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GoGrid's 1-Button Deploy™ orchestration process enables companies to deploy Cloudera on GoGrid's cloud infrastructure
Cloudera & GoGrid partner to make the deployment and tutorials of Cloudera, Tableau & Zoomdata easy with 1-Button Deploy™
Using GoGrid's 1-Button Deploy orchestration process, Cloudera users can begin a trial with the company's Cloudera Live CDH distribution in a matter of an hour.
Infrastructure as a service specialist GoGrid has compiled some industry findings that demonstrate the market opportunities and benefits companies can gain with managed services.
MongoHQ and GoGrid have partnered to deliver a turnkey NoSQL MongoDB storage solution, which they say will make it easier to perform Big Data analytics with no major investment in time or resources.
Here's a roundup of recent Big Data product announcements: MongoHQ and GoGrid announced a partnership combining the former's Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) with the latter's 1-Button Deploy solution.
Rackspace announced that they will be exiting the market as a pure play IaaS provider and instead focusing on their core competency, managed services. Companies like Rackspace simply cannot compete in the never ending price reduction game and maintain the margins required to run a profitable business. GoGrid made a similar move back in 2012 when they shifted from a pure play IaaS provider to an enabler of Big Data services.
Orchestration can bring benefits to many parts of IT, but its potential may well be greatest of all in the highly complex world of cloud computing. While there are numerous cloud orchestration tools available today -- both proprietary and open source -- a new contender recently emerged that aims to provide a universal and open source solution. Specifically, GoGrid-sponsored OpenOrchestration.org hopes to advance the open data services ecosystem with a free orchestration service, software library and community.
Database-as-a-service provider MongoHQ announced that it has partnered with Open Data Services leader GoGrid to deliver its fully-managed platform to host and scale MongoDB databases through GoGrid's 1-Button Deploy™ solution.
GoGrid, known for its Big Data cloud and its focus on open cloud environments, today announced an Orchestration Engine Service that it says can enable one-button deployment of applications across multiple clouds, both public and private, and data center infrastructure. The idea is to simplify the complex process of creating applications that are built on resources housed in multiple clouds and may also draw from on-premises data centers.
GoGrid, a provider of Open Data Services (ODS), announced the release of the only SSD and High RAM cloud servers on 10-Gbps network fabric available on-demand and across multiple data centers.
Rackspace isn't alone in branding its offering as managed cloud—IaaS provider GoGrid recently launched Managed Services across multiple clouds. The idea here is that customers can provision and manage resources across multiple public clouds, including those from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, as well as in GoGrid's cloud, all from a single portal.
Many enterprises have different use cases for their big data challenges which often required different types of database solutions. It is not rare for an enterprise to require two or more of the following NoSQL database types: key value store, column store, document store, graph database. In addition, enterprises often have requirements for data to reside in multiple datacenters and in both public and private cloud endpoints. This quickly becomes a complex matrix of database technologies mapped to data center locations. One company that is addressing this problem is GoGrid.
GoGrid Founder and CEO John Keagy is hoping to bring together companies interesting in open source cloud that feel threatened by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create an open cloud orchestration engine. His project, which was recently unveiled, has been dubbed OpenOrchestration.org.
Over the past several months, GoGrid CEO John Keagy has been quietly holding meetings with partners and rivals alike to share an ambitious plan. His brainchild has the potential to shake up the entire cloud services industry by uniting some of its largest players around an open-source project: a universal cloud orchestration engine called OpenOrchestration.org.
MemSQL, a leader in real-time and historical Big Data analytics based on a distributed in-memory database, today announced a partnership with GoGrid, a leader in Open Data Services (ODS), to provide fast and easy access to the MemSQL database in a public cloud purpose-built for Big Data.
The lessons learned from fathers not only drive us, but can be found at the core of who we are and shine through in our day-to-day life, from our mannerisms to our vocabulary. For a few top tech CEOs, the lessons learned from dad can also be found in their leadership styles.
GoGrid found itself in the Niche quadrant of this year's Gartner Magic Quadrant on the cloud, just like last year. And just like last year, that's exactly where it wants to be.
Gartner's cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Magic Quadrant 2014 places AWS and Microsoft in the Leader quadrant. However, the "niche players" segment is the most crowded, with providers such as Fujitsu, Virtustream, Dimension Data, GoGrid, and Joyent sharing space with HP, Rackspace, and VMware.
Over the short term, build versus buy is not a question of either/or when even larger brick-and-mortar companies have cloud strategies. The Equinix Cloud Exchange is an interconnection solution for on-demand and direct access to multiple clouds and multiple networks. Launched in April, the exchange has three public clouds: Amazon Web Services, GoGrid, and Microsoft Azure. Equinix picked GoGrid as a core partner because of its expertise in delivering advanced infrastructure and database platforms architected for handling large analytic workloads.
Data center and interconnection specialist Equinix said it has attracted a new member to the Equinix Cloud Exchange: GoGrid, a cloud and Open Data Services infrastructure provider.
Amazon's cloud dominance has been recognized by analyst kings Gartner in a new "Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service" report. In the middle of Gartner's graph sit CSC, CenturyLink, IBM, Rackspace, Terremark, VMware, and Virtustream. Ranked as "niche players" are Joyent, Dimension Data, Fujitsu, GoGrid, and HP.
One of the largest co-location and data center providers announced it has brought GoGrid into the Equinix Cloud Exchange to add a substantial Big Data and analytics component.
Equinix continues to ramp up its Cloud Exchange with the addition of GoGrid, a provider of Open Data Services featuring purpose-built infrastructure for Big Data.
Is the exchange model better suited for cloud services than it was for Ethernet services? Equinix believes so and today announced its latest cloud operator interconnection in the Equinix Cloud Exchange publicly launched a month ago. GoGrid said today it is connecting to the Exchange to make it easier for businesses to tap into its cloud-based big-data analytics services.
The worshipers of Gartner's famed Magic Quadrant have shuffled forth from their back-office tomb clutching jeweled calculators and have proclaimed Amazon the One True Cloud, although they added that it now faces strong competition.
Nearly a month after the launch of Equinix Cloud Exchange, the data center interconnection company has added GoGrid to its list of supported connections. The "advanced interconnection solution" was launched following Equinix forming a partnership with Microsoft (MSFT) to support Azure ExpressRoute in 16 markets around the world.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 21, 2014 – Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) and Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Level 3 is integrating the Equinix Cloud Exchange into the Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions ecosystem. This effort provides enterprises and government agencies a secure, high-performance alternative to the public Internet to access a community of cloud service providers, such as GoGrid.
GoGrid, a leading player in Open Data Services (ODS), has announced new partnerships with key Big Data technology providers – Clustrix and Couchbase – to provide companies with the fastest and easiest way to evaluate and run their applications in a cloud purpose-built for Big Data. The new partnerships continue to expand the ODS ecosystem GoGrid has built with its initial partnerships with Basho, DataStax, Hortonworks, and MongoDB.
LITTLETON, Colo., May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- tw telecom (NASDAQ: TWTC), a leading provider of Business Ethernet and networking solutions, and GoGrid, a leader in Open Data Services featuring purpose-built infrastructure for big data, announced a relationship to provide a scalable, elastic and private infrastructure for companies seeking to deploy an open source big data solution in the cloud.
There's a lot happening at tw telecom, the Colorado-based provider of business Ethernet and networking solutions, which is expanding its fiber network on a regular basis. tw telecom and GoGrid, a provider of Open Data Services featuring purpose-built infrastructure for Big Data, have announced a relationship to provide a scalable, elastic and private infrastructure for companies seeking to deploy an open-source, Big Data solution in the cloud.
GoGrid launched and is sponsoring OpenOrchestration.org, a repository for on-demand blueprints to simplify technology rollouts in the cloud, multiple clouds, or on-premise. The new community site fights back against what GoGrid believes is the major threat going forward: commodity clouds.
In an effort to make it easier to test and deploy applications to one or multiple clouds, open data services providers GoGrid is releasing the blueprints for its 1-Button Deploy solutions on OpenOrchestration.org.
GoGrid continues to bet on big data, and on Monday announced two new partnerships with Clustrix and Couchbase to give customers simple ways to evaluate and run their applications in the cloud.
Earth be still. Big Data has lost its luster. We asked managers at Alpine Data Labs, Alteryx, Birst, Cloudera, Datameer, ElasticSearch, GoGrid, Metric Insights and Zettaset whether sales are down and if, based on their interactions with customers, they thought Big Data was a bust, oversold, or stuck in that trough of disillusionment.
Network World - Big data analytics are driving rapid growth for public cloud computing vendors with revenues for the top 50 public cloud providers shooting up 47% in the fourth quarter last year to $6.2 billion, according to Technology Business Review Inc.
Public cloud revenue in Q4 2013 grew nearly 50 percent year-over-year to $6.2 billion, according to a new study released last week by Technology Business Research.
We assembled this list with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC and Neovise who watch the public cloud Infrastructure as a Service scene very closely. Each was asked to name the companies they believed have the most influence in drawing enterprise customers into the realm of public cloud infrastructure. GoGrid places among the top five public cloud IaaS vendors when you count virtual machines and factor in its very competitive price.
SAN MATEO, CA - AlienVault™, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ solutions and crowd-sourced threat intelligence, today announced continued momentum behind its Open Threat Exchange™ (OTX) initiative with the addition of new partners Cegeka, GoGrid, Netflow Logic, Onsight, Risk I/O and ThreatStop. In addition, the integration of AlienVault's OTX into Spiceworks has helped IT professionals simplify how they identify threats on their network. Spiceworks users in nearly 10,000 companies received over 1.4 million threat alerts in January 2014, only one month after the new capabilities were introduced.
GoGrid, a provider of open data services, announced 1-Button Deploy, providing organizations with a fast and easy way to evaluate and run the latest big data solutions on the cloud purpose-built for big data. GoGrid's 1-Button Deploy simplifies the process of moving big data applications from trial to pilot project and finally to full-scale production. GoGrid also unveiled an ecosystem of big data solutions available immediately through its 1-Button Deploy technology.
GoGrid and friends: GoGrid says it offers the fastest cloud in the west, with a mix of high-powered servers, fast storage choices, and bare-metal deployment options that others can't touch. To put some meat on those bones it announced partnerships this week with Basho, DataStax, Hortonworks, and MongoDB, all of which it says cloud customers will be able to deploy in push-button fashion.
Amazon Web Services is a juggernaut in the infrastructure as a service market, but GoGrid, a midsize IaaS competitor that aims to be the cloud for big data, says it wants to offer an alternative to AWS's platform. And it's hoping to do so through open source databases.
Although it didn't seem so on the surface, the handful of partnerships that NoSQL startup DataStax announced on Tuesday around the Cassandra database is actually quite telling. It's one thing when a cloud provider Google gets on board (which it has), but something else when smaller, more conservative providers like GoGrid and large-enterprise consultants such as Accenture do. That DataStax is working with those latter companies suggests their customers are running or interested in running Cassandra (and other NoSQL data stores, in the case of GoGrid) and are asking for support.
As a public cloud service optimized for Big Data applications GoGrid gives developers access to a number of open source platforms, including Hadoop, Apache HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB and Riak. Trying to fuel what GoGrid CEO John Keagy describes as open data services (ODS) market, GoGrid provides the ability to stand up applications on multiple platforms in a way that helps developers avoid getting locked into one particular architecture. Now GoGrid is close to taking that concept one step further by exposing an API to the GoGrid cloud platform
Big data is something that many companies are keen to exploit, but implementing big data solutions involves a number of hurdles.
Open Data Services specialist GoGrid is aiming to make the move to big data easier with its launch of 1-Button Deploy technology.
These industry leaders helped propel cloud computing to the forefront of technology innovation.
GoGrid is making noise as a small cloud IaaS-focused provider with a fixed-size, paid-by-the-VM, Xen-virtualized IaaS as a public cloud and private cloud. According to research firm Gartner, GoGrid is among the top five public cloud IaaS providers in the use of VMs.
Cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid announced on Tuesday that it has appointed three new executives to its management team. GoGrid named Heather McKelvey as vice president of engineering, Bryta Schulz as VP of marketing, and Dave Smith as VP of global sales.
Cloud hosting provider GoGrid said on Thursday that it is contributing the development of new big data technologies by contributing cloud computing resources to hack/reduce, a nonprofit research group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GoGrid is a cloud hosting service, and operates Linux and Windows virtual machines. Their Hybird Hosting allows customers to provision virtual and dedicated servers on the same network. They also offer colocation services.
Gogrid provide a secure user platform intended to outlast the viruses and malwares. Their latest operating system allows data backup and offers a faster and more secure data storage option for the enterprises.
One of the biggest lessons learned by many of Salesforce.com's 2.1 million global subscribers, following the cloud computing giant's recent catastrophic power outage, is that support problems don't disappear when applications or infrastructures move to the cloud.
A failure of this magnitude highlights the need for end-users to first align their own internal support infrastructures with their cloud provider's before signing any agreement...This effectively raises the stakes when it comes to selecting an appropriate cloud service and dependable service provider.
Of course, even a watertight SLA is not a guarantee of a service provider's reliability, but more of an indication or guide as to how the company will react in a time of trouble.
A good example is cloud provider GoGrid's '10 000% guaranteed SLA'...it is clear GoGrid is offering a 100% uptime guarantee...
Cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid announced on Thursday that GoGrid server images with IBM's BigInsights and Streams are now available.
With the integrated solution, IBM partners that need to analyze large volumes of unstructured data or build big data applications based on Apache Hadoop can use the pre-built GoGrid server images.
"Solving today's big data challenges requires cutting-edge software and infrastructure, and this business partnership brings together the best of both," Bruce Weed, program director of global business development for IBM said in a statement. "GoGrid's automated cloud infrastructure platform and IBM's big data software work together to let businesses build SaaS and PaaS applications to address their need to analyze vast amounts of information."
TMCnet had the chance to catch up with Keagy earlier today to get a sneak peek at the content that will be covered tonight.
"Just about everyone has cloud-washed their offerings," he told TMCnet. "Everyone is doing well by slapping the label cloud on their offerings, but cloud is very young and things are developing quickly and this ability for vendors to achieve success just by slapping a cloud label on what they are doing is not going to be there in a couple of years."
Cloud computing always seems to progress at a rapid pace. Over just the past few years, the cloud as an industry model has matured from a promising yet passable curiosity enjoying fifteen minutes of fame into an indelible and mushrooming contributor to the contemporary technology community...and as a "pure-play IaaS provider," GoGrid is tough to beat for deployment of new applications and streamlining of workloads.
Cloud infrastructure company GoGrid announced the Big Data Solution, an offering based on a hybrid infrastructure architecture that combines cloud computing with single-tenant infrastructure components, all managed through the GoGrid management portal. Built to support high-performance analytic jobs and able to be used for applications that leverage NoSQL solutions like Hadoop to serve up content via app servers.
GoGrid today introduces its Big Data Solution predictive analytics platform. It adds features that combine the best from cloud computing with hybrid cloud flexibility and front-end apps. Everything is managed from the GoGrid web-based management portal. Amazon and others need more assembly of individual pieces that are less integrated than what GoGrid offers. The idea is to support very high performance analytics. It has preconfigured hardware that includes a collection of four different servers as part of GoGrid's Professional Cloud plan. You can use this to quickly scale up demand to meet traffic spikes in your Hadoop NoSQL databases, for example. This allows for a complete hybrid cloud solution with the added security of a single-tenant infrastructure.
GoGrid has launched a big data analytics tool, aiming to help businesses take advantage of the deluge of data hitting the companies using cloud computing. The GoGrid Big Data Solution is based on the firm's hybrid cloud offering, where it offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) on either a multi-tenant basis or with dedicated servers within its data centres. With the new launch, businesses can take advantage of the single-tenant environment to house their data and analyse it using big data tools like Cloudera's Distribution of Hadoop (CDH). However, if they then have a sudden spike in traffic where they need more capacity, they can take advantage of GoGrid's cloud servers and burst out into its multi-tenant environment.
Cloud infrastructure company GoGrid announced on Tuesday it has launched the GoGrid Big Data Solution, a hybrid cloud-based infrastructure that uses single-tenant infrastructure components but is managed through the GoGrid management portal. As data-intensive activities like scientific research, social networking, and photography and video archiving continue to grow, there is an increasing demand in the industry for reliable technologies to process big data at high speeds. GoGrid says it new Big Data Solution provides businesses with maximum flexibility, choice, performance, and control. It is built to support high-performance analytic jobs and can be used for applications that use NoSQL solutions like Hadoop to serve up content via app servers.
Cloud infrastructure company GoGrid wants to make it easier for customers to run "Big Data" analytic tools to leverage large datasets. Today it unveiled GoGrid Big Data Solution, a new offering that enables customers to use NoSQL database solutions like Hadoop. The solution uses a hybrid infrastructure architecture that combines GoGrid's cloud with single-tenant infrastructure components, all managed through GoGrid's portal. GoGrid's new bundle includes pre-configured hardware to match requirements for running Cloudera's Distribution of Hadoop (CDH) as an introduction to Hadoop or proof of concept. The bundle consists of 1 Name Node and 3 Data Nodes in a multi-rack architecture plus GoGrid's Professional Cloud plan. With this solution, GoGrid customers leverage cloud servers to quickly scale to handle sudden spikes in traffic, while tapping single-tenant infrastructure specially designed for analytical use cases.
We assembled this list with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, and Neovise who watch the public cloud Infrastructure as a Service scene very closely. Each was asked to name the companies they believed have the most influence - whether that's measured in market share, mind share, revenue, existing enterprise pull or underlying technology links - in the world of IaaS. GoGrid prides itself on being a pure-play cloud company offering both public and private Xen-based IaaS with optional managed services.
This year's 100 top, private on-demand and SaaS companies-plus 20 to watch-are creating a complex world of interconnected business intelligence, merging valuable legacy data and systems with new, vital streams of information.
Congratulations to all the 2012 OnDemand 100 winners. As the digital information created by businesses continues to multiply at astronomical rates, OnDemand 100 companies are providing the technology platforms and services needed to manage and leverage the emerging data macrosphere, propelling business intelligence into a connected, informed future.
If you want to be in the cloud business, these are some of the cloud infrastructure companies that will help you get there...GoGrid prides itself on being a pure-play IaaS provider, focusing its hosted cloud infrastructure to deploy and manage apps and workloads.
At some point, the founder of almost any business will face a decision about whether to continue in their leadership role when the company reaches certain pivotal milestones around growth, financing and other concerns that aren't necessarily tied directly into the entrepreneurial notions that sparked the business.
Keagy is reassuming the leadership role at a company that definitely has the brand recognition as one of the pioneering organizations in the cloud hosting space - a market with a handful of leaders and a ton of market share to grab.
Cloud hosting provider GoGrid announced that founder and chairman John Keagy will return to the role of CEO. GoGrid has seen significant growth in the past year with its pure-play infrastructure-as-a-service, offering public cloud and private cloud infrastructure solutions, and recently expanded into the Europe.
While it might not make as big of a news splash as when Apple founder Steve Jobs returned to his company as CEO in 1997, cloud company GoGrid recently did some reminiscing of their own. Keagy pointed towards recent initiatives undertaken by GoGrid including the company's opening of a data center facility in Amsterdam, The Netherlands just earlier this month.
eWEEK's main headline for 2012 is "How to Control Data," and ground zero for this is the data center. Those who know how to control both the archival and current views of the data are most often the ones who come up with significant new ideas and promote business progress. IT that is progressive will gain ground in 2012. From Slide #7 - Amazon, Rackspace, GoGrid, AT&T, Verizon and others were pleased with their 2011 business as more and more enterprises discovered that they can get exactly the services (storage, analytics, accounting, social networking, application monitoring, for example) from Web services , and get them on-demand, and in reliable fashion.
Amazon Web Services customers this week are worrying about a server reboot the provider is pushing out, but if users have architected their applications properly, they shouldn't be concerned, experts said. GoGrid, an infrastructure-as-a-service provider, also noted that if businesses run their own servers internally, they have to make similar updates. Moving to the cloud saves administrators a lot of management trouble overall, but this kind of required reboot might be "trouble some thought they left behind when they got to the cloud," Jayson Vantuyl, chief engineer at GoGrid, said.
Hybrid hosting services could be a path forward for providers that are waiting for their cloud service offerings to take off while struggling with managed hosting services that have become low-margin commodities. "Hybrid hosting will become the norm," said John Keagy, founder and chairman of GoGrid. "Somewhere in the order of 85% of computing is still done in-house. There is a huge wave of outsourcing coming that will transition to managed services and fully automated cloud services."
GoGrid, HP Enterprise Services have amped up offerings that address security and other issues. The decision to host your data center somewhere else, or to move some of your operations into a cloud, is never trivial. Chief among concerns are security, performance, and management - including disaster recovery plans that meet your requirements. GoGrid, a cloud infrastructure and hosting provider, has made a move to address some of those concerns with a new service called CloudLink, a fast, dedicated private line that's been established via a leased, dedicated line between its data centers in San Francisco and Ashburn, Virginia. Now, GoGrid can dedicate specific amounts of segregated bandwidth to customers. The goal: eliminate worry about sending critical traffic over public lines that lack security and can impact performance.
Cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid (www.gogrid.com) announced on Tuesday that it has introduced its dedicated private line CloudLink for customers to access a secure connection across its data centers. CloudLink is an ideal solution for corporate environments that require disaster recovery and data replication.
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider GoGrid is adding a dedicated line service between its facilities so users can be sure of fast and secure transfers. Customers with applications that require fast database replication or that use GoGrid's two data centers for disaster recovery may be interested in the new CloudLink offering, executives said. "Anybody who wants to keep data in sync" will be interested in the service, Rupert Tagnipes, product lead for the CloudLink service said.
Data center infrastructure management software developer Modius (www.modius.com) announced on Monday that cloud-based infrastructure as a service provider GoGrid (www.gogrid.com) has deployed the Modius OpenData solution. With the deployment of the Modius infrastructure management solution, GoGrid says it will reduce its operation costs by 10 to 15 percent.
Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) player GoGrid Tuesday pulled the curtain off of a new partner program through which the company said will give cloud providers the tools needed to beef up their cloud practices to grab a portion of the IaaS market, which is expected to hit $4 billion in four years.
A new offering from Dome9 is trying to make the cloud more secure by providing an automated service to centralize and consolidate security management across both private and public clouds and in and outside of your data center. They are also announcing a partnership with GoGrid as their first MSP that will resell this service to their customers.
Storage software developer Gluster has partnered with cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid to make its open-source storage solution available on the GoGrid platform. The link with GoGrid means Gluster's software can be packaged with GoGrid Server Image, letting enterprises embed shared storage into GoGrid cloud infrastructure deployments. GoGrid customers can deploy scale-out NAS cloud storage to petabytes of capacity, according to Gluster.
Forrester Research projected that by 2020, the cloud computing business will be worth $241 billion dollars! There are at least 25 cloud vendors who are brawling for the big chunk of the market share, that SaaS and the cloud has created, and which continues to grow tremendously. GoGrid offers their customers a secure and scalable platform where they can easily move and manage their applications and work projects.
While many commodity cloud providers price their cloud services at very low on-demand rates, GoGrid offers the best value for money by providing enterprise class services at close-to-commodity prices. GoGrid started off as a commodity cloud provider but is soon emerging as a strong competitor among enterprise cloud providers.
Users have different reasons and preferences for deciding between shared and dedicated resources in the cloud. But most shouldn't be making those decisions based on the infrastructure, but based on the application that they're trying to run, according to executives from GoGrid, Nimbula and Softlayer at GigaOM's Structure conference on Thursday.
Leading cloud infrastructure leader GoGrid had some news to spread at Cloud Expo East 2011 last week, including the fact that Compuware (News - Alert) Corporation is using its cloud infrastructure to run the industry's first free IPv6 Website Performance Comparison Test. At the Cloud Computing Expo, GoGrid was not only spreading the word about its IPv6 infrastructure, but Executive Chairman and Founder John Keagy was also holding a session on the economics of cloud computing. Keagy told TMCnet at Cloud Expo that his session explored what drives the economics of the cloud and what people assume drives the cloud that does not.
Compuware, a provider of application performance management (APM) software, is offering a free IPv6 Web site Performance Comparison Test... Compuware will be running the performance test on the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service network of GoGrid. The company provisions blocks of IP addresses on its IaaS platform for interoperability with IPv6, said Mark Worsey, chief information officer of GoGrid.
Earlier this week, cloud provider GoGrid announced that founder and original CEO John Keagy is leaving that post and transitioning into a new role, a decision Keagy told me Friday morning is the result of the company growing too quickly. Keagy, now executive chairman, will now focus on the latter two responsibilities - leaving the day-to-day management to new CEO Warren Heffelfinger.
IT shops interested in moving workloads to the cloud should check out the performance rankings of cloud providers by CloudSleuth, a cloud monitoring service owned by Compuware Inc. Google App Engine came in first, followed by Microsoft Azure, then GoGrid. The rankings measures the response time to a test application that all providers in the study agreed to run in their cloud. The tests are run from 125 end-user U.S. locations in all 50 states and from 75 international locations in 30 countries and are conducted every 15 minutes.
GoGrid CEO John Keagy wrote on his blog Thursday that when it comes to cloud computing, there are a couple of things that have been overrated in the industry, like cheap hydroelectric power and massive-scale data centers. What Keagy says does matter for making cloud computing financially compelling to both providers and users are things like pay-per-use pricing, automation, shared platforms and commodity hardware.
GoGrid is among the first true public cloud providers, and now offers a variety of cloud hosting option out of multiple global data centers ... the company has been quietly leading cloud innovation for years.
GoGrid is attempting to simplify cloud licensing for its independent software vendor (ISV) partners via a system called Image Rights Management ... The IRM just takes this a step further by helping ISV partners monitor unauthorized use in IaaS environments.
GoGrid, which offers infrastructure-as-a-service computing in a fashion similar to Amazon's, offers service credits to customers when uptime falls below 100%...
GoGrid prides itself on being the biggest pure-play Infrastructure-as- a-Service company in the world. Its infrastructure lets businesses deploy and manage apps in the cloud platform within minutes and with a flexibility that separates it from the Johnny-comelatelies.
This week one the richest comparisons of GoGrid and Amazon from user experience emerged from Postgres Online Journal, the blog of small company with big computational needs that focuses on custom database and web application creation as well as prototype hosting.
The authors note that there is no one-size-fits-all nugget of advice since so much is dependent on any number of factors. Nonetheless, they do note, while it making it completely clear that there was no monetary or other incentive behind their statement, that for their particular needs GoGrid was the winner for their projects most of the time.
With all the urgency and excitement revolving around cloud computing these days, it's not surprising that differentiating among the various services becomes important -- and one of the top criteria is sure to be performance -- Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) came in fifth with a 10.942 second average. GoGrid came in third at 10.468 seconds, while Teklinks held down fourth place with a response time of 10.568 seconds
GoGrid Launches Hosted Private Cloud - What's a "hosted private cloud"? A public cloud generally lets customers rent virtual infrastructure shared with other customers. Customers pay for what they use. A private cloud is built by an organization to advantage of virtualization and resource pooling internally
GoGrid wants IT organizations to run production applications on a virtual private cloud computing architecture that runs in its data centers. According to GoGrid CEO John Keagy, the company's new GoGrid Hosted Private Cloud gives IT organizations access to a set of shared IT infrastructure resources that are dedicated to running their applications.
Cloud hosting provider GoGrid announced on Wednesday it has introduced an enterprise-grade hosted private cloud solution (http://privatecloud.gogrid.com), which offers the capabilities of its public cloud in a completely dedicated and secure environment.
Cloud provider GoGrid has expanded its infrastructure-as-a-service catalog by launching a Hosted Private Cloud that maintains all the features of GoGrid's standard multitenant cloud offering, but on dedicated physical servers.
GoGrid has rolled out a hosted private cloud offering, designed to offer customers the benefits of the public cloud on dedicated hardware. GoGrid's service is similar to the public cloud in that it offers an on-demand, programmable, manageable and scalable service, but with the added security and reliability of dedicated hardware, said John Keagy, CEO of GoGrid.
GoGrid expands its portfolio of infrastructure-as-a-service offerings with the latest Hosted Private Cloud, which lets customers run applications in a public cloud environment that uses hardware dedicated to their use.
San Francisco's GoGrid is launching a new service to help wary companies warm up to "cloud computing," an industry term that refers to accessing computing horsepower and software applications over the Web.
GoGrid: provides a 100x credit policy combined with 100% SLA for any hardware and network outages and no minimum thresholds (e.g. 1 hour outage = 100 hour credit). This is by far the most generous of the 38 IaaS vendors we evaluated. GoGrid's service is also one of the most reliable IaaS services we currently monitor (100% US West and 99.999% US East)
Cloud hosting provider GoGrid announced on Wednesday it has expanded its hybrid cloud capabilities, enabling customers to deploy its hybrid cloud solution at any of its two data centers.
The most interesting layer - the only one that really deserves to be called "cloud computing", say purists - is "infrastructure as a service" (IaaS). IaaS offers basic computing services, from number crunching to data storage, which customers can combine to build highly adaptable computer systems. The market leaders are GoGrid, Rackspace and Amazon Web Services, the computing arm of the online retailer, which made headlines for kicking WikiLeaks off its servers.
Ingram Micro has announced a strategic marketing alliance with infrastructure-as-a-service provider GoGrid, which becomes one of the first cloud service providers to be featured within the recently announced Ingram Micro Cloud and online Cloud Marketplace. It's the first relationship between the two companies, as GoGrid was not previously a member of Ingram Micro's Seismic community.
GoGrid is joining forces with Ingram Micro to bring cloud computing infrastructure offerings to Ingram's Cloud Marketplace. The move puts GoGrid among the first cloud service providers to contribute to the Ingram Micro Cloud, a reseller enablement platform and online Cloud Marketplace for VARs and MSPs. By teaming up with Ingram Micro, GoGrid is looking to bring VARs and MSPs into the cloud by filling the demand to migrate customers from on-premise IT to the cloud, and to help resellers adapt their business models to support new mechanisms for scale and sustained profitability, said Jack Duffy, GoGrid executive vice president of sales and business development.
Most hosting providers use Amazon as a yardstick for their own cloud services. But few actually think of themselves as competitors. At pioneering cloud infrastructure firm GoGrid, the company thinks of itself as the hosting company with an infrastructure product comparable to Amazon. CEO John Keagy and CMO Jeff Samuels spoke to WHIR editor Liam Eagle about the company's products and its plans.
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Tear Down Your Barriers to Saving—And Cross the Bridge to Financial Success
By Lisa Philios
FINRA Foundation Military Spouse Fellow (2010 Graduate)
What barriers stand in your way when it comes to saving? Everyone faces challenges at some point in time. However, failure to overcome these obstacles may delay—or prevent—your financial success.
Postponing saving can be costly in the long-run. The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) website states, "The more years you have to save, the more effective it is. So the earlier you begin...and the longer you are able to leave the money in your account, the greater the opportunity you have to enjoy the benefits of compounding."
As you can see in the chart below, if you have $500 and put it into a savings account now at an interest rate of 1%, and you add $200 to your account every year, you will have $2,666 at the end of 10 years.
But if you wait two years before placing your $500 into a savings account at an interest rate of 1%, and you add $200 to your account every year, you will have just $2,226 at the end of 10 years—that's a difference of $440.
$440 may not sound like much, but every little bit helps in the grand scheme of saving. In fact, that was the theme for Military Saves Week 2012—"Start Small, Think Big."
Postponing Saving Could Cost You $440
What are some obstacles when it comes to saving?
"No pain, no gain"
- High expenses. [You] "My bills take up my entire paycheck." [Me] "Allocate money into savings from a portion of your entire paycheck." If you feel like your expenses consume your income, review your expenses and decide which to cancel or minimize. Remember, live within your means, but below your needs. That means take home pay should always exceed monthly expenses.
- Low Income. [You] "If only I earned more, I could save more." [Me] "You can save money with the income you currently earn." The myth associated with high-income earners saving more is false. Truth: financial problems don't discriminate. They affect all ages and social classes. Studies have shown that modest income earners who saved diligently have an extremely high net worth.
- Lack of Time. [You] "I don't have time to save." [Me] "Your time to save starts today." Set a day to review your current financial situation every month. The fact is, you cannot afford to procrastinate. As America Saves states, "One of the most important things you can learn in life is how to save money. It's the first step to getting where you want to be….once you start it gets easier and easier."
- Lack of Information. [You] "Saving is hard; I don't know where to find knowledgeable information about it." [Me] "You're in luck. There are plenty of resources about saving for military and civilians alike." Getting your boots on the ground for financial success is just a click away. Military Saves' resources and SaveAndInvest.org can point you in the right direction.
Let's turn your barriers into bridges!
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
- Begin With a Budget. Using a budget helps identify money that enters your household and how the money leaves. When your finances are written down, it becomes increasingly clear where you stand financially every month and helps you identify areas where you can scale back spending and increase saving. Action Plan: Track Your Spending.
- Change Your Thinking. Stay motivated, push forward and choose to save. Find your tribe—surround yourself with people who share your financial goals. Avoid keeping up with the Joneses. Remain positive and stay on track with your saving goals.
- Shed Debt. See what Military One Source has to say about shedding debt. Saving may not feel like an option when debt is lying heavily on your shoulders. However, paying off debt will free up funds for depositing into a saving or retirement account. Action Plan: Dig Yourself Out of Debt.
- Programs Offer Help. With tax time around the corner, Bonds Make it Easy points out how easy it is to purchase bonds from your tax return. The TSP is another great resource for saving, since expenses charged to each TSP account are approximately 25 cents per $1,000 of investment.
Excited about saving? Track your progress with SaveAndInvest's Savings Calculator. Your mission: break down the barriers you face, because waiting to save can be detrimental to your financial health.

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Late on Friday, the IRS announced various tax relief measures for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York (e-News for Tax Professionals No. 2012-44). The relief applies to taxpayers in areas in those states declared a disaster area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The IRS said other locations may be added in coming days based on additional damage assessments by FEMA.
The IRS is postponing various tax filing and payment deadlines starting in late October, giving affected taxpayers until Feb. 1, 2013, to file these returns and pay any taxes due. The postponed deadlines include those for fourth quarter individual estimated tax payments, normally due Jan. 15, 2013. Also postponed are the deadlines for payroll and excise tax returns and accompanying payments for the third and fourth quarters, normally due on Oct. 31, 2012, and Jan. 31, 2013, respectively. The postponement also applies to tax-exempt organizations required to file Form 990 series returns with an original or extended deadline falling during this period.
So far, IRS filing and payment relief applies to the following localities:
The IRS announced that it will also abate any interest and any late-payment or late-filing penalties that would otherwise apply. The IRS is also waiving failure-to-deposit penalties for federal payroll and excise tax deposits normally due on or after the disaster area start date and before Nov. 26, if the deposits are made by Nov. 26, 2012.
The relief applies automatically to any taxpayer located in the disaster area and taxpayers do not need to contact the IRS to get the relief.
On Wednesday, the IRS announced it was granting taxpayers and tax preparers affected by Hurricane Sandy until Nov. 7 to file returns and accompanying payments normally due on Oct. 31 (see "IRS Delays Oct. 31 Deadlines for Taxpayers and Preparers Affected by Hurricane Sandy").
The IRS also announced it is willing to work with any taxpayer who resides outside the disaster area but whose books, records, or tax professional are located in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. Also, all workers assisting the relief activities in the covered disaster areas who are affiliated with a recognized government or philanthropic organization are eligible for relief.
The IRS has told taxpayers who live outside of the affected area and think they may qualify for relief that they must contact the IRS at 866-562-5227.
The IRS on Friday also alerted taxpayers that Hurricane Sandy is designated as a qualified disaster for purposes of Sec. 139, and qualified disaster relief payments made to individuals by their employer or any person can be excluded from those individuals' taxable income.
Qualified disaster relief payments are defined by Sec. 139 as amounts paid:
To or for the benefit of an individual to reimburse or pay reasonable and necessary personal, family, living or funeral expenses (not otherwise compensated for by insurance or otherwise) incurred as a result of a qualified disaster, or
To reimburse or pay reasonable and necessary expenses (not otherwise compensated for by insurance or otherwise) incurred for the repair or rehabilitation of a personal residence or repair or replacement of its contents to the extent that the need for such repair, rehabilitation or replacement is attributable to a qualified disaster.
The IRS also announced that the designation of Hurricane Sandy as a qualified disaster means that employer-sponsored private foundations may provide disaster relief to employee-victims in areas affected by the hurricane without affecting their tax-exempt status.
Additional federal disaster relief information is available at disasterassistance.gov.
On Thursday, the AICPA sent a comment letter to the IRS, requesting that the agency act quickly to provide relief for victims of the hurricane and not wait for FEMA to make a disaster declaration. "This situation merits an extraordinary response from the IRS—FEMA declaration or not," Jeffrey Porter, chair of the AICPA's Tax Executive Committee, wrote in the letter.
Porter noted that many exempt organizations have Nov. 15 filing deadlines and have been affected by the hurricane—or are helping provide relief. Many other taxpayers also upcoming deadlines, and given the widespread impact of the hurricane, Porter wrote that there is "a desperate need for a very quick response from the IRS for further relief due to Hurricane Sandy."


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Trippy little inky black tea with mushroomy, full-bodied smoothness. Remarkably non-tannic, gentle. Quite the treat. Makes one quart.
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Pu-erh tea has to be brewed properly. Google "gong fu ceremony" to learn about the full-blown ceremony, but the trick is that you steep it for a very short time. You get several steepings out of a single batch of leaves.
The general process is to put about 25g of tea in a very small pot. Add maybe a cup of water (if that---enough to cover the leaves once they puff up). The first steeping is only 10 seconds or so, the second a bit longer (15 seconds, maybe), the third longer still (30 seconds), and so forth. After steeping, immediately pour off the tea into cups or a separate pitcher. If the tea is at all bitter, you're letting it sit on leaves too long.
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The most bizarre tea I've ever had. It brews blacker than coffee, it has an aroma reminiscent of compost and low-tide, and it's tastes very little like tea at all. The flavor is very complex, dirty, earthy, and dry, and very hard to palette without sugar. After I drank it in the morning I felt like I smelt of its fishy stench all day.
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A very smooth tea with not a hint of bitterness. But it is not really the tea for me. It is if anything too inoffensive. However, if you want a tea that is silky and soft it is quite good indeed.
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The most unique tea I have tasted. As others have remarked, it has a very earthy and sweet taste. Not bitter in the slightest. The only tea I've ever had that tastes as good after a second steeping as it did on the first.
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A rich, satisfying brew. One pellet, 6 or 7 grams each, brews a 20 oz pot, and does well with a second steep. I like mine with milk, and the flavor shines through with a mellow, earthy, sweet taste. One can cut the pellets in half, using 3 grams per day for almost a month's supply of morning brew.
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This tea always surprises me, and anyone I serve it to! This tea is unlike anything I had seen before. The tea leaves are pressed into a tablet and expand upon brewing. It brews very dark and looks intimidating, but as soon as you sip its brew you will discover its rich, smooth, nutty flavor! I drink this tea straight without anything added, and I am able to rebrew the same leaves several times! This tea is not only delicious but Fair Trade Certified and organic!
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Ancient Trees Pu-Erh is the best Pu-Erh I have tasted. Some tend to take on a fishy fragrance, while others are simply cheap, but Ancient Trees eliminates these negative characteristics. It has an earthy aroma, and very full feel--it seems heavy on the tongue. This is the tea I drink when I have an upset stomach, because it is very relaxing and calming, having no hint of acidity. Coffee drinkers who are hesitant to try tea generally embrace this delicious tea. Personally, I love it.
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Baker Motor Company Charleston Fashion Week (CFW), one of the leading fashion weeks in the United States, was bigger and better than ever in 2013. With record attendance, sponsor participation and international media attention, the event made a significant impact to the local economy. According to the Office of Tourism Analysis at The College of Charleston, Baker Motor Company Charleston Fashion Week 2013 boosted the local economy more than $2.6 million in its seventh year, and the event had the following characteristics:
• 184+ million media impressions including TV, print, radio, and online.
• Total expenditure per out-of-town attendee was an average of $1200, and residents spent $500.
• 7,500+ attendees were highly educated with significant disposable income.
"We are very pleased with the continued success of Baker Motor Company Charleston Fashion Week and the recent survey results reinforce the growing economic impact of the event. We're thankful to the community, our employees, participating retailers, vendors, sponsors and volunteers for their support, and we look forward to continuing relationships in 2014," said Jed Drew, the president of Gulfstream Communications, which owns and produces CFW, as well as Charleston magazine.
Continuing, Drew noted, "We're also thrilled about the national press we've received such as Southern Living's online story, 'How Charleston Fashion Week Became the Biggest Style Event of the South' and CNN's broadcast and online piece, 'Why The Other Fashion Weeks Matter'. We're gearing up for next year and proud to announce the event will take place March 18-22, 2014."
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The Synodical Catechism (1943) asks: "For whom should we pray?" (#210) and answers this: "We should pray for ourselves and all other people; but not for the souls of the dead." In contrast to this, consider these words from Concordia: The Book of Concord:
Regarding the adversaries' quoting the Fathers about the offering for the dead, we know that the ancients speak of prayer for the dead, which we do not ban. (Ap. XXI:94)and
Epiphanius declares that Aerius maintained prayers for the dead are useless. He finds fault with this. We do not favor Aerius either. (Ap XXI:96).The funeral service provided in Lutheran Service Book prays:
Give to Your whole Church in heaven and on earth Your light and Your peace…. Grant that all who have been nourished by the holy body and blood of Your Son may be raised to immortality and incorruption to be seated with Him at Your heavenly banquet.So which position is Scriptural?
[additional indentation added presently for ease of reading; bolding and italics are his own]
The Book of Concord constitutes the actual Lutheran Confessions, and would trump the other source in terms of doctrinal authority, I'm pretty sure
Pastor Weedon utilizes as his argument the passages about Onesiphorus (2 Timothy 1:15-18; 4:19). I've made the same argument for at least 13 years now (it was included in my first book, which was completed in 1996: pp. 141-143). I also revisited the topic in The Catholic Verses (2004, pp. 169-174). Here's another related paper from my blog:
Yes, I take it that Onesiphorus has died. Franzmann writes in his Concordia Bible with Notes - NT:
"Onesiphorus is otherwise unknown; Paul's tribute to his energetic and fearless love remains his only but enduring monument. He was apparently dead at the time Paul wrote." (p. 418)What makes it apparent, I believe (as also Franzmann concludes) is the way St. Paul speaks of his help in the past tense (not something he currently is rendering) and how at the end of the letter that he does not greet the man himself, but his household.
I've also documented Martin Luther's approval of the same practice. I cited the Lutheran Confessions, too (apparently a different rendering of Pr. Weedon's first source above):
Luther's approval of prayers for the dead given out of free devotion was shared in Melanchthon's apology to the Augsburg Confession (article XXIV, 94), where he wrote:
Now, as regards the adversaries' citing the Fathers concerning the offering for the dead, we know that the ancients speak of prayer for the dead, which we do not prohibit; but we disapprove of the application ex opere operato of the Lord's Supper on behalf of the dead.
Now, of course, I hasten to add that Lutherans -- like the Orthodox -- will not conclude from this (as we do) that purgatory is implied (indeed, so we contend, almost logically presupposed) in such prayers, but that is another issue. For now, I am simply noting the agreement that the practice itself is permissible according to confessional Lutheranism. I think it is good wherever Christians can agree with each other.


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Hanging replacement doors that need to be trimmed to size. This was the perfect tool for the job. Only downside is the cost but then you get what you pay for.
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If you've ever had the pleasure of using a good longbed jointer, this planer is as close as you'll get to a handheld version. The weight is perfect. The control is ultra precise and responsive, and the quality of cut is truly unrivaled. Although both planers seem to take a backseat in the Festool family, it is certainly not because of performance. Bar none, the finest planer I have ever laid my hands on..period. Cannot recommend enough.
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I love the grip and feel of the planer, the adjustment dial is in a great place and extremely easy to work with. Haven't tried the cutters other than the straight knife and doubt I will at the price. The chip collection bag is a decent size and can take quite a bit of material before emptying. It is a bit difficult to fit everything in the systainer though with the accessories.
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That's right, it can be a jointer too! To me this is the creme de la creme of power hand planers. It's powerful, versatile, stands way apart from its competitors and, so cleverly, converts itself into a jointer with a few simple attachments. Who could say no?
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I don't have one yet but was using my friends ( This is one the tools I don't have yet )I had to plan down a solid Brazilian Cherry door. I had to take a hair off and I did not even realize i even cut it so i had do mark the bottom just to make sure I did cut it. Very powerful. Lets say my friend is going to have a hard time getting it back
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- The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) coreceptor use and viral evolution were analyzed in blood samples from an HIV-1 infected patient undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Coreceptor use was predicted in silico from sequence data obtained from the third variable loop region of the viral envelope gene with two software tools. Viral diversity and evolution was evaluated on the same samples by Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. In addition, phenotypic analysis was done by comparison of viral growth in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and in a CCR5 (R5)-deficient T-cell line which was controlled by a reporter assay confirming viral tropism. In silico coreceptor predictions did not match experimental determinations that showed a consistent R5 tropism. Anti-HIV directed antibodies could be detected before and after the SCT. These preexisting antibodies did not prevent viral rebound after the interruption of antiretroviral therapy during the SCT. Eventually, transplantation and readministration of anti-retroviral drugs lead to sustained increase in CD4 counts and decreased viral load to undetectable levels. Unexpectedly, viral diversity decreased after successful SCT. Our data evidence that only R5-tropic virus was found in the patient before and after transplantation. Therefore, blocking CCR5 receptor during stem cell transplantation might have had beneficial effects and this might apply to more patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Furthermore, we revealed a scenario of HIV-1 dynamic different from the commonly described ones. Analysis of viral evolution shows the decrease of viral diversity even during episodes with bursts in viral load.
- Functions, structure, and read-through alternative splicing of feline APOBEC3 genes (2008)
- Background Over the past years a variety of host restriction genes have been identified in human and mammals that modulate retrovirus infectivity, replication, assembly, and/or cross-species transmission. Among these host-encoded restriction factors, the APOBEC3 (A3; apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide 3) proteins are potent inhibitors of retroviruses and retrotransposons. While primates encode seven of these genes (A3A to A3H), rodents carry only a single A3 gene. Results Here we identified and characterized several A3 genes in the genome of domestic cat (Felis catus) by analyzing the genomic A3 locus. The cat genome presents one A3H gene and three very similar A3C genes (a-c), probably generated after two consecutive gene duplications. In addition to these four one-domain A3 proteins, a fifth A3, designated A3CH, is expressed by read-through alternative splicing. Specific feline A3 proteins selectively inactivated only defined genera of feline retroviruses: Bet-deficient feline foamy virus was mainly inactivated by feA3Ca, feA3Cb, and feA3Cc, while feA3H and feA3CH were only weakly active. The infectivity of Vif-deficient feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus was reduced only by feA3H and feA3CH, but not by any of the feA3Cs. Within Felidae, A3C sequences show significant adaptive selection, but unexpectedly, the A3H sequences present more sites that are under purifying selection. Conclusion Our data support a complex evolutionary history of expansion, divergence, selection and individual extinction of antiviral A3 genes that parallels the early evolution of Placentalia, becoming more intricate in taxa in which the arms race between host and retroviruses is harsher.


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On Saturday, September 17, members of the Pushmataha County Sportsman Club concluded their 2011 bass tournament schedule with the Annual Top Ten Tournament. The tournament was held on Sardis Lake. The Top Ten Tournament allows the top ten anglers of the year to compete against each other in this final event. Those competing this year were Ellis Silvey, Billy Hensley, Terry Thurman, Judd Thomas, Billy Latham, Josh Cole, Mike Burrage, Jon Tucker, Dennis Willeford, and Kenny Briggs.
Leon Black was born October 31, 1925, in Soper to William F. and Rosa Ganuary (Kiser) Black. He passed from this life September 12, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 85. Leon's family was tenant farmers around the Soper area. He began grade school at Atlas, and their final move was to Nelson where Leon entered the fourth grade with Ms. Damon Antwine, (Roger later had her in first grade), and they were able to purchase a farm of their own. Leon completed high school in Soper where he took courses for flight navigator, but he failed the military physical because of his heart murmur.
On August 27, 2011 Perry Canon of Team Uprising defeated his opponent (A. Lopez) in the 190 lbs weight class at the Golden Pong Casino's "Thunder Rumble" MMA event in Okemah, OK. Perry knocked out his opponent with a right hook only 5 seconds into the first round. Perry, now 1-0, will fight again on October 29th at the Golden Pong Casino along side his teammates of Uprising Martial Arts in Antlers: Brandon Fuller, Curtis Dillishaw, Oscar Smith, Terry Tennon and Coaches Kevin Clark and Jacky Noah.
Attempts are being made to see what can be done to save the giant old Red Oak tree that lives in the Antlers Elementary School playground. The Red Oak is thought to be the second largest Red Oak in the State of Oklahoma and has shaded playing school children for many years. Forester Chirs Joslin of the Oklahoma Forestrty Service, Mark Bays - OKC Urban Specialist and the Superintendent of Antlers Public Schools, Cary Ammons, are shown making an evaluation of what needs to be done to save the tree.
Once again it is time for the Pushmataha County Free Fair. The fair will take place from Wednesday, September 14th until Saturday, September 17th. Indoor entries will be accepted Wednesday, September 14, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m. until closing at 6:00 p.m.
On Thursday, September 15, 2011 all baked goods and fresh flower arrangements must be entered by 9:00 a.m. and then the Exhibit building will be closed until after the judging is completed.
All livestock must be entered by 12:00 Noon on Thursday, September 15.
The 2011-2012 Rattan Rodeo Queen has recently been crowned. The new Queen is Cassidy Courtwright. The 2011-2012 Rattan Rodeo Princess was named Jaylel Gorden.
The Rattan Rough Riders Pivot Team 2011-2012 members are: Eli Jones, Morgan Bond, Albert Fowler, Lindsey Hedrick, Dakota Renfro, C.C. Rosson, Rhonda Greenhaw, Cassidy Courtwright, Haley Williams, Molly Holder, Anjelica Smith, Tessa Bond, Hanna Courtwright, Coaches: Teresa Hobbs-Ross, Sandy Benzine and Secretary Cameron Boling and Tommie Jones.
Photos courtesy of LaDonna Gibson-Coberley.
Members of the Pushmataha County Sportsman Club held their final regular season bass tournament of 2011 on Saturday, September 10. The tournament was held on Hugo Lake. The cooler temperatures seemed to have helped improve fishing conditions as seven anglers brought a six fish limit to the weigh-in.
William Riley Seale, Jr. was born November 16, 1944 in Pauls Valley to William Riley and Rosa Lee (Ivy) Seale. He passed from this life September 2, 2011 in Antlers at the age of 66. Riley had a love for life and enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing pool and spending time with family and friends. Riley was preceded in death by his father: Riley Seale, Sr.; mother: Rosa Lee Srote; sister: Neva Milam; and his grandmother: Phoebe Seale.
Terry John White was born September 7, 1963 in Antlers to Delbert Gene and Ima Jean (Hunt) White. He passed from this life September 1, 2011 in Oklahoma City at the age of 47. Terry was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed drawing, fishing, and working on cars. He loved spending time with his family and friends. Terry was preceded in death by his father: Delbert Gene White; two brothers: Frankie Dunlap and Leon White; and a sister: Deborah Ann White.


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- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 5:45 PM
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On Wednesday, November 14, the select boards from Waitsfield, Warren and Fayston came together to field budget requests from several Valley organizations. "Let's talk trash amongst the tri-towns," John Malter of the Mad River Resource Management Alliance said.
Malter, who was the first to appear before the boards, gave a condensed report of the Resource Management Alliance's work over the past year. One of the organization's biggest accomplishments in 2011-12 was Green Up Day, during which volunteers collected over 50 tons of tires as well as a considerable amount of scrap metal throughout the three towns. The Valley is still cleaning up after Tropical Storm Irene, Malter explained, and the organization's next focus will be on properly disposing of paint.
For next year, the Resource Management Alliance is asking for $1,719 from Waitsfield, $1,705 from Warren and $1,353 from Fayston—the same amount that they asked for from each town the previous year.
In closing, however, Malter brought up what "could be a game changer for our community," he said, and that is the closing of Moretown Landfill. If the landfill does not secure the permits it needs to re-open Cell 2 and construct a fourth trash cell on site, it will have to reduce its trash intake to about 100 tons a day starting this winter.
While this reduction is troubling for the state—Moretown Landfill is one of Vermont's two facilities—luckily for The Valley, Moretown Landfill has said that they'll "prioritize local waste," Malter reported.
Next up, Ken Felderman said that the Mad River Valley Recreation District is asking for $16,000 from each town for next year. Looking at how this figure breaks down, the budget for the Mad River Path Association has been doubled for 2013—from $10,000 to $20,000—"because we're feeling like towns all favor extending the path," he explained.
Currently, about one-third of the Path Association's budget comes from the recreation district, which makes it possible for the association to hire a full-time executive director. While various members of the select board expressed their support for the path and for its executive director Will Flender, they also requested a broken-down budget plan to help explain the increase in funding.
Representatives from the Mad River Valley Health Center then came before the board to give their annual update. This year they're asking for $5,000 from each town—the same as last year—even though, according to Duncan Brines, "there's never enough money." Each year, the Health Center has to make up for its budget deficit through fundraising, Brines said.
This year, the Health Center hopes to explore new ways to save money and increase its revenue, but Fayston Select Board member Jared Cadwell said he would continue to support the organization either way. "It's a huge benefit to have a medical center right here in The Valley," Cadwell said. "We can't expect it to be a profit-making enterprise.… That's the nature of health care."
Green Mountain Transit Agency was up next before the boards, with a request of $923 from Waitsfield, $943 from Warren and $588 from Fayston—the same as last years.
"I'm always impressed by the amount of transportation you do for the elderly and the disabled," Waitsfield Select Board member Charlie Hosford said, and other board members nodded in agreement.
Next up, Martha Englert of the Central Vermont Community Land Trust gave a brief overview of the care they provide to disabled and elderly populations in The Valley, including regular check-ins so patients don't wait so long to go to the emergency room, which ends up saving money and sometimes lives.
This year, in keeping with their request that 1 percent of costs be covered by the communities they work in, the land trust is asking for $1,000 from Waitsfield, $750 from Warren and $250 from Fayston.
Next up, Mad River Valley Seniors' president Carole Crossman introduced Kathie Friedman, who will be taking her place as president. For next year, the MRV Seniors are asking for $7,000 from each town—the same as last year.
"We've saved a lot of money over the last four years by not having a site manager," Friedman said. This year, however, the board has decided to lift some of the strain put on them and has hired someone to work as site manager for 10 hours a week.
"I think this is going to bring the whole thing together," Crossman said.
Central Vemont Home Health and Hospice then put in their request for $3,350 from Waitsfield, $4,000 from Warren and $2,500 from Fayston. The budget for Waitsfield and Fayston has increased since the previous year, but only slightly.
Due to its quiet constituency, it could be easy to overlook the work that the organization does for the elderly in The Valley, representatives explained, but Home Health And Hospice's employees currently number around 250—and that doesn't include its over 100 volunteers.
And lastly, the Mad River Valley Planning District (MRVPD)—which organized the tri-town meeting—explained its request for $23,764 from each town and from Sugarbush Resort. This year's request has increased 13.1 percent from last year's $21,010, but "this is only the second increase the planning district has asked for in 12 years," MRVPD director Joshua Schwartz said.
Schwartz outlined several of the planning district's current projects, including working with the Environmental Protection Agency to build flood resiliency in The Valley, working with the University of Vermont on a local community initiatives course and much more.
In fact, there are so many projects that the planning district has "maxed out," MRVPD member Bob Ackland said, as the district is currently operating at 38 percent above capacity. This year, the district faces a budget deficit of $6,800, but a surplus from last year will make up for all but $1,000 of the shortage.
That being said, "there's some real soul searching that has to be done, in terms of who should be contributing [to the district's funding]," Ackland said.
In the upcoming months, Waitsfield, Warren and Fayston will discuss whether they can fulfill each organization's request, but at the end of the night, Waitsfield Select Board member and meeting moderator Sal Spinosa praised the effective format of the tri-town meeting.
"I think this thing works every year," Spinosa said. "We have a lot of fun, and we get things done."


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The College Station Hilton's staff wants you to look up at it on October 8 and see a big show of support for breast cancer survivors.
The hotel began selling sponsorships of pink light bulbs Thursday. For $10 each, a bulb will be installed on the roof of the Hilton where white light bulbs are currently.
By October 8, the hotel is hoping the entire roof will be pink. That's the day of the Surviving and Thriving Breast Cancer Awareness luncheon. The bulbs will stay up throughout October.
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