A method and apparatus for flexible sharing of bandwidth in switches with input buffering by dividing time into a plurality of frames of time slots, wherein each frame has a specified integer value of time slots. A pump source is adapted to emit a laser beam at a source frequency and to have a power output of less than approximately 100 Watts. For example, in at least some embodiments, the strongly typed variable is a people type that allows the tag to be associated with an individual person or group of people by virtue of a unique identification that is associated with the person or group. Hosel and shaft sleeve alignment features are provided that provide discreet orientations between the shaft and club head. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of a particulate expandable polystyrene and to a foam material based on polystyrene. During operation, the system receives an LLQ from a client at the name server, wherein the LLQ requests information related to one or more data items stored on the name server.