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My Homework Hangover
By: Judy Gruen
"What year did the United States take over Guam?" my daughter asked while I was contemplating nothing more taxing than whether to give away my prettiest, yet most painful, pair of shoes.
"Guam?" I asked. The only thing I knew about Guam was that it was somewhere out in the Pacific and would be impossible to pronounce if you had peanut butter in your mouth.
As I stalled for time, she said, "Never mind. Found the answer in my book. We got it from Spain in 1898."
"I was just going to say that!" I called after her, but she was already beginning her essay on the Treaty of Paris (also 1898, FYI) while I returned to my own cost-benefit analysis of maintaining my inventory of pretty, painful shoes versus the cost of ongoing podiatric care.
This true story underscores why I agree with the educators who believe that homework has plainly gotten out of hand. They claim that excessive homework robs children of part of their childhood, when they could otherwise be doing fun things, such as planning new ways to terrorize the babysitter. But they've only got it half-right—what about excessive homework robbing me of my adulthood? Didn't I already do all this work more than thirty years ago?
Admittedly, I enjoyed helping my kids with schoolwork when they were little and the questions were easy. When a kid asked, "Mommy, what's two quarters plus three pennies plus three nickels add up to?" I could do it! When a child wanted me to help him think of homophones, like "son" and "sun", I was there! These questions were beautiful in their simplicity. Since I could answer them easily, they boosted my self-esteem (tragically neglected by teachers in the benighted days of my own elementary education). Best of all, my agility with first- and second-grade schoolwork preserved my young children's belief—so sadly short-lived—that my husband and I were omniscient. Those were the days.
But around middle school, the kids started demanding that we explain the difference between a cerebrum and a cerebellum, and what happened during antebellum, and what's really bothering Rashi. If all this weren't bad enough, they want my help with politically motivated essay assignments in which they are asked to count the ways that they devastate the environment simply because they live, breathe, take the occasional shower and drink from the occasional plastic water bottle. While I scramble to help them find answers in their books or in our encyclopedia for homework questions, I can't help but wonder, "Why am I not smarter than a 5th grader?"
I secretly agree with my kids when they complain that much of their homework will have little practical application to their lives as grown-ups. With no budding scientists in the family, the advanced study of mitochondria and the nervous system seems an annoying impediment to boning up on more gripping questions, such as "Why is a frankfurter called a hot dog?" and "What's that little flap-thingy called at the back of your throat?"
But I have to pretend to be on the schools' side, and besides, I'm a Jewish mother. So when one kid recently argued that it was a waste of his time to practice factoring trinomials, I shot back, "If it was good enough for Alan Greenspan, it's good enough for you. You could follow in the fine Jewish tradition of being a Secretary of the Treasury, ready to dazzle them with quadratic equations and savvy management of the nation's interest rates." During my lecture, I caught the same kid sneaking a look at a Snapple cap, where he learned that a goldfish has an attention span of three seconds. Hmmm.
To my shame, I am utterly useless at helping with any math problem from fifth-grade or above. Those questions are met with shouts of, "When's Dad coming home?" Once, out of sheer desperation and with their father not yet home, one son asked me if I remembered anything about multiplying radical expressions. I said, "I think there are already way too many radicals in our society, and I refuse to do anything that might multiply them at all."
I feel sorry for my kids when I see them hunkered down over fat math books, rattling their brain matter as they must simplify equations that have mile-long strings of numbers, x's, y's, square roots, and other alarming symbols. Too bad the kids can't just do what I'd do when faced with similar problems—take them to an accountant.
Schools ought to wise up and start teaching the kind of practical problem-solving skills that will help them deal with real-life dilemmas. For example, "If the water heater explodes at the same time that the car transmission dies, which gets fixed first?" Or, "If I can't afford new clothes but Nordstrom is having its semi-annual sale, do I charge the clothes on my credit card or put them on layaway?"
But instead, educators are badgering kids into converting Celsius to Fahrenheit, explaining the background of the Peloponnesian War, and making them confess to a litany of sins against the ecosystem in essays.
Meanwhile, after arduous study, I have concluded that it is not worth keeping my pretty-yet-painful shoes. I am keeping my notes on this study for inclusion in the small book I intend to write one day, called "Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in the Nordstrom Shoe Department."
is the author of five books, including most recently The Skeptic and the Rabbi: Falling in Love with Faith (She Writes Press, 2017). Her other books include The Women's Daily Irony Supplement, Till We Eat Again: A Second Helping, and Carpool Tunnel Syndrome. Her columns and features have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Aish.com, Jewish Journal, Jewish Action, and dozens of other media outlets. Judy is also a popular speaker, book editor and writing coach, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Click here to read Rochel's Review of The Skeptic and the Rabbi.


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The real estate market still isn't what it used to be, so if your clients intend to sell within the next few years, now may be the perfect time for them to put off going to market and instead work on increasing the value of their homes. Helping a client make the most of his home renovations? While some projects, like adding an extra half bath or taking down a wall to join your living room and kitchen together, can really improve a home's selling price and potential, they're not all feasible on most recession budgets. Instead, talk to your client and have him or her consider these four quick, easy and money-saving ideas.
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Fifteen former police officers from Delaware County, Pennsylvania will not be reinstated according to a three judge panel and must now decide whether to continue their appeals. The officers were involved in a scandal in 2009 involving the dissemination of answers to a in service training test mandated by the Municipal Police Officer's Education and Training Commission (MPOETC).
The thought of a cheating scandal among police officers is troublesome. Are these in-service classes so difficult that the officers must cheat to pass? Is the hiring process so flawed that those being hired don't possess the intelligence necessary to do the job? Reactions to the press reports range from shock to anger and every possible reaction in between. However, as police officers, you should know not to rely on the facial aspects of the press reports. There are details deeper in the story that tell something entirely different.
The opinion of the court has a detailed explanation of the events which led to the officer's decertification. In fact, the decision indicates some troublesome scenarios where those who serve and protect may not be well protected.
MPOETC prepares three versions of examinations for each in-service course: Test 1, to be administered following each training course; Test 2, a retest for officers who fail Test 1; and Test 3 for officers who fail both Test 1 and Test 2 and must re-take the course. MPOETC sends police academies a CD-ROM containing the tests and answer keys. The academies print copies of the tests and answer keys.
Sean Gallagher, an officer in Oxford, Chester County, and a part-time officer in Trainer, Delaware County, sent an e-mail captioned "FW: Answers for Act 180 if you need them" containing the answers to four exams for the 2009 classes. Two officers who received the e-mail forwarded it to their Chief. He contacted William Davis, the director of the Delaware County Police Academy. Davis contacted MPOETC who instructed him to immediately discontinue using Test 1 and implement Test 2.
John Ryan, an 18 year veteran instructor was instructing on February 25, 2009 and passed out Test 2. While grading the tests, Ryan noted he had never had so many officers fail. When he rechecked the tests, he realized all of the wrong answers were the same. Had he given Test 1, each officer who failed would have scored 90 or 100%. He also noticed other officers had erased answers which were correct for Test 1 and entered the correct answer for Test 2.
MPOETC began an investigation following the trail of e-mails and text messages where the answers were sent. Interviews were conducted with the officers involved and their chiefs. In March 2011, MPOETC ruled that 15 had cheated on the exam. Their certifications were to be revoked and they would be barred from further training and ineligible for certification.
Most of the officers challenged the decertification. Twelve of the officers are members of Delaware County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 27 and are represented by longtime solicitor S. Stanton Miller who was consulted for this article.
Included in MPOETC's regulations is their list of reasons why an officer can be decertified which are set forth at 37 PA Code § 203.14. Revocation of certification. Most interesting here are (6) Conviction for a disqualifying criminal offense, and (9) Cheating.
Under the rules, a disqualifying criminal offense is defined as one for which more than one year in prison can be imposed. Therefore, an officer can be found guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, retain his/her certification, and continue in his/her job. Examples include DUI 1st and some 2nd Offense, Harassment, Defiant Trespass, Disorderly Conduct, Loitering and Prowling, Selling Liquor to Minors, Open Lewdness, Prostitution and Patronizing Prostitutes.
Cheating is the unauthorized possession of a test, examination, quiz or questions, answers or answer keys. This case reveals the possession does not have to be voluntary or knowing. In fact, culpability does not seem to play any role in whether you are guilty or not, you must merely be suspected of possession.
Let's try to put this into perspective.
In case one, a police officer goes out on a bender, heads over to the local women's college, climbs the fence clearly marked as private property, peeps in the windows under cover of night, and flashes the family jewels. When patrol closes in, he leads them on a chase through the city.
In case two, a veteran detective, respected throughout the county by officers, prosecutors and defense attorneys with an impeccable record and a high conviction rate receives an unsolicited e-mail claiming to contain the answers to in-service tests. Believing it to be a joke, he hits delete.
Which man do you want on your department or backing you up? Under the rules of MPOETC, the officer in case one retains his certification and can continue to be employed as a police officer while the detective in case two can have his certification revoked permanently.
This class was comprised of 52 officers from various departments throughout Delaware County. According to the investigators, the secretary for the Police Academy did receive the CD supplied by MPOETC. As was her usual practice, she prepared 35 copies of Test 1 and 10 copies of Test 2 for each of the four sessions.
When instructed to do so by Davis, she stated she did shred Test 1 and printed out the copies of Test 2 and 3. Once it was determined that the class would exceed 35 students, who printed out the additional tests and did s/he print from the proper file on the CD?
While you could ask everyone involved, the answer would be their recollection only. The answer sheets required the officers to sign and print their name and fill in the name of the academy and test version. The officers turned in the tests and the answer sheets separately. The tests used by the officers are not attached to the answer sheets and do not contain any information linking the tests to officer.
Six officers admitted to having received the answers by various means. They made notations on their answer sheets but then erased the answers and entered the correct answers. These admissions all took place on the Legal Updates test.
There is a question to intent and degree of culpability. There is also a question of application of the Garrity Rule and whether punitive action by MPOETC can be considered a proceeding to which immunity can be applied. Without a license to practice law, this analysis is left to members of the Bar.
The Officer Safety Awareness test presents a much different case. Officers Collins, Cosentino, Boyd, Curran, DiNardo, Ely, Heine, and Detective Irey all deny receiving the answers to this test. They were denied polygraph exams. They recall taking Test 1. And there is no report of erasures or changed answers on their tests.
MPOETC found, and the Court upheld, that despite their denial of possessing the answers, Curran, Boyd, DiNardo, Ely, Fuller and Irey recorded the same answers on the test. They received a grade of 40% but would have received 90% on Test 1 with the same wrong answer to Question #9. From this evidence, the Commission inferred that the officers possessed the answers to Test 1. There was no other evidence against these officers. The MPOETC could not produce the test booklets and relied solely on the recollections of the staff.
Collins and Cosentino are believed to have been seated next to each other during the test and had the same answers. They received 40% but would have received 100% on Test 1. Heine also received 40% but would have received 100% on Test 1. This evidence supported the Commission's inference that Collins, Cosentino and Heine possessed answers to the Test 1 and used them during the test. Nobody reported seeing anyone copying from anyone else. And of course, if they had been given Test 1, scoring 100%, they would have to have the same answers.
The MPOETC uses a preponderance of the evidence standard in deciding their cases, meaning the burden of proof is a fact is more likely than not. Even to the layperson, this should be easy. Nine officers would have passed under Test 1. They recall taking Test 1. All papers which would indicate which test they had taken were destroyed by MPOETC.
In the narrative of events, the court states, "During the subsequent Officer Safety Awareness test, someone in the class asked him (Ryan) to verify the test number. After responding that it was Test 2 or Test B, he checked to make sure that he was handing out Test 2 versions. In the classroom, only he had a copy of the Test 1 version for the Officer Safety Awareness course, which he had used to take the test himself to prepare for the class." Since we know the secretary prepared 35 copies of the test and there were 52 officers in the class, are we sure the extra copies needed weren't made from the Test 1 copy Ryan had with him in error? We also know the officers recorded the test version on the answer sheet "as directed by the instructors." And if Test 1 was destroyed, why did Ryan have an answer key for Test 1 to compare the results to?
This is not meant to call the character of John Ryan into question in any way. Ryan is an honorable and distinguished man. But so are the officers affected by this debacle. These men lost their careers. Their reputations were trashed in the press and any chance to redeem their names was shredded. Even the investigators, while recommending decertification, also recommended these officers be immediately considered for reinstatement. MPOETC adopted their punitive recommendations in full and then denied the reinstatement.
In the matters of the Officer Safety Awareness test, MPOETC believes they distributed Test 2 but cannot prove it, the officers believes they were given Test 1. In support of their belief, one specifically recalls marking his answer sheet as such and none of these answer sheets were changed to show answers consistent with Test 2. With this number and caliber of officers involved, it stands to reason something went wrong with this test. All of the officers passed the retest. Here, decertification and banishment from a career are simply not supported by the facts.
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Barbour et.al. v. Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission 599 C.D. 2011 to 610 C.D. 2011
Robert was raised by a 28 year police veteran in Marple Township PA where his parents taught him love and respect for the law and others. Robert served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the early 1980s as a Military Police Officer. After his discharge, he pursued a career as a municipal Police Officer in suburban Philadelphia in Radnor Township. He was involved in an on-duty vehicle accident which caused him to leave law enforcement after 7 years on the force. Robert enrolled in college earning his Associates Degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Paralegal Studies with a minor in Administration of Justice from the Delaware County Community College, a Bachelor's Degree, Cum Laude, and a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from Widener University in Chester PA and his Juris Doctor from the Widener University School of Law. During Law School, Robert served a clinical internship with the Delaware County (PA) District Attorney's Office. He currently volunteers his assistance with photography services to the Delaware County Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Foundation and the Marine Corps Law Enforcement


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After having finally secured a set of the 2010 San Diego Comic Con and Star Wars Celebration V CubeDude sets, FBTB is finally ready to announce it's next building contest: CubeDude Vigs! And guess what: you're not just limited to a Star Wars-themed vig. You can build a vig from ANY licensed LEGO line, past and present.
- Build a vignette featuring 2-4 CubeDudes in a 16x16 stud area.
- This is a multi-CubeDude populated vignette building challenge. Meaning, you must have at least 2 CubeDudes and no more than 4 in your vignette.
- Your vignette must be contained within a 16x16 stud footprint with no overhang.
- Your vignette can be from any licensed LEGO theme including Power Miners. Non-licensed, non-Power Miners themes will not be accepted.
- While there is no de facto standard on CubeDude construction, there are some commonly followed dimensions. Height is about 8-9 bricks tall. Feet/legs are generally 4 plates until they connect to hips. CubeDudes are 50% head and 50% body.
- If you need inspiration on construction there are several resources available on flickr. Angus MacLane, the father of the CubeDude movement, has a flickr set with every CubeDude he's ever made. There is also the CubeDude flickr group. You can also do a general search for the term "CubeDude".
- One entry per person
- Submit 1 picture as a reply to this thread. You may link to your flickr stream for more photos.
- Add your photo to the FBTB: flickr Outpost photo pool with the tag "CubeDude Vig". You may submit as many pictures as you wish to the pool.
- Real models using genuine LEGO elements accepted. Clone brand elements and computer renderings will not be accepted.
- No graphical enhancements allowed on the submission image.
- If your CubeDude design borrows heavily from another person's model, do the right thing and credit the source.
- Contest is open to registered members of the forum.
- Entries will be accepted between October 1, 2010 through 11:59pm PDT October 31, 2010
- Voting will occur in a single phase. The entry with the most votes will be declared the winner.
- This is a winner-takes-all contest. He/she will walk away with both the 2010 San Diego Comic Con LEGO CubeDude set and the Star Wars Celebration V CubeDude set.
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The government shutdown won't shut down the New York City Marathon, but it could shift things around a little.
Race organizers are working on a plan to move the event's staging area, currently set for Fort Wadsworth, a federally operated facility on Staten Island, the Associated Press reported.
With about 45,000 runners expected to participate in the Nov. 3 race, officials did not say where they might place an alternative staging area. They said they did not believe the starting line would be affected.
Either way, the change would be minor compared with last year's race, which was canceled as the area dealt with Superstorm Sandy.
Also, in the wake of the twin bombings that killed three people and injured hundreds more at the Boston Marathon, there will be added security for the New York event.
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Dame Judi Dench (jōō´dē dĕnch), 1934–, British actress, b. York, England, as Judith Olivia Dench. She studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, London, made her debut (1957) as Ophelia in the Old Vic's production of Hamlet, and subsequently played many Shakespearean roles. Dench also has exhibited her great versatility in dramas by Chekhov, Brecht, Noel Coward, Shaw, Pirandello, and many others, as well as in such musicals as Cabaret (1968) and A Little Night Music (1996). She won plaudits in David Hare's Amy's Way, both in the West End (1998) and on Broadway (1999). Though primarily a stage actress, she has appeared frequently on British television and in films—84 Charing Cross Road (1987); the critically acclaimed Mrs. Brown (1997), in which she played Queen Victoria; Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an Academy Award for her role as Queen Elizabeth I; Tea with Mussolini (1999); Iris (2001), a portrayal of the late years of the novelist Iris Murdoch; and Philomena (2013), in which she played an Irish woman searching for her child lost to a forced adoption. Dench began directing plays in 1988.
See her memoirs (with J. Miller, 2005 and 2011); biographies by G. Jacobs (1985) and J. Miller (1998).


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Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jesse Velasco, a Jacksonville Beach, Fla. resident, pulled into a Chick-fil-A restaurant to grab lunch. He had no idea it was "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."
"When I got there, I noticed that the end of the drive-thru line was ridiculously far away from the restaurant," he says. "There must have been 40 or 50 cars going through the driveway line and past the Arby's next to it. I felt bad for the Arby's," he laughs.
Deciding it would be easier if he went inside, Mr. Velasco (who is also my younger brother) circled for five minutes to find a parking space, then faced the back of a line that snaked at least 10 people out the door. Then he remembered seeing on Facebook that there was "something going on with Chick-fil-A today."
"Chick-fil-A is a madhouse right now," he wrote later on Facebook.
Similar scenes played themselves out at Chick-fil-A locations around the country Wednesday, as throngs of people turned out to support the chicken franchise as part of Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day." The Aug. 1 event was organized by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister and Fox News TV host, in response to a boycott of Chick-fil-A by supporters of gay marriage.
In the past several weeks, the fast-food chain found mostly in the Southeast has found itself in the middle of a national firestorm in the wake of CEO Dan Cathy's controversial comments against gay marriage. Last month, Mr. Cathy appeared on Ken Coleman's radio show and said "We're inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.' And I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about."
Cathy later defended his comments to the Baptist Press newspaper, saying he was "guilty as charged" of defending traditional marriage values.
In addition to Cathy's comments, boycotters have taken issue with Chick-fil-A's charitable contributions to groups that oppose gay rights (including mostly religious organizations like Focus on the Family and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes).
The Aug. 1 appreciation day was an attempt to counter those actions with a demonstration of support.
"Too often, those on the left make corporate statements to show support for same sex marriage, abortion, or profanity, but if Christians affirm traditional values, we're considered homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and intolerant," Mr. Huckabee wrote in a statement on his website. "There's no need for anyone to be angry or engage in a verbal battle. Simply affirm appreciation for a company run by Christian principles by showing up or participating online."
The response has been overwhelming, both from those who agree with the company's views and people who see it as a defense of free speech and the right to do business. Conservative leaders, including onetime presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick, have shown their support, as has the conservative Super PAC Citizens United. Some 633,000 Facebook users pledged to attend the event, and Chick-fil-A has dominated Twitter throughout the day.
"If you believe that Christians should be able to express a biblical world view w/out fear of reprisal or demonization eat at #ChickFilA 2day," tweeted Mark A. Moore Sr., under the Twitter handle @BishopMMoore. "Truly awesome to see all the Americans lining up today to support our core values & say no to the leftist attacks on our heritage #chickfila," tweeted @ProudAmerican82.
The other side, though, may just be getting warmed up. In addition to the boycott, and declarations of nonsupport by left wing political leaders like Rahm Emmanuel and Boston mayor Thomas Menino (who added fuel to the First Amendment fire by suggesting that Chick fil-A was no longer welcome in his city), Chick-fil-A has been dropped by the Muppets. The Jim Henson Company ended its ties with the restaurant in the wake of the controversy and donated the money it received from the partnership to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). And gay rights advocates are planning a counter protest for Friday called "Kiss Mor Chiks," encouraging same sex-couples to go to the chain's restaurants and kiss each other.
Chick-Fil-A, meanwhile, is trying to stay out of it. "The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect – regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," the company said in a press release soon after the controversy began. "Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena."
The company also downplayed Wednesday's huge show of support: "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was not created by Chick-fil-A," Executive Vice President Steve Robinson wrote in an e-mailed statement. "We appreciate all of our customers and are glad to serve them at any time."
The company wouldn't say if the spiked interest in the company had helped sales. "As a privately held company, Chick-fil-A does not comment publicly about our sales figures," company spokesperson Hannah Wagner wrote via e-mail.
Meanwhile, down in Jacksonville Beach, my brother waited 15 minutes in line for his chicken sandwich. When members of our family get hungry for something specific, it's hard to convince us otherwise. "I don't agree with them, but I feel like it's food, and it's good food, so I'm going to eat it regardless," he says.


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Monday evening Tea Ceremony in a beautiful new studio in Belgravia.
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Tea Ceremony is about Mindfulness. It is performed in noble silence with me gently and quietly guiding through it. There will be an opportunity to talk before and after meditation, and small snacks will be provided afterwards.
During tea ceremony we shall focus our attention on tea, examine its colour, aroma. Tune into tea. Watch carefully how water merges with fire. Feel teaware with all our being. Feel that our body is also a precious vessel. Perform each movement with complete awareness and presence, always remembering the importance of every object, every action.
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With its "Arena Atmosphere" the Langener Waldsee offers a great overview of the start area. There are many opportunities for spectators to get into close contact with the athletes on the long parts of the swim loop as well as during the running passage after the first lap and at the transition zone. We kindly ask our spectators to keep the whole area clean, especially dog owners at the public bathing beach.
On the Bike Course there will be Hot Spots on the steep incline "The Beast" in Bergen-Enkheim and at the "Marktstraße" in Bergen-Enkheim.
"The Beast" can be reached via Underground from Frankfurt-Hauptwache to the Endstation, Bergen-Enkheim, directly located at the Hessen-Center. From there you can walk along the Bike Course and get to the mentioned Hot Spots. If you come by car, we recomend to leave your car at the Hessen Center.
Another Hot Spot will form in the historical village of Maintal-Hochstadt, at the incline "The Hell" and in Maintal-Wachenbuchen, at the hill called "Hühnerberg". This hill includes one of the most beautiful half timbered houses in the region. This place can be reached by S-Bahn leaving from Frankfurt-Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station) by trains going Direction Frankfurt-Ost, Frankfurt-Mainkur, get out of the train at Bahnhof Maintal-Ost. And head north for about 5-10 minutes to Maintal-Hochstadt. From the Central Railway Station it will take you about 15 minutes to reach the place. There is also plenty of space to park your car. Here we expect up to 20 000 spectators on raceday.
The most northern point of the bike course will be the "Castle-Mile" in Friedberg. The triathletes will be cheered on by a few thousand spectators while cycling around the medivial castle and along Kaiserstrasse (= Emperor Street) through the centre of Friedberg. Getting goose-pimples is guaranteed! The hill at the "Frankfurter Straße" in Bad Vilbel, called "Powerbar Corner" at "Heartbreak Hill" allows you to catch your athlete at low speed. You get there by S-Bahn/U-Bahn from Frankfurt-Hauptwache in just 10 Minutes, Direction Bad Vilbel and Karben. Get out of the train at Bad Vilbel-Süd. Its about 3- 5 walking to get to Heartbreak Hill/ Frankfurter Strasse. Also at the Heartbreak Hill we provide free parking space on the northern end of Bad Vilbel. Comming from Frankfurt on the road B-521 you will find parking signs. Its just 5 Minutes to walk to Heartbreak Hill.
Many spectators are also expected in the city at the Mainkai/Eiserner Steg where you can see the athletes twice while hanging out on the big spectator stages.
The spectator stages at Mainkai/Eiserner Steg are the best place to watch the athletes running. On both sides of the river you can see the athletes fighting and making their way to the finish line. At the so called "Museumsuferseite", the turn around point at the "Gerbermühle" will attract many spectators.
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We ask all spectators to keep off the bike course with any vehicles. Expect delays on all parts of the course because the athletes have the first priority on raceday.
It is strictly forbidden to accompany athletes during any portion of the race. Athletes that do not instantly refuse company by spectators can be disqualified by race officials or marshalls at any time. We thank all the locals for their understanding and cooperation.
Enjoy the Ironman Raceday at the Race Course and invite and motivate your friends to support the athletes from 55 countries around the world.


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Spartanburg, SC --- The top seeded Bobcats of Lees-McRae College defeated the 8th seeded Pfeiffer University Falcons 3-0 (30-28, 30-19, 30-24). With the win, Lees-McRae advances to the semi-finals. Pfeiffer finishes the season at 14-17.
Pfeiffer was led offensively by Brittany Dickens with 6 kills. Dickens also had 2 blocks in the match. Gaby McKinley, Victoria Parrish, and Petra Ljubicic each had 5 kills in the match. McKinley also had 14 digs. Morgan Liebert led the team in aces (3) and assists(20).


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Pauljmoney necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Abstract Expressionism Art Gallery
My client is an artist who wishes to sell his paintings and other pieces of art online. After discussing his needs we have agreed to use the Virtuemart shopping cart on the Joomla platform. It is important to express the quality of the artist in the design and have a very professional feel. When someone enters the web site we want them to get the feeling of a high class museum, like quality art work.
Art Lovers, Art Collectors
We would like basic design of the web page to have the look of a museum of very fine art. We want a classical looking place with the colors only (not the actual images) like the uploaded picture. Notice the contrast of dark ambers medium venetian red and bright yellows. We also like the interior design and strong images like the attached museum photo with the marble and ceiling.
We have a logo but it is not quite ready.
The challenge is to have these colors and structural design yet have the artists own art work be the main focus. The page will be the introduction that is very strong looking with my picture (to be supplied later), artist bio etc. To the left we will have a list of items that can be clicked on (that takes the viewer to another page) that has the options of abstract, figures, photos, prints, misc. and gift cards. When they click on the choice it then pulls up the many examples of art for sale in that category with the size, medium, price etc.
The home page needs to be very professional, be able to draw the visitor in and encourage them to look through the pieces of art available for sale on the site without being too pushy or salesy.
The page should also contain the usual web page elements such as contact, terms etc as well as payments icons eg -Certification (Verified by Visa, Mastercard SecurePage, etc) and a Search bar.
The sites colours should be rich and luxurious like umbers, gold, maroon, yet have a light and airy look.
Other links that need to be included somewhere on the page-
Terms and Conditions, Privacy, Return-policy, Company information
My Account: Login, Shopping-Cart, Wish-List
Order: Shipping, Methods of payment,
We do not want to limit designers too much so please just use your flair and design how you like, just try to meet the basic design specs we have written above.
Please note that because we are using Joomla, the menu links and Nav bar etc will be dynamic so please try to design with this in mind
Good Luck, we cant wait to see your designs!!
The following sites are liked for various reasons:
http://www.furthur.net/ - rich bold colours without being too overwhelming
The following sites are disliked:
http://michaellewandowski.tripod.com/ - too dark gloomy and looks unprofessional
http://www.gallery-worldwide.com/ The whole thing looks "wordy" The merry go round of revolving pictures is childish , It is not simple looking and lacks bold strong colors
http://www.lagassegallery.com/ Nice, simple easy to looks at easy to navigate. Some of the fonts is boring and small the colors of the back ground are too white and pale. It is good to high-lite the painting but the whole think looks a bit sterile


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Fox Business Network's senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino and investor/blogger Barry Ritholtz had an epic smack down on Twitter over the weekend.
We've included the Twitter war transcript below. (Scroll to the bottom to see the earlier exchanges.)
Basically, the fight starts over referencing the past where Ritholtz calls Gasparino a "water boy" for "carrying the water" for the four bank CEOs during the financial crisis.
He then proceeded to make fun of Gasparino for caring about what Dick Fuld thinks.
Then, Gasparino responded by telling Ritholtz is "must kill" him because Fuld hates him more. The Fox Business correspondent also called Ritholtz "dumber than he looks" because of "nitrates in those Twinkies" and said he should get back to cold-calling.
Not sure where this comes into play, but the pair also argued over riding the Subway.
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What do we know about teaching reading effectively?
Research has consistently identified the critical skills that young students need to learn in order to become good readers.12 Teachers across different states and districts have demonstrated that scientifically based reading instruction can and does work with all children. The key to helping all children learn is to help teachers in each and every classroom benefit from the relevant research. That can be accomplished by providing professional development for teachers on the use of scientifically based reading programs, by using instructional materials and programs that are also based on sound scientific research, and by ensuring accountability through ongoing assessments. To find out more about National Reading Panel findings, visit www.nationalreadingpanel.org.
What is being done to help children learn to read well by the end of the third grade?
Improving the reading skills of children is a top priority for leaders at all levels of government and business, as well as for parents, teachers and countless citizens who volunteer at reading programs across the nation. At the national level, No Child Left Behind reflects this concern with the new program called Reading First. This ambitious national initiative is designed to help every young child in every state become a successful reader. It is based on the expectation that instructional decisions for all students will be guided by the best available research. In recent years, scientific research has provided tremendous insight into exactly how children learn to read and the essential components for effective reading instruction.
Does No Child Left Behind support programs to help children build language and pre-reading skills before they start kindergarten?
Yes. The Early Reading First program supports preschool programs that provide a high-quality education to young children, especially those from low-income families. While early childhood programs are important for children's social, emotional and physical development, they are also important for children's early cognitive and language development. Research stresses the importance of early reading skills, including phonemic awareness and vocabulary development. Early Reading First supports programs to help preschoolers improve these skills. These programs can include professional development of staff and the identification and provision of activities and instructional material. Programs must be grounded in scientifically based research, and their success evaluated continuously. For more information on Early Reading First, visit www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html.


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How to Participate in IBM Smarter Cities projects
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Last month, I mentioned that I was named [one of the faces of IBM Smarter Planet campaign]. This resulted in some interesting email, including a college student named Hamas from India who asks:
"How can I participate in IBM's Smarter Planet, specifically Smarter Cities?"
With a lot of college students graduating next month, I thought this would be a good question to answer.
IBM ... Let's build a smarter planet!
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IBM ProtecTIER and the Systems Director Storage Control plug-in
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It's Tuesday, and you know what that means... IBM Announcements!
To learn more about IBM storage hardware, software or services, see the updated [IBM System Storage] landing page.
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One of the Faces of the Smarter Planet campaign
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To make true advances in any industry or field requires forward thinking—as well as industry insight and experience. It can't be done just by packaging a bag of piece parts and putting a new label on it. But forward thinkers are putting smarter, more powerful technology to uses that were once unimaginable -- either in scale or in progress.
I am pleased that IBM has honored me with recognition as a "forward thinker" on the corporate-wide [IBM Smarter Planet for Smarter IT systems and Infrastructure]. This is quite an honor, being one of the "faces" of IBM's Smarter Planet campaign. I am joined by my esteemed colleagues: [Brian Sanders], [Steve Will], [Willie Favero], and [Kathleen Holm].
Ironically, I didn't even know I made the final cut until I got three, yes three, separate requests for interviews about it. I already reached the "million hits" milestone. Other people track these things for me, so it will be interesting how much additional traffic my latest [15 minutes of fame] will generate.
To learn more, visit the [Smarter Planet overview] landing page. Together, we can build a smarter planet!
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Better to Buy From a Single Integrated Vendor
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In his blog post, [The Lure of Kit-Cars], fellow blogger Chuck Hollis (EMC) uses an excellent analogy delineating the differences between kit-cars you build from parts, versus fully-integrated systems that you can drive off the car dealership showroom lot. The analogy holds relatively well, as IT departments can also build their infrastructure from parts, or you can get fully-integrated systems from a variety of vendors.
Certainly, this debate is not new. In my now infamous 2007 post [Supermarkets and Specialty Shops], I explained that there were clients that preferred to get their infrastructure from a single IT supermarket, like IBM or HP, while others were lured into thinking that buying separate parts from butchers, bakers and candlestick makers and other specialty shops was somehow a better idea.
Chuck correctly explains that in the early years of the automobile industry, before major car manufacturers had mass-production assembly lines, putting a car together from parts was the only way cars were made. Today, only the few most avid enthusiasts build cars this way. The majority get cars from a single seller and drive away. In my post [Resolving the Identity Crisis], I postulated that EMC appeared to be trying to shed itself of the "disk-only specialty shop" image and over to be more like IBM. Not quite a full IT Supermarket, but perhaps more like a [Trader Joe's] premium-priced retailer.
(If you find that EMC's focus on integrated systems appears to be a 180-degree about-face from their historical focus on selling individual best-of-breed products, see my previous discussion of Chuck's contradictions in my blog post: [Is Storage the Next Confusopoly].)
While companies like EMC might be making this transition, there is a lot of resistance and inertia from the customer marketplace. I agree with Chuck, companies should not be building kit-cars or IT infrastructures from parts, certainly not from parts sold from different vendors. In my post [Talking about Solutions not Products], I explained how difficult it was to change behavior. CIOs, IT directors and managers need to think differently about their infrastructure. Let's take a quick look at some choices:
Before he earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, my father was a car mechanic. I spent much of my teenage years covered in grease, helping my father assembling cars, lifting engines, and rebuilding carburetors. Certainly this was good father-son time, and I certainly did learn something in the process. Like the automobile industry, the IT industry has matured, and it makes no financial sense to build your own IT infrastructure from parts from different vendors.
For a test drive of the industry's leading integrated IT systems, see your IBM sales rep or IBM Business Partner.
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IBM Storwize Product Name Decoder Ring
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IBM had its big launch yesterday of the [IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system], and already some have discussed IBM's choice of the name. Fellow blogger Stephen Foskett has an excellent post titled [IBM's Storwize V7000: 100% SVC; 0% Storwize]. On The Register, Chris Mellor writes [IBM's Midrange Storage Blast - Storwize. But Without Compression]. In his latest [Friday Rant], fellow blogger Chuck Hollis (EMC) feels "the new name is cool, if a bit misleading."
In the spirit of the [HP Product Line Decoder Ring] and [Microsoft Codename Tracker], here is your quick IBM product name decoder ring:
If you think this is the first time a company like IBM has pulled shenanigans with product names like this, think again. Here are a few posts that might refresh your memory:
But what about acquisitions? When [IBM acquired Lotus Development Corporation], it kept the "Lotus" brand. New products that fit the "collaboration" function were put under the Lotus brand. I think most people can accept this approach.
But have we ever seen an existing product renamed to an acquired name?
In my post January 2009 post [Congratulations to Ken on your QCC Milestone], I mentioned that my colleague Ken Hannigan worked on an internal project initially called "Workstation Data Save Facility" (WDSF) which was changed to "Data Facility Distributed Storage Manager" (DFDSM), then renamed to "ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager" (ADSM), and finally renamed to the name it has today: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).
Readers reminded me that [IBM acquired Tivoli Systems, Inc.] in 1996, so TSM could not have been an internally developed product. Ha! Wrong! Let's take a quick history lesson on how this came about:
I participated in five months of painful meetings to figure out what to name our new inte
However, the new IBM Storwize V7000 midrange product had nothing in common with the appliances acquired from Storwize, the company, so to avoid confusion, the latter products were renamed to [IBM Real-time Compression]. Fellow blogger Steven Kenniston, the Storage Alchemist from Storwize fame now part of IBM from the acquisition, gives his perspective on this in his post [Storwize – What is in a Name, Really?]. While I am often critical of the names and terms IBM uses, I have to say this last set of naming decisions makes a lot of sense to me and I support it wholeheartedly.
To learn more about the IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system, watch the latest videos on the IBM Virtual Briefing Center (VBC). We have a [short summary version for CFO executives] as well as a [longer version for IT technical professionals].
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IBM Launches new Storage Solutions October 2010
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Well, it's Thursday, and today IBM is having a major launch for storage. We have lots of exciting announcements today, so here is the major highlights:
These are just a subset of today's announcements. To see the rest, read [What's New].
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The Correct Use of the term Nearline
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A client asked me to explain "Nearline storage" to them. This was easy, I thought, as I started my IBM career on DFHSM, now known as DFSMShsm for z/OS, which was created in 1977 to support the IBM 3850 Mass Storage System (MSS), a virtual storage system that blended disk drives and tape cartridges with robotic automation. Here is a quick recap:
These terms and their definitions have been used for decades, and are consistent with or at least similar to definitions I found on [Wikipedia], [Webopedia], [WiseGEEK], and [SearchStorage].
Sadly, it appears a few storage manufacturers and vendors have been misusing the term "Nearline" to refer to "slower online" spinning disk drives. I find this [June 2005 technology paper from Seagate], and this [2002 NetApp Press Release], the latter of which included this contradiction for their "NearStore" disk array. Here is the excerpt:
Which is it, "online access" or "nearline storage"?
If a client asked why slower drives consume less energy or generate less heat, I could explain that, but if they ask why slower drives must have SATA connections, that is a different discussion. The speed of a drive and its connection technology are for the most part independent. A 10K RPM drive can be made with FC, SAS or SATA connection.
I am opposed to using "Nearlne" just to distinguish between four-digit speeds (such as 5400 or 7200 RPM) versus "online" for five-digit speeds (10,000 and 15,000 RPM). The difference in performance between 10K RPM and 7200 RPM spinning disks is miniscule compared to the differences between solid-state drives and any spinning disk, or the difference between spinning disk and tape.
I am also opposed to using the term "Nearline" for online storage systems just because they are targeted for the typical use cases like backup, archive or other reference information that were previously directed to nearline devices like automated tape libraries.
Can we all just agree to refer to drives as "fast" or "slow", or give them RPM rotational speed designations, rather than try to incorrectly imply that FC and SAS drives are always fast, and SATA drives are always slow? Certainly we don't need new terms like "NL-SAS" just to represent a slower SAS connected drive.
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Was SAN File System really five years ahead of its time?
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Fellow master inventor and blogger Barry Whyte (IBM) recounts the past 20 years of history in IT storage from his perspective in a series of blog posts. They are certainly worth a read:
In his last post in this series, he mentions that the amazingly successful IBM SAN Volume Controller was part of a set of projects:
"IBM was looking for "new horizon" projects to fund at the time, and three such projects were proposed and created the "Storage Software Group". Those three projects became know externally as TPC, (TotalStorage Productivity Center), SanFS (SAN File System - oh how this was just 5 years too early) and SVC (SAN Volume Controller). The fact that two out of the three of them still exist today is actually pretty good. All of these products came out of research, and its a sad state of affairs when research teams are measured against the percentage of the projects they work on, versus those that turn into revenue generating streams."
But this raises the question: Was SAN File System just five years too early?
IBM classifies products into three "horizons"; Horizon-1 for well-established mature products, Horizon-2 was for recently launched products, and Horizon-3 was for emerging business opportunities (EBO). Since I had some involvement with these other projects, I thought I would help fill out some of this history from my perspective.
Back in 2000, IBM executive [Linda Sanford] was in charge of IBM storage business and presented that IBM Research was working on the concept of "Storage Tank" which would hold Petabytes of data accessible to mainframes and distributed servers.
In 2001, I was the lead architect of DFSMS for the IBM z/OS operating system for mainframes, and was asked to be lead architect for the new "Horizon 3" project to be called IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC), which has since been renamed to IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center.
In 2002, I was asked to lead a team to port the "SANfs client" for SAN File System from Linux-x86 over to Linux on System z. How easy or difficult to port any code depends on how well it was written with the intent to be ported, and porting the "proof-of-concept" level code proved a bit too challenging for my team of relative new-hires. Once code written by research scientists is sufficiently complete to demonstrate proof of concept, it should be entirely discarded and written from scratch by professional software engineers that follow proper development and documentation procedures. We reminded management of this, and they decided not to make the necessary investment to add Linux on System z as a supported operating system for SAN file system.
In 2003, IBM launched Productivity Center, SAN File System and SAN Volume Controller. These would be lumped together with Horizon-1 product IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and the four products were promoted together as the inap
The SAN File System was the productized version of the "Storage Tank" research project. While the SAN Volume Controller used industry standard Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) to allow support of a variety of operating system clients, the SAN File System required an installed "client" that was only available initially on AIX and Linux-x86. In keeping with the "open" concept, an "open source reference client" was made available so that the folks at Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft could port this over to their respective HP-UX, Solaris and Windows operating systems. Not surprisingly, none were willing to voluntarily add yet another file system to their testing efforts.
Barry argues that SANfs was five years ahead of its time. SAN File System tried to bring policy-based management for information, which has been part of DFSMS for z/OS since the 1980s, over to distributed operating systems. The problem is that mainframe people who understand and appreciate the benefits of policy-based management already had it, and non-mainframe couldn't understand the benefits of something they have managed to survive without.
(Every time I see VMware presented as a new or clever idea, I have to remind people that this x86-based hypervisor basically implements the mainframe concept of server virtualization introduced by IBM in the 1970s. IBM is the leading reseller of VMware, and supports other server virtualization solutions including Linux KVM, Xen, Hyper-V and PowerVM.)
To address the various concerns about SAN File System, the proof-of-concept code from IBM Research was withdrawn from marketing, and new fresh code implementing these concepts were integrated into IBM's existing General Parallel File System (GPFS). This software would then be packaged with a server hardware cluster, exporting global file spaces with broad operating system reach. Initially offered as IBM Scale-out File Services (SoFS) service offering, this was later re-packaged as an appliance, the IBM Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) product, and as IBM Smart Business Storage Cloud (SBSC) cloud storage offering. These now offer clustered NAS storage using the industry standard NFS and CIFS clients that nearly all operating systems already have.
Today, these former Horizon-1 products are now Horizon-2 and Horizon-3. They have evolved. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, GPFS and SAN Volume Controller are all market leaders in their respective areas.
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IBM high-end disk outsold HDS and HP combined
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This week, Hitachi Ltd. announced their next generation disk storage virtualization array, the Virtual Storage Platform, following on the success of its USP V line. It didn't take long for fellow blogger Chuck Hollis (EMC) to comment on this in his blog post [Hitachi's New VSP: Separating The Wheat From The Chaff]. Here are some excerpts:
Chuck implies that neither Hewlett-Packard (HP) nor Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) as vendors provide any value-add from the box manufactured by Hitachi Ltd. so combines them into a single category. I suspect the HP and HDS folks might disagree with that opinion.
When I reminded Chuck that IBM was also a major player in the high-end disk space, his response included the following gem:
"Many of us in the storage industry believe that IBM currently does not field a competitive high-end storage platform. IDC market share numbers bear out this assertion, as you probably know."
While Chuck is certainly entitled to his own beliefs and opinions, believing the world is flat does not make it so. Certainly, I doubt IDC or any other market research firm has put out a survey asking "Do you think IBM offers a competitive high-end disk storage platform?" Of course, if Chuck is basing his opinion on anecdotal conversations with existing EMC customers, I can certainly see how he might have formed this misperception. However, IDC market share numbers don't support Chuck's assertion at all.
There is no industry-standard definition of what is a "high-end" or "enterprise-class" disk system. Some define high-end as having the option for mainframe attachment via ESCON and/or FICON protocol. Others might focus on features, functionality, scalability and high 99.999+ percent availability. Others insist high-end requires block-oriented protocols like FC and iSCSI, rather than file-based protocols like NAS and CIFS.
For the most demanding mission-critical mix of random and sequential workloads, IBM offers the [IBM System Storage DS8000 series] high-end disk system which connects to mainframes and distributed servers, via FCP and FICON attachment, and supports a variety of drive types and RAID levels. The features that HP and HDS are touting today for the VSP are already available on the IBM DS8000, including sub-LUN automatic tiering between Solid-State drives and spinning disk, called [Easy Tier], thin provisioning, wide striping, point-in-time copies, and long distance synchronous and asynchronous replication.
There are lots of analysts that track market share for the IT storage industry, but since Chuck mentions [IDC] specifically, I reviewed the most recent IDC data, published a few weeks ago in their "IDC Worldwide Quarter Disk Storage Tracker" for 2Q 2010, representing April 1 to June 30, 2010 sales. Just in case any of the rankings have changed over time, I also looked at the previous four quarters: 2Q 2009, 3Q 2009, 4Q 2009 and 1Q 2010.
(Note: IDC considers its analysis proprietary, out of respect for their business model I will not publish any of the actual facts and figures they have collected. If you would like to get any of the IDC data to form your own opinion, contact them directly.)
In the case of IDC, they divide the disk systems into three storage classes: entry-level, midrange and high-end. Their definition of "high-end" is external RAID-protected disk storage that sells for $250,000 USD or more, representing roughly 25 to 30 percent of the external disk storage market overall. Here are IDC's rankings of the four major players for high-end disk systems:
By either measure of market share, units (disk systems) or revenue (US dollars), IDC reports that IBM high-end disk outsold both HDS and HP combined. This has been true for the past five quarters. If a smaller start-up vendor has single digit percent market share, I could accept it being counted as part of Chuck's "occasional sideshow from other vendors trying to claim relevance", but IBM high-end disk has consistently had 20 to 30 percent market share over the past five quarters!
Not all of these high-end disk systems are connected to mainframes. According to IDC data, only about 15 to 25 percent of these boxes are counted under their "Mainframe" topology.
Chuck further writes:
"It's reasonable to expect IBM to sell a respectable amount of storage with their mainframes using a protocol of their own design -- although IBM's two competitors in this rather proprietary space (notably EMC and Hitachi) sell more together than does IBM."
The IDC data doesn't support that claim either, Chuck. By either measure of market share, units (disk systems) or revenue (US dollars), IDC reports that IBM disk for mainframes outsold all other vendors (including EMC, HDS, and HP) combined. And again, this has been true for the past five quarters. Here is the IDC ranking for mainframe disk storage:
IBM has over 50 percent market share in this case, primarily because IBM System Storage DS8000 is the industry leader in mainframe-related features and functions, and offers synergy with the rest of the z/Architecture stack.
So Chuck, I am not picking a fight with you or asking you to retract or correct your blog post. Your main theme, that the new VSP presents serious competition to EMC's VMAX high-end disk arrays, is certainly something I can agree with. Congratulations to HDS and HP for putting forth what looks like a viable alternative to EMC's VMAX.
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Last week, in Computer Technology Review's article [Tiering: Scale Up? Scale Out? Do Both], Mark Ferelli interviews fellow blogger Hu Yoshida, CTO of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS). Here's an excerpt:
This is not the first time I have had to correct Hu and others of misperceptions of IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC). This month marks my four year "blogoversary", and I seem to spend a large portion of my blogging time setting the record straight. Here are just a few of my favorite posts setting the record straight on SVC back in 2007:
Since day 1, SAN Volume Controllers has focused primarily on external storage. Initially, the early models had just battery-protected DRAM cache memory, but the most recent model of the SVC, the 2145-CF8, adds support for internal SLC NAND flash solid state drives. To fully appreciate how SVC can help improve the performance of the disks that are managed, I need to use some visual aids.
In this example, the SVC reduced the burden of the managed disk from 100,000 IOPS down to 55,000, which is 35,000 reads and 20,000 writes. Some have argued against putting one level of cache (SVC) in front of another level of cache (managed disk arrays). However, CPU processor designers have long recognized the value of hierarchical cache with L1, L2, L3 and sometimes even L4 caches. The cache-hits on SVC are faster than most disk system's cache-hits.
Of course, not all workloads are 70/30/50, and not every disk array is driven to its maximum capability, so your mileage may vary. As we slide down the left of the curve where things are flatter, the improvement in performance lowers.
Hitachi's offerings, including the HDS USP-V, USP-VM and their recently announced Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) sold also by HP under the name P9500, have similar architecture to the SVC and can offer similar benefits, but oddly the Hitachi engineers have decided to treat externally attached storage as second-class citizens instead. Hu mentions data that "ages out or becomes less active we can move it to the external storage." IBM has chosen not to impose this "caste" system onto its design of the SAN Volume Controller.
The SVC has been around since 2003, before the USP-V came to market, and has sold over 20,000 SVC nodes over the past seven years. The SVC can indeed improve performance of managed disk systems, in some cases by a substantial amount. The 0.06 msec latency on read-miss requests represents less than 1 percent of total performance in production workloads. SVC nearly always improves performance, and in the worst case, provides same performance but with added functionality and flexibility. For the most part, the performance boost comes as a delightful surprise to most people who start using the SVC.
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The Queen has led Britain in honouring the fallen, as the country fell silent to remember its war dead.
In scenes replicated at memorials across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations, the monarch laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph to commemorate members of the armed forces who died fighting in all conflicts since the First World War.
Other senior royals, including Second World War veteran the Duke of Edinburgh and current RAF pilot the Duke of Cambridge - with wife Kate watching from a balcony - joined the monarch and politicians, military leaders, veterans and serving personnel.
Big Ben struck to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and Whitehall observed a two-minute silence only punctuated by the hum of distant London traffic and birds.
In brilliant autumn sunshine, dignitaries laid wreaths at the Cenotaph before 10,000 veterans marched past to pay their respects to their departed comrades.
The crowds watching the service in central London could be the largest yet, the Royal British Legion said.
The charity's head of remembrance, Helen Hill, said numbers were swollen as recent conflicts brought the realities of war home to a new generation and created "people who are aged 18-and-a-half who are veterans of recent conflicts".
"Once again the British public has shown its support," she said, adding that the number of veterans marching had increased by 3000 in the past five years.
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The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland laid a wreath at a remembrance service in Northern Ireland in a historic first.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny attended commemorations in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, as the town marked 25 years since the IRA Poppy Day bomb - an attack that claimed 12 lives.
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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall had earlier attended a ceremony in Auckland as part of their Jubilee tour of New Zealand.
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Computer Games Reverse Mental Decline
A new study reveals that adults who played a video game helped their mental agility more than adults who did crossword puzzles. Your Health columnist Sumathi Reddy and University of Iowa public health professor Fred Wolinsky join Lunch Break with details. Photo: Double Decision.
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On Thursday 7 July ROH Education were delighted to welcome 70 year 8-10 secondary school students back to the Royal Opera House as part of their involvement in the BP Summer Big Screen Education Project. The students are from four secondary schools: Fullbrook School, The Heathlands School, Streatham and Clapham High School for Girls and The Grays School Media Arts College.
All of the students attended an introduction day at the Royal Opera House in April and were set three specific tasks relating to administrative management around the production of the BP Summer Big Screen (Cendrillon). As part of this Work Related Learning project the students were asked to write a press release, design a poster and come up with a fundraising proposal to support the BP Summer Big Screen.
Tasks were judged by a panel of ROH staff and the winners were announced on Thursday by BP representatives Samantha Bulkeley and Shannon Leano.
Press task
Devise a press release for the BP Summer Big Screen
- Winner: The Grays School Media Arts College
- Runner up: The Heathlands School (Group III)
Marketing task
Produce a poster for the BP Summer Big Screen
- Winner: The Grays School Media Arts College
- Runner up: Fullbrook School (Group I)
Fundraising task
Compile a fundraising proposal seeking in-kind support for a brand/product to be given out alongside the BP Summer Big Screen
- Winner: Streatham & Clapham High School for Girls
- Runner up: Heathlands School (Group III)
Award for Innovation
- Joint winner: Heathlands School (Group III), Streatham & Clapham High School for Girls
What the teachers said:
The students gained an insight into the business structure that supports the Royal Opera House. It provided students with a real project with good links to business, media, English and graphics. It broke down some of the barriers to 'opera'
(Teacher: Phil Jones, Fullbrook School)
I feel that our students learnt a lot about all aspects of marketing a production; I think it made them really appreciate just what is involved when it comes to staging a show. It certainly gave them an insight into the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.
(Teacher: Cath Garner, Streatham & Clapham High School)
More on the project:
The BP Summer Big Screen Education project aim to provide a practical and real life industry learning experience for young people in the skills required for administrative management in the arts.
All students involved attended the live screening of the opera Cendrillon on Wednesday 13 July.