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Governare la trasformazione IT attraverso la BTO
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1 Governare la trasformazione IT attraverso la BTO IT Governance, Application delivery & Application Management Angelo Ullo ITG Solution Architect - Mercury
2 L'IT ha cambiato il modo di gestire le aziende 90% Percentuale di processi aziendali di importanza critica automatizzati dalle applicazioni aziendali Yankee Group $9B Mercato previsto nel 2004 per le applicazioni aziendali (ERP, CRM, SCM) Gartner/Dataquest 80% Percentuale di aumento nella produttività della manodopera statunitense dal 1995, attribuibile all'it Bank of Japan 2
3 È ora di ottimizzare l'it Il settore dell'it è attualmente in ripresa. I maggiori CIO oggi spostano la propria attenzione verso il valore a lungo termine, promuovendo la trasformazione dell'it. McKinsey & Co
4 Aree e obiettivi di trasformazione Governance Processi Sourcing Allineamento dell'it con l'azienda Applicazioni Infrastruttura Organizzazione Conquista del controllo e della credibilità Conseguimento della qualità operativa McKinsey & Co. 2004/Clienti Mercury 4
5 Accelerazione della trasformazione dell'it I CIO utilizzano la Business Technology Optimization per accelerare i propri programmi di trasformazione. Yankee Group
6 Business Technology Optimization VALORE AZIENDALE Richieste Applicazioni Stiamo lavorando sulle iniziative che danno valore vero? IT GOVERNANCE I nostri risultati IT rispondono agli obiettivi di business? RILASCIO DELLE APPLICAZIONI GESTIONE DELLE APPLICAZIONI SVILUPPO INFRASTRUTTURA 6
7 Iniziate con il processo Se non riuscite a descrivere il vostro operato in forma di processo, non avete idea di cosa stiate facendo. W. Edwards Deming 7
8 Maximize Value Through an Integrated BTO Process BUSINESS VALUE Demand Mgmt IT GOVERNANCE Manage Time & Resources Keep the lights on Strategic Initiatives Manage Portfolio APPLICATION DELIVERY Manage Budgets Manage Programs and Projects APPLICATION MANAGEMENT Design and Develop Optimize Quality Optimize Performance Go No-Go Deploy Manage end-user experience & SLAs Map applications to infrastructure Monitor availability & performance Diagnose Problems Manage Changes 8
9 IT Governance Run IT Like a Business
10 Why IT Governance Evolving from a cost center, IT is taking on the character, rigor, and practices of a business within a business. It won't be easy, but for CIOs it's a matter of survival. --CIO Magazine, How to Run IT Like a Business 10
11 Running IT Like a Business? Visibility Alignment Control Priorities Driving alignment of IT investments with business objectives Processes Executing processes within IT as efficiently as possible People Ensuring people are working on high value activities 11
12 How Is IT Doing? CHALLENGES TODAY S REALITY Communication failure between IT and the business on priorities Ad hoc, manual processes govern the way IT is run 40%of IT initiatives fail to deliver intended return HBS Press 70%of projects fail to meet schedule, cost, and quality goals META Group Inefficient resource allocation on KTLO vs strategic initiatives 50%of IT projects are delivered over budget Gartner 12
13 IT Governance Process BUSINESS VALUE DEMAND MANAGEMENT Business Process Needs Applications Services Products Strategic Demand PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS Problem Resolution Ideas Proposals Projects Assets Business Availability Keep the Lights On PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE Deployment Projects Resources Budgets Risk DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL DEMAND SOFTWARE DEMAND Change Management Quality & Performance Provisioning Security Projects Enhancements Upgrades Bugs Design & Develop 13
14 Mercury s Approach to Optimizing the Business of IT Portfolio Management Project Visibility and Control IT Services Automation Application Change Management Actual Customer Results on a $100M IT Budget of Which 35% Was Projects Saved $3.5M by eliminating redundant and low value projects 10% of projects Saved $3.5M in project costs 10% savings through efficiency (on-going) Saved $2M in annual CapEx savings by early detection of projects not delivering value 14
15 Portfolio Management TODAY Binders and spreadsheets Inconsistent criteria for justification No process enforcement Squeaky wheel syndrome Lack of business alignment WITH MERCURY Portfolio dashboard Project proposal ranking, approval and prioritization What-if scenarios Consolidated view of proposals, projects, and application assets RESULTS $5 million annual savings Eliminated redundant initiatives 35% cost reduction 15
16 Portfolio Management Aligning Investments, Stakeholders, and Priorities Current Investments Application Assets Portfolio Prioritization Proposals In-Flight Projects Proposed Investments Business Cases Business Ops Review Architecture & Standards Review IT Steering Committee Prioritization Funded Assets Funded Projects 16
17 Mercury Portfolio Management Manage your IT portfolio in real-time Enforce and automate governance processes Provide IT guidance to the business Budget Spend by Criteria Enforced Governance Process Risk to Value Visualizations Real-Time Portfolio Alternatives 17
18 Project Visibility and Control TODAY Poor visibility over status and spend Projects late and over budget Inefficient resource utilization Difficult to justify IT budget WITH MERCURY Real-time visibility of project status Detailed resource management Earned value analysis, NPV, ROI Managed risk and scope changes Stage gates best practices RESULTS $19M in cost avoidance 20% underrun on CapEx 85% projects on-time 18
19 Project Visibility and Control Delivering On-Time and On-Budget Project A Milestone I Milestone II Milestone III Tasks Task A Task B Task Digitization Consolidated Capex Opex Status Task Detail Resources Hours/Costs % Complete Enforced Best Practice Managed Resources Process Detail Six Sigma Improvement Metrics Change Management 19
20 Mercury Project Management Consolidated Project View Collaborative project management Integrated project and process control Real-time project visibility Project Health by BU Project / Process Metrics Tasks Digitized as Processes 20
21 IT Services Automation TODAY Disconnected tools for requests Paper-based SLAs, manual tracking No visibility IT as black-box Manual processes WITH MERCURY Consolidated view of all IT demand Automation of tasks Visibility and collaboration Enforced best practices Catalogue of services with SLA s RESULTS IT spend 1/3 of industry average 75% faster client provisioning 50% reduction in resolution time 21
22 IT Services Automation Shared Services Approach IT Customers Finance Sales Procurement Shared IT Services Application Asset Mgmt IT Operations Architecture & Standards IT Service Fulfillment SAP Support Request Collection Analysis Resolution Deployment Business Units Project Management 22
23 Optimize the IT Value Chain Digitize the Process with Mercury IT Customers Shared IT Services IT Service Fulfillment Web Based Request Forms Real-Time Dashboard Catalog of Shared Services: Specific Forms, Workflows, SLAs, Objectives, Reporting Metrics Work Queues Exception Alerts Escalation Process Actuals Metrics Automation Deployment 23
24 Demand Consolidation Control the Front Door to IT Infrastructure Demand Applications Demand Strategic Demand Project Demand Standardized Services Capturing Information Workflow SLAs Business Rules Resources Notifications & Escalations Fulfillment Front Door One View of Demand 24
25 Mercury Demand Management Consolidate all demand on IT Digitize complete IT demand lifecycle Manage status, service levels, and trends 25
26 Application Change Management TODAY Binder based SDLC processes Manual deployments Direct access to production Limited to no audit trail ( ?) Costly reworks, rollbacks difficult WITH MERCURY Digitized processes, online approvals Complete audit trail Automatic change deployments Production system locked down RESULTS >300% productivity increase >90% reduction in deployment related outages 93% reduction in change deployment time 26
27 Mercury Change Management Uniformly manage all changes, to all applications, across all environments, on any platform Digitize best practice change management Automate release and deployment Ensure compliance with complete visibility and traceability 27
28 Mercury IT Governance Center MERCURY IT GOVERNANCE CENTER IT Governance Dashboard Demand Management Portfolio Management Program Management Project Management Resource Management Time Management Financial Management Change Management IT Governance Foundation Workflow Repository Execution Administration Security Scheduling Reporting Open APIs MERCURY SERVICES Managed Consulting Education Support 28
29 400 Customers Benefit From Mercury ITG 29
30 Allineare i C-level GMAC- RFC L IT Governance di Mercury aiuta ad unire tre figure strategiche - il CEO, il CFO, e il CIO e io penso che, per noi, questo sia divenuto un vero e solido vantaggio competitivo. --- Rick Greenwood, CIO Sfida Avvicinamento del CEO e del CFO Gestione della domanda di IT e migliore visibilità Portfolio più efficace e gestione dei progetti Soluzione Portfolio, Project e Program Manager CEO, CFO, CIO IT Project Dashboard RISULTATO In linea con il piani per un risparmio di 5 milioni di dollari all anno 30
31 Migliorare le performance del progetto Xcel Energy Mercury sta cambiando il concetto dell IT management. --Mike Carlson, Director, Program Mgt Necessità di un miglior allineamento tra business e IT Sfida Cambiamento del modello, dal silo all IT integrato Approccio PMO inconsistente, risultati scarsi Soluzione Mercury IT Governance Center Automazione dell IT end-to-end: dalla domanda all implementazione Dashboard, con metriche, per gli Executive RISULTATI 70% in più, di progetti sani 31
32 Phased Implementation SOLUTION PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 Strategic IT Planning: Portfolio, Prioritization, What-ifs Budgets, Actuals, Plan / Review Proc. Scorecards, Value Mgmt, Integrations Project Visibility: Project Status, Resources, Time sheets Cost Metrics, Templates, Dependencies Resource Optimization, PMO, Risk, Scope Change Management: Technologies, Processes, Deployments Release Management, Integrations Additional Applications IT Services Automation: Critical Processes Digitization SLA s, Additional Processes Work Automation, Optimization Day Self-funding Phases 32
33 Standards and Compliance Six-Sigma = 3.4 defects per million opportunities GE CMMi Birlasoft level 5 ISO-9000 ITIL Paetec adidas Sarbanes-Oxley Xcel Energy 33
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- I. noun Etymology: Late Latin monogramma, from Greek mon- + gramma letter — more at gram Date: circa 1696 a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name • monogrammatic adjective II. transitive verb (-grammed; -gramming) Date: 1868 to mark with a monogram • monogrammer noun
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- North German : variant of Labahn.
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Ohio's retailers, wholesalers and grocers, representing thousands of businesses in the state, have joined forces to help prevent tobacco sales to minors by sponsoring seven "We Card" training seminars in various locations throughout Ohio over the next six weeks.
Eight state trade associations whose members have responsibility for the sale of tobacco products are co-sponsors of the 2001 We Card training program, a comprehensive effort designed to help prevent tobacco sales to minors through education and training. Sponsors include: the Ohio Association of Convenience Stores, Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association, Ohio Grocers Association, Ohio Petroleum Council, Ohio Petroleum Retailers and Repair Association, Ohio Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, Southwestern Ohio Garage and Gasoline Dealers Association and Ohio Council of Retail Merchants.
"Educating tobacco retailers about the importance of complying with state law is a key component of our business," said Josh Sanders, executive director, Ohio Association of Convenience Stores. "With increasing monitoring of Ohio retailers, such as compliance checks and sting operations by local health departments, understanding Ohio's tobacco laws becomes even more critical."
The 2001 training sessions mark the fifth time in the past six years that this group has collaborated to bring the valuable training program to Ohio. In past years, hundreds of Ohio retailers have attended We Card training sessions and learned a variety of techniques on how to enforce the laws while avoiding confrontation.
The We Card program is particularly important to Ohio retailers because it provides the guidance and training retailers need to understand Ohio's laws governing the sale of tobacco products and to keep minors from purchasing tobacco at retail, Sanders said. It is against Ohio law to sell tobacco products to anyone under 18 years of age and for youth under age 18 to possess tobacco products.
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The 2001 training seminars will be held in Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Findlay between July 31 and August 3. Seminars are available free of charge to store owners, managers and employees. The two-hour seminars feature interactive sessions that teach retailers how to prevent underage sales of tobacco products while avoiding confrontation. Retailers who would like more information or would like to register can call 1-888-872-4603.


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"Prevention is better than cure" Having strong faith in this saying, IMS Ghaziabad organized a seminar on "Precautionary Measures on National epidemic – Swine Flu" for faculty & staff members and for students of PGDM and MCA.
Director, Dr. Urvashi Makkar inaugurated the seminar and welcomes the distinguished medical expert – Dr. K. S. Sisodia, Physician, Indo German Hospital. She emphasized on how to prevent from this epidemic and stay healthy in this weather. Dr. Sisodia shared various healthy measures to preclude from the H1N1 infectious virus. He added that nothing to panic about it as the temperature is increasing & the virus shall automatically be defective. Auditorium was full with the audience.


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– This is the biggest game of the season. A Super Bowl team would win this game. I'm not sure if the Eagles are a Super Bowl team, and I'm not sure if we're going to win this game. If we don't win this game, I think our playoff chances are very much in doubt. I said a few days ago that the loser will miss the postseason. I still think that.
– I am very nervous about the health of Michael Vick. So nervous that I think he is going to get hurt in today's game, or before the end of the season. If he does get hurt, I think Kolb can lead us to a playoff win, but I don't think we are a Super Bowl team anymore.
– The rest of the world seems to be finally realizing how good of a running back LeSean McCoy has been in 2010. He's almost as good as Brian Westbrook was in his prime, and he's younger now than Westbrook was when he began his career. This kid has a bright, bright future ahead of him.
– I am wondering how much the injured left foot of DeSean Jackson will slow him down in today's game. Speed is to DeSean Jackson as home runs are to Ryan Howard. Let's not even pretend that Jackson can be effective as a receiver without his speed.
– King Dunlap is likely going to be beaten and battered by Justin Tuck. The absence of Winston Justice is a big deaol, unfortunately. Sometimes a starting lineman misses a game and it's not a big deal. I think this one will be a very big deal.
– Trent Cole is due for another big game. Two sacks and a forced fumble.
– Asante Samuel absolutely owns Eli Manning. He picked off Manning twice in last game, including once with under four minutes remaining to help seal the victory. He also recovered a fumble in the final two minutes. He intercepted Manning and returned it 37 yards in the Eagles' 40-17 victory in 2009. And he intercepted Manning to seal a 23-11 victory in the divisional round of the 2008 playoffs.
– I think the Eagles are going to win. Then again, who do you expect me to pick? I picked the Eagles to lose four times this season: Green Bay, Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Indianapolis. We lost the first and third, and won the second and fourth. But the Eagles always play well against the Giants. It's usually high scoring, sometimes very high scoring, and the Eagles win. Madden picked this game to be the game of the year, "the must see TV event of the year," and I think they're going to be right for today's game. I'll go with 34-28 Eagles. And I'm picking an overtime victory, with Jeremy Maclin scoring a 56-yard touchdown with 11:07 left in overtime to win it.


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I have 5x1TB HDDs setup as raid5 on hp proliant dl380g7 box. How can I add this as data store ?
Jul 14, 2011 at 7:45 UTC
Even vSphere has a 2tb limit on size of a vmfs volume. You may be better off creating two 2tb logical volumes and using the fifth for spare
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Jul 13, 2011 at 10:10 UTC
I'm assuming you have ESX/ESXi installed and running on that server?
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:15 UTC
correct, esxi 4.1
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:20 UTC
In vSphere client just go to the configuration tab for that host, then to storage on the left hand side, then over to the right you can "add storage".
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:23 UTC
If you have a paid license, then there are some options to add storage via the Datastores menu selection in vSphere as well, either way, you can add storage.
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:24 UTC
5x 1TB HDD = that gives you 4TB volume - I believe VM's got limit of 2TB.
my question is how to best configure the 5HDDs to get the most of the storage
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:29 UTC
Really depends on you. Do you have VMs that could/will grow to the 2 TB limit?
Jul 13, 2011 at 10:36 UTC
I personally don't trust RAID5 (RAID10 is my preference), and if you peruse the storage forum you'll see different opinions. Having said that, you will probably need to take into account what kind of VMs will be accessing this storage. So what will you be running on these VMs?
Jul 14, 2011 at 7:45 UTC
Even vSphere has a 2tb limit on size of a vmfs volume. You may be better off creating two 2tb logical volumes and using the fifth for spare
Jul 15, 2011 at 8:12 UTC
I agree totally. Unless you have some specific need for a VM that would require high performing storage go with Jordack's advice.
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This dream beach is located in Wolowiro village, Paga sub-district, East Nusa Tenggara Province. This beach is one of main destinations when in Maumere, even when it is full 48 km away.
The white sand, coral reefs and blue sea make the view beautiful. The sea is still pristine and unspoiled, the beach is made of fine white sand and the coral is still untouched. It is a great place for diving but even more for surfing.
For surfing it is one of the best places in the neighborhood as the waves can be quite high, up to 1,5m with a strong flow.
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The problem with the beach is access as there is no bus or anything and you are forced to hire a car or motorbike to get here.


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Syracuse Coach Shafer On FSU: "The Best Football Team I've Seen Or Coached Against Live In My Whole Career"
Syracuse knew that it was going to have a serious challenge on its hands last weekend when facing Florida State. The Seminoles have eviscerated everyone in their path this season, and oddsmakers had the Orange as more than five touchdown underdogs.
Unfortunately for Syracuse, the Seminoles did what everyone thought they would, and turned the game into a 59-3 blowout. Today, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer reflected on the loss a bit and had extremely high praise for FSU:
Scott Shafer on Florida State: "That team is the best football team I've seen or coached against live in my whole career."
— Nate Mink (@MinkNate) November 19, 2013
That's saying something coming from Shafer, who has been involved in games against some serious opponents (he previously coached at Michigan, Stanford, and Illinois, among other stops). He might be right though — Florida State has been nothing short of spectacular in 2013. It remains to be seen if FSU will make it to the BCS National Championship Game, but right now, not many are betting against the Seminoles.


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Thursday 30 July 1992
It was Thursday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Edwin Sanchez and Jordan Rodrigues.
In that special week of July people in US were listening to Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot.
In UK Ain't No Doubt by Jimmy Nail was in the top 5 hits.
Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1992
while Gerald'S Game by Stephen King was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Late Show.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Apidya or Batman Returns.
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- Vanuatu - Independence Day
- St. Julitta (a martyr)
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- Edwin Sanchez: Vine Star.
- Jordan Rodrigues: TV Actor.
- Hannah Cockroft: English wheelchair racer.
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- Brenda Marshall: Philippines -- Actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark).
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- Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
- Jon Secada - Just Another Day
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While it's always important to back up your data, it's just as important to determine the type of data being backed up. When backing up a database, it is crucial that you take a few additional precautions into consideration.
A database, in its most basic definition, is an organized collection of data. Many technicians (and users for that matter) work with databases everyday. It is imperative to back up these databases as often as possible and to maintain best practice procedures to ensure that if a disaster strikes, you're ready to handle it.
The best practices for backing up any type of database is to use separate drives. In general it is recommend to have the operating system, data, and backup drives on completely separate hard disks, not on separate partitions. There are multiple reasons for doing this:
- Removing the single point of failure
When storing all your information on one drive, the risk of losing a catastrophic amount of data and not being able to recover is high. If backup and maintenance operations are managed on one drive, the overall performance of the machine will decrease.
- Maintenance Operations
Regular maintenance operations take up space. Eventually drives will fill up if you don't have enough space which will cause truncation or worse, failed backups. Restoring may become time consuming and result in a corrupted data restore.
When using a third party backup vendor such as Datto, it's important to remember not to backup drives that hold database maintenance operations. If you currently have a drive with database operations running on the same drive, you will most likely run into the problem of your machine taking multiple full backups. Since database maintenance backup engines write data to the same backup file structure, the change will be noticed as a brand new file. For example, if you have a SQL 50GB backup that is completed every morning at 2am, you will see a 50GB or larger incremental on your backup unit instead of just a change incremental.
- VMDK Restorations
Taking a note from the two previous points, one final reason for separate drives lies closely with the restoration of VMDK files. As each drive is backed up to a single VMDK file, separate drives help minimize the risk of loss of data by segmenting assets.
The easiest way to avoid many of these issues is to move all database operations to a separate drive and point any database maintenance software to that drive. Periodically copy the data on that specific drive to an external location (NAS or USB drive). Note that you do not need to migrate the whole database. Consult the database administrator or documentation if you require assistance and as always read and follow the software's recommend practices for maintaining an optimal database.
As there are many types of databases, each will have their own set of individual best practices. For more in depth best practices, visit the following resources.
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Town Hall with Philip Linden
Topic: Land Auctions and Private Island Changes
Jeska Linden: Hey everyone, we'll start in just a few minutes! :)
Jeska Linden: :)
Jesse Linden: hiya
Philip Linden: Hey everyone!
Jeska Linden: Welcome to the Town Hall with Philip Linden. Philip is here to discuss the newly announced land pricing changes.
Philip Linden: OK, I guess I'll assume the position up here ;)
Philip Linden: I've gotta get in-world at times other than this.
Jeska Linden: First some guidelines for the discussion. We will be focusing this Town Hall on questions about the new land pricing changes, please don't submit your technical support or other off-topic questions, as they will be skipped over.
Philip Linden: OK so thanks for the short notice meeting.
Philip Linden: Let me restate and elaborate on Robin's mail...
Philip Linden: and add stuff that came up in discussions with you guys, etc, in between now and then.
Philip Linden: And after that I can just take questions and talk.
Philip Linden: OK... so:
Philip Linden: Islands will cost $1250, increased from $980 before.
Philip Linden: Same monthly payments of $195.
Philip Linden: This is because they cost us more to set up and manage, and because they have better capabilities and should logically cost more.
Philip Linden: Also, we will stop trying to guess at the number of sims to put online in mainland auctions...
Philip Linden: instead we will switch to a system where there is lots of land online,
Philip Linden: and the first bid on a parcel triggers a 48 hour auction.
Philip Linden: This will allow people to pick a plot of land,
Philip Linden: make a first bid above a minimum to start the auction,
Philip Linden: and then compete at auction as appropriate.
Philip Linden: The minimum bid to start an auction will be based on a price of $1000 for the privately owned land in the sim.
Philip Linden: If there is Linden land like roads or other civic structures.
Philip Linden: The price will adjust for that.
Philip Linden: So if you are buying in a sim with 10% linden land, for example,
Philip Linden: the mimimum price would be $1000 for the other 90%.
Philip Linden: We will still make roads and do all the other planning and design work on new land.
Philip Linden: No changes there.
Philip Linden: We will still deploy first land sims.
Philip Linden: as before.
Philip Linden: No tiger I mean that the private land will sell for a total of $1000.
Philip Linden: regardless of how much linden land there is.
Philip Linden: So if folks don't want linden land, I suppose they won't bid and we'll put less.
Philip Linden: This is because we are trying to cover minimum cost of the machine.
Jeska Linden: Please hold your questions until Philip is done and then send them in an IM to me
Philip Linden: We can go ahead and do that if folks really want to,
Philip Linden: in thinking about this.
Philip Linden: there were only 40 different people that bought land at auctions.
Philip Linden: but I wanted to give some stats that may be helpful
Philip Linden: In the last month,
Philip Linden: A few people have asked about still parcelling land to smaller sizes.
Philip Linden: This is compared to 2,700 people that bought land in world.
Philip Linden: So this is a 65 to 1 ration.
Philip Linden: most people are buying in-world.
Philip Linden: There are currently about 3,900 plots of land of 1 acre of below for sale in the world.
Philip Linden: So again much larger inventory than the auctions.
Philip Linden: But if folks want us to parcel to smaller sizes,
Philip Linden: we can look at doing that.
Philip Linden: I'm just pointing out that as SL grows,
Philip Linden: the auctions really won't be where people buy land.
Philip Linden: In any case.
Philip Linden: Since the new land will be a much smaller fraction than resale land.
Philip Linden: Let's just get into the questions so we can talk... Jeska?
Jeska Linden: Questions can be sent to me (Jeska Linden) in the form of an IM. Questions will be answered in the order they appear on my screen.
Jeska Linden: I'd also like to ask those who have joined us here in Borrowdale to please hold down the noise
Jeska Linden: First question -
Jeska Linden: StoneSelf Karuna: After doing the math, the break even price for buying land now and reselling looks to be between L$ 5 / square meter and L$ 6/ square meter. Was this LL's intent?
Philip Linden: the resale price seems to be generally driven by the auction closing price, which has been right around $1000/sim lately.
Philip Linden: so this shouldn't really affect the likely resale price.
Philip Linden: The minimum is roughly at current closing prices.
Jeska Linden: Pituca Chang: Are the future mainland sims still going to have Gov Linden protected land, and infrastructure?
Philip Linden: Yes the mainland will still have infrstructure, just as before.
Philip Linden: We think we are doing a good job there.
Jeska Linden: Bri Koolhaas: why's the web page already showing $1250 for islands ?
Philip Linden: I don't know which page you mean.
Philip Linden: the changes will be effective July 15.
Philip Linden: OK we'll fix if wrong.
Jeska Linden: Travis Lambert: I'm concerned that the "enhanced feature set for private islands versus the mainland" being touted will make features being requested for the mainland, such as delegatable parcel tools designed to *prevent* grief less of a dev priority...
Jeska Linden: ...Is this a valid concern and why/why not?
Philip Linden: Nope we will not do less on the mainland features.
Philip Linden: But there are certain things that make sense only on an estate,
Philip Linden: like total limits of flyover, for example.
Jeska Linden: Please keep the chat down here in Borrowdale.
Philip Linden: And those things should cost more because they are of benefit to the owner but not the whole community.
Jeska Linden: Brampton too ;)
Jeska Linden: Catherine Cotton: Arn't you afraid of price fixing by the land barons who can afford 1k -1250. Just passing that cost onto those who can least afford it?
Philip Linden: We will put enough land online at a fixed minimum so that whoever wants land can get it.
Philip Linden: I suspect that this will allow more people to buy from auctions, not less.
Philip Linden: I can check but I doubt that many sims have sold for less than $1000 at auction.
Jeska Linden: Nolan Nash: Is it correct to assume that all reclaimed land will now be fed into the first land system, and not to the auction, and that the auctions will only be for full sims
Philip Linden: We can still sell parcels, so not all reclaimed will go to auction.
Jeska Linden: Olmy Seraph: Hardware costs continue to decrease across the market. How can you use increased costs of servers as a justification for this price increase?
Philip Linden: we buy faster machines - we get the best hardware we can for about $1000.
Philip Linden: Last year that was P4's.
Philip Linden: Right now it is dual core opterons.
Philip Linden: We buy the best we can get for $1000, so that newer sims can run faster
Jeska Linden: milady Guillaume: around the world, there are parcels marked as "land rush" what will become of them?
Philip Linden: We've never heard of that. Can you send me an email with where they are?
Philip Linden: Not intentional.
Jeska Linden: Darque Angel: I'm not understanding this at all really seems as though if you don't have a pile of LL or RL $'s its going to cause less people to own land ? And or force them to buy at high
Philip Linden: I do not think that this will increase prices, especially on the mainland.
Philip Linden: as I said before... .
Philip Linden: we try to pass on costs.
Philip Linden: for the islands we guessed low... they are more expensive to setup and maintain.
Philip Linden: hence the price increase.
Jeska Linden: Angel Cinquetti: 2. How about limiting the amount of land 1 person can own ? It is a big issue for the economy as well as morale when 1 person holds all the land.
Philip Linden: I can't imagine what amount would balance large projects with protecting land for all. So I don't think that would work.
Philip Linden: There WILL be lindenland same as before.
Jeska Linden: Dnate Mars: Since the new mainland will only be sold for USD, how will Linden Labs control inflation of the L$?
Philip Linden: The amount that we get in L$ for land is very small compared to stipends and the overall money supply.
Philip Linden: So I think it will have little effect.
Philip Linden: MTD in June there is only about L$1M in land auction sales.
Philip Linden: The money supply is close to L$300M.
Philip Linden: Noone in SL controls more than 1/2 the land by a LONG shot.
Jeska Linden: Jeri Zuma: Can we bid with Linden dollars?
Philip Linden: Again... we were selling so little land at auction for L$ that is seems simpler to eliminate it.
Jeska Linden: Please submit questions to me, they won't be answered if you shout them out.
Jeska Linden: Iyeyasu Muromachi: two questions, is the price quoted L$ or USD, and how dose that wourk out for someone who only wants a quarter sim lets asay?
Philip Linden: We may make some smaller parcels, if we can, and prices will be in $US.
Jeska Linden: Trader1 Whiplash: What do you see as the impact on Privately Held Lands? paticularly large Tracts?
Philip Linden: I doubt there will be much impact, since I don't expect mainland prices to change.
Philip Linden: As I explained, the minimum will be roughly equal to the current closing price,
Philip Linden: so there is likely to be little change in price.
Jeska Linden: Newfie Pendragon: Will there be any controls or steps taken to prevent the sale of land from degenerating into a monopoly/near-monopoly controlled environment?
Philip Linden: As it stands today, there isn't any monopoly I can see....
Philip Linden: the few folks who are buying and reselling land aren't holding it,
Philip Linden: and unless I am missing something there is no barrier to competition.
Philip Linden: Anyone can compete with them.
Philip Linden: And many new people certainly are.
Philip Linden: This isn't like rockefeller or standard oil,
Philip Linden: as amusing as that may seem to think...
Philip Linden: SL doesn't allow barrier against competition to be erected.
Philip Linden: At least not that I see.
Jeska Linden: Cristiano Midnight: Are there any plans to reduce or restructure the tier fees? They have been the same for a year and a half, with no increase in prims, etc..
Philip Linden: I'd like to see the tier prices be simpler...
Philip Linden: maybe just a flat price per meter.
Philip Linden: But that is REALLY hard coding work.
Philip Linden: So I am more into fixing bugs.
Philip Linden: But yes I think long term that is the way to go... simpler flatter billing.
Philip Linden: Also I think the discount levels at the large sizes are too high.
Philip Linden: There has been lots of good discussion of that in forums, etc.
Jeska Linden: Lordfly Digeridoo: Just to clarify... where are First Land plots going to be at? In Sims by themselves, or still liberally sprinkled about the virtual landscape?
Philip Linden: both... some in their own sims, some scattered.
Jeska Linden: Prokofy Neva: Why are you making a decision like this which will likely impact the land market considerably without discussing it first with residents particularly land dealers?
Philip Linden: comic relief ;)
Philip Linden: The pricing increase on islands wasn't something really worth discussing,
Philip Linden: because it is just a cost issue.
Philip Linden: We need to cover costs.
Philip Linden: If that means people buy less islands, I'm OK with that.
Philip Linden: We've gotta run the business so that we can afford to write new code.
Philip Linden: As to the mainland auction stuff,
Philip Linden: we have had lots of discussions and listened and thought about that lots.
Philip Linden: I think the community is well represented in the direction.
Philip Linden: I guess if everyone hates the idea, we'll change it.
Philip Linden: But I don't get that from feedback so far.
Jeska Linden: Beugul Burleigh: will basic users be able to buy land sometime in the near future?
Philip Linden: I assume you mean a $4.95/month price for just a tiny plot of land or something?
Philip Linden: We can think about that.... I don't feel like it would be much in demand.
Jeska Linden: Nathan Stewart: does ll have any intention of providing more steps in the land tiers, like 6k, 12, 24k, 48k etc this could encourage people to buy slightly larger pieces of land who couldnt afford the next big step up...
Philip Linden: As I said I'd like to see a simpler tier system...
Jeska Linden: ..As we've seen with spittonie closing down the cost of private islands for leasure is just not feasable, especialy now with the increased cost, is there any plants to provide a cheaper private sim in exchange for reduced/no dwell and also it being pg
Philip Linden: I'd be more in favor of a totally smooth per meter system than more tiers.
Jeska Linden: Schwanson Schlegel: Is there going to be a replacement $L sink for the auctions that were for $L ?
Philip Linden: No plans for a cheaper sim, no.
Jeska Linden: Pituca Chang: Will there still be PG sims in the future?
Philip Linden: If we see problems with the economy, we will add sinks or reduce sources.
Philip Linden: Yes there will be PG sims.
Jeska Linden: Anshe Chung: What is the purpose of auctions if there is unlimited supply of land?
Philip Linden: auctions allow fair resolution when two people want land in the same place.
Philip Linden: Like imagine you want to buy the sim just north of you or something.
Philip Linden: How do we decide who gets it? Auction is a fair way.
Jeska Linden: Lex Neva: If I understand you right, you're setting the new auction start price to the old average close price. Won't this mean that the new close prices will only go higher, raising land prices for everyone?
Philip Linden: We will put on more land, so that will probably counter higher close prices.
Philip Linden: Again.... let me say that guessing at demand (as we've been doing)
Philip Linden: and rationing off a set of sims is I think really dumb.
Philip Linden: we can't estimate demand simply from new users,
Philip Linden: so prices move around way too much.
Philip Linden: This way there will always be land to buy at the minimum.
Philip Linden: So the demand will drive pricing rather than our supply.
Philip Linden: Well I don't have 10,000 sims just yet.
Philip Linden: But we'll keep enough online and accessible so that
Philip Linden: there are always sims with no bids on them.
Jeska Linden: Cutter Rubio: Was the intent of the $1250 estate price to drive people to the mainland. It seems that since mainland land can be resold, and they go around $1K, they are a better deal than estates now.
Philip Linden: Mainland versus islands should be a balanced choice I think.
Jeska Linden: Satchmo Prototype: Does this allow LL to fill the void (dead spots between sims) and start building a much larger world in general?
Philip Linden: we are filling voids with older machines when we can.
Philip Linden: no changes there.
Jeska Linden: KZ Pasteur: Q: Even if there's enough land for anyone who wants to buy to afford it, it's still $1000. Will SL improve agreement/contract tools, so that the risk is lowered when joining groups to buy land?
Philip Linden: yes we want to improve group mechanisms for owning land.... agree they are bad.
Jeska Linden: WoccaWocca Kuhr: Could you provide a reason why you think that selling mainland plots by the sim instead of in smaller peices is good for the community as a whole and not exclusively beneficial to large land resellers?
Philip Linden: I think that selling mainland sims is simply easier in larger pieces...
Philip Linden: if you all really want us to spend content team on small parcels,
Philip Linden: we can.
Philip Linden: But as I said it effects almost noone, from the statistics.
Jeska Linden: Ghoti Nyak: I see more of an opportunity for sniping. Now everyone who wants a sim on mainland can go looking for the 'cool sims' only to have a flag go up, and the land barons decend in the auctions.
Philip Linden: I'm not seeing how that will increase sniping.
Philip Linden: If anything the purchase time can be more driven by you,
Philip Linden: meaning that I guess you could wait until what you thought was a better time to make an initial offer and start the auction.
Jeska Linden: Adam Zaius: Question: Are there still plans for LL to allow people to 'host their own sims' in the long term?
Philip Linden: I think someone mentioned this earlier...
Philip Linden: and it fits into Adam's question...
Philip Linden: in the longer term we probably don't affect things much...
Philip Linden: I think it is likely the sims will be deployed by you guys more directly.
Philip Linden: We can't continue the rate of growth we are by running all the servers.
Philip Linden: SL will be more like the internet long term,
Philip Linden: and LL will probably server as a kind of central host/coordinator.
Jeska Linden: Josh Panther: What new Features -if any are expected to be added to private Estates?
Philip Linden: There isn't anything specific in the 1.7 plan for estates, off the top of my head.
Jeska Linden: ngel Cinquetti: To revisit an earlier question just a bit. The application for an island page already has price set to $1250. Does this mean as long As you Apply before July 15th ? Or is it going to be based on the SEt up date ?
Philip Linden: I'm not sure... check the page for updates.
Philip Linden: Current price is good for orders through the 14th.
Philip Linden: New price will be on orders after the 15th.
Philip Linden: Sorry for the confusion on that.
Jeska Linden: Cutter Rubio: Can you elaborate on how islands are more expensive to setup and maintain? Other than initial setup and upgrades, which all sims have, what does LL do to estates to justify the cost?
Philip Linden: Mostly time logging in and setting land, filling out estate info,
Philip Linden: and the fact that they are effectively 'on order' so sometimes they trigger a new sim order, etc.
Jeska Linden: Shjak Monde: In the Future will there be a way to sale not only the Land but the Improvements placed on that Land?
Philip Linden: You can already sell objects on land, as of this version. Right?
Jeska Linden: Khamon Fate: Is LL going to impose stricter penalties on people who bid for land then don't purchase it?
Philip Linden: Khamon I don't know. Email me if you want a better answer to that one. I will check.
Jeska Linden: Frans Charming: will it be known at forehand if the sim is a telehub sim?
Philip Linden: Yes we will try to put the hubs in first like we do now.
Jeska Linden: Ariel Dayton: that could have the effect over time of narrowing the profit margin on the redistribution of land to a point where no one will want to be bothered, sl planning to go public anytime soon?
Philip Linden: we will always be careful about not talking about land plans except to all, I agree.
Philip Linden: Profit margins on land sales are small now,
Philip Linden: but there is also not so much competition yet.
Philip Linden: I suspect that land will be developed in more and more interesting ways for resale.
Jeska Linden: Ms Kitty: Are they going to keep the 10% bonus on group tier?
Philip Linden: right now the bonus is staying.
Philip Linden: I don't think it does exactly what it is supposed to,
Philip Linden: but in principle it is great to have an incentive to work on group projects.
Philip Linden: so no changes right now.
Jeska Linden: Doc Nielsen: What will happen to released land (this has not yet been discussed)?
Philip Linden: as before released land will go to auction or first land.
Jeska Linden: Doc Nielsen: What will happen to released land (this has not yet been discussed)?
Philip Linden: I've gotta go in a couple minutes.
Jeska Linden: sorry
Jeska Linden: LordJason Kiesler: Is there a chance that we will ever be able to order custom hardware, For example lets say someone wants the power of 2 sims in one?
Philip Linden: two more questions.
Philip Linden: we are working on that... faster hardware.
Philip Linden: The trick is to do it in a way that is scalable,
Philip Linden: so that we can order the right number of servers of different speeds, etc.
Jeska Linden: Tiger Crossing: Any plans for multi-sim auctions? Say, a block of four around a new volcano? :)
Philip Linden: I'd like there to be multi-sim auctions,
Philip Linden: and we are going to work on that.
Philip Linden: But not yet because we need to write some code for it.
Philip Linden: OK all.
Philip Linden: I will log back in later on tonight.
Philip Linden: Probably at about 7:30SLT.
Philip Linden: And I'll be able to talk now.
Philip Linden: talk more then, I mean.
Philip Linden: so if anyone wants to come by then... I'll start here.
Philip Linden: thanks for coming.
Philip Linden: And please send me email with more thoughts.... email@example.com
Philip Linden: Thanks!
Jeska Linden: Thanks for coming out everyone, if we didn't have time for your question, please feel free to post it in the Hotline to Linden in the forums -- the transcript from this Town Hall will be posted in the forums shortly.


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Love the plugin, looks very powerful. However, for some reason there are many very disorienting formatting glitches on the Settings page for this plugin, when viewed from within the WordPress administrative panel.
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FAO hands over Aquaculture Development Plan to Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Musa S. Mbenga, Country Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently in Accra presented the Ghana National Aquaculture Development Plan (GNADP) to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The plan would provide a solid foundation necessary of attracting and guiding the needed investment to be able to increase the country's aquaculture production.
Mr Mbenga said the GNADP provides a road map where aquaculture will contribute to food and nutritional security, employment generation, increased incomes, economic growth and poverty reduction.
He said it is estimated that by the close of 2012, more than 50 per cent of world's food fish supply would originate from aquaculture adding that Ghana's annual output from aquaculture is estimated at 10,200 tons compared to an output of 1,000 tons in 2005, 3,800 tons in 2007 and 7,100 tons in 2009.
Mr Mbenga noted that there has been a rise in aquaculture trends in the country which had testified to the fact that the nation had the potential to improve on its current fish farming output to contribute to food security and economic growth.
He stressed that the Fisheries Commission in its bid to exploit the country's full potential for aquaculture, has set a target of achieving 100,000 tons of farmed fish in five years.
Mr Mbenga said for government to achieve this target, it sought support from FAO to assist in implementing the National Aquaculture Strategic Framework (NASF) adding that the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy II took its inputs for aquaculture development from the NASF.
He added that the assistance to government through the partnership has produced initiates intended to help achieve the 100,000 tons target for 2016.
Mr Mbenga noted that the initiatives include the GNADP, Aquaculture Spatial Database Establishment Report, Management Report, Capacity building for the fisheries commission staff in the use of Geographic Information System and Spatial Mapping of Agriculture sites in the ten regions.
Mr Nii Amasah Namoale, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture thanked the FAO Country Representative and pledge government support in implementing the framework to achieve its intended targets.
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Poster for Africa: Exploitation & Resistance Conference June 11, Oxford, Gt. Brit.
This guide will direct you to resources for your AFS 389/ANT/385/ENVS 385 research paper.
Your assignment:
Final Paper:
The class paper (8-10 double-spaced pages--12 point font) offers you an opportunity to investigate in more depth an issue or topic connected to our class discussions and that relates to natural resource extraction in African contexts. You should write your paper based on 4-5 additional articles from peer-reviewed journals or chapters from edited volumes or academic monographs. One of these texts may be a film.
In 8-10 double-spaced pages, your paper should:
1) Tie in one or more key concepts from the course (for example: ideas of Africa; the socio-technical aspect of resource issues; the concept of 'the resource curse' and critiques of it, the fetishism of commodities);
2) Be sure to cite at least one class reading
3) analyze (not simply summarize) ideas and findings of the texts you read; and
4) make an argument (for example, an argument for a certain type of solution, a certain way of defining the problem or a certain theoretical approach).
Your paper and presentation are worth 30% of your grade.
Other useful research guides:
African Studies Research Guide
African Studies Research Guide: News
Animation -- Riding the crest of a global commodity wave explores the natural resources of Africa and how they benefit Africans. Africa Progress Report 2013: Equity in Extractives 2013 produced by the Africa Progress Panel chaired by Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General.
Title: Distribution of natural resources in third world countries : the curse of oil and diamonds. 12 vol set with compendiums of important documents. Hanna Weijers (ed.). Nijmegen, the Netherlands : Wolf Legal Publishers. 2009. HD9506 .D452 D45 2009
Land, Natural Resources and Conflict: From Curse to Opportunity: An EU-UN Partnership in action. Useful UN website with recent topical reports and links to other sources of information.
World Bank is an excellent source of statistics and topical reports. Maintains Extractive Industries (oil/gas/minerals) website as well as individual country information. While much World Bank information is free, also check Emory's subscription to World Bank eLibrary for additional reports.
Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment 2008 (United Nations Environment Programme)is a unique publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment.
Rights to Natural Resources: Africa Interactive Map. World Resources Institute 2014 map reviewing legislation related to legal ownership of natural resouces for each African country
Of Interest: The World Bank plans to launch in July 2014 a $1-billion plan to map Africa's natural resources with the aim of delineating more clearly the continent's uncovered mineral wealth.


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The Wallman appears in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, in a section of Dracula's Castle called Library, as the game's tenth boss. He is very strange and is evidently one of Dracula's many librarians.
He will send out three bombs that explode in four different directions. He is then shown to reveal the Paries glyph that he uses to escape into the wall behind him. You must find a vantage point in which to avoid the bombs and absorb the glyph, which will kill him when he is stuck in the wall. Striking him is useless, as he will drink a Super Potion every other turn. It is possible, however, to strike him while he is healing himself to steal a Super Potion from him. Only one may be stolen during the fight.
Although Wallman officially has 9,999 HP, he cannot be killed by normal means. If the player does 9,999 damage to him before he can drink a Super Potion, Wallman will simply stop taking damage until he drinks his potion.
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