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Mitt Romney spent Sunday afternoon being spied on by his own press corps, and it was just about the best thing that could have happened to him. At a fundraiser in Palm Beach, Romney stood in a backyard with his wealthy benefactors, delivering remarks about his policy plans should he win the White House. Unlike Obama, who allows the press to report on his formal remarks at fundraisers, the press was barred, but they were not far away. As it turned out, reporters could hear what Romney was saying from the public sidewalk nearby.
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It was a rare bit of broken message discipline for a hyper-disciplined campaign. Romney told the group of wealthy donors that he would either merge the Department of Education, or make it "a heck of a lot smaller." He said the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which focuses on building affordable housing, "might not be around later." He said would eliminate the deduction on interest for second mortgages for "high income" people, and he said he would deal with animosity from Latino voters by proposing new immigration solutions, including a DREAM Act that can be supported by Republicans. "We're going to be able to get Hispanic voters," Mr. Romney said, according to the Wall Street Journal. "We're going to overcome the issue of immigration."
Ironically, Romney was overheard just as his opponents at the Obama Campaign were stepping up their excessive secrecy attack on Romney, who unlike Obama has shown little interest in providing transparency around fundraising and personal finances, and has yet to offer many policy specifics. "Harkening back to my youth, which extends far beyond yours, there was a show called, 'I've Got A Secret,'" David Axelrod told Mike Allen over the weekend. "Increasingly, I think that would be the appropriate title for the Romney campaign."
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Which is why Romney should be grateful his voice carried over backyard wall. At this point in the campaign, now that Romney has been forced to the right by his own party, policy specifics are his best friend, and his route to a more centrist platform. As it stands, he is running a campaign based on the idea that he has a superior policy and managerial competence, but he has not yet debuted it on the campaign trail. His policy proposals have been, to date, mostly political posturing. He promises to cut everyone's tax bill, but won't describe how he will raise revenue to pay for the cuts. He promises to slice away at federal spending, but will only name targets–like "PBS" and "Planned Parenthood"–that poll well among the base and are too tiny to have a significant fiscal impact.
If Romney wants to win a competence contest against Obama, he will have to reveal himself to be a serious policy person, with real proposals that are actually workable. His reputation for making himself and investors a lot of money and righting the budget of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee will not be enough. Staged policy addresses over the coming months will not be enough. Romney has to be able to get into the weeds on this stuff, and he has to be able to do it in a way that actually speaks to people, with a sort of candor and, with apologies to John McCain, straight talk (meaning bad news) that he has not yet been able to muster much.
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Leaks like this, in other words, can only help. They show that there is a serious side to Romney, one who has thought about the policy implications of actually attempting to do what he talks about in cartoon-like-language on the campaign stump. The Obama campaign, of course, disagrees with me on this point. Ben LaBolt, Obama's campaign spokesman, sent the following statement to reporters Monday, about Romney's overheard remarks:
Governor Romney previously said he wasn't going to outline specific cuts during this campaign because they could harm his electoral prospects. Last night's comments make clear he does in fact have very specific cuts in mind: in order to fund his $5 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, he would make deep cuts in programs essential to the middle class like education and housing.
Throughout this campaign, Mitt Romney has tried to play by a different set of rules. While presidential candidates of both parties have for decades disclosed many years' worth of tax returns, Mitt Romney won't even share with the American people the tax returns he gave to Senator McCain when he was being considered for Vice President. He still hasn't explained why he opened a Swiss bank account or established a corporation offshore in Bermuda – or provided the returns that could provide that explanation. He won't disclose his major fundraisers, even though President Obama, President Bush, and Senator McCain all did. And as he exited office as Governor, his staff walked out the door with his records that will now never be shared with voters.
Americans have always expected to be able to review a presidential candidate's records and plans, the opportunity to lift up the hood and kick the tires. It's time for Governor Romney to come clean.
I would argue that LaBolt is actually offering Romney good advice, because coming clean is likely to do far more to help Romney in the long run than it will to harm him. His tax returns will reveal him to be a really rich guy who was able to buy tax tricks the rest of us can't afford. His plans to cut the federal budget will reveal him to be a budget hawk who envisions a dramatic reduction in federal services and long-term entitlement spending. His immigration policies will likely reveal him to be a Chamber of Commerce moderate who was posturing to the Republican base in the primaries.
All of this will help voters get to know him, and allow him to make his case for competence, which has a good chance of winning against Obama should the economy continue to sputter. His conservative policies will almost certainly turn off some voters, and his exploitation of foreign tax havens could alienate a few more, but not revealing who he really is and what he really wants to do could turn off many more.


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Omniscience (pronounced /ÉmËnɪsiÉns/)[1] (or omniscient point-of-view in writing) is the capacity to know everything infinitely, or at least everything that can be known about a character including thoughts, feelings, life and the universe, etc.
So lets look at Omniscience from a Designers Perspective (as if you are the Omniscient GOD about to design and create something into existence. Such as a human being): 1) I'm Omniscient 2) I have an Idea of something I want to build, construct, or make existent 3) I know infinitely everything about this thing, person, or place infinitely before, and infinitely after I have constructed it or even thought of it (key note: This is a logical fallacy because you can't create things from a position of Omniscience).. But we will roll with it here for sake of argument. A) I would know in my design everything it will infinitely ever do. B) I would know everything about my design's essence or being to the point of actually, and literally being that of my design (object, entity, thing, or place) in every infinitely literal way! (and we must pay close attention to the term infinite) C) I would know all the above infinitely in the past, present, and future. D) This thing I designed would only be able to do what it's was designed to do, and what I already infinitely know it will do, even to the point of it actually being me, and me doing all those things myself in every infinite way imaginable, and literally. E) Even if we wanted to create the logical fallacy that this thing would not be me under Omniscience, The thing itself still could never freely stray from it's predetermined fate in every infinite detail to which includes every feeling, thought, idea, emotion, action, reaction, ect. all the way down to the quantum level and substance from which it was made. That includes every infinite piece of data in regards to it's relation to every atom it's comprised of vs every other atom in existence. And infinitely so! So, this is why Omniscience is a logical fallacy. And technically, something that is Omniscient can't actually do anything at all because it infinitely would know, experienced, or seen everything infinitely, and infinitely in the past, present, and future. Thus something to which is conscious can not design or create anything to which it does not already know IF it is Omniscient by definition! Existence would at that point just be an infinite Picture in an infinite picture frame.. And that's not even the worst part of it, the following is even worse than the above: Omniscience would translate to GOD being existence itself in the best case possible, or everything that is existent in every infinite way. This is in accordance with: *Article: Information: The Material Physical Cause of Causation
Nothing is a concept that describes the absence of anything. Colloquially, the concept is often used to indicate the lack of anything relevant or significant, or to describe a particularly unimportant thing, event, or object. It is contrasted with something and everything. Nothingness is used more specifically as the state of nonexistence of everything.
a prefix meaning "not," freely used as an English formative, usually with a simple negative force as implying mere negation or absence of something
Welcome to the forum! Probably not the appropriate section for this thread though...
* IF Your GOD is -->IN<--- existence.. it's irrelevant, bound to the rules it can not write, create, or circumvent. The very same rules we must follow, and follow to even be conscious.* If Your GOD -->IS<-- existence.. Everything is GOD and thus also nullifies the argument. This also brings in the belief system of Solipsism.* IF your GOD is ---> NOT IN <--- existence then it's irrelevant.
If anything I have posted has been illuminating, please remember that I merely reflect the light of others...but also it's me.
You simply created an "existence" and a set of rules that you believe God must adhere to. Logic is not defined as "stuff you think."
Logic is not defined as "stuff you think."
To answer the question asked in the thread title: I adhere to the logical fallacies of religion because my IQ hovers around the mid-80s, and I just don't know any better. If someone could only come up with a short, easy to understand formula, perhaps in bullet format, I would be freed from my illogical beliefs.
To answer the question asked in the thread title: I adhere to the logical fallacies of religion because my IQ hovers around the mid-80s, and I just don't know any better. If someone could only come up with a short, easy to understand formula, perhaps in bullet format, I would be freed from my illogical beliefs.
"something can't come from nothing"
This is why I it's interesting to hear theists state:"something can't come from nothing"
Quote from: TheJackel on February 16, 2011, 02:18:47 AMThis is why I it's interesting to hear theists state:"something can't come from nothing"Lotsa words. It woulda been easier to just produce something from nothing and then you really would have had us!
Spatial capacity is to which is the capacity to exist, and have a place to exist in. This can not ever have zero literal capacity, exist as zero capacity, or exist in the form of a negative capacity. Hence, literal 0 dimensional objects, places, or things do not exist because they can not have the capacity to do so. And that is especially true for someone that would try and imply -1 dimensional capacity or something to be a-spatial..And what is Spatial Capacity made of?ENERGY! (Yep, that everyday stuff that even heats our homes). It's also why we know that spatial capacity is infinite.And that also means no literal negative or zero energy can exist. This is also stated in the laws of Thermodynamics because literal zero temperature, or thermal property is impossible for this very same reason. This is from ground state to every day objects like the chair you sit in here on Planet Earth.. So we do know quite a bit, we just don't know the entire sum total there is to know between zero (ground state) and above. Chaotic systems are nearly impossible to predict, or fully understand at every level that might emerge.So you can feel free to reference:1) Scale:http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/2) You, me, and everything else on the orders of magnitude on the energy scale..as also demonstrated above under (scale):http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2009/energy-scale-of-over-100-orders-of-magnitude/Gravity is considered a negative energy (not literally, just opposite force in the opposite direction/attraction)This is also where expansion is considered positive energy. The total net energy is zero (not literal). This is where Zero point energy, as energy, is in a state of Equilibrium vs actually being nothing or literally zero. This is why we refer to zero-point energy or ground state. So at rest there is zero-point energy. This is where zero also = 1 or (0,1) in qbitsZero point energy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energyGround State:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_stateVacuum Energy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_energyZero Energy Calculator:http://www.curtismenning.com/ZeroEnergyCalc.htmThe Four stages of Matter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88tK5c0wgH4--Quantum Electrodynamics:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8R4Tz_vKEE--Chaos Theory and Emerging order from the coupling of positive and negative feedback:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVRniR3GrQ--Butterfly effect: Secret life of Chaos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6NnCOs20GQ--So yes, there are gaps in our "Knowledge" of the universe, but they are actually only Gray Area Gaps in terms of physics, complexity of chaotic systems, and how exactly to infinite detail did the Big Bang happen from Quantum fluctuations of energy.This can best be understood by the following example:We know we are human and what we are made of, and where we relatively reside. However, we do not infinitely know everything there is to know about ourselves, or our species.. In fact we know more about the Chicken than we do about ourselves on a scientific level. So are we human? Do we need to know the entire 100% of all the infinite information we could ever gain about ourselves to understand what we are? Do we need to know everything in order to make correct assumptions of what we are based on the available and already known knowledge of what we are?Same principle applies to Earth.. We don't need to infinitely know everything about Earth to know it's a habitable planet in a solar system labeled "sol" to which resides in the Milky-way Galaxy amongst the billions of other Galaxies...And this is why the GOD of the Gaps argument is erroneous..You can also note these references:Our own Universe has been measured to be flat with less than a 2 percent margin of error.http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_age.htmlFor clarity, like a disc floating in space similar to our own Galaxy but at a much grander scale. Thus the net Energy = zero (no lower than ground state).Some Good source videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqb1lSdqRZYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV33t8U6w28&feature=relmfuOther resources:http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2848http://icecube.wisc.edu/~halzen/notes/week1-3.pdfhttp://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/lectures/early_univ.htmlhttp://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Cosmology.html
Existence is seen as a phenomenal reality of physical self-oscillating, self-organizing energy that makes you, me, the stars, matter, anything with complexity, and anything with mass possible. "A universal set of all sets". Without information, it seems there can be no consciousness, no awareness, no existence, no objects, no things, no places, or entities. Information is thus conceptually a material physical substance, or energy in different states, structures, and complexities! It's also seen under this argument as the true cause of causation of everything that exists, or can possibly ever exist. Thus all things including consciousness are emerging properties of Information, or from information.
Interesting, but I don't think religion is supposed to have a foundation based upon logical conclusions. Religion is all about faith, not logic.Then again, even with science these days, it's almost based upon faith as much as logic, especially since many conclusions that were thought to be solid and absolutely provable/repeatable are turning out not to be so concrete.
I don't think I've heard theist's say "something can't come from nothing"... We simply say that something DID come from nothing, it's just that we say God created everything out of nothing.
Maybe what your point is, is that atheists argue that "something came out of nothing" in the sense that there isn't a divine being that created everything.
Even then, I would say most true atheists wouldn't be opposed to the idea of a God, if he were proved to exist. They recognize that there is a possibility of the existence of a deity or some overarching being/causality.
But there is no proof for it, and so they refuse to conclude that it's an absolute fact and they choose not to believe in it because of the lack of apparent concrete scientific proof.
The problem is, even "scientific proof" isn't what it was once thought to be. As mentioned before, there are many things in the scientific world that are being rocked because they are finding that there are some "laws" that are bit more shaky than once thought, and aren't quite as repeatable.
I know religion is based on faith.. However, that only gets you so far. Faith in logical fallacies makes faith rather moot that only serves the purpose of worshiping the impossible for the sake of doing so while knowing it's impossible.
I don't mind faith in what is plausible, but when you get those things to start becoming Theocritus or trying to inject them into the education system, it becomes a problem.
And science is not based of Faith.. It's based on what evidence and body of facts support any given theory (theory in science is regarded as facts open to further understanding). The scientific method's purpose is to prove itself wrong. It's far more honest than those with blind assumptions that don't even bother to critically think about their assumptions.
Many of science's conclusions will indeed prove to be wrong, but not totally wrong!
Ahh no!, because GOD's still remain concepts of pure opinion. Atheist view can include that your GOD would have no more relevance than a dust bunny on his desk because neither can create existence, or the rules to existence itself. It's a goal post we call Infinite regress.
Incorrect. I can believe somethings as plausible so long as they don't include logical fallacies of total and utter implausibility. But yes, proof would be required for any kind of validation or substantiation. Hence, I wouldn't blindly believe in something or take it literally until proven otherwise.
You can't put God into a test tube.
A thing can exist whether we know it or not.
Now to know the existence of God you must first presuppose that you can know God exists. We can also lead our knowing of things without reasons, however we can have reason for the knowledge of God. These reasons may not serve as proof but rather as probabilities. For example I'm in an airplane and at any moment the construction of it could fall apart. However the constructor or the materials used could give me well enough thinking that this is highly unlikely.
There have been any number of studies over the last few years indicating that the human brain is "primed" for religion.
I like this specific red truck, and all other red trucks because they are AWESOME!.. What? You don't like my specific red truck, or any red trucks? BLASPHEMOUS!..
I think you misunderstand the "Nothing comes nothing" argument because obviously God is something to put something else into motion.
To say "God is nothing" places Him into the realm of the material world which was thus created, therefore God could not exist. God is outside of creation deeming Himself to be uncreated by nature. Same with being called eternal, because God is outside of time therefore God is eternal.
* IF Your GOD is -->IN<--- existence.. it's irrelevant, bound to the rules it can not write, create, or circumvent. The very same rules we must follow, and follow to even be conscious.
* If Your GOD -->IS<-- existence.. Everything is GOD and thus also nullifies the argument. This also brings in the belief system of Solipsism.
* IF your GOD is ---> NOT IN <--- existence then it's irrelevant.
Trying to Convert, I am going to give you some constructive criticism. You are a terribel philosopher. You really know nothing about. I suggest that before you enter these debates, you engage serious literature on the matter.
Quoting Myself here:
Quote from: PapistTrying to Convert, I am going to give you some constructive criticism. You are a terribel philosopher. You really know nothing about. I suggest that before you enter these debates, you engage serious literature on the matter. This about summarizes the reply I was going to make.
Quote from: theo philosopher on February 16, 2011, 01:54:34 PMQuote from: PapistTrying to Convert, I am going to give you some constructive criticism. You are a terribel philosopher. You really know nothing about. I suggest that before you enter these debates, you engage serious literature on the matter. This about summarizes the reply I was going to make. Is The Jackel Tryingtoconvert?
It turns out that he is not, BUT he demonstrates the same kind of thinking.
QuoteIt turns out that he is not, BUT he demonstrates the same kind of thinking.Is this typical Dogma applied to anyone that engages in an opposing position to your religious views? I don't think I'm all too worried about whether or not you convert to anything. It's more interesting to me that you would resort to these kind of arguments to deflect and ignore from having to address my posts. You have the free choice to engage in this discussion, or not to engage. If you choose to engage, please refrain from off-topic deflections, or dogma and stay on topic while providing some sort of intellectual integrity or honesty in the debate :/
How about this, and I will make it simple.. With a yes or no answer, can you think, feel, apply, or do anything without information, energy, capacity, material-physicality, or complexity?Careful of your reply here, some critical thinking required
I love how it's irrelevant that a thing can exist whether we know it or not.
Minds can only observe and process information, and require to be a complex system of information themselves.
Thus there is no such thing as an un-caused state of consciousness because it is slave to require that to which it can not create:
1) A place to exist in - It must have containment
2) Capacity to exist - Dimensional value - spatial value
3) Informational value
4) Substance - Nothing can not be a person, place, or thing.
5) complexity greater than ground state
6) Time or to be temporally bound in order to even have the ability to process information, or think.
So how complex is your GOD vs man? The more complexity and power you try and give something, the more cause it will require to exist. Same reason why 5 can't create 0-4 and itself so itself can exist. Complexity doesn't begin from the top people, it begins and starts from the lowest level possible to where infinite regress is solved by an impossible juncture where regression can go no further. And that deals with informational Capacity in accordance to information theory. Without capacity, there can be no informational value, complexity, structure, or even GODS to which you would like to worship.
Actually, I have yet to see you address the substance of the true theistic arguments. Rather, most of your posts contain assertions without any true logical demonstration. I have engaged your posts, and you have, as of yet, not responded to any of my arguments. When you do so, you might then have a leg to stand on. Until then, I await your resonse.
Criticial thinking: Something you have not yet demonstrated.
(BTW, Critical thinking is impossible in your materialistic framework, as demonstrated by Hume).
Now, you have once again stacked the deck in your favor
by requiring me to answer the question on your terms.
The question is more complex than you allow for, and thus there is no way to provide a simple answer, without providing you with the opportunity to engage in sophistry.
Can I think, feel, apply, or do anthing without information, capacity, physical activity, or complexity? Of course not. Because, at least one part of my composite nature is material: requiring energy, physicality, complexity.
BUT, since God is none of these things (as demonstrated by my argument in a previous post, an argument that you have yet to address), he would not require them.
Again, your argument falls entirely flat. Your thoughts are stillborn.
This makes me wonder how many of you actually understand this debate. :/
Quote from: TheJackel on February 16, 2011, 03:53:13 PMThis makes me wonder how many of you actually understand this debate. :/Quite a few people here have formal training in the philosophy of religion, myself included.For the rest of you, reading through TheJackel's website suggests that he isn't your typical, good-faith proponent of atheist philosophy, but rather suffers from some mental illness. I wouldn't waste your time engaging with him.
1. Everything that begins to exist must have a sufficient cause for it's existence.
2. Right now there are many things causing me to exist (including the parts that make me up).
3. The chain of things causing me to exist is either infinite or finite.
4. If the chain is infinite, then there is no sufficient reason for the existence of the chain, as each being depends on another for existence, but then none actually has being. Therefore, nothing would exist. But clearly things exist.
5. Therefore the chain is finite and has a First Cause.
6. The First Cause is either composed of parts or is simple.
7. If the First Cause is composed of parts, then it depends on the composition of its parts for its existence.
8. But then this would mean that the First Cause is caused, which is a contradiction.
9. Therefore the First Cause must be simple.
I wouldn't waste your time engaging with him.
For the rest of you, reading through TheJackel's website suggests that he isn't your typical, good-faith proponent of atheist philosophy, but rather suffers from some mental illness. I wouldn't waste your time engaging with him.
but rather suffers from some mental illness.
The God that you are arguing against is not the Infinite God of Christianity, not even the god of philosophy. You are arguing against the old pagan concept of a god that is merely part of the system, not one that transcends it.
Quote from: Papist on February 16, 2011, 01:45:36 PMThe God that you are arguing against is not the Infinite God of Christianity, not even the god of philosophy. You are arguing against the old pagan concept of a god that is merely part of the system, not one that transcends it.I would like Jackel to respond to this. He has ignored this point every time, and continues to base his arguments on a god of straw that we worship only in Jackel's mind.
That's all TryingtoConvert ever did too. They don't know how to argue against the God of Orthodoxy.
Title of GOD is a Title of opinion. Thus no god exists, or ever existed regardless of entities that may or may not exist.
Your face is a logical fallacy.
QuoteThat's all TryingtoConvert ever did too. They don't know how to argue against the God of Orthodoxy.Incorrect, my arguments are stating a fact of reality. Your inability to deal with it is not my problem.
And if I were trying to convert you, I would come out and say you should convert. I am pretty direct and blunt with my positions. If you can't properly address my arguments, then don't bother posting a reply.
Especially when you can't do so without contradicting yourself against the very principles of my arguments.
Quote from: Iconodule on February 16, 2011, 07:58:08 PMYour face is a logical fallacy. Ok, let's keep the self-contradictions going? Seriously though, is that behavior even necessary?
Wow, look at this thread spiral down the social dogma rabbit whole.. Way to show some intellectual integrity fellas..
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About one o'clock on Monday morning an armed party of men attacked the dwelling house of a farmer named Carroll, residing in the parish of Paulstown, and barony of Gowran, and after smashing his windows, forced an entrance onto the house, gave him a severe beating, and carried off his daughter. A fellow named Buckley, suspected of having been concerned in the above gross outrage, was subsequently arrested by some of the police stationed at Baurnafea, and brought before Walter Molony, Esq., C.M., for examination. He has since been committed to our county gaol, on suspicion of having been concerned in the burglary, and abduction.
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People keep asking. Yes, we do sell vinyl.
No, not the bright red PVC scanties for the dancing girls at your bachelor party. I mean VINYL: records, LPs, albums, those things we listened to before electricity was invented and we could plug in a CD player
We split them into categories as we do books, as follows:
CLASSICS: This is our most popular category; in general half the records we set out are operas, symphonies, concerti, Luciano solos, and such. I refuse to sort them any more precisely than "Classics", though. This is a result of my bitter experiences buying recorded music. If I'm hunting for Mozart, the store has everything sorted by performer. If I go looking for, say, Marion Verbruggen, suddenly everything is sorted by composer. If I don't sort, I can't disappoint you this way, can I? By the way, those wooden crates we use on the floor once belonged to Claudia Cassidy. Nothing but the best for our Giulini recordings.
HUMOR/SPOKEN WORD: This is probably our second best selling category. This year we have a lot of recorded 18th century literature, for some reason, and a LOT of adult humor. I have not hidden this to protect the children. Today's children don't know how to work a stereo anyhow.
SOUNDTRACKS: This includes Cast Albums, but not records like "101 Strings Plays Music from Reservoir Dogs."
JAZZ/BLUES/SOUL: This category sells well. This is Chicago. nuff said.
EASY LISTENING: Once upon a time, we couldn't move these with a forklift and a barrel of Vaseline. Now they sell like lottery tickets. I don't know whether to credit Tony Bennett, harry Connick Jr., or the warped artists who designed the jackets, but the Rat Pack is selling again.
FOLK/COUNTRY: Again, in the 90s, nobody even looked in these boxes but now the good stuff sells out fast. This is where you'll find what's known as World Music, by the way.
LATIN: More than half will be Herb Alpert, but it's selling now, too. I know who gets the credit this time. Dancing With the Stars has everybody brushing up on their Tango, their Mambo, and their Bossa Nova. Walgreen's is a block and a half from the Library if you require liniment or Ace bandages later.
ROCK: Anything later than Punk is in the CD department. This still sells slowly. You'd think nobody cared about the Moody Blues or Christopher Cross any more. By the way, I'm planning to kick the next person who says "Who's The Who?"
CHICAGO: Everything from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the speeches of Mayor Daley, with stops for Chicago, Paper Lace, and Northwestern's Waa-Mu shows. If you couldn't afford to buy the album your high school band and chorus made in 1968, it may well be here.
RELIGIOUS: This category is sparse, including mainly those family choral groups who have migrated from church basement to church basement for sixty years. Autographed, of course.
CHILDREN: This category doesn't sell well. Not only do today's children have no idea, but even their parents can be heard to burble, "Look, a 45! My mother talks about those, but I've never seen one!"
CHRISTMAS: Everybody who passes cries, "Oh, I collect these!" or "My mother collects these!" or "My Great-aunt Juleida collects these!" So would you buy one, already? We're nearing a milestone here, for our 25th Book Fair. If I can sell just one more Christmas album,. it means that in 25 years I've sold two.


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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide -- Troubleshooting Tools and Methodology
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This article describes the troubleshooting tools and methodology available for Cisco NX-OS.
Command-Line Interface Troubleshooting Commands
The command-line interface (CLI) allows you to configure and monitor Cisco NX-OS using a local console or remotely using a Telnet or SSH session. The CLI provides a command structure similar to Cisco IOSsoftware, with context-sensitive help, show commands, multiuser support, and roles-based access control.
Each feature has show commands that provide information about the feature configuration, status, and performance. Additionally, you can use the following commands for more information:
- show system--Provides information about system-level components, including cores, errors, and exceptions. Use the show system error-id command to find details on error codes.
- switch# copy running-config startup-config
[########################################] 100% 2008 Jan 16 09:59:29 zoom %$ VDC-1 %$ %BOOTVAR-2-AUTOCOPY_FAILED: Autocopy of file /bootflash/n7000-s1-dk220.127.116.11.837.bin.S8 to standby failed, '''error=0x401e0008'''
- switch# show system error-id 0x401e0008
Error Facility: sysmgr Error Description: request was aborted, standby disk may be full
- show platform--Provides platform-specific information, including route forwarding, Quality of Service (QoS), and access control list (ACL) information.
Configuration Files
Configuration files contain the Cisco NX-OS commands used to configure the features on a Cisco NX-OS device. Cisco NX-OS has two types of configuration files, running configuration and startup configuration. The device uses the startup configuration (startup-config) during the device startup to configure the software features. The running configuration (running-config) contains the current changes that you make to the startup-configuration file. You should create a backup version of your configuration files before modifying that configuration. You can back up the configuration files to a remote server. See the configuration file information in the Cisco NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide. You can also create a checkpoint copy of the configuration file that you can roll back to if problems occur. See the Rollback feature in the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Cisco NX-OS features can create internal locks on the startup configuration file. In rare cases, these locks may not be removed by the features. Use the show system internal sysmgr startup-config locks command to determine if any locks remain on the startup configuration file. Use thesystem startup-config unlock command to remove these locks.
CLI Debug
Cisco NX-OS supports an extensive debugging feature set for actively troubleshooting a network. Using the CLI, you can enable debugging modes for each feature and view a real-time updated activity log of the control protocol exchanges. Each log entry has a timestamp and is listed chronologically. You can limit access to the debug feature through the CLI roles mechanism to partition access on a per-role basis. While the debug commands show real-time information, you can use the show commands to list historical and real-time information.
|Use the debug commands only under the guidance of your Cisco technical support representative because some debug commands can impact your network performance.
|You can log debug messages to a special log file, which is more secure and easier to process than sending the debug output to the console.
By using the ? option, you can see the options that are available for any feature. A log entry is created for each entered command in addition to the actual debug output. The debug output shows a time-stamped account of the activity that occurred between the local device and other adjacent devices.
You can use the debug facility to track events, internal messages, and protocol errors. However, you should be careful when using the debug utility in a production environment, because some options may prevent access to the device by generating too many messages to the console or creating CPU-intensive events that could seriously affect network performance.
Debug Filters
You can filter out unwanted debug information by using the debug-filter command. The debug-filter command allows you to limit the debug information produced by related debug commands.
The following example limits EIGRP hello packet debug information to Ethernet interface 2/1:
switch# debug-filter ip eigrp interface ethernet 2/1 switch# debug eigrp packets hello</code>
Ping, Pong, and Traceroute
The ping and traceroute commands are two of the most useful tools for troubleshooting TCP/IP networking problems. The ping utility generates a series of echo packets to a destination across a TCP/IP internetwork. When the echo packets arrive at the destination, they are rerouted and sent back to the source.
The traceroute utility operates in a similar fashion but can also determine the specific path that a frame takes to its destination on a hop-by-hop basis.
The pong utility can measure the delay of the network between two points.
Using Ping
Use the ping command to verify connectivity and latency to a particular destination across an IPv4 routed network.
Use the ping6 command to verify connectivity and latency to a particular destination across an IPv6 routed network.
The ping utility allows you to send a short message to a port or end device. By specifying the IPv4 or IPv6 address, you can send a series of frames to a target destination. Once these frames reach the target, they are looped back to the source and a time stamp is taken.
- switch# ping 172.28.230.1 vrf management
PING 172.28.230.1 (172.28.230.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 172.28.230.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=1.095 ms 64 bytes from 172.28.230.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=1.083 ms 64 bytes from 172.28.230.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=1.101 ms 64 bytes from 172.28.230.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=1.093 ms 64 bytes from 172.28.230.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=1.237 ms --- 172.28.230.1 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 1.083/1.121/1.237 ms
Using Pong
Use the pong command to measure port-to-port delays. It is similar to the network-monitoring utility ping, but provides for a greater depth of network diagnostics.
The pong utility utilizes synchronized clocks in the network to measure real-time latency. Latency is the delay of the network between any two points as seen by a frame traveling between the two points.
This example shows the Pong service between FabricPath switch-ids:
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# pong destination-swid 3506 destination-mac 001b.54c2.9a43 vlan 1 count 3 Packet No. 1 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4752 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-43 0 544258088 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4792 Round trip time: 0sec 15416 nsec Packet No. 2 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4752 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-43 0 522744240 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4736 Round trip time: 0sec 15368 nsec Packet No. 3 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4752 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-43 0 521869920 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4800 Round trip time: 0sec 15360 nsec
This example shows the Pong service using VDC MACs:
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# pong source 001b.54c2.9a43 destination 001b.54c2.9a42 vlan 1 count 3 Packet No. 1 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4736 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-42 0 548046344 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4720 Round trip time: 0sec 15336 nsec Packet No. 2 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4720 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-42 0 542820744 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4720 Round trip time: 0sec 15288 nsec Packet No. 3 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4752 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-42 0 545694728 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4728 Round trip time: 0sec 15344 nsec
This example shows the Pong service using static MAC for injection:
switch(config)# configure terminal switch(config)# pong source 1.2.3 destination 001b.54c2.9a43 vlan 1 count 1 interface ethernet 4/29 inject Packet No. 1 --- ----------------- -------------------------- Hop Switch-id Switching time (sec, nsec) --- ----------------- -------------------------- 1 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4224 2 0-1b-54-c2-9a-43 0 534648568 3 0-1b-54-c2-9a-41 0 4720 Round trip time: 0sec 11856 nsec
Using Traceroute
Use traceroute to do the following:
- Trace the route followed by the data traffic.
- Compute the interswitch (hop-to-hop) latency.
The traceroute utility identifies the path taken on a hop-by-hop basis and includes a time stamp at each hop in both directions. You can use traceroute to test the connectivity of ports along the path between the generating device and the device closest to the destination.
Use the traceroute command for IPv4 networks. Use the traceroute6 command for IPv6 networks. If the destination cannot be reached, the path discovery traces the path up to the point of failure.
- switch# traceroute 172.28.254.254 vrf management
traceroute to 172.28.254.254 (172.28.254.254), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 172.28.230.1 (172.28.230.1) 0.941 ms 0.676 ms 0.585 ms 2 172.24.114.213 (172.24.114.213) 0.733 ms 0.7 ms 0.69 ms 3 172.20.147.46 (172.20.147.46) 0.671 ms 0.619 ms 0.615 ms 4 172.28.254.254 (172.28.254.254) 0.613 ms 0.628 ms 0.61 ms
Use <ctrl-c> to terminate a running traceroute.
Monitoring Processes and CPUs
Use the show processes command to identify the processes that are running and the status of each process. The command output includes the following:
- PID = process ID.
- State = process state.
- PC = current program counter in hexadecimal format.
- Start_cnt = how many times a process has been started (or restarted).
- TTY = terminal that controls the process. A --(hyphen) usually means a daemon not running on any particular TTY.
- Process = name of the process.
Process states are as follows:
- D = uninterruptible sleep (usually I/O).
- R = runnable (on run queue).
- S = sleeping.
- T = traced or stopped.
- Z = defunct (zombie) process.
- NR = not-running.
- ER = should be running but currently not-running.
- Note: Typically, the ER state designates a process that has been restarted too many times, causing the system to classify it as faulty and disable it.
- switch# show processes ?
cpu Show processes CPU Info log Show information about process logs memory Show processes Memory Info
- switch# show processes
PID State PC Start_cnt TTY Type Process ----- ----- -------- ----------- ---- ---- ------------- 1 S b7f9e468 1 - O init 2 S 0 1 - O migration/0 3 S 0 1 - O ksoftirqd/0 4 S 0 1 - O desched/0 5 S 0 1 - O migration/1 6 S 0 1 - O ksoftirqd/1 7 S 0 1 - O desched/1 8 S 0 1 - O events/0 9 S 0 1 - O events/1 10 S 0 1 - O khelper 15 S 0 1 - O kthread 24 S 0 1 - O kacpid 103 S 0 1 - O kblockd/0 104 S 0 1 - O kblockd/1 117 S 0 1 - O khubd 184 S 0 1 - O pdflush 185 S 0 1 - O pdflush 187 S 0 1 - O aio/0 188 S 0 1 - O aio/1 189 S 0 1 - O SerrLogKthread ...
Using the show processes cpu Command
Use the show processes cpu command to display CPU utilization. The command output includes the following:
- Runtime(ms) = CPU time that the process has used, expressed in milliseconds.
- Invoked = Number of times the process has been invoked.
- uSecs = Average CPU time, in microseconds, for each process invocation.
- 1Sec = Percentage of CPU utilization for the last one second.
- switch# show processes cpu
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 1Sec Process ----- ----------- -------- ----- ----- ----------- 1 2264 108252 20 0 init 2 950 211341 4 0 migration/0 3 1154 32833341 0 0 ksoftirqd/0 4 609 419568 1 0 desched/0 5 758 214253 3 0 migration/1 6 2462 155309355 0 0 ksoftirqd/1 7 2496 392083 6 0 desched/1 8 443 282990 1 0 events/0 9 578 260184 2 0 events/1 10 56 2681 21 0 khelper 15 0 30 25 0 kthread 24 0 2 5 0 kacpid 103 81 89 914 0 kblockd/0 104 56 265 213 0 kblockd/1 117 0 5 17 0 khubd 184 0 3 3 0 pdflush 185 1796 104798 17 0 pdflush 187 0 2 3 0 aio/0 188 0 2 3 0 aio/1 189 0 1 3 0 SerrLogKthread ...
Using the show system resource Command
Use the show system resources command to display system-related CPU and memory statistics. The output includes the following:
- Load is defined as the number of running processes. The average reflects the system load over the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
- Processes displays the number of processes in the system, and how many are actually running when the command is issued.
- CPU states shows the CPU usage percentage in user mode, kernel mode, and idle time in the last one second.
- Memory usage provides the total memory, used memory, free memory, memory used for buffers, and memory used for cache in kilobytes. Buffers and the cache are also included in the used memory statistics.
- switch# show system resources
Load average: 1 minute: 0.30 5 minutes: 0.34 15 minutes: 0.28 Processes : 606 total, 2 running CPU states : 0.0% user, 0.0% kernel, 100.0% idle Memory usage: 2063268K total, 1725944K used, 337324K free 2420K buffers, 857644K cache
Using Onboard Failure Logging
Cisco NX-OS provides the facility to log failure data to the persistent storage, which can be retrieved and displayed for analysis. This onboard failure logging (OBFL) feature stores failure and environmental information in nonvolatile memory on the module. This information will help you analyze failed modules.
The data stored by the OBFL facility includes the following:
- Time of initial power on
- Slot number of the module in the chassis
- Initial temperature of the module
- Firmware, BIOS, FPGA, and ASIC versions
- Serial number of the module
- Stack trace for crashes
- CPU hog information
- Memory leak information
- Software error messages
- Hardware exception logs
- Environmental history
- OBFL specific history information
- ASIC interrupt and error statistics history
- ASIC register dumps
For more information about configuring OBFL, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using GOLD Diagnostics
Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) defines a common framework for diagnostic operations across Cisco platforms. The GOLD implementation checks the health of hardware components and verifies proper operation of the system data and control planes. Some tests take effect when the system is booting up; other tests take effect when the system is operational.
A booting module goes through a series of checks before coming online to allow the system to detect faults in the hardware components at bootup and to ensure that a failing module is not introduced in a live network.
Defects are also diagnosed during system operation or runtime. You can configure a series of diagnostic checks to determine the condition of an online system. You must distinguish between disruptive and nondisruptive diagnostic tests. Although nondisruptive tests occur in the background and do not affect the system data or control planes, disruptive tests do affect live packet flows. You should schedule disruptive tests during special maintenance windows. The show diagnostic content module output displays test attributes such as disruptive or nondisruptive tests.
You can configure runtime diagnostic checks to run at a specific time or to run continually in the background.
Health-monitoring diagnostic tests are nondisruptive, and they run in the background while the system is in operation. The role of online diagnostic health monitoring is to proactively detect hardware failures in the live network environment and inform you of a failure.
GOLD collects diagnostic results and detailed statistics for all tests including the last execution time, the first and last test pass time, the first and last test failure time, the total run count, the total failure count, the consecutive failure count, and the error code. These test results help administrators determine the condition of a system and understand the reason for a system failure. Use the show diagnostic result command to view diagnostic results.
For more information about configuring GOLD, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using Embedded Event Manager
Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a policy-based framework that allows you to monitor key system events and then act on those events through a set policy. The policy is a preprogrammed script that you can load that defines actions that the device should invoke based on set events occurring. The script can generate actions, including, but not limited to, generating custom syslog or SNMP traps, invoking CLI commands, forcing a failover, and much more.
For more information about configuring EEM, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using Ethanalyzer
Ethanalyzer is a Cisco NX-OS protocol analyzer tool based on the Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) open source code. Ethanalyzer is a command-line version of Wireshark that captures and decodes packets. You can use Ethanalyzer to troubleshoot your network and analyze the control-plane traffic.
To configure Ethanalyzer, use the following commands:
|ethanalyzer local interface
|Captures packets sent or received by the supervisor and provides detailed protocol information.
|ethanalyzer local interface inband
|Captures packets sent or received by the supervisor and provides detailed protocol information in the inband and outband interfaces.
|ethanalyzer local interface mgmt
| Captures packets sent or received by the supervisor and provides detailed protocol information in the management interfaces.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} brief
|Captures packets sent or received by the supervisor and provides a summary of protocol information.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} limit-captured-frames
|Limits the number of frames to capture.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} limit-frame-size
|Limits the length of the frame to capture.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} capture-filter
|Filters the types of packets to capture.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} display-filter
|Filters the types of captured packets to display.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} decode-internal
| Decodes the internal frame header for Cisco NX-OS.
|ethanalyzer local interface {inband | mgmt} write
|Saves the captured data to a file.
|ethanalyzer local read
|Opens the captured data file and analyzes it.
Ethanalyzer does not capture data traffic that Cisco NX-OS forwards in the hardware.
Ethanalyzer uses the same capture filter syntax as tcpdump and uses the Wireshark display filter syntax.
See the Wireshark weekly tips for helpful hints on using the tool.
This example shows captured data (limited to four packets) on the management interface:
- switch(config)# ethanalyzer local interface mgmt brief limit-captured-frames 4
Capturing on eth1 2008-02-18 13:21:21.841182 172.28.230.2 -> 126.96.36.199 HSRP Hello (state Standy) 2008-02-18 13:21:21.842190 10.86.249.17 -> 172.28.231.193 TCP 4261 > telnet [AC] Seq=0 Ack=0 Win=64475 Len=0 2008-02-18 13:21:21.843039 172.28.231.193 -> 10.86.249.17 TELNET Telnet Data .. 2008-02-18 13:21:21.850463 00:13:5f:1c:ee:80 -> ab:00:00:02:00:00 0x6002 DEC DN Remote Console 4 packets captured
This example shows detailed captured data for one HSRP packet:
- switch(config)# ethanalyzer local interface mgmt capture-filter "udp port 1985"
limit-captured-frames 1 Capturing on eth1 Frame 1 (62 bytes on wire, 62 bytes captured) Arrival Time: Feb 18, 2008 13:29:19.961280000 [Time delta from previous captured frame: 1203341359.961280000 seconds] [Time delta from previous displayed frame: 1203341359.961280000 seconds] [Time since reference or first frame: 1203341359.961280000 seconds] Frame Number: 1 Frame Length: 62 bytes Capture Length: 62 bytes [Frame is marked: False] [Protocols in frame: eth:ip:udp:hsrp] Ethernet II, Src: 00:00:0c:07:ac:01 (00:00:0c:07:ac:01), Dst: 01:00:5e:00:00:02 (01:00:5e:00:00:02) Destination: 01:00:5e:00:00:02 (01:00:5e:00:00:02) Address: 01:00:5e:00:00:02 (01:00:5e:00:00:02) .... ...1 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Group address (multicast/broadcast) .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Source: 00:00:0c:07:ac:01 (00:00:0c:07:ac:01) Address: 00:00:0c:07:ac:01 (00:00:0c:07:ac:01) .... ...0 .... .... .... .... = IG bit: Individual address (unicast) .... ..0. .... .... .... .... = LG bit: Globally unique address (factory default) Type: IP (0x0800) Internet Protocol, Src: 172.28.230.3 (172.28.230.3), Dst: 188.8.131.52 (22.214.171.124) Version: 4 Header length: 20 bytes Differentiated Services Field: 0xc0 (DSCP 0x30: Class Selector 6; ECN: 0x00) 1100 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Class Selector 6 (0x30) .... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0 .... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0 Total Length: 48 Identification: 0x0000 (0) Flags: 0x00 0... = Reserved bit: Not set .0.. = Don't fragment: Not set ..0. = More fragments: Not set Fragment offset: 0 Time to live: 1 Protocol: UDP (0x11) Header checksum: 0x46db [correct] [Good: True] [Bad : False] Source: 172.28.230.3 (172.28.230.3) Destination: 184.108.40.206 (220.127.116.11) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 1985 (1985), Dst Port: 1985 (1985) Source port: 1985 (1985) Destination port: 1985 (1985) Length: 28 Checksum: 0x8ab9 [correct] [Good Checksum: True] [Bad Checksum: False] Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol Version: 0 Op Code: Hello (0) State: Active (16) Hellotime: Default (3) Holdtime: Default (10) Priority: 105 Group: 1 Reserved: 0Authentication Data: Default (cisco) Virtual IP Address: 172.28.230.1 (172.28.230.1) 1 packets captured
This example uses a display filter to show only those HSRP packets that have an active HSRP state:
- switch(config)# ethanalyzer local interface mgmt brief display-filter "hsrp.state==Active" limit-captured-frames 2
Capturing on eth1 2008-02-18 14:35:41.443118 172.28.230.3 -> 188.8.131.52 HSRP Hello (state Active) 2008-02-18 14:35:44.326892 172.28.230.3 -> 184.108.40.206 HSRP Hello (state Active) 2 packets captured
DCNM Tools
Cisco DCNM gathers events and statistics for each supported feature.
For more information about DCNM, see the Cisco DCNM Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
SNMP and RMON Support
Cisco NX-OS provides extensive SNMPv1, v2, and v3 support, including Management Information Bases (MIBs) and notifications (traps and informs).
The SNMP standard allows any third-party applications that support the different MIBs to manage and monitor Cisco NX-OS.
SNMPv3 provides extended security. Each device can be selectively enabled or disabled for SNMP service. In addition, each device can be configured with a method of handling SNMPv1 and v2 requests.
Cisco NX-OS also supports Remote Monitoring (RMON) alarms and events. RMON alarms and events provide a mechanism for setting thresholds and sending notifications based on changes in network behavior.
The AlarmGroup allows you to set alarms. Alarms can be set on one or multiple parameters within a device. For example, you can set an RMON alarm for a specific level of CPU utilization on a device. The EventGroup allows you to configure events that are actions to be taken based on an alarm condition. The types of events that are supported include logging, SNMP traps, and log-and-trap.
For more information about configuring SNMP and RMON, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using RADIUS
The RADIUS protocol is used to exchange attributes or credentials between a head-end RADIUS server and a client device. These attributes relate to three classes of services:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Accounting
Authentication refers to the authentication of users for access to a specific device. You can use RADIUS to manage user accounts for access to a Cisco NX-OS device. When you try to log into a device, Cisco NX-OS validates you with information from a central RADIUS server.
Authorization refers to the scope of access that you have once you have been authenticated. Assigned roles for users can be stored in a RADIUS server with a list of actual devices that the user should have access to. Once the user has been authenticated, the device can then refer to the RADIUS server to determine the access that the user will have.
Accounting refers to the log information that is kept for each management session in a device. You can use this information to generate reports for troubleshooting purposes and user accountability. You can implement accounting locally or remotely (using RADIUS).
This example shows accounting log entries:
- switch# show accounting log
Sun Dec 15 04:02:27 2007:start:/dev/pts/0_1039924947:admin Sun Dec 15 04:02:28 2007:stop:/dev/pts/0_1039924947:admin:vsh exited normally Sun Dec 15 04:02:33 2007:start:/dev/pts/0_1039924953:admin Sun Dec 15 04:02:34 2007:stop:/dev/pts/0_1039924953:admin:vsh exited normally Sun Dec 15 05:02:08 2007:start:snmp_1039928528_172.22.95.167:public Sun Dec 15 05:02:08 2007:update:snmp_1039928528_172.22.95.167:public:Switchname
|The accounting log shows only the beginning and end (start and stop) for each session.
Using syslog
The system message logging software saves messages in a log file or directs the messages to other devices. This feature provides the following capabilities:
- Logging information for monitoring and troubleshooting
- Selection of the types of logging information to be captured
- Selection of the destination of the captured logging information
You can use syslog to store a chronological log of system messages locally or to send this information to a central syslog server. The syslog messages can also be sent to the console for immediate use. These messages can vary in detail depending on the configuration that you choose.
The syslog messages are categorized into seven severity levels from debug to critical events. You can limit the severity levels that are reported for specific services within the device. For example, you may wish only to report debug events for the OSPF service but record all severity level events for the BGP service.
Log messages are not saved across system reboots. However, a maximum of 100 log messages with a severity level of critical and below (levels 0, 1, and 2) are saved in NVRAM. You can view this log at any time with the show logging nvram command.
Logging Levels
Cisco NX-OS supports the following logging levels:
- 0-emergency
- 1-alert
- 2-critical
- 3-error
- 4-warning
- 5-notification
- 6-informational
- 7-debugging
By default, the device logs normal but significant system messages to a log file and sends these messages to the system console. Users can specify which system messages should be saved based on the type of facility and the severity level. Messages have a time stamp to enhance real-time debugging and management.
Enabling Logging for Telnet or SSH
System logging messages are sent to the console based on the default or configured logging facility and severity values.
Users can disable logging to the console or enable logging to a given Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) session.
- To disable console logging, use theno logging console command in configuration mode.
- To enable logging for Telnet or SSH, use the terminal monitor command in EXEC mode.
- When logging to a console session is disabled or enabled, that state is applied to all future console sessions. If a user exits and logs in again to a new session, the state is preserved. However, when logging to a Telnet or SSH session is enabled or disabled, that state is applied only to that session. The state is not preserved after the user exits the session.
The no logging console command disables console logging and is enabled by default.
- switch(config)# no logging console
The terminal monitor command enables logging for Telnet or SSH and is disabled by default.
- switch# terminal monitor
For more information about configuring syslog, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using SPAN
You can use the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) utility to perform detailed troubleshooting or to take a sample of traffic from a particular application host for proactive monitoring and analysis.
When you have a problem in your network that you cannot solve by fixing the device configuration, you typically need to take a look at the protocol level. You can use debug commands to look at the control traffic between an end node and a device. However, when you need to focus on all the traffic that originates from or is destined to a particular end node, you can use a protocol analyzer to capture protocol traces.
To use a protocol analyzer, you must insert the analyzer inline with the device under analysis, which disrupts input and output (I/O) to and from the device.
In Ethernet networks, you can solve this problem by using the SPAN utility. SPAN allows you to take a copy of all traffic and direct it to another port within the device. The process is nondisruptive to any connected devices and is facilitated in the hardware, which prevents any unnecessary CPU load.
SPAN allows you to create up to 16 independent SPAN sessions within the device. Each session can have up to four unique sources and one destination port. In addition, you can apply a filter to capture only the traffic received or the traffic transmitted. You can even capturetraffic from a particular VLAN.
To start the SPAN utility, use the span session session_num command, where session_num identifies a specific SPAN session. When you enter this command, the system displays a submenu, which allows you to configure the destination interface and the source VLAN or interfaces.
- switch2# config terminal
- switch2(config)# span session 1 <<=== Create a span session
- switch2(config-span)# source interface e1/8 <<=== Specify the port to be spanned
- switch2(config-span)# destination interface e1/3 <<==== Specify the span destination port
- switch2(config-span)#end
- switch2# show span session 1
Session 1 (active) Destination is e1/3 No session filters configured Ingress (rx) sources are e1/8, Egress (tx) sources are fe1/8,
For more information about configuring SPAN, see the Cisco NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Using the Blue Beacon Feature
On some platforms, you can cause the platform LEDs to blink. This feature is a useful way to mark a piece of hardware so that a local administrator can quickly identify the hardware for troubleshooting or replacement.
To flash the LEDs on a hardware entity, use the following commands:
|blink chassis
|Flashes the chassis LED.
|blink fan number
|Flashes one of the fan LEDs.
|blink module slot
|Flashes the selected module LED.
|blink powersupply number
|Flashes one of the power supply LEDs.
|blink xbar number
|Flashes one of the crossbar module LEDs.
To flash a single port LED on a module, use the following command in interface configuration mode:
|Flashes the interface LED.
See Also
Cisco NX-OS/IOS SPAN Comparison
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KRISHNA vs. JESUS
Yesterday I hung out at the annual Hare Krishna Festival of Chariots on Venice Beach. My friend Svetlana was taping some stuff for a TV show she's making to export back to her home country Montenegro and I helped out some with that. But mostly I was there for the food. I eat a lot of Krishna food. They make real good food.
The Hare Krishnas were the first Eastern religious movement I had any direct contact with. That's bad grammar. But you get it anyway. In any case, I was a big Beatle nut when I was a teenager (still am) and George Harrison was into them so I figured they were cool. I briefly considered joining the team. But the more I read of their philosophy the sillier it sounded. It was an Eastern version of everything I'd already rejected in Christianity. Christianity, at least the versions I'd come across, seemed to be all about what happened in your head. You had to believe the stories in the Bible were true. I couldn't understand how it could possibly matter to God whether I thought the world really was flooded by a rain that lasted 40 days and 40 nights or not. It all seemed so arbitrary.
The Krishnas at least had some concrete activities I could get behind. They ate no meat, they chanted, they wore special clothes and had haircuts even more ridiculous than some of my punkrock friends. But when I got a little more familiar with their philosophy it, once again, boiled down to whether I believed the stories in certain books actually happened or not. In the Krishna's case this wasn't presented as the key element to salvation as it had been at the Christian churches I visited. But you still had to believe. And I couldn't believe. Like Fox Mulder, for a time I wanted to believe. But it wasn't possible.
Eventually I ended up sticking with Zen because Zen couldn't give a rat's ass what you believe. I found that really cool.
Anyway, yesterday the Krishnas had a big ass parade down the street near my house. The photo I put up today is from a festival a couple years ago. But what I saw yesterday looked pretty much the same if not bigger. This year, though, a small group of Christians decided to protest. These guys looked like Hell's Angels to me, all big and burly and hairy. Maybe they were ex-members. They walked along the parade route in front of the group with signs saying things like "The Bible says beware of false teachers" and "Fornicators, Adulterers, Masturbaters, etc., etc., etc., You're all going to HELL!" Are masturbaters still going to Hell? Man, I am in some deep shit! One guy had a bullhorn and shouted that the Krishnas should eat meat and that their haircuts made them look like a horse's behind.
The only effect these guys had was to make the Krishnas look way less freaky by comparison. In fact, in Southern California the Hare Krishnas look like Ward and June Cleaver. They've always been very interested in being accepted as a mainstream religion and these days it almost seems to be working. Good for them.
It was funny to me to watch two sets of ideas I'd long ago rejected duking it out on the beach. Both camps seemed to have an urgent need to convert the tourists and skateboarders on the boardwalk to their way of thinking. Why do we do that? It's such a show of insecurity to act like your God is going to fade away and die unless everybody in the world believes in him.
I imagine this all goes way way back in history to a time when human beings were just starting to build civilizations. In order to make a civilization work you need an agreed upon moral framework. Even today you're still far more likely to die from being murdered in a more "primitive" culture than in a more "advanced" one (to use both of those loaded terms in their broadest sense). Morality became tied with religion and it was imperative for those who believed in the moral code to convert those who did not. If they failed, the society they were laboring so hard to build could collapse.
As societies advanced, so did their need for moral structure. More sophisticated and easily operated tools for killing and maiming meant that it was even more important to keep everyone in line. So we stuck with the idea that everyone needed to agree upon a single moral code.
We still have not outgrown this need. In fact we'll almost certainly never outgrow it. But the religious model no longer works. Our diverse societies have created too many of them and they're constantly battling each other. Even the Buddhist precepts are wielded as weapons by those who believe they understand them better than others.
These days lots of people are working to try and find the common ground of all religions, which I think is a great idea. But ultimately I think we'll need to transcend that one as well. The reason is because all religions are based on thought. But real morality has nothing at all to do with thought. Real morality is much harder to pin down. It's impossible to pin down, in fact.
We all carry the source of real morality with us everywhere we go. It's the basis of our being. And if you don't believe that, I'll hit you with a big stick until you do!


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A stroke is a medical emergency. If you think you are having a stroke, call for emergency medical services right away.
A stroke can be diagnosed based on your signs and symptoms, as well as a physical and neurological examination performed when you arrive at the hospital. Once you are stabilized, your doctor may want other tests to determine the type of stroke, what area of the brain is affected, or to determine an underlying cause.
Tests to Evaluate Stroke and Effect of Stroke
Imaging tests evaluate the brain, blood vessels, and surrounding structures. Detailed images can provide your doctor with information about areas of bleeding, blockage, or where the damaged area is located. Imaging tests include:
- CT scan
- MRI scan
- CT angiography
- MR angiography
- Transcranial Doppler or carotid ultrasound
- Carotid angiography
Blood tests can also be used to evaluate platelet, glucose, electrolyte, and cholesterol levels, as well as blood clotting time. Assessment of blood components can help with diagnosing or ruling out a stroke. Specific blood tests can also test liver and kidney function.
Electrical activity can be measured with:
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)—to measure electrical activity of the brain via electrodes placed on your head
- Evoked response test—to measure how your brain processes sensory information
Depending on the severity of your stroke, your doctor will evaluate swallowing, how you respond to food textures and tastes, as well as your language skills. Stroke often affects these parts of the brain. It will help determine the rehabilitation process needed during your recovery.
A lumbar puncture may be done to check the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord. It can be examined if your doctor suspects the presence of an infection or a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Tests to Evaluate the Heart
Many strokes are the result of cardiovascular disease. If your doctor suspects you have cardiovascular disease, you may have additional tests, such as:
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)—To test the heart's electrical activity by measuring electrical currents through the heart muscle. A healthy heart creates a specific pattern on an EKG. A previous heart attack and heart damage will cause disruptions to this pattern. It can also be used to diagnose atrial fibrillation .
- Electrocardiogram —Ultrasound detects abnormalities in the heart muscle by highlighting areas of poor blood flow.
- Holter monitor—A small machine is belted around your waist and will record your heart rhythm over a period of 24 hours or more. It may be able to detect any rhythm abnormalities after a stroke.
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Two Smyrna High School sports teams recently won sportsmanship awards for their 2012 seasons.
The boys tennis team was awarded the 2012 Bunny Vosters Team Sportsmanship Award presented by USTA Middle States Delaware. The award is presented to the one team in Delaware that epitomized sportsmanship and character during the 2012 season.
The 2012 boys soccer team was awarded the Diamond State Soccer Officials Sportsmanship Award. This award honors those athletes and teams for their consistent and outstanding conduct, attitude, and understanding of the rules that epitomize sportsmanship during the 2012 season.


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VCUQatar (VCUQ) is VCU School of the Arts' branch campus located in Education City, Qatar. VCUQ was established in 1998 and was the first university to open its doors in Education City. VCUQ provides students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design or Painting and Printmaking and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Design Studies.
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Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same treatment, according to figures the government released publicly for the first time Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same treatment, according to figures the government released publicly for the first time Wednesday. The federal list sheds new light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go — and whether it's cheaper for uninsured patients to get the care somewhere else.
But it doesn't answer the big question: Why do some hospitals charge 20 or even 40 times more than others?
"It doesn't make sense," said Jonathan Blum, director of the government's Center for Medicare. The higher costs don't reflect better care, he said, and can't be explained by regional economic differences alone.
Blum said he hopes making the information available without charge to the public will help generate answers to the riddles of hospital pricing, and put pressure on the more expensive hospitals.
The fees that Medicare pays hospitals aren't based on their charges, Blum said. But patients who are without government or private medical coverage are subject to them. The new information should help those patients decide where to get care, he said.
There are vast disparities nationally. The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 at an Ada, Okla., hospital to $223,000 in Monterey Park, Calif.
It's not just national or even regional geography. Hospitals within the same city also vary wildly. In Jackson, Miss., average inpatient charges for services that may be provided to treat heart failure range from $9,000 to $51,000, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
Hospitals usually receive less money than they charge, however. Their charges are akin to a car dealership's "list price." Most patients won't be hit with these bills, because they are paid by their private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid at lower rates. Insurance companies routinely negotiate discounted payments with hospitals.
"These charges really don't have a direct relationship with the price for the average person," said Chapin White of the nonprofit Center for Studying Health System Change. "I think the point is to shame hospitals."
The charges do show up on the bills of people without medical coverage, many of whom try to negotiate smaller fees for themselves. And they could affect people paying for care that is outside their insurance company's network. Hospitals say they frequently give the uninsured discounts.
"This is the opening bid in the hospital's attempt to get as much money as possible out of you," White said of the listed charges.
And some people pay full price, or try to afford it, because they don't know they can bargain for a discount, White said.
The department released a list of the average charges at 3,300 hospitals for each of the 100 most common Medicare inpatient services. The prices, from 2011, represent about 60 percent of Medicare inpatient cases.
"Hospitals that charge two or three times the going rate will rightfully face scrutiny," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters.
And consumers will benefit from more information about a mystifying system that too often leaves them with little way of knowing what a hospital will charge or what their insurance companies are paying for treatments, Sebelius said.
Previously, the price information that the government collects from hospitals wasn't available to the average consumer, although the data could be purchased for uses such as research, officials said.
The department also is making $87 million in federal money available as grants to states to improve their hospital rate review programs and get more information about health care charges to patients.
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Level Charges and Medicare Payments for the Top 100 Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG)
Data Source: CMS Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) inpatient data which contains discharge information for 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using hospital inpatient services.
Study Population: Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) providers within the 50 United States and District of Columbia with a known Hospital Referral Region (HRR) who are billing Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries for the top 100 DRGs. The top 100 DRGs are determined by the number of discharges.
Years: Fiscal Year 2011
Geographic Variables: The provider's address including street, city, state abbreviation and zip code and the Hospital Referral Region (HRR) based on the providers zip code. HRRs were developed by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care to delineate regional health care markets in the United States (http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/).
Spending Measures: We present the provider's average total covered charges and average total payments within DRG. Total payments consist of Medicare payments, beneficiary cost-share payments, and coordination of benefit payments.
Utilization Measures: We present the total number of discharges billed by the provider within DRG.
Limitations of Maryland Data: The state of Maryland has a unique waiver that exempts it from Medicare's prospective payment systems for inpatient care. Maryland instead uses an all-payer rate setting commission to determine its payment rates. Medicare claims for hospitals in other states break out additional payments for indirect medical education (IME) costs and disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustments.
DRG Summary for Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment Hospitals, FY2011
Top 100 DRGs Based on Total Discharges
Note: Includes discharges from Hospitals located within the 50 United States and District of Columbia
Hospitals with fewer than 11 discharges within a DRG have been suppressed for that DRG
Medicare Payments for the Top 100 Diagnosis-Related Groups
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Level Charges and Medicare Payments for the Top 100 Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG)
Short Name Description
DRG Code and description identifying the DRG. DRGs are a classification system that groups similar clinical conditions (diagnoses) and the procedures furnished by the hospital during the stay.
Provider Id Provider Identifier billing for inpatient hospital services.
Provider Name Name of the provider.
Provider Street Address Street address in which the provider is physically located.
Provider City City in which the provider is physically located.
Provider State State in which the provider is physically located.
Provider Zip Code Zip code in which the provider is physically located.
Provider HRR HRR in which the provider is physically located.
Total Discharges The number of discharges billed by the provider for inpatient hospital services.
Average Covered Charges The provider's average charge for services covered by Medicare for all discharges in the DRG. These will vary from hospital to hospital because of differences in hospital charge structures.
Average Total Payments The average of Medicare payments to the provider for the DRG including the DRG amount, teaching, disproportionate share, capital, and outlier payments for all cases. Also included in Total Payments are co-payment and deductible amounts that the patient is responsible for and payments by third parties for coordination of benefits.


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1916 – 2012
Roberta Hess, 96, of New Cuyama, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 9, 2012 in Santa Maria's Marian Extended Care after breaking her hip on July 3, 2012. Mrs. Hess became an LVN in her early 50s and worked at Taft's West Side Hospital well into her 70s. Her time there spent in nursing was her ministry and her joy. Roberta was born in Downey, California on June 7, 1916 and had lived in New Cuyama since 1951, being one of that town's first residents. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ells; sons, Kenny and Eugene; daughter, Gloria; son-in-law, Willie Low; grandson, David Low; her two sisters and four brothers. She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Low-Schot and her husband, Louie of New Cuyama; grandchildren and their spouses, Don and Amy Low of Seattle, WA, Darryl and Dalynne Low of Pinon Hills; Karen Ingle and her husband, Dennis of Redwood Falls, MN; great-grandchildren, Deidre, Connor and Lucy of Seattle, WA, Ryan and Dakota of Pinon Hills, Jeffrey Low-Ingle and his wife, Louren of Wheaton, IL, and Timothy, Deborah, Ben and Christy Ingle of MN. Visitation for Mrs. Hess will be on Friday, November 16, 2012, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home. A funeral Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at New Cuyama Community United Methodist Church. A potluck luncheon will follow. Burial will be on Monday, November 19, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. in the West Side District Cemetery. To sign an online registry please visit www.EricksonAndBrown.com.


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Albanian is the national language of Albania. It is an official language of Kosovo and spoken by the majority of the population as a native tongue. Albanian also enjoys regional status in the Republic of Macedonia.
Albanian has two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, or the northern and southern dialects. The official standard is based on Tosk dialect since 1940s (both in Albania and in Kosovo, though the latter completely falls within the borders of northern dialect), which is reported to be a "softer" version of the language by native speakers. While the two dialects are mutually intelligible, a number of differences between each other exist.
Albanian is an easy language to know and learn since most of their letters do not change sounds as they do in many other languages.
Pronunciation guide
Albanian is written as it is pronounced. The Albanian alphabet consists of 36 letters of the Latin script. The alphabet was standardised in 1909. Albanian is a branch of Indo-European and is considered to be the only language derived from the extinct Illyrian language. Albanian also is spoken in Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, South Serbia, and Turkey.
For the vast majority of words, the main stress falls on the last word of a phrase, on the last stem of a compound word, and on the last syllable of a word.
Common diphthongs
Other Sounds
Phrase list
Clock time
Writing time and date
Albania uses the 24 hour clock.
Bus and train
The Albanian currency is Lëkk [luhkk]. And Albanians count money according to the old money count, i.e. 1 new Lëkk equals 10 old Lëkk. In supermarkets they will show the prices in new Lëkk, but in openmarkets or orally people will say or ask 10 times more than the neccesary price. If you are asked to pay 1000 (one thousand) Lëkk, you need to pay only 100 Lëkk. This is only if they ask you in Albanian, and it is better to clarify do they mean new or old Lëkk.
Do you serve alcohol?
A të shërbejë alkool? (ah tah shahr-beh-YEH ahl-KOHHL?)
Is there table service?
A ka shërbim tryezë? (ah kah shar-BEEM trew-eh-ZAH?)
A beer/two beers, please.
Një birre/dy birra , ju lutem. (nyah beer-RAH/dew beer-RAH, yoo loo-TEHM)
A glass of red/white wine, please.
Një gotë e kuqe/verë e bardhë, ju lutem (nyah goh-TAH eh koo-CHEH/veh-RAH eh bahr-THAH, yoo loo-TEHM)
A pint, please.
Një pintë, ju lutem (nyah peen-TUH, yoo loo-TEHM)
A bottle, please.
Një shishe, ju lutem. (nyah shee-SHEH, yoo loo-TEHM)
Uiski (wees-KEE)
votka (voht-KAH)
ujë (oo-EE)
orange juice
lëng portokalli (lung pohr-toh-kah-LLEE)
Coke (soda)
Koka-kola (koh-KAH-koh-LAH)
Do you have any bar snacks?
A keni ndonje snack bar (ah keh-NEE ndoh-NYEH snahk bahr)
One more, please.
Një tjeter, ju lutem. (nyah tyeh-TEHR, yoo loo-TEHM)
Another round, please.
Një tjetër raund, ju lutem. (nyah tyeh-TAHR round, yoo loo-TEHM)
When is closing time?
Kur është koha e mbylljes? (koor ahsh-TAH koh-HAH eh mbewl-LYEHS?)
You need to remember that most of the road signs are in picture form and not by words like they do in America. Some such as the common 'STOP' sign shall be seen in major cities in Albania. But get a European road guide that would show which road signs you wish to know.
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