text: Page ContentAcceptable Use Policy1. Purpose; Changes1.1 This Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") provided by Dimension Data (also referred to herein as "we," "us" or "our") governs any use of our cloud computing services (including our CaaS offerings) (the "Service"). For purposes of the Policy, references to "you" or "your" refer to the individual(s) and entity(ies) using the Service, including Users (as defined below) and including entities referenced as "Client" in agreements that govern our CaaS offerings. The Policy describes important responsibilities, unacceptable practices, and limitations and restrictions on the use of the Service. 1.2 The Policy is intended to support secure and reliable use of the Service for you and other Dimension Data clients and users. You agree to comply with this Policy in connection with your use of the Service. You further agree that you will not authorise, encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to violate this Policy. 1.3 Dimension Data may amend this Policy from time to time by posting the updated version of this Policy at this URL or otherwise providing notice to you. 2. Application 2.1 This Policy applies to all users of the Service, including users of applications and services that are made available by us, by you, or by others through our CaaS offerings (collectively, "Users"). If you enable or permit Users to access the Service, whether directly or indirectly (for example, if you use our CaaS offerings to make services available to other Users), then: 2.2 you will ensure that such Users have comprehensive knowledge of and comply with this Policy; and2.3 you agree to include, in any contract between you and such Users governing access to the Service, terms and conditions that are no less restrictive than those set forth in this Policy.2.4 You are responsible and liable for the acts and omissions of all Users that you enable or permit to access the Service or who access the Service directly or indirectly through you.3. Security3.1 For purposes of this Policy, "User Credentials" means User log-ins and passwords that are used to access the Service, and include Credentials (as may be defined in any other agreement between you and Dimension Data for use of the Service). User Credentials must be kept confidential and stored securely so that unauthorised persons do not have access to them. If you become aware that the confidentiality of any User Credentials has become compromised, including due to unauthorised use, you will immediately inform us and will, if possible, temporarily suspend the affected account until new User Credentials are issued. We reserve the right to take any action that we deem necessary if any User Credentials have been compromised, which action may include suspending access to your account in whole or in part.3.2 Each User must be assigned his or her own unique User Credentials, and no User may access the Service using another person's User Credentials. Client will ensure that each User who receives User Credentials takes appropriate security measures with respect to such User Credentials, including by promptly changing any temporary passwords issued with such User Credentials.3.3 You are responsible and liable for all interaction with the Service that occurs in connection with User Credentials issued to you or to any Users that you enable or permit to access the Service or who access the Service directly or indirectly through you.4. Responsible Usage 4.1 We reserve the right to impose limits on your bandwidth or the data storage capacity available to you. If we do so, you agree that you will comply with all such limits. If you violate such limits or use a disproportionate share of the available bandwidth, we may limit or "throttle" your bandwidth or capacity usage or otherwise impose traffic management procedures on you. 4.2 You agree that you will not host or store any software, tools or other materials on our equipment, servers or Service that enable you to carry out any action prohibited by, or that otherwise violates, this Policy.4.3 You agree that you will use industry-standard, up to date anti-virus software at all times when accessing the Service, and that you will not distribute, through or using the Service (including as part of Your Content, as defined below), any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb, spyware or other computer code, file or program that is harmful or invasive or that may, or is intended to, damage or hijack the operation of, or monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment. 4.4 You agree that you will not use the Service to breach confidentiality obligations owed by you to any person or entity.4.5 You agree that your use of the Service will not compromise the security or integrity of any network, equipment, system, software or device (including ours or those of our licensors, providers, clients, or other users). 4.6 You agree that you will not make any representations, warranties or guarantees with respect to Dimension Data or the Service, or make any statements regarding Dimension Data or the Service that are inconsistent with any other agreement between you and Dimension Data for use of the Service or with our stated policies and generally-available documentation.5. 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You further agree that you will not engage in the following activities through or in connection with the Service:(a) transmitting hoax emails or chain emails;(b) transmitting unsolicited commercial email ("spam"); (c) enlisting a third party to transmit spam on your behalf;(d) collecting responses from spam; (e) transmitting mass emails to a list of recipients without giving them the ability to "opt out" of receiving future mass emails;(f) harvesting email addresses or using or distributing any software designed to harvest email addresses; (g) using open proxies or relays to send unsolicited commercial email;(h) "spoofing" or falsifying header or transmission information;(i) using deceptive subject headings; (j) hosting any device or service that allows email to be sent between third parties not under your authority or control; or(k) using another party's electronic mail server to relay email without such party's express permission.5.2 All commercial email that promotes goods or services must comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, industry codes and similar guidelines, and each such email must contain, without limitation: (a) a clear and easy to use opt-out process that allows the recipient to opt-out from all commercial emails from the sender. If a recipient of such a commercial email opts out of receiving future emails, that recipient's email address must immediately be removed from the applicable mailing list and no further emails may be sent to such individual;(b) a valid physical postal address and a valid email address;(c) an indication that the message is an advertisement; and(d) identification of the sender and subject matter at the beginning of the email.5.3 You agree that you will not use the Service to operate a pyramid or Ponzi scheme, any other investment enterprise in which the investment of newer members of the scheme or enterprise funds the returns of older members, or any other "make-money-fast" scheme.6. 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You agree that you will provide us with documentation of such written permission upon request. 7.2 We reserve the right to remove or block access to any material (including Your Content) uploaded, hosted or stored by you on or distributed, transmitted or sent by you through or using the Service if we suspect on reasonable grounds that it does or could infringe, misappropriate or violate any Dimension Data or third-party Rights.8. 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Piramal acquires Bayer's molecular imaging portfolio
MUMBAI: Piramal Imaging, a 100% subsidiary of Mumbai-based Piramal Healthcare, has acquired the research and development portfolio of molecular imaging from Germany's Bayer Pharma, asserting its seriousness in intellectual property side of pharma. Piramal did not reveal the size of the deal, but said market potential for such services is close to $1.5 billion.
"We had said earlier we will change the idea of our pharma business. We will be moving away from branded generics to intellectual property," said Ajay Piramal, chairman, Piramal Enterprises. The deal will enable the company to acquire florbetaben, one of the molecules used to detect Alzheimer's disease. Piramal will now have patent, marketing and distribution rights for the florbetaben, which is in the last phase of clinical trial.
The company is likely to file for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration by October-December to sell the molecule in the US market. Core members of Bayer's research and development team working on the portfolio will be joining Piramal Imaging, which will carry forward the development of florbetaben and take it through regulatory approval processes worldwide.
Commenting on Piramal Imaging SA, Piramal said that as per the agreement, the company will have the intellectual property (including patents, trademarks and know-how), worldwide development, marketing and distribution rights of the lead compound florbetaben as well as other clinical and pre-clinical assets of Bayer's molecular imaging business.
In 2010, when Piramal Healthcare had sold its branded generics business to Abbott for 17,000 crore, the market was taken aback. Analysts questioned the future of the company and its commitment in pharma business.
But with this investment and European approval of its knee pain drug Cargel last week, Piramal seems to be sending the message across to the market that they have not exited pharma business and it has reiterated the future lies in intellectual property.
"Globally new products approvals are coming down, big pharma are focusing on personalised products," said Ajay Piramal.
The concept of molecular imaging comes under the personalised medicine segment, which is a method that targets specific disease among patients. According to the company, this acquired business has a strong pipeline, which are in early stage of development in areas of cardiovascular and oncology.
However, the company did not disclose how it plans to commercialise the molecule. Apart from US, it will apply for marketing approvals in Japan and Europe.
On Monday, Piramal Healthcare shares closed at 443 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, down 1% from previous close.

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If i buy a MacBook Pro 13" from bestbuy, can i buy AppleCare for it from apple a month later from the date i got the MacBook Pro?
If i got a Macbok pro from bestbuy, am i still able to buy apple care from apple? and like a month later from the date i got the Macbook pro?
- Asked by David P from Kannapolis
1 Answer from the Community
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Yes. As long as it's within the original one year AppleCare that comes with it, you can purchase at anytime.
- Answered by Joe C from Laporte
- Apr 14, 2012


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The Farmhouse at Redcoats, situated in the hamlet of Redcoats Green, Hertfordshire, dates back to the 15th century and boasts 4 acres with stunning views across the rolling Hertfordshire countryside.
With 13 country style guest rooms, a 70-cover conservatory restaurant and various charming private dining rooms, you can experience genuine farm-to-table dining, relax in the Old Kitchen and snug sitting rooms, enjoy an afternoon tea in our gorgeous gardens or stay over and make yourself at home in our bespoke bedrooms, each one boasting its own historic features.
Under new ownership The Farmhouse at Redcoats is now open for the next chapter in its illustrious history and is owned by the local Nye family.
It will be kept as a 'way of life' as it always has been.
Monday to Friday 7.15am to 9.30am
Saturday & Sunday 8.00am to 9.30am
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Sunday 12noon to 3.00pm
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Across the country, police forces are now busy tracking down people to hand over a DNA sample, not based on any current suspicion of committing an offence but purely because of historical offences that took place decades ago.
The civil liberties implications of this kind of operation are clear. People, currently not under suspicion for any crime and who have served their punishment for past offences, are now hunted down simply in the hope that the force will get lucky and clear up a case.
However, there is also a wider point. A pilot scheme carried out by Hampshire police gathered 167 samples, however none of them matched any outstanding crimes. Now call us pedants, but as pilot schemes go that doesn't sound like a success. Indeed, you might even suggest that it was a waste of police time. The initial list was 471 people, but for various reasons – including people being dead – the force didn't manage to collect even half their intended samples.
Rather than pursuing individuals suspected of crimes, putting more resources into ongoing operations and following leads, this gigantic fishing trip is diverting resources away from catching criminals at a time when the police are already overstretched.
Of course if you're one of the thousands of innocent people currently waiting to have your DNA deleted, you'll be unsurprised to hear Home Office guidance still hasn't been issued on when profiles should be deleted – despite the Protection of Freedoms Act being passed in May.


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Men? Style? Fashion? Directional? If you think this walk-soup is best described as oxy-moronic you are… WRONG. Visit the streets with our ace-eye Christie Walker and SEE why.
—James J. Spina
• Elongated rectangles have literally ruled the face tools of eyewear these last few years and men led the way literally willing his trend into existence.
• Sport sun styles can and should be combined with modern matchups of both suits and sweatsuits. Men took it there first and continue to successfully shape that fashion/function metamorphosis.
• Be it ever so humble there's no face that doesn't like an aviator frame and males took wing with that classic ages ago. And they STILL safely fly that pattern.
• The classic P3 shape is back big time aided and abetted by graying Baby-Boomer boys bent on reliving their preppy high school and collegiate daze.
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The Chemical Brothers have announced the release of a new track from their hugely anticipated eighth studio album, Born In The Echoes. The hallucinogenic disco number Under Neon Lights features guest vocals from Annie Clark (St Vincent) and will be available tomorrow with pre-orders of the album (due out on Virgin on 17th July; pre-order from iTunes here: http://po.st/BITEdlx).
Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands says of the collaboration: "We're always looking to work with likeminded people who do something a bit different to us. Annie is an amazing artist who was very up for experimenting."


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Surrounded by vegetation, Port Gallice overlooks the Bay of Juan-les-Pins, the international capital of a certain 'lust for life' with its many luxury hotels and its nightlife, which made it world famous. Overlooking the Port, Chateau de Juan-les-Pins was the Riviera home of Rudolf Valentino, the world's greatest screen lover.
A favourite haunt of the Fitzgeralds in the 1920s, Villa St-Louis witnessed their thrilling social life, interspersed with the healthy pleasures of the beach. Now the recently refurbished luxury hotel, Le Belles Rives has kept its furniture from the 1930s. Its patrons included Picasso, Gérard Philipe, Ramon Navarro, King Umberto of Italy, Josepina Baker and Edith Piaf.
Juan-les-Pins is famous for its annual jazz festival in July. New Orleans is a sister city, something which for a series of years was manifested with carnival festivities in the streets of Juan-les-Pins, with both local and New Orleans jazz bands parading. Along the street behind the seaside stage where the annual jazz festival "Jazz à Juan" is held, one will find ceramic tiles laid into the pavement with handprints of more than 50 jazz musicians who have played at this festival, among those are Al Jarreau, B. B. King, Chick Corea, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eddy Louiss, Elvin Jones, Fats Waller, George Benson, Hank Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Joshua Redman, Little Richard, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Ravi Coltrane, Ray Charles, Richard Galliano, Roy Haynes, Shirley Horn, Sonny Rollins, Stéphane Grappelli and Wynton Marsalis.
Then there's the nightlife! As soon as the weather turns mild, the streets of Juan-les-Pins are cheek by jowl at night as revellers weave from bar to cafe to restaurant to casino. Le Crystal bar-brasserie has been an institution since 1936 but nearby Pam-Pam in the route Wilson (tel. 04 93 61 11 05) for a faux-tropical experience also has its passionate devotees, where you can sip rum drinks in an atmosphere that celebrates reggae, Brazilian, and African music and dance.
If you prefer high-energy revelling, check out the town's many discos. Whisky à Gogo, boulevard de la Pinède (tel. 04 93 61 26 40), attracts young trendsetters with its rock beat. In summer it fills up with the young and restless. Between October and Easter, it's closed. Le Village, 1 bd. de la Pinède (tel. 04 92 93 90 00), parties with an action-packed dance floor and DJs spinning the latest sounds from the international music scene. The cover charge is €15, although it's free for women before 1am on Friday.
The beaches from Cap d'Antibes to Golfe Juan are populated with beach bars such as The Helios, Juanita or The Lido where one can stay all day soaking up the sun and pause for lunch .
Maison du Tourisme , 11, place de Gaulle, 06600 ANTIBES,
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Amazon May Be a Carbon Source
Deforestation and Climate Change Feedbacks Set In
The Amazon rainforest region is suffering a severe drought highly likely to have been caused or at least exacerbated by rainforest loss and climate change. This is a very severe drought, with water levels in some Amazon tributaries up to 15 meters lower than usual. In response, the Brazilian government has declared parts of the Amazon River a disaster area. Dry spells in the Amazon occur regularly, and are believed to be tied to cycles in water temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean which affect the quantity of rainfall in rainforests. This year the Atlantic Ocean's waters are warmer as the result of climate change, the same phenomenon that intensified recent hurricanes, and this is contributing to the severity of this drought. The common practice of using fires to clear land of forests and brush is also aggravating the dry spell.
The Amazon is well on its way to being a net carbon source rather than sink, if it is not already. Feedbacks are intensifying this crisis as logging, forest burning and climate change cause forest loss, which releases carbon dioxide, which results in climate change that in turn causes more forest burning and greater carbon release. The Amazon continued existence as a foundation of the operation of the global ecological system is threatened. While scientists quoted in these articles are careful to not blame the drought on global warming and deforestation, there clearly is overwhelming science to support this assertion.
Given that there is only one Amazon to be saved or lost, it is a matter of prudence to act now rather than when it is certain deforestation and climate are destroying this massive rainforest, and the Earth spirals towards unavoidable ecosystem collapse. In past weeks we have witnessed the melting of Arctic ice, loss of American cities from monster hurricanes and now the Amazon is threatened. Rainforest loss is a major cause of carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere which is causing these climate change impacts. How much more evidence do we need that climate change and rainforest loss are happening now with deadly consequences?


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Trained as both an engineer and a metalsmith, Jean Prouvé brought a decidedly architectural bent to furniture design. Born in France, Prouvé opened a workshop in 1923 and subsequently embarked on collaborations with makers like Le Corbusier. Similar to the work of Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé pieces are Modernist and simplistic, focusing on right angles and the integration of mixed materials like wood and steel. However; they also showcase an architectural lightness; a shapely elegance that is inherent of the late 20th Century's most masterful woodworkers.
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Sleeping Bear Storm Gathering…surf kayaking
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For experienced kayakers looking for a weekend of shared rough water play here in NW Michigan! A gathering of like minded paddlers to watch your back and help mentor in new skills. Facilitated by Michael Gray of Uncommon Adventures. ACA Level 4 instructor and BCU coach 1.


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April 15, 2009
A random, too-soon look at Kentucky, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the too-long interim.
What's Changed. The high-flying attack that led the SEC in passing yards two years in a row in 2006-07 and was mostly responsible for the "renaissance" period in those years left with quarterback André Woodson, and when it's gone, it's gone: After heir apparent Curtis Pulley washed out in the preseason, Woodson's eventual successor, Mike Hartline, didn't have a single performance last year you might classify as better than "meh," bottoming out in midseason losses to South Carolina and Florida and finally ceding much of the work to undersized, scrambly true freshman Randall Cobb for the final month. Cobb couldn't throw -- if he'd attempted enough passes to qualify for the rankings, his 95.1 efficiency rating would have finished dead last among regular passers in a conference that included the offensive shipwrecks at Tennessee, Auburn, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt -- and the Wildcats were 1-4 when he took most of the snaps.
Cobb was elusive enough to run for three touchdowns in the narrow loss to Georgia, though, and any shred of playmaking ability is a precious commodity all of a sudden. Like Woodson at quarterback, no one emerged to replace leading receivers Keenan Burton and Steve Johnson or do-it-all running back Rafael Little, and the only guy who had a chance, senior receiver Dickie Lyons Jr., went down for good with knee injury at midseason. Other than Cobb and possibly running back Derrick Locke, another midseason injury casualty, this fall's returnees were so nondescript that coaches used Hartline's season-best effort in the bowl win over East Carolina (in which Cobb didn't play at all) as an excuse to move Cobb to full-time receiver in the spring and leave the QB competition to Hartline and fellow pocket statue Will Fidler. Cobb was already fourth on the team in catches and yards and tied for the team lead with two touchdown catches despite alternating between positions and generally having no clue in his first months on campus; with a full-time commitment, he could immediately become the most dangerous weapon on the offense, although just how much of a compliment that would be is in the air.
What's the Same. While the offense foundered, last year's defense was a saving grace, at least in part because it was so old -- every one of top 15 tacklers was a junior or a senior. There's nothing particularly impressive about finishing eighth in the conference in scoring defense, unless you've finished at the absolute bottom of the league four years running; compared to the first five Wildcat defenses under Rich Brooks, last year's effort looked like a masterpiece. And though half that lot graduated, UK is still left with an impressive core of seniors at all three levels: Jeremy Jarmon on the line, Micah Johnson at linebacker and Trevard Lindley and Ashton Cobb in the secondary. Lindley and Johnson both could have turned pro and made a bid to go on the first day of the draft, a testament to the vastly improved talent on this side of the ball.
But (you knew there was "but" after the jump, right?) that talent still remains subpar by SEC standards: Even last year's much improved unit was ninth in the conference against the run, 11th in pass efficiency D and 11th in yards allowed. It only looked good in comparison to its truly wretched predecessors, and not by leaps and bounds:
It's probably not reasonable to expect significant improvement from last year, but with the offense still in major flux, the D will have to at least hold the line (literally and figuratively) if UK has any chance of remaining a bowl team.
Don't blame the big guys. There is one aspect of its game that Kentucky improved almost beyond belief: Pass protection. Woodson was consistently one of the most beaten-down passers in the country -- UK allowed more sacks than any other team in the SEC in both 2006 and 2007. Last year, in front of far less productive passers? The Wildcats allowed the fewest sacks in the conference, and finished fourth nationally by giving up just one takedown per game.
A lot can go into that number: Kentucky passed slightly less often than it did with Woodson, coaches may have tried to protect Hartline and Cobb with quicker, safer throws and given them a mandate to get rid of the ball more quickly, the elusive Cobb wriggled free of or outran a few tackles behind the line, etc. But a vast leap of that magnitude has to start with the offensive line, which returns no fewer than seven players with starting experience. Chief among them is senior Zipp Duncan, who has 26 consecutive starts at both guard spots but will move to left tackle, and Christian Johnson, who started 15 games in 2006-07 but redshirted last year; the three-way battle at right tackle is among a trio of veterans with more than 25 career starts between them, most by senior Justin Jeffries, who's had a hard time holding the spot down. It's a relatively undersized group (four potential starters, including Duncan, are listed under 300 pounds) and not intimidating in the running game, but the depth alone could make the o-line the strength of the offense, which it really needs to be.
Overly Optimistic Spring Chatter. The offense can't have especially high goals after last year, but a good early sign would be some success against the defense in the first intrasquad scrimmages:
The first-team defense stopped the No. 1 offense on the first eight possessions. Included in the defensive stops were three turnovers: a fumble caused by a jolting hit from sophomore safety Winston Guy, recovered by senior linebacker Micah Johnson; an interception by All-America cornerback Trevard Lindley, which he returned 36 yards for a touchdown; and another pickoff by redshirt freshman cornerback Cartier Rice.
Yikes. The first offense did eventually get the ball down the field on the first defense that afternoon -- if, that is, you still consider the defense minus its three best players (Lindley, Johnson and Jarmon, who were all quickly pulled) the first unit.
More optimistically, the 'Cats are hoping they've found an every-down running back in Alfonso Smith after splitting carries between four different guys last year -- one of whom was Smith, who had a ho hum 313 yards on a little less than six carries per game as the third back behind Locke and Tony Dixon. Locke -- star of the 2007 upset over LSU as a true freshman -- has been by far the most productive runner when healthy, but he's spending the spring recovering from knee surgery and being buried further and further down the depth chart..
Best-Case. Kentucky has to hit the ground running out of the chute: After the must-wins appetizers against Miami (Ohio) and Louisville, the SEC slate comes in like a bear: Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Auburn guarantee there will be no repeat of the 'Cats' fast starts the last two years; at best, with an upset over Carolina or Auburn, UK will be sitting at .500 at midseason, with a manageable four-game stretch against UL-Monroe, Mississippi State, Eastern Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Assuming the first four-game tour goes ok -- that is, 1-3 -- a clean sweep of the second one could set up seven wins and an unprecedented fourth straight bowl bid going into the closing gauntlet against Georgia and Tennessee. A lot will have to go right to get back to seven wins, but another "par for the course" year above .500 would go a long way toward entrenching UK as standard, respectable winner.
Worst-Case. The lack of firepower on offense is a glaring liability. And god help the 'Cats if they manage to lose to Miami (Ohio) in the just-negotiated opener in Cincinnati, which could be the prelude to an 0-6 start that would all but cement a passing of the sunny days and a return to the basement. With five UK is likely to go into as a favorite, it's hard to see it winning any fewer than four, but there are no guarantees within the conference, where some of the older players have experienced the depths of lopsided, 1-7 disasters in the very recent past.
Non-Binding Forecast. Kentucky is on its best three-year run in a good half-century, and almost matched its eight-win records in 2006-07 with the 7-6 finish last year, which it definitely was not supposed to do sans the great Woodson. Look closely, though, and you can see the outline of a return to bottom dweller form that belies the nearly identical records.
It's not just that UK was 2-6 in the SEC, or 0-5 against winning teams before upsetting ECU in the Liberty Bowl. The '07 team outgunned ultimately disappointing but competent outfits from Louisville and Arkansas, beat the eventual mythical championship, gave Florida a solid run and knocked off Florida State in the bowl game; the '06 team beat Georgia and Clemson. Last year's bunch not only had no notable wins, but barely escaped with lackluster hides it did get -- there was a six-point win over Middle Tennessee that ended with the Raiders on UK's one-yard line; later, there was a frantic one-point win over rebuilding Arkansas and another, two weeks after that, another one-point squeaker over perpetually lame Mississippi State. In between, the Wildcats were blasted to bits by Florida, 63-5, and followed the encouraging effort against Georgia in November with convincing losses to Tennessee and Vanderbilt to end the regular season. Excluding the gimme wins over outmanned Norfolk State and Western Kentucky, UK had two somewhat impressive efforts: A dominating defensive display in the opening win over Louisville, and a strong comeback to end the year over East Carolina. In between, the 'Cats were dangerously close of falling off the fence on the side of the "bad old days," when a bowl game was a distant memory.
This is the rubber year, then, for Brooks' tenure, which may have turned the corner just in time to hand the reigns of a proven winner to offensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting Joker Phillips. Another bowl bid of any kind would send Brooks out as one of the best coaches in school history. My guess, though, is stagnation for a roster that doesn't look very different from last year's in any notable way. That means another round of tight, low-scoring games, not all of which will fall the Wildcats' way again, leaving them just on the wrong side of .500.
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Discretizing your electric circuit and your control system. You can even use a larger sample time for the control system, provided that it is a multiple of the smallest sample time.
Simulating large systems or complex power electronic converters can be time consuming. If you have to repeat several simulations from a particular operating point, you can save time by specifying a vector of initial states in the Simulation > Configuration Parameters > Workspace IO dialog box. This vector of initial conditions must have been saved from a previous simulation run.
Reducing the number of open scopes and the number of points saved in the scope also helps in reducing the simulation time.
Using the Simulink® Accelerator mode. The performance gain obtained with the Accelerator varies with the size and complexity of your model. Typically you can expect performance improvements by factors of two to 10.
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What exactly is QNAP's NASbook for?
Subject: Storage | November 29, 2016 - 03:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nasbook, NAS, qnap, TBS-453A
Network Attached Storage is nothing new, but a NASbook certainly is. When you think of a NAS device you might picture a box with at least two network connections and limited controls on the device with a web based GUI. QNAP have created something very different in the TBS-453A, a NAS in a notebook-like form factor with a lot of extra functionality. You will find two HDMI v2.0 ports, two 3.5mm microphone jacks and an audio line out as well as a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports and three gigabit switch ports as it can function as a router, along with a total of four USB 3.0 ports and a single USB 2.0 port. Unfortunately it lacks 10GbE ports which it would benefit from as it hides inside it four M.2 SATA 6Gbps SSDs which can easily overwhelm a gigabit connection, especially if multiple clients are accessing data simultaneously.
Curious what it is capable of and how well it performs? Check out Nikktech's review.
"Although we all like the concept behind the new TBS-453A NASbook by QNAP quite honestly it feels ahead of its time mainly due to the current pricing of M.2 SSDs and lack of one or more 10GbE ports."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Asustor AS6208T 8-bay NAS @ techPowerUp
- MyDigitalSSD Boost 1TB USB 3.1 Portable SSD @ eTeknix
- Plextor S2G 512GB Entry-Level M.2 Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- MyDigitalSSD BPX 480GB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Samsung's 960 EVO SSD @ The Tech Report
Adata's Ultimate SU800, 3D Micron NAND and a Silicon Motion controller
Subject: Storage | November 18, 2016 - 12:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: SM2258, 3d nand, adata, Ultimate SU800
Adata's Ultimate SU800 512GB SSD is somewhat of a mixed bag, at $0.27/GB it is not exactly inexpensive nor does it take advantage of some of the SM2258 controllers advanced features, on the other hand it does use Micron's 3D NAND, offer a dynamic SLC cache and is overprovisioned by 64GB. The Tech Report put this SATA SSD to the test in a barrage of benchmarks to see how its performance compared to other SSDs, both SATA and PCIe. Check out their results right here.
"Adata's first 3D NAND SSD, the Ultimate SU800, uses the same Micron flash memory that company deployed in its appealing Crucial MX300. We tested and dissected the SU800 to see whether it lives up to its Ultimate billing."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD @ The SSD Review
- Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD @ Kitguru
- Apacer Z280 240GB M.2 PCIe NVMe @ eTeknix
- Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 Flash Drive Review @ Hardware Canucks
Small but tough, the ADATA SE730 external SSD
Subject: Storage | November 10, 2016 - 01:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: adata, external ssd, SE730, usb 3.1, type c
At 250GB and 72.7x44x12.2mm (2.8x1.7x0.4") this external SSD from ADATA is small in two ways which is a mixed blessing for mobile storage. You may feel somewhat cramped, however the device is very portable and inexpensive. The Type C to Type A USB 3.1 connection provided up to 427MB/s transfer speeds in The SSD Review's ATTO testing, Crystal Disk showing 341MB/s read and 376MB/s write. While those speeds are not up to the theoretical maximum for USB 3.1 they are still impressive for an external device. Check out the full review right here.
"The ADATA SE730 differs from many other SSDs, however, as it contains the characteristics of being waterproof, dustproof and shockproof, in addition to its small size. If you want storage that will overcome the elements, the SE730 just might be what you're looking for. In addition, this external SSD has a great price and can be found at Amazon for $120."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Drobo 5C USB Type-C DAS @ Kitguru
- TerraMaster F2-220 @ Modders-Inc
- Lexar 128GB Professional 1066x CompactFlash Card @ SSD Review
- Crucial MX300 750 GB @ techPowerUp
- Toshiba OCZ TL100 SSD @ The SSD Review
- Micron 1100 256GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
- Crucial MX300 2TB @ Kitguru
- ADATA Ultimate SU800 240GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
ADATA' Ultimate SU800 SSD, a new controller and NAND
Subject: Storage | October 28, 2016 - 01:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: adata, Ultimate SU800, 3d nand, micron, silicon motion, SM2258G
ADATA's new entry level SSD is the second to the market which utilizes Micron's 3D NAND and also incorporates the new SM2258G controller from Silicon Motion. ATTO shows the performance you would expect from a drive in this class, 560MB/s read 512MB/s write for sequential data at 128KB and higher, assuming you do not completely fill the SLC cache. The SSD Review did not see write performance drop off until they had written 60GB in one shot, the drop is quite dramatic but for most users 60GB writes happen infrequently. Check out the full review if you are in the market for a value priced SSD.
"The Ultimate SU800, on the other hand, utilizes a newer Silicon Motion controller and is the second SSD in the market utilizing Micron's 3D TLC NAND. This combination of components has us charting into new waters when it comes to evaluating the performance."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
More test results of the new Samsung 960 Pro, if your brain still has the free space to store it
Subject: Storage | October 18, 2016 - 03:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: vnand, ssd, Samsung, NVMe, 960 PRO, 48-layer, 2TB
Al has already exhaustively covered the new Samsung 960 Pro in his latest article, which also happens to be the premiere of PC Perspective's new storage testing suite. An in depth discussion of the new testing methodology can be found on the third page and you can expect to hear about it on our podcast tomorrow and perhaps in a standalone article in the near future. Several comments have inquired as to the effect this drive would have on a system used for gaming or multimedia and how it would compare to drives like the Intel 750 and DC P3700 or OZC's RD 400. The best place to find those comparisons is over at The Tech Report, their RoboBench transfer test features a long list of drives you can look at. Check it out once you have finished off our article.
"Samsung's 960 Pro follows up on last year's 950 Pro with denser V-NAND, a brand-new controller, and space-age label technology. We put this drive to the test to see whether its performance is truly out-of-this-world."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Samsung SSD960 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD @ Kitguru
- WD Blue SSD Review (1TB) @ Kitguru
- Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB SSD @ eTeknix
- Seagate BarraCuda Pro 10TB SATA III HDD Review @ NikKTech
Intel Optane (XPoint) First Gen Product Specifications Leaked
Subject: Storage | October 14, 2016 - 08:05 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: XPoint, Optane, 8000p, Intel
Intel and Micron jointly launched XPoint technology over a year ago, and we've been waiting to see any additional info ever since. We saw Micron demo a prototype at FMS 2016, and we also saw the actual prototype. Intel's last demo was not so great, later demos were better), and we saw a roadmap leaked a few months ago. Thanks to another leak, we now have specs for one of Intel's first Optane products:
Now I know there is a bunch of rambling around the net already. "Why so small?!?!". What I think we are looking at is Stony Beach - Intel's 'Application Accelerator" seen here:
What further backs this theory is that you'll note the PCIe 3.0 x2 link of that product in the above roadmap, which couples nicely with the upper end limits seen in the 32GB product, which is clearly hitting a bandwidth limit at 1.6 GB/s, which is the typical max seen on a x2 PCIe 3.0 link.
Now with the capacity thing aside, there is another important thing to bring up. First gen XPoint dies are 128 Gbit, which works out to 16 GB. That means the product specs for the 16GB part are turning in those specs *WITH ONE DIE*. NAND based SSDs can only reach these sorts of figures by spreading the IO's across four, eight, or more dies operating in parallel. This is just one die, and it is nearly saturating two lanes of PCIe 3.0!
Another cool thing to note is that we don't typically get to know how well a single die of anything will perform. We always have to extrapolate backwards from the smaller capacities of SSDs, where the dies are the bottleneck instead of the interface to the host. Here we have the specs of one die of a product. Imagine what could be done with even wider interfaces and more dies!
XPoint fills the still relatively large performance gap between RAM and NAND, and does so while being non-volatile. There are good things on the horizon to be enabled by this technology, even if we first see it in smaller capacity products.
WD and SanDisk; sneaking a peek at the new 1TB Blue
Subject: Storage | October 11, 2016 - 01:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, ssd, Blue, 1TB, marvell 1074
Al is hard at work benchmarking the new Western Digital SSDs and you should expect to see his full in depth review in the near future but for those who need immediate gratification here is Hardware Canucks review. The 1TB WD Blue uses a Marvell 1074 controller, a full gigabyte of cache provided by a pair of Micron 512MB DDR3 chips and 15nm TLC that should survive 400TB of writes and is warrantied for three years. Western Digital and SanDisk DNA meet for the first time in a consumer SSD, check out how it fares against the competition right here.
"Western Digital, once known for their hard drives alone, is now wading in the SSD market with two new series. In this review, we take the new Blue 1TB SSD out for a spin."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
Western Digital Gets Back in the SSD Game With Blue and Green SSDs!
Subject: Storage | October 11, 2016 - 11:50 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, ssd, Green, Blue
It has been over 6 years since we saw an SSD come out of Western Digital, but we suspected some new ones may be coming after their recent acquisition of SanDisk. That say has come, and today we have two new SSD models announced by WD:
These new SSDs naturally borrow SanDisk 15nm TLC flash but drive that flash with aftermarket controllers. The Blue employs a Marvell 88SS1074 controller while the Green will use a Silicon Motion SM2256S. The Blue will have the typical SATA 6Gbps saturating specs seen in modern SSDs, while the Green will be derated a bit. Detailed specifications are below:
- Form Factors: 2.5¨/7mm cased, M.2 2280
- Endurance (Blue):
- Power (Blue):
- Slumber: 42mW-52mW
- DEVSLP: 4.9mW-9.7mW
- Average Active Power: 70mW
- Warranty (Blue and Green): 3 years
The WD Green will be more budget minded and is to be offered in only a 120GB and 240GB form factor, with reduced endurance ratings of 40 TBW and 80 TBW, respectively.
Pricing (for the WD Blue SSD):
The WD Green SSD will be available 'later this quarter', and we do not yet have pricing for that model, but it should come in at a lower cost than the Blue prices above. We have a Blue model in for testing and should see how it fares on our new storage suite later this week.
Western Digital Refreshes Colorful My Passport and My Book Lines
Subject: Storage | October 11, 2016 - 10:22 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: western digital, wdc, WD, my passport, my book
Western Digital has refreshed their My Passport and My Book lines with a new industrial design:
The My Passport line (pictured above) features a new design and colors. Capacities now extend all the way up to 4TB. Prices:
These feature password protection and AES-256 hardware encryption. There is also a 'My Passport for Mac' model which parallels the above series but comes pre-formated for use with a Mac. Amazing that they are now fitting 4TB of capacity into a 2.5" enclosure.
Also up is a redesign of the My Book. This bookshelf style drive is now a chunkier version of the My Passport products mentioned earlier. Thanks to Helium-filled HGST HelioSeal technology recently acquired by Western Digital, capacities now extend up to 8TB on this line. Prices follow:
I like the more squared off design, especially for the My Book, as it should make them more stable and less likely to be tipped over by accidental bumps. These also support hardware encryption. All models of both the My Book and My Passport come with a 2-year limited warranty as well as backup software to help ease the process of automating your backups.
About the "Firefox Is Eating Your SSD" Story
Subject: Storage | October 5, 2016 - 07:57 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ssd, mozilla, google, firefox, endurance, chrome
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a post pop up on Twitter a few times about Firefox performing excessive writes to SSDs, which total up to 32GBs in a single day. The author attributes it mostly to a fast-updating session restore feature, although cookies were also resource hogs in their findings. In an update, they also tested Google Chrome, which, itself, clocked in over 24GB of writes in a day.
This, of course, seemed weird to me. I would have thought that at least one browser vendor might notice an issue like this. Still, I passed the link to Allyn because he would be much more capable in terms of being able to replicate these results. In our internal chat at the time, he was less skeptical than I was. I've since followed up with him, and he said that his initial results "wasn't nearly as bad as their case". He'll apparently elaborate on tonight's podcast, and I'll update this post with his findings.
Drobo Launches 5C - 5-bay USB 3.0 Type-C (Type-A) Direct Attached Storage Solution
Subject: Storage | October 4, 2016 - 08:30 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: usb 3.0, Type-C, Type-A, hdd, External, Drobo 5C, drobo, DAS, 5-bay
We looked at the third-gen 4-bay Drobo over a year back, and while the performance and price were great, it was held back by its limited number of drive bays. Drobo fixed that today:
The new Drobo 5C is basically an evolution of the 4-bay model. Performance is similar, which justifies the choice to stick with USB 3.0 (5 Gbit), but we now have a Type-C port on the Drobo side (a Type-C to Type-A cable is included to cover most potential users). The added bay helps users increase potential capacity or alternatively select BeyondRAID's Dual Drive Redundancy mode without as much of an ultimate capacity hit compared to its 4-bay predecessor.
The Drobo 5C supersedes the old 4-bay unit in their lineup.
The new Drobo 5C is available today for $349, with drive package deals offered direct from Drobo. Drobo is also offering a limited-time $50 discount to 2nd and 3rd gen 4-bay Drobo owners (valid until 11 Oct 2016). I have confirmed here that a disk pack from a 4-bay model can be moved directly to the new 5-bay model with no issue.
We have a full review of the Drobo 5C coming, but we have a few questions out to them that need answering before our article goes live.
Full press blast after the break.
Business on the front and back end, Kingston's SSDNow KC400 series
Subject: Storage | October 3, 2016 - 05:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: kingston, ssdnow KC400, Phison PS3110-S10, mlc, sata ssd
Kitguru has another Phison PS3110-S10 based SSD up for review, the Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB SATA SSD. This drive is heavily packaged compared to others, with sixteen 32GB 15nm MLC NAND packages and a 256MB DDR3L-1600 paired with the eight channel controller. The drive is marketed at businesses and with an 800TB lifetime, 450GB of writes everyday for the five year warranty as well as SmartECC and SmartRefresh it would fit that bill. Consumers and businesses alike will appreciate the sequential read/write performance of 550MB/s and 530MB/s. Overall it is another drive that fits into the existing pack of drives and is worth your consideration, especially if you have need of its error correction features. Read the full review for more information.
"Kingston's SSDNow KC400 family is part of the company's business-oriented SSD product line which features end-to-end data path protection, technologies to protect data in the NAND and guard against read errors, as well as good endurance."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Crucial MX300 2TB @ eTeknix
- Plextor M8PeG 256GB M.2 NVMe @ eTeknix
- QNAP TS-451A-4G 4-bay NAS @ Kitguru
- Drobo 5N 5-Bay NAS @ eTeknix
- LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive 2TB USB 3.0 Review @ NikKTech
Toshiba Announces OCZ TL100 2.5" SATA SSDs - 240GB at $0.28/GB!
Subject: Storage | September 27, 2016 - 05:51 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: toshiba, tlc, TL100, ssd, sata, ocz, 2.5
Toshiba launched the OCZ TL100 series today:
These are TLC SSDs aimed at the budget sector. They are using the ever more common SLC cached TLC hybrid configuration, and come in at bargain basement pricing. Here are the specs:
- Capacity: 120 / 240 GB
- Sequential read / write: 550 / 530 MB/s
- Random read / write: 85k / 80k IOPS
- Warranty: 3 years with advance replacement
- Endurance (120/240GB): 30 / 60 TBW (27 / 54 GB/day)
- Price:
Yes, that's $0.28/GB and a 240GB SSD at less than $70 bucks. The endurance is on the low side, but if these perform even half way decently, they will be a great low-cost way to go for most budget PC builds. We'll be testing these shortly on a new suite of tests with workloads that have been specifically optimized to more closely resemble real usage. These tests allow hybrid SSDs to use their SLC cache as opposed to flooding the drives with IO and forcing TLC writes. Don't be surprised if these perform surprisingly well for their cost. No guarantees as we haven't tested them yet, but we will soon!
The AS330 Panther 960GB SSD is branded Apacer but what matters is what is inside
Subject: Storage | September 26, 2016 - 01:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: tlc, Phison PS3110-S10, AS330 Panther, apacer, 960GB SSD
Almost everyone seems to be making SATA SSDs these days, the market is much more crowded that at this time last year which can make your purchasing decisions more complicated. If you cannot afford the new M.2 and PCIe SSDs but are instead looking for a SATA SSD then your choices are varied and you cannot necessarily depend on price when you make your decision.
The internals are what really determines the value you are getting from an SSD, in this case the AS330 uses the four channel Phison PS3110-S10 controller, 15nm Toshiba TLC NAND and has a 512MB DDR3L-1600 cache. This puts it in the same class as many other value priced SSDs from companies like PNY and Kingston. Hardware Canucks' testing proves this to be true, the drive is a bit slower than the OCZ Trion 150 but is solidly in the middle of the pack of comparable SSDs. The price you can find the drive will be the deciding factor, the 960GB model should sell around $200, the 480GB model is currently $120 on Newegg.
"Apacer's AS330 Panther SSD is inexpensive, offers good performance and has capacity to burn. But can this drive roar or will a lack of brand recognition cause it to purr out to obscurity? "
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
*Updated* Samsung 960 PRO and 960 EVO Announced - Details and Specifications Inside
Subject: Storage | September 21, 2016 - 12:00 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: ssd, Samsung, pcie, NVMe, M.2, 960 PRO, 960 EVO
I'm currently running around at the various briefings and events here at Samsung's Global SSD Summit, but we did get some details on the 960 PRO and EVO that I've set to go live at the NDA time of 1 PM Seoul time.
Here is a distilled version of the specs, capacities, and prices of the 960 PRO and EVO:
- 512GB, 1TB, 2TB capacities
- Sequential: 3.5 GB/s reads / 2.1 GB/s writes
- 4K random (IOPS): 440,000 read / 360,000 write
- Dynamic Thermal Guard (new version of their overtemperature protection - details below)
- 5 year warranty, endurace peaks at 1.2PBW for the 2TB model
- 512GB model = $329.99 ($0.64/GB)
- 250GB, 500GB, 1TB capacities
- Sequential: 3.2 GB/s reads / 1.9 GB/s writes (write speed is for TurboWrite SLC cache)
- 4K random (IOPS): 380,000 read / 360,000 write
- Dynamic Thermal Guard
- 3 year warranty, endurance up to 400TBW for the 1TB model
I would certainly like to see Samsung push the 960 EVO capacities upwards of 4TB, and with competing M.2 NVMe products shipping at a lower cost, those prices use some tweaking as well.
More information and pics to follow later today (tonight for you USA folks)!
**UPDATE** - since everyone is in bed and hasn't read any of this yet, I'm just going to add the information from the presentation here.
First, some of you may be wondering about the inverted capacity difference between the PRO and EVO. Historically, Samsung has shipped their EVO line in higher capacities than the PRO line. The 850 EVO currently ships in capacities up to 4TB, while the 850 PRO remains limited to 2TB. If you look closely at the photos above, you'll note that there are four flash packages on the PRO, while there are only two on the EVO. The cause for this difference is that the DRAM package (visible on the EVO) is integrated within the controller package on the PRO model. This is similar to what Samsung has done with their PM971-NVMe SSD, which has not only the controller and DRAM, but the flash itself all stacked within a *single* package. Samsung calls this package-on-package (PoP):
During the Q&A, Samsung's Unsoo Kim indicated that future 960 EVO's may also shift to the PoP design in order to shift to 4 packages, and therefore double (or quadruple) the capacity on that line in the future.
Samsung also tackled thermal throttling head-on with what they call Dynamic Thermal Guard. This is a combination of a few things. First is the reduced power consumption - the new controller draws ~10% less power despite moving to a 5-core design (up from a 3-core on the 950 PRO). Second, and perhaps more interesting, is a new heat spreading label:
This new label contains a copper layer that helps spread heat across more of the surface area of the M.2 part. Samsung gets bonus points for outside the box thinking there. The combination of the reduced power draw and the heat spreader help to make thermal throttling even more impossible under typical use:
While the above chart was for reads (writes produce more heat), that's still a very good improvement, and being able to move potentially the full drive capacity before throttling is pretty good, especially considering the new models are moving data at a much faster speed. About those faster speeds, here are some increased details on the per-capacity specs:
Take the 960 EVO write specs with a grain of salt - those are assuming writes are going into the SLC cache area but never fear because TurboWrite is getting a boost as well:
This new 'Intelligent TurboWrite' increases the SLC cache area significantly over that of the 850 EVO we are all used to, with up to a 42GB area on the 1TB model! This should make it easier to swallow those boastful write performance claims, as there's a really good chance that all writes any typical user applies to the new EVO will go straight into that new larger cache.
Apologies for the odd cutoffs on these pictures. They were corrected for parallax prior to posting. I also couldn't do anything about the presenter being in the way of the data :). I've requested slides from Samsung and will replace these here if/when they are provided.
Last but not least was a newly announced '2.0' version of the Samsung proprietary NVMe driver, which should help enable these increased speeds, as the Windows InBox driver is certainly not optimized to handle them. With the driver comes a new ground-up redesign of Samsung's Magician software, which added support for file-specific secure erasure and a special 'Magic Vault' secure encrypted area of the SSD that can be invisible to the host OS when locked.
This appears to be the bulk of what is to be announced at the Summit, so for now, I leave you with the endurance ratings and (MSRP) pricing for all capacities / models:
Full press blast after the break.
Samsung Kicks Off Global SSD Summit With 960 EVO and 960 PRO
Subject: Storage | September 20, 2016 - 06:01 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Samsung, 960 PRO, 960 EVO, NVMe, pcie, ssd, Summit, Global
Your humble Storage Editor is once again in Seoul, Korea. With these trips comes unique skylines:
...the Seoul Tower:
...and of course, SSD announcements! Samsung has a habit of slipping product pics into the yearly theme. This year they were a bit more blunt about it:
Yup, looks like tomorrow we will see Samsung officially announce their successor to the 950 PRO. We'll be hearing all about the 960 PRO and the new 960 EVO tomorrow, exactly three months after we broke the early news of these new models.
There will, of course, be more details tomorrow once we attend the relevant product briefings. This will be late at night for those of you back in the states. No further details for now. I'm off to get some dinner and recover from that 14-hour flight!
OCZ's VX500, next generation MLC for those who want price and performance in the same drive
Subject: Storage | September 14, 2016 - 05:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: VX500, ocz, toshiba, TC35, mlc, sata 6Gbs
We've seen a lot of high end SSDs lately so it is nice to be able to link to the new VX500 series from OCZ, or Toshiba to be more technically correct. Running with MSRPs of ~$150 for the 512GB model and ~$340 for the 1TB model these drives will fit more comfortably into many budgets. The 1TB model does come with a bit of a price increase thanks to the use of larger MLC NAND chips and the presence of a RAM cache, the 512GB model forgoes the cache altogether. Hardware Canucks put the 512GB and 1TB models to the test and their speeds hit the top of the SATA charts; if you can't afford the newest SSD tech this is a drive worthy of your consideration. They did not have the time to fully test the durability but the five year hassle free warranty and rated total disk writes show that the NAND is unlikely to die any time soon.
"OCZ is diving back into the mainstream SSD market in a big way. Their new VX500 series combines an affordable price with excellent performance and some incredible NAND durability."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Toshiba's OCZ VX500 512GB SSD @ The Tech Report
- Toshiba OCZ VX500 512GB @ Kitguru
- OCZ VX500 512 GB @ techPowerUp
- Toshiba OCZ VX500 SSD @ The SSD Review
- Adata's Premier SP550 480GB SSD @ The Tech Report
- Crucial MX300 750GB SSD, Now Packing Micron 3D TLC NAND @ Custom PC Review
- Kingston Industrial Temperature MicroSD @ Benchmark Reviews
Crucial's new MX300 SSD; new NAND means new sizes
Subject: Storage | September 6, 2016 - 02:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: crucial, MX300, 1050GB, sata ssd, M.2, 88SS1074, tlc
The MX300 series utilizes Micron 384G-bit, 32 tier floating gate, 3D TLC NAND which means that the capacities are a little different than we are used to. 1050GB is an odd number, the 978GB available after formatting even more so, but in the end the actual number matters less than the performance. The SSD Review tested this drive which uses a four channel Micron 88SS1074 controller and sports eight NAND packages with Micron LPDDR3 1333MHz DRAM for a cache. They tested a single drive as well as setting up two in RAID 0, the single drive could hit 535MB/s read and 516MB/s write and RAID 0 did indeed come close to doubling that. Drop by to see their full results.
"Due to the new 384G-bit TLC 3D NAND, the MX300 line up is now offered in 275GB, 525GB, 750GB, 1050GB, and 2TB options. From this announcement, the 2TB option intrigued us the most, however, they are still unavailable, so we opted to get two 1050GB models for today's review."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
Samsung's 256GB Samsung EVO Plus MicroSD card, for your 4K recording pleasure
Subject: Storage | August 29, 2016 - 04:37 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: microSD, Samsung, evo plus, U3, UHS-I
A while back Al broke down the specifications of SD cards and what each class meant and the proper usage for them. The top class is U3 and it offers transfer speeds high enough to support recording 4K video on your devices and that happens to be the rating on the new 256GB Samsung EVO Plus MicroSD. Legion Hardware just tested this MicroSD card and it now holds the title of best performing SD card they have tested. The performance does come at a premium, the MSRP of the card is $250 and even with a 10 year warranty this is still an expensive purchase. If you need the ability to record 4K video immediately this is the fast solution available but if you are still in the planning stages, remember that there is a new standard, UFS, which is due to hit the market soon and impact pricing of older products.
"Running out of storage on your smartphone, tablet or 4K video camera? Well the good news is SD cards have never been more affordable and crucially offered such huge storage capacities. In fact, Samsung recently announced the availability of a 256GB version of their popular EVO Plus MicroSD card series"
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Seagate Innov8 8TB USB 3.1 Type-C Desktop HDD @ Nikktech
- Drobo 5n NAS @ Kitguru
- Asustor AS3102T @ Kitguru
Intel Revises All SSD Product Lines - 3D NAND Everywhere!
Subject: Storage | August 25, 2016 - 06:26 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: ssd, Pro 6000p, Intel, imft, E 6000p, E 5420s, DC S3520, DC P3520, 600p, 3d nand
Intel announced the production of 3D NAND a little over a year ago, and we've now seen production ramp up to the point where they are infusing it into nearly every nook and cranny of their SSD product lines.
The most relevant part for our readers will be a long overdue M.2 2280 SSD. These will kick off with the 600p:
An overseas forum member over at chiphell got their hands on a 600p and ran some quick tests. From their photo (above), we can confirm the controller is not from Intel, but rather from Silicon Motion. The NAND is naturally from Intel, as is likely their controller firmware implementation, as these parts go through the same lengthy validation process as their other products.
Intel is going for the budget consumer play here. The flash will be running in TLC mode, likely with an SLC cache. Specs are respectable - 1.8GB/s reads, 560MB/s writes, random read 155k, random write 128k (4KB QD=32). By respectable specs I mean in light of the pricing:
Wow! These prices are ranging from $0.55/GB at 128GB all the way down to $0.35/GB for the 1TB part.
You might have noticed the Pro 6000p in that list. Those are nearly identical to the 600p save some additional firmware / software tweaks to support IT infrastructure remote secure erase.
Intel also refreshed their DataCenter (DC) lineup. The SSD DC S3520 (SATA) and P3520 (PCIe/NVMe) were also introduced as a refresh, also using Intel's 3D NAND. We published our exclusive review of the Intel SSD DC P3520 earlier today, so check there for full details on that enterprise front. Before we move on, a brief moment of silence for the P3320 - soft-launched in April, but discontinued before it shipped. We hardly knew ye.
Lastly, Intel introduced a few additional products meant for the embedded / IoT sector. The SSD E 6000p is an M.2 PCIe part similar to the first pair of products mentioned in this article, while the SSD E 5420s comes in 2.5" and M.2 SATA flavors. The differentiator on these 'E' parts is enhanced AES 256 crypto.
Most of these products will be available 'next week', but the 600p 360GB (to be added) and 1TB capacities will ship in Q4.
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Three-star quarterback Brandon Taylor (Mustang, Okla.) was enjoying a solid season until a concussion sidelined him for the rest of the season. He was among the leaders in Oklahoma in passing yards at the beginning of the season, but he only played half of the year because of concussions and concussion-like symptoms.
Taylor is now healthy, but he also is looking for a scholarship offer. At 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, Taylor has the size of an FBS quarterback. He threw for 1,805 yards and nine touchdowns in five games and parts of two others.
"I think that hurt me a lot," Taylor said. "When I went out with a concussion, I didn't play much at all after that. Even with the games I played, at the time, I was leading the state in passing by about 300 yards. We were scoring a lot of points.
"I feel good now. I'm just waiting for a school to take a chance on me."
Taylor is a pro-style quarterback who has generated some interest from both Texas Tech and West Virginia. He doesn't have an FBS offer, but he said he has received a lot of attention from smaller Oklahoma schools, such as Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Southwestern Oklahoma State. Taylor added that Northwestern State (La.) is interested in him taking a campus visit.
Taylor, who had Oklahoma State and Tulsa interested early in his process, hopes an FBS offer is in his future. He added that Tech has still been in contact with Mustang head coach Ty Prestidge. Taylor also said game film has been sent out to West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen.


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Good morning. I think you should consider our S795-30 channel balance as a possible replacement. I would also recommend the 30B stamp option, of course.


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Balotelli accepts Man City fine
The Italy international's lawyers were due to present their case to a Premier League tribunal yesterday against a club fine. City imposed a fine of two weeks' wages — a figure reported to be around £340,000 — on Balotelli last season for on-field indiscipline, causing his unrest.
But a brief statement from City yesterday read: "After amicable talks between the parties, as a sign of respect for Roberto Mancini, the supporters and the club, Mario Balotelli has chosen to accept a two week fine levied upon him by the club and withdraw his disciplinary appeal, which was due to be heard by a Premier League panel."


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JACKI LYDEN, host:
Now, in schools across the country, students are studying an unusual subject - mariachi, music that has long been a tradition of Mexican culture. In Los Angeles, Gloria Hillard visited one of many schools that are making music a key to keeping Latino students engaged and excelling. Here's her story.
GLORIA HILLARD: Every day after school under the bloom of the fluorescent lights of the Middleton Street auditorium in Los Angeles, they practice. Up first are the beginning mariachi students, distinguished by their matching knit shirts and well, absolute enthusiasm.
(Soundbite of mariachi music)
HILLARD: And then, the intermediate students take their place.
Unidentified Child: One, two, ready, go.
(Soundbite of mariachi music)
HILLARD: In embroidered jackets with silver buttons, these young musicians are accompanied by dancers. The girls wear muslin dresses with hand-painted flowers and the boys are in pale blue shirts with red ties and boots with taps on them. Thirteen-year-old George Conte(ph) is also wearing a huge smile.
Mr. GEORGE CONTE: When I'm dancing, I feel happy, glad.
HILLARD: The mariachi students in this elementary school auditorium range in age from eight to 16. The middle and high school students learned their chops here and continue their instruction in an after-school program.
This is a primarily first-generation Latino suburb of Los Angeles. Streets are marked by gang graffiti. The school's playground is a stone's throw from littered train tracks, carefully navigated by children and stray dogs.
Mr. JAVIER MIRANDA (Principal, Middleton Elementary School): Unfortunately, in this area, we still have a very high dropout rate - 50 percent.
HILLARD: That's Principal Javier Miranda who started the mariachi program eight years ago.
Mr. MIRANDA: So our expectation is that through music, our students will develop a bond with the school community and graduate from high school and from college.
HILLARD: Miranda says the mariachi music program is considered a privilege, and students must maintain excellent grades and attendance, even after leaving Middleton, to stay in the program. And he says, it appears to be working.
Mr. MIRANDA: Their academic achievement keeps on improving. Most of them are proficient or advanced in the state exam. We know that their self esteem and their academic performance is strengthened through music.
HILLARD: Lining the walls of the auditorium are the parents. One of them is Hilda Perez. She says mariachi represents hope for the future and a link with the past.
Ms. HILDA PEREZ: All the family came from Mexico, and these kids are born and raised here, so it's really important for us that they don't forget about the people that was in the past, you know, their ancestors.
(Soundbite of mariachi music)
HILLARD: Eleven-year-old Luis Zambrano is reminded of that every time he takes his place in the mariachi line.
Mr. LUIS ZAMBRANO: It makes me feel emotional and excited and makes me feel connected to my grandparents and my parents.
HILLARD: What's your dream?
Mr. ZAMBRANO: My dream is, I think, playing mariachi professionally.
HILLARD: Another violin player with her eyes on the future is nine-year-old Gabriella Sanchez, a petite girl with soulful eyes and silver earrings. Her hair is pulled back in a pony tail.
Ms. GABRIELLA SANCHEZ: Like maybe when we grow up, like we could come on shows of the TV.
HILLARD: TV may be a part of Gabriella's future, but for now, she'll have to settle for being on the radio.
(Soundbite of singing)
HILLARD: For NPR News, I'm Gloria Hillard.
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High profile religious and political leaders gathered in Birmingham to commemorate the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15th, 1963.
Outside the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church the ringing of a bell marked 10:22 a.m. – the exact time that a bomb went off near a room where children were preparing for Sunday school 50 years ago. Killed in that blast were 14 year olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11 year old Denise McNair. Sarah Collins Rudolph was with them. She lost a sister, three friends, and her vision that day.
"I remember how Denise came out of the restroom and how she asked my sister Addie to tie the sash up on her dress and when Addie reached out to tie the sash, the bomb went off. I heard this loud sound boom! Then debris came coming in- came in and blinded me," said Sarah Collins Rudolph. "When I went to the hospital I had glass all in my eyes and in my chest, just really and I lost my right eye on that day and injured my left eye badly because you know when the doctor had operated on me he was asking me what do I see and I told him that I see a little light out of my left eye, but my right eye…I blinded instantly in my right eye."
Although it was hard for her to return to the place where her life changed forever Collins Rudolph wouldn't have missed the ceremony on the 50th anniversary of that tragic day.
"It brings back a lot of memories and it… and I just see where this city has come a long way. Because we needed to have peace in this city, but I just hate to see that these girls had to die, just to get peace," said Collins Rudolph. "It was important to be here today because you know my sister was killed and all of the other girls I knew very well. And I just had to, had to come because I loved those girls and it was very important that I come to really represent them."
To mark the pivotal moment Reverend Arthur Price taught from the Sunday school lesson that the victims were supposed to hear that morning. It taught about love that forgives in the face of evil.
Elder Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., opened the morning with prayer.
"We know that 50 years ago there was an explosion in this place that took the lives of innocent young girls, but we thank you father for the tremendous progress that we have made in 50 years that we can sit in the safety confines of this sanctuary being protected by the City of Birmingham when 50 years ago the city turned its eyes and its ears away from us," said King.


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Sporting Kansas City have recalled C.J. Sapong from a loan at USL PRO affiliate Orlando City, the club announced Thursday.
Sapong left for Orlando on July 11, and managed two goals and an assist over two games during his brief spell with the Lions. He picked up one goal and the assist in a 3-3 draw against the Dayton Dutch Lions and recorded the game-winner from the penalty spot in a 2-1 win over the Charleston Battery.
The 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year has scored 16 goals and recorded eight assists over three MLS seasons and will once again try to crack the Sporting lineup as they face a busy second half of the MLS schedule while also participating in the CONCACAF Champions League.


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Reading & Writing - Teacher's Manual Books 1 and 2
By Robert Pace
Piano/Keyboard - Book 1 and Book 2
Pace Piano Education. Softcover. Lee Roberts Music #1213. Published by Lee Roberts Music (HL.371213).
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9x12 inches.
A resource book on how to develop comprehensive musicianship, regardless of technical skill or musical aptitude. Creative activities "spiral" upward in a logical sequence.


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Visiting Virginia Vineyards: Bluemont, Chrysalis, Tarara, Sunset Hills, Notaviva
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sniff, sip, swish, spit.
It may be the ritual of wine tasting, but it can be a major turnoff for those of us who are best described as lay wine-drinkers. Who can wax poetic about notes of pear and grapefruit when the only note our untrained palates can make out is "wine"?
For us, there is a friendly training ground, less than an hour's drive from our doorsteps, where we can sip, swish and definitely not feel obliged to spit.
Oh, yes, we're talking about Virginia. Advances in grape-growing the past few years have helped nurture a Virginia winemaking boomlet. Last year, Loudoun County added a handful of new tasting rooms, and the year before that a handful more, for a total of nearly 25 wineries.
Fall harvest and the busy season for wineries is just around the corner, so we decided to check out some of the biggest and buzziest in search of gems. (If you're skeptical about the caliber of the wines, we got experts to point us to the ones worth trying.)
There are wineries that specialize in music and provide breathtaking views of fall colors. Families can find kid-friendly activities at festivals and take fruit-picking excursions, while budding oenophiles can sip and taste in private sessions with winemakers and experts. There are even dog-friendly events.
And the snobby rituals? They're practically taboo. There are hardly friendlier folks than the sommeliers, winemakers and tasting attendants we encountered in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Tastings are typically about $5 and feature just a sip or two of five to seven wines; the secret to enjoying them, we discovered, is to ask questions: Ask which wine is your pourer's favorite and which is the bestseller; ask about the history of the place as you're doing your sipping.
On the following pages find four reasons you have to visit Virginia wineries this fall.
Go for the View
Bluemont and Chrysalis vineyards
Just when you think you've arrived at western Loudoun's Bluemont Vineyard, you come face-to-face with one last stretch: a long gravel road, winding high up the hill. In the distance is the comely cottage winery, so high you could catch a little vertigo just getting there.
Never heard of it? Former AOL employee Bob Rupy and farmer Mark Zurschmeide opened Bluemont in 2007. The wines produced generally are on the dry side, and with names like the Cow (a Vidal Blanc) and the Goat (a Viognier), they reflect the pastoral setting. But what you're drinking this year comes from grapes grown off-site. Since Bluemont is so new, it expects to serve wines produced from its own grapes (called estate wines) beginning late next year.