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Statement on Diabetes by Phillip Gorden, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesNational Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Before the 1999 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Hearing
September 9, 1999
Mr. Chairman, I am Phillip Gorden, the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), which has lead responsibility for diabetes
research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), within the Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS).
I appreciate the opportunity to testify before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about
NIH research to understand, treat, and prevent diabetes.
In both human and economic terms, diabetes is an extremely costly disease. It affects
an estimated 16 million Americans, including both genders, the young and the old, all
races and ethnic groups, the rich and the poor. According to the American Diabetes
Association, diabetes and its complications of the eye, kidney, nervous system, and heart
cost an estimated $98 billion annually. Consistent with the focus of today's hearing, I will
address my testimony toward diabetes in the Hispanic community.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a
hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches, and other food into energy essential
for daily life. The cause or causes of diabetes are unknown in most instances, although
both genetic and environmental factors appear to play a role. Type 2 diabetes, the form
most commonly seen in the Hispanic community, occurs at a rate approximately twice that in
the non-Hispanic Caucasian population. Formerly known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus or adult-onset diabetes, type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease,
accounting for 90 to 95 percent of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes, most often occurs in
children, and accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all diabetes in the United States
Diabetes in Hispanics is a serious health challenge because of the increased
prevalence, the greater number of risk factors, and the greater incidence of
complications. In early 1999, data released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) indicated that six percent of Hispanic adults in the United States
Puerto Rico have been diagnosed with diabetes--twice the rate of Caucasian
Americans--while another six percent have undiagnosed diabetes. This is the first report
of diabetes prevalence among all Hispanics in the United States
and Puerto Rico. Most
previous studies that have focused on the Hispanic community have been conducted among
Mexican Americans and have found that approximately one out of every ten Mexican Americans
aged twenty years and older has diabetes.
The prevalence of diabetes among Hispanic adults increases with age and varies
according to geographic location. Hispanics in Puerto Rico and the West/Southwest are more
likely to have diabetes than Hispanics in the rest of the nation. Diabetes is two to three
times more common in Mexican American and Puerto Rican adults than in non-Hispanic
Caucasians. One in every four Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans aged 45 or older has
diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes in Cuban Americans is lower, but still higher than
that in non-Hispanic Caucasians. One in every six Cuban Americans over the age of 45 has
The frequency of diabetes in Hispanic American adults is influenced by the same risk
factors that are associated with type 2 diabetes in other populations--age, obesity, and
genetics. Recent reports indicate an increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among
Mexican American youth, especially among those who are overweight. Although Mexican
Americans have higher rates of kidney disease, eye disease, and peripheral vascular
disease due to diabetes, they have a decreased rate of heart attacks.
I would like to emphasize several points that are central to present and future efforts
to prevent and treat diabetes effectively. The many institutes and centers of the NIH have
a broad and multi-faceted research agenda to understand, treat, prevent, and cure
diabetes. Because the complications of diabetes affect so many parts of the body--the
heart, the eyes, the kidneys, and the nervous system--it is an important trans-NIH
research area. Efforts to reduce and eliminate health disparities among Americans are a
special area of concern within the NIH. Diabetes research at the NIH is complemented by
the activities of the CDC and other components of the DHHS.
We are witnessing rapid advances in the study of the patterns of inheritance of
specific traits (genetics) and the development and application of global experimental
approaches to assess gene function (genomics) that underlie our goal to find and eliminate
the cause of many diseases, including diabetes. Major new understandings of cell
communication are also critical to diabetes. Likewise, key advances in clinical research
are showing how the control of blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and other lipids, as
well as control of blood glucose, is important in the comprehensive care of patients with
To identify the most promising avenues of diabetes research, the NIH has a two-step
peer review process mandated by law to ensure high scientific standards among funded
projects. This process begins with an assessment of scientific and technical merit by an
initial review group of non-Federal scientists. Applications are then reviewed by the
National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council, a group of eminent
scientists and lay individuals with expertise in NIDDK's areas of research, to
consider program needs and the relevance of grant applications to the mission of the
In addition to the peer review system, the NIH also takes steps to guide and facilitate
the development of its programs through a variety of means. In diabetes, for example, we
have accelerated
and enhanced our efforts and have sought advice from a special trans-NIH workshop held
in September 1997, entitled "Diabetes Mellitus: Challenges and Opportunities" -- complemented by the
Strategic Plan of the Diabetes Research Working Group. We have already initiated research
projects from these processes and will continue to build upon them in the future. We are
also developing a new NIDDK Strategic Plan based on cross-cutting scientific themes, many
of which are highly relevant to type 2 diabetes.
I am pleased to share with you today some of our most recent efforts which relate to
diabetes in the Hispanic community. A number of these have been undertaken in partnership
with other NIH institutes, other agencies, and voluntary organizations.
The NIDDK has a major research initiative on obesity, which is a serious risk factor
for type 2 diabetes. NIDDK funded the initial discovery of the obesity gene and its
protein product, leptin, the major energy regulator, in a mouse model of obesity. This led
to the discovery of multiple gene mutations, which control critical aspects of both eating
and energy regulation. These findings have now spearheaded the discovery of at least five
different genetic defects in humans that lead to obesity. Such important research advances
have relevance not only to our understanding of obesity, but also to the
inter-relationship of obesity and diabetes.
The National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity was established by the
NIDDK in June 1991. This task force of leading obesity researchers and clinicians is
responsible for evaluating current scientifically-based information about the prevention
and treatment of obesity. The Task Force also advises the Institute on important research
needs and identifies concepts for future clinical studies of obesity. The NIDDK also
provides support for four Obesity/Nutrition Research Centers.
The International Type 2 Diabetes Linkage Analysis Consortium originated in 1997 as a
collaborative effort to map genes responsible for type 2 diabetes. This Consortium is
jointly funded by the NIH and the American Diabetes Association. Currently, the Consortium
includes investigators representing 23 different populations from eight countries.
Locations in San Antonio and Starr County (Texas), and San Luis Valley (Colorado) include
Mexican American families in the genetic linkage analysis.
Other investments in genetics and functional genomics research have led to the
discovery of at least six separate genetic defects in rare forms of type 2 diabetes.
Recently, a gene responsible for
type 2 diabetes has been identified in the Mexican American population from Starr
County, Texas. These studies have stimulated collaborative research to penetrate the
complexity of genetic abnormalities in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Expansion of these
studies is now under way, with an emphasis on the kidney complications of diabetes. Thus,
we are now making a major commitment to a large-scale study of the genetics of diabetes
and the genetic susceptibility to diabetic kidney disease.
In type 2 diabetes, the importance of maintaining close control of blood sugar levels
throughout the day was conclusively demonstrated by the United Kingdom Prospective
Diabetes Study (UKPDS). In addition, the UKPDS demonstrated that good blood pressure
control produced a major benefit in decreasing complications of the large blood vessels.
This study confirmed the findings of the NIDDK-supported Diabetes Control and
Complications Trial (DCCT) in type 1 diabetes, which showed that any reduction in blood
glucose reduces the risk for developing the long-term complications of the small blood
vessels of the eye, kidney, and nervous system. These findings give new emphasis to the
value of early treatment in type 2 diabetes. They also reinforce the importance of our
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a major, ongoing clinical trial designed to find out
whether type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented. This trial is comparing the current
standard regimen on diet and exercise to a more intense regimen of diet and exercise and
metformin--a medication approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This trial is being
conducted at 27 medical centers located in Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of
Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. The DPP
has completed recruitment with a total of 3,819 participants--44.5 percent of whom are
minorities. Thus, we are making progress, but we need to do even more.
Another clinical trial of great significance to type 2 diabetes is the Study of Health
Outcomes of Weight Loss (SHOW), which we expect will begin shortly. This large,
multicenter trial is designed to study if interventions to produce sustained weight loss
in obese individuals with type 2 diabetes will improve health. The SHOW is expected to
recruit approximately 6,000 patients over a three-year period with four additional years
of treatment and follow-up. A goal of the trial is to have the overall ethnic and racial
composition of the recruited patient populations reflect the prevalence rates for diabetes
in the United States
. We anticipate that SHOW will include participants from a range of
Hispanic populations, including at least 360 Mexican Americans; however, the study
population mix at any one center may vary from this overall distribution based on local
demography. The NIDDK is sponsoring this trial along with the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the Office of
Research on Minority Health (ORMH), the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), and the
The major goal of basic fundamental research is to create targets for therapeutic
intervention. These basic discoveries provide the platform for drug testing by the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. An important research goal is to extend the
therapeutic arsenal of safe and effective drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. In the United
States, five classes of oral medications, each of which works through a different
mechanism of action, are currently available to improve blood glucose control in patients
with type 2 diabetes. These oral agents complement, in an important way, a variety of new
insulin preparations that have been introduced for treatment, as well as multiple agents
for the treatment of lipid and blood pressure disorders.
Type 2 diabetes has traditionally been considered a disease of adults because the age
of onset is frequently after age 40 and it is often associated with obesity. Children with
diabetes are usually presumed to have type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease. In recent
years, however, an increasing number of children who appear with elevated blood glucose
levels actually have type 2 diabetes. In some studies, the percentage of children with
diabetes who have type 2 diabetes has risen from less than five percent prior to 1994, to
20 to 30 percent after 1994. Not surprisingly, one of the major risk factors for type 2
diabetes in children is obesity. The increase in reports of type 2 diabetes among children
parallels a similar rise in the adult population, as obesity has become a major public
health concern. In children, the alarming rise in the incidence of type 2 diabetes appears
to be occurring largely in minority populations--Hispanic Americans, African Americans,
and Native Americans.
The NIDDK recently convened a group of epidemiologists and pediatric endocrinologists
to address this issue. Based on data presented at that meeting, we plan to solicit
research on the pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes in children.
The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) also plans to develop a campaign to alert
pediatricians to this alarming trend.
A "Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition," is a compendium of data
about the impact of diabetes, which has been compiled by the National Diabetes Data Group
(NDDG) of the NIDDK. The NDDG was established in 1977 in response to recommendations of
the U.S. National Commission on Diabetes. Its purposes are to define needs for information
that can address the important scientific and public health issues in diabetes, facilitate
research on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of diabetes, and develop reliable and
accurate information on the scope and impact of diabetes in the U.S. population.
Through these efforts and other epidemiological research, a great deal has been learned
about diabetes in parts of the Hispanic community, particularly in Mexican Americans. Most
of this information has come from four studies: the San Antonio Heart Study (Texas), the
San Luis Valley Diabetes Study (Colorado), the Starr County Study (Texas), and the
Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES). These studies have established
that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is two to three times higher in Mexican Americans
than in non-Hispanic Caucasians. HHANES, conducted by the CDC's National Center for
Health Statistics with support from NIDDK for the diabetes component of the study, is the
only one of the four studies that included information on Cuban Americans in the Miami
area and on Puerto Ricans in the New York City area.
The NIDDK initiated the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) in 1995, with the
CDC, and with support from the NIH Office of Research on Minority Health (ORMH). A goal of
this program is to improve the treatment and outcome for people with diabetes in order to
reduce the illness and death associated with diabetes and its complications. Because
survey research showed that the level of awareness of diabetes among the public was low,
the program launched a media campaign aimed at people with diabetes in June 1998, with the
theme, "Control Your Diabetes. For Life." The aim of this campaign was to disseminate the findings from our
major clinical trial, which showed that close control of blood glucose levels can prevent
or reduce the complications of diabetes. In national and local media outlets across the
country, the message that diabetes is serious, common, costly, yet controllable, received
excellent coverage.
Because of the extremely high incidence of diabetes in all minority groups, the NDEP
quickly moved to target these audiences with culturally-sensitive public health messages
tailored by minority organizations (National Council on Aging and the National Council of
La Raza) who belonged to the NDEP Partnership. The Hispanic/Latino campaign recently won
an Award of Excellence from the Health Improvement Institute and the 1998 Silver Mercury
Award from the International Academy of Communications, Arts and Sciences/MerComm, Inc.
Print and broadcast news stories reached audiences of 12.5 million Hispanics and Latinos
in the United States
and Puerto Rico by September 1998. A new wave of campaign media
materials will include an English version, "Lightning and Thunder," for English-speaking Latinos. Complementing these education
campaigns are the efforts of the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC),
established to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health
care professionals, and the public. To carry out this mission, the Clearinghouse works
closely with the diabetes community to identify and respond to informational needs about
diabetes and its management. Many fact sheets and pamphlets about diabetes are available
in Spanish formats.
The NIDDK also funds research on the development of model education programs through
its Diabetes Research and Training Centers (DRTCs), as well as through research grants. A
major function of the DRTC program is to generate the most competent professional
personnel, and to identify ways through which advances in the field of diabetes research
can be translated as quickly as possible into improved care for the patient. Activities at
a number of NIDDK-supported Diabetes Centers have a focus on minority populations,
including Hispanics. The administrative guidelines for the Centers program state, "The NIDDK is concerned
with the disproportionate prevalence of diabetes in minority groups and the increased
susceptibility to the complications of diabetes in these groups. There is accordingly a
requirement for DRTCs to develop programs and/or materials directed at minority
populations." A DRTC that has had a major focus on diabetes in Hispanic populations is located at the
University of Chicago. Four major projects, the MidWest Clinicians' Network Project, the "For Your Health" Program, the Chicago
Hispanic Health Coalition Resource Guide, and the Neighborhood Clinic Diabetes Initiative
Project, are supported by the Chicago DRTC and are relevant to diabetes in the Hispanic
community. In addition to programs conducted through the DRTCs, the NIDDK also supports
regular research grants studying culturally-sensitive lifestyle interventions. An example
is at the University of Texas in Austin, where an NIDDK-funded investigator has designed
an education and support program for Hispanic diabetics. The purpose of this project is to
develop culturally-relevant, community-based interventions aimed at improving the health
of diabetic Mexican Americans and their families. The intervention is provided in Spanish
and is directed by Hispanic health care providers.
Mr. Chairman, I am grateful for the opportunity to share with you some examples of NIH
efforts focusing on type 2 diabetes, with emphasis on the Hispanic community. I have tried
to underscore today that we at the NIH understand the great burden diabetes places on
patients, families, and communities. At the same time, I want to share my feelings of
great encouragement and hope because of the pace at which diabetes research is moving. I
believe that our strong national research and educational programs hold the essential key
to reducing and removing the disparity with which diabetes affects the Hispanic community.
We have important efforts under way, but much more remains to be done. I am pleased to
answer any questions you may have.


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After half an hour of fevered Googling, I still haven't found a negative comment. Whether you ask old fans with tour t-shirts from the eighties or the new generation born after the band's formation, Rob da Bank's decision to host The Cure at Bestival 2011 has met universal approval.
Their appearance will be their first UK festival date since July 2004, when they played at Oxygen in Dublin and Move Festival in Manchester. Even Rob da Bank, Bestival organiser and Radio 1 DJ, seems surprised at his luck. "I've spent the last twenty years of my life listening to The Cure," he said, "and the last five attempting to persuade Robert Smith and the crew to hop on a ferry to our magical Isle. I'm still not sure what we've done right but I'm overjoyed that they are coming as Saturday night headliners."
2011 will mark the 35th year since the group's formation, but fans say their live shows are as strong as ever. On the band's forums, Kazandaath said: "My first cure concert was 1981 Portsmouth Guildhall, my latest (but not last!) 2009 O2 Arena. Both awesome and all the ones in between as awesome. I would say they get better, but you can't better what was already the best."
Another Cure fan, Luciel, saw them in '89, '92 and '09. She demonstrates their all-encompassing appeal with her heart-warming story: "I was pregnant with my daughter, Alexis, when I went to the '92 show. Guess what? I took her to the 2009 show – her first concert. It was like coming full circle."
To put their age in to perspective, The Cure formed in the same year as U2, The Clash, Joy Division and Madness. It was also the year of the first Concorde flight, the formation of Apple and a year before the release of Star Wars. The world's changed a lot since then, but The Cure's ability to entertain and amaze hasn't dwindled.
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This week I've witnessed, and read, tons of messages pro and against Ivanov. A player who allegedly cheated in a tournament in Croatia. I'm lazy, but since like every chess player, I believe the truth can be found over the chessboard, I began, unwillingly, to analyze the first game. I used Houdini 2.0, a very good database, and a quad core processor. What I discovered was bewildering! Not only Ivanov was playing like Houdini, but also his opponent did the same moves Houdini would play! Ivanov, 2200, and his opponent 2400, were playing like a 3200 rated program! The only explanation I could give, and this is the dirty little secret nobody will tell you, is that above a certain level, they are all cheating and using computers while playing!
I will add the game, and the analysis, for those who want to double check, but here is the list of the moves, with X if they played like Houdini and 0 if they didn't. The number of the move begins after the database opening theory.
16. x x
17. x 0
18 x x
19 x x
20 x x
21 x 0
22 0 0
23 x 0
24 0 0
25 x x
26 x 0
27 x 0
28 x x
29 x 0
30 x 0
31 x 0
32 x 0
33 x 0
34 x x
35 x
Total: White followed Houdini's moves 18 times out of 20 moves
Black followed Houdini's moves 7 times out of 20 moves (my advice for black: change engine re-tard!)
Now you will ask: "wait a minute: why black didn't follow all Houdini's move, as White did. After all black is 200 points higher, he should be able to copy Houdini's moves too."
This is easily explained, notice that I wrote everyone is using the computer, not that their computers, or programs, are the same. So Black used a previous version of Houdini, or another program, which is not so strong, or black had an older hardware. This is the only possible explanation, because in chess.com I have read many comments of 1800 or less rated players, who are able to play like Houdini, then it is clear this 2400 player couldn't. And he couldn't because his engine or hardware were not good enough, otherwise how to explain those 1800 players who can?
In the end Black abandoned, because at move 35 his engine told him he would get checkmated in 21 moves, and this is another proof that also black was using an engine, otherwise why did he abandoned??
The moral of the story is easy to understand, if you want to win your games, don't be stingy like Black who used a freeware, instead of the latest commercial engine, and buy some new hardware!
Here is the game:
I guess that you were really high on something when "analysing".
They sometimes clip his fingernails and smoke them.
you can do that?
good to know
And so. . .what are we, "less than 1600", non cheating, honest players doing in the Chess Environtment?
The only explanation I could give, and this is the dirty little secret nobody will tell you, is that above a certain level, they are all cheating and using computers while playing!
The question is how can they do this? Is this all a big conspiracy? How about authorities?
This guy definitely cheated in this game.
10/27/2016 - Four Way Street
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IV category
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Is this cheating?
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Nimzovich.. Nimzowitsch
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Invent the new worst/most useless chess piece ever!
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DKINGISDEAD - King Maneuver Attack
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How long does it take to be a 2000 rate player?
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Blocking all ALL communication
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All I want for Christmas is…NBA – five teams and players to watch
The new NBA season took a while to come around after a five-month lockout spent negotiating an improved labor agreement. What better day to start than Dec. 25. Merry Christmas!
Read the season preview here courtesy of Larry Fine, and our American sports editor Julian Linden weighs in with five players to watch as well as five teams sure to set pulses racing over the shortened 66-game programme.
All in all, we can't wait for the games to begin. So whether you're in an office scrunching up receipts and taking aim at the waste paper basket or on a basketball court shooting hoops, bring on the action. NBA, we've missed you.
Picture: Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol of Spain slam dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers during their NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles, California December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Ryan Fitzpatrick has lost count the number of times his last name's been butchered.
"Do a Google search for Ryan 'Fitzgerald,'" the Buffalo Bills quarterback said shaking his head with a laugh this week. "It's unbelievable." Forget the Internet, the public address announcer at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium spent much of the first quarter of the season-opener referring to him as "Fitzgerald," too.
Fitzpatrick, "Fitzgerald" or even "Kilpatrick" as one Bills alum refers to him, it doesn't matter as much to the quarterback as he joked it might to his mom.
What counts is that seven years into his NFL career, the Harvard graduate, journeyman backup and 2005 seventh-round draft pick is finally beginning to make a name for himself for playing a key role in getting the Bills off to a surprising 2-0 start.
He's in charge of an offense that's produced an NFL-leading 79 points. And Fitzpatrick's coming off a riveting performance in which the Bills scored five touchdowns on five second-half possessions to rally from an 18-point deficit in a 38-35 win over the Raiders last weekend.
"We're trying to make a name for our team," Fitzpatrick said. "The only way you get respect in this league is to go out there and play."
Fitzpatrick's hot start has attracted everyone's attention as the Bills are showing signs they just might be relevant again in preparing for an early-season test in hosting AFC East rival New England (2-0) on Sunday.
With seven touchdowns, Fitzpatrick shares the NFL lead with New England's Tom Brady and Detroit's Matthew Stafford. He now has a 10-12 record in two-plus seasons with a Bills team that's only won 12 games since he first arrived as a free agent in 2009.
And the offense is producing at a remarkable rate, given that it scored 20 points only four times as part of a 4-12 season last year.
It is much the result of Fitzpatrick, who has a fuller command of the offensive philosophy coach Chan Gailey first introduced last year.
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"He gets it," Gailey said, who handed Fitzpatrick the job three weeks into last season after benching Trent Edwards, who was cut a week later. "It's not anything different than what I was saying midseason last year. It's just we've gotten more experience with each other."
For someone who's spent much of his career dismissed or discarded, Fitzpatrick is suddenly showing up everywhere. His grizzled beard (he doesn't plan to shave until the end of the season as happened last year) has become the face of these new-look Bills as he's done the rounds of essentially every NFL-themed TV broadcast: from Showtime to ESPN to the NFL Network.
He's even caught the attention of quarterback-turned-broadcaster Kurt Warner, who ranked Fitzpatrick as his fifth-best quarterback two weeks into the season.
"I love the way Ryan is playing right now. He reminds me a lot of me. He's a gunslinger," Warner said on the NFL Network this week.
It's fitting that the previously disregarded Fitzpatrick has emerged as the ring-leader of what Bills players have come to proudly refer to themselves as a "No-Name Offense." It's a group that's mostly made up of undrafted players (running back Fred Jackson, receiver David Nelson), castoffs (tight end Scott Chandler) or seventh-round draft picks (Fitzpatrick, receiver Stevie Johnson and left tackle Demetrius Bell).
The familiar pasts aren't lost among the players.
"It's something we can all relate to, and it's something we all embrace," Nelson said. "So that's why I think you see us enjoying this ride."
There's no one enjoying it more than Fitzpatrick, who has begun to validate the trust of his teammates and coaching staff.
Now there's talk as to whether Fitzpatrick might well be the franchise quarterback the Bills have lacked since Hall-of-Famer Jim Kelly retired following the 1996 season.
"Is he capable of being a guy that can play for you and win for a long time? Yes he is," Gailey said.
First thing's first.
Not only does Fitzpatrick have to continue producing, he also needs to sign a new contract, which expires at the end of the season.
The Bills expressed interest in extending Fitzpatrick's contract following the lockout. Though there have been discussions, it's unclear how far the two sides have come.
Other than to say he wants to stay in Buffalo, Fitzpatrick has declined comment because he doesn't want contract talks to become a distraction.
Fitzpatrick has been somewhat caught off guard by the sudden attention he's attracted, and kidded reporters about the labels being attached to him, whether it's franchise quarterback or gunslinger.
"For me, I feel like right now that I'm the leader of this offense. I love the guys I'm playing with, and I feel like we fit well together," Fitzpatrick said. "So however you want to define that, that's what I feel I am."
There's only one label he'll acknowledge he's striving for.
"I want to be respected," Fitzpatrick said. "I think that's the biggest thing."
Then everyone will get his name right.


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Charlotte Ross, Ed.D.
Adjunct professor in the Department of Communications at Appalachian State University, freelance folklorist specializing in Appalachian regional culture
Dr. Charlotte Ross is a freelance folklorist specializing in Appalachian regional culture and is an adjunct professor in the Communications Department at Appalachian State University. She holds a doctorate in education, completing her coursework in folklore and folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, with an emphasis in folk narrative and material culture. In her varied professional career, she has been the director of the Appalachian Regional Collection at ASU, assistant director of the Center of Excellence in Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University, president of the Council on Appalachian Women, chairperson of the Appalachian Studies Conference, and program associate and acting director of the North Carolina Humanities Committee (now Council). Dr. Ross has taught English, folklore, Appalachian studies, history and speech at five campuses within the Appalachian region and has conducted more than 4000 programs on Appalachian topics.


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"So like I was saying ... aaagh!"
OK, so it's a little funny, in a Looney Tunes sort of way.
You have to admit, as problems go, this is a strange one. Hundreds of holes from missing manholes and sewer grates have suddenly appeared in streets and sidewalks all over the city. It's as if the coyote ordered a hole-making machine from Acme Inc. in yet another madcap attempt to capture the roadrunner.
The problem is the wrong people always get hurt by things like this – little kids, old people, city employees. If only it would happen to one of our gang-bangers.
"Take that, sucka. And that! And … aaagh!"
Or one of our slumlords.
"Code violations? What code vio- … aagh!"
Or one of our politicians.
"More cops and improved schools? P'shaw, what Flint needs is another downtown parking struct- … aaagh!"
Missing manholes is also funny, I suppose, in a "laugh so you don't cry" sense. I mean, come on, Flint is becoming like that movie scene where the dopey suburbanite gets out of his car to ask directions in the bad part of town and his car is stripped to the frame by the time he turns around.
It's a sign of a town eating itself. It started with copper pipes. Thieves would strip them from abandoned homes. Now it's iron. What's next, stop signs? They're made of steel. Street signs, too. What if they steal those next? Will cops have to call for backup at the corner of Something Street and Got Me Avenue?
The next logical metallurgical step is gold, you know. And what's the most readily available source for that? Your fillings and mine. You laugh, but gold is selling for more than $1,500 an ounce. Around the wrong crowd in Flint this summer, I'd murmur when I talked if I were you. I plan to.
I will give the manhole thieves credit. Those things weigh a hundred pounds. At least they're showing some initiative. And getting some exercise. Obesity is a problem.
That said, it's more than a bit disturbing – or typical – that no one seems to be seeing them at work. I know parts of the city are thinly populated these days, but, c'mon, you'd think somebody would notice guys rolling a 100-pound disc down the street?
You'd also think this would be the world's easiest crime to solve. They gotta sell these things somewhere, meaning a scrap yard, and how many of those do we have? Maybe the owners are outfoxing investigators.
Detective: "You buying manhole covers?"
Scrap dealer: "No, sir."
Detective: "Isn't that a stack of them right there?"
Scrap dealer: "No, those are, um, gumdrops."
In a city that leads the nation in violent crimes per capita, I guess manhole cover theft isn't our top concern. But I do hope the cops crack this case in time for the Crim race.
Kenyans are skinny. They'd go right down. The last thing we need now is an international incident.


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UPPER TOWNSHIP -- A Cape May County resident recently discovered fossils from a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the curator of natural history at the New Jersey State Museum is trying to bring them to New Jersey, a report in the Press of Atlantic City said.
Joseph Camburn, a state corrections officer from Upper Township, first discovered the bones on an amateur fossil-hunting trip in Montana in 2007, according to the report. David Parris, of the New Jersey State Museum, confirmed the finding, and he will lead an expedition in the area in July to retrieve the fossils, the report said. The T-Rex bones were scattered, making it less likely they will be able to get the full skeleton.


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Idaho Statutes
63-3622O. Exempt private and public organizations. (1) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter:
(a) Sales to or purchases by hospitals, health-related entities, educational institutions, forest protective associations and canal companies which are nonprofit organizations; and
(b) Donations to, sales to, and purchases by the Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc.; and
(c) Donations to, sales to, and purchases by food banks or soup kitchens of food or other tangible personal property used by food banks or soup kitchens in the growing, storage, preparation or service of food, but not including motor vehicles or trailers; and
(d) Sales of clothes to, donations of clothes to, and purchases of clothes by nonsale clothiers; and
(e) Sales to or purchases by centers for independent living; and
(f) Sales to or purchases by the state of Idaho and its agencies and its political subdivisions; and
(g) Sales to or purchases by volunteer fire departments or licensed emergency medical service agencies; and
(h) Sales to or purchases by a qualifying senior citizen center; and
(i) Sales to or purchases by the Blind Services Foundation, Inc.; and
(j) Donations to, sales to or purchases by the Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Inc., a nonprofit corporation; and
(k) Sales to or purchases by nonprofit organizations offering free dental clinic services to children; and
(l) Admissions to and purchases by museums, as defined in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) As used in this section, these words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Educational institution" shall mean nonprofit colleges, universities, public charter schools organized pursuant to chapter 52, title 33, Idaho Code, the Idaho digital learning academy established pursuant to chapter 55, title 33, Idaho Code, and other primary and secondary schools, the income of which is devoted solely to education and in which systematic instruction in the usual branches of learning is given. This definition does not include schools primarily teaching business, dancing, dramatics, music, cosmetology, writing, gymnastics, exercise and other special accomplishments nor parent-teacher associations, parent groups, alumni or other auxiliary organizations with purposes related to the educational function of an institution or collective group of institutions.
(b) "Hospital" shall include nonprofit institutions licensed by the state for the care of ill persons. It shall not extend to nursing homes or similar institutions.
(c) "Health-related entities" shall mean the Idaho Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Idaho Epilepsy League, Idaho Lung Association, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Camp Rainbow Gold, Mental Health Association, The Arc, The Children's Home Society of Idaho, American Heart Association, Idaho Ronald McDonald House, United Cerebral Palsy, Arthritis Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Rocky Mountain Kidney Association, American Diabetes Association, Easter Seals, Idaho Community Action Agencies, Idaho Primary Care Association and community health centers who are members of the Idaho Primary Care Association, the Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Special Olympics Idaho, the Idaho Women's and Children's Alliance, and the Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho, together with said entities' local or regional chapters or divisions.
(d) "Canal companies" shall include nonprofit corporations which are incorporated solely for the purpose of operating and maintaining and are engaged solely in operation and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, canals, lateral and drainage ditches, pumps or pumping plants.
(e) "Forest protective associations" shall mean associations whose purpose is the furnishing, operating and maintaining of a protective system for the detection, prevention and suppression of forest or range fires. Forest protective associations shall include only those associations with which the state of Idaho has contracted or become a member of pursuant to chapter 1, title 38, Idaho Code.
(f) "Food banks or soup kitchens" shall mean any nonprofit corporation or association, other than the Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc., one of whose regular activities is the furnishing or providing of food or food products to others without charge.
(g) "Nonsale clothier" shall mean any nonprofit corporation or association, one of whose primary purposes is the furnishing or providing of clothes to others without charge.
(h) "Clothes" shall mean garments in general, designed or intended to be worn by humans and shall include footwear in addition to wearing apparel.
(i) "Center for independent living" shall mean a private, nonprofit, nonresidential organization in which at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the principal governing board, management and staff are individuals with disabilities and that:
(i) Is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities;
(ii) Provides an array of independent living services and programs; and
(iii) Is cross-disability.
(j) "Political subdivision" means:
(i) A governmental organization which:
1. Embraces a certain territory,
2. Is organized for public advantage and not in the interest of private individuals or classes,
3. Has been delegated functions of government, and
4. Has the statutory power to levy taxes; or
(ii) A public health district created by section 39-408, Idaho Code; or
(iii) A soil conservation district as defined in section 22-2717, Idaho Code; or
(iv) A drainage district created pursuant to chapter 29, title 42, Idaho Code; or
(v) An irrigation district created pursuant to title 43, Idaho Code; or
(vi) A state grazing board created by section 57-1204, Idaho Code; or
(viii) A ground water management district created pursuant to chapter 51, title 42, Idaho Code.
(k) "Agency of the state of Idaho" shall mean an office or organization created by the constitution or statutes of this state and constituting a component part of the executive, judicial or legislative branch of the government of this state.
(l) "Volunteer fire department" means an entity exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which primarily provides fire protection or fire prevention on a not-for-profit basis to surrounding residents.
(m) "Licensed emergency medical service agency" means an emergency medical service (EMS) licensed by the EMS bureau of the department of health and welfare and which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which provides emergency medical services on a not-for-profit basis to surrounding residents.
(n) "Qualifying senior citizen center" means an entity exempt from income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, which shall include provision of health, including mental health, social, nutritional, and educational services and the provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals.
(o) "Museum" means a public institution or an entity exempt from income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which stores, preserves and exhibits objects of art, history, science or other objects of historical, educational or cultural value on a permanent basis in a building, portion of a building or outdoor location and which provides museum services to the public on a regular basis.
(3) The exemption granted by subsection (1)(f) of this section does not include any association or other organization whose members are political subdivisions or state agencies unless the organization is expressly created under the joint powers provision of sections 67-2328 through 67-2333, Idaho Code.
(4) The exemptions granted by subsection (1) of this section do not include the use of tangible personal property by a contractor used to improve real property of an exempt entity when such use is within the definition provided by section 63-3615(b), Idaho Code, whether the use tax liability is included in a contract total or stated separately in a contract.
(5) There is exempted from the taxes imposed in this chapter the renting of a place to sleep to an individual by the Idaho Ronald McDonald House.


text: Social researcher Annie Pettit sat for an interview at the Advertising Research Foundations "Audience Measurement 5.0" in 2010. It was a fascinating conversation concerned with social research vs. monitoring, the need for sampling and weighting, disambiguation, and a host of key topics and concerns. I lobbed questions to Annie from off-camera. If you like this, you may be interested in her post, "Research is not just Listening."


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text: I have written a review of the On-line Safari book-reading service provided by O'Reilly. http://perl.org.il/bookreviews/safari_by_gabor.html I'd be glad if you read it and gave your input. I think it is also worth trying the service itself. O'Reilly gives a 2 weeks free period so take a slow week (upcoming Pesach maybe) when you can spend all day reading books on-line and look at their bookshelf. Gabor


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Native Staten Islander Marie E. D'Arrigo, 77, of Bulls Head, a retired elementary school teacher who is remembered as a loving matriarch and true friend, died Wednesday at home.
Born and raised Marie Luongo in Port Richmond, she also lived in West Brighton. She lived in Florida with her husband and children for several years, but returned to the Island in the 1960s, moving to Silver Lake. She settled in Bulls Head three decades ago.
Mrs. D'Arrigo started college when she was 42 years old. She earned her bachelor's degree from the College of Staten Island and made the dean's list continuously, family said. She continued her education, receiving two master's degrees from CSI.
She began her teaching career at the former Assumption School in New Brighton , and then went to work for the city Department of Education, teaching at PS 39 in South Beach, and then at PS 22 in Graniteville until her retirement in 2004.
Mrs. D'Arrigo loved children, music, the theater, and Atlantic City. She enjoyed annual vacations in Wildwood, N.J., with her family and growing brood of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She maintained "big circles of friends — girlfriends from when she was growing up, cousins, and teacher friends," said her daughter, Donna D'Orio. "She was also an excellent cook — they don't come any better. She had so many phenomenal Italian dishes that it's impossible to count them all."
Surviving, along with her daughter, Donna, are her son, Dominic; her daughter, Doreen D'Arrigo; two brothers, Carmine and Anthony Luongo; seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Dominic, died in 2009.
The funeral mass will be Monday from the Matthew Funeral Home, Willowbrook, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Roch's R.C. Church, Port Richmond. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.


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More people are signing up for health insurance through the federal health exchange in 2015 than did in the first open enrollment period last year.
Local News
Obamacare Insurance Registrations Up Greatly In IN, OH, KY
County, Greendale Seeking INDOT Approval, Funding For SR 1 Project
The proposed $7.9 million project would improve traffic flow on State Road 1 from Oberting Road to U.S. 50. Public meetings have been scheduled to gather input.
Jury Convicts Burglar, Judge Sentences To 15 Years
A burglar's lengthy criminal record caught up with him at his sentencing hearing in a Dearborn County courtroom last week.
Sub-Zero Temps, Super Wind Chills Cancel School
The tri-state is experiencing weather that only a polar bear could love.
Man Dies When Pickup Rear-Ends Semi Trailer
Slick roads could be to blame for a deadly crash in Erlanger.
Suspect Fires Shots At Hotel; Police Shoot Him
A man was shot by police as he reportedly fired a shotgun at the exterior of a Florence hotel early Thursday morning.
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Eagle 99.3 is inviting you to send your snow photos to be featured on our website.
4.5 Inches Of Snow Fell Wednesday Morning; Now It Gets Really Cold
Wednesday morning's commute-crippling snowfall totaled 4.5 inches, breaking a the old February 18 record of 2.4 inches set in 1979.
15 Years For Convicted Heroin Dealer
A Dearborn County judge has sentenced a drug dealer to more than a decade behind bars.
IDHS Urges Hoosiers Take Precautions Against Bitter Cold
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is urging Hoosiers to take precautions against the extreme cold.


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Portland Police officers from North Precinct responded to a shooting call at North Fremont Street and North Missouri Avenue at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday. Officers in the area discovered the residence of 3542 North Missouri Avenue as the target location. The house had been hit twice by gunfire.
Investigators learned that three suspects were outside the residence yelling for someone inside then one of the suspects fired shots into the occupied house. Nobody was hit and there is no suspect information. Investigators suspect gang involvement in the shooting.
The Gang Enforcement Team is investigating and anyone with information is asked to call Detective Brad Clifton at (503) 823-2087.


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leading the way to the new storage frontier
significant companies which design and make industrial grade SSDs
ADLINK Technology
ATP Electronics
Cactus Technologies
Greenliant Systems
Hagiwara Sys-Com
Mercury Systems
Red Rock Technologies
Sage Micro
SK Hynix
Super Talent
what were the big SSD ideas which emerged in 2016?
Editor:- October 3, 2016 - I've been asking SSD companies this question. From the viewpoint of your company what were the big SSD, storage and memory architecture ideas which emerged and became clearer in 2016? Here's what some of the industrial SSD makers said.
"I think definitely it is NVMe."
"...page-based-FTL running on DRAM-less controller architectures..."
"...Self-encryption, advanced remote-monitoring software... SSDs for Industrial Internet of Things."
But an interesting sanity check came in this reply (September 30, 2016) from
Camellia Chan
who is Managing Director at
Camellia said - "Hi Zsolt, Basically we are not the technology leading company. Instead where we are focusing is on continuing to provide legacy product to industrial, medical, automotive customers We support a lot of EOL SSD products worldwide. Most of our customers are facing the problems of discontinued products and we are the ones who support them."
Are you having problems replacing legacy SSDs due to EOL and vendors exiting the market?
what's a standard legacy industrial SSD?
interesting observations about this market
Although latterly known for its "world's fastest" enterprise SSDs (which became IBM FlashSystems) -
Texas Memory Systems'
first SSD in 1978 was designed for the seismic data capture market.
SSD history
The ability to work in hostile environments was the oldest sustainable value proposition for buying SSDs.
why buy SSDs?
Industrial SSDs cost more than consumer and enterprise drives - because they include more coping circuits and implement solutions to a wider range of anticipated stresses.
where does all the money go?
Within a few shrink generations SLC will require similar controller techniques to MLC.
2012 market summary
Designers have chosen the pragmatic reality of excellence in selected niches above the unfeasible goal of having the best technology roadmap for all applications
2014 market summary
Mobile datacenters is a shortcut way to visualize the applications leading to rugged DWPD.
what's the state of DWPD?
We will see industrialization of flash as tiered DRAM.
2016 expected trends
Customizing SSDs for embedded roles doesn't always lead to higher cost than a standard product.
some thoughts about SSD customization
"...new opportunities especially in the Internet of Things (IoT) are being created from emerging and existing applications (automotive, medical, telecommunications, industrial/retail, consumer/connected home, and aerospace/military) that are rapidly transforming this market segment."
sizes 2015 industrial SSD market
(January 2015)
does SLC still rule in industrial SSDs?
Editor:- May 3, 2012 - I've been talking this week to a reader who has been looking for high capacity industrial 2.5" MLC SSDs for a project which - because of where it's used - really does need the full industrial temperature range.
He said he'd been having difficulties. Anyway I suggested he look at the
industrial SSD directory
(this page) and contact all the companies to see who did have such a product and after a lot of work he has found some possible suppliers - but the success rate comes out as about
- or 1 in 5 industrial SSD oems actually having a useful MLC product in this category. So this is still a part of the SSD market where SLC reigns supreme - regardless of what you hear about in the
markets. (And the other SLC SSD bastion is
I said - I think that one of the problems in finding cheaper MLC SSDs for industrial temperature apps is that the few companies who really have the IP to be able to design such a product from the
stance - mostly pursue bigger markets - like consumer. And even if the consumer guys do have the controller technology for extended temperature MLC - they don't cope well with other factors - like
surviving SSD sudden power loss
. But it's good to know that some companies can do it - even if it's less than you would expect.
A few hours after posting the above - I got this helfpful comment from another reader (on a different continent)...
Peter Kindl
, Managing Director at
Solid State Storage Consulting
in Germany emailed me to say -
Hi Zsolt, I'd like to comment on your today's news "SLC still rules in industrial SSDs" and your
article about industrial grade SSDs
The most critical criteria for industrial clients is neither of technological nor technical nature, but a
process management topic
: industrial clients expect a true fixed BOM management by the supplier, in order to get exactly the same product, that they had qualified for their system.
Fixed BOM has become a sales & marketing argument and is being misused. Many suppliers allow "minor" changes, i. e. F/W updates or even dye changes under their "fixed BOM" definition, which can cause severe integration issues at the client's site.
Digging deeper into that subject, fixed BOM suddenly turns out to be marketed the same as so called controlled BOM for certain suppliers, whose core business is still the commercial or client SSD market.
In addition, it's my experience, having been in that market since 2005, that the typical life time expectation for SSD product is closer to 7+ years - at least with most German industrial clients (telecom, IPC and industrial automation). And in many cases, you start the evaluation with a current product generation, that will be almost EOL by the time the client has finished his qualification.
sharing the product roadmap and migration plan
becomes an important issue, in order to minimize re-qualification cost. This is also becoming a major challenge as most Asian suppliers are hesitant to even talk about current technological matters like NAND flash supplier and lithography being used in the product as well as the NAND flash controller manufacturer.
The top tier industrial clients in Central Europe have a certain expectation by history of the past 5-8 years and new comers don't seem to understand the market requirements when they enter that market. At this year's Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany it became very obvious, that many new and "old" suppliers (Kingston!?) want to get a decent piece of that tasty cake.
Best regards - and keep up the good work at storagesearch.com
SSD customization
SSD controllers
military SSDs
SSD power loss
industrial SSDs
the changing face of the industrial SSD market
Zsolt Kerekes
, editor -
ne of the oldest markets for flash SSDs is the embedded industrial market - where rugged flash SSDs have been used since the
mid 1990s
Some of the pioneering companies which shipped those early industrial flash drives are still in the market today. And you could say that the industrial SSD market has remained a constant factor in the fast changing world of the SSD market. But during the past 5 years - the vendor definitions of what makes an "industrial grade SSD" - have changed.
Buyer assumptions which were once safe and universal - can no longer be taken for granted.
Some assumptions have stayed the same
These are:-
standard operating temperature range - from -40C to +85C. (Note - some vendors offer an extended range - from -45C upto 90C too.)
rugged operation:- industrial SSDs must be capable of operating and surviving in a range of vibration conditions typically found in vehicles - and sometimes upto specific MIL standards.
considerations:- unlike the
server SSD environment (in which individual disks can be
backed up
or repaired) and unlike the
notebook SSD
environment (in which
flaky firmware
can be fixed by downloads and reboots) - reliability and stability constraints on industrial SSDs are much higher. In many embedded applications the assumption is that the SSD lifetime is the same as the equipment life. Industrial SSDs have to be "fit and forget".
electrical power:- industrial SSDs are available with a vast range of power consumption envelopes (more than 20 to 1) - and in many applications the SSD wattage is a key starting point for selecting a product.
Industrial SSDs need more complex designs to protect
data integrity
when there is a
sudden power loss
- because they are used in a wider range of power supply systems than typical computer systems.
physical size:- if it doesn't fit in the space then it can't be used. That's one reason why industrial SSDs are available in very small form factors - which I've lumped together in the
1 inch SSD directory
OS driver support:- industrial SSDs have to support operating systems which are additional to those used in the computer market - such as real-time OS's
EOL (end of life) issues. Companies which use industrial SSDs for use in equipment and embedded systems need to be confident that they can
continue obtaining these products
during the lifetime of their programs - which are typically 3 to 5 - but can also be more than 7 years (see article below). That's dramatically different to the consumer and enterprise SSD markets where product lifetimes are typically in the range 6 to 24 months.
The reason is that industrial SSD customers want to minimize the amortized costs of requalifying new products and doing redesigns in what are typically low volume markets. Consequently industrial SSD companies have to manage their technology roadmaps and customer service interfaces in a different way to computer market SSD makers. This is similar to the requirements in the military market.
Subtle feature creep
divergence has crept into the industrial SSD market in the past 5 years as its needs have grown apart from the military storage market. There used to be nearly 100% overlap between companies which marketed industrial SSDs and military SSDs - and the main differences between many industrial / military product lines used to be in their operating temperature range and testing processes. That's no longer the case. The differences have widened due to memory usage (true mil SSDs only use SLC flash) and the need for
fast purge
in military SSDs.
Some important assumptions in industrial SSD product families have changed since this market began.
use of MLC flash memory. Not that long ago - it would have been unthinkable for industrial SSDs to be offered with anything other than SLC flash memory. The industrial SSD market was slower in moving to an
MLC permissive market
than the enterprise SSD market because of the need to qualify other associated components - not just the flash chips - over the wider temperature range.
Integrating SMART-like controller metrics back into the equipment design loop. Most industrial SSD makers offer tools to help equipment designers understand - the on-board SMART-like data collection features in their
SSD controllers
- and how use this info to model system life.
. Until recently - the fastest industrial SSDs used to lag 3 years or so behind similar form factor SSDs in the computer market. Not anymore. They are now available with speeds which are similar.
. The range of security options and the associated economics in the industrial SSD market are as diverse as the markets in which they are used. For example the storage zones which hold the programs and other critical data can made unreadable outside of defined conditions to prevent competitors reverse analyzing the design.
Industrial SSDs used to be replacements for
hard drives
. But in new designs we're seeing embedded SSDs replacing functions which were once done by vanilla
flash memory
. Why's that? It's because when memory capacity gets above a certain size - then the only reliable way to manage it is with SSD-like controller technology. So designs which once used bunches of flash chips are morphing into slots for low end SSDs - simply as a pragmatic way of using flash without equipment designers needing to peek inside unreliable flash chips.
How does the industrial SSD market compare in size and importance to other segments in the SSD market?
Industrial SSDs are 1 of the 5 main SSD user value proposition groups described in
StorageSearch.com's SSD market penetration model
. But this isn't a market which shouts loudly about the latest technology fashions. And it's fair to say that because of the conservative and largely hidden nature of the market - it rarely grabs the
storage news
headlines. But the industrial SSD market has great potential. One
SSD analyst
Web-Feet Research
- said recently they thought that "the embedded flash drive market would approach
$17 billion
annual revenue in 2015."
To find related companies, products and related articles - see the list on this page.
related articles and white papers
the SSD reliability papers
SSDs Take Hold in Embedded Applications
EOL related issues for industrial SSD BOMs
principles of bad block management in flash SSDs
Surviving SSD sudden power loss
hy should you care what happens in an SSD when the power goes down?
This article will help you understand why some SSDs which (work perfectly well in one type of application) might fail in others... even when the changes in the operational environment appear to be negligible.
If you thought
was the end of the
SSD reliability
story - think again.
...read the article
how fast can your SSD run backwards?
11 Key Symmetries in SSD design
For embedded users who need rackmount SSDs - the changes in hardware and related bundled software tools - which are thrown in to "add value" to enterprise end users - are seen as negatives.
Decloaking hidden segments in the enterprise for rackmount SSDs
If they survive manufacturing
they'll survive customers too.
SSD news
military SSDs
SSD controllers
SSD market history
popular SSD articles
the Top SSD Companies
SSDs on a chip
M.2 SSDs
1.8" SSDs
industrial grade
2.5" SATA SSDs
-45°C to 90°C / 60K IOPS
Cactus Technologies
As more industrial grade SSDs are being used in applications which have enterprise-like architectures - some vendors are characterizing their industrial SSD datasheets with DWPD ratings.
toughening up DWPD
industrial SATA SSDs
efficiently matched to embedded needs
2.5" / 1.8" / Slim SATA / mSATA / CFast / M.2
StorFly from
full SSD compression with selectable profiles
Editor:- September 8, 2015 -
ZIPmagic Software
today launched a new version of their run time full SSD drive compression utility - which now includes
Lempel-Ziv-Simon Disk Compression (pdf)
and supports most versions of Windows from XP through to Windows Server 2016.
4 different (preselectable) compression modes are supported - which provide different compression ratios and have different run time characteristics.
Editor's comments:-
Australia based ZIPmagic - which first appeared on this news page in
August 2014
- is looking for SSD companies which may be interested in bundling their software. They have an introductory rate of of $1 per device.
Because of its background the company's web site is focused entirely on consumers. But I think that there may also be
applications for this kind of technology too.
For oem inquiries contact
Keith Tan
(Director of Sales & Marketing) via linkedin or
Simon King
(CTO) via email.
bath tub curve is not the most useful way of thinking about SSD failures
Editor:- June 15, 2015 - A recently published research study which analyzed failure rates of
PCIe SSDs
used in
infrastructure over a 4 year period - yields some very useful insights into the user experience of large populations of embedded flash.
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new power fail safe file system for tiny memory IoT
Editor:- May 5, 2015 -
a preview version of
Reliance Edge
, a
power fail-safe
file system for
which allows developers building IoT devices to reliably store and quickly access data in
embedded SSDs
. It requires as little as 4KB of RAM and 11KB of code size.
Re industrial SSDs - designers have refocused and chosen the viable reality of excellence in selected niches above the unfeasible goal of having the best technology roadmap for all possible applications.
12 key SSD ideas which emerged or clarified in 2014
Hyperstone brings 100x write
attenuation to industrial USBs
Editor:- February 19, 2015 - When I see an assertion about
better flash endurance - I smile and think back to an article
my SSD care scheme is the best
- in May 2012 - which discusses this marketing idea and some of the unerlying technologies. So why mention it again today?
A recent
press release
(about their new flash management technology for
industrial SSDs
) contains this exact phrase.
"hyMap reduces
Write Amplification
by a factor of more than 100 in fragmented usage pattern and for small file random writes. Thereby, the reduction in effectively used write-erase-cycles results in higher performance, longer life and shorter random access response times. As a result, in many applications hyMap together with Hyperstone controllers and MLC flash enables higher reliability and data retention than other controllers using SLC. hyMap does
require any external DRAM or SRAM."
In the same announcement -
Dr. Jan Peter Berns
, Managing Director of Hyperstone - acknowledges that while these issues have already been discussed intensively for several years in the enterprise market. Hyperstone's new hyMap controller technology brings this kind of improvement into smaller, low power SSDs such as SD/MMC and USB which don't have the same kind of budgets for DRAM and CPU power as enterprise SSDs.
"M.2 will become the next popular form factor for industrial applications.
SATAe is designed for desktop PCs now, and industrial designers may use it in the near future."
C.C. Wu
, Embedded Flash VP of
in his paper -
PCIe in Industrial Applications (pdf)
(August 6, 2014) - which among other things includes an authoratative timeline of form factors and interfaces used in the
industrial SSD market
in past decades.
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2010 there were 500,000 children in the foster care system in the United States at any given moment; 26% of them being African-American. That means there are more black children in the foster care system than there are in the general U.S. population. What gives? Tonight, we are going to discuss in-depth, the foster care and adoption system in the United States as it affects African-American children. We will start from the beginning and discuss the causes for having such large numbers of our kids becoming wards of the state, and the path they usually take once they're placed in the system. We'll also look at the success rates of adoption in black households and the latest trends on transracial adoptions. There are lots of highs and lows, facts and myths that will be highlighted on this discussion, as we're joined by a proud foster parent who has her own testimony to share. We're here to educate you tonight, as we go "Live in the Vocal Booth".
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