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In This Issue: Count It All Joy | MPO Essentials Fiber Cable | Is preowned network equipment right for my network? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Count It All Joy
Happy Monday,
This past week, I’ve encountered a series of unfortunate events: our refrigerator died, our air conditioning unit decided to go out the day before the 4th of July, and our transmission in our minivan decided to have issues this same week. On Saturday my brother-in-law invited us to a Gwinnett Stripers game (our local minor league baseball team), and everything was great, but the game got rained out. It’s starting to sound like an old country song! I felt like Charlie Brown for most of the week… Good Grief!
But you know what, even though the week seemed like a disaster, I still feel pretty thankful for everything in general. It’s times like these that sort of make you appreciate what you have and is a great contrast to the good times. The good news is that we got a new fridge, the AC repaired, and have scheduled a repair for our van… and we’ll catch another game another day (maybe when it’s not so blazingly hot). So, all is not lost, I think it’s easy to sink into despair when these things happen but reflecting a little bit and zooming out and looking at things from another point of view, helps me at least see how all relative these little annoyances are.
I’m reminded of a passage in the Bible – James 1:2-4 (ESV) where it says, “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” I’ll be reflecting on that passage this week. I hope you appreciate your day and have a great week!
Cris
Product Spotlights & Updates
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Learning Center Article – Is preowned network equipment right for my network?
Every business needs a powerful, reliable network. Unfortunately, building and maintaining it can be expensive. If you take the time to search for ways to save money on your network, one thing you’ll find is the mention of preowned and refurbished hardware. They often save some money, but are they really worth it? You might be comfortable buying a preowned vehicle, but networking equipment is another beast altogether.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Bed Bath & Beyond canceled an auction for Buy Buy Baby, but the chain could still end up being saved. Buyers had backed out of the auction because the chain’s value had deteriorated, but there are still parties interested in its assets. Dream on Me Industries, a former supplier to Buy Buy Baby, has agreed to purchase the chain’s intellectual property for $15.5 million if no better bids arise.
- Medicare is now covering Leqembi, the only Alzheimer’s treatment on the market that slowed cognitive decline in early stages of the disease in a clinical trial. Although Medicare will pick up a majority of the bill, patients could still pay more than $5,000 in out-of-pocket costs.
- Meta’s new Twitter competitor Threads has exploded in growth in its first full day since its public debut Wednesday night, fueled by Instagram’s already massive userbase. The text-based social media product already has 70 million sign-ups.
- President Biden, who will attend a NATO summit in Europe this week, said it was “premature” to allow Ukraine to join the alliance as the war with Russia continues.