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On October 30, 2000, the President signed into law an amendment to the Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty/Active Reserve education program that permits VA to pay a Tuition Assistance Top-up benefit. The amount of the benefit can be equal to the difference between the total cost of a college course and the amount of Tuition Assistance that is paid by the military for the course.
To be eligible for the Top-up benefit, the person must be approved for federal Tuition Assistance by a military department and be eligible for MGIB-Active Duty/Active Reserve benefits. To be eligible for MGIB benefits, the person must be an MGIB - Active Duty participant and must have served at least 2 full years on Active Duty (this includes Active Reserve personnel.
The amount of monthly benefits is limited to the amount that the person would receive for the same course if regular MGIB benefits were being paid. In no case can the amount paid by the military combined with the amount paid by VA be more than the total cost of the course. If a person receives the Top-up benefit, his or her regular MGIB benefits will be reduced.
The benefit is available for all courses that began on or after October 30, 2000. A copy of the Tuition Assistance Authorization form for the course that has been signed by an authorized military official will be required. People who have not requested MGIB benefits before should submit a VA Form 22-1990 to establish eligibility.
The application and other evidence should be sent to one of VA's four education-processing offices in Atlanta , Buffalo , Muskogee (OK), or St. Louis . The application form and the addresses of the offices are available at
Claims should specify that Tuition Assistance Top-up is being claimed.
The Top-up program is not available at this time to persons who are eligible for the MGIB Selected Reserve program.
Tuition Assistance "Top-Up" ~ MGIB -
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From the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001(Public Law 106-398)
Q : What does this provision change?
A: Before this law, the military services, through their Tuition Assistance program, generally could pay up to 75% of the tuition or expenses charged by the school. Eligible service members had to find additional financing, or pay the remaining expenses from their own pockets. A service member eligible for the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB), a VA education benefit, wasn't allowed to receive both Tuition Assistance and the MGIB for the same course. Because of the new law, the military services can now pay up to 100% of the tuition and expenses charged by the school up to limits established by DOD. If the tuition and expenses are more than the amount a service department will pay, a service member eligible for MGIB can elect to receive MGIB benefits for all or a part of the remaining expenses. We're calling this add-on payment "Top-up."
Q: What does this provision mean to me?
A: If you're eligible for MGIB, and plan to use Tuition Assistance (TA), and your service will not pay 100% of tuition, you can use MGIB Top-up to pay the balance as long as it doesn't exceed the MGIB benefit amount.
Q: Can VEAP converters and service members eligible for MGIB based on Vietnam Era service receive the Top-up?
A: Yes, anyone who is eligible for MGIB - Active Duty (not MGIB - Selected Reserves) can receive the Top-up benefits.
Q: Is this a good deal for me?
A: Using Top-up is a good deal if you plan to use TA to complete a degree program while on active duty, and don't plan to continue your education after service. Top-up can also be helpful for just taking a few courses with TA while on active duty. Then you can save most of your MGIB to use after service to complete your education program.
You need to consider carefully your own situations, and check with your education officer or counselor, before applying for Top-up. For example, if you plan to take expensive courses using Top-up, you need to consider whether you'll take additional training after you're discharged from active duty. If so, you need to understand the effect of using the Top-up. You can then calculate whether your remaining benefits will cover the additional training you might need.
Q: Is there a limit to the amount of Top-up I can use?
A: Yes, Top-up is limited to 36 months of payments. For example, if you are paid Top-up for a 3-month course, you use 3 of the 36 months.
Q: Does this mean if I use 36 months of Top-up, I've used up all my MGIB benefits?
A: Probably not. The 36-month limit for Top-up is based on 1 month used for each month of Top-up paid no matter how much is paid. Your regular MGIB entitlement is based on your full-time monthly rate. For example, if your full-time rate is $600 and you are paid $300 Top-up, you only use 1/2 month of your MGIB ($300 is 1/2 of $600).
Q: Can the Top-up apply retroactively, to training already received?
A: Yes, the Top-up can apply retroactively, but you must be eligible for the Montgomery GI Bill, and we can only go back one year from the date your claim was/is received in VA and only for training in terms that began on or after October 30, 2000, which is the effective date of the law.
Q: Will DoD pay 100% tuition assistance?
A: DoD will encourage services to pay 100% TA if their budgets permit, but this could vary from service to service. Of course, if DoD does pay 100%, you won't need to use MGIB Top-up.
Q: What should I do to apply for Top-up?
A. If you haven't previously filed a claim for MGIB, you should do the following:
• Request TA from your branch of service. Contact your Fore Education Specialist. Then complete an application for VA education benefits, VA Form 22-1990. You can get the form at our Internet site at
Indicate "Top-up" on the VA application in item 1A under the MGIB-Active Duty block.
• Send your TA approval form, along with the application for VA education benefits, to the VA Regional Processing Office that handles your claim. The address is on the form.
If you've previously filed a claim for MGIB and weren't denied benefits, simply submit your signed TA approval form to the VA Regional Processing Office that handles your claim.
Important: These claims are handled differently from claims for MGIB without TA. For Top-up claims, you won't need to check in with the school official who certifies VA benefits. You won't need to check for approval of the program for VA benefits; approval isn't an issue. That's because Top-up is payable for any course for which TA is payable under DOD criteria. VA determines your eligibility for MGIB. If you're eligible for MGIB, the TA approval form establishes your eligibility for Top-up. No certifications from the school are needed.
What about the signatures on the TA approval form? The approving DoD officials must sign the TA approval form.
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What are your thoughts? Should the term be used only to mean "by the letter"? Should writers avoid the word entirely as overused and cliche? Is this just another example of fluidity of language--and "literally" should now be seen as an intensifier that functions like "really"?
Saturday, June 12
What are your thoughts? Should the term be used only to mean "by the letter"? Should writers avoid the word entirely as overused and cliche? Is this just another example of fluidity of language--and "literally" should now be seen as an intensifier that functions like "really"?
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Oh, Laurel, it is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine when people misuse 'literally'. *cringe* It brings about violent tendencies in me. I've done rant posts on this word.ReplyDelete
I find it supremely annoying when people [over]use it, often incorrectly. Recently (spring) there was a national TV commercial airing for Dodge Caravan which said, and I quote: "literally giving birth to all other mini-vans"...dude. I'd literally like to see that non-mammal Caravan squeeze a Ford Aerostar out its vaj. Would it be covered in motor oil and other fluids?
The word should be used ONLY to mean "by the letter", because that IS WHAT IT MEANS. And even then, it should be used sparingly, when no other word would do.
I'm feel you, sister. Amen.
I rarely use the word in everyday conversation or in my writing, so I rarely notice it or think about it. Word choice is important to me, though, so seeing any word misused tends to catch my attention. That said, English is a fluid, fast-moving language, so change is a fact.ReplyDelete
I use it as a joke with my teenager. I'll say (all flippant)"Like,literally, you know!?!" and we both crack up. I think I got if from SNL, but maybe from somewhere else. It cracks me up.ReplyDelete
Dude, I'm definitely in the "by the letter" camp :DReplyDelete
"Literally" is in the same category as air quotes; I never use them. Too cliche, too dated!ReplyDelete
Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
- AnonymousJune 12, 2010 at 9:58 PM
*raises hand guiltily* I have definitely misused this word before, though not often. But I do agree that it should only be used to mean "by the letter."ReplyDelete
I think overused myself, but if thrown in at the right place I might forgive. ;) I try to avoid things like that however on occasion my characters genuinely like cliches.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 13, 2010 at 3:54 AM
I read a fantasy novel some years back (a bestselling one, in fact), in which the author used "verily" when he should have used "literally."ReplyDelete
Verily? Really? Did you really just bring my reading to a screeching halt so that I could marvel over your epic misuse of that word? I literally cringed when I read that. *cough*
But he shouldn't have bothered using it at all, because it's not a very good word to use in fiction, unless it's in someone's dialogue. IMHO, anyway.
Lola: your van advertising example is hilarious! Glad to know I'm not alone in despising the word.:-)ReplyDelete
Sarahjayne: what caught me short in the Slate article was the fact that "really" once meant something close to literally. Fluidity is what has made English such a powerful language; sadly this means the disturbing contranym may be around for good. Ugh.
Tess: mocking it is fair game. Amen!ReplyDelete
Zoe: me, too.
Nicole: I can't tell you how many times I've read someone saying "quote, unquote" in YA, mostly books published around 1999-2003. A dying trend, I hope.
Sandy: It's misused pervasively in TV, ads, films, books. The Slate article hints that this word's meaning may have to include the contranym sometime soon, little as I may like it. It's just how our language functions.ReplyDelete
T.Anne: Great point. In dialogue, it can be just the thing to communicate a person's proneness to stupid exaggerations. Same as using cliches shows a character doesn't have original ideas.
Simon: the trick with fantasy is that it tries to sound historical and in barely-literate cultures, "literally" is a meaningless word. Know what I'm saying? I imagine the author thought verily (truly, perhaps meant as "a true allegory" or a "true comparison") sounded more historically accurate, even if it wasn't quite right.ReplyDelete
That article was so interesting. I love that writers have been playing with the word for so long. This might not be a popular thing to say, but maybe we shouldn't worry about it. Words are just words. Their meanings are going to evolve as years pass. I think that's okay.ReplyDelete
If a language stops changing, it starts dying. That said, this one makes me cringe, too. That and using unconsciously instead of subconsciously. Oh, and there are the pernicious ly words! LOLReplyDelete
Just last night I was watching a movie where one of the characters kept saying literally at all the wrong times. Other characters kept suggesting to him that he need to look up the meaning of the word. I wish I could remember what movie is was.ReplyDelete
I use literally in every day conversation, but not really in writing. Ironically.ReplyDelete
Also: I've now grown afraid of using the term irony because I'm never really sure I'm using it correctly. Sigh.
Natalie: I thought so, too. I asked my lexicographer (dictionary definer) friend about this and she said, yes, the dictionary does not prescribe but describe how words are used. The contranym usage is so pervasive we should expect to see it in dictionaries.ReplyDelete
Victoria: I think we have Jung to blame for that misuse. His concept of "the collective unconscious"--feelings shared by all peoples--are drives Freud would call the subconscious. Scholarly jargon almost always filters into popular use in a very mixed-up way.
Southpaw: funny! If you remember what it is, I'd love to know.
JEM: I found this helpful distiction between irony and sarcasm:
irony is where "the literal meaning is opposite to the intended"; and sarcasm is "aggressive humor that pokes fun ...".
I think I've been misusing the term "sarcasm." My MCs sense of humor and voice is often ironic--when someone's mean, she's likely to say or think "Nice".

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This past Tuesday was our second birthday- woo-hoo!!!
And as with most mid-week birthdays, it was a low key affair. An excuse, though, to look back a little bit, to reflect on the past year of posts, and to make some plans for the future.
During this past year we started our "friday frequencies" feature. While it was by no means an original idea- in fact many of you regularly post music clips yourselves- it is mostly drawn from our own collection which probably makes it a bit unique. We hope you're enjoying our eclectic selections!
We were also pleased to come across a couple of articles leading up to birthday #2 dealing with topics we'd already covered.
Toronto Standard featured a piece last month by none other than John Szabo entitled "Bring Your Own Wine Glasses? How the Glass Can Alter Your Enjoyment of Wine". The concept of the glass influencing one's perception of the wine is a dear one to our hearts after having conducted a simplistic test ourselves using new Riedel glasses. We reported on that experience in our post "Cheap Trick: Add $5 to the value of your pizza wine". Are we going to bring our glasses to dinner with us like Madonna did? No. But here at home, we'll always try to choose the right shape for the right wine.
We were also really pleased to read in blogTO in January of the amazing shop Tosho Knife Arts. We've yet to visit this Mirvish Village newcomer, but it is a "must see" for us after having had a fantastic experience with one of the shop's owners, Ivan Fonseca.
photos courtesy blogTOIvan sharpened our knives for us, which we reported on in "The Knife: FYI Part 2" and it was a fantastic experience. In fact we're well overdue to take them in again, and at $5 for a hand sharpening, we really shouldn't be strangers to this place. The only problem might be resisting the urge to pick up another new blade every time we visit!
You may have noticed that Google launched its Google+ service last year, and although it is by no means yet an active part of our social networking lives, we felt the need to be present. We sense that over time more and more of us will migrate there, especially those who feel that their personal privacy is compromised on Facebook (although Google's recently announced privacy policy effective this coming March may give some pause). So if any of you have signed up for Google+, we hope you'll add our page to your circles. You can find us here.
Lastly, it wouldn't be a Bobo Feed Public Service Announcement without our requisite call for new followers, would it?! If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to like our page on Facebook- just go to the "Find us on Facebook" box to the right, click on "bobofeed", then like us at the top of the landing page. One bonus of Facebook liking is that we often share links there that don't make it onto the main blog, like this recent one.
OR, if you have a Google account (gmail, etc) you can have Bobo Feed come straight to your inbox by clicking the "Join This Site" button to the right.
As always, we'd like to end by thanking each and every one of you who take the time to read our posts for your loyalty. It's hard to explain the need we feel to share the things we do, but it's really rewarding to know that we find an audience. We would love to hear from you if you have any ideas for subject matter that you think we should cover, and PLEASE comment on the posts- it really makes our day!
Enough about us!! There's a design show to be covered....stay tuned!!


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43Folders.com is Merlin Mann's website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.
2 fun sites for home and productivity pr0n
Merlin Mann | Aug 21 2006
Two sites of potential interest to fellow lovers of home and productivity pr0n (both via Mrs. Mann and her humiliatingly addictive Domino Magazine).
The Museum of Useful Things is a Cambridge MA-based store and site with sexy, IKEA-esque tools for an organized and interesting home life. I mean who couldn't use a diner-style napkin dispenser, new wave potato masher, or kitchen timer on a lanyard? Prices generally look pretty reasonable, too, making this a good place to hunt for gifts for a housewarming or for students heading off to college.
If MUT is similar to IKEA, then russell+hazel is a little more Design Within Reach-y (in terms of dollars). But they carry a ton of nifty, good-looking products for a design lover's home and office. I like the looks of the Three Subject Notebook, the Notebook Jacket, and this foxy Leather Stash Sack. Plus they let you shop by color, which you gotta love.
Got a favorite source of home and office pr0n you've been ogling lately?
I like seejanework.com and yourmo.com....
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Farm to Chef Market Day creates the traditional outdoor shopping experience with a twist! It revives the traditional, vibrant, marketplace culture where conscious consumers meet with rural farmers and artisans to celebrate bountiful and wholesome produce.
Launched in 2014 at the idyllic Holder's Plantation, the market offers an array of Snail of Approval merchants who are carefully picked for their exceptional quality. Their offerings range from organic produce to fish, baked goods, fresh, seasonal juices and locally produced cheeses. They are personally involved with their products, which gives shoppers an opportunity to connect on so many levels, instead of just plucking a package from a bin.
Our Farm to Chef Cook-Off featured a culinary battle between some of the island's young and upcoming talents, who created innovative combinations and exciting dishes using the Farm-to-Table philosophy of sourcing ingredients that are local, and seasonally available. Onstage under the trees, they transformed bountiful and wholesome produce into culinary masterpieces right before your eyes. Connecting locals and visitors alike directly with farmers and chefs, these all-day events hope to foster a sense of community amongst growers, creators, consumers and appreciators of the culinary arts. The sidelines are lively too, with taste education, seedlings for sale, plentiful food and more.
– Meet the hands that feed you!


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What else is there to say?
We say goodbye
What else is there to say?
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She was a blessing...as are you.ReplyDelete
all my love,
*Please forgive me for not knowing exactly what is good to say. My heart aches for you and you are in my thoughts often...ReplyDelete
Dearest Debi,
I love the idea that the raccoon is her spirit guide after reading what you wrote about her ways. She must be one very special lady! You are blessed to know her, and her you. You seem to have complemented each other with great style. I know God will comfort you and keep you in his hands. You are the apple of His eye and you are on His mind always.
You'll see her again.
Debi, I'm very new to the blog world, but have already chosen my favorite blogs ... and yours is one of them. The words you wrote about your friend across the street have struck a deep chord for me. I lost my beloved grandma on Friday Feb 13. The photo you posted could've been my grandma from the back. My heart is broken. I hope the birds sung her to sleep where she was... at my Aunt's home. Now I fly from California to Ohio to lay her to rest next to my grandpa. A last visit to "the home place." I'm looking for a rainbow at the end of the clouds. I know its there... just can't see it yet.ReplyDelete
Debi, There are no words that really comfort, I know. At least, no words of mine. I am wishing that I could hug you till you let go. Listen to your stories till you fell silent. Pass you the Kleenex and cry with you till your tears dry. Those things do help. Wishing I could do those things for you. Instead, I offer you my thoughts, my prayers, my love.ReplyDelete
Now I understand. Blessings to you.ReplyDelete
Oh, you must have been very close. She seemed to be a remarkable woman indeed. I'm so sorry for your loss. Maybe plant a small garden in her memory? I work through my grief that way.ReplyDelete
My heart hurts for you. I can only hope that when my day comes, my life was so well lived.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry for your loss!ReplyDelete
I'm sorry for your loss~ PattiReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM
In the shadow of today,ReplyDelete
only steps away.
I'm so sorry Debi.ReplyDelete
May you find comfort in the memories you hold so dearly of her.
Sending you love
I'm so sorry hon....She was such a fascinating woman. Celebrate her life now, especially now with spring coming early, delight in what she can show you from there...You are in my thoughts and prayers, love you dearly!ReplyDelete
oh (((Debi))), may you find comfort.ReplyDelete
Michelle - She was. Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
Valaine - I was indeed blessed to know Mary. Thank you for your thoughts: words are unnecessary - there are none invented that make this easier. But we are fine, we go on. Mary would have it no other way.
Vicki - I have emailed you. My heart goes with you. Take care.
Relyn - Thoughts, prayers & love cannot be beat. I feel them all & thnak you much.
Margo - Thank you. I had to laugh at running into you in Frankston. A quick trip, I thought, 25 minutes there, buy that thing for Michael & out - I will see no one I know, it will matter not that I look so terrible. And yet I walk in the door & there is the cashier reading Somerset Life & there you are. It made me smile on the way home.
Branda - She was quite remarkable. A true treasure. A memorial will be held for her later; she donated her body to science, so we have a few days to gather ourselves & plan. A garden is a great idea - she was very much a gardener herself & told me that to be a gardener was to be open to surprises & failures. It was to be an optimist. Thank you.
Melissa - Oh me too! What a wonderful life I would have led if I reach the end as Mary did. Many thanks!
Mary - Thank you. Your thoughts are much appreciated.
Patti - And thank you. It means a lot.
jfrancis - Thank you also. A poem for this day,
Jaime - There is much comfort in my memories. She was a true friend. Thank you so much.
Christy - I am so glad she was able to see another blooming of the camellias & tulip trees; she loved them so much. I meant to email you, but it was a long day & I fell asleep on the couch. Thank you so much.
Eilandkind - It is right around the corner.
To everyone - thank you. JY called yesterday to remind me of a poem by Emily Dickinson:
There's been a death in the opposite house
As lately as to-day.
I know it by the numb look
Such houses have alway.
I sit here & look at Mary's house across the street, now empty, now numb. Charlie the cat is still there, but we must find a way to entice him across the street, to incorporate him into our lives. It will be hard; Maggie & he fight, and he will continue to return to Mary's house, to his home. This is the direction my prayers now take - an easy move for Charlie & an acceptance by Maggie.
Again, thank you all. Happier posts will be coming soon.
:) Debi
i want to say i am so sorry for your loss. she must have been an extraordinary woman and friend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Through your words, Deb, we know Mary was loved. Ahhh, a good life!ReplyDelete
When We're Gone Long Gone
written by
Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane
Trouble we have known trouble
In our struggle just to get by
Many times the burden'd been heavy
Still we carried on side by side
And when we're gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared and the way that we cared
When we're gone long gone
And when we're walking together in glory
Hand in hand through eternity
It's the love that will be remembered
Not wealth not poverty
And when we're gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared and the way that we cared
When we're gone long gone
And when we're gone long gone
The only thing that will have mattered
Is the love that we shared and the way that we cared
When we're gone long gone
Peace, Love and Sympathy,
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem...ReplyDelete
"Keep it precious" ~ melissa etheridge~ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 8:52 AM
ohhhh. she is going to be missed. i see she wore red toenails well into her 90s :) you've described her well over the months i have read your blog.ReplyDelete
i love you sweetly.
Oh, Debi. I'm so sorry for your loss. You made Mary a lovely, real friend to many. Sending you love and hugs. I am sure you were as much of a gift to her as she was to you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM
debi, be well and know that you were as special to mary as she is to you.ReplyDelete
oh my friend today it is me who don't know what to say.ReplyDelete
i think every single soul who leaves us leaves an intensely personal emptiness behind. we know that this is the way of life yet the missing of the joy of knowing life in that exact form will never fade.
i send much love*
words elude me at times like this...ReplyDelete
love and peace o everyone
Dear debi,ReplyDelete
from your posts I can tell that Mary was vibrant and full of life right to the end. I am sure she will be missed. How wonderful that she had friends like you to comfort her as she let go and how fitting that the raccoon trickster should lead her on her way. I hope that Charlie will find his way to your welcoming home.
- AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 7:07 AM
What a beautiful image. It makes me sad and happy at the same time. Even though I can't see her face, her beauty shines bright in the photo.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 7:11 AM
I'm sure you brought lots of joy to her life! So sweet.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 12:15 PM
I expect Mary would be delighted to know you shared her with 'the Sisters" :) it is nice that even more people will have a way to remember her even if never meeting her. Being forgotten after leaving this world is a fear that we all live with. you did good :)ReplyDelete


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Feb 2018
Episode 711 - The True Patriots
February 1, 2018
We're joined today by the great Rick Younger (@RickYounger). We start this episode discussing some of the possible motives of Trump's evangelical supporters. Then, we check out a couple listener emails. After that, we give some analysis on the recent video of a comedian being attacked on stage. Next, we discuss a lawsuit alleging racism on the part of Questlove, and a white actress who thinks she'd be better off if she was black. And we close out with a quick clip of Sean Hannity looking like an idiot.


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It's literally just dawned on me that I've made a lot of promises on this blog that I haven't managed to uphold.
Like posting the QOTD type posts I talked about, and then my newsletter frequency…
I did say that I will use more of my own work on here, however, and I have kept to that. In fact, the photo above belongs to me. But, I think, from here on out, I promise not to make any more promises regarding this blog.
"It is better to promise nothing than to promise something and not be able to do it." – Ecclesiastes 5:5


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Robert Menendez on Crime
Democratic Jr Senator; previously Representative (NJ-13)
Proponents recommend voting YES because:
This amendment reinstates the COPS Program. I remind everyone, when the COPS Program was functioning, violent crime in America reduced 8.5% a year for 7 years in a row. Throughout the 1990s, we funded the COPS Program at roughly $1.2 billion, and it drove down crime. Now crime is rising again. The COPS Program in the crime bill worked, and the Government Accounting Office found a statistical link between the COPS grants and a reduction in crime. The Brookings Institution reported the COPS Program is one of the most cost-effective programs we have ever had in this country. Local officials urgently need this support.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
The COPS Program has some history. It was started by President Clinton. He asked for 100,000 police officers. He said that when we got to 100,000, the program would stop. We got to 110,000 police officers and the program continues on and on and on.
This program should have ended 5 years ago or 6 years ago, but it continues. It is similar to so many Federal programs that get constituencies that go on well past what their original purpose was. It may be well intentioned, but we cannot afford it and we shouldn't continue it. It was never thought it would be continued this long.
CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) is a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are
Title: To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.
Summary: Provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any violent crime that is motivated by prejudice based on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or is a violation of hate crime laws.
COPS Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT or COPS program). Revises grant purposes to provide for:
Congressional Summary:
Proponents' Argument in Favor:Rep. SENSENBRENNER. This bill does not create a new Federal crime. Nothing that is presently not criminal now would be made criminal as a result of enactment. What enactment of H.R. 1152 will do is provide for enhanced criminal penalties for certain specifically designated hate crimes. As used in the bill, the term hate crime is defined as a Federal crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of the person. Hate crimes are more serious offenses and often result in a greater level of injury to the victim and to society.
Ratings by the National Association of Police Organizations indicate support or opposition to issues of importance to police and crime. The organization's self-description: "The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) is a coalition of police units and associations from across the United States. NAPO was organized for the purpose of advancing the interests of America's law enforcement officers through legislative advocacy, political action, and education.
"Increasingly, the rights and interests of law enforcement officers have been the subject of legislative, executive, and judicial action in the nation's capital. NAPO works to influence the course of national affairs where law enforcement interests are concerned. The following list includes examples of NAPO's accomplishments:
VoteMatch scoring for the NAPO ratings is as follows:
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Alex, Bert, and Carl are each a knight, knave or a liar. Three people asked them what their types were.
The first person got the following responses:
Alex:Carl is a liar.
Bert:Alex is a knight.
Carl:Bert is a knave.
The second person got the following responses but forgot who made which ones:
Exactly one of us is a knight.
Exactly one of us is a knave.
Exactly one of us is a liar.
(Alex, Bert, and Carl each made one of the statements.)
The third person got the following responses:
Alex:Bert is a knave.
Bert:Carl is a liar.
Carl:Alex is a knight.
What types are Alex, Bert, and Carl?


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There are 2 shops proposing this game for download at an average price of $ 4.99.
No classic box available at the moment.
Word Rescue 1 is included in this package:
Platformer puzzler with edutainment elements
Word Rescue 1 puts you in a colorful, set of levels which look as if drawn by hand. It is definitely not the best looking platformer, even in the childlike area of graphic styles, but it sure works. You are tasked with finding the right tile that corresponds to the word you uncover in the level. This is what the edutainment portion consists of, in asking of you to read a word, and then find out the object the word represents. Of course, to add variety to the experience you also will encounter enemies which must be navigated around or overcome by other means, and then return to an umbrella which will take you to the next level. Later on, the puzzles will pick up in difficulty but not by much so that if you are playing with a kindergarten child, he will not feel overwhelmed. It is thus simple to see that this is not your platformer for people looking for platforming challenges, but rather just a wrapper for a simple, word to object link kind puzzler, so it is best played with small children, to aid them in learning the alphabet and to learn to recognize objects and words.


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Presented by: Sean Goodman
Sat 25th Jan 2020
Price: £10.00 - £13.00
Running time: 2 hours including interval
Ages: 8+
Be prepared to have your mind truly blown. An evening that you will never forget. Magic performed live - no camera tricks, no stooges just mind-melting magic of the highest order from Magic Circle Magician, Sean Goodman.
Sean is based locally in Ormesby St. Margaret and has been a professional magician for over 20 years. He is also creator of effects which have been sold worldwide into the magical fraternity (including to Dynamo), and regularly lectures to Magic Clubs across the UK and Ireland. Indeed in November 2016, Sean lectured at the famous Magic Circle in London, teaching Magic to world famous magicians! Sean regularly performs at weddings, corporate event and private engagements and was awarded Wedding Entertainer of the Year for 2016 for the East of England.
OMG is a fully interactive and engaging show, suitable for all ages. An evening full of mental manipulation, psychic suggestion and mind-reading, interlaced with superb close up magic - guaranteed to leave you in open-mouthed disbelief.
OMG is the name of the show for a reason...
- Adult: £13
- Child: £10
- Concession: £10
Dates & Times:
You can book offline by calling the box office on 01603 629 921 or emailing email@example.com


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Florida Police 'Detain' Cat After Being Mistaken For Burglar
A cat burglar was on the loose in Naples, Florida and it turns out it was an actual cat.
Police in Collier County responded to a 911 call alleging there was "suspicious incident" after a homeowner believed a burglary was in progress.
The caller claimed to hear knocking at their door followed by some meowing. They initially believed the cat noise was an attempt by the burglars to get them to unlock the door. The purr-fect crime!
When deputies arrived on the scene they found the assailant was actually a four-legged kitty, according to the NY Post.
"Upon arrival it was discovered that a small feline was the culprit behind the disturbing sounds that prompted the call," the Collier County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. "The 'cat burglar' was quickly detained and turned over to Collier County Domestic Animal Services for safekeeping and 'fur-ther' questioning."
After a deeper investigation, it was discovered that the cat in question was micro-chipped and goes by the name Bones.
Prior to being set free, Bones was photographed in the back of a patrol car with his paws and face poking through the bars in the backseat window. Put that in the "Cats" trailer!
While it's unclear who Bones owner was, it's safe to say it wasn't a "crazy cat lady."
A recent UCLA research study found that owning multiple cats does not make a person sad, mad or anxious.
"We found no evidence to support the 'cat lady' stereotype: cat-owners did not differ from others on self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety or their experiences in close relationships," the study said.
"Our findings, therefore, do not fit with the notion of cat-owners as more depressed, anxious or alone."


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According to Rock Health's new end-of-the-year funding report, total digital health funding was down to $4.2 billion, an 8 percent drop from 2015's total of $4.6 billion. But even though less money was infused into the industry, 8 percent more companies received funding: 296 versus 273 last year, a record number of companies funded.
Interestingly, nearly 20 percent of the funding was wrapped up in the six largest deals: a $220 million round for Human Longevity, $175 and $165 million rounds for Flatiron Health and Jawbone respectively, and large rounds for Healthline, Health Catalyst, and Accolade. The large round for Human Longevity went a long way toward catpulting genetics to the top of Rock Health's list of best-funded categories in digital health.
"Genomics and Sequencing" was the most funded category at $410 million in funding, followed by "Analytics and Big Data" and "Wearables and Sensing" -- at $312 million, about half of which was the large Jawbone investment. Telemedicine, digital health devices, and population health rounded out the top six.
As well as boasting a high number of companies funded, 2016 also saw a high number of distinct investors, including 237 who made their first investment last year.
"Four hundred and fifty-one unique investors made bets in digital health this year—though three-quarters of them invested in just one deal (we call them 'dabblers')," Rock Health Founder Halle Tecco wrote in the report. "We counted 237 investors who made their first digital health investment in 2016, including Campbell's Soup Company, Expa, New York-Presbyterian, and Pfizer (welcome!). Forty investors were "active" this year, closing three or more deals. Five firms were extra prolific in 2016, making six or more investments: .406 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, GE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and UPMC."
Rock Health also tracks the number of woman CEOs in digital health and found that number was actually down since last year -- in 2015, 11 percent of funded digital health companies had a woman as CEO and in 2016 only 9 percent did.
The report says there were 136 mergers and acquisitions in 2016, so it includes quite a few we didn't track at MobiHealthNews, including WellTok's quiet acquisition of employee wellness company Keas in early 2016.
"Companies that sell to hospitals were popular acquisition targets in 2016, including 10 physician practice management technology companies, 11 hospital administration tools, and 21 companies building EHR/clinical workflow tools," Tecco wrote. "The most common type of acquirer continued to be other digital health companies, followed by tech companies."
Finally, the Rock Health report looks at publicly traded digital health companies. They found that Fitbit, which IPO'd in 2015, did the worst of any public digital health company in 2016, with shares dropping from an opening price of $29.76 per share to an end-of-the-year price of $7.32 per share. On the other hand iRhythm, which went public this year, had the best performance of any digital health company, opening at $17 per share and ending the year at $30 per share.


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There are five main 'types' in Human Design, which give us general guidance about how we should be directing our energies. Of course ,there will be more complex directions for each individual based on the rest of their chart, but this is a good place to start!
These are the trail blazers who are here to create movements, whether they intentionally try to or not! Their energy can't help but be felt when they walk into a room. Manifesting energy in human design simply means you don't need to wait for collaboration from the Universe in order to act. It's an impulsive energy not driven by anything but the Divine expressing itself through you. A big part of living correctly as a manifestor is cherishing and honoring those impulses, because they're rare and special.
Common challenge: Manifestors have a selective aura, so they will attract some people and repel those who aren't right for them. This is the Universe's natural sifting mechanism in motion, but this can feel like rejection or disapproval, so manifestors will spend their lives trying to please everybody, This is not the correct use of their energy and not what they came here to do – but it holds many of them back from fulfilling their true potential.
Manifesting Generators:
These are a hybrid for the new age of a generator plus a manifestor – when they're living correctly they are like superhumans! Not only do they have the ability to initiate, like the manifestor, they can also make it happen like the generator.
Common challenge: MGs can often feel caught between wanting to run out the door and act on their impulses, and also wait for their gut feelings to kick in (the hell yes or the hell no). I tell MGs it's super important to reserve the right to change your mind as you go, and to train your loved ones to accept that from you too, wherever possible. MGs will often 'move' quicker than generators but they'll course-correct more often as well.
Pure life-force in motion, these people have an attracting aura and a juiciness to their energy. They are here to dance with life and engage their energy to move their community forward in a way that is meaningful to them. When they are doing what they love, people can't get enough of them. They are also the natural hustlers and doers of society.
Common challenge: generators have to listen to their gut and honor their desires, rather than saying yes to things they feel they 'should' do. Because of their juicy energy, other people will want to use the generator's energy for their own benefit. But generators have to be lit up and passionate about anything they engage their energy with otherwise they burn out – I tell generators that unless they feel it's a hell yes, it should become a hell no!
These people are here as guides for the tribe. They have an ability to see something the way others can't – whether that's reading into people, devising systems, or designing new ways of doing things, each projectors has a special ability of their own.
Common challenge: trying to prove they can hustle and keep up with the rest of the world. Projectors have inconsistent energy, and can easily spend their time beating themselves up over the fact that they can't just 'make things happen'. They are not here to do that. It's also very common for projectors to be impatient if they don't understand how their energy operates. The more you trust the flow of life as a projector instead of trying to keep up with the generators, the more stuff will start happening for you, ironically. And in the meantime, spend your time honing your special skill.
These are super rare energy types in human design, with less than 1% of the population falling into this category. They are the true mirrors for society with the greatest potential for wisdom out of all the types.
Common challenge: energetically, they are like blank slates with very little of their own defined energy, and growing up in a world where you have to know who you are is confusing for these guys most of all. Understanding that you operate so differently from 99% of the world, and that that is okay, is the best place to start for a reflector.


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When we wake up this Friday morning, Prince William and Kate Middleton finally will be hitched.
Me, I'm glad about several things.
1. What a cute couple.
2. Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer, the hymn sung at Princess Diana's funeral, also was sung at the wedding. A sweet tribute to William's mom, I think. What a tragedy to miss your children's weddings.
3. And finally, I'm glad the bride and groom didn't promise to "obey" each other. That's a drag. Much better to "love, comfort, honour and keep."
If you're a married sort, do you remember what you said during your wedding vows? I confess, I can't remember a word of them, except that the minister (who also doubled as the Chronicle's religion editor) talked about journalists as circus people. I definitely heard that.
Also, not remembering what you said or didn't say on your wedding day is NOT the same as not knowing how to act…
Anyhoo, what did you promise on your wedding day? Do you remember?


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Greetings All & Welcome to my website.
I publish under the name LM Pampuro rambles in my local paper usually about poor manners and bad drivers. At one time I wanted to post the license plates of people who think I-95 is their private playground (think speeding, texting, bobbing, & weaving) however a lawyer friend persuaded me not to. (I still think it is a good idea.)
I also write full length suspense novels. My characters get into all sorts of trouble by total fault of their own. Of course this leads to crazy adventures and good stories to share.
Please feel free to leave notes and let me know your thoughts on my stories. Remember to be kind and play it forward.
Rainbows & Sunshine
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ST provides a large selection of Power Management ICs and System Basis Chips (SBC) specifically conceived to fit into automotive infotainment systems, clusters, USB hubs, electronic control units (ECU), and gateways as well as car body and door zone modules.
They combine several power management building blocks, like linear and switching voltage regulators and high-side switches in the same package, with an extensive set of diagnostic and protection features, including short-circuit and overvoltage, with a dedicated control bus (I2C for multichannel ICs and SPI for SBCs) and physical LIN and CAN transceivers where needed.
Multichannel power management ICs satisfy current applications where many functions are concentrated in small places and complex processors as well as surrounding components increase their demand on power rails and current absorption. Here, other features including rail sequencing, voltage monitors and basic diagnostics are often mandatory. The new product family of multiple voltage regulators easily supports the growing demand for UBS power management devices.
Smart power management and system basis ICs are pervading more and more the automotive market, finding applications in ECUs, body modules, and gateways. The high versatility of these products allows for simple use in body modules to supply and drive loads and microcontrollers as well as establishing a reliable interface through dedicated communication protocols. ST offers a broad selection of features and characteristics including, for instance, a very low quiescent current and fail-safe functionality.
Manufactured with ST's mixed signal power technologies, they meet and exceed quality and reliability requirements for vehicle on-board electronics.
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Selection of Automotive qualified Power Management devices, useful for evaluation and promotion.
Discover our new automotive Battery Management System solution for hybrid (HEV), plug-in (PHEV) and full electric vehicles (BEV).
- L99PM62GXP Power Management IC with LIN and high speed CAN
- L5956 Voltage regulator with ignition comparator, reset, overcurrent protection and 3.3V regulator with independent enable
- L99PM62XP Power management IC with LIN and high speed CAN
- L9396 Automotive multiple power supply IC
- L9952GXP Power management system IC
- L4953G Voltage regulator with backup and reset, ignition comparator and low voltage warning
- L5963 Dual monolithic switching regulator with LDO and HSD
- L9001 SPS - Simple Power Supply - Multiple Voltage Regulator
- L5957 Voltage regulator with ignition comparator, reset, overcurrent protection, 5V regulator (CAN) with independent enable
- L99PM72GXP Advanced power management system IC with embedded LIN and high speed CAN transceiver supporting CAN Partial Networking
- L5964 Monolithic dual 3.5 A step-down switching regulator with LDO
- L5962 Voltage regulator with DC-DC plus switchable linear regulators controlled by I²C bus
- L5965 Multiple power management for automotive vision and radar systems
- L5958 Switchable linear voltage regulators with reset and battery voltage warning
- L5959 Voltage regulator with very low stand-by current, reset, hold, backup, under/over voltage detection, overcurrent limitation
- L99PM60J Power Management IC with LIN transceiver
- L9758 Multiple supply for engine control
- L99PM72PXP Advanced power management IC, with embedded LIN and HS CAN transceiver, supporting CAN Partial Networking


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Turtles class thoroughly enjoyed their morning at the Leisure Centre playing handball.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Our chess club's first meet.
Year 5 And 6 Family French Day
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I am back. I took the month of May and some of June off to recharge, rethink and take care of family happenings. My children have graduated from college and heading off to their new adventures in life. Times are changing in the Bakke household and it takes time to figure out where you land once you get through the changes. But through all these busy days of spring and early summer starting, I have been selling cookbooks, cooking and gardening my way along.
With the arrival of spring and early summer, the world of food opens up and the creativity starts pouring out along with the new items that are available at the grocery stores and farmer's / outdoor markets.
I will start with some links to recipes that I think are divine. Then on to salad recipes that I have created in these months and finally to highlight recipes from the cookbook – Laurie Bakke's Cookbook.
The first recipe is from Sunset Magazine, which I love to subscribe to, in order to see what is happening in the western part of our beautiful country. It is Grilled Chicken and Nectarine Salad with chicken, pecans, walnut oil, goat cheese and more. I have made this so many times and just wanted to share this easy recipe. Peaches can be substituted. Try this on a hot summer night and it will sure satisfy your dinner for a light meal.
Grilled Chicken & Nectarine Salad
The second recipe is my favorite recipe at the moment. The name is Arugula Salad topped with Fresh White Corn, Roasted Red Peppers and Fresh Thyme. It is a refreshing salad that goes wonderfully with any grilled meats. This recipe can be found under The Recipe Section of the blog.
Finally, I will highlight a recipe from my cookbook – Laurie Bakke's Cookbook. Keeping in tune with salads and summer, I will feature the Mediterranean Orzo Salad with Basil, Mint and Sherry Vinaigrette. This is so full of flavor and punch, but really very delicate with the orzo pasta.
This recipe started during my early cooking years and really came into its own during the days at Cafe Laurie. I served the orzo as the side salad. When you start with the perfectly cooked orzo pasta and add all the fresh crisp vegetables, feta cheese and pour over the homemade dressing (recipe to follow) you will have a salad to swoon over.
It is funny that most people aren't even sure what orzo pasta is but loved it from the first bite. Great for family dinners, picnics and pot-lucks, it is sure to hold up. The recipe is quick, easy and can be adapted to your personal tastes. I hope you give this recipe a try as we head into summertime and let me know what you think. I love hearing any comments or questions. Have a great weekend!
Oh, the salad dressing!!! I hope everyone makes this vinaigrette and uses it for this recipe, but also use it as a marinate for meats, grilled veggies, mixed with beans etc. I will post more ways to use this very versatile recipe in future blogs. But for now – enjoy!
Cafe Laurie - Basil, Mint and Sherry Vinaigrette
- 1 C. Fresh Basil - packed
- 1/2 C. Fresh Mint - packed
- 2 T. Honey
- 2 T. Dijon Grainy Mustard
- 1/2 C. Sherry Vinegar
- 3/4 C. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 C. Canola Oil
- Kosher Salt to taste
In a food processor, place the basil and the mint with the honey on the top.
Turn the machine on high and process until the mixture is combined. If there are herbs stuck to the sides, stop and scrape down the sides and then process until combined.
At this point, add the Dijon mustard and the sherry vinegar.
Process until the mixture is completely mixed and there are not any chunks of herbs.
With the machine running, add the olive oil slowly until the mixture starts to thicken. Then slowly add the canola oil. The vinaigrette will be thick and emulsified.
Season the vinaigrette dressing with salt to taste.


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Of all the "software-defined" categories, software-defined networking is now garnering the lion's share of industry attention. A simple scan of industry publications and associated vendor positioning will amply demonstrate this.
A more tangible example was at the recent VMworld: VMware announced NSX, and demand for sessions was apparently 3x-5x oversubscribed. It seems that everyone wanted to go learn about the new capabilities -- even though VMworld is not a network event.
From my inevitable storage perspective, I couldn't be more excited about the potential. SDN concepts applied to storage and availability can potentially remake how we think about architecture, services and operations.
SInce I've never been shy in speculating about the future, let me share what I think we may be looking forward to down the road.
A Brief History Of Storage And Networks
When I joined EMC in 1994, we were just beginning to convince people to use external shared storage vs. storage that was dedicated per-host. That, of course, implied a network of some sort.
The mainframe crowd was starting to move from bus-and-tag cables to the newer ESCON, albeit in a slow fashion. Us UNIX types were using SCSI, so some of the first approaches involved multiple SCSI cables: between 16 and 32 ugly, thick SCSI cables between array and host.
Not even a network by most definitions.
In the latter 1990s, McData had been building ESCON directors to improve connectivity and manageability in larger mainframe environments. They had started to work with the new FC standard. EMC acquired them, and the first fibre-channel SANs were born.
Also from this era was the idea of using TCP/IP over ethernet via NAS protocols, and filers slowly became very popular as an alternative to block-mode protocols. Several years later, iSCSI then came along as a lower-cost block alternative over ethernet.
Storage wars are never over: a decade later, you'll still find people debating the merits of one approach over another.
When remote replication first became popular, it was very demanding on its transport: guaranteed latency and bandwidth was the norm, hence very expensive. It didn't like to share and play well with others.
From a storage networking perspective, not much has really changed over the last five years. We still use a lot of FC, there's plenty of NAS/CIFS/iSCSI out there, FCoE is slowly finding its way here and there, and so on.
The Basics Of SDN
I am most certainly not a networking guy, and the description that follows here offers unambiguous proof of this assertion.
At a high level, SDN decouples control plane from data plane: network connectivity and associated services are now dynamic entities and fully under programmatic control.
The control plane is now thought of in terms of management applications that coordinate underlying resources to provide various network services.
While that's exciting enough to any networking professional, it becomes especially interesting to storage architects working at moderate-to-large scale. Once you get beyond a dozen or more storage arrays -- or do anything with remote replication -- you inevitably spend a lot of time working with various networks.
If you're in this camp, you''ll probably agree with me: today's storage networks are brittle, inflexible things: statically provisioned, usually monitored in a silo, and difficult to change or flex. I think that software-defined storage networks have the potential to change all of that.
The Storage Networking Landscape
Networks are everywhere in larger storage environments. First and foremost, we have the fabric between host servers and storage arrays. If we have multiple data centers, we also have WAN links as part of the architecture.
Digging deeper, we have a growing class of node-to-node interconnects, especially in the newer scale-out architecture. And let's not forget that storage administration is usually done on a secured and isolated network fabric.
Now, let's re-imagine all of this as a 10Gb (or faster) fabric. Everything is under software control. As long as we're fantasizing, let's imagine control planes for networking, storage and compute converging in a single administration nexus.
How would this world be different?
Imagining A Software-Defined Storage Network
Let's start with basic provisioning. As new hosts come on line, data services can be soft-provisioned (block, network, object) as well as latency and bandwidth requirements -- as well as desired pathing redundancy.
As certain hosts demand more or less from the storage fabric, network resources can be dynamically re-allocated without disturbing the connection between application and storage. Redundancy can be added or removed.
You get the picture -- sort of a SAN equivalent for what we today with compute using vSphere.
Now, let's look at remote replication -- a particularly difficult part of storage networking. Once again, remote bandwidth can be soft-provisioned, along with performance and availability requirements. Redundancy can be added or removed. Network resources can be flexed up or down depending on circumstances, all non-disruptively.
Let's move to inter-node storage connections -- whether it be a scale-out architecture like Isilon's OneFS or some of the newer software-only distributed storage stacks like VSAN. Or, heck, just consider the connections between Hadoop nodes if you like.
The inter-node connections here have a unique characteristic: you don't need much from them most of the time, but -- when you do -- you need a lot. Like when doing a node rebuild, or a data workload relocation, etc.
The ability to dynamically flex the inter-node fabric -- and share it intelligently with other inter-node traffic -- would be a huge boon to administering larger storage environments, especially if it could be seamlessly orchestrated along as an integral part of other tasks.
There's more: setting up secure multi-tenant environments -- storage, network, compute -- would be a breeze. As all traffic is easily visible, visualizing performance problems between domains gets that much easier. A common security and authentication mechanism for all traffic, regardless of type.
The mind boggles.
So, Where Are We?
Well, it's understandably early days for SDN, and even earlier days for software-defined storage networks. I can see very small glimmerings, for example, in the interaction between VSAN and the vSphere networking abstractions, but perhaps that's just me being optimistic :)
What concerns me is that it's not even being discussed publicly: by either vendors or large-scale users. Maybe I'm being naive here, but the way that these speculative concepts become pragmatic products is through customer demand -- people demanding the same agility in networking and storage that they've come to expect from compute and cloud.
I can't offer a time frame for what I've described here, but I will assert that the key technology ingredients have fallen into place to make this a potential reality.
All we need are some vocal customers to stand up and start demanding a better storage world.
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Anoxic brain injury is a condition described as total lack of oxygen to the brain, and it can have grave consequences because in just a few minutes of deprivation, the brain cells start to die and damage occurs. In just a few minutes without oxygen, permanent brain injury can take place, leaving the patient in a coma, or without important brain functions like speaking or controlling the limbs. Unfortunately, this horrible condition can sometimes happen because of medical negligence, either on the part of the doctor or the hospital staff.Anoxic Brain Injury picture
Medical negligence happens when a patient suffers injury or damage that could have been avoided, but which were caused by inattention or incompetence on the part of a professional. Here are some common causes of medical negligence which can lead to anoxic brain injury:
Even if the patient doesn't die, suffering from anoxic brain injury can severely affect one's quality of life, not to mention other physical and mental injuries that occur. The extended costs of treatment, extra costs for medical bills, for re-learning skills, for losing income or a job, for physical suffering and emotional distress, and many others. All these and more are reasons for which you can claim compensation. To put things even more in perspective, here are some of the symptoms of anoxic brain injury in the patient doesn't die:
Like we said, these are only just part of the symptoms that a patient can suffer after anoxic brain injury, so when this occurs from medical negligence, matters become even more delicate. The thing that you have to do is hire a law firm, and consult a medical negligence solicitor about the steps you have to take in order to be compensated and receive an explanation about what you suffered. Many aspects of a person's life are seriously affected by these kinds of injuries, and even though they are not very common, each and every one of them deserves attention and justice.
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Discover 5 Facts on the final Next Generation film - Star Trek: Nemesis starring Tom Hardy
Directed by Stuart Baird.
Diplomatic relations with the Romulans are thrown into disarray when their political structure is taken over by the neighbouring Remans. Worse still for the Enterprise crew, the leader seems to be a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Below you will find 5 interesting facts on the final Star Trek: The Next Generation film.
5. Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) was paid $14 million for his role in the film, his highest-ever Star Trek wage. He got $9.5 million for Star Trek: Insurrection and only $5 million for Star Trek: First Contact.
4. This is the second most expensive Trek film made before the J.J. Abrams era. Unfortunately it is the lowest-grossing Star Trek film of all time, only just managing to scrape in $67 million at the box office, only $7 million more than its budget. As a result the franchise lay dormant for 7 years.
3. Music for the film was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, the final feature film he scored before his death 2 years later.
2. According to producer Rick Berman 50 minutes of material were cut from the film before release, which included a cameo from character Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton), who had been a regular on the TV show for 4 seasons
1. In one scene X-Men (2000) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) director Bryan Singer has a small role as a bridge officer.


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Amberskull is a survival horror anthology with several terrifying experiences where you most overcome 4 unique enemies in widely different environments.
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