This is the current version of the SHNS infrastructure:

<graph>
digraph Shns {
	subgraph clusterDC {
	  ShnsDC[shape=plaintext];
	  Editor -> LocalDropZone -> SyndicationMultiplexor ;
	  SHNSWebSite ;
	}
	  edge[style=dashed] ;
	  SyndicationMultiplexor -> LexusNexus ;
	subgraph clusterKnoxville {
	  KnoxvilleHosting[shape=plaintext];
	  SyndicationMultiplexor -> KnoxvilleStoryDrop ;

	  edge[style=solid] ;
	  KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> SHNSDB ;
	  SHNSDB -> LegacyColdFusionPages ;
	  SHNSDB -> XMLScripts ;

	  edge[style=dashed] ;
	  XMLScripts -> SHNSWebSite ;

	  
	  edge[style=solid] ;
	  SHNSDB -> ContextCartridge -> EditorSearch -> Editors ;
	  SHNSDB -> FFFeeds -> FFCore -> FFCMA -> OtherFFSites;


	  edge[style=dashed weight=1] ;
	  //EditorSearch -> SHNSWebSite ;
	  EditorSearch -> XMLScripts ;

	}
//	node[shape=box] ;
//	CoreNote[label="Each of these\nsteps occurs\nin VGNP"] ;
//	CoreNote -> FFCore ;
}
</graph>


And here is the proposed architecture:

<graph>
digraph Shns {
	
	subgraph clusterDC {
	  ShnsDC[shape=plaintext];
	  Editor -> LocalDropZone ;
	}

	  LexusNexus ;

	subgraph clusterKnoxville {
	  KnoxvilleHosting[shape=plaintext];
	  edge[style=dashed] ;

	  LocalDropZone -> KnoxvilleStoryDrop ;
	  

	  edge[style=solid] ;
	  KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> SHNSDB ;
	  KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> Verity ;
	  SHNSDB -> LegacyColdFusionPages ;
	  SHNSDB -> SHNSWebSite ;

	  SHNSDB -> EditorSearch ;
			 Verity -> EditorSearch -> Editors ;
Verity -> SHNSWebSite ;
	  SHNSDB -> FFFeeds -> FFCore -> FFCMA -> OtherFFSites;
	}
edge[style=dashed dir=back];
 LexusNexus ->KnoxvilleStoryDrop;
}
</graph>

  I've been talking to CraigHubbs about verity for this.