2009 session (23)  May 3, 2009
    Sioux City's low electric rates and abundant fiber optics network are attractive to out-of-state firms that store large amounts of data for various businesses. But he said an investment here would not be feasible without the incentives, which includes a sales tax refund on five years worth of electricity used to run the computers and the building in which they're housed. (Sioux City Journal)

    America Broadband Runs Far Behind  Apr 18, 2009
    The latest report from broadband research firm Point Topic shows Asia leading in fiber optics, which delivers the fattest pipes, and the U.S. ranked 24th globally in per capita broadband penetration, a sad spot for the nation that invented the Internet. The report defines "broadband" as connections with speeds of at least 256 kbps in both directions. (Datamation)

    Palo Alto presses on with citywide fiber network  Apr 16, 2009
    Fiber optics will give Palo Alto homes and businesses superior speed and reliability over competing broadband products, at a lower cost, and also will generate revenue for the city, advocates say. The council's decision comes after a consortium led by Axia NetMedia of Canada withdrew from its attempt to build and operate a $45 million fiber network for Palo Alto in March. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    > The Pitch: AA Driving Ventures safely meets the need for speed  Apr 15, 2009
    MANAGEMENT TEAM: Co-founder Ken Ahmad has more than 25 years of experience in the fiber optics, electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive industries, including as president at Autosport 101, president and CEO at Avrio/Afonics, and vice president and general manager at MRV/Luminent. Co-founder Emil Abelaf has more than 20 years of experience in the fiber optics and communications industries, including senior positions as major account manager at BT&D Technologies Ltd. (purchased by... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)

    Fiber optics provide links for Terremark The cable being buried is a high-quality fiber-optic transmission line headed for Terremark, the international Internet-routing company just southeast of Culpeper.  Apr 13, 2009
    com - Fiber optics provide links for Terremark ... Fiber optics provide links for Terremark. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)

    City's fiber dreams still flickering  Apr 13, 2009
    " But city officials indicated that a citywide network could still be possible. Utility Advisory Commission Chairman Dexter Dawes advocated for a slower, more phased, in-house effort to expand the city's dark-fiber network, which currently generates about $1.7 million a year for the city in licensing fees. The city's Fiber Optics Fund is expected to have about $7 million by the end of current fiscal year, according to the staff report. "If this falls apart, I think the business could be expanded... (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Father of fiber optics explains how it began  Apr 13, 2009
    The miracle began nearly 60 years ago when a Punjabi university student who now lives in Palo Alto challenged his Indian professor's dogma and set off on his own voyage of discovery that led him to pioneer the science and technology of fiber optics ... The Punjabi student, Narinder Singh Kapany, is known as the father of fiber optics ... "And when I won a Royal Society fellowship for advanced study in optics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London," Kapany said, "I really... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)

    How Fiber-Optics All Began  Apr 12, 2009
    Father of fiber optics explains how it began. Article:Father of fiber optics explains how it began:/c/a/2009/04/10/MNGD170HIH.DTL Article:Father of fiber optics explains how it began:/c/a/2009/04/10/MNGD170HIH.DTL ... Father of fiber optics explains how it began. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    $250,000 reward in phone cable vandalism  Apr 12, 2009
    -- The beginning: The man who discovered fiber optics explains the origins of the technology. A5. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Competitive Companies, Inc. (CCI) Signs $1,000,000 Vendor Bridge Loan with Triple Play Telecom Inc. to Begin Marketing Its Proprietary IPTV Service Directed to America's Rural Heartland  Apr 10, 2009
    CCI expects to offer this new technology throughout rural communities of America's Heartland utilizing fiber optics and fixed wireless as its primary delivery choice. CCI has assembled a management team with collectively more than 30 years of telecommunications experience including RF engineering, software development, automation design and deployment, technical and customer support and direct design, development and deployment of wide area networks in rural communities. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Corning  Apr 7, 2009
    Last month, shawnd777 wrote that Corning "has been around for a long time and will be around after the Great Recession." Our CAPS member likes the company's "[f]avorable PE and potential for earnings growth in its business sectors - LCD glass, chemistry glass, cad. converters/pollution control, and the exploding demand for bandwidth on the 'net will drive fiber optics growth." ... With the new administration's stimulus plan providing for expanded broadband availability, the logical choice for... (MSNBC -- Business)

    Sylvania Builds for a Bulbless Future  Apr 3, 2009
    The light-up table-runner concept arose after NVG's designers found an Italian textile company that was weaving fiber optics into material. Macy's, which likes the table runner, wants a whole home product line, so NVG has dreamed up things such as an inexpensive vase and a light-up bowl that can hold water to create a votive effect. (FastCompany)

    Computer Simulations Help Fine-tune Laser Attack On Cancer  Apr 1, 2009
    For tumors as large as one centimeter, simulations showed opposing lasers surgically inserted via fiber optics in a minimally invasive procedure produced the most uniform temperature profile in every case. Lasers and nanoparticles are already being used to treat cancer. (Science Daily)

    Investor group helps LSI grow  Mar 30, 2009
    LSI doctors perform spinal surgery through a tube and refer to camera images on a video screen supplied by fiber optics. Fifteen years ago, only a few doctors performed this type of procedure, Perry, LSI medical director, said, but now hundreds of doctors have added the surgery to their repertoire. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)

    Construction just first phase of larger expansion, VP says  Mar 27, 2009
    Fiber optics for high-speed Internet access and the park s aesthetics were also factors in the company s decision. Late last year Ducommun, a California-based manufacturing company, acquired locally owned aerospace manufacturer DynaBil Industries, Inc. through a 46. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)

    TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Marblehead, Mass.  Mar 27, 2009
    Verizon is the first company to offer a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, connecting homes and businesses directly to fiber optics on a widespread scale. FiOS TV offers a broad collection of programming, with more than 500 all-digital channels and 14,000 video-on-demand (VOD) titles each month -- 70 percent of which are free. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Colonel sees master plan as his legacy at the Intelligence Center  Mar 21, 2009
    The fort also must be ready for better use of the technology, which means being able to used fiber optics and channel more information over those cables in what is called Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing as part of the 2020 plan, Briley said. Establishing a modular business park complex for contractor offices is close to being started, and one of the older facilities the Kelly Ops building is scheduled for major renovation, he said. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)

    Death Lessons  Mar 19, 2009
    He achieved great things in his career designing missile guidance systems, teaching physics at some of the worlds finest universities, qualifying as a scientist astronaut for NASA, starting two successful fiber optics companies and writing a challenging, successful book at age 82 (Hidden Light: Science Secrets of the Bible). Nevertheless, the parade of literally hundreds of visitors weve received at the house of mourning (my brothers home in Jerusalem, just blocks away from my... (Townhall.com)

    Chemists Find Secret To Increasing Luminescence Efficiency Of Carbon Nanotubes  Mar 15, 2009
    This provides an enormous repertoire for nanotube use in advanced fiber optics components, infrared light modulators, and biological sensors, where multiple applications are possible due to the nanotube's flavin-based (vitamin B2) helical wrapping. To see a QuickTime animation of how a single-walled carbon nanotube is wrapped with the synthetic flavin derivative to increase its luminescence go to. (Science Daily)

    Communities have wish lists for funding  Mar 14, 2009
    The Charles City School District seeks funds to construct an addition to the high school and a fiber optics network to link all schools. The city of Charles City wants money to repair a park building damaged during the flood. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)

    Fast response key to success  Mar 12, 2009
    As the business has grown, he has diversified into fiber optics and cabling, closed circuit TV, access control and audio visual equipment for companies. He services primarily banks, health care companies, hospitals, nursing homes and retailers like car dealerships. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

    UH research team developing new noninvasive brain-mapping technology  Mar 10, 2009
    The device the team has in the works fits on a patient's head, Zouridakis explained, and its configuration of fiber optics and special electrodes sends light, via laser diodes, into the brain. The light, which becomes scattered as it travels through the layers of the brain tissue, is then reflected back out of the brain and is measured by a set of sensors. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Cosmopolitan Club hosts ‘Einstein’ review  Mar 10, 2009
    He left a large body of work and because of his theories we now have computers, lasers, particle accelerators, space travel, an atomic bomb, fiber optics , nuclear reactors and on and on. He was born in Germany to a Jewish father who was in the electrical contracting business, and a mother from a wealthy family who taught Albert to play the violin. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)

    Light-emitting nanotube efficiency boosted  Mar 10, 2009
    Papadimitrakopoulos' group hopes to craft nanotube-based optoelectronic devices that could be used for ultra-smalll fiber optics components, IR light modulators and sensors. Free Subscription to EE Times. (EETimes)

    Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief  Mar 9, 2009
    such as front-end processors, routers, 3270/sna devices) and transmission media (such as coaxial and twisted pair cables, satellite, microwave, and fiber optics. hi. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)

    Plan to improve Oahu highway a model of community cooperation  Mar 8, 2009
    Subsequent projects will include modernized entryways connecting Kamehameha to Pearl Harbor historic sites; traffic signal phasing throughout the corridor; dedicated turning lanes at Acacia Road and Kuala Street, as well as Kuala Street and Waimano Home Road; and underground fiber optics connecting the highway to Honolulu's Downtown traffic control center. Residents who live along the thoroughfare are enthusiastic because the community played a major role in the decision-making process. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    UConn chemists find secret to increasing luminescence efficiency of carbon nanotubes  Mar 7, 2009
    This provides an enormous repertoire for nanotube use in advanced fiber optics components, infrared light modulators, and biological sensors, where multiple applications are possible due to the nanotube's flavin-based (vitamin B2) helical wrapping. . (EurekAlert!)

    New Light Shed On Marine Luminescence  Mar 7, 2009
    19, 2008) Fiber optics as light conductors are obviously not just a recent invention. Sponges (Porifera), the phylogenetically oldest, multicellular organisms (Metazoa) are able to transduce light inside their. (Science Daily)

    Prime Time Communications Acquires Falcon Broadband  Mar 6, 2009
    This state-of-the-art technology allows subscribers to enjoy the clear benefits of fiber optics while experiencing a broad range of superior options. In addition, Prime Times IPTV network ensures that their subscribers will have the very latest in interactive and web-converged features in the future. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Duck causes south Palo Alto power outage  Mar 6, 2009
    However, if we put in fiber optics and underground the wires, where will the birds sit. Posted by MidtownMom, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 11 hours ago. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Southern Company COO Tom Fanning Details Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiatives  Mar 4, 2009
    A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are significantly below the national average. (PR Newswire)

    Generating Accurate News Coverage  Mar 4, 2009
    EnergyPulse - Insight Analysis and Commentary on the Global Power Industry. Free Newsletter Sign up today for your free subscription to the EnergyPulse Weekly Update - delivered directly to your e-mail box. (Energy Pulse, CO)

    No Contract With 'View Systems' for Fiber Optic Work, Verizon Says  Feb 25, 2009
    Neither company has a contract with Verizon, and neither is an authorized subcontractor for work installing fiber optics. The second news release () suggests a work schedule for the installations, and it is also untrue. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Mayoral candidates address staff layoffs  Feb 24, 2009
    Mr. Burrs, how do you propose paying for some of the more ambitious plans (fiber optics, windmills, etc) you support. To me those items require many coin, of which apparently the city does not have. (The Herald-Mail Online)

    Catoosa Chamber hosts Gala to honor businesses, citizens  Feb 24, 2009
    In business since 1912 and a third generation family business, this company has invested millions of dollars to follow technology through the years, including adding fiber optics connections. The employees are also involved in many civic and community organizations in the county. (Catoosa County News, GA)

    Scientists Build Mind-Reading Machine  Feb 11, 2009
    Then, wearing a headband fitted with fiber optics that emit light into the pre-frontal cortex of the brain, the subjects were shown two drinks on a computer monitor, one after the other, and asked to make a mental decision about which they liked more. "When your brain is active, the oxygen in your blood increases and depending on the concentration, it absorbs more or less light," Luu said. (Fox News)

    EMCORE Corporation Announces Preliminary Unaudited Results for Its First Quarter Ended December 31, 2008  Feb 10, 2009
    When compared to the immediately preceding quarter, revenue from the Fiber Optics segment decreased and revenue from the Photovoltaics segment increased. Revenue for the Fiber Optics segment was $39 ... The year-over-year increase in Fiber Optics revenue was due primarily to the Company's February and April 2008 acquisitions of the telecom, datacom, and optical cable interconnects-related assets of Intel Corporation. (PR Newswire)

    Fast Facts: Israel  Feb 10, 2009
    Industries: high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metals products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles, footwear. Industrial production growth rate: 4. (CBS News -- World)

    Coming ... fiber optics  Feb 8, 2009
    fiber optics By Anthony McConnell ... Barbara wrote on Feb 4, 2009 1:27 PM:" Fiber optics is the only way to go. Here in the Greybull/Basin area, we were one of the first to be "wired". When we have friends from Cody come use our computer, they are amazed at the speed. Just wait; you'll be happy. ". (Cody Enterprise, WY)

    Verizon Adds 13 New Channels to FiOS TV Lineup for Massachusetts Area Customers  Feb 7, 2009
    FiOS delivers fiber optics straight to your door-Best picture, period. www. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

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