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M.Phil., Yale University 1984
M.A., Yale University 1982
M.F.A., Howard University 1977
B.A., Morehouse College 1975
Richard J. Powell is John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art & Art History at Duke University, where he has taught since 1989. He studied at Morehouse College and Howard University before earning his doctorate in art history at Yale University. Along with teaching courses in American art, the arts of the African Diaspora, and contemporary visual studies, he has written extensively on topics ranging from primitivism to postmodernism, including such titles as Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson (1991), Black Art: A Cultural History (1997 & 2002), and Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture (2008).
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PRATT—Ready or not, here comes 2012, and saying goodbye to 2011 means saying goodbye to last year's park permits and hunting and fishing licenses, which expire Dec. 31. It's easy to forget about buying new licenses because the holidays are so busy, but it's never been easier or more convenient to purchase your new licenses and permits. Most licenses and park permits are sold at more than 200 vendors across the state, including all Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) offices, and licenses and permits can be purchased online from the convenience of home with your computer and printer.
While deer permits purchased in 2011 remain valid through the January seasons, hunters will need a 2012 hunting license before venturing out in January. Fishing licenses, trout stamps and third pole permits also expire Dec. 31, and it's a good idea to buy all your licenses at once so you're ready when an outdoor opportunity comes along.
Annual Kansas State Parks Vehicle Permits expire Dec. 31 and the off-season prices are available through the end of March. Park goers who buy now can save 20 percent on the cost of an Annual Vehicle Permit. However, the KDWPT Commission approved a recommendation to eliminate the Annual Second Vehicle Permit, which was available at a reduced cost. Other Commission action aimed at maintaining state parks services included increasing overnight camping fees $1 per utility.
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Scientists develop a fatty 'kryptonite' to defeat multidrug-resistant 'Super bugs'
"Super bugs," which can cause wide-spread disease and may be resistant to most, if not all, conventional antibiotics, still have their weaknesses. A team of Canadian scientists discovered that specific mixtures of antimicrobial agents presented in lipid (fatty) mixtures can significantly boost the effectiveness of those agents to kill the resistant bacteria. This discovery was published online in The FASEB Journal.
According to a researcher involved in the study, Richard Epand, Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, "This study may contribute to overcoming the lethal effects of drug resistant bacteria that is becoming an increasing clinical problem, particularly in hospitals."
To make their discovery, Epand and colleagues conducted experiments using groups of mice infected with lethal doses of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli). Researchers then treated the mice with conventional drug combinations or drug combinations encapsulated in lipid mixtures. They found that certain lipid mixtures caused the drugs to act together in a synergistic manner. In this form, the drugs were much more effective in increasing the survival rate of the mice because they overcame the cellular mechanisms used by these bacteria to defeat therapeutic agents. This study also demonstrated a novel use of a new family of antimicrobial agents called oligo-acyl-lysyls, which have the potential to be combined with other drugs and lipid mixtures with similar properties to yield a platform for other specific applications.
"As we've seen in the recent E.Coli outbreak in Germany, bacteria can mutate to become super bugs that resist antibiotics," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, "Thanks to this new, lipid-based antibiotic therapy. multidrug-resistant bacteria may begin to look more like Jimmy Olsen and a lot less like Superman."
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1. For a number of years the committee has studied the form and content of financial statements and has considered the means by which they may be made more useful for the purposes they are designed to serve. As a result of this inquiry, and taking cognizance of the expanded public use of corporate financial data, the committee believes it appropriate to issue this statement
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K-State geographers active at an annual meeting of Association of American Geographers
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Geography faculty and students participated in the annual Association of American Geographers conference in New York City, Feb 24-28. Abstracts and additional session information are here.
Faculty paper presentations and other conference activities included:
- Lisa Harrington, professor of geography, and colleague, presented "Building an International Community of Researchers: The Quadrennial Rural Geography Conferences." Ryan Bergstrom, graduate student in geography, and Harrington, presented "A Transition toward Sustainability: Challenges in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem." Harrington also served as chair of the paper session Research, Frameworks and Methodologies.
- Brandon Weihs, doctoral student in geography; William Butler, master's student in geography; and Richard Marston, university distinguished professor and head of the department of geography, "Cross-Valley Profiles and Mass Movement Hazards in Deglaciated Canyons." Marston also presented "Integrative Concepts in Understanding Human Impacts in Riverscapes."
- Lisa Tabor, doctoral student in curriculum and instruction; John A. Harrington Jr., professor of geography, and a K-State geography alumni presented "Stakeholder Adaptation to Climatic Change in Kansas: What Have We Learned?" Harrington also presented When is it Climatic Change?" In addition, he was co-organizer of the paper session Climate And Climate Change Literacy, and was co-organizer and chair of the Climate Change Literacy panel session.
- Shawn Hutchinson, associate professor of geography, and colleagues presented "Fire history reconstruction using multisource remote sensing data in grassland ecosystems." Hutchinson; Stacy Hutchinson, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering; and colleagues presented "Spatiotemporal analysis of remotely-sensed imagery to explore the relationship between vegetation change and fire regime on military training lands."
- Rhett L. Mohler, research associate in geography, presented "Mapping prescribed burning in the Flint Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma, USA, 2000-2011."
- Bimal Paul, professor of geography, presented "Explaining Record Fatalities: The Case of 2011 Joplin, Mo. Tornado."
- Lis Pankl, assistant professor, K-State Libraries, and Kevin Blake, professor of geography, presented, "Frida Kahlo as Emerging Mexican Symbol."
- Melinda Daniels, associate professor of geography, and Katie H. Costigan, doctoral student in geography, presented "Damming the Prairie: Human Alteration of Great Plains River Regimes."
- Ben Champion, director of sustainability, presented "Beyond Skepticism: engaging central Great Plains agricultural producers and rural communities toward climate literacy as an NSF Climate Change Education Partnership."
- Chuyuan Wang, master's student in geography, and Marcellus M. Caldas, assistant professor of geography, presented "Fragment Patterns and Land Reform Settlements: Evidence from the Transamazon Highway and Southern Pará." Caldas also presented "The Decline of the Cocoa Economy and Land Reform Settlement Formation."
- Max Lu, associate professor of geography, organized Population Specialty Group Plenary: The Human Planet.


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Paul Merson's Premier League predictions - Week 38
Merse expects final-day wins for Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Everton, Man Utd and Arsenal
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Man City just need a point to win the league, but it will be interesting if Liverpool get a couple of early goals because they won't be able to stick and play out a draw. This will be different to the Aston Villa game because West Ham can hurt you from set-plays much more than Villa can.
If this game stays at 0-0, then all West Ham have got to do is get a set-play and they can score - nobody can stop Andy Carroll if he gets on a run - and they have other players in the side who are a threat.
If Man City had to win it, then this would be a different kettle of fish, but they have to draw and I can't see them failing to win the league. Remember, West Ham went up there in the Capital One Cup a few months ago and got rinsed 6-0 and won't take much confidence out of that.
I have got to go for Man City to win - but honestly, after what I've seen in the Premier League in the last month, it wouldn't surprise me if West Ham scored in the first 10 minutes and then suddenly it's game on!
Liverpool v Newcastle (2.55pm, Sun, Sky Sports 2)
The last seven or eight games of the Premier League season are different to the other 30. People do things they wouldn't usually do, and managers do things they wouldn't normally do. Brendan Rodgers can't tell me he didn't get up on Tuesday morning and think 'why didn't I put Daniel Agger on at 3-0? Why was I trying to score seven or eight?'
They just had to make sure they won their last two games and they threw away a 3-0 lead to Crystal Palace. Unbelievable. If they had won on Monday, then Man City's game against Villa would have been a lot different. City didn't have to win and they had a safety net of a draw, but if they absolutely needed to win, then the clock would have felt like 'Countdown', spinning around.
Liverpool blew it. This is up there with when Newcastle blew it in 1995/96. I don't think you win the league playing attacking football all the time; you have to swallow a pill sometimes and do something different. They needed to draw with a Chelsea team that was playing defensive, so why not play defensively yourself and go from there?
A draw would have been fine for them - and then a win over Palace would have pretty much won them the league. They have to score two goals quickly on Sunday to put on the pressure and with the reins off they can go out and play their stuff. I think they will remember their mistakes for a long time, though...
Tottenham v Aston Villa (2.55pm, Sun, Sky Sports 3)
This is a weird one. Tottenham are probably sitting there thinking 'we don't want to be in the Europa League' and Tim Sherwood will be thinking 'I don't think I'll be here next season so I'll put you in the Europa League!!!' Tim will be running around the pitch clapping after the game and saying 'look what I've done' and the directors will be thinking that's their top-four chances done for next season! I think Tim has done great and despite a bad result last week he will want to finish on a high. Villa look shot after staying up and they had to work very hard against Man City on Wednesday night. Tottenham should win.
Cardiff v Chelsea
I've got to go for Chelsea because they will want to end on a high and Jose Mourinho won't want to get beat by Cardiff on the final day. It doesn't seem like Cardiff can beat anybody at the moment and I think it will be quite a comfortable game for Chelsea. Not one of the Cardiff players would get into the Chelsea team and that's the problem for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Fulham v Crystal Palace
It's important for Fulham to go out on a high. You want to send the fans home thinking 'we can do it next year' and you don't want people remembering a relegation and a home defeat to Crystal Palace all summer. That will leave people wondering what chance they'll have next year in the Championship. I think this will be a really entertaining game, nobody has got anything to lose and I think it could be a Desmond.
Hull v Everton
Everton will win this game. Hull don't get the chance to play in an FA Cup Final every week and the last thing you want to do is go out and get injured or sent off and for that reason I don't expect very much from them. I'm definitely going for Everton to get the three points and go out on a high.
Norwich v Arsenal
I think Norwich are a cert to come straight back up next season. They have been down there not long ago, they have stability at the club and they will be able to afford to keep the players they've bought and forwards like Gary Hooper and Ricky van Wolfswinkel will score goals in the Championship. Arsenal have got the FA Cup Final next week and won't want to pick up injuries or suspensions, but I still think they will have too much for Norwich.
Southampton v Man Utd
Man United can get into the Europa League if they win this game - but do they really want to get into that competition? There will be plenty of players from both sides who won't want to get injured with the World Cup coming up - that would be devastating - and I think this will be quite open and full of goals. It'll be you-have-a-shot, we-have-a-shot because what's the point of keeping it tight in the last game of the season? The stadium will be packed and it surely won't be 0-0 because both teams have got plenty of attacking options on the pitch.
Sunderland v Swansea
I think Sunderland will finish on a high after staying up. If Gus Poyet asks the players who wants to play on Sunday, then they will all want to - and I'm not sure he'd have got the same answer six weeks ago! I think they will win the game, but I'm glad to see Garry Monk get the full-time job at Swansea. You want to see British managers getting chances because we always moan when they're overlooked, so fair play to Swansea. I don't know the bloke, but he can only get better by being in the job and I'm pleased for him.
West Brom v Stoke
It's very lucky Norwich didn't sneak a win at the end of their game against Chelsea last week because that would have left West Brom (and Hull) in trouble on the final day. West Brom have just lost two away games in a row, their manager's future is in the balance and players catch on to things like that. The club needs to sit down and think about where they want to go next year because they don't want to be left in this position again. They've been lucky. I don't like going against Stoke, who must have had 600 passes against Fulham last week, and they've been outstanding. I'm going for them to get an away win because I've been so impressed with them this season.
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It's been a bumpy ride for fashion designer John Galliano since he was slammed for making anti-Semitic remarks in a Parisian bar back in 2011, but things are looking up according to Vanity Fair.
The magazine, who nabbed the very first interview with him since his public outburst, details the designer's firsthand account of his alcohol and drug abuse while in the spotlight, which ultimately led to his bad behavior.
"It's the worst thing I have said in my life, but I didn't mean it...I have been trying to find out why that anger was directed at this race," he explained to contributing editor Ingrid Sichsy. "I was going to end up in a mental asylum or six feet under."
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In the intriguing article, we get a provocative glimpse into Galliano's addictions, sad struggles and downward spiral with a candid reflection from the designer himself.
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With the World Cup in full swing, football, or soccer as we call it here, takes center stage. But perhaps no one is watching the matches more than the members of FC Dallas and the team's defender Heath Pearce.
Pearce grew up in Modesto and has traveled the world since. He played college soccer at the University of Portland. He started his professional career in Denmark, then went to Germany and signed with FC Dallas in Sept., 2009.
He was just one step away from being at the World Cup. He made the 30 man preliminary roster which was eventually narrowed down the 23 players. We were with Pearce when the announcement was made and while very excited he knew there was work to be done.
"It's been a dream as long as I can remember. I mean before I knew anything about club teams and all that stuff, I knew about the national team," said Pearce. "I knew about the World Cup, knowing that was the big stage, that was the big dance. It's all about making to there."
Pearce moved to North Texas just about a year ago and is quickly making himself at home. He recently purchased a house, which for some may not seem like your regular bachelor pad, but it's a great place for the team to hang out.
"I wanted to get a place where, a lot of the guys could come over and we could have a good time," said Pearce. "I put a big emphasis on getting along with people, especially your teammates. Knowing them personally, not just on the field, I think that can reflect on the way you play on the field, is spending time together off the field."
While taking us on a tour we learned quite a lot about the soccer player. He has played all over the world including Cuba where he brought home some prized pieces of artwork. The paintings catch your eye the minute you walk into his home. Pearce purchased much of his furniture in Europe when he played in Germany before he came home to the United States and has quite an eye for what works.
"I did part of the decorating. There was a decorator that helped me do the decorating, so I take credit for it in the sense it was my ideas, but I have a problem with taking my ideas from my head and putting them on paper so I had some help doing that," said Pearce.
"From my time of the start of this whole sort of quadrennium, I've played in three different countries, three different teams, really experienced three different lives," said Pearce. "From playing all the time and being the guy with a lot of attention, to the guy who has been blacklisted on a team. And now to be back in the U.S. and playing closer to my friends and family and being selected like this (to the National team) it makes it all worth while."
With his experience, Pearce is fast emerging as a team leader in Dallas but soccer isn't the only thing he has mastered. Pearce also plays drums, the guitar and piano. He is a avid DJ with a wide taste in music. And a little known fact, he loves to play shuffleboard, and has a custom made table in the gameroom in his house.
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Class of Black Employees Suffered Hangman's Nooses, Racist Graffiti and Epithets, Harsher Discipline, and Tougher Work Assignments, Federal Agency Charged
CHICAGO - An $11 million consent decree entered here today in federal court has ended the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) race harassment and discrimination lawsuit against a major transportation company. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox granted preliminary approval of the decree.
In its suit, the EEOC charged that Yellow Transportation, Inc. and YRC, Inc. subjected African-American employees at its Chicago Ridge, Ill., facility to a racially hostile working environment and discriminatory terms and conditions of employment. Yellow Transportation operated the facility until its merger with Roadway Express, when the two companies combined operations to form YRC Inc. in October 2008.
Had the case gone to trial, the EEOC was prepared to present evidence that black employees were subjected to multiple incidents of hangman's nooses and racist graffiti, comments and cartoons. The EEOC was also would have presented evidence that Yellow and YRC subjected black employees to harsher discipline and scrutiny than their white counterparts and gave them more difficult and time-consuming work assignments. This would include expert testimony that these practices resulted in statistically significant differences in the way blacks and whites were treated. Numerous black employees, according to the EEOC, had complained about all of these conditions over the years, but the company continually failed to take effective action to correct the problems.
Under the consent decree settling the suit, signed by Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox, $11 million will be paid to the discrimination victims. The Chicago Ridge facility closed in 2009, however, many African-American employees from Chicago Ridge continue to work at YRC's Chicago Heights facility. The Chicago Heights facility was itself the subject of a separate lawsuit by the EEOC against YRC with similar allegations, resulting in a $10 million settlement in 2010. That first consent decree (Chicago Heights) will also protect the victims of the second lawsuit at Chicago Ridge.
The Chicago Heights decree enjoins YRC from engaging in any further discrimination because of race and from retaliating against people who complain about racial bias. The decree also requires YRC to retain consultants to examine the company's discipline and work assignment procedures and recommend changes to prevent racial disparities. Activities at Chicago Heights are being reviewed by a monitor who oversees the company's response to complaints and who reports semi-annually to the court and to the EEOC on the company's compliance with the decree.
Prior to filing suit in federal court, the EEOC conducted an administrative investigation and attempted to resolve the matter under its statutory conciliation procedures, both under the direction of John P. Rowe, director of the agency's Chicago District.
The decree entered today will benefit as many as 324 African-American employees who worked at the Chicago Ridge facility on the dock and in the yard as dockworkers, hostlers, janitors, clericals and supervisors from 2004 to the closing of the facility in September 2009. Eligible claimants will be invited to participate in a claims process over the coming months.
"We are approaching the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "This case, with evidence of hangman's nooses, vile racist graffiti, and race-based work assignments, proves that even after these many years, there is work to be done to eradicate pernicious racial hatred and discrimination. We have successfully prosecuted several racial harassment cases and will continue to do so until this toxic workplace behavior is eradicated. We have come a long way. We hope today's decree moves us all further along the road we must travel as a nation - together."
"This case is the second large race case the Chicago office has resolved with YRC in recent years. The company has now had to pay out $21 million to resolve egregious racial harassment and discrimination at two of its facilities," Chicago Regional Attorney John Hendrickson said. "Employers should not believe that, because they are in an industry - like trucking - that is known for rough working conditions, they can ignore discrimination when it arises. A noose is not an acceptable symbol there or anywhere else - that's the law."
Hendrickson also pointed out that the EEOC is also in the midst of another large race discrimination case against the international shipping giant DHL.
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Gregory Gochanour noted, "It's an unhappy irony that in this case, where black employees were sometimes called 'lazy n----r,' our statistical analysis showed that on average black employees were given more difficult and time consuming work. This is a case of injury being added to insult."
The consent decree resolves two lawsuits that were consolidated for purposes of the settlement. A group of 14 employees initially filed a class action suit under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act in October 2008 (Brown, et al. v. Yellow Transportation, Inc. No. 08 CV 5908). The EEOC then filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race discrimination (EEOC v. Yellow Transportation, Inc. and YRC, INC. No. 09 CV 7693). The plaintiffs in the Brown litigation are represented by Schmidt of the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law School, as well as private counsel Carol Coplan Babbitt and Catherine Caporusso.
Hendrickson noted that this case is further indication that the EEOC has the resources and determination necessary to litigate large class actions under the Commission's systemic litigation initiative to successful resolution.
YRC, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is now the nation's largest less-than-truckload freight hauling company and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kan. (www.yrc.com).
The EEOC Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
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For many, the on-ramp to the cloud is the integration of on-premises functions with cloud infrastructure. A relatively easy "entry point" to cloud storage services is to integrate on-premises backup operations with a cloud-based service.
Cloud-based storage and computing provide off-site, long-term storage and/or a disaster recovery (DR) platform without having to fund/build one. Organizations gain additional infrastructure assets, but at a fraction of the cost. The capital costs of equipment, as well as the operational costs of floor space, staff, energy, maintenance, software and equipment updates can be eliminated. Redundancy to support business continuity (BC) requirements is often inherent, without the additional costs typically expected in a do-it-yourself model.
Cloud backup services can be used to capture and store backup copies to replace a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) approach while automatically storing backup sets off-site. The same services can often be used to store replicated instances of production workloads for cloud-based DR (see "Integrating with cloud DR services," below).
For backup and recovery functions, there's a spectrum of cloud integration approaches available (see "Cloud backup integration models, below"). One tactic that actually eliminates on-site backup infrastructure is backup software as a service (SaaS), which involves running the backup application and storing backup copies in the cloud. Another infrastructure elimination approach is to outsource IT services to a managed service provider (MSP), allowing the MSP to host production applications and manage IT infrastructure, including backup and recovery operations. There are also multiple ways to integrate on-premises backup functions with the cloud via a disk-to-disk-to-cloud (D2D2C) approach: leveraging a public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS), creating a virtual private cloud in a public cloud environment or developing a private cloud infrastructure.
Leveraging a public cloud infrastructure
A D2D2C approach with a public cloud infrastructure involves using an on-premises backup application that directly or indirectly integrates with IaaS vendors, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nirvanix, Rackspace and others, via the IaaS vendor's published API. The APIs often support representational state transfer (REST) running over HTTP. Backup vendors that support the APIs directly write natively into a cloud service. Vendors such as Actifio, AppAssure (acquired by Dell), Arkeia, CA, CommVault, Druva, Symantec (NetBackup and Backup Exec) and Zmanda have done the heavy lifting to integrate their backup apps so they can communicate with other vendors' cloud-based services. This eliminates the need for IT organizations to do complex scripting or employ cloud gateway appliances to integrate with the cloud services. However, users may need to purchase an add-on "cloud connector" or update media agents to the latest service pack to be compatible with a cloud storage provider's infrastructure.
As an alternative to per-cloud integration via APIs, some backup vendors take advantage of cloud gateways for integration. Backup apps that don't speak in REST interfaces can use the cloud as a storage repository via the use of a cloud gateway, such as those from Ctera Networks, F5 Networks, Nasuni, Panzura, Riverbed, StorSimple or TwinStrata. For example, an on-premises Riverbed Whitewater appliance can be deployed as a local storage target for the in-house backup application. It provides local deduplicated storage and automatic wide-area network (WAN)-optimized replication of data to a public cloud, including AT&T Synaptic Storage, Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Nirvanix and Rackspace. Some of the backup vendors implementing this form of cloud integration include CA, CommVault, IBM, Quest, Symantec and Veeam.
While the purchase of a cloud storage gateway appliance is an added cost, it can provide greater flexibility in IaaS vendor selection. This type of implementation, however, does have some drawbacks. First, IT organizations may have to adjust deduplication, compression and encryption settings. Deduplication, compression and encryption performed by the backup application itself would be redundant to the services offered by a gateway appliance like Riverbed's. Also, retention settings for local and cloud storage are typically configured at the gateway appliance -- and not at the backup application -- which can introduce a layer of management complexity. Lastly, the backup application only sees the gateway device as the local storage repository; it's not aware of copies replicated by the gateway appliance to the cloud tier, a situation that can delay recovery if the backup application requests data that resides only in the cloud.
Virtual private cloud integration
For IT organizations that have concerns about the performance and/or security of using the shared infrastructure of a public cloud but still want the economic and scalability benefits, a virtual private cloud (VPC) implementation may be more appropriate. A VPC exists within a shared or public cloud, and links cloud services with corporate-owned and -operated computing resources, but typically offers enterprise-grade security and performance. This option provides the privacy and reliability of dedicated resources with the rapid scalability and cost benefits of a shared-service model. The availability of a VPC will vary from one service provider's IaaS platform to the next.
A variation of a VPC approach is also offered by some MSPs that have developed IaaS that's based on on-premises-compatible technologies. Several backup vendors taking the non-public cloud stance in favor of MSP enablement include Actifio, EMC, FalconStor, IBM, NetApp, Symantec, Syncsort, Veeam and VMware. In this scenario, the service provider receives its tenant's backups directly and maintains them on like infrastructure. For example, iland, an MSP, offers a hosted DR solution for VMware vSphere virtual machines based on Veeam Backup & Replication. Similarly, Verizon Terremark partners with NetApp to build out a cloud-based, multi-tenant backup solution based on NetApp's storage systems and data protection portfolio. EMC's cloud strategy is based on a similar model to deliver remote and replicated backup services. EMC MSPs use EMC Data Domain or EMC Avamar at the subscriber's site for local protection, and replicate copies to multi-tenant configurations of EMC Data Domain or EMC Avamar at the MSP's site for cloud copies.
Creating a private cloud
Companies that want the scalability and economic benefits of a shared infrastructure, and to maintain full custody and control of their corporate assets, may choose to develop a private cloud infrastructure. A private cloud infrastructure is intended for a single organization, but it delivers on-demand network access to a shared pool of elastic IT resources just like a public cloud. In this case, corporate sites use local, perpetually licensed backup apps to perform backup tasks and store backup data in the off-site private cloud. Most backup vendors' products are based on multi-tenant architectures and can be used in private cloud implementations. Furthermore, several backup vendors are integrating with VMware vCloud Director in anticipation of its role in private and MSP-enabled clouds.
Single-vendor integrated backup
Cloud integration for backup is greatly simplified when the on-premises technology and cloud IaaS come from the same vendor, such as with EVault and SunGard Availability Services. With these implementations, on-premises software or an all-in-one backup appliance provides local protection, and off-site replication to the vendor's cloud facilitates disaster recovery. SunGard's Recover2Cloud for Server Replication replicates physical and virtual systems to the cloud, while Recover2Cloud for Vaulting copies backup sets to the SunGard cloud. EVault Plug-n-Protect is an on-premises appliance that combines with EVault Offsite Replication Service, which replicates the on-site "vault" to the EVault cloud to create a cloud-integrated solution. In addition to the "one throat to choke" benefits of dealing with a single vendor for an end-to-end solution, what stands out with these vendors is that they also offer recovery services where teams at the cloud data center can facilitate recovery in the cloud infrastructure.
Recovery in the cloud
Integrating on-site backup with public, private or virtual private clouds is only feasible if uplink bandwidth is sufficient. A daily incremental backup of a 100 GB of data at a 10 Mbps transfer rate could take nearly 24 hours to complete. Upgrading to a 100 Mbps connection reduces transfer time significantly to a little more than two hours; however, bandwidth costs are often doubled. That's why it's important to take advantage of bandwidth optimization features, such as deduplication and compression. The only "gotcha" is that data in a deduplicated or compressed state in the cloud still has to be "reconstituted" and restored to be recognized by the production application. The data isn't in a usable state for a cloud-based DR scenario and there could be a time delay if a bulk transfer of data from cloud storage needs to occur for on-site recovery either over a bandwidth connection or via shipped portable media.
One remedy to this dilemma is to recover in the cloud. Implementing a D2D2C strategy for a whole system in the cloud -- not just the data -- improves recovery time objectives. For subscribers who have virtualized workloads at their primary site, this scenario is straightforward. The portability of a virtual machine encapsulating an application instance streamlines whole system backup and recovery processes. Nearly all backup vendors support backup and recovery of virtual systems, so it's just a matter of contracting for the compatible cloud resources to create a failover site.
Some vendors, namely Arkeia and Zmanda, offer a virtual backup appliance. This allows customers to run the backup server in the cloud and replicate data between the on-premises backup server and the cloud-based one. Data can be restored in the cloud or the cloud storage can be mounted for on-premises backup services. Other products such as AppAssure and Symantec Backup Exec can perform recoveries in the cloud. Symantec's solution is limited to virtual environments, but AppAssure can protect both physical and virtual systems. Replication between the on-premises AppAssure backup server and an AppAssure Core instance running in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) makes it possible to recover in the cloud on demand. The ability to run the backup application in the cloud also helps organizations protect cloud-resident production applications.
Cloud infrastructure offers tremendous advantages to reduce costs and simplify recovery operations, especially for integrated backup. The on-demand, pay-as-you-go characteristics of cloud storage services are a perfect match for the D2D2C use cases for reducing or eliminating tape media and facilitating disaster recovery.
BIO: Lauren Whitehouse has more than 25 years of experience covering backup and replication, and other data protection technologies.


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This op-ed was published at CNN.com for Fareed Zakaria's Global Innovation Showcase
I understand that you can get rich off iPhone applications. Projected revenue for Apple's App Store in 2011 is $2.91 billion, and 70% goes to app developers. I know we're overwhelmed by stories of big money in tech startups (see Facebook's $50 billion valuation and the box office success of The Social Network).
That said, I'd like to deliver a message to Millennials – you can innovate with a different purpose. There are new and exciting platforms for social impact. More than 5 billion people now own mobile phones. 50% of people on the African continent use mobile devices, and they will soon be ubiquitous. 90% of the world's population is covered by a mobile signal.
This technology is spreading faster than anything we've ever seen.
This past Sunday marked the 30th year in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Millennials won't remember the first diagnosis, but we do know the stakes have escalated. Our moral circle has expanded, and we are taking action locally and globally. Ever-expanding tech infrastructure provides opportunities to tackle seemingly intractable problems.
In 2007, I met community health workers in rural Malawi who were walking 45 miles every week to hand-deliver updates on HIV-positive patients in their remote villages. We bridged that gap with text messaging, using 100 cell phones and open source software. In six months, the number of patients treated for tuberculosis doubled, emergency care was provided for the first time, and the health workers saved thousands of hours of travel time.
The success of that pilot launched a nonprofit mobile technology company, Medic Mobile. Today 3,000 health workers across 12 countries use our tools to improve healthcare for 500,000 people. We often use SMS, or text messaging, because it is the lowest common denominator and it reaches the last mile. This week, we're announcing the first SIM card application for healthcare, which will run on 80% of the world's phones – from $15 handsets to Android smartphones to tablets.
Knowing that over 1 billion people never see a healthcare worker, we're building applications to support patients, health workers, doctors and public health officials using technology that's quickly finding its way into everyone's hands. The first SIM app, Kuvela (which means "to listen" in Chichewa), will let community health workers track vital drug stocks and provide real-time reports on disease.
If you're looking for whiz-bang tech to get you excited about social impact, examples abound. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan and his team of graduate students at UCLA have built a $20 camera phone add-on that uses a new imaging technique to auto-diagnose malaria, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases using MMS (multimedia messaging).
Rob Munro, a computational linguist at Stanford University, is harnessing artificial intelligence and natural language processing to classify symptoms reported by health workers and patients for disease surveillance. These are some of the smartest people on earth, and they've chosen to innovate for the public good.
Justin Timberlake, playing Sean Parker in The Social Network, scoffed at a million dollars and set the revenue bar at a billion dollars. I'm looking forward to the next blockbuster movie about our generation, where the most memorable line will be, "You know what's cool? Improving the lives of a billion people."
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The "Since U Been Gone" hit maker was single for most of her time in the spotlight until hooking up with Blackstock, who is her manager's son, last year after a lengthy friendship.
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Officers from the Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) will no longer be sent "behind enemy lines" in China to collect intelligence, sources are saying, which, if true, could undermine Taiwan's ability to understand developments in China.
Citing unnamed sources in intelligence circles, the Chinese--language China Times reported last week that under new directives issued to the military spy agency, the bureau would no longer be allowed to send its agents to China or direct Taiwanese businesspeople based there to collect classified information or develop spy networks.
According to the article, the MIB will be barred from breaking laws and regulations in China and will limit itself to using networks that are already in place to collect information from open sources such as journals, books, newspapers and academic papers.
Meanwhile, its collection of classified information and human intelligence on China will focus on overseas Chinese or Chinese who visit Taiwan on a regular basis.
Amid the government's restructuring efforts, the bureau has been streamlined to cover six areas of responsibility, namely: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Europe, electronic intelligence and administration.
Similar directives appear to have been issued to the National Security Bureau (NSB), the nation's principal civilian spy agency.
According to the China Times, NSB officers will cease cooperating with allies in Southeast Asia in monitoring Chinese vessels passing through the Strait of Malacca and could curtail efforts to conduct "backdoor" communications intercepts inside China via India.
In addition, an unidentified country in Central America has also approached the NSB and offered to monitor and collect intelligence from China's representative office in that country for the Taiwanese government, provided that the NSB was willing to provide the funding needed for the operation. The bureau turned down the offer after thorough consideration.
According to an anonymous source familiar with Taiwan's intelligence collection operations, China's representative offices in various countries have always been vital channels through which the Taiwanese government obtained intelligence, as their security measures on classified documentations were less stringent than those seen within the Chinese government.
"In the past, we [the Taiwanese government] would normally not turn down such 'paid service' for intelligence collection due to the adequate funding earmarked for such purposes and China's apparent efforts to poach our country's diplomatic allies in Central America," the source said.
Ministry of National Defense spokesman Major-General David Lo (羅紹和) told the Taipei Times yesterday that the ministry does not comment on intelligence matters.
Such directives, which could not be independently confirmed, would occur as Beijing increases pressure on the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to engage in political talks and sign a peace accord. Although a drawdown of aggressive intelligence collection in China could send signals of goodwill to Beijing, it should be noted that intelligence agencies rarely discuss their means of collection or the true nature of their operations.
Among other restructuring plans, the MIB's information operations will now fall directly under General Staff Headquarters rather than the NSB, with the unit in charge of communications intercepts in China being annexed to the ministry's Communications Development Office, the China Times said, adding that the unit had moved to Sindian District (新店), New Taipei City (新北市).


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Environmentalists' report calls proposal for east-west Maine highway 1 of nation's worst
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � A report by an environmental group calls the proposed east-west highway across Maine one of the worst transportation projects in the United States.
The Sierra Club report released Tuesday, which examines 50 of the country's best and worst transportation projects, says the privately run, four-lane toll highway cutting through the Maine woods would have negative impacts on air and water quality and critical wildlife habitat. It says a freight rail line parallel to the proposed route could reduce vehicle miles traveled and redirect public investments toward passenger and commuter rail.
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Arm of the Lord, awake, awake!
Put on thy strength, the nations shake,
And let the world, adoring, see
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee.
Say to the heathen from thy throne:
"I am Jehovah, God alone."
Thy voice their idols shall confound,
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Let Zion's time of favor come;
O bring the tribes of Israel home;
And let our wond'ring eyes behold
Gentile and Jews in Jesus' fold.
Almighty God, thy grace proclaim
In ev'ry clime of every name;
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oz93666 wrote:Hi jim ...while I agree with the spirit of your thread .... that we need to question and be suspicious of everything main stream science tells us , I cannot agree with your main proposition ...
Water does dissolve in air , many experiments demonstrate this, every fluid does , even mercury , as demonstrated by people getting mercury poisoning when breathing air in contact with the liquid.... When water dissolves in air , it exerts a vapour pressure that effectively pushes out some of the air , and since gaseous water is less dense than air , it will make it buoyant.
oz93666 wrote:Where does the water go when a puddle of water evaporates ? when clothes are hung out to dry , where does the water go ? Into the air ...this is basic science .....
Maol wrote:I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Maol wrote:I guarantee, competent tuners of racing engines become very aware of the water vapor in the atmosphere
Maol wrote:because H2O vapor displaces air and so reduces the amount of Oxygen in a given volume of air,
Maol wrote:which correspondingly reduces power output and must be dealt with by adjusting fuel delivery to maintain the best power Fuel/Oxygen ratio. At the same track and same barometric pressure, a large change in humidity can affect carburetor jet size more than a barometric pressure change equivalent to 2-3000 ft. difference in altitude. Thousands of serious racers each have a weather station at their trailer and closely monitor atmospheric factors as a race day progresses, particularly from day to night, because properly adjusting an engine for a change in atmospheric conditions can be worth several thousand dollars in either direction.
Maol wrote:The partial pressure of H2O vapor in the atmosphere is such a basic and universal phenomenon, I am baffled how anyone can be confused about it.
jimmcginn wrote:Thanks. Maybe you consider a hobby that isn't so, you know, complicated.
Maol wrote:jimmcginn wrote:Thanks. Maybe you consider a hobby that isn't so, you know, complicated.
What is it you think is complicated? Dew point? Partial pressure? What?
kevin wrote:Weather systems and tidal variations are local consequences of the inputs and outputs ( spin) of consciousness ( aether/plasma, call it what You like)
James McGinn wrote: The boiling temperature/pressure of H2O is common knowledge and it plainly refutes the
notion that moist air contains gaseous H2O.
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NICEVILLE � More than 200 pairs of much-needed shoes made their way to Haiti in mid-June thanks to a team of 30 Rocky Bayou Christian School students, alumni, and parents.
Before leaving for Haiti, the students conducted a shoe drive, collecting essential footwear for Haitian children and adults. As part of their mission trip, the RBCS team delivered the shoes directly to the Z�Orange village and saw the shoes go home with grateful boys, girls, men, and women, many of them arriving barefoot to the shoe distribution center.
�Seeing how much people appreciated the shoes we brought made me realize how much I take for granted. Coming to Haiti has opened my eyes to see how much I�ve been blessed with and how I can serve and bless others in the future,� said Michelle Earl a rising senior at RBCS.
Along with the special shoe delivery, the team spent the 12-day mission trip constructing a critically needed outhouse, building benches and chalkboards, and painting the village church�s school. Additionally they filled in the footers for a local medical clinic wall.
When not helping with construction, team members performed skits and dramas and taught at various churches and schools. As a final celebration of their time in Haiti, the team put on a carnival for the children of the local area.
�We are thankful for this annual opportunity for RBCS students to serve in Haiti,� said Lisa Eaves, Haiti mission team leader and RBCS athletic director �Like nothing else we do, this mission trip allows us to bring the love of Jesus to others and truly opens our eyes beyond ourselves.
�The character and servant-leadership that is built during these two weeks stays with each student for a lifetime.�
Rocky Bayou Christian School is a K3-12 college preparatory school providing Christ-centered private education. It�s based in Niceville and Destin.
For more information about Rocky Bayou Christian School, visit www.rbcs.org or call 850-678-5878.


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Boswell Rep to Hold Office Hours in Reinbeck, Grundy Center and Dysart
Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in Reinbeck, Grundy Center and Dysart, Friday, May 14th for open office hours. Greg Johnson, Boswell District Representative in the area, will be at:
Reinbeck City Hall from 9:00am 10:00am
Grundy Center Kling Public Library from 11:00am 12:00 Noon
Dysart City Hall from 2:30pm 3:30pm
Johnson will be on hand to work with individuals who are having difficulty with a government agency, have suggestions for the Congressman or would just like to share their concerns. Members of the public are invited to attend.
If you are unable to attend these office hours but have a concern to share, please contact Congressman Boswell's district office toll free at 1-888-432-1984 or by email at email@example.com, or visit Congressman Boswell's website at www.house.gov/boswell.