To begin, consider visiting your local hardware or home center.

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It's a model where the center that serves as your medical home might help you keep track of your prescriptions, or get the referrals you need, or work with you to develop a plan of care that ensures your providers are working together to keep you healthy.

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You can participate in live online courses, listen to special guest lectures and study from their online learning center right from the comfort of your home or office.

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And so in the case of the set-top box you typically would store the video back on the server, either the Media Center server in the home, or the your video provider server back at the head-end.

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Lets say the repairman cannot fix the TV in your home, how long would it take to get fixed if they have to send it to a service center?

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Your sofa (or maybe even your Snuggie) could become a virtual command center, giving you easy control over the dimming of the lights or home music system.

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