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Маній Ацилій Бальб (? — після 150 р. до н. е.) — політичний, державний та військовий діяч Римської республіки, консул 10 року до н. е.

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Походив з роду нобілів Ациліїв. Син Луція Ацилія Бальба. Про життя майже нічого невідомо.

У 150 році до н. е. його обрано консулом разом з Тітом Квінкцієм Фламініном. Під час його каденції точилися суперечки стосовно подальших відносин із Карфагеном — мирних, яку підтримував Сципіон Назіка, або ворожих, за що виступав Катон Старший. Яку із сторін прийняв Бальб невідомо.

Родина
 Маній Ацилій Бальб, консул 114 року до н. е.

Джерела
 William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Boston, 1870.
 Elimar Klebs: Acilius (25). // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band I,1, Stuttgart 1893, Sp. 254.

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Push for Australia-wide school phone ban
AAP Reporters
(Australian Associated Press)
All Australian states and territories will be asked to ban students using mobile phone during school hours.
The proposal follows Victoria's decision to ban phones at public schools from next year in an effort to tackle cyberbullying and distraction in the classroom.
It will be put to education ministers at a meeting in Melbourne on Friday.
The devices have been banned in French schools and Canadian provinces are looking at the policy, with experts from both countries visiting Australia in coming months to discuss the issue.
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan said he welcomed Victoria's decision and hoped all other states and territories followed suit because phones are a distraction in the classroom.
"With this move from Victoria my hope is we will see other states and territories follow suit," he told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.
"It's very difficult for teachers to teach when they are trying to discipline against the constant use of mobile phones."
From term one in 2020, Victorian students from prep to year 12 will have to switch off their phones and store them in lockers until the final bell.
Exceptions will only be granted to students who use their phones to monitor health conditions or if teachers instruct students to bring their phone for a particular activity.
In the case of an emergency, parents or guardians can reach their child by calling the school.
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino said the ban was modelled on that of McKinnon Secondary College, a high-performing state school in Melbourne's southeast which found students became more focused during class and louder in the schoolyard.
"Students are more engaged in the classroom and in the schoolyard, they're talking to each other rather than looking at their phones," Mr Merlino said.
He said the move would also help "stop cyberbullying at the gate", citing recent research from non-profit youth mental health organisation Headspace which found more than half of all young people have experienced cyberbullying.
"I know this won't be universally popular, but I've come to the conclusion that it's the right thing to do," Mr Merlino said.
NSW is banning mobiles at public primary schools from 2020 and is recommending the devices are not brought into high school classrooms.
"We want to see less devices, less distractions for students in the classroom and the guidelines have been in place in NSW for some time," Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
"But we do leave – especially for senior students – leave it to the discretion of the high schools, especially in relation to sometimes people use their phones as part of a class."
But the bans do have their critics, including online safety group Family Zone Cyber Safety.
"Our research shows that phone bans are often resisted and easily ignored by parents and students," Family Zone managing director Tim Levy said in a statement.
"It is naive to think that banning mobile phones will be the panacea to issues relating to personal device use at school.
"The answer is to provide parents, teachers and schools with the policy choices and tools they need to manage the risks and take advantage of the opportunities of mobility," he said.
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In Every Generation: A Response to Mark Edmundson
Stephanie Burt
In the current issue of Harper's Magazine, the critic, memoirist, and University of Virginia professor Mark Edmundson levels an attack against contemporary American poetry in general, claiming that today's most recognized poets do not live up to the standards or the goals set by (among others) Robert Lowell and W. B. Yeats. American poetry now, Edmundson claims, is largely in thrall to the academy, too private, too obscure, unable to take clear stands. Boston Review contributing editor Stephen Burt responds.
First, I'd like to thank Mark Edmundson for writing the sort of attack that provokes a defense—the sort of frustratingly passionate piece that provokes responses and that makes editors publish them. I can say till I'm blue that Joseph Massey's short poems are the best thing to happen to the sense of vision since the invention of photography; that Angie Estes has recently created some of the most beautiful verbal objects on the planet, or at least on the part that reads English; that Allan Peterson's meditations on domestic tranquility and ecocatastrophe are so smart that they could actually make you smarter; &c. But only the people who already read book reviews devoted to not-very-famous single authors will notice. Now that Mark Edmundson has attacked contemporary-poetry-in-general in a national magazine, though, other national magazines and websites and blogs can get attention with pieces—like Seth Abramson's in the Huffington Post—that recommend individual poets by coming to poetry-in-general's defense.
Second—as Edmundson must know—attacks on contemporary poetry in general as too obscure, too private, in thrall to specialists, have been taking place for centuries. About Wordsworth's Excursion, Lord Byron wrote, "He who understands it would be able / To add a story to the Tower of Babel." Late nineteenth century critics made a constant practice (J.T. Newcomb wrote a good book about it) of complaining that poetry was dead, that its best practices all lay in the past, and our poets (poor sops) didn't measure up. The twentieth century brought us Edmund Wilson's "Is Verse a Dying Technique?" (1928), Joseph Epstein's "Who Killed Poetry?" (1988), and Dana Gioia's "Can Poetry Matter?" (1992), in which the future head of the National Endowment for the Arts concluded that contemporary poetry could matter, as long as the poets wrote more like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (This wasn't a joke—nor was Longfellow, who should have been namechecked in Edmundson's screed.)
Complaints against contemporary poetry arise, like vampire slayers, in every generation, and it's easy to see why: when you compare your very favorite famous artists from the past with almost any quick or large or secondhand selection of contemporary work, the past will look better. That's called selection bias, and it can be remedied not by better close reading, but by elementary training in statistics. As for the claim that our poets are in thrall to the academy, by comparison to the poets of the past, that's less true than it was in 1980, because we have more small presses and Bohemian communities of serious poets who don't care what their teachers think: I mean not only the performance (or "slam") poetry communities, but the people who publish chapbooks in deepest Brooklyn, who might be teaching writing at art schools today, and who get adopted by the academy, if at all, rather tenuously, and at later stages of their (cough) careers.
It's easy to skim Edmundson's essay and conclude that he's simply recycling complaints as old as modernism, or perhaps as old as Alexandria. But Edmundson is making a more specific—though equally familiar—claim. He believes that some great poems of the recent past— Yeats's "Easter 1916," Lowell's Near the Ocean, the Ginsberg's Howl—spoke to and for a large public, a "we" roughly identified with the nation; these poems spoke of public, political matters, in language that a large public could comprehend. They were what the classicist W. R. Johnson called "choral lyric," poems that extended beyond the merely individual; and they were forceful (perhaps even manly), taking clear sides in existing controversies. Edmundson believes that poets do not do so now.
He's not the only one. The call for a clearer and a more public contemporary poetry was made, and answered, by Robert Pinsky, when he was writing the essays in Poetry and the World (1988), and the verse that became (wait for it) An Explanation of America (1979), and the later verse of Gulf Music (2007), which is nothing if not an attempt at a grand, democratic, synthetic, accessible, and partisan reaction to public events, among them Hurricane Katrina. Pinsky has devoted half his career to becoming exactly the kind of poet whom Edmundson says no longer exists, though Edmundson or anyone else could always claim that Pinsky's ear isn't up to the job: after all, poets require music too, and it's possible to find Pinsky even at his best talky, or stentorian, or unmusical.
It's also possible to claim that Frank Bidart's poetry lacks musical interest, that you can't hear it (if so, too bad for you); but it's just uninformed to imply, as Edmundson does, that Bidart never seeks a collective voice. He became famous for the alienated and extreme speakers in his dramatic monologues, thirty years back, but open Watching the Spring Festival (2008) and you might find "To the Republic":
I dreamed I saw a caravan of the dead
start out again from Gettysburg. . . .
Risen disconsolate that we
now ruin the great work of time,
they roll in outrage across America.
You betray us is blazoned on each chest.
To each eye as they pass: You betray us.
If that isn't public, political, collective, forceful poetry, what is? And if that music cannot satisfy, what music short of Yeats's own would do?
But it's possible that Edmundson has not read Frank Bidart's "To the Republic": he writes as if he got his sense of our most famous (non-avant-garde) poets from some mix of random New Yorkers and recent anthologies. How else to explain his idea that Madoc—the most difficult of all Paul Muldoon's long poems—represents the long and short of Muldoon? How else to explain his implication that W. S. Merwin— who just turned 86—has always and only been a poet of inward-turned and sheepish privacy? I mean not just The Lice (1967), with its savage indignation against the war in Vietnam (perhaps, for Edmundson, that was Before the Fall), but also his many poems of the 1980s and 1990s asking, despairingly or politely, that Americans pay a little more attention to the ecocatastrophe that we continue to cause.
The poets whom Edmundson attacks for failing to write forceful poems of choral lyric have in fact been writing, or at least trying regularly to write, such poems. My colleague Jorie Graham has rarely sought the demotic gravity of a Pinsky, and she certainly writes about the individual, the abstract, the philosophical, but lately she's been writing about our collective responsibility towards the planet too. The first poem in Sea Change (2008) notices how "the in-/ dispensable plankton is forced north now, & yet further north," and asks whether Graham's poems, or any poems, can help; the last poem concludes "There are sounds the planet will always make, even if no one is there to hear them." That's not a private lyre; that's an alarm bell.
Humor is one of the many virtues Edmundson's criteria for the best and highest poetry leaves out.
And those are only the poets Edmundson names. I am tempted to quote good public, political poems on matters of national moment by eminent midcareer poets whom he did not mention, beginning with D. A. Powell, but maybe he read them and didn't like them; or maybe he read them and wasn't paying attention, just as he might not have paid very much attention to Adrienne Rich's terrific poem of sexual naïveté and disability politics, "Seven Skins," which he complains isn't musical: the lines he quotes are intended as versified dialogue. Late Rich is uneven, sometimes she sounds shrill or clumsy, but often she sounds like nobody else, and sometimes she sounds amazing; often she makes exactly and concisely one point that Edmundson wants to make, the point that a poetry of private individual reflection seems diminished, overprivileged, and morally culpable when juxtaposed with the biggest events in the world. "In those years, people will say, we lost track/ of the meaning of we, of you," Rich wrote,
But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged
into our personal weather
They were headed somewhere else but their beaks and pinions drove
along the shore, through the rags of fog
where we stood, saying I
Notice how that "I" echoes the predatory birds; notice how what she says about "us" is more or less what Edmundson tries to say.
But Rich might have a problem with Edmundson's implications for what counts as public, for what kind of public poems we ought to have: they're all poems by white guys writing about shooting wars. If you want an unquestionably "accessible"—nothing recherché or professorial about it—poetry that is at once powerful in its cadence (it could not have been a piece of prose) and directly relevant to obvious issues of public debate (health care, anyone?), you might try Brenda Shaughnessy's Our Andromeda (2012), rightly praised in (among other places) the New Yorker for its writings about, and to, and for Shaughnessy's disabled son: in them, "There is no such thing as sacrifice, / though the bleeding doesn't end." Shaughnessy's poems say, among other matters, that one child's troubles, one mother's practical difficulties, are as important as space exploration, as shooting wars. And they are right.
Though (contrary to Edmundson's implication) there are boatloads of poems about 9/11, truckfuls of poems against what Robert Hass, in one poem, entitles "Bush's War," much of the most effective—and most musically interesting—public, political poetry of our day does not take a nation at war as its subject, nor as its "we": it attempts to speak to and about—and not to neglect the divisions among— mothers (as in Shaughnessy, or Rachel Zucker), or Southerners (as in C. D. Wright, or Yusef Komunyakaa), or Christian believers (as in Donald Revell, or the very traditional Melissa Range), or members of more familiar census categories. Often enough they speak from their position, as Lowell spoke from his (New England Brahmin), with the aim of addressing us all.
Unless I misunderstand him, Edmundson would like poets to address a collective, an "us all," but it has to be the right collective: not an ethnic group, or an interest group, but a nation. "A language is a dialect with an army and navy," as the linguist Max Weinrich quipped; a public, collective poem, in Edmundson's argument, might be an interest-group poem whose interest group has a flag. But which flag? The Irish tricolor will do—it did for Yeats, and it does for Seamus Heaney, whom Edmundson oddly calls "American, as it were, by mutual adoption": but when Heaney retired from teaching he settled in Ireland, and for all his service to American letters (and to my employer), he is no more American than I am French.
Heaney gives Edmundson at once a stick to beat contemporary Americans with (he's better than we are) and a sign of how far things have fallen (he's less committed, more of a hedger, than Yeats). Edmundson complains, about Heaney's "Punishment," that "Heaney can't find a difference he won't split." Heaney has written about himself that way, as in his wonderful poem "Terminus": "Two buckets were easier carried than one./ I grew up in between." It is not a bug but a feature, and one that deserves some moral approbation, especially since it emerged in a climate—the Troubles—when writers kept on being asked to support one, and oppose the other, violent side.
Yeats's "Easter 1916," which Edmundson likes better because it "does not hedge," in fact does hedge: its last line, "A terrible beauty is born" means not "I support the Easter Rising and its revolutionary martyrs unconditionally" but "They displayed nobility of spirit; and things are going to be different now, though nobody yet knows how" (and in 1916 nobody did). W. H. Auden defined poetry as "the clear expression of mixed feelings"; Yeats is working out mixed feelings too. He, and Heaney, also come from environments where children grew up with plenty of meter and rhyme; American poets today may not, and so their invention, their music, is more likely to take place in some form of free verse—which doesn't make that verse, at its best, less "musical."
Some American poets today are indeed, as Edmundson complains, difficult, idiosyncratic, private, learned, or just weird; others are trying very hard to make and remake a common language in which to say "we," to sing of what we, some version of "we," might share. Edmundson says that contemporary poets do not "slake a reader's thirst for meanings that pass beyond the experience of the individual poet and light up the world we hold in common," and he must be right, if he is the reader he means; but contemporary American poets do try.
He also says that "contemporary American poetry . . . does not generally traffic in the icons of pop culture; it doesn't immerse itself in ad-speak, rock lyrics, or politicians' posturing," which was a very reasonable complaint about the print-based, New Yorker–supported, academically approved poetry of 1985. Mark Edmundson, meet Michael Robbins, Albert Goldbarth, Lucia Perillo, Terrance Hayes, Denise Duhamel, Thomas Sayers Ellis, H. L. Hix, Juliana Spahr, Harryette Mullen, Charles Bernstein, and a ten-headed hydra named Flarf, and also Paul Muldoon. "No one [today] would attempt an Essay on Humanity," Edmundson continues—apparently An Explanation of America is too old to count; I wouldn't be surprised to discover that any of all of the poets I just named had attempted a poem with just that title, and if it were Hix or Goldbarth they wouldn't be kidding.
They might, however, be funny. "Humor saves a few steps, it saves years," wrote Marianne Moore, and humor is one of the many virtues Edmundson's criteria for the best and highest poetry leave out. Is a poem better because it "speaks in the plural," or because it takes a side? Is a poem better because it addresses a nation, rather than addressing the poet's daughter, or a beautiful stranger, or God, or the poet herself? Yeats did not think so: the author of "Easter 1916" was also the author of the equally admirable, and equally ringing, and equally canny "A Prayer for My Daughter," and—almost twenty years later—of "Politics": "Maybe what they say is true/ Of war and war's alarms,/ But O that I were young again/ And held her in my arms." There's something admirable in a call for almost any kind of poetry, because it can prompt rereading, and poetic creation; but there's something bullying in Edmundson's particular call for a particular kind of poetry, as if it were the king of the rest. Edmundson ends by slightly misquoting Shelley, who wrote that "poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." W. H. Auden retorted that poets had better things to do; the unacknowledged legislators are the secret police.
Photo: Apple tree rings / Brett Jordan, Flickr (cc)


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Keiser Report: The Greek Depression
From: RussiaToday | Sep 29, 2011
This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, ask why wallstreet protesters are maced in the face for merely walking on the sidewalk while JP Morgan's CEO can throw a tirade in the face of regulators and a central banker without being pepper-sprayed. They ask why Vince Cable doesn't pack some pepper spray.
Greece on edge of debtonation as govt tightens tax noose
Senior officials from the EU and IMF are expected in Greece to study its progress in reducing its debt. They'll then decide whether to release further bailout cash. It follows angry protests on Tuesday after the government passed the most unpopular round of austerity measures yet.
Martin Armstrong on the immediate economic outlook
Cycle guru Martin Armstrong's latest musing on the global economy and the crisis in civilisation.
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Central Banks Add to Gold Holdings
By Rhiannon Hoyle
LONDON -- Emerging-market countries continued to top up their gold reserves in August, with Russia, Thailand and Bolivia among those to add to their holdings.
Central banks have bought gold as some seek to diversify foreign-exchange reserves that have grown along with emerging market export industries. The purchases have helped drive the price of gold higher, because they absorb supply and boost market sentiment.
This year, central-bank officials also began buying in earnest in reaction to the government debt woes affecting the U.S. dollar and the euro.
While central-bank officials are careful not to skew the market with huge purchases or disposals, metals consultancy GFMS Ltd. said "further large official-sector purchases should help sustain prices."
August was a volatile month for gold prices. Gold futures traded as low as $1,607 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Aug. 1 and touched a record $1,909.30 an ounce on Aug. 23.
GFMS, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp., said central banks appear to be viewing gold as "intrinsically more sound than most, if not all" other perceived safe-haven assets, including U.S. Treasurys, German government bonds and the Japanese yen.
Bank of Finland dealer and market analyst Eija Salavirta said in an interview last week that emerging-market central banks are moving into the gold market as buyers because of a lack of options available to diversify their reserves.
"The big education we got from the economic crisis is that you have to diversify. And now that we are in exceptional times, [a lot of] countries…don't have that many choices," she said.
The central bank of Russia, a regular buyer from its own domestic market, continued its long-term program of gold accumulation in August by adding 118,000 troy ounces to its reserves, which now stand at 27.161 million ounces, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund.
Russia's holdings were up more than 7% since the start of 2011.
Thailand continued to boost its reserves, lifting them 300,000 ounces to 4.4 million ounces, a step up from its January holdings of 3.2 million ounces......read on
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European Commission chief says the EU could face the "biggest crisis in its history," and called for a financial transactions tax and the creation of eurobonds to fix the bloc's economic crisis.
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Reading aloud from children's books is an enriching way to spend time with kids. The stories are usually whimsical, colorful, and full of memorable moments that are universally enjoyed by families. So when one of our Todo Math moms mentioned that she integrates math ideas into storytime, the team took notice. How can families best explore math concepts during storytime? Here are suggestions about using children's books for math ideas!
A curious prompt about the story can stimulate our powers of prediction. Can readers guess the likely outcome about what will happen next based on how the story has unfolded so far?
Making a prediction means we are paying attention to details while formulating our own thoughts and viewpoints. Sometimes the most interesting phrases originate from a child's point of view.
Do you notice any patterns or details on this page?
How can we awaken our appetite for math ideas while reading through a children's book? Staring at the pictures and observing the details can be a great way to start.
First step? Try pausing before turning a page.
Maybe there is a particularly delightful rhyme or intricate designs in the corner of a page. Maybe there are groups of words or pictures that would be fun to count. Or, maybe the storybook is part of a series where readers can notice patterns in a favorite character's predictable behavior.
Readers can also take a moment to practice math vocabulary. For example, talk about what images are bigger and smaller (magnitude) or which objects are under, over or beside other objects (spatial).
Allowing time to ponder can open up pathways to discovery, enjoyment and exploration.
What did you like about this story? What didn't you like?
Adding a discussion question at the end of the story can help recall content we have just read. Instead of moving directly into the next story, try taking a chance to let the current story sink in more deeply.
Did you like the title? Would you title it differently? Who is your favorite character? Why? What was your favorite picture or part of the story? Why? If you wrote a story about this topic, what experience would you include?
Strike a balance during storytime between finding a rhythm and pausing for questions. Each family may settle on what style feels best. Maybe questions are reserved for the end, instead of asking too many times throughout and risking distraction. The choice is up to you, the storyteller, to decide what level of interactivity suits your family best.
To further develop ideas in using children's books for math ideas, this article in the School Library Journal about adding STEM concepts to storytime could be helpful. It underscores some of the themes mentioned here, such as asking questions to help with prediction or using the time before and after the story to explore concepts.
To get to the Pattern Game, open Todo Math, select 'Free Choice' and scroll down to Patterns under Mathematical Reasoning. Here children can notice the details of each object and its order and predict the next object in the lineup.
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German federal states test police software with Palantir function
For police investigations, publicly available data on the Internet plays an important role. The information is also used more intensively in everyday police work and combined with information from several police databases.
Under the name SENTINEL, German police authorities from three federal states have tested new software for "mission management". During an investigation, the application searches in social media for the location and current photos of the target person. Prior to police access, information on access to buildings or construction measures can also be queried. The software should also show possible escape routes of the wanted persons via an Internet search.
The research project lasted 18 months and was led by the German Police University in Münster. The police headquarters in Osnabrück and the police headquarters in Dortmund and Munich were involved. The costs of 84,600 euros were borne by the private Stüllenberg Foundation in Hamburg. Last week, the participants presented their results at a final conference.
"Online Footprint" for the Police
Querying services such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram is referred to as Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). Authorities may not use the publicly posted information without cause, but for a police measure. Under the title "Serious Crimes and the Role of Social Media" (SCARSOME), the Police College had tested similar procedures before the start of SENTINEL. These were mainly hostage-takings, kidnappings or amok cases in which the perpetrators are active in social media. In addition to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the federal police and police authorities from North Rhine-Westphalia were involved.
The EU police agency Europol also evaluates user tracks on the Internet in the case of terrorist incidents. Victims of the Bataclan attack in Paris also communicated via Twitter and Facebook. At that time, a "First Response Network" registered all active social media accounts in the vicinity of crime scenes with the help of the geotagging function. The "online footprint" is also used by Europol for the subsequent identification of witnesses.
One single search field
In SENTINEL, the authorities investigated how OSINT data can be integrated into daily police work. The three federal states involved sent so-called "Intel Officers" to Münster for this purpose. With "hessenDATA" the police in Hessen uses a comparable platform. The commercial software compares defined search terms with three Hessian police databases and internal police reports. Additional data sources include radio cell queries and forensic data from confiscated telephones.
"hessenDATA" can link all findings with information from social networks. In contrast to SENTINEL, this is done via a single search field. However, it is unclear how this function is used, because the police databases may not be operated in systems connected to the Internet.
Palantir software soon available throughout Hesse
The Hessian data protection commissioner did not raise objections against the Palantir software, but a parliamentarian investigative committee should clarify the dubious awarding practice. Hesse was given the software by the US manufacturer Palantir for one cent. Initially, the Hessian Ministry of the Interior had limited the use of the software to 400 anti-Terrorism investigators of the State Criminal Police Office. Meanwhile, "hessenDATA" is being used by 200 other employees in the area of state security for investigating organized crime.
In August, Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) described the application as an "indispensable part of police work". Under the name "hessenDATA mobile", a Hesse-wide Distribution for the application is in preparation, according to the Minister. This mobile phone version has been tested by a special unit since last year. Police officers involved in a mission can use it to coordinate their tactics, among other things.
Dragnet investigation in "Personalized Evidence"
One of the databases Palantir queries is the file "Personalized Evidence" ("Personengebundene Hinweise", PHW). In the federal states it is kept under their own responsibility, in Hesse it is stored in the "Police Information System" (POLAS). The PHW mark people, for example, with "drug consumption", "behavioural disorder", "risk of infection" or "willingness to use violence".
If the persons are stopped during an inspection, the officers are informed about a potential danger. This self-protection is one of the purposes of the PHW files. In fact, however, they are primarily used for criminal prosecution, and their connection to systems such as "hessenDATA" is likely to reinforce this trend.
Many of the PHW categories, including the politically motivated "offenders", are also brought together by the BKA in the nationwide information system INPOL. Following discussions on the admissibility of stigmatising features, the BKA has renamed the PHWs stored in INPOL into "Investigative Supportive Evidence" ("Ermittlungsunterstützende Hinweise", EHW).
Deployments also for "street crime"
In SENTINEL, the social media survey should provide further "information on certain milieus". They are named "owner of fighting dog", "sporting marksman" or "boxer". Combined with the relevant police databases or the weapons register, the information available on the Internet provides a comprehensive picture of the target persons. As with "hessenDATA", the procedures tested in SENTINEL could be used for manhunts. According to the police academy, missions are also conceivable in the field of "street crime". After a nationwide introduction, it would also be possible to connect the fire brigade and rescue service.
Nothing is known about the results of SENTINEL. However, the project description already advises the establishment of so-called "Real-Time Intelligence Centres" modelled on the Netherlands. According to this, these operation centres should carry out OSINT searches "by default" and link them with information from police data systems. Before this palantisation of the German police, the police academy will presumably carry out further research. Before OSINT can be used more extensively in everyday police work, "personnel, material and legal framework conditions have to be considered".
Image: All rights reserved Project SENTINEL.
Autor: Matthias Monroy
Knowledge worker, activist, editor of the German civil rights journal Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP.	Zeige alle Beiträge von Matthias Monroy
Autor Matthias MonroyVeröffentlicht am 16/09/2019 03/01/2020 Schlagwörter BKA, Europol, First Response Network, Geotagging, German Police University, Germany, hessenDATA, hessenDATA mobile, Internet, Open Source Intelligence, OSINT, Palantir, POLAS, Police, Real-Time Intelligence Centre, RTIC, SENTINEL
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Let's go! You've made up your mind and bought your board! Your chosen sport is skateboarding! But one of the most common mistakes is wanting to be able to do all the tricks without even mastering the basics. One thing's for sure, skateboarding isn't easy, but with a bit of work and patience you'll get there! So before mastering the ollie, board slide or kickflip and becoming king of the skatepark, here are some simple tips to get you on the move and at ease on your board.
Guess what? There's no such thing as the ideal posture for skateboarding. The most important thing is to find a position that's comfortable for you. Put your board on the ground, preferably on a stable surface that will stop it sliding around (carpet, grass, even the beach ;-)). Place your feet parallel on the board and have your shoulders perpendicular to it.
Tip: Regular, goofy, mongo: which foot should you use to push?
Regular: your left foot goes in front of your right foot, which pushes the board.
Goofy: your right foot goes in front of your left foot, which pushes the board.
Mongo: the front foot is also the pushing foot. It's not necessarily the most comfortable but may make you feel more at ease, so go for it!
Now that you're starting to feel at ease on a stable surface, it's time to start skating! On a flat surface, preferably a tarmacked road, step onto your board with your front foot in line with the parallel bolts. You'll be using your other foot to push the board.
Tip : try to make the movement really broad and regular to give yourself better momentum.
Adopt the posture you did at the start, reposition your feet perpendicular to your skateboard, with your shoulders parallel, and put the foot that you're using to push yourself on the edge of the board. Keep your back straight and your knees bent in order to stay balanced.
NB: the way the trucks are attached hugely affects how much pressure you place on the board. The less tight the trucks, the easier it is to press on the board. If your trucks are too tight, you'll need to lift the nose in order to move the board right or left.
There are several ways of braking on a skateboard but most of them are a bit tricky for beginners (you'll get there soon though, don't worry ;-)). In the meantime, the best way of braking on your skateboard is by dragging your back foot (foot that pushes the board) along the floor and gradually slowing down. If you're feeling confident, you can try and do a tail stop. This technique involves pressing down on the back of your board and dragging the tail along the ground. Hey presto!
Now that you've mastered the basics of skateboarding and you're feeling more comfortable on your board, you can move on to the next step and learn the most technical, classic skateboarding tricks such as the OLLIE, KICKFLIP and even the 360. With a bit (lots ;-)) of patience and effort, you'll soon get to grips with the coolest tricks. Over to you!


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Catalans celebrate St George Day with roses and books
BARCELONA, SPAIN, Daniel Bosque- Red roses and books flooded the streets of Barcelona as Spain's Catalonia region celebrated its patron saint Sunday, with a tradition which is vying for a place on a prestigious UN list.
Every April 23 on the day of Sant Jordi, or St George, people in the wealthy northeastern region give each other a rose or a book in a celebration of love and culture.
Originally the tradition involved men giving their love a rose, while she in return would give him a book. But it has evolved and today women also receive books and flowers are given as well to mothers, daughters, friends and even co-workers.
Throngs of people browsed book and flower stands in the Catalan capital's historic heart under a bright blue sky, in a scene repeated in cities and towns across the region.
"It's a special day. All the streets are decorated with flowers and books, its very beautiful," said Joan Redon, 39, a computer technician as he made his way along Barcelona's packed Las Ramblas boulevard with his girlfriend, who carried a red rose he gave her earlier.
"There isn't anyone in Catalonia who doesn't follow the tradition," he added.
Retailers expect to sell six million roses, and over 1.5 million books, on Sunday alone in Catalonia, which is home to 7.5 million people.
Catalan booksellers make 5-8 percent of their annual sales on the day of Sant Jordi -- which is also St George's Day in Britain -- said the secretary of the Catalan booksellers association, Maria Marin.
"It's impressive," she said.
Musicians performed in the streets of Barcelona, adding to the festive mood while authors signed copies of their books in booths set up for the day.
Best-selling Irish novelist Marion Keyes was among the big names signing books this year.
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Catalonia adopted St George as its patron saint in the 15th century. According to legend he saved a princess by killing a dragon with his spear while riding on a white horse.
The dragon's blood caused a rosebush to grow and he offered one of its roses to the princess.
Since 1931 a book fair has been held in Barcelona on April 23 -- St George Day and the anniversary of the burial in 1616 of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, the author of "Don Quixote".
Since then the tradition of offering books and roses in Catalonia on that date has thrived, even during the 1939-74 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco when the open sale of books in the Catalan language was banned.
The tradition is sparking growing interest abroad. This year a delegation came from China to observe the event with a view to repeating it in the Asian country.
"I'm very impressed. It's a unique event in the whole world I think," said Andrea Edel, who is responsible for culture in the southwestern German town of Heidelberg.
- 'Transcends politics' -
The Catalan Book Chamber plans to ask that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) include the tradition on its "intangible world heritage" list.
"It meets all the criteria. It has existed for a long time, it is the expression of a specific culture and it has a future," said the president of the chamber, Antoni Daura.
The initiative is backed by the regional government of Catalonia as well as the central government in Madrid, a rare example of cooperation between the two sides at a time of high tension over the Catalan government's push for independence for Catalonia.
"Sant Jordi transcends politics. It's a festival of feelings and culture, it is something universal," said Tixis.
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This recipe completes the set; 10 twists on Jamie Oliver's 10 recipes to save your life. It has been an honour to share recipes for such an important cause. The concept is simple: master these basic recipes and you'll be empowered to cook good, nutritious and delicious food for yourself, and your family. If you can learn to cook those dishes, you can easily extend your repertoire to a whopping 1oo dishes with our twists and tweaks.
Vietnamese curries are milder than Thai curries but you can always add extra chilli as a garnish if you like it hot.
This curry starts with a paste that will deliver the wonderful aromatic flavour – you could always buy a paste, but I like to do things properly.
Begin by blending the curry paste ingredients together.
You can keep the spare curry paste in an airtight sterilised jar in the fridge or freeze it for future use.
Fry the onion and garlic in the oil for a few minutes and then stir in 3 tablespoons of the curry paste.
Cook it out for a couple of minutes and add the sweet potato, palm sugar, fish sauce and coconut milk.
Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20 – 30 minutes until the sweet potato is tender.
Taste the curry, you may want to tweak the flavour with a dash of fish sauce or sprinkling of palm sugar.
Add the green beans and spinach and cook for another 5 minutes until the beans are tender.
I serve this dish with cauliflower rice, fresh red chillies, fresh coriander leaves and a wedge of lime, but it would work well with rice or even noodles.
You can add chicken to this recipe if you like, but to be honest, I really don't think that it needs it.


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At the Corner of Hollywood and Web
A conversation + a screening of a new indie movie
Monday, November 19th, 6:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Room 1015
Refreshments served!
What happens when a movie maker looks to the Web to work around the traditional entertainment system in which he is one of the leading figures? Rob Burnett is the executive producer of "The Late Show with David Letterman" and CEO of the production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated ("The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "Everybody Loves Raymond)." He and his writing partner Jon Beckerman were also the creators of the much admired "Ed" and "Knights of Prosperity." But, they decided the traditional Hollywood route was wrong for their new indie movie. "We wanted to let it find its right audience," says Burnett. So, they turned to the Web.
Join us for a conversation with Rob Burnett about what they've learned as entertainment industry insiders trying to use the Web to let "We Made This Movie" find its audience. The conversation will be held with Elaine McMillion, David Weinberger, Jonathan Zittrain, and other special guests.
Afterwards, there will be a screening of "We Made This Movie," where five high school seniors set out to make a silly comedy movie, but accidentally end up making a dramatic and moving movie about their actual lives.
All information on the We Made This Movie project can be found here: http://www.wemadethismovie.com.
About the Participants
Rob Burnett is a five-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer of The Late Show with David Letterman. He is also president and chief executive officer of Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Inc., where he oversees both The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Elaine McMillion is an independent documentary storyteller based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work focuses on contemporary social and cultural issues and strives to share stories from people and places that are often underrepresented or misrepresented by mainstream media. McMillion has directed and produced two award-winning feature-length documentary films and is currently in post-production of Hollow: An Interactive Documentary. Hollow, a cross-platform project supported by Tribeca Film Institute's New Media fund, aims to communicate the personal narratives of post-industrial, rural America to inspire awareness and social change.
David Weinberger writes about the effect of technology on ideas.
He is the author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined and Everything Is Miscellaneous, and is the co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto. His most recent book, Too Big to Know, about the Internet's effect on how and what we know.
Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, human computing, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education.
We Made this Movie
Worldwide Pants CEO Rob Burnett Tries On A Pair Of Films (Movieline)
Rob Burnett's Crowd-Assisted Movie Might Be the Future of Hollywood (Pando Daily)
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Suitable illumination is actually the trick for a much more versatile and also hospitable bathroom setting. For a long opportunity, our washrooms were suited up merely with simple overhead installations. However, newer bathrooms are ending up being large as well as lavish. These brand new adjustments have actually paved a means to the development of even more boosted lighting fixtures. The new lighting plans develop even more adjustable as well as friendly atmosphere.
Decorators acknowledge that there is no single appropriate method to light a washroom. Ahead up with the greatest possible illumination scheme, including the most effective combo of bulbs as well as components, decorators often consider three various aspects. These consist of the private inclination from the customer, the measurements from the space as well as the décor, clicking here.
To possess a successful lighting scheme, any sort of area in your home needs not just one however a blend from ambient lighting fixtures, activity lighting and emphasis illumination. The exact same is correct with an excellent shower room lights program.
Your washroom calls for general lights. This form from illumination offers illumination for the entire room eliminating any shades and also delivers light to the flooring for safety. This style from lighting fixtures is contacted ambient lights. This typically originates from the ceiling-mounted components and also all-natural illumination arising from windows and also windows. This is even more suggested to use sunken ceiling fittings since these create a lot less glare in comparison to those fixtures that dangle here the roof. These could have either luminous light bulbs or small fluorescents. The National Home kitchen and also Bath Organization from the United States advises that 2 1/2 to 4 watts of incandescent light ought to sufficient for each square feet place. All-natural lighting can easily likewise provide ambient lights. Added home windows can easily raise the quantity of all-natural light that enters into a room Frosted glass or glass blocks can deliver personal privacy if required. Meanwhile, a skylight will certainly deliver at the very least five times much more light compared to a home window from the exact same dimension can deliver, learn more.
Duty lighting, on the various other hand, gives lighting to task regions including the sink, narcissisms and also downpours in the bathroom. This likewise supports the general illumination of the room. Lighting fixtures the task places will decrease the possibilities from unintended becomes. If you like going through while you saturate, igniting the bath tub will verify advantageous. Roof placed downlights that are humidity verification, are advised for encased shower or even tub where heavy steam can regularly end up being heavy. Furthermore, a tub without a shower enclosure can operate properly along with only one or even two recessed incandescent downlights that are 60 or 75 watts each. Including a dimmer to these lightings will certainly enable you to transform the state of mind of your atmosphere to an even more enjoyable setting. Light changes ought to be actually placed at the very least 6 feet off the bathtub or even shower.
Eventually, unique attributes of the space and decorative items are highlighted along with accent lighting fixtures. In the restroom for example, you could put in a row of halogen mini-lights on the overhang from bathroom system step or even on dangling tapestry to emphasize the state of mind and also offer an extra desirable and interesting result. Tone lights need to be actually 3 times extra intense compared to those supplied through background lights. You may utilize an eyeball lens that can easily highlight a particular function of the area. Eventually, exclusive components from the area and ornamental pieces are highlighted along with accent lighting fixtures. In the shower room for instance, you could put in a row from halogen mini-lights on the overhang from restroom platform action or on putting up drapery to complement the mood and deliver a more eye-catching and also appealing result. Emphasis lighting fixtures should be 3 opportunities much more intense than those delivered by background lighting. You could use an eyeball lense that may highlight a certain attribute from the space.


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Money supermarket quoted £1551 for a two week trip to Spain to insure a lady with breast cancer, whereas the specialist firm Insurancewith.com quotes £41 and Boots £47. Similar examples are given in the article Saga quotes are always beaten by both Insurancewith.com and Boots, so remember these two companies if you need special cover because of your medical record.
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Note: The following is written for those who live in non– community property or non–marital property states. If you live in Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, or Wisconsin the outcomes may differ from the following examples.
True or False . . .
I recently updated my "will," so I don't need to bother with IRA beneficiary designations.
I recently updated my "trust," so I don't need to bother with IRA beneficiary designations.
custodian has the responsibility to overlook my "lapse" and direct the proceeds in a manner that is logical.
By designating "my estate" as the primary beneficiary of my IRA, I provide more flexibility for how the account will be distributed when I pass away.
Designating my minor children is a good idea as long as they are contingent beneficiaries.
False. Many IRA owners believe that the instructions they provide in their will override the beneficiary designation of their IRA. In fact, your IRA beneficiary designation overrides the instructions in your will. All IRA custodians have a default beneficiary designation ready to step in if you do not name a beneficiary, but the default can differ from custodian to custodian. Figure 1 (below) compares a few actual default beneficiary designations.
Sorry Spock, this too is false. Even if it seems logical, the IRA custodian must follow the beneficiary designation and, in this case, distribute the IRA to the ex-spouse. What can cause confusion for the IRA owner is that the rules are different for some employer-sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k)s because they fall under federal law, unlike IRAs, which fall under state law. Federal law requires a spouse to sign a waiver if the 401k owner designates anyone other than his or her spouse (or in addition to the spouse) as primary beneficiary. In our example, if the current spouse did not sign a waiver, the proceeds of the 401k would go to him or her.
False. A minor cannot inherit an IRA in his or her name. If a minor is designated as a beneficiary of an IRA and the IRA owner passes away without setting up a trust or leaving clear instructions about custodianship, anyone, including a parent, seeking custodianship for the heir's IRA may have to go to court to be appointed. Many IRA custodians will default to the minor's legal guardian which may or may not be what the IRA owner intended.
A relatively simple solution is the Unified Transfer to Minor Account (UTMA), in some states called Unified Gift to Minor Account (UGMA). The beneficiary designation would read something like this: "25% to Robert Smith III, but, if a minor, the beneficiary is Robert Smith II custodian for Robert Smith III under the UTMA of [name of state]." The downside to UTMAs is that the child will receive the account when they reach age of majority, typically age 18 or 21 (depending on the state).A not-so-simple solution is to identify a trust as a beneficiary. This can offer some unique "control from the grave" planning opportunities that some IRA owners appreciate. If you name a trust as your IRA beneficiary, the trust has to be well drafted or it can cause more problems than it is worth. This would be an appropriate time to seek the advice of an estate planning attorney.
It is not my intent to make light of beneficiary designations by using a game show approach for this article. It is my hope that I would capture your attention enough to have you scratch your head and think about your beneficiary designations. When done correctly, they can be an inexpensive yet powerful estate planning tool. When done poorly, they can be a disaster waiting to happen. Unfortunately, when the disaster does happen, the IRA owner is not around to help clean up the mess.


I submitted several college apps today and a few of the colleges said my file would not be complete without transcripts, recommendations and SAT scores. I have no control over the transcripts or recs but I sent SAT scores in October! Could they be wrong or should I send them again??
Hey, this happened to me with one school, too!! Except with the ACT; I sent it in October..it's been 2 months!! But besides my scores, they seem to have received everything else..


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This demo follows the Demo: OpenStack + Cumulus VX "Rack-on-a-Laptop" Part I (L2+MLAG, ML2) article. Unlike the previous demo, which utilizes the Cumulus Linux Modular Layer 2 (ML2) Mechanism Driver for OpenStack with the VLAN type driver, this demo utilizes the VXLAN type driver, with layer 3 networking used throughout from the spine switches all the way to the actual hosts. This is a different methodology for networking that adds simplicity and mobility for system administrators and networking engineers alike.
This demo requires a basic understanding of OpenStack, layer 3 networking technologies and the BGP unnumbered routing protocol methodology.
Tip: Shut down all other memory-intensive apps before running the demo.
RDO project network/controller/compute node. Uses the Linux bridge and not OVS bridge for simplicity.
Note: For simplicity, the network node, controller and a compute node have been combined on a single server. These are typically separate in a more realistic environment.
RDO Server2 CentOS7/RDO (Liberty Release) RDO project compute node.
CumulusLeaf1-2.5.5 Cumulus VX 2.5.5 Leaf (top of rack) switch 1.
CumulusLeaf2-2.5.5 Cumulus VX 2.5.5 Leaf (top of rack) switch 2.
CumulusSpine1-2.5.5 Cumulus VX 2.5.5 Spine switch 1.
Ext_Rtr Debian Jessie External router.
Download the OpenStack demo OVA file from the Cumulus Networks Box.com account. The image file is approximately 4.2GB in size.
Import the OVA by selecting File -> Import Appliance….
Note: If you are reinstalling the demo, make sure you previously deleted the VMs and all associated files.
Accept the default values when prompted during the configuration of the appliance.
Important: Ensure the Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards option is unchecked when prompted.
Note: The import process can take 2 to 3 minutes, depending on your hardware.
Start all six virtual machines imported into VirtualBox.
Note: The start order does not matter, however you should wait a couple of minutes for the six VMs to complete the boot process.
Note: These browser tabs are provided for your convenience so that you do not need to use the VirtualBox console.
Important: If you do not log in through the browser, it may time out after 60 seconds.
Note: The browser view of the switches and Linux compute nodes may not be typical and secure at a customer site. This is for demo simplicity and convenience purposes. However, the Horizon dashboard is a browser-based UI that OpenStack customers use.
cumulus@leaf1$ sudo vtysh -c "show run"
cumulus@spine1$ sudo vtysh -c "show run"
Configure the OpenStack host interfaces. A virtual IP address is required to use as the VXLAN tunnel end point (VTEP). In this demo, the VTEP is configured on the loopback interface. This is because the server sourced a packet to another VTEP, and it uses the IP configured on the loopback. Attempts were made to use a dummy interface and use that as the source IP but the source IP address selection in Linux would select the wrong IP and results in VXLAN forwarding failures. Fortunately, this problem is easily solved by setting a route map with ip protocol bgp, which sets the source IP address setting to whatever IP address you want for all locally-sourced packets. This configuration is now used in the setup.
The interfaces facing the Cumulus VX leaf switches must be up and have IPv6 enabled.
Configure the Neutron layer 3 agent. This demo uses the Linux bridge agent. It is easier to comprehend how OpenStack forwards frames using this agent. The other agent, OVS, is much more complex but contains many more features than the Linux bridge, such as Distributed Virtual Routing for better load distribution of east-west traffic.
#   like DNAT, and SNAT. Use this mode if you do not want to adopt DVR.
#   agent that runs on a compute host.
#   node (or in single-host deployments, e.g. devstack).
Configure the Neutron layer 2 agent.
# both linuxbridge and l2population mechanism drivers should be loaded).
Configure Quagga on the compute nodes for layer 3 connectivity to the hosts. The demo uses the Cumulus Linux Quagga package from the Cumulus Networks GitHub repository, compiled to work with CentOS7, and generated RPMs and SRPMs. RPM uses systemd to manage bringing up of the zebra and bgpd services. In this example the bgpd and zebra configurations are in separate files. A future version of this demo will merge both into a single Quagga.conf file.
Click the Instances tab under the System Menu section to confirm that there are instances running.
Click the Admin -> Networks and Admin -> Routers section to confirm that there are no networks and routers shown.
Click the System -> Hypervisor section to confirm that OpenStack can see two hypervisors (server1, server2).
You can run the demo with a single tenant and either one or two networks.
In this scenario, you use OpenStack HEAT to create one broadcast domain that spans two compute nodes. Each compute node has one OpenStack VM in the broadcast domain. The broadcast domain runs over VLXLAN tunnels that are also dynamically created by OpenStack. To manage BUM (Broadcast, Unknown unicast and Multicast) packets, OpenStack has technology similar to LNV in Cumulus Linux called L2population. L2population depends on the VXLAN kernel module features added between 3.7 and 3.11, so is it generally better to run a kernel 3.11+. The demo server uses Kernel 4.4.
In this demo environment OpenStack creates a VXLAN domain. It picks a VXLAN number identifier (VNI) from a range provided to Neutron. On the compute nodes — server1 and server2 — a new bridge is created that contains the interface to the OpenStack VM and a VXLAN interface.
No dynamic provisioning occurs on the Cumulus VX switch.
All VTEP IPs are distributed between the hosts, using BGP unnumbered.
Note: To access the netshow int output that shows OpenStack data, run source keystonerc_demo from the terminal to log in to OpenStack as an admin.
To run this demo, log into the RDO Server1 (http://localhost:8800) and follow the instructions on the /etc/MOTD message.
Using the demo script, you can start, verify and destroy.
Log in to the Horizon dashboard, then connect to the VMs using a console after they are created and ping the VMs.
Observe OpenStack networking using netshow, ip link show and ip netns commands.
Ping from the VMs to the external router.
Here are some screen shots from the OpenStack Horizon dashboard and from a leaf switch that show what happens after provisioning a single subnet in a single tenant.
This is similar to the one tenant/one subnet demo, but instead of creating only one broadcast domain, it creates two subnets in a single tenant, and puts two OpenStack VMs on each subnet. Again, it uses OpenStack HEAT to perform this task.
The demo is also performed from RDO Server1 (http://localhost:8800) and the MOTD has instructions on how to execute the demo.
This is for demo purposes only, and not for production use cases.
VXLAN offload NICs are recommended for use in a physical environment.
Q: How can I get help on running this demo?
A: Although this demo is unsupported, feel free to join in the discussion on the Open Networking Community post.
Q: After a Cumulus VX instance boots up it reports an error message stating that DBUS is not installed. Is this an error of concern?
A. No. This is a benign error, and can be ignored.
Q: In the single tenant/2 network demo, when I run netshow interface or ip addr show, the default gateways of the OpenStack instances (VM) are not present. Where are the default gateways of the subnet?
Q: When I reboot the OpenStack server using the reboot or shutdown commands, the VM appears to hang. What do I do?
A: Force a reload via the VirtualBox Manager.
Q: May I re-distribute this demo OVA file to customers and prospects?
A: Yes. The OVA contains language that it is being provided on an as-is basis with no warranty nor support.


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Early Death Comes From Drinking Distilled Water
by: Zoltan P. Rona MD MSc
During nearly 19 years of clinical practice I have had the opportunity to observe the health effects of drinking different types of water. Most of you would agree that drinking unfiltered tap water could be hazardous to your health because of things like parasites, chlorine, fluoride and dioxins.
Many health fanatics, however, are often surprised to hear me say that drinking distilled water on a regular, daily basis is potentially dangerous.
Paavo Airola wrote about the dangers of distilled water in the 1970's when it first became a fad with the health food crowd.
Distillation is the process in which water is boiled, evaporated and the vapor condensed. Distilled water is free of dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special property of being able to actively absorb toxic substances from the body and eliminate them.
Studies validate the benefits of drinking distilled water when one is seeking to cleanse or detoxify the system for short periods of time (a few weeks at a time).
Fasting using distilled water can be dangerous because of the rapid loss of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride) and trace minerals like magnesium, deficiencies of which can cause heart beat irregularities and high blood pressure. Cooking foods in distilled water pulls the minerals out of them and lowers their nutrient value.
Distilled water is an active absorber and when it comes into contact with air, it absorbs carbon dioxide, making it acidic. The more distilled water a person drinks, the higher the body acidity becomes.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, "Distilled water, being essentially mineral-free, is very aggressive, in that it tends to dissolve substances with which it is in contact.
Notably, carbon dioxide from the air is rapidly absorbed, making the water acidic and even more aggressive. Many metals are dissolved by distilled water."
The most toxic commercial beverages that people consume (i.e. cola beverages and other soft drinks) are made from distilled water. Studies have consistently shown that heavy consumers of soft drinks (with or without sugar) spill huge amounts of calcium, magnesium and other trace minerals into the urine.
The more mineral loss, the greater the risk for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and a long list of degenerative diseases generally associated with premature aging.
A growing number of health care practitioners and scientists from around the world have been advocating the theory that aging and disease is the direct result of the accumulation of acid waste products in the body.
There is a great deal of scientific documentation that supports such a theory. A poor diet may be partially to blame for the waste accumulation. Meats, sugar, white flour products, fried foods, soft drinks, processed foods, alcohol, dairy products and other junk foods cause the body to become more acidic. Stress, whether mental or physical can lead to acid deposits in the body.
There is a correlation between the consumption of soft water (distilled water is extremely soft) and the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Cells, tissues and organs do not like to be dipped in acid and will do anything to buffer this acidity including the removal of minerals from the skeleton and the manufacture of bicarbonate in the blood.
The longer one drinks distilled water, the more likely the development of mineral deficiencies and an acid state. I have done well over 3000 mineral evaluations using a combination of blood, urine and hair tests in my practice. Almost without exception, people who consume distilled water exclusively, eventually develop multiple mineral deficiencies.
Those who supplement their distilled water intake with trace minerals are not as deficient but still not as adequately nourished in minerals as their non-distilled water drinking counterparts even after several years of mineral supplementation.
The ideal water for the human body should be alkaline and this requires the presence of minerals like calcium and magnesium.
Distilled water tends to be acidic and can only be recommended as a way of drawing poisons out of the body. Once this is accomplished, the continued drinking of distilled water is a bad idea.
... Disease and early death is more likely to be seen with the long term drinking of distilled water. Avoid it except in special circumstances.
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Establishing ongoing collaboration with child welfare, probation, LEAs and other organizations to determine the proper educational placement of foster youth.
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Providing direct educational services for foster youth in LEAs or County-Operated Programs provided the school district has certified that such services cannot be provided or funded using other sources, including, but not limited to, LCFF, federal, state, or local funding.
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It turns out President Trump's handicap scores have been hacked
Drew Angerer
We hope you're sitting down. Apparently the United States presidency has been hacked.
Well, at least the president's GHIN handicap, that is. On Friday, we relayed the story that, for the first time since October, President Donald Trump posted a score to the USGA's system. This was notable on two fronts. Despite playing 175 times since taking office, Trump rarely inserts his scores to GHIN. Moreover, the score in question was a 68. The president has been known to play a game not adherent to the rules, but a 68, and on a tough track (75.5 rating)? As this president has been wont to say, a whiff of "fake news" surrounded the story.
On Saturday, we got a more plausible explanation for the 68: Someone had hacked into Trump's GHIN score, as three more scores—all in the 100s—were posted on Friday afternoon.
According to Alex Raskin of the Daily Mail, a USGA spokesperson said the scores are erroneous.
"As we dug into the data it appears someone has erroneously posted a number of scores on behalf of the GHIN user," the USGA told Raskin. "We are taking corrective action to remove the scores and partnering with our allied golf associations and their member clubs to determine the origin of the issue."
Man, what type of world are we living in where the proceedings of the Oval Office are affected by outside influences.


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Upcoming lecture focuses on grassland conservation
Noted conservationist Reed Noss will present a lecture at Mississippi State University on Feb. 17.
Noss is a provost's distinguished research professor at the University of Central Florida and president of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science.
The public lecture begins at 3 p.m. in the Tully Auditorium of Thompson Hall.
Noss will speak on concepts and themes of modern conservation with examples from his recent book, "Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation."
The book examines Southern grasslands, which are some of the richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America.
Noss earned his master's degree from the University of Tennessee and his doctorate from the University of Florida. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is noted as one of the top 250 highly cited authors in ecology and environment.
For information on the lecture series, please contact JoVonn Hill at 662-325-2988 or jgh4@entomology.msstate.edu.
Support for this lecture was provided by the Charles E. Lindley Fund, the David and Elizabeth Waldorf Environmental Science Fund and the MSU chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta. The university's Mississippi Entomological Museum is hosting the lecture.


Help children learn basic numbers and mathematics with the Bigjigs Add and Subtract Box.
This useful wooden box is filled with wooden tiles, each of which is decorated with a simple subtraction or addition sum. Playing with this entertaining wooden toy will introduce children to numbers and sums at an early age and in an informal environment.


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Aquanaut Adventure: A Discovery Zone is Georgia Aquarium's newest interactive gallery that invites guests of all ages to embark on an educational journey.
Aquanaut Adventure is a unique experience that allows parents and children to learn about aquatic life during their expedition through a variety of immersive environments. The gallery offers guests the chance to compete in a series of entertaining STEM-related challenges that provide the opportunity to become a certified Georgia Aquarium Aquanaut.
Designed to be fun and exploratory, the exhibition takes children from their own backyard to the forest, the beach, the mountains, and even underwater!


Miami, March, 2014 – Miami Dade College's (MDC) Galleries of Art + Designare gearing up for another exciting season with nearly 20 exhibitions at each of the College's campuses that have and will creatively explore themes like nature, human rights, U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and contemporary art. The season kicked off on Thursday, Aug. 29, and runs through Sept. 2014. All exhibitions are free and open to the public!
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Bulova Classic Red Dial Ladies Two Tone Dress Watch 98M119 is an amazing and attractive Ladies watch. This attractive ladies Bulova Dress watch has a two-tone steel/rose gold plated case and is fitted with a quartz movement with date function. It fastens a rose and steel two tone bracelet and has a very attractive metallic red dial.
Stainless steel case with a two-tone stainless steel bracelet. Fixed bezel. Red dial with rose gold-tone hands and index- Arabic at the 12 o' clock hour markers. Dial Type: Analog. Date display at the 6 o'clock position. Quartz movement. Scratch resistant mineral crystal. Pull / push crown. Solid case back. Case diameter: 34 mm. Case thickness: 9.80 mm. Round case shape. Deployment clasp. Water resistant at 30 meters. Functions: date, hour, minute, second. Dress watch style. Bulova Classic Red Dial Ladies Two Tone Watch 98M119.
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GRASONVILLE, MD. – Maryland State Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Queen Anne's County convenience store early this morning and are asking for the public's help in identifying the armed robber. On April 8, 2018, just before 12 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Centreville Barrack responded to the 7-Eleven store located at 110 Pullman Crossing Road, Grasonville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland for a report of an armed robbery.
Surveillance video showed the suspect entered the store and brandished what appeared to be a black handgun. The suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black gloves, grey pants, black tennis shoes, sunglasses, with a dark cloth covering his face. The suspect demanded store employee give him cash from the register. The employee complied, and the suspect fled the store. The employee reported no injury.
Armed robber takes a good look at the camera to be sure his good side shows up while he robbed the Valero Shore Stop on Rt. 50 at Trappe Md.
The Valero Shore Stop was robbed at gunpoint on March 7, 2018. The store is located on Rt. 50 at Trappe, Md.


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Insurance marketplace Lloyd's has ended the cyber probe that it initiated following detection of unusual activity on its network.
In an update, Lloyd's stated: "Last week, unusual activity was detected on the Lloyd's network. As a result, the proactive decision was made to take some systems offline and perform a cybersecurity investigation. This was led by a dedicated team and two specialist partners, Mandiant and NTT.
"The investigation has concluded that no evidence of any compromise was found, and as such Lloyd's has been advised that its network services can now be restored. We continue to work with our partners to monitor the IT environment as we restore services to the market, which we currently anticipate to complete by Wednesday, October 12."
Prior to the conclusion of the cyber investigation, Lloyd's said it wouldn't reconnect the systems until it had the confidence that they were fully secure.
Meanwhile no explanation or further details were provided as to what could have caused the unusual network activity.
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Georgia Barbecue Association Membership Required. This event is being conducted in association with the Georgia BBQ Association. Any team with at least one current GBA membership is eligible to compete.
This event is being conducted in association with the Georgia Barbecue Association.
Entry Fee: $250 includes a 10′ x 20′ Cook Team space. Additional $200 for 20′ x 40′ Cook Team space.
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I understand how difficult it is to find a beautifully thought out and well crafted piece of Cat jewelry so thats why I put my love and passion for Irish jewelry into this piece.
1100 years ago an unknown Irish scribe hiding from the Viking raids penned a little poem in the margins of a manuscript he was working on. This inspired me to make this pendant. Look closely - A Trinity Celtic Knot is were our little friend slumbers.
I and Pangur Bán my cat,'Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night.
'Tis a merry task to see At our tasks how glad are we, When at home we sit and find Entertainment to our mind.
Oftentimes a mouse will stray In the hero Pangur's way; Oftentimes my keen thought set Takes a meaning in its net.
'Gainst the wall he sets his eye Full and fierce and sharp and sly; 'Gainst the wall of knowledge I All my little wisdom try.
When a mouse darts from its den, O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove When I solve the doubts I love!
So in peace our task we ply, Pangur Ban, my cat, and I; In our arts we find our bliss, I have mine and he has his.
Practice every day has made Pangur perfect in his trade;I get wisdom day and night Turning darkness into light.
Cats, both tamed and roaming wild, were holy to the Irish Gods and Goddesses in Celtic myths, and they were believed to be a potent totem animal of quite a few ancient Irish tribes.
The ancient Celtic people believed that our feline friends guarded the gate to the spirit world, and were also guardians of their Celtic silver jewelry!
But wait there's more, In ancient legend Celtic cats helped people connect to a spiritual link with the universe.
Indeed, our furry feline friends are magical creatures, mysterious and otherworldly.
The Trinity knot is additionally called the Triquetra and is one of the best known images in Celtic culture. The Celtic Christian church utilized it to speak to the Holy Trinity, yet different societies utilized the image as well and each appended its own importance to it. The Trinity knot comprises of three corners, a few outlines additionally incorporate the hover in the inside.
"Triquetra" originates from the Latin for 'three-cornered' and despite the fact that its origins are obscure, it has been found on Indian manuscripts that are more than 5,000 years of age. It has likewise been found on cut stones in Northern Europe dating from the eighth century AD and on early Germanic coins.
The amazing Book of Kells, accepted to be from the mid ninth century, likewise bears the Trinity knot image among its other enriching fine art. It's feasible the Trinity knot had religious significance for heathens, Druids and pagans and it likewise looks to some extent like the Valknut which is an image related with Odin, a respected God in Norse mythology.
As to when the Trinity knot's appearance in Celtic culture came about , it appears as though the unmistakable style first started amid Ireland's Insular Art development around the seventh century - yet it is hard to get an exact date. The Triquetra is actually one of the simplest knot examples in Celtic art.
Alongside other Celtic knotwork designs, the Trinity knot ws extremely popular in Ireland until the Norman Invasion whereupon this type of fine art went into decay. Celtic knotwork was basically kept alive amid the dark ages because of support from Gaelic privileged people.
By the fifteenth century, knotwork moved toward becoming seen as a major aspect of a political and social character and imagery. For example, the Trinity knot by this time started to embellish weapons and jewelry. However occasions of the Trinity knot being utilized as embellishment altogether decreased from the time of the Jacobean Rebellion in the mid eighteenth century.
It was not until the mid nineteenth century and the onset of the 'Celtic Revival' did we see more instances of Celtic knotwork enrichment and portrayals of the diverse images have been duplicated with consistency from that point forward.
What Does The Trinity Knot Mean?
An incredible aspect regarding the Trinity knot pendant design is its flexibility; it has been utilized as an image in an assortment of religions and even today, it has new noteworthiness.
The three purposes of the Trinity knot speak to the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In its unique type of vesicae pisces, it consolidates the fish which is a prevalent Christian image. Infrequently, you may see the Trinity knot encased inside a circle as a methods for stressing solidarity or forever.
Christians believe the Celtic Triquetra pendant started with Irish missionaries who carried the image with them alongside their belongings while converting the Celts to Christianity.
However numerous history specialists are of the mind that unique Celtic knotwork designs are Celtic in origin and not in fact Christian. Nonetheless, not one prominent student of history believes the Trinity knot to be identified with the Holy Trinity - this is something that haas been added to the meaning starting probably in the 1800's, receding and the coming back in to fashion in the early 1970's.
So we do know that later, Christians utilized this knot to symbolize the Holy Trinity and added a circle to speak of the after life.
The Trinity knot is typical of the triple way of the Goddess as mother, maiden and crone. The mother as a goddess is illustrative of creation, the maiden is illustrative of innocence and the crone is illustrative of insight/wisdom. It is likewise illustrative of the powers of nature (earth, fire and water) and the three interlocking circles are typical of female ripeness.
As thought by the ancient Irish Celts, the important things on the planet came in threes; three spaces (earth, ocean and sky), three components, three phases of life and so forth. It is likewise conceivable that the Triquetra meant the lunar and sun oriented stages. Amid unearthings at different archeological digs from the Celtic period, various Trinity knot images have been found close by sun based and lunar images.
Just like the case with a great deal of Celtic imagery, the Trinity knot has been adapted to a large group of cultural applications. One of the best known employments of the Triquetra originates from the hit TV series Charmed, highlighting three sisters who happen to be witches. The trio work as a solitary element and the image shows up on the front of their 'Book of Shadows'; when the energy of three is in place, so is the image on the book however when the energy of three is isolated, the image is not joined together.
The Triquetra has additionally been utilized as a part of a few more TV shows and can be seen on clothes , T-shirts and fashion lines. The design can also be seen on the front of CDs and on a great many other elaborate imaginative designs.
1- It can be utilized as an image of Ireland's old culture.
2- The interlaced knots can likewise be illustrative of everlasting affection. Sometimes called the Lovers Knot.
3- It can be given as a blessing with a specific end goal to pass on a desire of life span as it speaks to a continuous life.
4- The Trinity knot can even be utilized to layout the phases of a lady's life; youth, parenthood and maturity.
5- It is now and then called the Irish Love knot.
5- It makes for an beautiful fashionable tie knot.
6- It can make a great present for a large group of events, for example, an engagement, wedding and commemorations.
With such a variety of potential design variations, out there its hard to find something of quality. Combining Trinity knot and my celtic cat pendant creates a beautiful modern take on a design that is so steeped in history.
The design is old and will continue to pop up in popular culture in the future.
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