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1 Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI Interoperability and Openness in Today s Heterogeneous IT Environments Horst Schwichtenberg, Ulrich Trottenberg
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3 Interoperability and Openness in Today s Heterogeneous IT Environments Horst Schwichtenberg, Ulrich Trottenberg Contributors: Karsten Reineck, Steffen Claus, André Gemünd Table of Contents Executive Summary... 5 Introduction Openness and Interoperability... 6 Microsoft and Novell Collaboration... 8 Benefits... 9 Scenario at Fraunhofer and Status Quo at SCAI Proof of Concept Outlook: Journey to Public Cloud Computing Conclusion Publishing Notes
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5 Executive Summary Microsoft and Novell work closely together to enhance the interoperability between Windows and Linux and their supplementary products. Collaborating on technical and legal levels, they jointly launched an interoperability lab to develop and support interoperable software solutions, for example in the areas of virtualization, system management and identity management. This paper outlines the solutions of Microsoft and Novell addressing challenges in heterogeneous IT environments typical for an application-oriented Fraunhofer research institute. It depicts how interoperability can help to master heterogeneous environments, and lists the benefits of an open software company in combination with interoperable software. To enable scientific work for industry and academics, Fraunhofer institutes run highly heterogeneous IT environments. Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is an excellent example of interoperable software, as it helps IT administrators to monitor their entire IT environment, including Windows clients, servers, and Linux machines. SCOM additionally provides a bridge for customers to use the same management solution for on-premises and cloud software. Fraunhofer SCAI has built a proof of concept environment to demonstrate the benefits of this interoperability. This proof of concept shows, how SCOM helps the administrator not to lose track of a heterogeneous and virtualized Windows/Linux environment. 5
6 Introduction Typical IT environments are highly heterogeneous nowadays. They usually consist of hard- and software from several different vendors, sometimes further supplemented by products of the Open Source community. To guarantee the flawless operation of such an environment, interoperable systems are extremely important. The complexity and thus cost expense of operation and support otherwise grows heavily exponentially with the number of its different systems. Openness and Interoperability The Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI designs and optimizes industrial applications, implements custom solutions for production and logistics, and offers calculations on high-performance computers. SCAI services are based on industrial engineering, combined with state-of-the-art methods from applied mathematics and information technology, providing world leading mathematical software products for technical computing. To support this work, the institute operates a complex infrastructure of dedicated and virtualized systems including HPC clusters. The cost-effectiveness and efficiency of operating this infrastructure is a challenge. Both, technical interoperability and the openness of hardware and software vendors are key requirements in this regard. But what means openness in this context? Naturally, customers look for solutions for their problems, rather than for specific products. They want to benefit from the latest technology and demand the best fitting solution for specific problems of their business, regardless of the platform the solution is based on. Successively, customers want the solution to integrate into and operate smoothly in their existing IT environment without any drawbacks or interface problems. Besides complying with well-known standards, support has to be given for all types of software, including Open Source. Open Source software has a large market share and is present in many ICT sectors, even in the independent software vendor (ISV) domains. For some Open Source products, commercial support models exist, but just as with other products it is unclear who might be able or willing to answer problems in case of interoperability issues. The diversity of software products in modern data centers already requires a huge number of support contracts even without additional contracts for every software / platform combination. Improving this situation requires not only technological standards, but also a close cooperation technologically, legally, and in a certain sense also ideologically. Driven by user requirements, software companies should be willing to cooperate, share information and contribute to each other to build an ecosystem providing benefits to all partners. An open company should listen to customers, take them seriously, and support them in every possible way. In the long term, 6
7 cooperation with other companies has a positive effect for both parties involved and will lead to satisfied customers. Openness is about co-existence, a strategy to combine competition and cooperation to give customers a better choice.» By Openness of a software company we understand that a company cooperates on a technological, legal and ideological way, and lives this openness by supporting standards, implementing interoperability, sharing information, contributing to communities, and listening to customers. Interoperability, on the other hand, is a technical aspect of systems. Creating interoperable systems is considered as a basis for being an open company. The International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Electro technical Commission (IEC) define interoperability as follows:» Interoperability refers to the ability of two or more systems (computers, communication devices, networks, software and other IT components) to interact with one another and exchange information according to a prescribed method in order to achieve predictable results. The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and Information Society Standardization System (ISSS), explicitly add the aspect that this interaction has to be done without the need for extra operator intervention. The European Parliament has concretized this in a technical manner, by defining that computer programs have to mutually use the information which has been exchanged, including the ability to use, convert or exchange file formats, protocols, schemas, interface information or conventions. One technological key aspect here is to support standards, and refrain from proprietary protocols or file formats. To run a business efficiently and to remain ahead of competitors, dynamic and heterogeneous IT infrastructures e.g. virtualization for systems ranging from servers to desktops - are indispensible. This idea is further driven by the issue of cost control for IT services. From the perspective of IT departments, the most attractive offer to fulfill their requirements would probably be a fully integrated solution meeting the precise needs of the department. A provider trying to integrate all the different tools would face a challenge that is only met solvable with interoperable tools and cooperating companies. 7
8 Microsoft and Novell Collaboration Since 2006, Microsoft and Novell have been working closely together to bridge the gap between open source and proprietary software. With the aim to enhance the interoperability between Linux and Windows, they signed a couple of agreements about technical and patent cooperation, as well as several legal covenants e.g. protecting customers from patent infringement lawsuits. The technical cooperation comprises the areas of virtualization, system management, identity management and document format compatibility. Microsoft and Novell launched a joint interoperability lab, where technical experts of both parties test new software solutions, and work together with customers and the Microsoft and Linux community to optimize and support these technologies. The lab develops reliable software and supports customers with interoperability issues, including open source solutions, e.g. the PHP hypertext preprocessor running on the Windows platform, for which several performance improvements were implemented in the lab. It also solves interoperability problems of customers of both companies. In this paper it will be evalu-ated how Fraunhofer may benefit from this collaboration. As most other datacenters Fraunhofer SCAI uses Virtualization to provide flexible IT-services. Microsoft and Novell work together to ensure that virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 can be hosted on the XEN hypervisor shipped with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and virtual machines running SLES can be hosted on Microsoft s virtualization platform Hyper-V that is shipped with Windows Server As a consequence of the high amount of computing systems that Fraunhofer operates, reducing the complexity and effort of System Management is a constant interest: Both Microsoft and Novell support industry standards and open source components to simplify the management of mixed IT environments. Microsoft already offers a cross-platform extension for their system management solution the System Center Operations Manager that utilizes industry standards such as WS-Management. Adding an additional type of resource to the infrastructure often yields to redundant services. A typical example, and due to the separation of administrative domains between the single institutes also a central point of interest for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at large, is Identity Management: Microsoft and Novell have decided to cooperate by relying on the industry standard WS-Federation to enable identity federation between applications using Microsoft s Active Directory (AD) and Novell s LDAP identity store edirectory, which is utilized by Fraunhofer. The respective implementations are the Active Directory Federation Services by Microsoft and the Access Manager by Novell. Both implement the WS-Federation standard and thereby ensure that authorized users can seamlessly access applications and Web-based services with one set of passwords and policies regardless of where the account was created. 8
9 It should also be pointed out that in case of Document Format Compatibility, Novell and Microsoft have both agreed to support open office formats for word processing, spreadsheet processing and presentations. The Microsoft Office suite uses the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format, a standardized XML based file format. OpenOffice.org, on the other hand, uses the Open Document Format (ODF) by default, which is also an open OASIS and ISO/IEC standard. Users of Word 2010 can seamlessly open, edit and save files in both the OOXML and the ODF format to exchange data. Benefits With their collaboration to provide interoperable products and by founding the joint Interoperability Lab, Microsoft and Novell concretely embrace the route to Openness. Their concerted effort additionally supports the adoption of Open Source products offering the same performance on Linux and Windows. Offering shared support and a single point of escalation for interoperable products including Open Source tools such as pioneered by Microsoft and Novell through the Interoperability Lab can serve as an example for other companies. The advantage for IT departments is obvious and the realization fulfills an urgent demand. To demonstrate the added benefit of the collaboration in a real-life scenario, we will hereafter document a proof of concept obtained by Fraunhofer SCAI, for the utilization of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) for cross-platform systems management. SCOM is part of the Microsoft System Center Management IT infrastructure solutions for physical and virtual IT environments (http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter). The cooperation between Novell and Microsoft ensures that one can monitor all servers, regardless of whether they run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Microsoft Windows Server. 9
10 Scenario at Fraunhofer and Status Quo at SCAI The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft consists of more than 80 research facilities (60 institutes) scattered to over 40 locations (mostly across Germany) with employees. Each institute is autonomous and maintains its own IT department, with the possibility to outsource certain IT services provided by other institutes. To operate these federated services, SCOM seems to be a good solution. System administrators and users from different sites will be able to monitor the federated services and their availability. Like other enterprises, Fraunhofer SCAI operates and manages several basic services needed for day-to-day business and projects. At SCAI, these services are mostly implemented as virtual services running on Linux and Windows operating systems. This includes core network services, mail, Active Directory and web services, access gateways and databases. For some of these services, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that have been negotiated within the institute itself or with external partners have to be fulfilled. Compliance with SLAs must be proved, but verification without the suitable tools is cumbersome. Besides consulting and research activities, Fraunhofer SCAI develops and distributes software products that are executed on different operating systems by industrial partners. The environment in which the software is operated by the customers might also differ in terms of patch/ update level. Thus, for the complete software product life cycle, from development and testing to customer support, different systems have to be operated and maintained at SCAI. Product developers work together with customers and the IT staff to define the supported infrastructures. To analyze and react to customer issues, identical test environments need to be provided in a timely manner. The provisioning and maintenance of this diverse landscape in time is challenging and requires high effort. The availability is currently guaranteed by a couple of different monitoring tools, which emphasizes that a consolidated tool would be a tangible progress. Apart from the challenge of managing a few hundred workstations with a variety of applications, the diversity of utilized operating systems, virtualized and non-virtualized, heavily increases the complexity. The current solution is based on several separate tools including self-written scripts to manage this task. However, it is desirable to minimize the number of employed tools to reduce the risk of missing a fault. Furthermore, the tools should be flexible enough to support the IT staff during the cross-platform management process. 10
11 In the IT-sector in recent years the awareness for an economic consumption of energy has grown ( Green-IT ). Together with other Fraunhofer institutes on our premises, the Fraunhofer SCAI is consolidating its datacenter infrastructures and starts to introduce virtual hosted desktops which will offer the responsive and customizable user experience of a workstation. Advantages mainly encompass better utilization of resources and lower energy consumption of workstations. One can expect that this new private cloud infrastructure will grow very fast. It is not an easy task to manage such a centralized system and interoperable management and monitoring tools are mandatory in this context. For independent institutes with their own cost centers, multi-client capabilities down to a very low level are required for all management tools. In this respect, there is no essential difference between a public and a private cloud environment. The particular scenario at Fraunhofer SCAI shows that a flexible and interoperable monitoring tool is needed to support typical virtualized services, virtual hosted desktops, hundreds of workstations and the environments which have to support the complete life cycles of SCAI s software products. Microsoft SCOM fulfills these requirements and provides several so-called management packs, which extend the functionality of SCOM. Microsoft releases a SCOM management pack for each server function available from the Windows server suite. The interoperability effort from Microsoft and Novell result in a management pack -- the so-called cross-platform management pack -- that also allows monitoring Linux Enterprise Servers. This ensures that only one tool is required to monitor the entire server environment. Today, nearly 300 management packs exist (see the Management Pack Catalog at not only from Microsoft but also from third party vendors. Anyone can use the open API to implement custom monitoring capabilities for its service. The general deployment of SCOM at SCAI promises a substantial reduction of IT effort. A proof of concept has been installed at Fraunhofer SCAI to verify that SCOM can master the scenario described above and to get an impression of the interoperability of the SCOM services. Frankly spoken: Does the cooperation of Microsoft and Novell begin to bear fruits? 11
12 Proof of Concept The installed environment at the Fraunhofer Institute SCAI consists of 3 virtual machines: a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 (SLES), a Red Hat Enterprise Server 5.3 (RHEL), and a Windows 7 client. All virtual machines run on top of a Hyper-V server that is installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2. A Subscription Management Tool server (SMT) provides updates for the SLES and RHEL machines. All servers are connected to the enterprise LAN. All Windows machines are joined to the domain provided by SCAI s enterprise Domain Controller, also running Windows Server 2008 R2. Finally, a System Center Operations Manager is integrated in this environment that monitors all of the servers mentioned above. Setup of the proof of concept environment at SCAI 12
13 Hyper-V server Having only one hypervisor greatly reduces the administrative complexity. Microsoft s Hyper-V supports both Linux and Windows. A large number of Linux distributions are certified for Hyper-V. To run Linux on top of Hyper-V, the Linux Integrations Services v2.1 (LIS) are installed on the Linux operating systems. LIS, which is freely available on the Microsoft website, provides the Linux drivers for the virtual network interface cards (NIC) from the Hyper-V server. It is available as an ISO file that can easily be mounted in the desired virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager. The virtual machines as well as the Hyper-V server are monitored by SCOM. SMT server The SMT server provides updates for the virtualized SLES and RHEL machine. The SMT server is registered at Novell, and the required catalogs are added by the Novell Update Service. In return, both the virtualized SLES and RHEL machines are not registered at Novell but at the SMT server and obtain their updates directly from the SMT server. The SMT server is also monitored by SCOM. SCOM server The SCOM server runs on a Windows Server 2008 R2 that is added to the Fraunhofer SCAI domain. The required services for SCOM also run on this machine, such as the Internet Information Services (ISS), ASP.NET, the.net framework, ASP.AJAX, SQL Server, and the SQL Reporting Services. The installation wizard of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 helps you to fulfill all requirements before the actual installation. The interface of the SCOM 2007 R2 is divided into the three main sections Monitoring, Authoring and Administration, which are explained in the following: In the Monitoring section the administrator has an overview over all states and alerts. SCOM differentiates the health of its computers between critical, warning and healthy. In the Authoring section the administrator defines new monitoring policies. Depending on the installed management packs, one can, for example add rules to monitor TCP ports, processes, Windows services or Linux log files. Management packs extend the functionality of SCOM by providing specific monitoring capabilities for certain services, and can easily be added in the Administration section. One is also able to write a management pack for one s own proprietary software. The device management is also located in the Administration section, as well as the assignment of roles and access rights to SCOM users, among other general administrative settings. All the servers, operating systems, Hyper-V and services are monitored by one SCOM server in this installation thus providing a single point of monitoring. The following table lists all machines, operating systems and services monitored by SCOM. 13
14 Machine Operating System (all 64 bit) Monitored services SCOM server Windows Server 2008 R2 Logical and virtual disks, OS performance (CPU, memory, disk, ) Hyper-V server Windows Server 2008 R2 Logical disks, OS performance (CPU, memory, disk, ), hypervisor role, virtual machines, virtual NICs SMT server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 OS health (logical disks, NIC), OS performance (CPU, memory, disk, ) RHEL server Red hat Enterprise Server 5.3 OS health (logical disks, NIC), OS performance (CPU, memory, disk, ) SLES server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 OS health (logical disks, NIC), OS performance (CPU, memory, disk, ) Windows 7 client Windows 7 Enterprise Logical Disk, SCOM agent To monitor all services listed in the above table, additional management packs are installed on SCOM. The Windows machines and services listed in the above table require the following management packs to be installed: Windows Client Operating Systems Library for features and components common to all versions of Windows Client Operating Systems Windows 7 Client Operating Systems Monitoring and Aggregate to discover, monitor and manage Windows 7 Clients across the enterprise Windows Server Operating System Library for features and components common to all versions of Windows Server Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 Operating System Discovery and Monitoring to discover and monitor Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V 2008, Discovery and Monitoring To monitor the Linux systems, the following five management packs are installed: Linux Operating System Library that contains general definitions for the Linux platform SUSE Linux Enterprise Operating System Library and Red Hat Operating System Library that contain definitions specific to the SUSE and Red Hat platform, respectively SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Operating System and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Operating System that discover and monitor specifically those server operating systems. 14
15 The MS System Center IT infrastructure server management solutions for physical and virtual environments SCOM is one part. Source: Microsoft Using Management packs from third party vendors, SCOM is able to monitor and provision the entire infrastructure running Microsoft platforms Windows Server, SQL Server, Hyper-V, etc. along with Linux, LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP on Linux), Oracle, Hypervisors, WebSphere. The proof of concept has demonstrated that SCOM is a perfect solution for the described Fraunhofer SCAI scenario. Both tools, SCOM and SMT, are interoperable with other Linux operating systems, e.g. Red Hat. Both are open to other environments and prevent a vendor lock-in. The possibility to develop new management packs provides additional opportunities for application developers and administrators, and offers users to monitor arbitrary applications. During the installation and operation we did not face any serious issues; additional support was not needed. Therefore the possibility to open a support call at Microsoft for a Windows/Linux interoperability problem was not evaluated, but the availability of one is reassuring. Having one single point of escalation for Novells SUSE Linux and Microsoft makes administrators life much easier and saves his time. 15
16 Outlook: Journey to Public Cloud Computing Utility computing has been a topic of research for Fraunhofer for years. Recently, SCAI has started to offer its products as software as a service (SaaS) using its own private cloud resources. SCAI works on the extension of its own infrastructure by adding public cloud computing resources. This will additionally increase the complexity of monitoring this assembly of internal and external infrastructure, platforms and software layers. This can be regarded as a hybrid cloud strategy, which intends to make the most efficient use of internal IT assets while seamlessly and effectively integrating the supplemental resources and capabilities available in the cloud. Unfortunately, SCAI and other organizations began to realize recently, that the basis of cloud computing, Virtualization, can quickly run out of control. In case of aggressive virtualization of the scenarios described above, server provisioning and performance monitoring might get too complicated and lead to a loss of administrative control. Operating delays are Source: Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud supports starting up a private cloud. For more information, visit http//www.microsoft.com/hyper-vcloud. 16
17 inevitable, lapsing into stasis. The key to the solution is central monitoring and automatic control of the complete cloud resources. Here the SCOM feature offers the solution. The interoperability and the openness to other players really can help to leverage public cloud. The interoperability features of Microsoft products provide a path for every Enterprise in their journey to the cloud. For Microsoft customers and service providers building IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Cloud, Microsoft System Center where SCOM is a part provides capability to automate monitoring, alert triggering, provisioning, patching, etc. capability that spans heterogeneous platforms and mixed source software and complimenting the Hyper-V capability to run multiple guest OS like Windows Server, SLES, RHEL, CentOS and other distributions. The architecture also automates patching and updating of software across multiple platforms including Linux as we have seen before in Fraunhofer SCAI s proof of concept. The upcoming version of SCOM will address exactly the hybrid cloud scenario of SCAI and offer a single pane of glass monitoring solution. Important for Fraunhofer SCAI in its role as a SaaS provider are monitoring capabilities for customers. This SCOM version will also support outside-in/end user experience monitoring for geo distributed cloud services. Therefore the flexibility and interoperability of the Microsoft products is well adapted to different utility computing offerings. 17
18 Conclusion The popularity of computing as a utility is heavily increasing and the different classes of cloud computing require interoperability between the different software products, even when used only in a private cloud. Modern datacenters and companies are no longer separate islands, as a high degree of heterogeneity and the inclusion of open source software is indispensable today. In the future self-service portals will allow individual end-users to automatically provision and deploy virtual machines to support business applications. The scenario of Fraunhofer SCAI with the respect to applications for monitoring in heterogeneous environments shows the advantage of interoperable tools. One functional tool supporting the Microsoft and the Linux world, that s the only chance to manage complex environments. An ever increasing number of tools to manage diverse environments will excessively complicate the control and management. With interoperable tools and their cooperation, Microsoft and Novell present a way to preserve customers investments in different environments. Being interoperable and using standards is not the only necessary paradigm: The time in which customers were forced to use whatever their particular software vendor was providing is over. Today providers have to be open to their competitors and to customer needs. Otherwise, their products will be isolated in complex infrastructures. The possibility to develop management packs with Microsoft SCOM to monitor hardware and applications from different vendors is an example for this. Novell SMT, which supports upgrades of other distributors, is another one. The SCAI proof of concept shows how flexible these tools are, where combinations of Hyper-V with different Linux distributions, Novels Xen with Microsoft and other combinations are supported, and everything is monitored by one product. The collaboration of Microsoft and Novell is a huge step forward helping customers to manage their complex infrastructures on their journey to cloud computing. It is one of the steps in the vision of computing as a utility. 18
19 Publishing Notes Fraunhofer SCAI, 2011 All rights reserved. Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI Schloss Birlinghoven Sankt Augustin, Germany Telephone Fax
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Location: Soybean Genomics & Improvement Laboratory2011 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
Objective 1: Discover and characterize plant and pathogen genes important for resistance or pathogenicity at the molecular level with special emphasis on, but not limited to soybean interactions with soybean rust and soybean cyst nematode. Hypothesis: There are detectable gene and protein differences between uninfected and pathogen-infected plants and between susceptible and resistant plants, and there are pathogen virulence factors critical to pathogen infection, development and survival. Objective 2: Determine modes of action for plant disease resistance genes, pathogen virulence factors and molecular signals responsible for host-parasite interactions through analysis and characterization of genetic, molecular, protein and metabolite networks. Hypothesis: Examination of the many genes involved in plant-pathogen interactions will reveal critical molecular networks with specific modes of action that are essential to resistance in soybean and to virulence in soybean pathogens. These networks may share commonalities to networks in other plants and pathogens. Objective 3: Engineer and evaluate new methods for obtaining resistance, such as gene silencing, over-expression and protein antagonism, and chemical inhibition of host and pathogen processes, with special emphasis on soybean rust and the soybean cyst nematode. Hypothesis: Expression of gene silencing constructs or of proteins inhibitory to important aspects of pathogen infection, development or maintenance can result in increased tolerance or resistance to a particular pest or pathogen.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
We have soybean genotypes resistant to one or more rust isolates, but susceptible to all others. These soybean genotypes will be challenged with specific pathogen isolates to study the resistance and susceptible response. Gene and protein expression in both plants and pathogens will be monitored using microarrays, membrane arrays, expressed sequence tag analysis, in situ hybridization, and RT-PCR. Proteins will be detected by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS). Cell fractionation, laser capture microdissection, and subtractive hybridization will be used to isolate specific tissues, organelles, or materials involved in disease processes or responses. Other methods such as antibody localization, gene silencing, plant hairy root transformation (for SCN studies) and mutant analysis will be used to determine the function of genes and proteins and to evaluate their importance in resistance and susceptibility. The disease and pest resistance responses to infection in soybeans will be elucidated systematically using microarrays, proteomics and metabolomics to resolve the biological network evoked. A comparison of differential gene expression and protein accumulation in the resistant and susceptible response of soybean to pathogens will identify components of the network. These networks will be built, examined, and perturbed to confirm function of components using an array of tools, including bioinformatics, yeast two-hybrid screens, mutation analysis, immunolocalization, affinity purification, immuno-precipitation, protein tagging, gene over-expression, phage library display, and other methods that will resolve proteinprotein interactions and interactions among molecules. Based on these data, we can identify candidate members of pathways and networks involved in signaling and evoking the resistance response. Other plant systems, including common bean and Medicago truncatula, will be used as needed in parallel investigations studying host-pathogen responses and interactions to take advantage of the knowledge and specific traits of the resistance response in these systems. Approaches for achieving pathogen control include engineering transgenic plant tissue and organs to express genes that boost the natural defense system of the plant or to provide the plant with a new trait that confers resistance by blocking pathogen attack or survival. Genes shown to have important roles in plant defense may be over-expressed in transgenic plants. Likewise genes that are critical to survival of the SCN in the host or that make the plant susceptible to SCN may be silenced in transgenic roots using hairy root transformation techniques. Additionally, genes that express antibodies or protein antagonists will be engineered into soybean to block the survival and development of the pest or pathogen.
3. Progress Report
Using next-generation DNA sequencing tools, we obtained over 2 billion nucleotides of DNA sequence information on soybean and rust genes expressed during rust invasion of leaves of rust susceptible soybean at different time points during infection. This will allow us to identify genes that we will over express or silence in an effort to identify those genes that increase resistance of plants to the rust fungus. A similar approach was used to identify candidate soybean and nematode genes that may be candidates for manipulation to improve resistance of plants to nematodes. Ethylene is an important gas that induces fruit ripening and plant development. To find new proteins involved in ethylene responses, seedlings of the model mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana were exposed to ethylene gas, and mass spectrometry was used to identify thousands of proteins by their mass. Proteins were identified that help the plant transmit the ethylene signal, produce more ethylene, resist stress and undergo cellular growth. These results provide new insight into ethylene-controlled regulatory mechanisms in plant cells. These data are most likely to influence scientists who are trying to better control fruit ripening and crop development of more agriculturally relevant crops like tomatoes and soybeans. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) induces the formation of its feeding structure by breaking down the walls between root cells to form a much larger cell. We previously demonstrated that the SCN induced breakdown of cell walls is accomplished in a manner similar to the cell wall breakdown that occurs during separation of leaves and flowers from the parent plant. A protein named IDA is an important inductive signal for cell wall breakdown in other plants. We examined the role of IDA in soybean leaf drop and SCN infection of roots. IDA was clearly an important signal for soybean leaf drop. However, the role of IDA in SCN infection was less certain but is still of interest for further study. A better understanding of how SCN induces the formation of a functional feeding structure in roots will greatly improve the ability of scientists and industrial partners to control SCN infection of soybean.
4. Accomplishments
1. Soybean genes that retard cyst nematode development. Soybean cyst nematodes attack the roots of soybean plants and cause approximately $1 billion in damages each year to U.S. soybeans. In an effort to improve resistance in soybeans to the soybean cyst nematode, ARS researchers at Beltsville, MD, selected 30 soybean genes for properties of protecting the soybean plant from cyst nematodes. Soybean plants were then genetically engineered to express greater amounts of these genes in their roots. Several genes delayed the development of 50% of the female cyst nematodes. These genes will potentially be useful to soybean breeders wanting to broaden resistance to the cyst nematode.
2. Targeting expression of resistance proteins to the site of pathogen invasion. Soybean cyst nematode, a pathogenic worm, attacks the roots of soybean plants causing approximately $1 billion in damages each year to the U.S. crop. In order for the nematode to absorb nutrients from the plant, the nematode manipulates genetic material in the plant so that the walls that surround root cells are broken down. ARS researchers at Beltsville, MD, discovered a short regulatory DNA sequence in many of the plant genes involved in this process. This sequence may be one of the genetic sites that the nematode controls to help it infect plants. With this information in hand, scientists can now use this regulatory sequence against the nematode by replacing the part of the gene that normally degrades cell walls and benefits nematode growth with a protein that can kill the nematode.
3. Soybean gene regulatory proteins linked to soybean rust resistance. Soybean rust disease is caused by a fungus, and there are only a few known soybean plants that resist rust infection. These resistant plants were studied by ARS researchers at Beltsville, MD, using mass spectrometry, a method that allows the direct identification of proteins by their mass. Several proteins that function in regulation of gene expression were found to be associated with resistance. The discovery of proteins that are important for disease resistance to fungal pathogens like soybean rust has potential to help improve susceptible soybean cultivars through breeding or via the creation of genetically modified soybeans that contain these genes.
Review Publications
Tremblay, A., Hosseini, P., Alkharouf, N., Li, S., Matthews, B.F. 2010. Transcriptome Analysis of a Compatible Response by Glycine max to Phakopsora pachyrhizi Infection. Plant Science. 179:183-193.


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Nestled in the shadow of Hunter Mountain, the second-highest mountain in the Catskills, the village of Hunter is all about the slopes. On winter weekends thousands of skiers flock to the area, the oldest of the Catskill ski resorts. Although it was once dominated by twentysomething rowdies from the New York metropolitan area—and still provides, along with nearby Tannersville (5 mi east), a raucous nightlife scene—Hunter is becoming more family oriented. In other seasons, fairs and special events (including a well-known Oktoberfest) are held here. The village's permanent arts scene, mostly the work of the not-for-profit Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), includes a gallery, movie theater, bookstore, and performing-arts center.
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Another Republican with a highly decorated track record will lend support to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. While he is not the most liked person in a crowded room, this man has incredible influence in the Republican Party that could benefit Trump greatly in the forthcoming election.
Majority Leader and Senator Mitch McConnell will be giving his full support to Trump, learned in an interview CBS News journalist Jan Crawford.
Crawford asked, "Do you think Donald Trump can win?"
"I do," said McConnell.
"Are you going to support him?"
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Crawford then asked McConnell about the ruffle in politics Trump has caused since entering, and asked him about the GOP's divide over Trump like those who claimed they are on the "Never Trump" team.
"Well, one thing I'm pretty calm about is that this is nowhere near the most divisive period in American history," McConnell said. "But what protects us in this country against big mistakes being made is the structure, the Constitution, the institutions. No matter how unusual a personality may be who gets elected to office, there are constraints in this country. You don't get to do anything you want to. So I'm very optimistic about America. I'm not depressed about the nature of the debate."


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Port Elizabeth: The fourth day's play of the second cricket Test match between India and South Africa has been delayed due to rain.
Play was to begin half an hour before the regular start to compensate for the 14 overs that were lost on Sunday due to bad light, but showers intervened and delayed the start. Play was expected to resume at 2:30 IST, half an hour late than the regular scheduled start. South Africa was 211 for five in its second innings, enjoying an overall lead of 372 over the Indian first innings score of 201. Extras:
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The hotel is strategically located in the city centre of Madrid, close to Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, in the commercial heart of the city and close to the triangle of the arts, formed by the museums El Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen Bornemitza.
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By Alex Taylor
Stewards have a pretty tough job.
They have to break-up fights in the crowd, get heckled for 90 minutes and make sure star players and pundits get to where they need to be on time.
Unfortunately it's that last job that was proving somewhat of a challenge for one steward at the Manchester Derby this week.
Former United defender David May was hilariously not recognised by an Old Trafford steward and momentarily refused pitch-side entry while working for MUTV.
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The clip is brilliantly voiced over by a fan at the ground who can't believe why May is not being allowed entry to the Old Trafford pitch.
We know the steward is just doing his job, but this is ridiculous!
May even won the Champions League with the Reds in 1999 and now he's not even recognised.
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The United States' ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and left hand during an attack in Central Seoul Wednesday. The knife-wielding assailant approached the envoy while he was at a performing arts center, preparing for a breakfast forum on Korean unification.
The attacker reportedly screamed war slogans and called for the reunification of South and North Korea after the police detained him.
"We strongly condemn this act of violence," said U.S. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf. She also said that Lippert is under treatment at a local hospital for his injuries, though his condition is stable.
U.S. President Barack Obama also called the ambassador to wish him a speedy recovery, according to a White House official.
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Identified as Kim Ki-jong, the suspect is believed to be a member of the pro-Korean unification group and has previously been charged for throwing concrete at the Japanese ambassador to South Korea. Kim also has a record of militant Korean nationalistic activism.
Presently, 28,500 U.S troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against North Korea, but some national activists consider the presence of U.S army a barrier between the unification of both the countries. The rival Koreas divided in 1945 along the world's heaviest guarded border.
Mark Lippert was appointed ambassador to South Korea in 2014 after serving the position of U.S. assistant secretary of defense.
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Hello, this is my Mordekaiser build, it makes morde really strong and easy to play champion.I suggest going mid lane when playing 5vs5 cuz mordekaiser is really good at mid, make sure to keep your shield up and harras the enemy when possible with Siphon of Destruction. Also i recommend that u pick up the solo lane when possible if someone in your team is jungling. Get advatage at the ignite + ulti combo it can really turn a fight at your side if u are at low health or make u an easy kill. Remmeber to use Children of the Grave on tanks in team fights it will help u stay alive because it steals 34% from the target's maximum health ( the % go up with higher abillity power).
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The loss of a loved one can turn around a person's life, an experience a Chinese former millionaire knows all too well.
Read: 65-Year-Old Woman Saves A Hundred Dogs From Being Butchered
Wang Yan, a successful businessman, spent nearly all of his earnings to build an animal rescue center in Changchun city, China. The 29-year-old, who ran a steel empire, lost his pup, possibly to a slaughterhouse, in 2012. Speaking to reporters he said: "I went looking everywhere, but all to no avail. Finally someone let me go into the slaughterhouse to try my luck there."
The young man stayed there for a week but was unable to find his pup. The event had a deep impact on him and he decided help other stray dogs who face the same danger.
The animal rescue center built by Wang in 2012 is occupied by hundreds of stray dogs that are given up for adoption to loving families.
He also undertakes expenses for dog food, medical care and generally looking after these animals until they are adopted.
Devoted to his cause, he finds no time to earn a living. Hence, he has spent almost all the money he had on his rescue service.
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But even though he is moving toward debt, Wang does not accept any money from families who adopt the dogs. He does, however, take money offered for the animals' food and healthcare.
China is well known for the cat and dog meat festivals that take place every year, where thousands of innocent animals are butchered in slaughterhouses. So it's endearing to see someone extending their effort toward turning things around for China's animals.


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"I am keen to be associated with Pakistan cricket in any capacity. But the Pakistan Board has so far not approached me for any meaningful assignment. Which is why I am not directly involved in any role in Pakistan cricket," he said.
Akram, who is currently engaged as a cricket commentator, presenter and host on television since his retirement in 2003, said he was enjoying his work.
"I am also working as a brand ambassador for the sponsors of domestic cricket and also involved in my own business," he was quoted as saying in local daily 'The News' on Monday.
Akram did not agree with former captain Javed Miandad that Twenty20 cricket would destroy the future of Pakistan cricket.
"I look at Twenty20 cricket as pure entertainment. And a way to involve the people in our domestic cricket. It is not about improving techniques but about enjoyment and crowd participation. But definitely Twenty20 cricket can help players prepare for One-day Internationals."
Akram also pointed out that when ODIs were first introduced in world cricket, the purists said it had no future but it has now become the staple diet for international cricket.
He backed the new format of the game saying it will slowly gain a permanent place in the cricket playing nations.
"I think the Pakistan Board and its sponsors deserve credit for taking the decision to launch Twenty20 cricket in the country in a bid to bring back the crowds to the stadiums.
"The Twenty20 Cup held in Lahore was a massive success and I personally have never seen so many people for a domestic match. The atmosphere was also great and colorful, everyone enjoyed themselves. Something that has been lacking in our domestic cricket," he added.


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• 4 cups hot cooked rice
• 1 1/2 cups grated sharp Cheddar cheese
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons creole mustard
• 8 drops hot pepper sauce
• 2 cups soft breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon paprika
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Calories 33
Total Fat 1g
Cholesterol 10mg
Sodium 101mg
Total Carbohydrate 4g
Protein 1g
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OK, here is a dumb question…How does everyone use the Spiceworks groups? Do just read ones you join, how many do you join, how do you find new message? And when do you check "Email me..."?
I joined the groups I thought were important to my job (as well as Water Cooler). I'll join new groups as needed (for example I just joined DNS to get a question answered today). I'll go though every joined group in the morning and after lunch. I'll check for the "Active Groups" whenever I get a chance during the day. I do try and get at least one last glance at the end of the day (or after I get home). I only have the Email option checked when I'm posting something (always forget other times)
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Apr 21, 2009 at 10:33 UTC
Pretty much the same here. For the groups I enjoy actively participating in I do subscribe to them via email. I tried the RSS feed for awhile but found it updated to infrequently (tough to keep up with ChristopherO, the bastard).
Apr 21, 2009 at 11:24 UTC
Great topic! Something I've been meaning to ask as well. I'll be reading your replies with great interest.
Some thoughts:
- The general idea was that you join groups that look interesting. Not all groups have activity every day but if you receive the daily digest it will list activity in all your groups.
- On the home page of the community you'll see the most popular topics (most number of replies) on the right hand side
- On the home page of the community clicking on the My Groups Tab (in the section What's New in the Community) lists all the posts in your groups. You can also see the activity on this page.
Martin: I'll look into the RSS feed refresh and see what that is set to.
In the May Community Update we'll add a profile option for the "Notify Me" box.
Do you have other suggestions? We're all ears.
Apr 21, 2009 at 2:50 UTC
I pretty much do the same as you. I will when time allows look at other groups and see what I may need to be looking out for.
Apr 23, 2009 at 3:38 UTC
I pretty much do what Tabrez said.
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
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