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"Everybody needs to scale their database and no matter what technology you use database sharding is the way it's done under the covers," explained Cory Isaacson, CEO/CTO of CodeFutures Corporation, maker of dbShards, in this SYS-CON.tv interview with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan at the 11th International Cloud Expo, held November 5-8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
Cloud Expo 2013 New York, June 10-13, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conference and exhibition in New York City, New York, June 10-13, 2013.
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced with more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!
Cloud Expo New York will attract more than 10,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented at the 12th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term 'cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with 'computing' and 'software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2013, more than 50,000 delegates per year will be attending Cloud Expo."
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Secure Channels will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The bedrock of Secure Channels Technology is a uniquely modified and enhanced process based on superencipherment. Superencipherment is the process of encrypting an already encrypted message one or more times, either using the same or a different algorithm.
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Almost two-thirds of companies either have or soon will have IoT as the backbone of their business in 2016. However, IoT is far more complex than most firms expected. How can you not get trapped in the pitfalls? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Tony Shan, a renowned visionary and thought leader, will introduce a holistic method of IoTification, which is the process of IoTifying the existing technology and business models to adopt and leverage IoT. He will drill down to the components in this fra...
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I'm a lonely sensor. I spend all day telling the world how I'm feeling, but none of the other sensors seem to care. I want to be connected. I want to build relationships with other sensors to be more useful for my human. I want my human to understand that when my friends next door are too hot for a while, I'll soon be flaming. And when all my friends go outside without me, I may be left behind. Don't just log my data; use the relationship graph. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Boyd, Engi...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Pulzze Systems will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Pulzze Systems, Inc. provides infrastructure products for the Internet of Things to enable any connected device and system to carry out matched operations without programming. For more information, visit http://www.pulzzesystems.com.
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If you're responsible for an application that depends on the data or functionality of various IoT endpoints – either sensors or devices – your brand reputation depends on the security, reliability, and compliance of its many integrated parts. If your application fails to deliver the expected business results, your customers and partners won't care if that failure stems from the code you developed or from a component that you integrated. What can you do to ensure that the endpoints work as expect...
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DevOps at Cloud Expo – being held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA – announces that its Call for Papers is open. Born out of proven success in agile development, cloud computing, and process automation, DevOps is a macro trend you cannot afford to miss. From showcase success stories from early adopters and web-scale businesses, DevOps is expanding to organizations of all sizes, including the world's largest enterprises – and delivering real results. Am...
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The Internet of Things can drive efficiency for airlines and airports. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect with GE, and Sudip Majumder, senior director of development at Oracle, will discuss the technical details of the connected airline baggage and related social media solutions. These IoT applications will enhance travelers' journey experience and drive efficiency for the airlines and the airports. The session will include a working demo and a technical d...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Commvault, a global leader in enterprise data protection and information management, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Commvault is a leading provider of data protection and information management solutions, helping companies worldwide activate their data to drive more value and business insight and to transform moder...
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The Transparent Cloud-computing Consortium (abbreviation: T-Cloud Consortium) will conduct research activities into changes in the computing model as a result of collaboration between "device" and "cloud" and the creation of new value and markets through organic data processing High speed and high quality networks, and dramatic improvements in computer processing capabilities, have greatly changed the nature of applications and made the storing and processing of data on the network commonplace.
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Traditional on-premises data centers have long been the domain of modern data platforms like Apache Hadoop, meaning companies who build their business on public cloud were challenged to run Big Data processing and analytics at scale. But recent advancements in Hadoop performance, security, and most importantly cloud-native integrations, are giving organizations the ability to truly gain value from all their data. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, David Tishgart, Director of Product Marketing ...
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The vision of a connected smart home is becoming reality with the application of integrated wireless technologies in devices and appliances. The use of standardized and TCP/IP networked wireless technologies in line-powered and battery operated sensors and controls has led to the adoption of radios in the 2.4GHz band, including Wi-Fi, BT/BLE and 802.15.4 applied ZigBee and Thread. This is driving the need for robust wireless coexistence for multiple radios to ensure throughput performance and th...
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Digital innovation is the next big wave of business transformation based on digital technologies of which IoT and Big Data are key components, For example: Business boundary innovation is a challenge to excavate third-party business value using IoT and BigData, like Nest Business structure innovation may propose re-building business structure from scratch, as Uber does in the taxicab industry The social model innovation is also a big challenge to the new social architecture with the design fr...
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Data is an unusual currency; it is not restricted by the same transactional limitations as money or people. In fact, the more that you leverage your data across multiple business use cases, the more valuable it becomes to the organization. And the same can be said about the organization's analytics. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Bill Schmarzo, CTO for the Big Data Practice at EMC, will introduce a methodology for capturing, enriching and sharing data (and analytics) across the organizati...
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The many IoT deployments around the world are busy integrating smart devices and sensors into their enterprise IT infrastructures. Yet all of this technology – and there are an amazing number of choices – is of no use without the software to gather, communicate, and analyze the new data flows. Without software, there is no IT. In this power panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists will look at the protocols that communicate data and the emerging data analy...
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I'm going to cry tonight, long and hard. I'll do so as I remember and mourn Jeremy Geelan. I knew Jeremy for almost 20 years, from the time he showed up one day at Cloud Expo's headquarters in Bergen County, New Jersey, and went to work. The show wasn't called Cloud Expo then, of course – it was still known as Java Edge, a pioneering event that grabbed developers, architects, and enterprise IT users alike for twice-yearly confabs. Jeremy didn't have a job there, or even a job offer. He was s...
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One person was left dead after shots were fired in a Sacramento apartment complex Friday night, police said.
Officers said the victim was in his late teens and suffered several fatal gunshot wounds at the Willow Point Apartments on the 6600 block of Sunnyslope Drive.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the apartment complex just after 10:15 p.m. and found the victim on the ground inside the gate of the complex.
According to police, the victim was shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives are still investigating this case.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Sacramento Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 916-874-5115.

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Cancer Patient Advocate Leaders from 11 Countries Gather June 13th
Advocate from Turkey Says Patients Are Desperate for Mutual Support
North Hollywood, CA, June 6, 2013 -- The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) – improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure –will convene the first Global Leaders Summit in Stockholm, Sweden on June 13th in advance of the annual congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA).
Representatives from 11 countries will collaborate on ways to improve communication and interaction among blood cancer patient organizations around the world. Attending the inaugural summit will be representatives of patient organizations based in Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Korea, Latin America, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
"Establishing a global coalition to advocate for blood cancer patients gives us the tools we need to more effectively raise awareness, and set and accomplish bigger goals," says Arin Assero, Vice President of Global Advocacy for the IMF.
Asli Ortakmac, a journalist and founder of Miyelomla Yasam—a website for patients and their families in Turkey—looks forward to bringing ideas she gets from the Global Leaders Summit in Stockholm back to her country.
"Patients who suffer with myeloma and other blood diseases cannot find any social or psychological support, and fall into despair," says Ortakmac. "Unfortunately, there are almost no patient support groups in Turkey."
Ortakmac is working to change that. She adds, "Meeting with organizations who succeed on these issues would inspire us. Perhaps they can teach us shortcuts for setting up a successful support group and creating an effective advocacy-policy program for patients in our country."
Patients are not always aware of the advances that have been made in cancer treatments, as the availability of new treatments is not uniform worldwide. The IMF Global Leaders Summit will provide the opportunity for patients to band together and share this kind of knowledge effectively.
Susie Novis, President and Co-Founder of the IMF, compares the Global Leaders Summit to the IMF's International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), which brings together 160 leading myeloma researchers from around the world to collaborate on ways to improve myeloma treatment options and diagnostic systems, as well as patient quality of life.
"We think we can duplicate the successes the IMF has had bringing researchers together to improve the lives of myeloma patients by bringing patient advocates together at the Global Leaders Summit," says Novis.
Arin Assero hopes the establishment of a Global Leaders network will strengthen the voices of cancer patients whose countries limit the treatment options available to them. "If the global community can come together to raise awareness of an issue, we'll have accomplished the first step towards meaningful change," she says.
Fortunately, today's digital era makes this easier than at any time in the past. "Thanks to internet and other communication technologies, there are no boundaries among communities," says Asli Ortakmac. "It's really important to create one global sound to broadcast our patients' needs."
Patient organizations interested in learning more may contact Arin Assero at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, the International Myeloma Foundation reaches more than 215,000 members in 113 countries worldwide. A 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients and their families, the IMF focuses on four key areas: research, education, support, and advocacy. To date, the IMF has conducted more than 250 educational seminars worldwide, maintains a world-renowned hotline, and established the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), a collaborative research initiative focused on improving myeloma treatment options for patients. The IMF can be reached at (800) 452-CURE (2873). The global website is myeloma.org.
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A word that is used to spice up a conversation. It may also be used to annoy someone out of their mind.
In the middle of a conversation that is boring just yell it, for example Well i quite enjoy the science behind the movie the lord of the rings... HEEH!!!
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Roasted Cauliflower with Paprika
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Paprika adds color and flavor to the delicious roasted cauliflower in this recipe.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
Category: Side Dishes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 2
1 head of cauliflower, cored and broken into small florets
2 Tbsp olive oil
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Coarse salt and black pepper
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spread cauliflower on foil. Sprinkle with oil and paprika; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Roast until tender and lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes, tossing once.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 74
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Total Fat: 7g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Dietary Fiber: 4g
- % of Calories from Fat: 85%
- Sodium: 20 mg
- Protein: 1.4g
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What's in a name?
Great significance for the rare baby Rothschild giraffe that was born to the Leo Zoological Conservation Center in Connecticut last month.
After a public appeal that elicited nearly 7,000 entries, the center has chosen Sandy Hope, a reference to the December shooting that occurred at Newtown, Conn., elementary school Sandy Hook.
"It's a really, really meaningful name and that's why we had to attach the middle name 'Hope' with it," Marcella Leone, the center's founder and director, told Today on Monday.
In addition, the center will allow those affected by the tragedy to meet Sandy Hope in person.
"We're devoting this year to the children and families that were directly impacted," Leone said. "So we'll be inviting them to the center, and they'll be able to enjoy meeting Sandy and a lot of the other animals that we have here."
Only a few weeks old, Sandy Hope already stands over 6 feet tall, and will eventually grow to be about 18 feet tall as an adult. The Rothschild giraffe is a rare endangered subspecies, with only about 670 left in the world.
"We have been overwhelmed with real positive response, and the eye on the big picture is conservation," Leone said.
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Led by the Director of Operations and Manager of Horticulture, the Arboretum landscape is cared for by 8 Horticulturists, 3 Arborists, and 4 Gardeners. Their work is guided by the Landscape Management Plan. During the summer months, horticultural interns join the team. All permanent grounds staff, except the Director of Operations and Manager of Horticulture, are members of AFL/CIO Local 254, Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
The duties of the horticulturists include planting and transplanting plants from the nursery to the grounds, mowing, monitoring for insects and diseases, applying pesticides, pruning, removing dead or declining trees, chipping brush, watering, fertilizing, applying soil amendments, removing weeds, rejuvenating planting beds, mulching, picking up litter, shoveling/plowing snow, and repairing/maintaining equipment.


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Mattress Toppers
Mattress Toppers add a comfortable layer to complete your standard spring mattress. When you have a good mattress topper, you reduce time spent getting comfortable enough to fall asleep. These supportive layers reduce motion transfers on the sleep surface and help reduce joint stress as well as back pain. Whether you're a side-sleeper, back-sleeper, or stomach-sleeper, a mattress topper is an integral component to consistent, full sleep.
A memory foam mattress topper can soften up a bed that feels too firm or add support to a mattress that feels too soft. Mattress toppers produce the desired feel that you want out of your bed.


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Line forms at 6 a.m. for city brewery's new product
January 5, 2013
Joe Zeidner drove more than three hours from Philadelphia to Williamsport early morning Friday, only to stand for an even longer time outside the Bullfrog Brewery in the cold chill of a January......
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@biobabycj. Seems like it's the bottles. According to the article: "After braving the cold, patrons plunked down $60 for three wine-sized bottles of the ale."
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biobabycj: you did not misunderstand, you obviously didn't read the article. The following are direct quotes:
"$60 for three wine-sized bottles of the ale"
"About 500 bottles were made available."
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not sure if i misunderstood, or if sungazette just didnt print enough information. maybe a little bit of both but is it 20 a GLASS of this stuff? or a nice sized bottle?? i have one of those brown bottles from the brewery here at home, just for collectors sake, and id be willing to fill it for 20 bucks if its tasty!! but not 20 for just a glass. lol
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It should have been simple for Mitt Romney to have won the presidency. All he had to do was convince people in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Miami and Chicago to vote for him. Really.
President Barack Obama won re-election with 322 electoral votes to Romney's 206. But had just the four cities listed above been removed from the equation, Romney would have received 293 electoral votes to Obama's 245.
Lots of "divides" - involving race, gender, age, income and regions - have been cited as reasons why Obama won and Romney lost. But the really critical divide in America could be seen on maps showing how individual counties throughout the nation voted on Nov. 6.
It's the cities. Check one of those maps and you'll notice nearly the entire country is shown in red. Those are counties where Romney received majorities. But those tiny blue spots are packed urban areas where Obama won - and went home with all the marbles.
Back to the four cities: Had votes cast for both Obama and Romney in those urban areas and the counties around them not been counted, Romney would have had majorities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and even Obama's home state of Illinois. Yes, that's right: People in rural regions of Illinois didn't give majorities to Obama. Perhaps they know him too well.
Among them, the four states had 87 electoral votes, more than enough to push Romney over the top.
In the 50 most populous cities in the United States and the counties surrounding them, Obama won big on election night. The nationwide tally had Obama with 51.43 percent of the vote to Romney's 48.57 percent. But in those 50 urban areas, Obama raked in 63.2 percent to Romney's 36.79 percent.
About 121.7 million votes were cast nationwide. Slightly more than one-fifth, nearly 26 million, came from the 50 most populous urban counties. They have more influence than the small areas they occupy on the map suggest.
In some cities, the vote was ridiculously lopsided. In New York City, Obama received 83.3 percent of the vote. In Philadelphia, it was 85.2 percent. San Francisco gave him 83.3 percent and Baltimore, 84.4 percent.
But the biggest majority of all came from - you guessed it - Washington, D.C. There, 91 percent of voters preferred the incumbent. It ought to tell the rest of us something when more than nine in 10 denizens of the capital favor a candidate.
A few urban areas bucked the trend. Ten of the 50 biggest sided with Romney. Interestingly enough, one of them was Fresno, Calif., where Romney got 50.8 percent to Obama's 47.4 percent (third-party candidates received the remainder).
What's the message from this for Republicans? Nothing they didn't already know, truth be told. Big urban areas have tended to vote Democratic for many years. And, for Democrats who pride themselves on their organizational skills, it's a help that going door-to-door is easier in a city. It doesn't hurt that the big government employee unions have the most clout in urban areas.
Urban areas also tend to receive more of the "gifts" from federal government that Romney cited as a reason for his defeat.
What about poverty? One analyst insisted before the election that Romney's base included some regions with high poverty. He based that on a 2012 study showing that 70 percent of the counties with the fastest growth in food stamp recipients during the past four years voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
But read that carefully: The study took into account growth in food stamp recipients. In other words, many of those who vote conservatively are Americans who probably were working a few years ago, but lost their jobs and had to apply for food stamps. We're not talking the hard-core unemployed, here.
It's no wonder Obama sometimes talks down to those of us outside the big cities. Remember the crack about how rural voters "cling to their guns or religion"? Truth is, Obama knew he didn't need us. That may be the most dangerous divide of all for a nation with our heritage.
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The Elkins High School tennis team defeated East Fairmont 5-2 Friday in Big 10 conference action at Davis & Elkins College. Elkins won the boys match, 5-2....
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Rock'n'roll may have originated in a deal with the devil, but some stars choose to set their sights higher — much higher. From Billy Crudup's supposedly Robert Plant-inspired and acid-enlightened exclamation, "I am a golden god!" in Almost Famous to Kanye's new single, "I Am a God," there's a long, (vain)glorious tradition of musicians donning a metaphorical beard and robe and assuming the mantle of divinity. Some have climbed up on crosses to make points about pop martyrdom; others have taken their most ardent fans' proselytizing to heart and decided that, yes, maybe they are infallible deities after all. As the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn seeks to expand its flock with the message that Jesus was "the original hipster," we look back on 25 musicians who went from strutting onstage to walking on water.
Granted, when Billie Joe Armstrong adopted the "Jesus of Suburbia" persona it was within the context of Green Day's American Idiot rock opera, but the truth-seeking messiah figure didn't arrive ex nihilo. "I think I'm digging up a lot of stuff in my psyche, like the whole 'Jesus of Suburbia' thing,' which isn't necessarily about me, but I feel like I had to go through a similar experience to be able to write from that standpoint," Armstrong cryptically told a biographer.
Tellingly, the frontman had been building toward playing the part for some time. Speaking about the lingering guilt he felt over possibly betraying his youthful punk ideals for stardom, Armstrong revealed in an interview earlier this year how he came to embrace his destiny as a fisher of pop-punk fans. "They wanted to have a good time, and it's okay to be a ringleader," Armstrong said. "All of that built up to American Idiot. It took me until I was 32 years old to actually speak for myself and do it with confidence." Good thing he got there. As he surely knows, sometimes 33 is too late. D.M.
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What is pectus excavatum?
Pectus excavatum (sometimes called cobbler's chest, sunken chest, or funnel chest) is the most common chest deformity, affecting between 1 in 300 and 1 in 500 adolescents. It is caused when several ribs and the sternum grow abnormally, which produces a caved-in or sunken appearance of the chest. Pectus excavatum is usually congenital (present at birth) and can get worse during the early teenage years, a time when bones grow rapidly.Because it affects the appearance of children, pectus excavatum can cause psychological and social problems. Moreover, it can hamper the ability of the heart and lungs to function normally, and can cause pain in the chest, back and elsewhere.
In moderate and severe cases, pectus excavatum may require surgery, which has proven very effective at correcting the condition and its psychological and physical effects. The most common types of operations are the Nuss procedure and the Ravitch technique. Children's National's team of experts in the Chest Wall Deformity Program can help families determine the best treatment option for their child.
Thoracoscopic Nuss procedure
The Nuss procedure is more popular because it requires much smaller incisions and is minimally invasive. Surgeons make two incisions on either side of the chest, through which they insert a curved steel bar under the sternum. The surgeons flip the bar so it pushes outward on the sternum. The bar usually stays in the body for about two years. When the bones have solidified into place, the bar is removed during a same-day operation.
Ravitch technique
Using the Ravitch technique, surgeons create an incision along the chest, through which they remove cartilage and detach the sternum. They then implant a small bar beneath the sternum to raise and hold it up in the desired position. The bar is left in position until the cartilage grows back, and can support the chest in a normal position. That usually takes about 1 to 2 years. The bar is then removed during a same-day operation.
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Synthetic biology firm Intrexon is paying $11.63 million for a 5% stake in Ziopharm Oncology as part of a global collaboration through which Ziopharm gains rights to use its partner's UltraVector® transgene engineering platform for the development of DNA-based anticancer drugs. The deal gives Ziopharm rights to Intrexon's complete human in vivo effector platform in the field of oncology, including a Phase I-candidate for metastatic melanoma and another anticancer candidate at the IND submission stage.
Intrexon retains the responsibility for technology discovery research, managing the patent estate, and certain aspects of manufacturing. Ziopharm will shoulder preclinical and clinical development of candidates along with their commercialization and other manufacturing responsibilities.
The financial nuts and bolts of the share-based agreement will see Intrexon pay $4.8 per share for the first 2,422,542 shares of Ziopharm's common stock. Ziopharm will then immediately issue to Intrexon another 3,641,391 shares in its common stock at no cost, representing an additional 7.495% stake. Intrexon could subsequently receive shares representing yet another 7.495% stake in Ziopharm once the latter starts a U.S. trial evaluating a product developed using Intrexon technology.
Intrexon has also agreed the potential future purchase of up to a $50 million worth of Ziopharm securities offered under certain conditions and limitations. Meanwhile, Ziopharm could pay Intrexon 50% of cumulative net quarterly profits derived from the sale of products developed through the partnership.
Intrexon is exploiting its synthetic biology-based UltraVector genetic engineering platform for applications in therapeutics, protein production, industrial biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology. The firm claims the platform provides flexible, consistent and precision-based capabilities for designing, producing, and testing complex transgenes.
"Controllable, scalable synthetic biology, the tightly regulated delivery of therapeutic proteins from within the body, is an aspirational and disruptive technology, which Intrexon has brought from scientific theory to medical applications," claims Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ziopharm CEO and CMO. "As the sole channel partner for in vivo therapeutic candidates for human oncology, Ziopharm plans to leverage this technology for next-generation products targeting key pathways used by cancers to grow and metastasize. Intrexon has developed a technology that is uniquely flexible, scalable, and controllable, adding significantly to our small molecule development capabilities."
Ziopharm is focused on the development of small molecule anticancer drugs. The firm's existing three lead candidates, Zymafos (palifosfamide), Zybulin (indibulin), and Zinapar (darinaparsin), are all in clinical development. Zymafos is a bi-functional DNA alkylator and cross-linker comprising the functional active metabolite of ifosfamide, a standard-of-care for treating sarcoma, lymphoma, ovarian, testicular, and other cancers. It is currently undergoing a Phase III trial as front-line therapy for metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. A Phase I intravenous trial is also ongoing to evaluate a combination of palifosfamide with standard-of-care in small cell lung cancer. Ziopharm is in addition preparing to start clinical development of an oral formulation of palifosfamide against solid tumors.
Zybulin is a novel, oral tubulin binding agent that targets both mitosis and cancer cell migration. It is in development for the treatment of solid tumors and is currently being studied in a Phase I/II metastatic breast cancer trial.
Zinapar is a novel organic arsenic mitochondrial-targeting agent being developed for the treatment of various hematologic and solid cancers. The drug is being developed initially for the intravenous treatment of peripheral T cell lymphoma, and a pivotal clinical study is expected to start later this year. An oral formulation of the drug is being evaluated in an Phase I study in solid tumors.
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Taking orders isn't something Senior Master Sergeant Martin Smith is used to. The active duty Air Force member and father of four is usually the one telling others how things are done. But a recent turn of events in Martin's life led him to become the one taking orders from his doctors at MOTUS also known as Mountain Orthopedic Trauma Surgeons at Swedish.
In August 2012, Martin was on his way home from work in Colorado Springs. This was a commute he often traveled on his motorcycle. "There was a lot of construction that day," said Martin. "I wasn't aware that the road was down to one lane and as I braked, I slide downhill, swerved and hit the car in front of me." Martin severely broke his left leg in multiple places. Lying on the ground, he knew there was a big problem due to the amount of blood coming from his leg. He took his belt and made a tourniquet to stop the bleeding as someone else from the scene came to his aid. "This guy came to help me and held the tourniquet in place until AirLife came to take me to the hospital," explains Martin.
He was rushed to Swedish Medical Center where he was immediately assessed by orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Wade Smith. "Martin had suffered an open tibia fracture," explains Dr. Smith. "Not only were bones of the leg shattered, the skin and muscles were torn off leaving the bone exposed to infection." Due to the severity of Martin's injury, Dr. Smith was unable to save his entire leg. "In some cases of severe limb trauma, amputation is unavoidable and in fact, can provide better long term function than a severely damaged leg. However, it is critical to use all means to preserve as much of the limb as possible to enhance future function and return to life," says Dr. Smith. Martin underwent a below knee amputation.
"I was in a state of shock and never thought I was going to lose some of my leg," said Martin. "I wasn't really able to soak it all in until after surgery." He received a prosthetic and did months of post-surgery therapy. "It was a stressful time for me but Dr. Smith always knew what to say to calm me down in the situation. One thing he said that changed my life around was to stop being a patient and start being an athlete again, so I did."
Martin swam competitively in high school and has always considered himself athletic. Shortly after his conversation with Dr. Smith, Martin received the chance of a lifetime and was asked to be a part of the 2013 Warrior Games.
The Warrior Games showcase the spirit of competition for wounded, ill or injured service members from all military branches. He made the swim team and won the silver medal in the below knee amputee category. "It was one of the greatest moments of my life and one of my biggest accomplishments," said Martin. "Dr. Smith was really my motivation to go beyond what I believed I could do at that point in time in my life."
"I'm glad that as a team, we were able to get Martin back to where he once was in his life. He is an extraordinary person who just needed a little support to believe in himself again," said Dr. Smith.
Martin plans on retiring from the military this year and may consider competing in the Warrior Games again next year. His goal is to ride a motorcycle and share this hobby with his wife again. Martin says he owes his current life to Dr. Smith and MOTUS and the medical expertise they gave him during the most difficult time of his life. "I want to thank Dr. Smith for kicking my butt and getting me back to living my life!"


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is searching for an inmate they said never returned from his work release program Tuesday.
Richard Weber, 32, was working as a telemarketer and did not return to the Bridges of Orlando facility on Mercy Drive.
Officials said he was considered an escapee as of 11:40 p.m.
A spokesperson for the Bridges of Orlando facility said that Weber had lived there since August and had been working successfully on work release since September.
Administrators said they will find Weber and he will go back to prison to face the escape charges. He is not considered a danger to the community.
Weber is currently serving time for possession of marijuana and was due to be released from the program in June. He has previously served six years for a third-degree murder conviction.
Court records show Weber was not the trigger man but was present when a man was shot and killed, and a woman wounded by gunfire.
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A state audit of the Liberty Local School District revealed today that overpayments were made toward the retirement of the district's former treasurer.
The audit states that although Tracey Obermiyer's contract for 2001-02 allowed the district to contribute more toward her retirement, subsequent contracts "did not contain any such language" allowing the excess payments, resulting in overpayments of $12,720.
Obermiyer, according to the audit, received school board paid "pickup on pickup" of 15.4 percent and 11 percent, which is 2.4 percent in excess of the district pickup payments to her School Employee Retirement System (SERS) account.
The 2001-02 contract allowed for the additional payments, but the agreements from 2003-11 did not, causing overpayments of $7,547 by the employer and her to overpay $5,173.
Employers are required to contribute 14 percent toward employee retirements and employees, 10 percent, but Ohio law lets the employer make additional contributions.
"While excess payments may be permitted, there is no record of board approval for the additional SERS pick up paid on behalf of former Treasurer Tracey Obermiyer, in the minutes or in the payroll files of the employee," the audit states.
The finding could be passed along to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office, something that has been a standard practice for findings for recovery.
The report was available on the Ohio Auditor's website at midnight. Because of the lateness, the Tribune Chronicle was unable to reach out to the district or Obermiyer for comment.
A spokeswoman from the auditor's office said Monday that she could not comment until today, when the audit findings were made public.
District Superintendent Stan Watson said Monday that he did not have information on the matter.
Obermiyer was caught up in another state audit, this one from last year that revealed she paid herself nearly $5,000 for work at the district's former charter school.
The case was presented to a grand jury, which chose not to press criminal charges.
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Administrators at Harman High School have announced the names of students who made the honor roll for the first nine-week grading period.
Those earning the distinction for the Honor Roll are:
Twelfth grade -Christopher Alt, Kenna Bennett, Casey Eye, Christina Eye, Ethan Fortney, Macey Hedrick, Clayton Mallow, Dolton Mullenax, Jacob Ray and Bryan Roy.
Eleventh grade - Coy Cummings, Tristan Huffman, Michael Judy, Joshua Kaleb Shifflett, Christopher Varner, Alisa Snyder and Emma Yokum.
Tenth grade - Gary Nelson and Tyler Nelson.
Ninth grade - Emily Cooper, Destinee Isenhart, Clifton Ours and Olivia Judy.
Honorable mention - Alexa Lawson, JD Frazier, and Dakota Bennett, Shane Mook, Catlyn Bennett, Logan Cooper, Phebie Mullenax, Evan Wilfong, Rebecca Bennett, Brier Shifflett and Adam Snyder.
Harman Elementary and Middle School Honor Roll:
Eighth grade - Ryan Moore and Zachary Roy.
Seventh grade - Hayley Fowler, Kayla Mullennex, Nicholas Putnam and Alyssa VanMeter.
Sixth grade - Allen Bonner, Emily Marple, Rachel Spencer, Kylie Teter, Natalie Teter, Alison Warner and Dustin White.
Fifth grade - Sheridan Bonner and Megan Raines.
Fourth grade - Drexell Armentrout, Tristan Bishop, Tyler Ray and Coy Teter.
Third grade - Levy Bennett, Kelsey Marple and Tanner Sebastian.
Honorable mention - Maddisan Starr, Summer Turner, Adam Yokum, Kory Bishop, Kyle Clements, Michael Huffman, Hayleigh Johnson, Tyson Messenger, Leslie Mook, Emilee Riffle, Michael Lambert, Christian Merritt, Alex Nelson, Shane Varner, William Wyatt Mullenax, Bryson Shillingburg, Lance Adamson, Sophia Putnam, Brayden Armentrout, Liam Bonacore, Wayne Bonner, Brigette Ketterman and Dakota Reedy.


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Graded NM 84 by SGC. Magnificent high-grade example Bob Feller, one of the key cards from the very popular Wilson Franks set. The Wilson Franks set is highly prized by collectors as one of the most attractive, unusual, and desirable of all 1950s regional issues. In an era dominated by bubble-gum card sets featuring hundreds of players, the distinctive and beautifully designed Wilson Franks, with only twenty cards, each featuring a package of hot dogs in the background, stands out. The Bob Feller card from this set is all the more significant, not just as one of the key stars in the set, but as one of the most sought-after of all Bob Feller cards. Crisp and clean, with a perfectly focused image, four sharp corners, bright colors, and a flawless reverse. The slightly low centering may have kept this card from a higher SGC grade. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$1,500. SOLD FOR $1,998
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Men's Volleyball Hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men's volleyball team returns to Worthen Arena on Saturday, Jan. 11 for a 7:30 p.m. match with Sacred Heart. The Cardinals are coming off a 3-0 setback to UC Irvine while the Pioneers are opening up their season with a swing through Indiana.
Scouting Ball State
The Cardinals opened up its season on Saturday, Jan. 4 hosting two-time defending national champion UC Irvine in the Don Shondell Active Ankle Challenge. UC Irvine won the match, 3-0. Senior Kevin Owens had eight kills in the match while he and classmate Matt Leske contributed four solo blocks and four assisted blocks.
Scouting Sacred Heart
The Pioneers are starting off the 2014 campaign with a swing through Indiana taking on IPFW and Ball State. Sacred Heart returns its leading offensive threat in outside attacker Brad Borsay who collected 274 kills in 2013 for a 3.11 kills per set average. Libero AJ Logosh also returns for the Pioneers coming off a 144 dig season in 2013 for a 2.18 digs per set average. Sacred Heart's starting setter from last season is also back for the Pioneers. During the 2013 campaign Thomas collected 817 assists for a 9.28 assists per set average.
Series with Sacred Heart
Ball State won both outings against Sacred Heart last season including a 3-0 sweep on Mar. 9 in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals hold an overall 5-0 record against the Pioneers in a series that dates back to the 2011 season.
Record Watching
Senior setter Graham McIlvaine is 132 assists away from being seventh in program history in career assists. Heading into Saturday's match, McIlvaine has 2,022 assists and trails Dave Carlson (2005-06) who has 2,153 career assists.
Poster Night
The Cardinals will be signing its 2014 posters after the game on Saturday. Other poster nights this season include: Feb. 20, Mar. 29 and Apr. 11.
Live video access will be available for free at ballstatesports.com and you can listen live with 91.3 FM WCRD. The official Twitter handle for Ball State men's volleyball, @BallStateMVB, will also provide in-match tweets.


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Sichuan Province, China: Among the most severely affected after the Sichuan earthquake are children.
Originally from Sichuan herself, Ms. Liu Hui is a UNV volunteer serving with the Beijing Youth League in the UNDP/UNV-supported 'Strengthening Volunteerism in China through the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games' project. After the 12 May earthquake, she volunteered to assist and is posting photographs of what she sees.


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Area show choirs compete while creating bonds
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MARTINSBURG — The halls of Martinsburg High School hummed with excitement Saturday as 10 area high school show choirs prepared to take the stage at the schools 30th annual Concert and Show Choir......
Why in the WORLD are our schools using the kids to create bonds? Municipal bonds should be established and controlled by government officials ONLY! They are far too complex for kids to understand. Heck, minors can't be trusted to make important decisions about finances (this is why they can't be obligated to contracts they may enter into), but they are being used to create BONDS? Shame on everyone involved.
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Last season, it looked like Nashville might be cancelled but ABC decided to renew the show instead. Will the ratings rise in season two so its future is assured or will the numbers drop so it cancelled this time? We'll have to wait and see.
The Nashville TV show revolves around a rising country star (Hayden Panettiere) and a legendary superstar (Connie Britton) whose fame is fading. Others in the cast are Charles Esten, Eric Close, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Chris Carmack, Lennon Stella, and Maisy Stella.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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5/10 update: Nashville has been renewed for a third season of 22 episodes by ABC.
Final season averages: 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.34 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The first season of Nashville averaged a 1.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.94 million total viewers.
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Great bag, but have concerns about durability
I never thought I'd give up my backpack, but this has become my 'go to' bag. Easy to load and unload. Balanced. Lots of compartments so finding things is fast. Unfortunately,...Read complete review
I never thought I'd give up my backpack, but this has become my 'go to' bag. Easy to load and unload. Balanced. Lots of compartments so finding things is fast. Unfortunately, the interior lining seems to have rotted with less than 1 year's use. Holes in the lining are getting bigger and as parts of the lining become threadbare. I contacted customer service. Will have to wait and see what happens when someone returns my call.
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Good, but not great
Bought this bag for everyday use. Overall a good product: the leather is quite nice, size is right and hardware seems durable. But, three specific items of which to be...Read complete review
Bought this bag for everyday use. Overall a good product: the leather is quite nice, size is right and hardware seems durable. But, three specific items of which to be aware:1. The strap is primarily cloth, not leather. It matches reasonably well, but I expected better at this price;2. The strap has no pad or larger shoulder area as many bags do - again, not necessary, but something one would expect at this price; and,3. The interior cloth seems a bit cheap - I worry that under daily use it is going to wear out quickly.When fairly high-priced shipping is added, I think one could do as well or better on product at a lower overall price.
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Held out on making this purchase for quite some time, but the sale price made it impossible to resist. Looks great, feels great to the touch, and it's functionality is such it allows room for me to pack what I need and I am no longer over-packing, trying to carry my entire office with me.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Perfect Messenger Bag
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This stylish and practical messenger bag has been my constant companion for a year now. I've received many compliments from coworkers and clients on the bomber jacket leather which has held up extremely well. One should be aware that the leather is (very) soft and supple, and this causes the internal pockets to fold if heavy objects are placed within them. On the other hand, as laptops become more slender and lighter this bag becomes the intelligent choice for an easy to carry, perfectly sized messenger bag. Mine contains a notebook, laptop, a small case with cords, passport, pens, note pad, cards, and a few other small items. The zippered pockets are quite slender and I use them sparingly. I use this bag for both business travel and moving from my home office to my work office. Leave gear also has the foresight to include a cloth pouch that protects your bag when traveling. It works well when you must place your bag beneath a seat to protect the leather. Over the last year I have found no damage to the leather caused by wear--seams are reinforced--and the stitching is very sturdy. Metal findings show no corrosion or wear. I fly 2-3 times a month so this speaks well for the bag. Be confident that your purchase of this bag is an investment rather than a short term expense.
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This bag is an excellent everyday bag. While I wouldn't recommend it for international travel, as I believe I wouldn't hold up to the rigors of such travel, it really is great for 2-3 night trips.The bag is very stylish and the leather quality is soft and supple. Plenty of room to store a standard laptop and multiple folders, as well as an easy access pouches which I use for my passport and business cards. A great purchase and as always great Levenger quality.
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Very stylish and high-quality bag. I've been using it for both business trips and routine errands. Fitting everything can be a bit snug at times, but after getting used to the design, everything works well.Again, a very nicely-designed and unique bag. Recommended!
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I needed a bag that would be multi functional and durable..This bag did it for me.This is the third bag that I have ordered from Levenger for different functions and they are all outstanding.Workmanship is terrific and leather is soft. Functionality is great.A terrific bag period!!
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This bag is a great product and demonstrates the Levenger superior quality. I am very satisfied with my purchase.
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Purchased this bomber jacket messenger bag for my son who just took a new job--and he's thrilled with it. Perfect styling and perfectly designed for the young executive on the go. Looks great with suits and with casual Friday wear.
Superb quality
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Looking for a supple, handsome, versatile messanger bag? This is the one. Whether you are carrying a new computer, paper folio, or iPad you will be please with this quality bag. It looks great and is very functional. Lots of pockets to put papers, pens, phones, and more. It doesn't cost as much as some of the high end brief cases you will find.
A place for everything
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I purchased this bag for my son who recently graduated from law school. When it came, I was really impressed by the construction and the quality of the leather. Then I looked inside and saw all the organizer pockets, and the roomy compartment for a laptop, notebooks and more. My son loved it at first sight. It's just his style.
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Manoa Campus, MSB 100
Yohei Shinozuka
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"4STAR, an airborne sun-sky spectrometer"
Abstract: The Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research(4STAR) combines airborne sun tracking and sky scanning with diffraction spectroscopy to improve knowledge of atmospheric constituents and their links to air-pollution/climate. This talk will present highlights of instrument development and deployment.
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Manoa Campus, Art Auditorium
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Manoa Campus, Campus Center 307
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MILROY - William Randolph "Randy" Barnes, 64, of 98 Creek Drive, Milroy, went to be with the Lord at 10:38 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born Feb. 26, 1948, in Carlisle, he was the son of the late Aaron and Zelda (Dietch) Barnes. Randy is survived by his wife, Deborah J. (Smeltzer) (Kauffman) Barnes, whom he married on Feb. 8, 2003.
Also surviving are: stepchildren, Christian C. Kauffman and his wife, Colleen Watts, of Philadelphia, and Misty E. Kauffman and her husband, Adam Rung, of Philadelphia; and grandchildren, June Watts-Kauffman and Calder Kauffman-Rung.
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Randolph 'Randy' Barnes
He was a 1966 graduate of Carlisle High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Catawba College in 1970.
Randy owned and operated a paint store in Chambersburg and sold paint supplies for Hamilton Supply. He later worked at Bohn Funeral Home.
He was President of the Milroy Lions Club and Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy. He was also an elder and member of Milroy White Memorial Church.
He was an avid golfer, a Penn State sports fan, loved yard work and enjoyed gardening and his cats.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at White Memorial Church, 68 S. Main St., Milroy, with the Rev. Dr. James Barnes officiating.
A visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday, at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the White Memorial Church.
Arrangements are under the care of Bohn Funeral Home, 55 N. Main St., Reedsville.


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initial investment will pay off in the long run. Then again, your
servers may be due for a hardware refresh anyways."
quote: If the server actually fails completely, hot migration (won't) work
quote: Otherwise it's like pulling the plug on a normal server and then booting it again.
quote: Some licenses are MAC address bound. Since the hardware is virtualized, this poses a problem for those licenses.
quote: Performance – virtualizing slows everything down
quote: Lack of redundancy – placing multiple virtual machines on a single piece of hardware is risky
quote: Complexity – virtualization has a lot of "moving parts," so there's more to go wrong than with a single nonvirtualized machine.
quote: Cost – it's not always the least expensive way to go. Watch out for hidden costs!
quote: It's true that hot migration (VMotion in VMware, Live Migration in Hyper-V) requires a running source host to transfer the VM from.
quote: Virtualization in combination with clustering provides greater availability of resources than clustering alone.
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quote: the only way this would be helpful is if the clustering was being done among virtual machines, which would be a pretty big performance hit.
quote: There is no one with any experience building a large server would pick RAID 5
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quote: Secondly, SAS drives are only meant for space-constrained high-performance scenarios and not SANs. You get more bang for your buck buying enterprise grade SATA than SAS.
quote: Thirdly, you don't build virtualized situations to run right off SANs, since this would create a bottleneck.
quote: As far as your 300 IOPS per server number, I think it seems a bit high. Typical planning IOPS numbers by server would make this hypothetical server quite large. For instance, file servers are typically planned at 0.75 IOPS per user, email servers at 0.30, database at 0.90. So, your example would be a 400 user file server, 1000 user email server or 333 user database server.
quote: Virtualization in all viable scenarios will lower costs. Whether it's the large company going from 700 servers to 80, or just a small company with 4-5 servers that wants to be able to move a servers OS from one machine to the other quickly and easily in case of failures, it will always save time and money when implemented well.
quote: VMware calls this FT, or fault tolerance, and it is much more complicated than VMotion. The CPU instructions are mirrored on each VM. If the primary VM fails the secondary picks up at the point the first left off. It's more responsive than traditional clustering, but also more wasteful as it "runs" on the secondary host.
quote: Says who? With quad cores and quad sockets you can get 16 cores in a server. That's enough to run 48 single CPU VMs, 24 dual CPU VMs, and four quad CPU VMs with no performance penalty. The typical dual socket quad core server runs 16-20 VMs on average, with a mixture of single and dual core VMs. One client runs 300 VMs on 16 blades in a single chassis, with clusters spread across four blade chassis.
quote: WTF are you talking about? SAS drives are standard in all servers, and have replaced SCSI drives in SANs, as well. FC is slowly loosing market share to SAS. And there is no enterprise SATA drive that compares to SAS, not in terms of performance or reliability.
quote: WHAT?!? Ask any storage administrator and he or she will tell you a SAN is THE highest performing storage solution to date, and easier to manage than internal storage. Any bottleneck is the result of poor planning or tight wallets. A key point is that a SAN can support FC, iSCSI or NFS, and some do all simultaneously. In other words, you will always use a SAN, or suffer the consequences of poor performance and limited data mobility.
quote: That all depends on the company. Anyway, I was presenting an example. Lord 666 figured out that you need to calculate your IOPS before virtualizing.
quote: Maybe, maybe not. A business that starts with 5 physical servers that cost $3K each will need at least two virtual host platforms at $10K that can run at least 5 VMs. Then you need shared storage, so you go with a low end SAN. The client doesn't have a SAN, having used local storage all this time, so you pick out something that runs $15K (they go as low as $3K, but you're sacrificing storage and performance.) We haven't even bought virtualization software yet, and we're already spending $10K more to build the infrastructure.
quote: There are definitely other benefits to virtualization, but each case has to be evaluated. I know, I do this for a living.


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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded guilty Thursday to a Leandra's Law violation for driving drunk with two children in his car, and was ordered to apologize to the arresting officer.
Marlowe J. Smith, 31, of 23rd Street, admitted to aggravated driving while intoxicated and is to be sentenced Jan. 9. He was arrested June 25 in Niagara Falls by a state trooper who measured his blood alcohol content at 0.24 percent, three times the legal threshold for intoxication. Smith's passengers were his girlfriend's children, ages 1 and 6.
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Jun 2 2012 11:29AM
- At a press conference held yesterday, Thursday 31 May, Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario revealed that groups of paramilitaries were present at almost all voting stations on Election Day, impersonating the legitimate authorities with the aim of affecting the election results. He said that the main places where the Electoral Military Police disbanded such groups included Monte Plata and Boca Chica, adding that he has documentation with the names of the people involved and details of how they were operating. He also said they found a large arms cache in Cotui and said that "God protected us and nothing happened, but in other countries this would almost have started civil war. " Rosario said that he would disclose the evidence on the groups` activities from the polling stations nationwide when the time was right. Rosario added that this type of action was unprecedented in an election in the country and that it was a serious attempt to impersonate the legitimate Electoral Military Police. He said that that was why the elections had been so violent, a completely avoidable situation. He informed that the JCE website was attacked from 2. 49pm on 20 May until 8 am on 21 May, from Spain, Mexico, the United States, Puerto Rico and within the Dominican Republic and identified the organization behind the hacking as Anonymous Mexico. He said that the attempt did not succeed thanks to the measures taken by the international companies contracted to prevent it. On another matter Rosario accused various organizations, including civic group Citizen Participation, of developing an imaginary market to buy cedulas (personal identity and voting cards) to justify their claims that the elections had been fraudulent. He went on to say that he was now totally certain that Citizen Participation was becoming an enemy of the JCE given all that had occurred during the observation of the recent electoral process. Read original at
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White House Admits 4 Americans Killed in Warrantless Middle East Drone Strikes
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Admission comes after months of denials, obfuscation, and silence
On Wednesday while President Barack Hussein Obama was preparing for
his speech on drone death strikes
, his administration acknowledged details on the strikes for the first time publicly.
I. Administration Admits It Killed Americans With Drone Strikes
In his speech today, President Obama preached a message of optimism, suggesting that the "war on terror" might one day be over via "quiet determination; that strength of character and bond of fellowship; that refutation of fear – that is both our sword and our shield."
But their were also grim overtones. Just hours before, on Wednesday, administration took a
begrudging step forward
, confirming -- for the first time -- that four American citizens had been killed in the Middle East with (warrantless) drone death strikes during President Obama's two terms. Three of the four dead Americans were "inadvertent" casualties of strikes on other targets -- only one (Anwar al-Awlaki) was intended to be killed.
This marked a reversal of earlier policies that urged White House Press Secretaries
to dodge or deflect questions on the killings
, which had been the
subject of lawsuits and widespread media reports
The administration in its acknowledgement defended the legality of the killings, arguing the strikes met the standard set forth in
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
[PDF] to Congress, in which he wrote that an American terrorist must be classified as "a continuing, imminent threat to Americans", and be in a place where capture is not a feasible possibility. It says that the President's speech "will discuss why the use of drone strikes is necessary, legal and just, while addressing the various issues raised by our use of targeted action."
President Obama promises to be "transparent" about drone death strikes on American citizens.
[Image Source: AP]
While the President is standing firm on killing Americans who turn to "terrorism", he's also reportedly extending new protections for foreign terrorists. In classified policy guidance he reportedly signed this week, the President rules that strikes on foreigners must meet the same criteria as those on Americans. The policy is expected to reduce strikes in regions like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia -- and
the civilian casualties that have accompanied such strikes
President Obama also wants to transfer the drone strikes program to military control. To date most of the death strikes have been the handiwork of the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Some feel the President shouldn't have the power to order the warrantless killings of Americans on U.S. soil. [Image Source: Drone Wars UK]
In his speech, the President somewhat dodged the question of
warrantless drone death strikes on Americans on U.S. soil
, a particular controversial part of the policy AG Holder defended. To date no American is known to have been killed in such a strike, but AG Holder argued it would be legal in some extreme circumstances.
In his speech President Obama seems to suggest strikes on U.S. soil are off-limits, stating:
For the record, I do not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any U.S. citizen – with a drone, or a shotgun – without due process. Nor should any President deploy armed drones over U.S. soil.
But when a U.S. citizen goes abroad to wage war against America – and is actively plotting to kill U.S. citizens; and when neither the United States, nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot – his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a swat team.
However, the President's wording does not conclusively state that his policy is to never use drone strikes on U.S. soil -- just that he thinks it's a bad idea.
II. Lawsuits, Criticism Heats Up
Critics say the President's defense of drone killings is unacceptable. Zeke Johnson of
Amnesty International
The New York Times
, "The Obama administration continues to claim authority to kill virtually anyone anywhere in the world under the 'global battlefield' legal theory and a radical redefinition of the concept of imminence. President Obama should reject these concepts in his speech tomorrow and commit to upholding human rights, not just in word but in deed."
His agency has
an active campaign
against the death strikes.
The U.S. does pay "grief payments" of a few thousand dollars to civilian victims of drone strikes, but humanitarian groups say that is not acceptable. The Pakistani judicial system has a current effort to
propose UN war crimes charge
s against the U.S. for the civilian casualties.
Critics say "grief payments" for civilian drone strike victims are not acceptable.
[Image Source: Reuters]
The President acknowledges civilian deaths, but called them a necessary evil in his speech. He comments:
This last point is critical, because much of the criticism about drone strikes – at home and abroad – understandably centers on reports of civilian casualties. There is a wide gap between U.S. assessments of such casualties, and non-governmental reports. Nevertheless, it is a hard fact that U.S. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties, a risk that exists in all wars. For the families of those civilians, no words or legal construct can justify their loss. For me, and those in my chain of command, these deaths will haunt us as long as we live, just as we are haunted by the civilian casualties that have occurred through conventional fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
But as Commander-in-Chief, I must weigh these heartbreaking tragedies against the alternatives. To do nothing in the face of terrorist networks would invite far more civilian casualties – not just in our cities at home and facilities abroad, but also in the very places –like Sana'a and Kabul and Mogadishu – where terrorists seek a foothold. Let us remember that the terrorists we are after target civilians, and the death toll from their acts of terrorism against Muslims dwarfs any estimate of civilian casualties from drone strikes.
The decision to acknowledge drone death strikes on U.S. citizens, also allows legal challenges to the policy to move ahead. The
U.S. Department of Justice
on Wednesday
an effort to throw out a case in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California
, which claimed that the death strikes on the four Americans violated due process. The DOJ had been arguing that the drone strikes were not confirmed and thus could not be the subject of a lawsuit, but Wednesday's admission scuttled that argument.
III. Closing
Guantánamo Bay's Prison
In his speech President Obama is also expected to discuss a final path towards closing the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. During his 2007 campaign, the President promised to close that prison,
a controversial legacy
of President George W. Bush's administration. But once elected, President Obama moved sluggishly. Today Guantánamo Bay is
still in operation
drawing criticism
, albeit with less inmates than in 2008.
Human rights watchers have complained that the Guantánamo Bay proceedings are a sham.
[Image Source: Getty Images]
President Obama is expected to appoint a
U.S. Department of State
official to spearhead the effort to finish the closure.
IV. President Obama Says He Isn't Targeting Journalists
A final issue addressed in the President's speech was the issue of freedom of the press amidst
the recent seizure of Associated Press phone records
. President Obama claimed the efforts weren't meant to target journalists -- only leakers. He comments:
The Justice Department's investigation of national security leaks offers a recent example of the challenges involved in striking the right balance between our security and our open society. As Commander-in Chief, I believe we must keep information secret that protects our operations and our people in the field. To do so, we must enforce consequences for those who break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information. But a free press is also essential for our democracy. I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable.
Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. Our focus must be on those who break the law. That is why I have called on Congress to pass a media shield law to guard against government over-reach. I have raised these issues with the Attorney General, who shares my concern. So he has agreed to review existing Department of Justice guidelines governing investigations that involve reporters, and will convene a group of media organizations to hear their concerns as part of that review. And I have directed the Attorney General to report back to me by July 12th.
President Obama's Justice Department stands accused of spying on AP offices and staffers.
[Image Source: Getty Images]
The President's
proposed "Media Shield" law
is currently seeing contentious debate in Congress.
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RE: Missing the boat entirely - Mick at his best
Here is the thing... when YOU go to another country and plan and perform attacks to KILL Americans... all bets are off. American or not, they are terrorist. Those guys made the choice.
When the terrorist pussies bombed Boston, did anyone say "excuse me... please come out, we won't be shooting back at you why you are shooting police officers in the face". They signed their death with their own actions.
The typical thing is that the neo-cons will find anything and everything to bitch about that has to do with the blackman in the white house. Its been like that since day one. The GOP has publicly stated "Our #1 priority is to make Obama a one term president"... okay, that means they are NOT working for the American people... they are fascists traitors to the USA. If there wasn't drone attacks, they'd attack him on that... the GOP has called DEMS weak when it comes to military actions... nope, fail there. The best/worse thing they've done is lied to the American people, started a war on lies which resulted in $3Trillion in debt and 4400+ dead AMERICANS!
Here are examples:
The GOP has screwed every working American for political gain. The bill that punishes companies who send jobs overseas - killed by Republicans. They talk about the bailouts... yet the first bailout was under bush and the second was soon after Obama became president. Much of that bailout money has been returned. Companies were saved, jobs were saved. The STIMULUS helps to create jobs... our ROADS and bridges are in heavy need of repair or replacements... Either they have been blocked by the GOP or later slammed by the GOP.
Even in Texas (where I'm at) - Our stupid gov. Rick Perry bitched about spending and the stimulus. Yet, he and other Red-States SPENT that money... took pictures of themselves with big checks which were still part of the very same stimulus they are cursing.
In downtown Dallas, they just finished building a new park over a highway... Yes, Stimulus helped pushed for that project to start earlier and faster... creating JOBS.
There is a difference from FACTS and the bullshit that comes out of FOX"news" which isn't even an American owned company... its forigner owned which is supposed to be ILLEGAL! Its #1 owner is a Saudi Arabian who blamed the 9/11 attacks on the actions of Americans... Alwaleed bin Talal
You have Newcorp (FOX) which has been caught hacking phones and computers. Only complete idiots actually believe the line "fair and balanced" - because they say it, doesn't make it true.
The GOP is active against womens rights (Work, violence and health) as well as against homosexuals. Of course its funny that many in the GOP who are against gay rights... end up being closet homosexuals anyway.
Then you have idiots who think Women can "shut down" their vagina to prevent pregnancy... they have NO BUSINESS being in any public office.
The GOP has become the party of morons and nutjobs. The lies of FOX are easy to prove. The stupidity is obvious. The hatred is sad and sickening.
The United States should be better than this... and we are NOT #1.
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