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***NOTE:*** Since I just got back from New York and I don't have a lot of time right now, I am NOT taking any orders of pigment samples that are less than 7. For those who have already emailed me regarding sample orders, don't worry, I will accept your orders, just give me a few days to get back to you. I apologize for this, I just need a break from it to catch up on things!
I am finally back. In my own bed, driving my own car, taking a shower in my bathroom...I love it. Nothing is better than home. I missed everything!
Sorry I haven't updated like usual ladies, I have been so busy and now that I am back, there are tons of things I need to catch up on (unpacking, laundry, work, etc) so I appreciate your patience!
I think I am coming down with a cold as I am feeling a bit sick, perhaps the change of weather and being on an airplane with recycled air and surrounded by sick people is to blame. I have the worst headache and I am super exhausted, with the time change AND the time difference of 3 hours, I am pooped!
The only thing I will really miss about New York is the shopping! They have everything there! Bergdorf Goodman, Henri Bendel, MAC of course, and a bunch of other cool places. As soon as I get a moment I will try and upload some of the pics I took.
I went to the MAC PRO Store, which was super hard to find! It's upstairs in some building and it's not even labeled outside, I had to ask around to find it...it's like some hidden place! I was the only one there, which was quite embarrassing as they probably thought "WOW this girl has no life to be here at 10 am", but hey I went hours before my flight so I had no choice but to go that early. It was seriously like a playground to me, unfortunately Emerald Green was a tad too bit of a lighter green than I wanted. I really love the green color "Envy" from MadMinerals, that is the PERFECT green. I am really surprised I walked out with ONLY 2 things: Golden Lemon Pigment and Sculpting Powder in Sculpt.
And yes ladies, I am shipping out your pigments tomorrow!! Please let me know when you get them, you should also have received an email with tracking info. :)
You gals keep me busy!
My new light up mirror from AVON! Now I can put makeup in the dark! Cool eh?
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Home Sweet Home
***NOTE:*** Since I just got back from New York and I don't have a lot of time right now, I am NOT taking any orders of pigment samples that are less than 7. For those who have already emailed me regarding sample orders, don't worry, I will accept your orders, just give me a few days to get back to you. I apologize for this, I just need a break from it to catch up on things!
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- christianadivine said...
thanx, i'm going to pick up one of those cool light up mirrors now. haha. ;)
- November 8, 2007 at 11:15 PM
- candy said...
Hi Nessa, would just like to ask your advice on packing makeup for a trip! I am going to Toronto for student exchange this coming semester and am super worried about how to pack my makeup so that they won't crack or break as has happened to me so many times before :((( Whatever makeup I will be bringing will be in my hand carry luggage so I'll be extra careful with it, but still! If you've got any useful tips on how to protect makeup (particularly mac pressed eyeshadows in their pots and quads) please share!! :D
- November 8, 2007 at 11:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Glad to hear your trip back home was safe and sound!
Too bad you didn't like Emerald Green. I think its a beautiful color. But my favorite MAC pigment right now is Golden Olive! You should try it! I got a sample of it and am loving it!
Can't wait to see you do a tutorial on Golden Lemon!
- November 9, 2007 at 3:20 AM
- Jane said...
That light-up mirror looks like such a cool gadget! :)
- November 9, 2007 at 4:58 AM
- Stephie said...
i'm glad to hear your home safely ate! gosh, i'm still lemming emerald green..... hopefully i'll like it even if it's a little ligh. how's the sculpting powder working out for you? i know there's a duo coming out at regular MAC stores for an LE collection, so i just hope they are as good as they say :) how much was the mirror btw? it's sexxxay! :D i missed you ate, i can't wait to see your pics! and henri bendel!!!! :D
- November 9, 2007 at 9:52 AM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Hey Vanessa. Thanks for checking out my up-and-starting blog =)
Glad to hear you had a great trip and that you're now back at home. It's always nice being back in your own bed and using your own bathroom, lol.
If its ok, do you mind sharing where you got your pigment sample containers from? I have pigments in vials that aren't as user-friendly to work with since the opening is a bit small to accommodate any brush known to man =/
Well, I'm looking forward to your contouring tutorial. And very nice mirror. Have always thought of picking me up one of those.
- November 9, 2007 at 11:25 AM
- christianadivine said...
Hi love! I'm happy that you got back safely and that you had a good time! :]
I missed you and your blogs! :P And Silk Naturals has lipglosses too! They're sheerer compared to her lipsticks, very subtle and natural. but sometimes I like a little "oomph" so i had to pick them up. So far I'm loving them, glad I bought them. :)
- November 9, 2007 at 12:15 PM
- Hoa said...
there's really no where else quite like home!!
golden lemon looks very pretty as well :)
I am really thankful for your blogs and stephie's and a few others since I'm the kind of gal that's klutzy if I use more than one color shadow on my eyes lol
- November 9, 2007 at 2:15 PM
- Susie said...
Hi, wow it seems like u know much much more about makeup than i do. Which is why I was wondering if I could order some pigment samples. I read your blog and i see that u are not accepting orders that are less than 7. I have never tried MAC pigments at all and have recently found an interest in MAC makeup. I would love to order all of your 8 pigment sample colors. My name is Susie and you can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks a bunch and I hope to hear from you soon :-)
- November 9, 2007 at 5:08 PM
- Susie said...
Hi I just stumbled upon your page and would love to request some pigment samples. I believe you have 8 different sample pigment colors but are now down to 7 since you do not have viz-a-violet anymore. I would gratefully appreciate it if you could send me some pigment samples since I have never tried MAC pigments before. I would like to order all 7 of your samples and if you have more colors, please let me know. My name is Susie and you can reach me at email@example.com. Thanks a bunch and hope to hear from you soon :-)
- November 9, 2007 at 5:12 PM
- pinkjazzkw said...
Hey, I love your website. Do you give any try samples away for free? That would be cool.. if you had some sort of A give away or something. Anyways.. cool new stuff
- November 10, 2007 at 9:14 AM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Nessa! Thank you kindly for sharing about the pigment jars. I definitely have to order some. Oh I wish there was a PRO store on my island =( When I went back home to the bay a few months ago, I visited the one in SF but didn't know much about anything outside of eyeshadow. So needless to say, that's all I bought.
Anyhow, have a great weekend my dear =)
- November 10, 2007 at 11:38 AM
- Vanessa said...
CANDY- Hi there! I will definitely do a blog on that! I travel a lot too so I know how hard it is to travel with makeup, especially the ones that break easily!
MOCHA- I liked the Emerald Green Pigment, it was just not the green I was looking for. So I ended up getting the Envy eyeshadow from MadMinerals instead because that color is super gorgeous!
STEPHIE- I love the scultping powder I wish I got it sooner! I can't wait till the duos come out I might nab those ones too! The mirror was like $4 on eBay! :) I love it, it's neat haha. Feels good to be back home!
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ASHEVILLE NC – Buncombe County Government received 7 National Association of County Information Officers Communication Awards during the National Association of County Commissioners annual conference in July. The awards were presented on Sunday, July 13 in New Orleans.
This awards competition showcases the best communications and public relations projects from public information professionals throughout the country. NACIO President Todd McGee, the Public Relations director for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners said, "I know the judges had a difficult time in selecting the winners, and that is a testament to the great work that is being done to help citizens better understand what county governments do."
Buncombe County received seven awards:
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Left-wing comedian Stephen Colbert smeared Mitt Romney on his Comedy Central program on Monday, hinting that Bain Capital under his helm acted like a group of 19th century settlers that resorted to cannibalism. After noting how President Obama forwarded a claim by The Washington Post that Bain owned companies that were "pioneers" of outsourcing, Colbert snarked, "Who cares? Pioneers opened up the West. Bain was just like the Donner Party. They ate the weak."
The following day, Tuesday's CBS This Morning publicized the liberal celebrity's attack during their regular "Eye Opener" segment just after the top of the 7 am Eastern hour. The morning program played a clip of the President using the "pioneers" line immediately before the Colbert soundbite [audio available here; video below the jump]:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE 1 (voice-over): Mitt Romney's team is suggesting he could pick a running mate by the end of the week.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA (from campaign event): Governor Romney's experience has been investing in what were called pioneers of the business of outsourcing.
STEPHEN COLBERT: Who cares? Pioneers opened up the West. Bain was just like the Donner Party. They ate the weak.
It should be pointed out that just over a week earlier, Alex Budarin of the far left website Daily Kos likened all conservatives to the Donner Party in a July 8, 2012 post.
This isn't the first time Colbert has attacked anyone who is even a hair to the right of center. Back in March 2012, the Comedy Central personality blasted Rush Limbaugh, stating that the Taliban "evidently have a better track record on women's issues" than the conservative talk show host. Over a month later, he labeled disabled columnist Charles Krauthammer "Count Chocula."


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Pierluigi Pierallini is the founder of Tagetik and he has led the company since its inception until it was acquired by Wolters Kluwer in 2017. Pierluigi has over 30 years of technology experience. Always an entrepreneur, he founded his first company in 1977. In 1984 he founded Gruppo Servizi, a software and services company providing solutions to finance organizations in southern Europe. That was the origin of the global software company that was Tagetik, and the great portfolio that is CCH Tagetik today.
From the day he founded the company, Pierluigi has been the guiding force behind the customer-first philosophy. He spends his days interacting with customers, employees and the management team ensuring that the DNA, from which the company was built, continues to thrive.


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Pet Rock Project: A Semester-long Exercise for Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
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>Original symptoms sometimes reappear during this three-month recovery period. Divers have reported the recurrence of symptoms after a series of long days at work or school, decreasing amounts of sleep, sitting in one position for long periods of time or after drinking too much alcohol. The most often mentioned symptom is numbness and tingling.
>In general, recurrence of symptoms can occur, but this is not necessarily normal. It most likely relates to the severity of the original injury. There are three important issues to remember regarding recovering from decompression illness.
>In many cases of decompression illness, the response to therapy is related to the time between symptom onset and chamber recompression.
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What happened to Polar Lander, the last Mars rover that NASA tried to land in the Martian polar region, where it hopes that the Phoenix rover will touch down on May 25? The mysterious fate of the lander that simply disappeared moments before reaching Mars has been the subject of both scientific and UFO-logy debates. Was it shot down by angry Martians dwelling at the pole? Did it encounter some strange magnetic phenomenon that disabled it? Or did it just malfunction? We may soon find out.
Phoenix, an even more badass version of the current Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, will hit the Martian north pole. (Sadly, it can't look for the dead Polar Lander, because that rover was headed for the South Pole.) If all goes as planned, it will immediately dig into the icy tundra and take samples to see what the deal is with all that ice. Could it be turned into potable water for future colonists?
To make sure nothing goes wrong with the landing — or at least to see what the hell happened if it does — three Earth-controlled satellites orbiting Mars will be watching Phoenix's descent into the ice. According to Discovery News:
Mars Odyssey will relay the descent and landing live, or what passes for live when the action takes place 171.5 million miles away. At that distance, radio signals traveling at the speed of light take 15.3 minutes to reach Earth. By the time flight controllers know if Phoenix began the descent through the planet's atmosphere, it should have already landed.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Europe's Mars Express are the backups. They will record signals from Phoenix during the descent and landing which can be relayed to Earth for later analysis.
You will be able to watch live satellite feeds from the Mars landing at the NASA website — well, what passes for live given the time lag. So frakkin cool.
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The satellite photo above shows Hurricane Sandy looming over the eastern seaboard on Monday, October 29. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's geostationary GOES 13 satellite acquired the image at 10:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, as the heart of the storm hovered over the Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia. The scale of the storm is remarkable: Sandy's hurricane-force winds extend out some 175 miles, and tropical-storm-force winds extend nearly 500 miles.
The category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of up to 90 miles per hour, is projected to head northwest, toward New Jersey and Delaware, and is "expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and coastal hurricane winds, plus heavy Appalachian snows," according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Sandy is forecast to make landfall near the southern coast of New Jersey on Monday evening.
Some coastal cities are already flooding, even before Sandy and the associated rainfall arrive in full force. In Atlantic City, N.J., Ocean City, N.J., and New York City, rising sea levels have filled low-lying streets with water. The combination of high tides, augmented by the full moon, and storm surges could raise water levels by a total of six to 11 feet in Long Island Sound and New York Harbor, according to a bulletin issued by the NWS National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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Egypt is a mess. And what once promised to usher in a new era of democracy in the Middle East has instead descended into chaos, destruction and killing--and even the possible release from prison of former president Hosni Mubarak. At times like these, it feels almost distasteful to write about the impact of the unrest on stocks.
But the events do have an effect on U.S. companies doing business in Egypt--and their share prices. Take Apache (APA). It's shares have dropped 3.1% to $75.53 after Stifel Nicolaus downgraded its shares to Hold from Buy. Analyst Amir Arif and team write:
We are downgrading APA from Buy to Hold as the risk profile on the name has increased due to its Egyptian exposure. Egypt accounts for 19% of production, but approximately 24% of CF, and is a source of FCF for APA. While Egyptian production operations have not been disrupted to date, the potential risk of disruption going forward cannot be ignored. Therefore, while our fair value range of $90 remains the same as our previous target price, we believe that the risk/reward profile has decreased, near-term catalysts have mostly played out, and while the name remains a value stock, we do not see any key drivers to move the name higher.
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It is worth mentioning the effect that the current unrest in Egypt may have on neighbouring MENA countries, especially Libya, which has already been seeing disruption to oil production amidst oil sector protests prior to the current Egyptian unrest. If the conflict continues in Egypt, the number of people trying to cross into Libya may prove another issue for the Libyan government to deal with.
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Pheasants Forever: The Habitat Organization
Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the conservation of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education and land management policies and programs.
Founded in 1982 in response to the continuing decline of ring-necked pheasant populations,Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant and other wildlife populations through habitat improvement, public awareness and education and land management policies that benefit private landowners and wildlife alike. In 28 years Pheasants Forever has grown to more than 100,000 members and 600 chapters while spending more than $100 million on habitat projects encompassing more than 2.3 million acres in North America. At the heart of Pheasants Forever is a unique grassroots system of fundraising and project development that allows members to see the direct result of their contribution. Virtually 100 percent of the funds raised by the chapters, exclusive of membership fees, remain with the chapter. Those funds are expended on habitat projects, public awareness and education programs, and land management policy initiatives, making
Pheasants Forever the most efficient conservation organization in the nation. Pheasants Forever also realizes the benefits of a well-informed citizenry that can make responsible decisions concerning wildlife and land management policies.
In response to this, we have developed programs and materials that promote public conservation education and awareness. Among these are:
. Pheasants Forever Journal - a widely recognized national magazine published 5 times a year.
. The Leopold Education Project - an award-winning conservation education curriculum based
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. Ringnecks - Pheasants Forever's youth program which introduces thousands of young people to the outdoors annually.
Pheasants Forever stands for the hunter conservationist that wants to make a difference; by creating habitat, restoring wetlands, acquiring key critical wildlife lands for public access, and preserving the legacy of our hunting and conservation heritage.
Pheasants Forever Events
Always on the first Saturday of June each year, Muskegon County Pheasants Forever along with nearly fifteen other organizations hosts our annual youth day at the Muskegon County Fairgrounds. This event is a free family event. The gate opens at 9 AM and closes at 2:30 PM. Please see the YOUTH DAY tab for additional information.
Each spring, conifers and shrubs are planted by a youth and adult volunteers. The volunteers uually consist of Baker College Rotarians, some cub scouts and high school FFA groups. Ravenna High School students and teacher Melanie Block have have been our most consistent volunteers in the past few years. The trees are planted at the Muskegon County Wastewater Facility in an area that Muskegon County Pheasants Forever has established as a 'shelter belt'. This type of habitat provides pheasants and other animals shelter and some food for the long winter months. This is the seventh year in a row that conifers and shrubs have been planted in this area as a tribute to Arbor Day and Earth Day as well.
Youth and Womens Hunt
Our next event will be Saturday, December 4, 2016 at Park Lake Pheasant Preserve. Traditional walkup bird hunts behind seasoned hunting dogs will be provided for approximately twenty women and young hunters. Everyone will be able to shoot clay pigeon targets for a hunt warmup, followed by a hunt in groups of 2 people at a time with hunt mentors provided. Bird cleaning classes were given as well as pre-hunt safety instruction for all. Check out the pictures (see the PHOTOS) tab and click on 2010 Youth_Womens Hunt folder. Call Greg Dahl at 231-638-2339 for more information.
Directions to Park Lake Preserve from Muskegon:
North on US31. Get off at Fruitvale exit (Exit 131). Turn right (W).
Turn right (N) at blinking light (Old US31 - might be Oceana Drive now) at Bourns market and Chrysler dealership across road)
Turn left (W) on Meinert Park Rd (after about a mile).
Turn right (N) on Lehman Rd (after a few miles)
Turn right (E) on Roosevelt Rd (Again after a few miles) Blue 2-story farm house on hill to the right in view across a cut corn field. Parking is up by the farm house and the out building to the south.
If you have a GPS, don't follow it's advice as they tend to bring people in from the east on Roosevelt Rd which is nothing more than a 2-tra
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Go to the 'Photos' tab on the banner bar at the top of the page. View the spring 2008 spraying of the weeds (included was the invasive species called knap weed) and then view the fall 2008 photos showing the winter rye growing. This spring (2009), the native prairie grasses and wildflowers were planted on the 112 acres while the winter rye cover crop was being sprayed to make room for the grasses and to remove all competitive weed life. See the pictures under the Wastewater Project Spring 2009. The next phase has also begun as 135 acres were sprayed in June, 2009 to kill out the spotted knap weed and other weeds there. Since this spraying, this area was mowed in August and was sprayed again in September 2009 to further eradicate all remaining weeds. These 135 acres were planted with prairie grasses in the Spring of 2010. The third phase has been started as well with planting scheduled for the spring of 2011. Click here to view the article from the Muskegon Chronicle about the 2010 Arbor Day tree and shrub planting event performed with the help of local high school students.
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GOP leadership takes a huge hit!
Political history was made in Virginia on Tuesday night during Virginia's Primary. But it wasn't the historical event Republicans could get excited about.
When incumbent Eric Cantor lost his seat in the House of Representatives last night, there was no celebration, there were no streamers, and no fireworks. There was no exultation and no cheerful acceptance speech.
Only remorse and somberness!


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When working with new technology, if you are like me you might like to setup virtual machines to learn the technology and its new features. I use VMware Workstation as my virtual machine hypervisor, installed on a Windows 7 laptop. With the release of Windows Server 2012 and the improvement in Hyper-V I wanted to setup a VM with Windows Server 2012 installed and then configure the Hyper-V role. Unfortunately 'out-of-the-box' Windows Server 2012 (or Windows Server 2008 R2) won't let you do this as it detects the existence of another hypervisor.
The exact error is "Hyper-V cannot be installed: A hypervisor is already running"
In order to enable hyper-v on VMware Workstation you need to make a couple of small changes to the VM settings that will hide the fact the Windows Server 2012 server is already installed on a VM.
Intel-VT or AMD-VT should be enabled for the physical system
Edit the CPU settings of the VM and enable the Virtualize Intel-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI check box
You will also need to edit the configuration file of the VM and add the following line
hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = FALSE
This option hides the fact we have hypervisor within a hypervisor and will allow the hyper-v role to installed.
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This Week's Reading
Staff Picks: Food Rules, the American DreamBy The Paris Review
I turned to a former history professor of mine, Niall Ferguson, for some interesting thoughts on Wall Street: "The American Dream is about social mobility, not enforced equality." —Natalie Jacoby
Michael Pollan's wildly informative Food Rules: An Eater's Manual gets an update, with new rules as well as illustrations by Maira Kalman. —Jessica Calderon
What better way to get your Halloween thrills this weekend than with the Bernard Herrmann double features at Film Forum? His marvelously affecting scores were instrumental in making movies like Psycho, The Birds, and Vertigo so atmospheric and disturbing. —Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn
I've been thinking about Galicia lately, what with Andrzej Stasiuk's Dukla having just been released by Dalkey Archive, so it was a nice surprise to come across Timothy Snyder's fascinating history of the region in the latest New York Review of Books. —Nicole Rudick
Ever since I began patronizing NYC's Treats Truck, I have been curious about the secret of their scrumptious Butterscotch Pecan Bar. Imagine my delight, then, when I learned they are releasing a cookbook! I've preordered my copy, and the office will doubtless reap the rewards. —Sadie Stein
This week I reread Allen Ginsberg's 1966 interview in The Paris Review and found myself wandering back to the excellent recording of his poem "America" at the Poetry Archive. —Emma Gallwey


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he tracks still cross in the center of town, and trains still use them, but no one fights over them any more. During the Civil War as many as 300,000 soldiers moved through this tiny town in northeastern Mississippi as the Union and the Confederacy fought to control a critical railroad crossover. The evidence of their presence is everywhere. A reconstructed earthen redoubt commemorates the men in grey who marched with slow and steady steps against its walls and the men in blue who defended it in fierce hand-to-hand combat. And if you look carefully, you can see miles and miles of earthen fortifications, some built to protect the crossover and some to help seize it. These trenches testify to a new kind of warfare that was tested here and would become common before the war ended in 1865.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
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To contact the HER Foundation for interviews, please email email@example.com for immediate response.
- Dr. Marlena Fejzo, Harvard PhD is the world's leading research scientist on HG and a HER Foundation Advisory Board member. (Dr. Fejzo endured HG during her pregnancy.)
Dr. Aimee Brecht-Doscher is an OBGYN in the Los Angeles area who has personally been affected by HG and is a medical consultant for the HER Foundation.
- Kimber MacGibbon is a registered nurse (RN) and has helped many hundreds of women get thru their HG pregnancies. She has an extensive understanding of HG from a medical and personal perspective from helping women since 2000. Kimber is also a co-founder of the HER Foundation. She and Dr. Fejzo have co-authored numerous studies on HG in collaboration with USC and UCLA. Kimber had HG in both of her pregnancies. Email her at kimber @HelpHER.org.
- Jeremy King and Ann Marie King are co-founders of the HER Foundation and can offer you a husband/wife perspective of what the HG couple is enduring together. Plus Mr. King will provide you with a male perspective of the illness. He is quoted by saying years ago when wife was pregnant with child in 2002..."Calling HG morning sickness is like calling a hurricane a little bit of rain." You can email them directly at annmarie @HelpHER.org or jeremy @HelpHER.org
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another quick hunter post
I feel like I'm playing hookie – skipping mandatory school classes – by not going into the scripting. Well, till the truant officers find me and drag me back, WHEEEEE!!
I've been examining my options, and suddenly realized I was making an invalid assumption – one that would have tripped me up quite severely, and worth raising with everyone else. Quite simply, I was looking at my level and giving up crit under the assumption it would do 'no good'.
The only thing that's going to matter is resilience. Level will have NO EFFECT. Now, the odds are that just about every level 70 will have resilience. But still, ok, theorycrafting to demonstrate the why.
I am level 64. I am targeting a level 70, who has 5% resilience from his gear. I've maxed my weapon expertise, he's maxed his defense. 350-320=30. Before I get into anything like class and talents and all of that – I have a 35% chance to miss. And he's +1% to dodge, parry, and (if applicable) block. Added together and I've got… 5% chance to crit, and 57% chance to hit. Now, here's the fun to remember.
Picture these as a stack of numbers with hit on the bottom. I can increase any of the numbers by any amount. And then I start adding from the top, and as soon as I reach 100 I'm through – anything not added is gone and that category cannot happen. Two examples here.
Say he adds 50% to his dodge. The situation is now: 35% miss, 51% dodge (86%), 1% parry (87%) 1% block (88%), 5% critical (93%), and since I've only got 7 left to 100, 7% of a normal hit.
Second example. This time, I increase my crit number to 10%. 35%, 1%, 1%, 1%, 10%, 52%.
So what does this mean? It means for melee that crits are almost always better than hits because the 'higher damage' option stays on the 'chance to do anything' table longer.
This can't be taken as a blanket statement, though. Here's the deal to remember – Resilience reduces crit. So if I'm facing a lot of 70s with resilience gear, I'm probably better served to have increased my +hit (or more accurately, my -miss) number.
Yeah, that's the next important thing in theory crafting for melee. +hit doesn't add to the bottom of the table – in fact, you can almost think of "hit" as getting anything that isn't in any other category. So +hit beats +crit in that regard.
+hit to the hit cap, +crit beyond – and don't forget that additional weapon expertise increases damage.
As a level 64 hunter in PVP, I'm not going to hit as frequently as I do 'outside'. But the really funky thing? Excluding resilience, my CRITS will happen just about as often. Yes, there'll be the untouchable gods in S3 armor. Or even S2, and to some extent S1. But they're NOT the rule, they're the exception.
Which means I can actually plan for crits. That changes some of the things I was considering – a lot.
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cant dodge a ranged attack!
the attack table for a range shot (not the right order, but nvm)
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Nearest Town: CascadeSite Size: 28,300 acres of water surface plus 6,000 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. Seasonal nesting closure. Access free of charge.
Directions: In Donnelly, S on ID 55 to mp 127; R (W) onto W 4 Ln; L (S) on Old State Rd for 2.6 mi; park at gate; walk along old rd bed; back to ID 55; S to mp 121.9; R (W) on rd to Stonebreaker Lane; at rd's end is boat ramp; back to ID 55; S to Cascade; R at the Shell Station; continue to Lakeshore Dr; S on Lakeshore Dr; use campgrounds and pull-outs to bird.
Description: Lake Cascade is rimmed on the east by open fields and on the west by coniferous forest. When the reservoir is full in summer, it is best to observe from the road; when it is drawn down in the spring, fall, and winter, you can walk the shoreline. Mudflats around the reservoir are good for viewing migrating shorebirds and waterfowl. The numerous small streams and ponds that dot the mudflats provide a vast open area for waterbirds until the reservoir fills. Waterbirds are the main attraction, but avoid all nesting areas from Feb 15-July 15. Birds that can be seen include Bald Eagle, Osprey,
Swainson's and Rough-legged Hawks, Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, American White Pelican, Western and Pied-billed
Grebes, Common and Pacific Loons, Sora, Virginia Rail, Marsh Wren, and Snow and Ross's Geese.
More Information: USBR (208) 382-4258Cascade (208) 382-6544
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Small steps on our big adventure Dec 23, 2017 4:24:51 GMT 9
Small steps on our big adventure
Small steps on our big adventure
What's on your mind right now? Just type and hit "Enter" to share it here!
Adam Beck: Wojtek, see you both in Poland very soon! Sept 9, 2019 15:26:31 GMT 9
Mayken: We finally sold my (9 years old) daughter's pram! The buyers are of Danish (Dad) and Russian/Armenian (Mom) origin. The mom wants to raise her kid (boy, not yet born) bilingual Russian, I encouraged her to do . He'll also get Danish from family in DK. Sept 30, 2019 1:32:22 GMT 9
Sara: Loving speaking Italian and Spanish with my two whilst living in Australia. Thank you Adam! and other parents for all the Inspo! I am currently writing a report for my masters and it's all about EAL/D learners so I am using great content covered here. Sept 30, 2019 19:34:40 GMT 9
Amy: Buena suerte (good luck) with your masters Sara! Glad we can inspire you Oct 12, 2019 21:44:18 GMT 9
Amy: Adam Beck hearing about typhoon in Japan. Hope you and your family are safe. Oct 14, 2019 4:12:20 GMT 9
Adam Beck: Amy, western Japan, where we live, was spared, but the typhoon hit central and eastern Japan very hard. Thank you for thinking of us. I'm thinking of you and your family, along with everyone I met during my trip! (And I can picture you now, too!) Oct 14, 2019 11:09:23 GMT 9
Adam Beck: Sara, cheers from Japan to Australia! I wish you all the best with your efforts at home and for your report! Oct 14, 2019 11:11:22 GMT 9
Mayken: Last night, I couldn't think of the ml word for puffin, and my daughter beat me to it, in a cute way: It's Papageitaucher (literally parrot diver) but she said Tauchpapagei (diving parrot). Oct 14, 2019 23:11:32 GMT 9
Amy: It's a relief to hear you're all safe Adam Beck! Mayken, I loved that cute story and I love how your ml structures its words, it is always so much fun and interesting. Oct 15, 2019 4:00:34 GMT 9
Nellie: So glad to hear you and your family are safe Adam. Oct 16, 2019 4:35:04 GMT 9
Adam Beck: NEW! Reflections on My Five Weeks in Europe, Part 1: Gratitude bilingualmonkeys.com/reflections-on-my-five-weeks-in-europe-1/ Oct 17, 2019 12:30:18 GMT 9
Adam Beck: NEW! Reflections on My Five Weeks in Europe, Part 2: Old Friends, New Friends
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Adam Beck: NEW! Reflections on My Five Weeks in Europe, Part 3: Lunch with Simon Farrow
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Adam Beck: NEW! Reflections on My Five Weeks in Europe, Part 4: The Sweet Joy of Playing with Small Children bilingualmonkeys.com/reflections-on-my-five-weeks-in-europe-4/ Oct 29, 2019 12:02:10 GMT 9
Adam Beck: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 3 Essential Ways Parents Raising Bilingual Children Should Be Like Zombies bilingualmonkeys.com/3-essential-ways-parents-raising-bilingual-children-should-be-like-zombies/ Nov 1, 2019 8:41:02 GMT 9
Adam Beck: NEW! Reflections on My Five Weeks in Europe, Part 5: Back to Japan, and Back to Our Key Habits and Routines bilingualmonkeys.com/reflections-on-my-five-weeks-in-europe-5/ Nov 1, 2019 8:42:08 GMT 9
Adam Beck: EXCITING SURPRISE! I have a special new book out in the world and I'd love your support! Thank you! I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL! bilingualmonkeys.com/i-want-to-be-bilingual-book/ Nov 12, 2019 10:29:17 GMT 9
Mayken: Please tell me that ml toy commercials on ml TV count as linguistic and cultural exposure (because I can't cut them out)... Nov 17, 2019 20:39:49 GMT 9 *
Adam Beck: NEW! Guest Post: How a Monolingual Family Became a Bilingual Family bilingualmonkeys.com/how-a-monolingual-family-became-a-bilingual-family/ Nov 27, 2019 12:29:07 GMT 9
Adam Beck: BIG NEW POST AT BILINGUAL MONKEYS: This Is the Bottom Line for Success at Raising Bilingual Kids bilingualmonkeys.com/this-is-the-bottom-line-for-success-at-raising-bilingual-kids/ Dec 12, 2019 11:47:07 GMT 9 *


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Their math sucks, regardless of how you look at it.
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Only the best and brightest taking care of our elderly.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Too funny!! can I get a 19? anyone? a 19?
Submit this to Failblog.
And after I get a 19, can I also get a 26 to go with it?
I saw something similar at work, they said do you want to attend oriention 09-25-2010 or 10-26-2020. A simple typing error, but if I can wait 10 years to attend orientation that will be fine with me.
I say you put her in a Delorean and send her back...
Maybe she lives backwards? Like Mork?
There is a typo, I need to fix it!
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The idea of using one online credential to deal with multiple government agencies will get a step closer to reality this winter, when the U.S. Postal Service begins testing such a system with as many as six agencies.
SecureKey, selected by USPS for the FCCX pilot, already provides a similar bridge service for the Canadian government. FCCX is expected to work much the same way.
Read more.
The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX) will be a federated identity management hub that will let agencies accept online credentials issued by trusted third parties. This would offload from agencies the burden of managing usernames and passwords, and it would allow citizens to use existing log-in credentials that have been issued by another organization they already do business with.
USPS has selected SecureKey Technologies to provide a cloud-based platform for a pilot program to validate digital credentials for citizen access to government services.
FCCX will use the SecureKey briidge.net Exchange, which already provides similar services to the Canadian government. The service is akin to an online payment gateway system that links multiple merchants with multiple credit card issuers, said SecureKey chief marketing officer Andre Boysen.
"We're using the same notion to build a two-sided identity marketplace," Boysen said.
The process will use a "triple-blind" process to hide personal information from the FCCX hub and the relaying agency, to hide the identity of the original issuer of the credentials and to prevent log-in information from being shared or compared between agencies.
"The FCCX service will not have any insight into citizens' identities or store personal information about them," USPS said in a written statement. "It only will be designed to pass the credentials between the approved credential provider and the federal agency."
The contract was awarded Aug. 19 for the one-year pilot program. Development is expected to begin this fall, with testing starting in January. The pilot will include up to six agencies that will make citizen log-in to their services available via FCCX. Trusted identity providers will be approved under the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) initiative, and they will support the four Levels of Assurance defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology required for credentials used to access government resources.
The pilot provides a chance to evaluate whether there is a viable market and revenue model for the Postal Service to deliver this type of service, USPS said. It also will validate technical feasibility and pinpoint what, if any, changes would be necessary to move on to full operating capacity for the government.
"The goal is to prove successful for all involved and move into full production," the USPS statement said.
The need to verify the identity of remote users prevents organizations from taking full advantage of the Internet to provide services and transactions. This process requires verifying the identity of the user during enrollment in a system and providing some form of credential—most commonly a user name and password—that can be presented online to prove identity. The rigor of the initial identity proofing and the type of credentials issued depends on the level of assurance required for the transaction. Activity involving sensitive information and financial transactions usually requires a higher level of assurance, more rigorous identity proofing and more secure credentials.
The technology to provide this assurance is in use, but the task of managing multiple identities and credentials can quickly become overwhelming for both the end user and the organization. One solution is to create bridges that can leverage existing credentials issued by trusted parties for acceptance by another party.
FCCX is an outgrowth of an October 2011 memo from Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel requiring agencies to "begin leveraging externally-issued credentials, in addition to continuing to offer federally-issued credentials." The White House convened a team of agency representatives in 2012 to identify requirements for the program. USPS was chosen to lead the pilot, and issued an RFP for cloud services to host the exchange early this year.
Several such bridge architectures already exist, but they are typically for limited use. The Federal Bridge Certification Authority, for example, facilitates acceptance of digital certificates within government. The National Institutes of Health's PubMed site, launched in 2010, uses third-party credentials for access. The site had more than 72,000 users by late 2011, but is limited to the NIH user community.
If successful, FCCX could jumpstart the acceptance of a variety of types of identity credentials from multiple sources by a large number of agencies.
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WORCESTER— A judge issued an order today prohibiting Elsa Oliver, the mother of a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy whose remains were discovered in April, from contacting her other two children.
The Worcester Superior Court order issued by Judge Richard T. Tucker was requested by Assistant District Attorney Courtney Sans, who said Ms. Oliver has been reaching out to her two children, ages 8 and 10, through the state Department of Children and Families, which has custody of the boy and girl.
Ms. Sans told Judge Tucker that Ms. Oliver, who remains in custody on charges of abusing and neglecting 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver and his two siblings, has sent DCF colorings and drawings with biblical passages and what she described as a "graphic novel" that were apparently intended for the children.
On the back of one of the items was a telephone number and the word "Mommy," Ms. Sans told the court.
Jeremiah's remains were discovered in April in a suitcase off Interstate 190 in Sterling. The 5-year-old had been missing since September. Investigators are treating the child's death as a homicide. While no one has been charged with causing Jeremiah's death, Ms. Oliver and her boyfriend, Alberto L. Sierra, are under indictment on charges of assaulting and endangering him and his two siblings.
Ms. Sans told Judge Tucker Jeremiah's brother and sister were the only "percipient witnesses" to the alleged physical abuse and said it was inappropriate for Ms. Oliver to be trying to contact them.
"Our sole goal is to maintain the integrity of the prosecution and the safety of the children," the prosecutor said.
Ms. Oliver's lawyer, James G. Reardon Jr., objected to the requested order and said his client has a constitutional right to visitations with her children. Mr. Reardon said a Sept. 17 hearing was scheduled in Worcester Juvenile Court on a motion filed by DCF seeking to deny such visitations.
He urged Judge Tucker to allow the juvenile court to decide whether Ms. Oliver may have contact with her son and daughter. He also noted that a hearing has been scheduled In January on the possible termination of Ms. Oliver's parental rights.
"She doesn't know where the children are. She has no means of contacting them," Mr. Reardon said.
He also said he still had concerns about Ms. Oliver's competency to stand trial and told Judge Tucker a forensic psychologist hired by the defense has been conducting a psychological evaluation of her. Previously committed to the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, the 29-year-old Ms. Oliver is now being held on $100,000 cash bail at Framingham State Prison.
Judge Tucker ordered Ms. Oliver to have no direct or indirect contact with her children, but did so without prejudice, saying he could revisit the issue if the juvenile court granted her visitation rights.
Ms. Oliver's case was continued to Oct. 10.
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Which new technologies are worth it?
A look beyond the hype of InfiniBand, smart switches and iSCSI. Which one will work best for you?
There's an old saying that goes something like "May you live in interesting times." Just when the learning curve and comfort level on most Fibre Channel (FC) solutions has finally been achieved, a completely new crop of storage networking infrastructure technologies have popped up with a lot of hype and fanfare. They are iSCSI, InfiniBand and multiprotocol intelligent switches. Evaluating the value propositions and ROI of these new technologies can be a daunting challenge. Indeed, these are interesting times of storage networking.
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iSCSI 101
Ever since iSCSI appeared on the horizon, the hype has been deafening. Initial iSCSI enthusiasts boasted it would rule the storage area network (SAN) world, and FC would just become another victim of Ethernet road kill. That was two years ago. The claims today aren't nearly as brash and have attempted to focus on more realistic value propositions. Examining the value propositions requires a closer examination of the technology itself.
iSCSI is a block storage transport protocol - it takes the common block storage SCSI-3 protocol and maps it to TCP/Ip. This allows it to be enveloped in Ethernet packets and transported over standard LAN/WAN infrastructures. iSCSI is designed to allow block storage SANs to be deployed on IP networks.
iSCSI value propositions
iSCSI was designed to solve negative FC perceptions such as FC's high cost, complexity and interoperability issues. The proposed value propositions for iSCSI are:
1. Reduction or elimination of SAN professional service costs - the SAN is based on the same Ethernet technology most organizations already have, with a large pool of knowledge workers.
2. Lower SAN hardware costs because of lower cost copper cabling for Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and 10/100, as well as lower switch and interface costs.
3. Faster SAN deployments requiring less IT staff time because of the Ethernet familiarity.
4. Simpler SAN management - iSCSI SANs utilize the well-known TCP/IP and Ethernet management tools.
5. Elimination of interoperability issues because of the reuse of Ethernet technologies and the tight standards of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
6. Elimination of multiple fabric infrastructures for client server and block storage - both will run on the same technology even if they require separate networks.
7. Elimination of distance boundaries for SANs because IP networks have no distance boundaries.
8. Equal or better performance vs. FC SANs.
So how valid are these value propositions?
Reduction or elimination of SAN professional services. The premise of this value proposition is that most SAN professional services are tied to FC setup and management, but that's only partially true. A key factor in the SAN setup is the upfront work with the SAN assessment. The SAN assessment determines which initiators (applications and servers) go to which targets (storage volumes), and how much storage each initiator needs. iSCSI professional services can potentially reduce the SAN setup. Most FC SANs require fairly complex zoning setups - QLogic being the exception. This would be eliminated in an iSCSI SAN and be replaced by VPNs, which are easier to setup. The value proposition accuracy: medium.
|InfiniBand Server I/O
Lower SAN hardware costs. There are two flawed premises with this value proposition. The first is that current GigE and Ethernet product pricing will translate into lower iSCSI product pricing. The second is that FC pricing is high and will remain high. Both are incorrect. The iSCSI interfaces will require additional silicon to manage TCP/IP offload engines (TOEs), otherwise most of the CPU cycles will be utilized to read and write to disk instead of processing applications. This additional silicon increases costs, but FC costs have declined significantly. The price differential for optical interface adapters has become nominal, and there are even FC chips being put on the server motherboards for prices lower than iSCSI NICs. Even switch pricing has gotten fairly close. Category 5 is where iSCSI still has an advantage, since FC has no copper interface for 2Gb/s. When GigE and FC technology go to 10Gb/s, neither will have a copper interface. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Faster SAN deployments. The underlying premise is that the primary SAN deployment difficulty is FC complexity. The reality is the majority of that difficulty comes from making SAN-attached storage shareable. Ethernet and iSCSI do nothing to alleviate that complexity - Ethernet and iSCSI are less convoluted in how it's accomplished. The value proposition accuracy: medium.
Lower cost and simpler SAN management. The number of TCP/IP and Ethernet workers are greater than FC workers. It's likely that iSCSI and Ethernet SANs using current known management systems with extensions would be more intuitive to most IT organizations than FC SAN management systems. Even though most of the FC SAN management systems have borrowed heavily from common TCP and Ethernet management systems, they're still different. The value proposition accuracy: medium.
Elimination of interoperability issues. Today, FC interoperability issues are vendor-specific. The issue is essentially limited to FC switches and specific feature functionality, i.e., there's standard interoperability today and each vendor has value added extensions that only work with their equipment. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Elimination of multiple fabric infrastructures for client server and block storage. A total commitment to iSCSI on Ethernet for SANs would eliminate FC as a fabric to manage, providing a common technology for client server and storage networks. It wouldn't necessarily eliminate multiple fabrics - the characteristics of block SANs are different from client server, and usually require their own fabric. The only place iSCSI will have a significant impact on fabric consolidation is network-attached storage (NAS). Adding iSCSI to NAS means the file storage system can now run block storage on the same device. It not only consolidates storage fabrics, it consolidates storage devices. The value proposition accuracy: medium.
Elimination of distance boundaries for SANs. The only application driving SANs over distances larger than a campus is business continuity. Specific business continuity applications include disk-to-disk replication, disk mirroring and backup to tape or tape vaulting. FC manages this with technologies such as FCIP or iFCP (Fibre Channel frames tagged with an IP address). There's no significant advantage for iSCSI with these applications. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Equal or better performance than FC SANs. This claim was partially true when FC was at 1Gb/s. Now that nearly 100% of FC implementations are 2Gb/s, there's no truth in the claim. The other issue is the importance of low latency in SANs. GigE switches typically have multiple orders of magnitude greater latency than FC. The value proposition accuracy: low.
iSCSI provides some real capital and operating cost benefits for NAS/SAN combinations, and makes sense for organizations that don't need the performance of FC or don't want to go outside their comfort zone of Ethernet. However, it appears to have limited value for data centers.
InfiniBand is one of the most misunderstood and under-hyped technologies. InfiniBand was developed to eliminate the server I/O bottleneck. I/O has increasingly become the gating factor to increasing server performance. With the recent decisions by Intel and Microsoft to eliminate or reduce their development of InfiniBand products, there's been much confusion as to its market viability. Many in the financial community and industry believe InfiniBand will die because Intel and Microsoft have abandoned InfiniBand, but they're incorrect.
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The premises are wrong because neither Intel or Microsoft has abandoned InfiniBand. Intel is still a major player in the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA), and is supporting developers' conferences for InfiniBand.
Intel decided not to develop its own InfiniBand silicon because of volume considerations. InfiniBand isn't a desktop or laptop technology, meaning Intel wouldn't have the volumes to justify the development. Microsoft didn't kill InfiniBand - they delayed it until the market emerges.
InfiniBand is a detailed, tight specification for serial I/O. It defines the technology for interconnecting CPUs and I/O nodes to form a fabric that's independent of the host operating system and processor platform. InfiniBand is designed to be a robust low latency architecture (hundreds of nanoseconds) replacement for the aging PCI bus.
InfiniBand utilizes shared memory vs. shared bus that leverages a concept called virtual pipes or lanes. Virtual pipes allow multiple fabrics to coexist on a single topology (see "InfiniBand Server I/O.") Performance definitions include 1X (2.5Gb/s) links, 4X (10Gb/s) links and 12X (30Gb/s) links. The native protocol is VIA (virtual interface architecture) which is an OS bypass utilizing nominal CPU cycles. The network layer is TCP/IP v.6.
InfiniBand is the first simplified I/O fabric designed from the ground up for all aspects of server I/O. Now the servers can be managed, scaled and maintained, without disruptions to either the storage or IP fabrics.
InfiniBand value propositions
1. Reduced capital and operating costs because there are fewer systems and parts purchased, implemented and managed to accomplish all the I/O.
2. Reduced complexity because of the nondisruptive plug-and-play nature of InfiniBand.
3. Reduced management costs because the I/O is managed as a central single entity.
4. Reduced infrastructure costs because there will be fewer Ethernet and FC switch ports.
5. Lower cost server scaling through clustering and lower cost DBMS clustering vs. higher cost SMP(symmetric multiprocessing) or NUMA (non-uniform memory access) machines because of lowest latency network for IPC (interprocess communication).
6. Performance future proofing because it is 10Gb now and is already specified for 30Gb later.
7. Reduced power and real estate costs because the server I/O disaggregation reduces the footprints and power requirements of every server, in addition to the reduction of actual powered equipment.
Reduced capital and operating costs. Disaggregated shared I/O means fewer adapters, NICs, switch ports and fabric switches. This should equate into reduced capital expenditures, but InfiniBand is a new technology that doesn't have the volumes of FC or Ethernet. Even though there's less equipment to buy, the capital savings works out to be negligible. These savings increase dramatically when clustering and/or operating costs are added back in. The value proposition accuracy: medium.
Reduced complexity. Disaggregated shared I/O equals less equipment. Less equipment equals simpler fabrics. The value proposition accuracy: high
Reduced management costs. Disaggregated shared I/O equals less equipment, that means less IT staff time is required to manage the fabrics saving operating costs. The value proposition accuracy: high
Reduced infrastructure costs. Disaggregated shared I/O means fewer cables, cable runs, transceivers and connectors. The value proposition accuracy: high
Lower cost server scaling through clustering and lower cost DBMS clustering. The concept is called scaling out instead of scaling up. SMP and NUMA servers are significantly more complex and expensive than clustered rack or blade servers. For clustered servers and DBMS clusters to be as effective as SMP and NUMA servers, the clustering interconnect must be very low latency and very high bandwidth. InfiniBand meets those requirements. The value proposition accuracy: high
Clear upgrade Path InfiniBand is the only released 10Gb interconnect today (4x), and the only one specified for 30Gb (12x) tomorrow. Value proposition accuracy: high
Multiprotocol, intelligent switches
This latest storage networking technology will allegedly solve all IT data center infrastructure problems. A good way to think of this technology would be director-class SAN switches, carrier class Ethernet switches, storage subsystem controllers and protocol gateways all rolled into one system.
Multiprotocol intelligent switches are similar to directors because they are high port count switches with 32 to 256 ports. Some have specifications of up to 2,400 ports in a single image. They are also similar because they have no single points of failure, have hot swappable parts and provide essentially nondisruptive operations.
One way multiprotocol intelligent switches are different from directors is that they are protocol and topology agnostic. They don't care if the SAN is FC, iSCSI, TCP/IP on GigE, FCIP, iFCP or InfiniBand. They tend to support all or most of them converting one to other and back again at wire speeds. They are also different in that they tend to have storage applications integrated in the switch. These applications typically include some mix of storage virtualization, volume replication, remote mirroring, NAS and application-aware storage. Many of these architectures have processors on every port. This additional functionality comes with a very steep penalty. Higher costs in equipment, maintenance and fabric latency. The proprietary nature of the equipment also typically means a vendor lock out environment.
Intelligent multiprotocol switches value propositions
1. Reduced downtime costs because of nonstop operations.
2. Reduced capital and operating costs because of fabric infrastructure consolidation.
3. Reduced infrastructure management costs because of one seamless multiprotocol fabric.
4. Reduced storage system costs because storage applications in the fabric mean backend storage can be less expensive systems such as JBOD.
5. Reduced storage management costs because of the centralization of storage functions such as disk-to-disk replication, remote mirroring, snapshot, etc.
Reduced downtime costs. The highly available switches means that key switches involved with fabric uptime is in the five nines category with less than six minutes of downtime per year. The high availability is provided for all fabrics that are connected. The downside is that disruptions in one fabric can cause disruptions in other fabrics; however, most of the products available and in development prevent that from happening. The value proposition accuracy: high.
Reduced capital and operating infrastructure costs. This is based on the premise that by consolidating storage networking infrastructures on a single multiprotocol switch it reduces or eliminates redundant switches, adapters, gateways, etc. Less hardware means reduced management. Centralizing on a single fabric switch infrastructure means one management system. However, the higher cost per port and higher maintenance pricing - usually based on a percentage of MSRP - typically means the savings from consolidation are nil. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Reduced infrastructure management costs. The premise is that smart switch is the single switch infrastructure for all protocols and fabrics. This is unlikely to be a common environment. Most IT operations are already using multiple fabric switches, which most likely won't be replaced. This means infrastructure management won't be reduced and potentially increased. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Reduced storage system costs. By moving some or all of the storage functions into the fabric switches, the perception is that the cost of the disk storage will decrease. The concept is that the intelligent switch becomes a very large scalable storage subsystem controller. It connects the back-end disk on the same fabric as the front-end servers. The premise is the combination of intelligent switches plus JBOD is cheaper than standard fabric switches and storage subsystems with RAID. This premise ignores the ongoing price decreases of storage systems with newer functionality and technology. The value proposition accuracy: low.
Reduced storage management costs. This is tied to the premise of moving some of the storage functionality from the subsystems to the fabric and centralizing it. This provides a single methodology for many business continuity applications (disk-to-disk replication, snapshot, server-less backup, remote mirroring, etc.,) sometimes NAS, and even volume allocation for heterogeneous storage. Unfortunately, unless it performs all of the storage management functions (such as RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, disk defragmentation, etc.), it complicates the management by requiring multiple management points. Most of the products in development do not claim all storage subsystem functionality. The value proposition accuracy: low.
If high availability is critical, the value of these intelligent, multiprotocol switches is high. However, the other value propositions are low. And, there's one other caveat: These switches usually have measurably higher latency than fabric-specific switches. Of course, latency and block storage means less performance.
Before introducing any new technology, always qualify and quantify the value propositions. Then calculate the ROI using simple common sense techniques. As this evaluation of three new emerging technologies demonstrates, the value proposition accuracy varies significantly. In general, it's high for InfiniBand, medium to low for iSCSI and low for the intelligent, multiprotocol switches.


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