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There is an American revolution brewing among citizens across the nation. But no need for Paul Revere or muskets this time around; ours is a peaceful and growing social movement to rethink how we manage biodiversity in the U.S.
We need a national movement to transform our state wildlife agencies.
Having recently retired from my 35-year career as a scientist committed to wildlife conservation, I'm invested in current efforts to reform our state fish and wildlife agencies. I'm now a volunteer member of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Diversity Advisory Council, a 17-member committee that advises the department's director on non-game wildlife. Given my observations, I believe WDFW faces challenges that illustrate why we need a national movement to transform our state wildlife agencies.
Wildlife management in this country depends on the combined actions of government agencies, non-profit conservation organizations, and individual citizens, with the legal authority to enforce environmental laws and wildlife protections resting in the hands of federal, state, and local governments. Over the past decades, the U.S. has implemented some of the world's most comprehensive conservation legislation, yet 1 in 5 animal and plant species is at risk of extinction. We absolutely must do better.
The Focus on Hunters and Fishers
WDFW has a two-pronged mission: "To preserve, protect and perpetuate fish, wildlife and ecosystems while providing sustainable fish and wildlife recreational and commercial opportunities" (emphasis added). In other words, WDFW must work to ensure the conservation of all Washington's fish and wildlife on the one hand, and provide for the recreational and consumptive use of the state's wild resources on the other. This split personality often leads to conflict among the agency's stakeholders and 1,800 employees, who together are responsible for meeting its very broad objectives with a $225 million annual budget—which has remained disconcertingly stagnant in recent years.
WDFW is funded through the state legislature and overseen by a 9-member Fish and Wildlife Commission appointed by the governor. The struggle to set WDFW's priorities is especially troublesome when these priorities become politicized by certain interest groups who feel they have a preferential stake in the department.
Hunters and fishers ("consumptive users") possess a strong sense of entitlement in Washington as they do countrywide, mostly because state wildlife agencies have historically relied heavily upon these groups for funding through licenses, permits, and federal excise taxes on guns, ammunition, and fishing and boating equipment. But there are problems with this legacy of financial dependence—chief among them that hunters are in decline and angler numbers are flat.
Today, Washington's hunters comprise less than 4% of the population, and fishers only 10%, yet they together supply about 35% of WDFW's revenue. Nationally, the funding discrepancy between consumptive and "non-consumptive wildlife users"—bird watchers, campers, hikers, and other outdoor recreationists—appears even more dramatic, with reports suggesting that hunters and anglers in some states account for 60%–90% of wildlife agency revenues. There is more to the story, however.
Based upon my back-of-napkin calculations, the average Washington hunter pays WDFW about $150 annually from licenses, permits, and taxes, and fishers pay $75. In contrast, each non-consumptive wildlife user provides WDFW with $5–$10 each year through taxes. But because there are many more non-consumptive users than hunters and fishers, this group covers roughly 35% of WDFW's budget as well, with federal funds and other revenue sources making up the remaining 30%. Additionally, it is important to note that state wildlife agencies are only one component of the wildlife and habitat conservation ecosystem in the U.S, with the non-hunting public paying about 94% of the total tab.
Regardless of the budgetary numbers (and it is easy to quibble about the exact calculations), most WDFW staff treat hunters and fishers as their primary customers, and hunting and fishing as their main business. This is not a surprise. Consumptive users buy licenses, vigorously discuss and debate management regulations with staff, and actively lobby the governor and budget-setting legislators.
On the flip side, I have observed that wildlife enthusiasts in Washington are largely unaware of their tax contributions to WDFW and the department's role in non-game conservation. Thus, when non-consumptive users advocate for increasing expenditures for non-game or endangered species conservation—which currently account for less than 5% of WDFW's budget—they have relatively little political clout.
Stuck in a Rut
As I learned more about agency dynamics as a WDFW volunteer, I began to ask myself, "Why is there a continued emphasis by state wildlife agencies on hunting and fishing when we are facing a growing list of human-caused threats to all wildlife?" Remembering that mothers know best, I recalled that my own mom, a passionate history teacher, taught her students that to understand the present, first examine the past. Once this historical trajectory is understood, a future course can be better envisioned.
The history of wildlife management in the U.S. has been one of evolving values and associated human behaviors, shaped by changing ecological conditions, greater science-based knowledge, and effective political persuasion. While Native Americans and Europeans living in this part of North America between the 14th and the early 19th centuries made some attempts at wildlife protection through agreed upon social norms and laws, early settlers' primary relationship with wildlife before the mid-19th century followed a consistent pattern of exploitation moderated by very limited and utilitarian efforts to sustain certain wildlife populations.
By 1870, Western expansion and population growth had fueled an expanding meat market and the overhunting of game animals, with severe population declines of bison, deer, and waterfowl. This alarming trend sparked the modern conservation movement, which has grown into what wildlife professionals today call the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. The movement was primed by 3 influential precedents:
- the writings of popular naturalists like Emerson and Thoreau;
- the 1842 U.S. Supreme Court case Martin v. Waddell, which codified the concept of wildlife as "public trust" and places much of the responsibility of wildlife stewardship on state governments; and
- the development of a strong sport hunting constituency.
The 6 decades between 1870 to 1930 were pivotal to wildlife conservation because of the creation of conservation-related infrastructure, including state fish and wildlife agencies, numerous sportsman clubs, conservation and scientific organizations, Yellowstone as the world's first national park, the U.S. Forest Service, and our first national legislation for wildlife conservation—the Lacey Act.
President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909), an avid big game hunter, argued that hunting, public lands, and wildlife conservation were mutually supportive. When Franklin Roosevelt became president in 1933, conservation was boosted among the working class by the hiring of 3 million unemployed workers to build 800 new parks, plant 2 billion trees, and carry out other environmental initiatives. And in the 1930s, several important government research programs, such as the Cooperative Wildlife Research Program and the American Wildlife Institute, improved training for wildlife biologists and elevated the importance of science in wildlife policy.
As the conservation ecosystem grew, so did questions of purpose and funding. Was the aim to "conserve" natural resources for human use or to "preserve" nature as an end in itself? (Consider the different values underlying logging in our national forests versus the aesthetic enjoyment of our national parks.) The Pitman-Robertson Act of 1937 firmly set the tone of consumptive use in our state wildlife agencies. This act created an 11% federal tax on guns and ammunition to be distributed to states based on the number of hunting licenses sold, birthing the mantra that "hunters pay for state wildlife agencies." Similar taxes on consumptive use were put in place at the federal level, such as duck hunting (Duck Stamps) and fishing (Dingell-Johnson Act).
State wildlife agencies were entrenched as "fish and game" departments by 1970, managing for the sustained take of game animals and fish. Then came the era of Earth Day (launched April 22, 1970) and the public's demand for stronger environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Many states developed state-equivalents of ESA laws and non-game programs to list, recover, and protect endangered animals—often in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Washington's non-game unit was operational by 1978.) Regrettably, as the responsibilities of state wildlife agencies multiplied with time and funds became tight, the questions of purpose and funding re-emerged.
In recent decades, the federal government has increased funding to states for biodiversity conservation. For example, since 2005, it has provided funding to all 50 states for State Wildlife Action Plans—comprehensive blueprints for conserving fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. But in general, federal funds for wildlife diversity has been inadequate, and typically require matching grants from the states. Meanwhile, states are faced with either finding new sources of revenue for managing non-game species or cutting traditional programs for consumptive users.
I hope this history lesson helps to unveil the main reason behind the conflict between traditional consumptive users of game animals and fish, and those advocating for greater agency emphasis on preserving all species. Over the last 50 years, many new policy directives to study, recover, and protect threatened wildlife have been added to the workload of state wildlife agencies, but these directives have not been accompanied by necessary changes in the user-pays funding model or in an agency culture dominated by hunting and fishing. Despite much hard work and some significant successes achieved by the relatively few agency staff assigned to non-game efforts, we are stuck in a deep and deeply harmful rut—and wildlife is paying the price.
Breaking Free
State wildlife agencies need to forge a new path by modernizing their mission focus, relevancy, and funding based on the world we live in now. I am obviously not the first to say this. For more than 3 decades, many biologists and conservation groups have vocalized similar opinions, usually coupled with seeking more funds for state agencies to work on endangered, non-game animals and fish.
State wildlife agencies need to forge a new path by modernizing their mission focus, relevancy, and funding.
For example, the recently created Alliance for Fish and Wildlife is lobbying for the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647). This bill, introduced by Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nebraska) in late 2017, would provide $1.3 billion in annual funding to state fish and wildlife agencies. The money would go toward conserving state-identified at-risk species, with $7 billion to $12 billion in funding generated by oil, gas, and onshore mineral royalties. WDFW would receive about $25 million each year—more than 5 times what it now spends on at-risk species.
The sharp historical focus on recovering overhunted game made sense at the turn of the 20th century, when people had no awareness of the impending extinction crisis nor a detailed understanding of how biodiversity is essential to human wellbeing. And this targeted focus on managing game and fish generally succeeded. Most game and fish populations are in relatively good health today, and the user-pays model was sufficient for many years. But state wildlife agencies are now in serious financial decline because hunter and angler numbers are down, resulting in less license and tax revenue. What worked well for wildlife agencies in the first half of the 20th century won't necessarily work well today. Conditions change.
My experience at WDFW suggests that mission focus and relevancy are equally important to funding when it comes to advancing conservation. Before we seek more funding for our state agencies, we should make sure we and they are asking some key questions, like: Why is it important to conserve wildlife today? Why dedicate more valuable public funds to saving wildlife? Should wildlife funding come from the federal government or state governments? What is the appropriate amount of funding for wildlife conservation? Who stands to benefit most from these funds?
From a human-centric perspective, my answer is that we must protect the full range of benefits wild animals provide to people, including ecological benefits, sustainable use, and aesthetic value. I and many others would add that animals have intrinsic value that alone warrants our compassion and care. Put another way, the first part of WDFW's mission, to preserve, protect and perpetuate fish, wildlife and ecosystems, must be given higher priority in response to our current ecological and environmental conditions.
Among other changes, agencies must place greater emphasis on research, monitoring, and program evaluation—in short, science-informed management. With this said, focusing more broadly on the full diversity of wildlife does not mean that WDFW ought to abandon or even diminish its role in managing hunters and fishers.
Once the "why" of protecting wildlife equates to ensuring human health and wellbeing, the importance of WDFW's mission will be elevated and changed. WDFW's work is not just nice to do for recreational purposes and some commercial interests, it is essential for our children's future.
With new vision, WDFW's focus could and should expand to include a larger array of species, and should among other things place greater emphasis on habitat restoration, wildlife corridors, and protecting ecosystem diversity. Furthermore, the historical split between consumptive users and non-consumptive users, and arguments about who is paying for WDFW's services, becomes a false dichotomy. Everyone has a stake in WDFW's preserving the full range of Washington's wildlife as part of creating a sustainable world.
Significantly, with a paradigm change that links wildlife preservation to the quality of life for all, we should be able to more easily argue for new revenue sources from general tax funds and to rely less on hunting and fishing revenues. In Washington, for instance, we could follow Missouri's lead and enhance wildlife conservation funding with a 1/10 of 1% addition to the state sales tax, which would provide another $150 million of revenue. I can think of no more worthwhile a cause.
Take Action
Revolutions are not easy. Join us in changing the role of your state wildlife agency by taking these steps:
- Think about how much are you willing to pay to strengthen wildlife conservation in your state. Do you know how much you are paying now?
- Learn all you can about your state agency by visiting its website, signing up for newsletters, commenting on public documents, and attending meetings of oversight boards or commissions. What programs and commitments are dedicated to threatened and at-risk species?
- Become familiar with the proposed Recovering America's Wildlife Act. Contact your national legislators and let them know you support increased funds for state-designated at-risk species.
- Consider volunteering for your state wildlife agency. There are usually a variety of opportunities, including a growing number of fascinating citizen science projects.
Dr. Koontz's career as a conservation biologist included positions with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Trust, and Woodland Park Zoo. He also served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and University of Washington. His wildlife projects took him around the globe, and included work on behalf of howler monkeys and manatees in Belize, forest elephants in Cameroon, tigers in Malaysia, and snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan. Dr. Koontz currently serves as an advisor for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.


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In this fun online game you will have to arrange your timing wisely. Try to advance as far as you can. Click and drag the ball to avoid falling. Be careful! Watch out for the obstacles! Set your best score. You can change your skin as well. Unlock skins with by collecting more coins. Good luck!


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One of the questions often asked is: 'Does race matter in ESO?'. In most cases, what people mean by that question is whether the choice of race (which is made at character creation and then locked in) will negatively affect what a character can do much later in the game?
You'll get people arguing that, 'Yes, race really does matter'. And it is true that, if you are concerned about gaining every little advantage for end-game content, a specific race (and more specifically, racial passives) will give a small – but crucial – edge. Then other's will come along and argue that, 'No, race doesn't matter, just choose whichever race you like aesthetically'.
As with many of these discussions, the truth is something in-between. Race does matter due to the passives that come with each race. But you won't ruin your character by choosing the 'wrong' race, and you can do everything you want to do with any race.
In ESO each race automatically unlocks its own Racial Skill line at Level 5. Immediately you will gain a passive (without spending a skill point). Three further passive skills – each with three ranks – become available as you progress through the levels. So, to unlock all of your racial passives you will need to invest a total of nine skill points.
Let's illustrate how all this stacks up against Skyrim by using our Khajiit as an example:
A Khajiit in Skyrim inherits
A Khajiit in ESO gets
Of course San-daro is beautiful Khajiit. What other race would be comparable?
Tips for choosing race in ESO
So much for race choice, what about choosing a class?
Long term Elder Scrolls fans will recall how choosing a class was part of the character creation process. Skyrim abandoned classes in favour of an open-ended character development through the use of perk trees, but all the earlier Elder Scrolls games allowed players to either choose a class from a pre-made list of templates, or create a custom class.
Classes in the single-player Elder Scrolls games consist of
In Oblivion a class was suggested near the end of the tutorial. Remember Baurus with his 'I'm guessing you are an experienced (fill in the blank)' line? Although most players would likely create a custom class anyway, especially given that you were able to name the custom class.
San-daro was born for Nightblade
Classes in ESO are quite different, and more restrictive than in previous Elder Scrolls games, since class choice makes certain skills unavailable. There are currently five classes in ESO
In contrast to the earlier games, classes in ESO confer no starting bonuses. However, they do give access to skill lines – three for each of the archetypes. Whilst the class skill lines are not the only way to build a character – there are also skill lines connected with armour, weapon types, guilds and various other features – class skill lines are typically the basic 'building blocks' of character building.
Watch YouTube videos or read web guides about ESO class choice and you'll see a lot of people talking about roles – tanks, healers and DPS. And many people specifically choose their class with their role in mind. However, keep in mind that 'role' is relevant only where PvP is concerned – and since this is a guide about purely solo play, you don't need to get hung up too much on 'roles'. In effect the solo player needs to be able to adapt to all the traditional roles in PvP. In other words, there will be times when you need to 'tank' enemies – not least when cornered! You're obviously going to need to have a way to self-heal. And a large part of getting through enemies is going to be about your ability to deal damage.
That means that, when preparing for solo play, class choice is much more a matter of personal preference than it would be when trying to fit a group role. A good player can play any style of character in any class.
Having said that, the specific skill lines mean that certain types of character will be considerably easier to play in a particular class. For example, a Sorcerer is going to be much more viable as a mage than a melee character. And if you want to play as a rogue, there are good reasons to go with a Nightblade.
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Think about your class by analysing the class skill trees and making the choice based on which skills appeal to your preferred playstyle.
By thinking a bit about these sorts of questions, you'll be able to choose a class which fits more organically with your preferred style of playing the game. Remember that class choice is permanent – once you hit that button in character creation you commit to your class skill lines –and lock out all the other class skill lines. The only way to experience the other skill lines is to make a new character!
Many new ESO players make a character in each class and play the first few levels. Playing each class for a few hours, perhaps up to Level 10 or so, will give you a much better idea about which class 'works' for you.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – As part of the wide range of career technical education (CTE) courses offered at Thurston High School, one class is learning how to build electric race cars.
From robotics to construction and wood technology, to metal fabrication and more, students have a lot of choices, and one of them is Mark Bray's transportation technology e-car racing class, which uses the school's metal and wood shop.
Equipment and ventilation systems are funded by Measure 98, and the hardware of the cars is funded by the Springfield Utility Board.
Bray said building the cars requires a lot of effort and skills that his students will need in the workplace.
"So there's team building," Bray said. "There's also a lot of skills – welding, of course, and metal bending. But work skills, habits, you know, being here on time."
Bray said he's had students go directly into the workforce after graduating from high school, and he's certain their CTE courses will encourage more students to do the same.
KEZI is partnering with industry leaders in our area to address the lack of workers for skilled jobs. To learn more about our "Skilled to Work" campaign, click here.
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A few months ago, I blogged about my monthly food expenditure, and it's time to revisit that post now that 2018 is in the books. At first glance, the below chart seems to show that my average monthly food expenditure didn't really change in 2018. Recall a few key dates:
Q4 2006: We took occupancy of our condo, so we practiced a lot of "fiscal restraint" as we wanted to pay off the condo as quickly as we could.
Q4 2011: We paid off the condo in 5 years and became debt-free. My monthly food expenditures started tracking upward steadily after that.
Note: the below charts represents my monthly expenditure only, i.e., my half of the grocery bill, my half of meals at restaurants with hubby, and my personal expenses when I go out for food with friends.
The above chart tells us that, on average, I spent around the same amount on food in 2018 as I did in the past several years. However, if we look at the below chart, which summarizes my actual food expenditure in each month of 2018, it's pretty clear that I was able to shift my spending significantly. A few more key dates:
June: I submitted my resignation notice.
July: Hubby and I had longstanding plans to travel to New York and Montreal. We splurged on a number of meals (some amazing, some not).
August: I worked my last month at my full-time job. In preparation for my gap year, I started being more discerning with all my expenses.
It's important to reiterate that part of the reason I was able to quit my job was because I was getting tired of going out and spending money on restaurants. In my heyday of going to nice restaurants, I couldn't fathom giving up that lifestyle. At the same time, I knew we were indulging too often, so I started experimenting with the eat-at-home challenge in November 2016, and I slowly rediscovered my passion for cooking. I love eating at home now, and oddly enough, dining out doesn't produce the same euphoric feeling that it used to.
I've done the eat-at-home challenge four times now, and I enjoy it more and more each time. My most recent challenge was completed in November 2018. If you watched my eat-at-home vlogs, you will have seen that I ate very well during this month. I bought tons of groceries and experimented with many different recipes. I was shocked to see that my monthly expenses for this eat-at-home challenge came in at the lowest level ever. Beyond that, I've been able to really reign in my spending since August, but I don't feel deprived in the slightest. Stuff like this makes me so happy.
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It's time that you begin to attack life. If you aren't where you want to be it's because your're not who you need to be. Everything you want is out their waiting on you. There is nothing that can stop you from becoming the person you ought to be. There will be obstacles and challenges, but those only exist to test how bad you really want it. Attacking life is about making a decision and not stopping until you get it done. I've heard the question asked many time to successful people. To what do you attribute your success? So many times the answer is simply, I made a decision. A made up mind is a powerful weapon. Your decisions will lay the foundations from which all other elements will blossom. Your decisions give you direction and that direction will lead you to a destination. That's the power of having a made up mind. So it time that you stop pushing to the side, putting off and procrastinating. It's time that you make the decision and begin to attack life. Your life is not a rehearsal. You've only got one shot, so make it count. It's time to decide who you want to become, where you want to be and what you want to have. Let's get to work! Attack Life.
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Its important that we work on our attitude. Your attitude is a reflection of your state of mind. As we learn to manage and become more aware of our state of mind, we can begin to manage our attitude. Wherever we are mentally, it will be from that point of view that our attitude will be projected out to the world. We want to be careful and deliberate about what we project out because what we send out comes back to us. So if we want good things to come our way, we have to initiate the process by sending good things out. We have to take control of our attitude and the first step to taking control is becoming aware. Awareness is key. Awareness puts you in position to make a decision. You get to decide how you want to respond to any situation. This is an absolute super power. If you are able to stay calm in a stressful situation you are ahead of the game. Many people go through life reacting to situations instead of responding. Consequently those reactions come with a price. So ask yourself, what is my attitude costing me? Is it costing you a job or a promotion? Is your attitude costing you a relationship with your friends, family, kids or spouse? What is your attitude costing you? Is it in the way of you becoming your best self? Now ask yourself, is it worth it? I'm not suggesting this will be easy, but I am suggesting that its possible. Your attitude may not determine what you deal with, but it will determine how you deal with it. It's time to make a decision about your attitude! Let's get to work.


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Additional authors: Gor§kov, L. P. (Lev Petrovich) | Dzëiìaloshinskiæi, I. E.Published by : Pergamon (Oxford) Physical details: 377p. 23cm.
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Ex-Credit Suisse manager selection head joins Anglo-Swiss Advisors
The former head of Manager Selection at Credit Suisse, Laurent Auchlin (pictured), has joined Aubonne-based consultancy firm Anglo-Swiss Advisors as managing director at the start of July.
He works alongside Philip Goldsmith and Jean-Marc Bianchi, the two other managing directors of the Swiss company whose range of services includes consultancy for asset management firms and outsourced manager selection.
At Credit Suisse, Auchlin had been responsible for a service dedicated to ultra-high net worth individuals in addition to his role of manager selection head. The service had been shut down a few months later, leading Auchlin to leave the Zurich-headquartered group.
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|Vietnam has successfully produced the vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Type O, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) (Photo: VNA)
The AVAC-V6 FMD Emulsion Type O, developed by AVAC, a member of the Rural Technology Development Group, has been certified by the MARD's Department of Animal Health.
MARD Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that the FMD is a dangerous, highly contagious disease that could cause huge economic losses. Therefore, Vietnam's success in producing the vaccine for the first time is extremely significant to the country's animal husbandry industry.
Cuong urged the Department of Animal Health to work with the producing company to devise plans for effective distribution of the vaccine, and work to improve the quality of the vaccine and reduce its cost.
He also asked the department to join hands with the MARD to build a safe zone against the disease.
Vietnam's husbandry sector needs to build plans to improve the vaccination in some key localities in the coming time, which will help the country's animal products to attain sustainable export markets, he said.
The success of producing the FMD vaccine is expected to help Vietnam better prevent diseases in animals, increase the rate of vaccinated livestock, and save millions of US dollars for farmers and the state budget, towards the eradication of the disease.


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Take the private cloud out of hybrid cloud computing
Private cloud hesitation often hampers hybrid cloud adoption. A DevOps mindset lets enterprises go hybrid without the private cloud commitment.
Nearly every company can find benefits in public cloud services, but most cannot justify a private cloud. Many enterprises have virtualized data centers, but see no need to go further. These enterprises run mission-critical applications on dedicated servers, where they're likely to stay. Hybrid cloud computing seems like a possibility, but the private cloud portion remains an obstacle. So, what if companies could create a hybrid cloud without that private cloud commitment? It's possible -- and easier than you'd think.
One barrier to hybrid cloud adoption has been private cloud use. A traditional hybrid cloud is a combination of public cloud services and a private cloud with orchestration and automation between the two. However, some companies are using cloud-friendly integration to combine public cloud application components with components that remain in the data center. And DevOps has made this possible.
Installing any application, particularly hybrid cloud apps, traditionally breaks into two phases: deployment and integration. In the deployment phase, copies of the application's components are installed where they will run. The integration phase connects components to one another and to application users. And while the deployment phase changes when you adopt the cloud -- public or private -- integration remains the same. You can reduce the turmoil of hybrid cloud adoption by leaving your on-premises data center resources in house.
DevOps saves the day
IT departments typically turn to flexible DevOps tools for app deployment -- in and out of the cloud. Tools like Chef and Puppet accommodate a variety of cloud management systems, which allows administrators to select the best public cloud services. But it's often overlooked that these tools both deploy and integrate application components; deployment doesn't have to be in the cloud. With DevOps, it's less important for the private cloud portion of a hybrid cloud application to actually reside in the private cloud.
DevOps enables businesses to take advantage of all the public cloud's benefits without changing internal IT practices to adopt a private cloud. There are three benefits to doing so:
- Many mission-critical applications are difficult to migrate to the cloud (even private cloud) for two reasons. First, the software was designed for dedicated server use. Second, the application's performance and stability requirements are best met with dedicated server and storage resources. Hybridizing these applications without moving core components to a private cloud offers cloud benefits to a whole new set of apps.
- Applications that run on older software platforms may be difficult to migrate to a private cloud. The business case for hybrid cloud is improved when these apps can simply run as they are.
- To run a private cloud, an organization needs tools and skills that most don't possess. Additionally, your company may not have enough IT staff or skills to create an efficient private cloud resource pool. Hybridizing public cloud services with internal non-cloud components can eliminate this.
Hybrid cloud computing minus private: How-to
To take advantage of a hybrid cloud without a private cloud commitment, look at the application workflow to determine which of its components can move to the public cloud. Generally, those components will be the front-end applications. Therefore, you'll need to develop cloud deployment practices for these apps.
The second step is to separate the application component deployment process from the component and user integration processes using workflows. The goal of deployment, from a hybridization perspective, is to create a set of directory entries that allow components to be located. In the same terms, the goal of integration is to thread connections through these directory entries to move information. It's crucial not to mix the two or you'll have to redo all your application lifecycle management (ALM) practices and tool decisions each time you make a change with your cloud provider or internal IT platform.
The biggest problem for hybridizing internal non-cloud components with public cloud services is elastically moving components across the cloud boundary on-demand or in failover scenarios. Don't plan to cloud-host something that you're not allowed to run in the public cloud for internal security or compliance reasons. Deal with the reliability, availability and scalability of the app components that need to run internally in other ways.
When you can cloudburst an on-premises application component, remember the principle of separating integration from deployment in DevOps and ALM practices. Component deployment differs depending on where it's hosted, but integration is the same if you've ensured both cloud and non-cloud deployments leave a trail of directory entries that represent each deployed component. Integration only works on these; as long as both cloud and non-cloud deployments result in the same integration directory entries, you can use the same practices and tools to perform the integration.
About the author:
Tom Nolle is president of CIMI Corp., a strategic consulting firm specializing in telecommunications and data communications since 1982.
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Savor – CT Food & Wine show
The "Savor" celebration of wine, food and spirits took place on April 10-11, 2015 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. It was an amazing celebration spotlighting top talent across the culinary industry.
The two-day celebration featured two sessions of the Grand Tasting, both Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Also, the event included a "Savor in Style" Charity gala on Saturday evening.
As you entered the conference center for the Grand Tasting, there were hundreds of wine glasses ready for you to use in sampling the wines and spirits from CT distributors.
Many of the exhibitors focused on quality, bringing some of their "top-shelf" bottles for guests to try.
There was an array of wine, spirits, beers, craft beers and hard cider distributors. It was a great opportunity to expand your palate and try something you wouldn't normally try (e.g., oxtail croquettes, cauliflower taco, foie gras bratwurst, calamari ceviche).
You were sure not to leave thirsty…or hungry!
The event also featured a tremendous assortment of culinary eats from top chefs and restaurants around the state! It was the best I've seen so far this year!
I was able to catch up with two of my favorite chefs – Tyler Anderson from Millwrights and Jaime McDonald from Bear's Smokehouse, along with The Bear's Smokehouse bear.
Bears featured their smoked brisket sliders and Millwrights featured their faro risotto.
A few of the other restaurants featured included: Barcelona
Octagon Restaurant at the Mystic Marriott
Max Restaurants had a main booth with Chef Scott Miller. And many of the Max Restaurants also were present.
NIXS restaurant was serving up their lobster and crab stuffed tater tots
And ON20's chef Lizotte was offering samples of turducken pate – hence my opportunity to try something I wouldn't normally try. It was interesting.
Plan B restaurants was showcasing their award-winning burger sliders and bourbons. I love their burger tower!
There were many other CT-based restaurants represented at the event – all showcasing their chefs and specialty dishes.
In addition, you could also find other food & beverage-related exhibitors like our friends from Shearwater Coffee
Whole Foods markets had a dessert sampling
And Carol's Eggs were having folks guess how many eggs were in the glass cylinder. Carol's offers pasture-raised organic eggs from small flocks on small family farms.
Another highlight to the grand tasting was the celebrity chef demonstrations. First on stage was Mary Ann Esposito. She's the creator and host of the PBS series Ciao Italia.
Marking its 25th anniversary, it's the longest cooking series in television history.
Next up was the headlining celebrity chef for the event, Robert Irvine. He is the host of Food Network's Dinner Impossible and Restaurant Impossible.
Marc Summers, who's a television producer, personality and host, joined him. Currently Summers is the executive producer of Restaurant Impossible.
Chef Irvine cooked with some audience members to create a simple and flavorful chicken thighs dish in minutes.
Chef Irvine did an exemplary job at recognizing the men and women in the armed forces. In addition, a portion of Savor's proceeds was donated to the Robert Irvine Foundation, a not-for-profit that honors men and women defending our country.
Finally, Chef Ming Tsai took the stage. Ming hosts the public television show called Simply Ming, which is in its 12th season. He's also chef and owner of Blue Ginger and Blue Dragon restaurants in the Boston area.
The chefs were wonderful at interacting with each other.
I loved the banter between Ming, Esposito and Irvine!
The entire Savor event was fabulous and extremely well planned. Already, Savor announced the dates for next year's event. It will take place at the same location on April 8-9, 2016. Mark your calendars, as it's an event you will not want to miss!
Have you ever been to a food and wine festival?
Disclaimer: While I was provided with complimentary tickets the SavorCT event, the opinions and views expressed above are my own and describe my personal experience at the event.


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February 26, 2009
I could so go for one of these right now…Posted by destral under Cars | Tags: Cars, Nano, Tata |
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February 26, 2009
Retro gaming, rereleases, and innovation.Posted by destral under Games
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Both PSN and XBOX Live have a bunch of games available for download these days, a lot of them straight ports from the first consoles rereleases of classic games that helped shape the videogame industry into what it is now. Like in Hollywood, there's a lot of Reanimation… Recycling… reviving of old IPs going on.
February 19, 2009
Thinking of the ChildrenPosted by destral under Games, MMOs, Uncategorized
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For the longest time, since back in the days when I played EQ, I had this conviction that maybe the activities players undertake in MMO's could be harnessed to affect the real world. I've thought about the subject a few times, but never really sat down and tried to come up with a practical example of how it might work, but yesterday, a news piece on Kotaku jolted the idea from it's dusty shelf in the back of my mind and into the grinder of conscious thought. (more…)
February 12, 2009
LegitimacyPosted by destral under Games
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Brian Green has a piece on the 'legitimacy' of the gaming industry as a medium over on Gamasutra. It's a couple of days old, and there's been a lot of discussion on the subject, but it's taken me this long to put my throughts in order on the matter.
To me the article brings up a couple of valid points, and it isn't 'How can we be more like Hollywood?'. Mr. Green is asking a number of different questions on several different levels. More than 'How can we be more like movies?', I think he's asking 'How can we reach the current level of penetration that movies and music have attained?', 'How can we become more culturally relevant?', 'How can we get non-gamers to take us more seriously?'. The parallel to movies is drawn because just about everyone in the world who can watches movies. There are movies for all tastes. Try to think of any group of people (men, women, singles, sports fans, etc), and try to think of a movie that group of people might be interested in watching. Chances are you'll be able to name at least 1 for every category you can think of, except a very few (vegans, wiccans, hmm, this might be a fun game to play…). (more…)


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Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
[ Thanks to David
Culp for this link. ]
"Laptops are becoming more and more popular as the price of your
average laptop continues to drop. Many people, myself included
would like to run Linux on their laptop. There are quite a few
resources scattered out on the net to help you get Linux onto your
laptop, help includes such things as webpages detailing laptops
known to work with Linux, drivers for laptop related hardware,
information on installing Linux onto a laptop and other tidbits of
information. There has not been (at least to my knowledge) a book
written on the subject of Linux and laptops until the publication
of Linux for Your Laptop by Prima Tech."
"Linux for Your Laptop is, as the name says, a book detailing
using Linux on a laptop computer. I thought when I first got the
book that it would simply have a chapter or two covering how to
install Linux on a laptop, running Linux on a laptop, hardware
considerations and a few other topics then the rest of the book
would be your basic Linux reference with the same material covered
in dozens of other books, I was wrong. This book is packed from
cover to cover with valuable Linux laptop information, and while
the author details the ins and outs of running Linux on a laptop he
manages to find time to slip in details on how to actually use
"The book starts off describing the hardware needs and
considerations you must take into account before buying a laptop
for Linux or attempting to install Linux on a laptop you already
own. Form factors, processors, graphics, expansion slots, sound and
most other hardware considerations are completely described. Where
appropriate the author points you to websites for further
information. In fact, the book is filled with links to further
information, drivers, programs and utilities. This is one thing
that makes the book extremely valuable to someone with a laptop, if
the book does not have the information you need then chances are it
can point you to where you need to go. The end of each chapter has
an extensive resource section that will point you to even more
places to look for information."
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