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Skip's Hot Dogs is a living testament to the time-tested Chicago dog in all its mustard-slathered glory, staying true to tradition with poppyseed buns, Vienna beef dogs and other authentic trappings of true Chicago dogs.Sport peppers? Yessir. Pickle relish? Absolutely. A squirt of ketchup? No siree. That most iconic of street snacks—the Chicago hotdog—has been perfected over the last century, and true natives, like the family behind Skip's, follow the formula by the book. (And if you know what's good for you, that formula better not involve any ketchup, mister.) Skip's Hot Dogs is a living testament to the time-tested Chicago dog in all its mustard-slathered glory, staying true to tradition with their poppyseed buns, Vienna beef dogs and other authentic trappings of a true Chicago dog (even their pickle relish is brought in from the Windy City).
Thirty-three years ago, after leaving their native Chicago for the woefully hot dog-less Atlanta, the Shababy family decided to pack up their love for their beloved delicacy and put it in a poppyseed bun for all the city to enjoy. Thus, Skip's Hot Dogs was born, a living testament to their hometown smack-dab in the middle of Avondale Estates. In this bustling little joint, the classic Chicago dog is the star of the show, served alongside equally authentic Italian beef sandwiches (on Chicago Gonnella bread, naturally), Maxwell Street-style Polish sausages, burgers, and other sandwiches, all for prices that look like they haven't changed since the place cut the ribbon. In other words, this place is legit. And, well, if you really want to smother your dawg in ketchup? Don't worry, these guys won't judge. But don't miss the chance to get the true Chi-town experience all snuggled up in a poppyseed bun. It's definitely worthy of your culinary bucket list.
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Watershed Wednesday: Savage River Watershed Association (Garrett County, Md.)
SRWA helps monitor and protect this pristine western Maryland river.
by Caitlin Finnerty
April 11, 2012
Growing up, Carol McDaniel spent a summer or two playing in northeast Ohio's streams. Catching salamanders and crayfish helped her develop affection for the outdoors. After working 30 years as a nurse in Baltimore, McDaniel is now reliving her childhood in western Maryland, where she monitors streams, searches for macroinvertebrates and mobilizes volunteers with the Savage River Watershed Association (SRWA).
"We were always into the outdoors even though we didn't work outdoors," McDaniel says. Her husband, Joe, is a retired scientific computer programmer. "When it got to the point where we were trying to retire, we wanted to pick a place that our kids would want to visit."
The place they chose was a home on top of a ridge in the Youghiogheny River watershed. The Youghiogheny is not part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed (the "Yough" – pronounced yah-k – flows to the Mississippi River), but it borders the Savage River watershed, one of the most pristine corners of the Chesapeake region.
The Savage River watershed is the largest natural remaining native brook trout habitat in the Mid-Atlantic. Brook trout are able to live in the majority of the 30-mile-long Savage River and its tributaries because the water is highly oxygenated and stays cool (below 68 degrees) year-round. Because brook trout have such steep habitat requirements, they are used as an indicator species. More brook trout in a stream tells scientists that the water is healthy.
But the watershedmay not be healthy much longer. What McDaniel describes as the "inevitable" Marcellus Shale drilling poses a threat to the region. One spill, she says, and the brook trout would be gone.
Another constant issue is landowner habits, such as allowing cows to defecate in steams. Such actions spread beyond private property and into the river system. This problem is particularly serious in rural areas such as Garrett County, where residents may own large parcels of land.
Fortunately, residents involved with SRWA are working together to mitigate and monitor the river system. Since the organization first began (in 2006, with an ad in the local paper calling for "stream monitoring volunteers"), members have grown to include trout fishermen, professors and students at nearby Frostburg State University, part-time residents who vacation in the region, farm landowners, and interested streamside property owners. These diverse perspectives are a tremendous benefit to the organization, as input from every one of watershed's 1,500 residents is essential if the Savage River is to remain healthy.
"We're trying as an organization to walk a delicate line, and not be perceived as a radical tree hugging group," explains Annie Bristow, SRWA treasurer. "We really want landowners to be on board and for us to be perceived as an organization that can help them."
Most recently, a couple came to a SRWA meeting asking for the group's assistance. Their property along the Savage River had begun to rapidly erode due the massive snowmelt during the winter of 2010. SWRA received a grant, and restoration is to begin in spring of 2013.
(Image courtesy Savage River Watershed Association)
Marcellus Shale: Preparing for the "inevitable"
"I try to have hope, but everyone keeps telling me that this is going to happen." Bristow is referring to natural gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale region in western Maryland. "I guess it is inevitable."
The Marcellus Shale is a sedimentary rock formation in the Appalachian province that contains deep underground deposits of natural gas. Its use is fairly widespread; according to USGS, in 2009, 25 percent of the energy consumed for electricity, cooking and heating the United States came from natural gas.
As the demand for affordable energy sources increases, energy companies have begun to drill through the rock to extract natural gas. Widespread concern about the environmental effects of this "fracking" process has led to regulations against it in Maryland. Although this protects Maryland's water resources, the bordering states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia have fewer natural gas drilling regulations.
"There are sections of Garrett County where there are only nine miles between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, so Maryland (in between) is still affected greatly," explains Bristow. "There's drilling sites in West Virginia and Pennsylvania that affect our tributaries, and those streams are already being monitored."
SRWA seeks to monitor the health of streams before drilling occurs to develop a "baseline" for post-drilling comparison. After undergoing rigorous training by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Bristow and McDaniel trained SRWA volunteers to measure water quality indicators such as temperature, pH and conductivity on 13 sites along the Savage River and its tributaries.
While SRWA and Maryland DNR have been monitoring streams long before the Marcellus Shale debate began, the potential effects of natural gas drilling serve as a new incentive to keep an eye on the Savage River.
"I think when they do begin drilling, we are going to see people concerned about the watershed coming out of the woodwork," says McDaniel.
Reforesting streamsides
One reason the Savage River's water temperature is cool enough for brook trout is the shade provided by eastern hemlock trees along its banks. But these dense hemlock forests may not survive much longer; a tiny insect known as the hemlock woolly adelgid is sucking sap from hemlock trees and killing them. Just as SRWA is preparing for the inevitable Marcellus Shale development, volunteers are also expecting streamside hemlocks to disappear due to this invasive sap-sucker.
To avoid eroding soil, increased water temperatures and other perils that come with bare stream banks, SRWA has planted 4,000 red spruce trees along the Savage River's shoreline. This spring, they plan to plant 500 more.
(Image courtesy Savage River Watershed Association)
Rerouting farm ponds
If you drive on Interstate 68 into Garrett County, you'll see a number of farms, each with its own accompanying man-made pond.
"When this area was turned into farmland after it was logged at the turn of the last century, every farmer dug a pond," explains McDaniel.
Ponds and other unshaded, open areas quickly heat up in warmer months. When these ponds are attached to the Savage River and its tributaries, they dump warm water into the system. This affects water quality, water temperature, and consequently, brook trout.
"One of the things we would like to start doing is to take these ponds off the stream at no expense to the farmer or landowner," explains McDaniel.
SWRA supported a project that rerouted a pond belonging to the City of Frostburg. "We turned the pond into a three or four acre wetland and re-routed the stream," says McDaniel. "Within two or three months, there were baby trout in the stream!"
More from the Savage River watershed:
- The Marcellus Shale Coalition is made up of advocates for responsible natural gas development
- Fish, swim and hike at New Germany State Park
- Camp, canoe and hunt in Savage River State Forest
Comments (2)
After (or better yet, before) you have looked at the industry-sponsored Marcellus Shale Coalition web site, be sure check out CitizenShale.org, a group of western Maryland citizens advocating far more study of the ramifications of drilling before allowing it to proceed in this state.
"Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man." John Prine
Used to sing this song around the campfire many nights on the Savage River. Coal-gas not much difference. My grandfather was a coal miner in Shaft, MD. Still trying to clean up AMD. So, long my beloved Savage River, I loved thee like a brother.

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ARM- Automatic resource management in JavaEarlier this things or resource management are achieved by try {} catch {} finally block we need to declare resource variable outside of try block and in catch or finally we use this variables for achieving normal execution of program. This JDK7 tutorial is in continuation of my earlier tutorial How to code with multi-cache exception in JDK7 and How to use String in Switch case on JDK7
Example of resource management in java before JDK7Here is an example of how we used to do handle resource management before automatic resource management (ARM) feature was made available.
But with java 1.7 we manage this thing very easily by try with resource block where inside try we mange this external resources.
Signature of Automatic Resource Management (ARM)Signature is try(resource1;resource2){}after final resource ;semicolon is not allowed and the resource should be like var=expression type and bydefault all the resources are final type.
What has been added in API for Automatic Resource Managementjava.lang.AutoCloseable, interface has been added in API which contains single method close() throws Exception this interface is a parent of java.io.closeable interface so all the input and output devices inherit this property.
Example of Automatic Resource Management (ARM) in JDK7Here is example of automatic resource management with JDK 1.7 source base. Please make sure you run this with java source 1.7 otherwise you will get compilation error.
In this code inside try we have declare two file stream one is input file we are reading from one file and writing to another file. After the whole process both streams will be closed automatically either the code has been executed normally or not that means stockQuoteReader.close() and stockQuoteWriter.close() called automatically which is the best part of ARM.
If we compare this with earlier example then if any exception occur during input file closing i.e. stockQuoteReader.close() , stockQuoteWriter.close() will never get executed so our code terminated abnormally.
Some important points which needs to be keep in mind when use ARM
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What to do after you've filed an income tax extension
UPDATE: The Treasury recently announced tax changes and updates in response to COVID-19, including an extension of the first installment of tax year 2020 quarterly estimated taxes to July 15, 2020. Some information in this post requires additional IRS guidance and may require updating. We will update as soon as we receive additional guidance. Please see the latest information on tax deadlines and updates related to COVID-19 here.
You're just not ready to file that tax return, and the tax deadline is creeping closer. No worries. Getting an extension is easy. No matter how you file, here is a guide to next steps.
Checking federal tax extension status
If you sent your extension in on time, it should be granted. To confirm receipt, it's easiest if you use software like TurboTax Easy Extension, since you'll get a confirmation from TurboTax within 48 hours.
If you use the U.S. mail to send your extension, you'll have to contact the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ask about extension status. Currently, you can't do this on the IRS website. Call the IRS customer service number to determine if your request for an extension was received and approved.
Checking state tax extension status
If your state requires that you file an extension application separate from the federal tax extension application, you'll have to contact the taxing authorities in your state to check on its status. Call the taxpayer service number and ask the service agent whether your papers arrived on time.
Paying any tax due
The standard tax extension allows you to file your tax return after the usual deadline. However, it doesn't buy you more time to pay any taxes you may owe. That means that if you don't pay your tax balance by the filing deadline (July 15 in 2020), you'll get hit with penalty and interest.
Even if you can't pay it all immediately, pay as much as you can. Penalty and interest are based on the amount you owe and how long you owe it. Late payment penalties are calculated at 0.5% of the unpaid tax balance per month. The maximum you can be charged in late payment penalties is 25% of the unpaid tax.
For example, if your tax balance is $2,000:
- Penalty per month = $2,000 x 0.5% = $10
- Total possible late payment penalty = $2,000 x 25% = $500
If you know you're going to be out of the country on tax day, there is a two-month extension that allows you to hold off paying taxes without penalty, but you will still be assessed interest as of the day after the tax filing deadline.
Interest on unpaid tax compounds daily from the original due date of the return until the date you pay in full. The rate is calculated as the federal short-term interest rate, currently .81% plus 3%. Interest is applied daily, so for each day you're late, you'll owe 0.0082% of the balance.
For example, if you owe $2,000 in taxes and don't pay by the due date, you'll pay:
- .81% + 3% = 3.81% annual interest
- 3.81% annual interest divided by 365 days = .01%
- Penalty per day: $2,000 x 0.01% = $0.20
Note that compounding interest results in a daily recalculation of the principal amount plus accrued interest.
Filing tax returns on time
Generally, the due date for filing your income taxes is April 15. However, in some years it can fall on a weekend or a holiday. Therefore, the tax deadline can change to April 16, 17, or even 18 depending on the situation. However, take note that the tax deadline is July 15 in 2020.
That means that if you are granted a two-month extension because you are out of the country on tax day, you have until June 15 (if the tax deadline is April 15) to file your return and pay your tax.
If you are granted an extension, you have until October 15 based on the general April 15th tax deadline. These extensions automatically extend your state income tax deadline as well in some states, like California. Other states, like New York, require a separate extension request.
When tax extensions are rejected
Even when filed before the deadline, some tax extension requests are rejected on or after that date. You will get notified in an email or a letter from the IRS if your extension request is denied. While the reasons behind this vary, the most common ones are:
- Misspellings, switched numbers and other errors on the extension form
- Out-of-date information like old addresses or last names that don't match up to the IRS records
In these cases, the IRS provides a window of time—typically five days—in which you may fix issues and correct errors with your request in order to file again.
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U.S. Women's Update for April 2
Bill Kauffman
Associate Director, Communications
Phone: 719-228-6800
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 2, 2012) – The current U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Weekly update released on April 2 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas and other team news.
QUICK SET 1 - THREE TITLES WON BY AMERICANS: Members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team won three different titles this past weekend as the overseas club season winds down. Outside hitter Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) and setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) helped Atom Trefl Sopot capture Poland's Plus Liga playoff title on March 27. Setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) was the starting setter for Yamamay Busto Arsizio in its CEV Cup championship round title. The CEV Cup is the second-tier tournament of the Confederation of European Volleyball (CEV). Further, opposite Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) and middle blocker Elisha Thomas (Grass Valley, Calif.) led their Azerbaijan Lokomotiv Baku team to the CEV Challenge Cup title, which is the third-tier tournament in the CEV system. Added to that, outside hitter Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) was on Fenerbahce Universal that captured the top-tier and prestigious CEV Champions League title on March 25. For details on each of these titles, read the individual sections in this week's update.
QUICK SET 2 - ON DECK THIS WEEK: U.S. opposite Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) has helped her team advance to the Brazil Super League playoff championship round, in which it could face Volei Futuro in the finals. U.S. libero Stacy Sykora competes for Volei Futuro, which is 1-1 in its best-of-three semifinal series…U.S. outside hitter Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) has helped guide her Russia Super League team Dinamo Kazan into the league's title round against Dinamo Moscow. The best-of-five series begins on April 8…Several U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team players are still in the hunt for the Italian Serie A1 playoff title. Setter Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) has helped her MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese squad to the semifinal round and a 1-1 record in the best-of-three series. Setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) and her Yamamay Busto Arsizio squad is up 1-0 in the best-of-three semifinal round series over Rebecchi Nordmecannica Piacenza, which has U.S. libero Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah)…U.S. outside hitter Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) and her Fenerbahce Universal squad begins the Turkish playoffs as the top seed this week…The five-team Azerbaijan Super League playoffs begin on April 4. The Azerbaijan Super League has several Americans vying for the league title, including outside hitter Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) and setter Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) on the top-seed Rabita Baku squad…U.S. setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.), outside hitter Angie Forsett (Lake Mary, Fla.) and middle blocker Jessica Jones (Naperville, Ill.), competing for Catano of the Puerto Rico Super League, are in the best-of-seven semifinal round…For details on each playoff series, read the individual sections below in this week's update.
QUICK SET 3 - RETURNING TO ANAHEIM: As the club season winds down across the various continents, members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will start to trickle into the American Sports Centers, which serves as the USA National Team Center in Anaheim, Calif. – the Official Host City of USA Men's and Women's National Volleyball Teams. It is expected that nearly all members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will arrive back by May 1 for the beginning of the summer training block in preparation for the Olympic Games. The U.S. Women, currently ranked No. 1 in the current FIVB world ranking and already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, opens their season at the FIVB World Grand Prix held June 8 to July 1 in various countries. Prior to the 2012 Olympic Games, the U.S. Women will compete in the 11th Annual Pan American Cup scheduled for July 11-21 in Mexico. The Olympic Games will take place July 27 to Aug. 12.
2012 FIVB WORLD GRAND PRIX SCHEDULE: The FIVB has announced the schedule for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix that starts June 8 and goes through July 1. The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, the two-time defending World Grand Prix champions and current No. 1 in the world, opens its title defense on June 8 against Germany in a Pool B match at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Team USA follows with first-round matches against either Algeria or Chinese Taipei (play-in winner decided April 27-28) on June 9 and host Dominican Republic on June 10. The U.S. travels south to Brazil for the second preliminary round weekend with three tough contests. Team USA opens Pool E against 2011 FIVB World Cup winner Italy on June 15, followed by a match against Germany on June 16 and second-ranked Brazil on June 17. The U.S. travels halfway around the world for the third preliminary round weekend with Pool J set in Bangkok, Thailand. Team USA faces Serbia on June 22, followed by Argentina on June 23 and host Thailand on June 25. The top five teams among the 16-teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final Round, along with host China. The six-team Final Round will take place June 27 to July 1 starting with two pools of three. The top two teams in each Final Round pool advance to the crossover semifinal on June 30 before the medal-round matches on July 1. For the full release, click here.
HODGE, ALISHA GLASS WITH POLAND'S ATOM TREFL SOPOT: U.S. Women's National Team outside hitter Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) and setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.), both Penn State University products, are playing for Poland's Atom Trefl Sopot in 2011-2012. Despite losing Poland's Plus Liga best-of-five championship round opener, Sopot bounced back to claim the next three matches to claim the title over top-seed Bank BPS Muszynianka Fakro Muszyna. Sopot claimed a 25-22, 25-22, 26-24 home victory on March 26 to take a 2-1 advantage in the series. Hodge tallied 16 points with 14 kills on 34 attacks, one ace and a block to earn the match most valuable player honor. Hodge also produced a 52 positive reception percent on 23 attempts. Glass set the squad to a 39 kill percent while adding two kills on four errorless attacks and a block for three points. For photos from the match, click here. Sopot needed to rally on March 27 to capture the title with a 25-22, 25-27, 25-27, 25-13, 15-11 victory in the fourth match of the series. Hodge charted 21 points with 20 kills on 50 attacks and just three errors to go with one ace. She added a 58 positive reception percent on a team-high 26 reception attempts. Glass set the squad to a 44 kill percent for the match to go with three individual points. To view photos from the match, click here. To read Glass' blog, usavolleyball.org/blogs/blog-for-alisha-glass.
LLOYD WITH BUSTO ARSIZIO IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) is playing for Yamamay Busto Arsizio of the Italian Serie A1 for the 2011-2012 season. Busto Arsizio captured its second CEV Cup title on March 31, but it needed to rally to do so. Turkey's Galatasary Istanbul opened the home-and-home championship round series with a 25-16, 22-25, 25-23, 25-22 victory on March 27. Lloyd set Busto Arsizio to a 35 kill percent, but the Turkish squad hit on all cylinders with a 47 kill percent as a team and out-blocked Busto Arsizio 19-11. With its back against the wall, Busto Arsizio came back to win the second match 25-19, 25-13, 23-25, 25-23 on March 31 on its home court to force a Golden Set to determine the CEV Cup champion. Lloyd set her squad to a 46 kill percent while adding two blocks and a kill in the victory. In the Golden Set, Busto Arsizio continued to seize the moment with a 15-9 victory in 13 minutes. With one title in hand, Busto Arsizio will look for another title in the Italian Serie A1 playoffs. After finishing the Italian Serie A1 regular season with a 19-1 record and 57 points to claim the regular season title, playoff-top-seed Busto Arsizio will look to close out its best-of-three semifinal round series versus Rebecchi Nordmecannica Piacenza on April 2. If Piacenza captures the second match, the series will extend to the deciding match on April 4.
BERG, WILSON WITH VILLA CORTESE IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team setter Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) and past U.S. National Team player Makare Wilson (Gardena, Calif.) are playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese in the Italian Serie A1 in 2011-2012. After opening the Italian Serie A1 best-of-three semifinal round playoffs with a hard-fought five-set victory over Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo on March 29, the tables were turned on April 1 as Bergamo came away with a 25-18, 29-31, 25-19, 20-25, 17-15 victory to extend the playoff series to the third match. Berg set Villa Cortese to a 36 kill percent for the match while adding a block and kill. Wilson charted seven points with five kills and two blocks. The semifinal round series will be decided on April 4 with the winner advance to the championship round to face either top-seed Yamamay Busto Arsizio or fourth-seed Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza.
DAVIS, RICHARDS WITH PIACENZA IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team libero Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) are part of the Italian Serie A1 Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza squad in 2011-2012. With its Italian Serie A1 semifinal round opponent Yamamay Busto Arsizio competing in the CEV Cup title series last week, Piacenza has been idle on the court during that time. The teams will meet again on April 2, along with April 4 if necessary. Busto Arsizio, the Italian Serie A1 regular season winner and recent CEV Cup winner, holds a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three semifinal round series.
PAOLINI WITH ICOS CREMA IN ITALY: U.S. Women's National Team middle blocker Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) is playing for Icos Crema Volley in the Italian Serie A2 Division for 2011-2012. Icos Crema (20-5, 58 points) upset Serie A2 leader Banca Reale Yoyogurt Giaveno 22-25, 25-27, 26-24, 29-27, 15-8 in a heated battle on April 1 in which three of the five sets extended past 25 points. Paolini totaled 17 points with nine kills on 22 attacks, six blocks and two aces. Icos Crema, now in a tie for second place, returns to the court on April 8 versus fourth-place Pomi Casalmaggiore (19-6, 57), which is just one point out of second place.
HOOKER WITH SOLLYS/NESTLE IN BRAZIL: Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) is competing for Sollys/Nestle in the Brazil Superliga during the 2011-2012 club season. As the top seed in the Superliga playoffs, Sollys/Nestle topped fourth-seed Usiminas 25-18, 25-18, 25-18 on March 30 to sweep the best-of-three semifinal round series to advance to the championship round. Hooker tallied 13 points, all on kills coming from 24 swings. Sollys/Nestle, winners of 15 straight matches including all four playoff matches, will now await the winner of second-seed Unilever and third-seed Volei Futuro in the rubber match of the best-of-three semifinal round series taking place on April 6. To follow Hooker in social media platforms, visit destineehooker19.blogspot.com for her blog and click here for her Facebook athlete page.
SYKORA WITH VOLEI FUTURO IN BRAZIL: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) has returned to Brazil to compete with her club team Volei Futuro in the Brazil Superliga. Sykora returned to the court for her first official appearance on Jan. 20 after suffering serious injuries in an April 2011 bus accident as Volei Futuro was traveling to a post-season match in the Brazil Superliga. As the third seed in the Superliga playoffs, Volei Futuro lost its best-of-three semifinal round opener with second-seed Unilever 25-17, 25-13, 25-15 on March 27. Sykora was the libero for the first and second sets. Volei Futuro evened the series on March 31 with a 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 15-7 victory in which Sykora suited but did not play. The deciding third match of the series will be played April 6 in Rio De Janeiro's Maracanazinho Hall.
LARSON WITH DINAMO KAZAN IN RUSSIA: U.S. Women's National Team outside hitter Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is competing for Dinamo Kazan of the Russia Super League. After ending the Russia Super League regular season in first place with a 17-5 record and 49 points, Kazan completed its best-of-three semifinal round series with consecutive four-set victories over fourth-seed Omichka. In the second match played on March 31, Kazan took a 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 25-14 victory over Omichka as Larson scored 14 points with 10 kills, two aces and two blocks. She also handled eight receptions. Kazan will now face third-seed Dinamo Moscow in the best-of-five championship series. The first three matches are scheduled for April 8, April 9 and April 12. If necessary, matches four and five will be played with dates not announced. Dinamo Moscow advanced to the title series by defeating second-seed Uralochka-NTMK in consecutive four-set matches in its best-of-three semifinal round series. To read Larson's blog, usavolleyball.org/blogs/blog-for-jordan-larson.
AKINRADEWO WITH DINAMO KRASNODAR IN RUSSIA: U.S. Women's National Team middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) is competing for Dinamo Krasnodar of the Russia Super League in 2011-2012. Krasnodar, which finished the regular season in fifth place, is competing in the double round-robin playoff series to determine positions 5-8. Krasnodar was one of three teams to win two of three matches in the first final round series held in Krasnodar. The second final round will take place April 5-8 in Saratov with Krasnodar facing District Odintsovo on April 6, Proton on April 7 and Torch on April 8.
METCALF, THOMAS WITH LOKOMOTIV BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: U.S. Women's National Team opposite Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) and middle blocker Elisha Thomas (Grass Valley, Calif.) are playing for Lokomotiv Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2011-2012. In CEV Challenge Cup action, Lokomotiv captured the event title on April 1, but needed a Golden Set to reel in the gold medal over country rival Baki Baku. Lokomotiv started the home-and-home championship round series with a hard-fought 25-23, 25-23, 17-25, 15-25, 15-13 victory on March 28. In the deciding fifth set, Lokomotiv held a five-point lead before Baki came back to tie the set at 12-all on five unanswered points. However, Lokomotiv scored the next two points and held on for the 15-13 victory. Metcalf led Lokomotiv with a match-high 26 points via 17 kills on 55 attacks, six blocks and three aces. Thomas added 10 points with five kills, three blocks and two aces. In the loss, American Regan Hood scored 12 points. Baki Baku came back to win the second match in similar five-set fashion with a 25-27, 25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13 victory on April 1. Lokomotiv led 13-11 in the deciding fifth set before Baki scored the final four points to force a Golden Set. However, Lokomotiv came back to win another nail-biter 15-13 in the deciding set to capture the CEV Challenge Cup title – its first CEV tournament title. Lokomotive clawed back from a 12-10 deficit in the Golden Set to win. Metcalf was named the most valuable player of the final round. For a photo gallery of the CEV Challenge Cup final round, click here. Last year Lokomotiv reached the CEV Challenge Cup title round, only to lose to country rival Azerrail. In the Azerbaijan Super League, Lokomotiv finished fifth in the regular season with a 6-5 record and has advanced to the five-team, double-round round playoff. Lokomotive will open the playoffs on April 4 against top-seed Rabita, followed by Azerrail on April 5, Baki on April 6 and Igtisadchi on April 7. The second round of the playoffs take place April 11-15.
KIM GLASS, SPICER WITH RABITA BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: U.S. Women's National Team outside hitter Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) and setter Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) are competing for Rabita Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League. Rabita Baku enters the Azerbaijan Super League playoffs as the top seed after finishing the regular season 11-0. Rabita plays Lokomotiv Baku on April 4, Igtisadchi on April 5, Baki on April 7 and Azerrail on April 8 in the first of two round robin sessions. The second round robin takes place April 11-15.
BOWN, TAMAS WITH AZERRAIL BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: U.S. Women's National Team middle blockers Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) are playing for Azerrail Baku in the Azerbaijan Super League in 2011-2012. In the Azerbaijan Super League, Azerrail finished the regular season with a 9-3 record and second-place finish. Azerrail, which enters the double round-robin Azerbaijan Super League playoffs as the second seed, challenges Baki on April 4, Lokomotiv on April 5, Igtisadchi on April 6 and top-seed Rabita on April 8 in the first round of the playoffs. The second round-robin takes place April 11-15.
HANEEF-PARK WITH IGTISADCHI BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN: U.S. Women's National Team opposite Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) is playing in the Azerbaijan Super League with Igtisadchi Baku in 2011-2012. Igtisadchi finished the regular season with a 6-6 record and in fourth place. Igtisadchi will take on top-seed Rabita on April 5, Azerrail on April 6, Lokomotiv on April 7 and Baki on April 8 during the first of two round robin tournaments to settle the playoff race. The second round robin takes place April 11-15.
TOM WITH FENERBAHCE UNIVERSAL IN TURKEY: U.S. Women's National Team outside hitter Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) is competing for Fenerbahce Universal of the Turkish League in 2011-2012. After Fenerbahce captured the prestigious CEV Champions League title on March 25, the squad concentrated on the Turkish League Playoffs. Fenerbahche enters the Turkish League playoffs as the number-one seed and placed in Pool A. Fenerbahce will play Yesilyurt on April 3, IBA Kimya TED Kolejliler on April 4 and Galatarasay on April 4.
FORSETT, THOMPSON, JONES, WITH CATANO IN PUERTO RICO: U.S. Women's National Team setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.), outside hitter Angie Forsett (Lake Mary, Fla.) and middle blocker Jessica Jones (Naperville, Ill.) are playing for Catano in the Puerto Rico Super League. During the Puerto Rico Superliga quarterfinal round robin playoffs, Catano dropped a 25-20, 25-15, 6-25, 25-22 match to conclude the round on March 27. Forsett scored 18 points, while Jones added eight points. Thompson provided 15 assists and 13 digs in the loss. Catano ended the quarterfinal round in second place after edging Ponce 25-15, 18-25, 25-20, 25-15 in a quarterfinal round tiebreaker match on March 28 to advance to the semifinals. Forsett scored 18 points with 22 digs, while Jones charted 12 points. Thompson set 13 assists to go with 16 digs. In the first match of the best-of-seven semifinal series with Mayaguez, Catano walked away with a 25-10, 25-22, 27-25 victory on March 30. Forsett provided 16 points and Jones added 10 points. Thompson chipped in 15 assists. On April 1, Catano needed five sets before collecting its second semifinal round victory – a 25-16, 25-15, 19-25, 23-25, 15-12 victory. Forsett notched 23 points, while Jones added 13 points.
OTHER AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS IN PUERTO RICO: Corozal pulled off a three-set win over Bayamon on March 26 to close out Pool B of the double round-robin quarterfinal round. Julie Bennett tallied 11 points, while Shonda Cole added 10 points. Kelly Wing contributed 13 points and Erin Moore scored 11 points in the loss. Brianne Barker provided nine assists and four kills in the losing effort…Morgan Beck secured 20 points and Kristy Jaeckel added 16 points in leading Guaynabo to a four-set win over Mayaguez to conclude the double-round robin quarterfinal Pool B. Kelly Murphy added 10 points and six assists. Stephanie Niemer totaled 16 points in the loss, while Sydney Anderson provided 11 assists and 10 digs…Airial Salvo tallied 19 points and Kelsey Black contributed 15 points leading Ponce to a three-set win over Juncos on March 27 to conclude the Pool A quarterfinal double round-robin. Meagan Ganzer added nine points in the win. Erin Moore tallied 13 points in the loss, while Blair Brown added 10 points…Stephanie Niemer pocketed 14 points and Erin Moore added seven points in Mayaguez's semifinal round opening loss to Catano on March 30. Sydney Anderson added 25 assists and four points in the loss…Guaynabo lost to regular-season champion Caguas in four sets to open the best-of-seven semifinal round series on March 30 as Morgan Beck collected 13 points, followed by Kelly Murphy's 10 points and Kristy Jaeckel's eight points…Caguas went up 2-0 in the semifinal round over Guaynabo with a three-set win on March 31. Kelly Murphy led Guaynabo with 14 points, while Morgan Beck contributed nine points and Kristy Jaeckel seven points...Stephanie Niemer tallied 23 points in Mayaguez's April 1 semifinal loss to Catano, while Erin Moore added 13 points.
GIBBEMEYER WITH TOYOTA AUTO BODY IN JAPAN: U.S. Women's National Team middle blocker Lauren Gibbemeyer is playing for Toyota Auto Body of the Japan V-League during the 2011-2012 club season. Toyota competed in the challenge round on March 31 and April 1 with the goal to stay in the top division of the V-League. On March 31, Toyota defeated Ageo Medics 25-13, 25-16, 25-21 as Gibbemeyer contributed 23 points over the second-place team from the second division. In the second match against Ageo Medics on April 1, Toyota won 25-14, 25-18, 29-27 as Gibbemeyer collected 15 points. With the two victories, Toyota kept its spot in the top division of the V-League, as did NEC with its two victories over Hitachi.


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- FeatureBest Storage Products of 2007
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Best Storage Products of 2007
Our sixth annual Products of the Year awards recognize the 15 new or enhanced storage products that rose to the top in 2007. The editors of Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com, along with a panel of users and industry experts, selected these winning products based on their innovation and performance, among other factors.
| New companies and their products garner most of this year's awards.
If there's a lesson to be learned from the 2007 Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com Products of the Year, it's that vendors can't rest on their laurels. New guys on the block pop up every day with fresh ideas and technologies, and better ways of doing things.
Only a few vendors from last year's winners' list are back, and none of the 2006 gold medal winners showed up this year. You'll have to keep reading to find the winners, but here are a few companies that failed to make the 2007 list:
Brocade Communications Systems Inc., EMC Corp., Emulex Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., QLogic Corp. and Symantec Corp.
Who does that leave? Three startups won in one category, and two startups won in two other product groups. Three of the winners are companies that launched their first products in 2007. Award winners include two virtualization software products--no, not VMware--a storage grid system, a self-encrypting hard drive and a disaster recovery (DR) monitoring application. Another product does compression, but not data deduplication. A couple handle the thankless job of gathering information on storage network devices to monitor and analyze performance. And a few traditional storage systems and backup software applications managed to sneak in.
Obviously, this year's judges (Storage and SearchStorage.com editors, and a panel of users, analysts and consultants) couldn't rest on their laurels either. We received a record number of nominations this year, making it more difficult than ever to sort and rate the products. In the end, the judges used a tried-and-true list of qualifications--innovation, performance, ease of integration, ease of use, functionality and value--to come up with the three elite products in each category.
| Storage management software
GOLD: Akorri BalancePoint 1.7.1
Storage isn't the only IT component that determines how an app performs against its service-level agreement; the network and other devices in the app's data path also play a big role. Throw in layers of virtualization and it becomes a nightmare to accurately determine why an app isn't performing up to expectations or how best to fine-tune the application's performance. To help storage admins better measure an app's performance, Akorri Inc. introduced its BalancePoint suite in January 2007 and in May released Version 1.7.1, which added support for apps running on VMware as well as Oracle database mapping.
BalancePoint collects information from physical and virtual servers, storage and the network, and then creates reports that suggest ways to optimize an application's performance. The program's reports help eliminate finger-pointing between groups that manage different segments of the data center. In addition, BalancePoint provides information and recommendations for volume provisioning and LUN migrations.
BalancePoint ships ready to run in an appliance that plugs into the Ethernet network. The appliance uses industry-standard remote protocols like SMI-S, WMI and SSH to agentlessly collect application-level statistics. BalancePoint works with arrays from major vendors such as EMC, HDS, IBM and NetApp, and with server platforms, including VMware VM guest OS, ESX Server hosts, IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, HP-UX and Red Hat Linux.
Akorri has set an ambitious goal to track an app's performance throughout the entire storage, server and network infrastructure. Our judges rated the suite high on its innovation, but, as one notes, "The real question is whether this product will [fully] deliver on its rather bold promises."
If BalancePoint continues to refine its analytics and can collect information from more devices, it will be well on its way to becoming an indispensable application performance monitoring tool.
| Storage management software
SILVER: Finisar NetWisdom Enterprise
Finisar's NetWisdom Enterprise monitors individual ports in an FC SAN at the IO transaction packet level, giving storage admins insight into application latency and bandwidth consumption.
Our judges unanimously agree that the product delivers a valuable benefit for certain SAN administrators. "A nice Fibre Channel SAN performance monitoring tool," says one. "Mostly of value to large, complex SAN environments," points out another, who likes that "as an agentless solution, NetWisdom Enterprise is easy to deploy."
Pricing for a software-only version, called NetWisdom Express, starts at $12,995. The full enterprise suite, which includes 4Gb FC probes and NetWisdom software, starts at less than $25,000. Where the judges disagree was on how firms would view the product's price. One judge says the product's "visibility into the fabric is valuable and currently not available at such a low entry price." Another disagrees: "For enterprises that really need to know what is going on in their SAN, the tool is indispensable, but pricey."
| Storage management software
BRONZE: Onaro Application Insight 2.0
Application Insight 2.0 software automatically validates host multipath configurations by analyzing traffic patterns.
The product leverages Onaro's SANscreen Service Insight module, which takes data from the storage environment and constructs a live path model that shows how the storage hosts communicate with the disk arrays. With path visibility established, Application Insight collects performance information from all of the switch ports in the SAN, lays this information atop the path data, and then constructs a real-time load distribution model of the storage infrastructure.
Storage teams can use SANscreen's load distribution model to identify low-traffic hosts; view the load distribution across arrays; analyze congestion for one host and determine which other hosts are competing for the same array resources; and receive multipath alerts. Product cost is $150 per port.
| Backup and disaster recovery hardware
Take the hottest storage technology topics of 2007--archiving for ediscovery and compliance, building out disk-based backup systems, clustered/grid storage and data deduplication--and combine them into one package. What you'll end up with is a new product from NEC Corp. of America that shipped in 2007, dubbed HydraStor HS8.
HydraStor is dedicated to secondary storage and its grid storage architecture is what differentiates it from other disk-based backup and archive systems. In its default redundancy setting, HydraStor will tolerate three simultaneous node failures within the grid without interruption or data loss. Users seeking finer levels of redundancy or who have a large grid can use a feature called Distributed Resilient Data (DRD) to "dial up" the level of parity protection according to their specific environment, creating more parity chunks of data and tolerating the failure of more nodes. In addition to the customizable parity feature, HydraStor automatically rebalances the data across all the nodes in the grid whenever nodes are added, which means that the higher it scales, the more finely distributed data becomes across multiple nodes. Parallel processing can also aid data deduplication performance.
If needed, accelerator nodes can be added to scale the performance of the system from 200MB/sec up to 1.4GB/sec. Nodes can have different capacity and performance capabilities and can be added, removed and upgraded nondisruptively. "The performance is impressive," says one of our judges.
The system can theoretically scale out to thousands of petabytes of capacity in 2.5TB increments; an entry-level system supports 7.5TB of usable capacity or approximately 146TB of effective capacity when data dedupe is turned on. Users can get a 140TB system with CDP, replication and migration features for approximately $100,000.
| Backup and disaster recovery hardware
The Revolution 300T/TX adds more flexibility to Copan's MAID array than previous generations.
"Green is in," according to one of our judges, and in terms of space efficiency, Copan Systems Inc.'s newest virtual tape library (VTL) may be the greenest of them all. The Revolution 300T/TX combines subfile-level data deduplication with Copan's Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID) feature to pack up to 6PB of logical storage into one frame, which consumes approximately 10 cubic feet of space. The density cuts down on the power draw of the system, as does the ability to spin disks up and down with MAID, making Copan "an interesting early front-runner in this type of array technology," states one of our judges.
The Revolution 300T/TX also adds more flexibility to Copan's MAID array than previous generations, which were available as non-dedupe VTLs only. It offers users the ability to access its disk at the block level and as a NAS system through the use of different software modules. In addition, different software "personalities" can be mixed and matched at the shelf level within the Copan frame.
According to one of our user panelists, "this definitely is an impressive unit when you need the density and power efficiency."
| Backup and disaster recovery hardware
InfiniVault appliances have a varying number of slots for RDX disk cartridges.
Until the announcement of this product, ProStor Systems sold its RDX removable disk cartridges primarily through OEMs. But last year, ProStor designed a unique archiving system for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which it sells under its name. InfiniVault appliances include internal disk cache and varying numbers of slots for RDX cartridges; software bundled with the products automatically migrates data according to frequency of access from the internal disk cache to the removable disks that can be sent offsite. Because the majority of the capacity is removable, the theoretical capacity of the archive is infinite and RDX disks don't need the InfiniVault system to be read later on.
InfiniVault is available in three models, ranging from a standard PC tower form factor that holds 1.6TB of internal disk to the Model 100, which supports up to 40TB internally.
| Backup and disaster recovery software
When CommVault changed the name of its data protection suite, few tears were shed for the quirky QiNetix, but some heads were scratched when the suite was rechristened Simpana. While users might have puzzled over the new name, they quickly embraced the enhancements that accompanied the new moniker. CommVault copped one of our gold awards four years ago with its QiNetix 4.2 and has been trying to expand the "big three backup app club" to the big four since then.
Simpana is at the vanguard of the long-awaited consolidation of data protection apps. It folds backup, archiving, replication (including CDP), dedupe, search and data management reporting into a single package.
Version 7.0 includes some significant additions to CommVault's core app such as a new search facility built around the FAST search engine. The new function includes full content indexing for hundreds of content types, and can search across online, backup and archive storage tiers. With its Web-based interface, the search facility is straightforward enough that business, legal or compliance staff members can use it.
CommVault also added data dedupe to Simpana 7.0 for backup and archive data. Security was beefed up with improved integration with Active Directory and LDAP. And Simpana's existing encryption features were extended with support for LTO-4 drives.
Praise for the Simpana package has been nearly universal. "I think this is the best offering on the market for unified data protection and data management," says one of our judges.
| Backup and disaster recovery software
RecoverGuard's Dashboard provides a quick view of potential vulnerabilities in a disaster recovery scenario.
A recent Storage magazine survey questioned storage managers about their 2008 priorities and, not surprisingly, DR finished near the top of the list. Most storage pros would agree: Putting together a DR plan is pretty tough business, but testing that plan is even tougher. A DR test could cost tens of thousands of dollars--and large enterprises can expect a testing price tag in the six- or seven-figure range.
In a small but emerging category--DR testing apps--Continuity Software's RecoverGuard stands out. It monitors a DR setup to ensure that there aren't any gaps or configuration mismatches between primary and failover sites. Nothing replaces a full-scale DR test, but RecoverGuard is the next best thing, as it cuts down on the number of tests required, making them more predictable, especially in rapidly changing storage infrastructures.
RecoverGuard's agentless Data Collection Engine scans your storage environment to inventory the infrastructure and collect configuration information from a variety of sources, including storage management applications, server operating systems and some database apps. Periodic rescans pick up any changes to the environment.
Based on the configuration data collected, RecoverGuard fires up another engine for gap detection. This process highlights any potential problem areas in your DR plan, such as improperly configured replication, incomplete replicas, incompatibilities between primary and recovery sites, and out-of-sync consistency groups. A hiccup with any of those processes can stop a DR test in its tracks. At approximately $2,000 per protected server, RecoverGuard is a sound investment in DR preparedness.
| Backup and disaster recovery software
FileKeeper lets you set policies that define the level of protection for different types of files.
Last February, Yosemite Technologies Inc. acquired FileKeeper, a slick CDP app that runs on laptop/desktop computers and uses a technique called file-level differencing to capture only the changes to a file each time it's saved. The various file versions are stored in a Data Vault that can be local, on a network drive or even on removable media; Data Vaults on networked storage can even be backed up. Recoveries are a snap and don't require IT's involvement because FileKeeper integrates with Windows Explorer.
FileKeeper offers some corporate-class features, such as central administration and automated installation. It supports policies so firms can uniformly enforce data-retention policies for end-user generated files. Purchased in a 100-pack, you can get FileKeeper for a starting price of approximately $19 per user; add a maintenance plan and the price per user is approximately $25. That seems like a small price to pay to protect all that company data.
| Disk and disk subsystems
Encryption is the heart of modern data security, protecting all types of corporate information assets from exposure due to loss or theft. In 2007, Seagate Technology LLC incorporated full disk encryption directly onto its Momentus 5400 FDE.2 hard drive. This seemingly small step has forever changed the rules of enterprise data protection, especially for the most vulnerable enterprise data that resides on the "edge" on laptops and other mobile computing systems.
Seagate's 2.5-inch 5,400 rpm hard drive can hold 160GB and uses just 2 watts of power for normal seek operations--a true mobile hard drive. But the inclusion of full-time, whole-disk AES encryption turns the Momentus into something special. Mobile data can now be protected at full SATA interface speed with a single user password. Judges were unanimously impressed, with one judge noting, "This is a good approach to solving one of the most pressing problems in IT, encrypting laptop data." The implications of this security innovation are significant. Mobile employees can now carry ever-greater volumes of corporate data without the fear of loss or "forgetting" to run a time-consuming, independent full-disk encryption tool.
Seagate's technology keeps the disk secure and eases end-of-life concerns.
While judges liked the 5400 FDE.2, key management emerged as a potential concern. Hashed passwords are stored on the drive, and an emergency password recovery file can be kept on a separate device, so the security and integrity of encryption passwords has yet to be determined. Still, Seagate's Momentus 5400 FDE.2 hard drive represents one viable answer to perplexing storage security problems, and is easily worthy of this year's gold award for disk and disk subsystems.
| Disk and disk subsystems
NetApp's FAS2000 packs a full feature set.
While innovation and performance are often factors in our awards, judges also notice attributes like feature sets and value. In 2007, Network Appliance (NetApp) Inc.'s Fabric Attached Storage (FAS) 2000 Series brought enterprise-class functionality to the midsized and distributed enterprise at a competitive price.
The FAS2000 Series provides block (SAN) and file (NAS) data access, allowing apps like Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and others to benefit from the storage. The FAS2020 includes 9TB in a 2U enclosure, and can be expanded externally to 65TB. The larger FAS2050 scales to 99TB. A variety of RAID levels are supported, including RAID 1, RAID 4 and RAID 6 (dual parity). The FAS family typically employs SATA drives, but 15K rpm SAS drives can be substituted to beef-up performance. The FAS2000 Series has both FC and GbE ports to support the FC Protocol for SCSI, fabric-attached and direct-attached, and iSCSI connectivity. Dual controllers are provided in an active-active configuration for highly reliable and available storage hardware.
In addition, the FAS2000 Series provides software-based features that had traditionally been available only to enterprise users. NetApp has come up with a feature-filled package for midsized firms.
| Disk and disk subsystems
Judges praised the performance and capacity scalability of HDS' USP V.
HDS' Universal Storage Platform (USP) V provides immense internal storage capacity, including 332TB of FC or 864TB of SATA drives, and up to 247PB (yes, petabytes) when you include the amount of external storage that can sit behind the USP. Performance is also notable, running more than 4 million IOPS with 106GB/sec aggregate internal bandwidth. As one judge remarks, "[The USP V] sets new levels and standards of performance scalability and capacity scalability in a monolithic storage system." Workload balancing and tuning maintains performance levels as app and user demands change, while virtualization and thin provisioning increase performance and capacity levels. Universal replication is supported across heterogeneous storage systems, and the entire system can be operated through a single management suite. In short, HDS has established one of the most complete and feature-rich packages available for high-end enterprise storage.
Although judges praised the USP, they were quick to point out the complexity that makes this product difficult to use. "They [HDS] really upped the bar on performance," says one judge, "catching up with other tier 1 vendors and surpassing [them]; but still the ease of use is lacking comparatively for all the functionality."
| Networking equipment
Do you hate messing with cables, HBAs and NICs, and wish most of them would just disappear? Does your data center need to direct IO traffic from both a SAN and a LAN? Xsigo Systems Inc.'s VP780 I/O Director delivers converged IO, which means that all servers have access to all LANs and SANs. This is useful in virtualized environments where IO patterns are frequently changing. Some have called this concept the next-generation approach to storage and network connectivity.
Here's how it works: Installation consists of one card in each server, plus a driver (just like installing an HBA). One cable (two for redundancy) connects to the I/O Director. The SAN and LAN attach to the Xsigo VP780 I/O Director, which creates virtual HBAs and NICS that are deployed to the servers by a simple drag-and-drop operation within a browser-based GUI. The GUI presents an up-to-date view of your storage environment, including all the virtual resources, their status and performance. Connectivity can be moved from one server to another while all identities are maintained.
The Xsigo VP780 I/O Director includes 24 server ports (10Gb/sec each), 15 slots for IO Modules, a low-latency nonblocking fabric (780Gb/sec bandwidth), management tools and the XsigOS operating system. Plug-in modules provide SAN and LAN connectivity. You'll need to install a Mellanox Technologies Ltd. ConnectX IB InfiniBand host channel adapter (HCA) in each server. An expansion switch adds 24 server ports and the solution is scalable to hundreds of servers.
The caveats: Several judges praised the Xsigo VP780 I/O Director's innovation, but questioned whether storage managers were ready to embrace, as one put it, "a sea change in the data center." But to reap huge benefits the old ways of doing things sometimes need to be changed; that's why Xsigo won the gold in this category.
| Networking equipment
The newest Steelhead appliance has a data store that's more than 3TB--more than double the largest capacity previously available.
Last year, Riverbed Technology released a major upgrade to its Steelhead wide-area data services appliances and Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) 4.0 OS. The upgrades enhance the security and scalability of data transfers between branch offices and the central data center. Steelhead appliances can now accelerate data transfers that are encrypted using the SSL protocol, save all encryption keys on the Steelhead appliance in the main data center and certify the keys without involving branch offices.
RiOS 4.0 now applies app-specific protocol optimization to Oracle Forms traffic found throughout the Oracle E-Business app suite. DR and backup jobs are speedier because of a new set of traffic-recognition features based on the size/type of the data being transferred. And Riverbed has accelerated encrypted, secure traffic and improved the performance of chatty Web-based apps that hadn't been addressed by WDS products. As one judge succinctly writes: "A very fine upgrade to a very fine product."
| Networking equipment
Storwize's STN-6000 appliance compresses data on its way to the array, substantially reducing required disk capacity.
The Storwize Inc. STN-6000 appliance isn't complicated and does only one thing: Compresses data to reduce storage capacity by up to five times the uncompressed data. Even though the STN-6000 sits in the network, it doesn't degrade performance as data passes from the server to the appliance and then, compressed, onto the storage array. It integrates into the data path easily, without introducing any new single point of failure, and is transparent to users, apps, databases, and storage and network environments.
By reducing the amount of disks needed to store the compressed data, the storage array's electricity consumption and data center footprints are also reduced. Two of our judges thought the $22,000 price tag was a bit high and questioned whether it's more cost-effective to just buy more SATA disks and reduce capacity by implementing better storage management practices. But another judge countered, saying, "It's a good product to extend the life of many older NAS installations."
Related Resources
- Market Intelligence Report; NVMe Storage for Marketers –TechTarget
- A guide to hybrid flash storage arrays –ComputerWeekly.com
- Demystifying storage performance metrics –ComputerWeekly.com
- Containers and storage 101: The fundamentals of container storage –ComputerWeekly.com


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1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni and Falaschi Competition Coupe. Jim Patterson/The Patterson Collection, Louisville, KY. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
Ken Gross, guest curator of Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles, gives an overview of the exhibition.
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Jeff Lane with Lane Motor Museum talks about Sensuous Steel and the Tatra T-97 on view in the exhibition.
1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster. Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
Mark Lambert, Restoration Mechanic and Automotive Historian, talks about the upcoming Sensuous Steel exhibition.
1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™. Owned and restored by Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan. Collection of Academy of Art University Automobile Museum, San Francisco. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1938 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Teardrop Coupe. Collection of J. Willard Marriott, Jr. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster. Courtesy of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research @ the Collier Collection. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1938 Tatra T97. Collection of Lane Motor Museum. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1936 Stout Scarab. Collection of Larry Smith. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet. Collection of Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1930 KJ Henderson Streamline. Collection of Frank Westfall. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. Collection of the Chrysler Group, LLC. Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt
- Same-day and advance tickets may be purchased on site at the Frist Art Museum.
- Frist Art Museum Members may reserve tickets by calling 615.744.3248 48-hours in advance of admission time.
- Out-of-town guests may purchase advance tickets through Now Playing Nashville.
- Hotel packages are available through the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.visitmusiccity.com/sensuoussteel.
Special reciprocal offer: Throughout the run of Sensuous Steel, Nashville's Lane Motor Museum and the Frist Art Museum will offer reciprocal admission discounts when ticket stubs are presented. Just bring your ticket stub from whichever museum you visit first to the other museum, and receive a discount (half-price discount at the Frist Art Museum, and $3 discount at Lane Motor Museum).
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Sensuous Steel catalogues are available in the Frist Art Museum Gift Shop. If you are unable to visit the Frist in person, you may call 615-744-3990 to purchase a catalogue. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles is an exhibition of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States.
Inspired by the Frist Art Museum's historic Art Deco building, this exhibition features spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and '40s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style.
Fascination with automobiles transcends age, gender, and environment. While today automotive manufacturers often strive for economy and efficiency, there was a time when elegance reigned. Influenced by the Art Deco movement that began in Paris in the early 1920s and propelled to prominence with the success of the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925, automakers embraced the sleek new streamlined forms and aircraft-inspired materials, creating memorable automobiles that still thrill all who see them. The exhibition features 18 automobiles and two motorcycles from some of the most important collectors and collections in the United States.
Sensuous Steel is organized for the Frist Art Museum by guest curator Ken Gross, former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum. Gross served as guest curator for The Allure of the Automobile, a nationally acclaimed exhibition displayed at Atlanta's High Museum of Art in 2010; additionally, he developed a revised version of the exhibition for the Portland Art Museum the following year. Most recently, Gross curated Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile exhibited at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City and the opening exhibition for LeMay–America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Wash. A highly respected automotive journalist for over 40 years, Gross writes for numerous publications including AutoWeek, Playboy, Hagerty's Magazine, Sports Car Market, Motor Trend Classic, Popular Mechanics, msnautos.com, Old Cars Weekly, and The Rodder's Journal. A noted authority on automobiles, he has judged at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for 24 years. Gross also judges at the Amelia Island Concours and was the Chief Judge at the Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance. Additionally, Gross has received many awards including the 2009 IAMA Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2009 Lee Iacocca Award, the 2008 Washington Auto Press "Golden Quill Award," the Society of Automotive Historians' "Cugnot Award," and "The James Valentine Memorial Award" for excellence in automotive historical research.
An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
Location: Ingram Gallery
- 1929 Bugatti Type 46 Semi-profile Coupe
- 1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet
- 1930 Henderson KJ Streamline
- 1930 Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster
- 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan
- 1934 Model 40 Special Speedster™
- 1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe by LeBaron
- 1934 Voisin Type C27 Aérosport Coupe
- 1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe
- 1936 Cord 810 "Armchair" Beverly Sedan
- 1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe
- 1936 Stout Scarab
- 1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster
- 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet "Xenia" Coupe
- 1938 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe
- 1938 Tatra T97
- 1939 Bugatti Type 57C by Vanvooren
- 1939 Delage D8-120S Saoutchik Cabriolet
- 1940 Indian Chief
- 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt
Links of interest:
- Academy of Art University - San Francisco
- Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum - Auburn, Indiana
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum - Birmingham, AL
- Barrington Concours d'Elegance - Barrington Hills, IL
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum - Tullahoma, TN
- Bruce Sweetman Photography - Nashville, TN
- Chubb Collector Car Insurance
- The Collier Collection - Naples, FL
- The Cummer Museum: Future Retro: The Great Age of the American Automobile - Jacksonville, FL
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House - Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
- Greening Auto Company - Nashville
- Lane Motor Museum - Nashville
- Mullin Automotive Museum - Oxnard, CA
- National Corvette Museum - Bowling Green, KY
- Petersen Automotive Museum - Los Angeles
- Saratoga Auto Museum - Saratoga, NY
- Vintage Autocraft - Lebanon, TN
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A motorist in Tel Aviv was livid after road workers painted a disabled parking space around her parked car and then towed the vehicle away. Hila Ben Baruch had parked, legally, near her apartment. She returned later to find a freshly painted handicapped space and no car. Ben Baruch was ordered to pay a fine of around $267, plus towing costs. Fortunately for her, Ben Baruch located some surveillance camera footage from a nearby building which clearly shows workers painting the handicapped stripes around her already-parked car. She posted the video to Facebook, saying, "You just see it and can't believe it." After the video was posted, the local city hall waived the fine and admitted the whole incident was a "serious error." Despite the apology, Ben Baruch is now considering legal proceedings.
The southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizante is in the middle of a John Lennon crime wave. Police there say at least three people named John Lennon have been arrested in the last 30 days. According to the Brazil Dispatch, the most recent came when 18-year-old John Lennon Ribeiro Siqueria was arrested for attempting to rob a lottery office. In January, 22-year-old John Lennon Fonseca Ferreira was arrested during an attempted burglary at a local residence. Before that, police nabbed 22-year-old John Lenon Camargos Gomes, who allegedly committed five homicides in the city. Also in January, 18-year-old John Lennon Sabastiao da Silva was found dead in the back seat of a car. Police suspect it was a revenge killing. No word on whether Paul McCartney has an alibi.
A suspected pickpocket was unable to use his latest victim's credit card at an ATM machine. So he called up the victim and asked the man for his PIN number—and got it. Investigators say the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Sabadell resident Joan Carles M.M., tried multiple times to guess the PIN number after stealing the Solsona man's wallet in December. The card eventually got blocked due to the incorrect PIN numbers. That's when the thief used information contained in the victim's wallet to call the card owner. The pickpocket posed as a Visa customer service representative and asked for the correct PIN number. The gullible customer gave it out, but the card would no longer work in ATMs due to the previous attempts. Police eventually located the persistent thief.
A second-grader was suspended for real for using an imaginary hand grenade on school grounds. Alex Evans, age 7, employed the nonexistent weapon during recess at Mary Blair Elementary School earlier this month. Evans told KDVR-TV in Denver he was playing a game called "Save the World," which involved throwing an imaginary grenade at an imaginary box full of imaginary evil. "I pretended the box, there's something shaking it, and I go pshhh, so nothing can get out and destroy the world," Alex was quoted as saying. "I was just trying to save people, and I just can't believe I got dispended." Administrators, however didn't appreciate Evans' world-saving efforts, saying the game violated one of the schools "absolutes" against possession of weapons—real or imaginary. "Honestly, I don't think the rule is very realistic for kids this age," Evans' mother, Mandie Watkins, told the television station. Contacted by the Huffington Post, Thompson School District public information officer Mike Hausmann declined to comment on the specific case, but did say the disciplinary incident was a "complicated issue." No word on how long Evans will be "dispended" from school.
Police in Brooksville say a man was arrested for drunk driving while inside a Walmart. Timothy Carr was spotted around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, driving around inside the Walmart on a motorized shopping cart. Police say he had removed an alcoholic beverage from a shelf and was drinking it while running into the aisles with his vehicle and knocking other items onto the floor. When police arrived, Carr told officers he was a transient and had no money to pay for the alcohol. He was charged with disorderly intoxication and, because this was his third arrest on the charge, felony retail theft.


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Henninger: The Sum of All Fears
The IRS audits and NSA surveillance flow into the same national anxieties.
Here is Barack Obama commenting last Friday on the National Security Agency's antiterrorist surveillance programs: "We've got congressional oversight and judicial oversight. And if people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust Congress and don't trust federal judges to make sure that we're abiding by the Constitution, due process and rule of law, then we're going to have some problems here."
Herewith a partial list of political groups that said they were subjected to over-the-top audits by the Internal Revenue Service:
Greenwich Tea Party Patriots, Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots, Laurens County Tea Party, Northeast Tarrant Tea Party, Myrtle Beach Tea Party, Albuquerque Tea Party, San Antonio Tea Party, Richmond Tea Party, Manassas Tea Party, Honolulu Tea Party, Waco Tea Party, Chattanooga Tea Party and American Patriots Against Government Excess.
What that target list shows is there was never one "tea party." It was collections of citizens spontaneously gathering all over the country under one easy-to-remember name. Their purpose was to do politics. For that, their government hit them hard.
In January the pollsters at the Pew Research Center reported that for the first time a majority of Americans—53%—now agree that "the federal government threatens your own personal rights and freedoms."
This is far beyond concerns about the size of government. A majority of people now see the government of Madison, Jefferson and Franklin as a direct, personal threat.
So yes, we have "some problems" here.
People ask whether the IRS scandal will damage the president. Who knows? It depends on who talks to avoid prison. The IRS audits matter because they are a destructive event that happened at a particularly unsettled moment in the country's political and social life.
Cynics say presidents have always sicced the IRS on opponents. Perhaps. But those were simpler times. The IRS audit scandal and the NSA's metadata surveillance may be apples and oranges, but for many the distinctions aren't so obvious. We live today inside a constant torrent of big government and big data. No one should be surprised if a political backlash, however inarticulate, forms against both for inconsistent reasons.
Consider what people are asked to absorb in the news flow now—some of it political, some not. Beyond the IRS audits and NSA surveillance we have a Department of Justice penetrating press activity protected by the First Amendment, stories about Iran's hackers accessing the control-room software of U.S. energy firms, China hacking into everything, reports last month of cyberthieves siphoning millions of dollars from ATMs, rivers of email spam that fill inboxes alongside constant warnings to protect yourself against phishing and malware by storing industrial-strength passwords on encrypted flash drives, stories in this newspaper about social-media apps that exist mainly to collect your personal data for sale to advertisers.
Books have been written about governments using Web technology to censor and control their populations. What's good and evil, helpful and menacing, comes at us with equal force from the same technologies. "Dual-use" was formerly a phrase used mostly in the military. We're all living in a dual-use world now.
Electronic sophisticates say it's all good. Sun Microsystems' former CEO Scott McNealy famously said: "You have zero privacy. Get over it." That's what he thinks. This is a sum-of-all-fears environment tailor-made for eventually producing a public backlash. It's already in the water, with Sen. Rand Paul offering a Fourth Amendment Restoration Act, which he says would stop the NSA's data-mining program. That would be the one protecting us all from homicidal Islamist bombers.
Scott McNealy was almost right. Unavoidably, the citizens of the U.S. or any free society will have to reach an accommodation—a modus vivendi—with complex systems created by experts with abstruse knowledge. But if so, those citizens need to be free to talk about the terms of their accommodations. In short, they need to be free to do politics.
Effective antiterrorism programs such as metadata surveillance or for that matter efforts to produce progress through genetic manipulation may seem self-evidently good to their proponents. But these technologies are inevitably controversial and will only survive if they gain public support. Today that means exposing them to politics.
The goal of the IRS audits was to suppress politics, to shut up those "conservative" tea-party groups to increase the odds that Mr. Obama's side would win. One doubts that Mr. Obama's supporters were distressed about it. But this week they're stressed about "an alarming age of surveillance."
Whatever inchoate anxieties predated this presidency are now worse: a politics rife with suspicion and retribution, and most of the people believing the government, for starters, threatens their freedom.
One may hope Mr. Obama has sufficient political skill to protect the antiterrorism structures he inherited. It will be the job of the next president to prevent the public's sense of personal political threat from heading toward 60% and beyond.
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The good people of the Electric Tour Company set me up with a Segway tour of Golden Gate Park that proved as challenging as it was amazing. Here are 5 things I learned when I gave up on watching from afar and took the ride instead.
1. Riding a Segway is like riding a bicycle
Part of what makes these tours great for beginners is the full safety drill you get before the actual tour begins. I learned everything from how to make it move to how to stop short in an emergency (you thrust your rear out, straighten your arms, and pull your shoulders back — the Segway will follow suit).
You're not expected to be an expert, and like any new skill, it takes practice. But, once you get the basic motions, they become natural, and you're not likely to forget them. And, as my tour guide said: no matter how confident you feel, always keep both hands on the handlebars.
It's also good to know that your Segway will never sit perfectly still while you're on it. As long as you stand straight and keep your eyes ahead, just like you would on a bicycle, you'll be balanced and in control.
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Segways look funny with their long necks and clunky wheels, but let me tell you they're no joke. Like a treadmill, a Segway can't stop on its own. You have to stop it yourself. That means if you accidentally fall off, be prepared to chase down a machine with a mind of its own.
Which is (ahem) something I had to learn the hard way. In my case, I accidentally hit a large tree root while off-roading in a wooded part of the park, impulsively tugged the handles (which, for the record, doesn't do anything since Segways respond to the forward-backward movements of your feet, not your hands), and fell off, temporarily losing my dignity and a slip-on sneaker. But, rest assured, that's a rarity on these rides. And it didn't stop me from getting right back up.
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Even though I purpled a knee during my ride, I had a great time learning a new skill … and getting back on the metaphorical horse.
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Applied Research Laboratory contract ready for reviewUniversity of Hawaiʻi
UH System Vice President for Research Jim Gaines announced today the release to the public of the contract for the Applied Research Laboratory(ARL), a University-Affiliated Research Center of the United States Navy. The ARL would be administratively located at the UH System, with its executive director reporting to Vice President Gaines.
The ARL would involve the sole source provision -- via "task orders" -- of UH scientists' expertise in astronomy, oceanography, advanced electro-optical systems, and communications systems. Task order sponsors could be the U.S. Navy, or any other federal agency, including agencies whose primary focus is not defense related matters such as the National Science Foundation and NASA. The Laboratory would be funded for three years, with an option for renewal for an additional two years, for a total of five years. It is estimated that a maximum of $10 million per year in task orders would be funded, for a total of $50 million.
The Board of Regents provisionally approved the establishment of an ARL at UH Manoa at its November, 2004 meeting, subject to adequate consultation and the negotiation of a contract. In January, 2006, the Regents conducted a special meeting on the ARL, at which they received testimony from members of the university and the community.
In February 2006, UH President David McClain recommended instead that the ARL be established at the UH System level, and that the Laboratory not perform any classified task orders during the first three years of its establishment. Should a task order become classified after being issued, UH would retain the option of terminating the task order should the research involved be classified after the task order begins.
"The ARL contract as negotiated by Vice President Gaines moves us along the path of implementing the recommendation I made 19 months ago, in February 2006," said President McClain.
The contract and other information about the ARL are at www.hawaii.edu/arl.