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FiOS
1 'Verizon FiOS' is a Triple play (telecommunications)|bundled Internet access, telephone, and
television service which operates over a Optical fiber|fiber-optic
communications network
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FiOS - History
1 Verizon Communications, formed in 2000, announced a television service
called FiOS in September 2005 to compete with other television providers.
The service first became available for 9,000 customers in Keller, Texas. Verizon aimed to replace copper wires with fiber-
optic communication|optical fibers, which would allow greater speed and
quality of communication.
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FiOS - History
1 In 2006, Verizon and Motorola partnered to bring its customers home DVR access, which allowed
viewers to record and watch television programs
simultaneously.Corner, Stuart. Verizon Launches the Three-channel
DVR. ITWire. N.p., 15 Aug. 2006. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. .
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FiOS - History
1 In 2006, The Wall Street Journal speculated:
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FiOS - History
1 In July 2007 Verizon released FiOS 2.0, which enabled customers to use widgets,
allowing for more interactivity of the service. Verizon announced in January
2008 that one million people subscribed to the service. That same year, Verizon FiOS expanded its HD channel selection to over 150 HD channels.Verizon Tops 1
Million FiOS TV Customers. WebWire. N.p., 29 Jan. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. .
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FiOS - History
1 Price increases were announced in April 2008, when FiOS was available
to (not necessarily subscribed by) 6.5 million households.
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FiOS - History
1 In January 2009, FiOS was available to 12.7 million homes, with about 2.5
million subscribing to the Internet service.
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FiOS - History
1 , FiOS Internet had 3.1 million customers.
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FiOS - History
1 Estimates on December 31, 2009, were 3.4 million Internet customers and 2.86 million for FiOS TV, with availability down to 12.2 million
premises.
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FiOS - History
1 Verizon announced in March 2010 they were winding down their FiOS expansion,
concentrating on completing their network in areas that already had FiOS franchises but were not deploying to new areas, which included the cities of Baltimore and Boston, who had not yet secured municipal franchise agreements. This may violate Verizon's agreements with some municipalities and states, since Verizon has collected revenue to deploy infrastructure
upgrades that never occurred.
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FiOS - History
1 In April 2010, Verizon announced that three million people were subscribed to Verizon
FiOS.
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FiOS - History
1 In July 2010, estimates were 3.8 million FiOS Internet subscribers and
3.2 million TV subscribers, with availability to 15 million homes.
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FiOS - History
1 In May 2013, Verizon announced they had passed 18 million homes with FiOS and 5
million customers.
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FiOS - History
1 As of September 2013, Verizon FiOS has availability in 16 states. Many of the
areas where Verizon FiOS has service are concentrated in the New England, Mid Atlantic, and Pacific regions, as well as
Texas, Indiana, and Florida.Where Is Fios Available? Fios Availability. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. . Verizon FiOS
begins its installation in affluent areas and spreads to lower income areas.
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FiOS - Technical details
1 To serve a home, a single-mode optical fiber extends from an optical
line terminal at a FiOS Telephone exchange|central office out to the neighborhoods where a passive
Beam splitter|optical splitter fans out the same signal on up to 32 fibers, thus serving up to 32 subscribers
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FiOS - Technical details
1 Older FiOS installations mount the ONT inside the house and use Category 5 cable|Category 5 cable for data and coaxial cable for video, while newer markets mount the ONT outside the house and use Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) protocol for both data and video over a single coaxial cable.
Voice service is carried over the existing telephone wires already in the house.
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FiOS - Technical details
1 One of the three wavelength bands is devoted to carrying television channels using standard QAM
(television)|QAM cable television technology. The other two
wavelengths are devoted to all other data, one for outbound and the other for inbound data. This includes video on demand, telephone and Internet
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FiOS - Technical details
1 This allocation of wavelengths adheres to the ITU-T G.983 standard, also known as
an Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM passive optical network (APON). Verizon initially installed slower Passive optical
network#Standards|BPONs but now only installs Passive optical
network#Standards|GPONs specified in the ITU-T G.984 standard. These bands
and speeds are:
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FiOS - Technical details
1 * 1310 nanometre|nm wavelength for upstream (networking)|upstream data at 155 Mbit/s (1.2 Gbit/s with
GPON)
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FiOS - Technical details
1 The set top box (STB) receives IR code and channel subscription
information through the out-of-band (OOB) channel just as other coax or
RF connector|RF-based STB's do
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FiOS - Technical details
1 FiOS is also compatible with CableCard technology allowing FiOS TV subscribers to receive encrypted
and premium cable channels on CableCard capable devices.
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FiOS - Television
1 This broadcast content originates from a Cable television headend|Super Head-End, which sends the
signal to a Video Hub Office for distribution to FiOS TV customers.
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FiOS - Television
1 The router supports multimedia (Multimedia over Coax Alliance|MOCA)
and provides the set-top boxes with programming guides and all SD
channels, but High-definition television|high definition content (beyond local HD
channels which are in clear QAM) requires HD equipment like a FiOS HD
set-top box/DVR or a CableCARD-supporting device, such as TiVo
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FiOS - Television
1 The new FiOS Media server can also record up to six TV shows at the same time
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FiOS - Television
1 Select HD, Prime HD, Extreme HD, Ultimate HD, with La Conexión (a
Spanish language-oriented plan) and broadcast and local access channels
only.
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FiOS - Television
1 Additional subscription packages are available, including sports packages, pay-per-view channels, and video on
demand content.
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FiOS - Television
1 In the summer of 2013, Verizon began 'gating' On Demand content, blocking what was previously 'free' On Demand content to anyone not
subscribed to the regular programming. As a result, anyone
not signed up for the Extreme HD or Ultimate HD packages lost Free
Movies content that was previously accessible.
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FiOS - Television
1 On September 20, 2013 Verizon FiOS TV subscribers gained the ability to watch
several channels over the internet on their mobile devices. Previously FiOS only offered
an iPad app that streamed 75 channels of television, but only on a user's home wireless network. As of September the new iOS app
supports streaming of BBC America, BBC World News, EPIX, NFL Network, HGTV, DIY,
the Tennis Channel, Food Network, and Travel Channel over any internet connection.
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FiOS - Internet access
1 FiOS offers several service tiers that are available individually, but are offered at discounts when combined in a bundle.
Although all tiers are available nationwide, price varies between markets and some
legacy tiers are available only in selected markets. The tiers are distinguished by data transmission speed measured in Megabits
per second|Mbit/s downstream (networking)|downstream and upstream (networking)|
upstream.
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FiOS - Internet access
1 On June 18, 2012, Verizon announced its newest version of Verizon FiOS called FiOS Quantum. The new
release doubled every tier of Verizon FiOS subscriber packages. This release also introduced the 300 Mbit/s download speeds to the
available service packages.
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FiOS - Internet access
1 In July 2013 Verizon FiOS announced its highest speed tier at 500/100
Mbit/s for home and small businesses. Starting with limited coverage, they hoped to reach all
FiOS markets by 2014.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 Verizon offers plain old telephone service (POTS) as well as voice over
IP over FiOS. The common model optical network terminals have two
or four phone jacks.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 There have been reports in various markets that Verizon physically
disconnected the copper lines (or the network interface device, necessary for copper-line phone service) at the time that FiOS was installed, and that
Verizon customer service talked customers into upgrading from
copper with false promises of no changes in service rates.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 Power outages may affect service
availability
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FiOS - Telephone
1 FiOS Digital Voice, is not a voice over IP service, but rather an emulation of
the old POTS using pulse-code modulation with premium features.
The service began in September 2008. FiOS Digital Voice replaced an
earlier service called VoiceWing which was launched in 2004 and
discontinued in early 2009, shortly after the launch of FiOS Digital Voice.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 Verizon announced expanded availability for
2009.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 The expansion took longer than planned, as Verizon continued to lose
traditional wireline customers. By June 2010, Digital Voice was
available in 11 states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Virginia, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, and Florida) and the District of Columbia.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 It offers both an unlimited calling and a per-minute
plan.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 Verizon sold landline operations in the markets of northern New England to FairPoint Communications in March
2008.
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FiOS - Telephone
1 Fiber to the premises projects in those markets was renamed as FAST (Fiber Access Speed Technology). In
June 2010, Verizon sold landline operations scattered throughout 13 states to Frontier Communications.
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FiOS - Products and services offered
1 As of October 2013, Verizon FiOS offered a number of products that included but are not limited to the
following:
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FiOS - Products and services offered
1 *Verizon FIOS Triple Play: TV, Internet, Cable: By bundling
packages together, it helps to bring the cost to the consumer down.
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FiOS - Products and services offered
1 *FIOS Video: Product started in December 2012. This is a Video on Demand service.
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FiOS - Products and services offered
1 Verizon FiOS is looking to launch a service where one can watch a
program where he or she has left off even if that person started to watch
on a different device
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FiOS - Products and services offered
1 The time frame that Verizon FIOS hopes to achieve this in is by the end of 2013.
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FiOS - Competition
1 No matter what market place Verizon FIOS tries to penetrate, there will be competition from companies large
and small.
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FiOS - Criticism
1 This has raised a number of safety concerns for Verizon FiOS users when
it comes to emergency situations
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FiOS - Criticism
1 A 2007 report noted the high quality of the service and that subscribers enjoy the fast Internet speeds and high quality HD channels.Review: Verizon's FiOS Phone-Cable TV-
Internet Service
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Cablevision - Verizon FiOS
1 As of 2011, FiOS carries MSG in HD.
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Cablevision - Verizon FiOS
1 Additionally, Cablevision owned exclusive rights to the MSNBC news
network in its service territory, preventing its carriage by FiOS in overlapping areas. However, this
exclusivity ended in February 2010.
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Institution of Occupational Safety and Health - Chartered fellow (CFIOSH)
1 Chartered Fellows of the Institution are entitled to use the designation Chartered
Safety and Health Practitioner and the designatory letters CFIOSH. This is the
highest grade. Chartered Fellows must have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the discipline and profession of health
and safety. All Chartered Fellows are required to maintain a Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) record.
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Epitafios
1 'Epitafios' () is a 2004 13-episode, Argentina|Argentinian crime
fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos
Aires.
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Epitafios
1 It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by
Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423646/combined Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral
Spanish language|Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense
Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local vos in favor of the more
common tú.http://www.nydailynews.com/latino
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Epitafios
1 The series debuted in Australia on SBS TV|SBS in May 2007 under the title If The Dead
Could Speak. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In
Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on Pay television|pay TV channel Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX under the title Epitafios - Tod Ist Die Antwort (Epitafios -
Death Is The Answer).http://www.fictionbox.de/index.php/
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Epitafios - Plot
1 Bruno Costas (played by Antonio Birabent) seeks revenge on the
people involved in the death of four Education_in_Argentina#Secondary_
education|high-school students during a hostage situation gone bad,
five years before. The show's two protagonists are ex-detective Renzo
Márquez (played by Julio Chávez) and psychiatrist Laura Santini (played by Paola Krum). To add a further twist to this whodunit (although it has many elements of a whydunit), Márquez and Santini are on-again, off-again
lovers.
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Epitafios - Plot
1 In the second half of the series, Renzo is aided by a homicide
detective, Marina Segal (portrayed by Cecilia Roth), who herself is
eventually held hostage by Costas
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Epitafios - Cast
1 *Antonio Birabent: Bruno Costas
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Epitafios - Cast
1 *Luis Luque: Commissaire Jiménez
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Epitafios - Cast
1 *Villanueva Cosse: Marcos Márquez
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Epitafios - Second Series
1 A second season of the series - this one's tagline being: El Final Ahora Tiene Dos
Caras ... The End Now Has Two Faces - began airing on HBO Latin America in Argentina
(and elsewhere in Latin America), on April 19, 2009. It premiered in the United States of
America|U.S. on HBO on September 22, 2010. As with the first, this series stars Julio Chávez
and Cecilia Roth, this time on the trail of a killer played by Leonardo Sbaraglia.RealTV
(Spanish), March 3, 2009
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Apalachin Meeting - Mafiosi detained and indicted
1 Twenty of those who attended the Apalachin meeting were charged
with Conspiring to obstruct justice by lying about the nature of the
underworld meeting and found guilty in January 1959. All were fined, up to $10,000 each, and prison sentences were handed down that ranged from
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Apalachin Meeting - Mafiosi detained and indicted
1 The detained and indicted Mafiosi at the Apalachin summit on November 14, 1957
included:
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The Cat's Pajamas: Stories - The Mafioso Cement-Mixing Machine
1 A man decides to go back in time to save Scott Fitzgerald from himself. He wants
Fitzgerald to finish writing The Last Tycoon. He plans to carry medicine
through time, bribe some people, threaten others. The overall intent is to let
Fitzgerald finish his masterpiece. The man goes back in time. After a while, the friend he let in on the secret goes to a bookstore
and buys the completed Last Tycoon.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Vito Cascioferro (1862–1943 or 1945), often depicted as the boss of
bosses, although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of Cosa Nostra in Sicily, imprisoned
by Cesare Mori.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Calogero Vizzini (1877–1954), boss of Villalba, Italy|Villalba, was
considered to be one of the most influential Mafia bosses of Sicily after World War II until his death in 1954.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Giuseppe Genco Russo (1893–1976), boss of Mussomeli, considered
to be the heir of Calogero Vizzini.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Salvatore Greco Ciaschiteddu|Salvatore Ciaschiteddu Greco (1923–1978), boss of the Greco Mafia clan|Greco clan, he was the first secretary of the first Sicilian Mafia Commission that was formed somewhere in 1958.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Alfredo Al Chiacig (1948–), boss of the Cosa Nostra in Friuli from 1972s to present.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Luciano Leggio (1925–1993), boss of the Corleone clan and instigator of the Second
Mafia War.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Salvatore Riina (born 1930), also known as Totò Riina, emerged from the Second Mafia War as the boss of
bosses until his arrest in 1993.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Bernardo Provenzano (born 1933), successor of Riina as head of the
Corleonesi faction and as such was considered one of the most powerful
bosses of the Sicilian Mafia. Provenzano was a fugitive from
justice since 1963. He was captured on 11 April 2006 in
Sicily.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4898930.stm 'Top Mafia boss' caught in Italy], BBC News,
April 11, 2006 Before capture, authorities had reportedly been close
to capturing him for 10 years.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Stefano Bontade (1939–1981), boss of the Bontade Mafia clan|Bontade
clan. His murder by the Corleonesi in 1981 inaugurated the Second Mafia
War.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Leoluca Bagarella (born 1941), member of the Corleonesi|Corleone clan arrested in
1995.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Salvatore Lo Piccolo (born 1942), considered to be one of the successors of Provenzano.
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Cosa Nostra - Notable Sicilian mafiosi
1 * Matteo Messina Denaro (born 1962), boss of The Denaro Family|
Denaro clan considered to be one of the successors of Provenzano.
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Gangsta rap - Mafioso rap
1 Lil' Kim's mafioso album La Bella Mafia, released in 2003, was a commercial success, receiving
platinum certification.http://riaa.com/goldandp
latinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-
searchable-database
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Mafioso rap
1 'Gangsta rap' is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop
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Mafioso rap
1 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=wLNZ10G5B4sCpg=PA69dq=bloods+crips+gangster+raphl=enei=CzX
QTen-DJKo8APKp5XsDQsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=2ved=0CEsQ6AE
wAQ#v=onepageqf=false Gangs and Gang Crime] (2008) Michael Newton
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Mafioso rap
1 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=uSWq0GaoMfYCpg=PA59dq=bloods+crips+gangster+rappershl=enei=4izSTfKsCcWu8QOPirHdCgsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=5ved=0
CFcQ6AEwBA#v=onepageqf=false Gangsters Encyclopedia] page 59,
(2007) Michael Newton
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Mafioso rap
1 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=d-
QZIBtgiMYCpg=PA44dq=bloods+crips+gangster+rappershl=enei=4izSTfKsCcWu8QOPirHdCgsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=9ved=0CGkQ6A
EwCA#v=onepageqf=false Encyclopedia of gangs] page 44, Louis Kontos, David Brotherton
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Mafioso rap
1 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=rA3KSvabS54Cpg=PA44dq=bloods+crips+gangster+rappershl=enei=T0DSTaLhJcOx8QP9xZWHCwsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=9ved=0CFsQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepageqf=false The Killing of Tupac Shakur] Cathy
Scott
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Mafioso rap
1 The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy
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Mafioso rap
1 On the other hand, some commentators (for example, Spike
Lee in his satirical film Bamboozled) have criticized gangsta rap as
analogous to black minstrel shows and blackface performance, in which performers – both black and white –
were made up to look African American, and acted in a
stereotypically uncultured and ignorant manner for the
entertainment of audiences
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Mafioso rap - Early gangster themes
1 The 1973 album Hustler's Convention by Lightnin' Rod and Jaren Clark
featured lyrics that deal with street life, including pimping and the
hustling of drugs
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Mafioso rap - Early gangster themes
1 Rudy Ray Moore's stand-up comedy and films based on his Dolemite
hustler-pimp alter ego also had an impact on gangsta rap and are still a
popular source for samples
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Mafioso rap - Beginnings: Ice-T Schoolly D
1 :Here's the exact chronological order of what really went down: The first record that came out along those
lines was Schoolly D's P.S.K
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Mafioso rap - Beginnings: Ice-T Schoolly D
1 In 2011, Ice-T repeated in his autobiography that Schoolly D was his inspiration for
gangsta rap.Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood, Chapter 8: Six in the Mornin',
One World, New York, 2011 Ice-T continued to release gangsta albums for the
remainder of the 1980s: Rhyme Pays in 1987, Power (Ice T)|Power in 1988 and The
Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say in 1989
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Mafioso rap - Just-Ice
1 Hardcore New York rapper Just-Ice released his debut album Back to the
Old School in 1986. The album featured the track Gangster of Hip
Hop.
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Mafioso rap - Boogie Down Productions N.W.A.
1 Boogie Down Productions released their first single, Say No Brother
(Crack Attack Don't Do It), in 1986
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Mafioso rap - Boogie Down Productions N.W.A.
1 The first blockbuster gangsta rap album was N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, released in
1988
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Mafioso rap - Boogie Down Productions N.W.A.
1 In the early 1990s, former N.W.A member Ice Cube would further influence gangsta rap with his hardcore, socio-political solo albums, which suggested the potential of gangsta rap as a political medium to give voice to inner-city youth. N.W.A's second album, Efil4zaggin (1991) (released after
Ice Cube's departure from the group), broke ground as the first gangsta rap album to
reach #1 on the Billboard pop charts.
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Mafioso rap - Ice-T
1 Ice-T released one of the seminal albums of the genre, OG: Original Gangster in 1991
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Mafioso rap - Ice-T
1 Ice-T's next album, Home Invasion (album)|Home Invasion was postponed as a result of the
controversy, and was finally released in 1993
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FiOS1
1 Currently three networks exist, but there are plans to expand to
additional areas served by FiOS in the future.
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FiOS1
1 These networks include content produced by
RNN,_Regional_News_Network|RNN. In addition the networks also produce
their own newscasts. Sports coverage features local high schools
and colleges such as Rutgers University, Hofstra University and
Princeton University.
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FiOS1
1 Current on-air personalities include anchors CJ Papa and Megan Vega;
meteorologists Brian Fitzgerald and Jeff Desnoyers; traffic and
entertainment reporter Gloria Chapa and numerous other field reporters.
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FiOS1
1 FiOS1 is on Channel 1 in SD and Channel 501 in HD in the FiOS TV
channel lineup and is available at no extra cost to FiOS TV digital
subscribers in the market area. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
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FiOS1 - Programs
1 *My Long Island TV produced by Waldo Cabrera[http://www.mylitv.com/ mylitv.com]
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FiOS1 - Programs
1 *Heroes on our Island
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Spotlight on FiOS
1 'Verizon FiOS' is a Triple play (telecommunications)|bundled Internet access, telephone, and
television service that operates over a Optical fiber|fiber-optic communications network
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Spotlight on FiOS - Launch and expansion (2005-2010)
1 In September 2005, Verizon Communications, announced the
launch of their FiOS television service, which first became available for 9,000 customers in Keller, Texas.
Verizon aimed to replace copper wires with fiber-optic communication|
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Spotlight on FiOS - Stable footprint (2010-present)
1 Doug Michelson, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, concluded that
Verizon has been overspending to acquire FiOS customers
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Spotlight on FiOS - Technical details
1 Older FiOS installations mount the ONT inside the house and use
Category 5 cable for data and coaxial cable for video, while newer markets
mount the ONT outside the house and use Multimedia over Coax
Alliance (MoCA) protocol for both data and video over a single coaxial cable. Voice service is carried over the existing telephone wires already
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Spotlight on FiOS - Technical details
1 The set top box (STB) receives IR code and channel subscription
information through the Out-of-band data|out-of-band (OOB) channel just as other coax or RF connector|RF-
based STB's do
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Spotlight on FiOS - Other Video Services
1 Select HD, Preferred HD, Extreme HD, Ultimate HD, with La Conexión (a Spanish language-oriented plan)
and broadcast and local access channels only.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Internet access
1 In July 2014 Verizon FiOS announced it would increase customer upload speeds to match download speeds for new and existing customers;
however, existing customers need to sign up for a promotional program called My Rewards+ to receive the
upgrade.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Traditional telephone
1 Verizon offers plain old telephone service (POTS). There have been reports in various markets that
Verizon physically disconnected the copper lines (or the network
interface device, necessary for copper-line phone service) at the
time that FiOS was installed, and that Verizon customer service talked customers into upgrading from
copper with false promises of no changes in service rates.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Traditional telephone
1 Verizon sold landline operations in the markets of northern New England to
FairPoint Communications in March 2008. Fiber to the premises projects in those
markets was renamed as FAST (Fiber Access Speed Technology). In June 2010, Verizon
sold landline operations scattered throughout 13 states to Frontier
Communications. Some of these areas already had FiOS service availability, for
which Frontier became responsible.
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Spotlight on FiOS - VoIP service
1 FiOS Digital Voice, is a voice over IP service where the ONT serves as the
VoIP gateway, generating the dial tone to enable traditional analog phone use. The service began in
September 2008. FiOS Digital Voice replaced an earlier service called VoiceWing which was launched in
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Spotlight on FiOS - SIP service
1 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) started rolling out in much of the Verizon FiOS network in the late 2000s. A majority of new FiOS
business customers receive SIP services if they're running out of the
newer GPON equipment.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Products and services offered
1 *Verizon FIOS Triple Play: TV, Internet, Phone: By bundling
packages together, it helps to bring the cost to the consumer down.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Products and services offered
1 The time frame that Verizon FIOS hopes to achieve this in is by the end of 2013.
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Spotlight on FiOS - Criticism
1 A 2007 report noted the high quality of the service and that subscribers enjoy the fast Internet speeds and
high quality HD channels.[http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/09/12/review-verizon-fios-
phone-cable-tv-internet-service/ Review: Verizon's FiOS Phone-Cable
TV-Internet Service]
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Zef Mustafa: associate to the Gambino family based in New York. He pled guilty to money laundering.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 There was no way to stop people like that, and Mafiosi
knew it.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Alfred Shkurti (also known as Aldo Bare): The boss of one of the most
notorious criminal syndicates in Albania known as the “Banda e Lushnjës” (the Lushnja Gang).
According to Albanian authorities, “Banda e Lushnjës” is one of the most notorious organized crime group based in Lushnja, Albania
which has international operations. According to Albanian
authorities,“Banda e Lushnjës”, under Aldo Bare Leads one of the most important international drug
trafficking rings'
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Ismail Lika: According to the FBI, Ismail Lika was an Albanian mobster active in New York City in the 1980s.
Dubbed the King of the New York drug underworld, Ismail Lika issued a
contract on Rudy Giuliani's prosecutors in 1985. Caught with at
least $125 million in heroin, Lika issued a $400,000 contract on the
prosecutor Alan Cohen and the detective Jack Delemore, both placed
under protective custody.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Lul Berisha: Leader of a notorious clan based in Durrës, Albania. Known as Banda e Lul Berishes, the clan, by its complex structure is engaged in moving drug and arms trafficking
and other criminal activities throughout Europe. According to
German and Albanian authorities, the clans international drug and arms
trafficking spans to Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, and Germany.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Armand Krasniqi: Former Albanian mafia kingpin based in Zagreb,
Croatia. According to the Croatian newspaper (Jutarnji List), Krasniqi led
a powerful mafia clan with international operations.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Naser Xhelili: Coined by Swedish Authorities as the Albanian
Connection in Sweden, the Xhelili clan operations include drugs and
arms trafficking in and around Sweden.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Osmani Brothers: According to the German Federal Intelligence Service
(Bundesnachrichtendienst) the Osmani brothers as the most
important figures of organized crime in Hamburg and other cities in
Germany
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Myfit Dika: Former drug kingpin of the “Balkan Criminal Enterprises,”;
an international criminal organization which spanned from Canada, the
United States, to Europe.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Kapllan Murat: Belgium's most notorious mobster. He was one of the masterminds behind the kidnapping of former Belgian Prime Minister Paul
Vanden Boeynants in 1989. Three days later, the criminals published a
note in the leading Brussels newspaper Le Soir, demanding 30
million Belgian francs in ransom. Paul Vanden Boeynants was released
(physically unharmed) a month later, on 13 February, when an undisclosed ransom was paid to the perpetrators.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Gjavit Thaqi: Leader of the Thaci Organization which is a New York
City-based organized crime syndicate. The Thaci Organization
controls drug distribution cells in all five boroughs of New York City and Albany. According to the FBI, the
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *John Alite a.k.a
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 *Naser Kelmendi: The leader of a Balkan Criminal Empire, as coined by Bosnian
authorities
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Elvis Kelmendi, son of Naser Kelmendi has made headlines as a
violent drug kingpin and was apprehended in May 2013.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Luan Plakici - Vice King of the Albanian mafia in the UK who was
jailed for 10 years (later increased to 23 years ) for trafficking women after
promising them good jobs.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Erkman Rock, the Kingpin of New York New Jersey's Albanian mafia was featured on Americas Most
Wanted and apprehended in May 2012.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Plaurent Dervishaj is a prominent Albanian mafia member that is being
pursued by the FBI in The United States. He is presently listed on the
FBI Most wanted list|Most Wanted list which is known to provide financial rewards to individuals who assist in
their capture.
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Albanian mafia - Prominent Albanian mafiosi
1 * Dukagjin Nikollaj is an Albanian mafia member who is listed on the
FBI Most wanted list for various crimes.
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Turkish mafia - Notable Turkish mafiosi
1 *Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy
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