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Pratica della mercatura
The Florentine merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti compiled his Libro di divisamenti di paesi e di misuri di mercatanzie e daltre cose bisognevoli di sapere a mercatanti between 1335 and 1343, probably within the period 1339 to 1340. The work is commonly known as the Pratica della mercatura, the name given to it when it was first printed in 1766.
Pegolotti's work is based on his own experience as a banker and merchant, and on various local documents, statutes and price lists available to him. He seems to have had access to an earlier, much more limited compilation made at Pisa in 1279, now preserved in the Biblioteca Comunale at Siena, entitled Hec est memoria de tucte le mercantie come carican le navi in Alexandria e li pesi come tornano duna terra addunaltra.
Its reception and influence[edit]
No autograph survives. The surviving manuscript, the one used by Pagnini and Evans for their editions, is in the Biblioteca Riccardiana at Florence: it was completed on 19 March 1472 by Filippo di Niccolaio Frescobaldi.
Pegolotti's work was probably used by the compiler of the Venetian trade manual Tarifa zoè noticia dy pexi e mexure di luogi e tere che s'adovra marcadantia per el mondo in the 1340s. It then served as a source for a later work which shares its title, the Pratica della mercatura compiled by Giovanni di Bernardo da Uzzano in 1442. Soon afterwards it was drawn on by the author of Libro che tracta di mercatantie et usanze de' paesi, compiled in 1458 probably by Giorgio Chiarini, afterwards incorporated in Luca Pacioli's Summa de arithmetica.
Pegolotti's Pratica della mercatura was first published by Gianfrancesco Pagnini as part of Della Decima, his multi-volume history of the finances of Florence, in 1766. Only short sections have appeared in French and English translation. The 1936 edition by Allan Evans is now standard: it includes important glossaries of commodities, place names, coins and money, etc., but no translation.
Outline of contents[edit]
Glossary of terms then in use for all kinds of taxes or payments on merchandise as well as for every kind of place where goods might be bought or sold in cities (Evans, pp. 14–19). Languages listed as necessary include
Routes and trading cities[edit]
Listing of the principal routes and trading cities frequented by Italian merchants; the imports and exports of various important commercial regions; the business customs prevalent in each of those regions; and the comparative value of the leading moneys, weights and measures.
- Includes the following routes and surveys:
- The journey to Gattaio (Evans, pp. 21–23), from Azov via Astrakhan, Khiva, Otrar and Kulja to Beijing (in the text these names appear as Tana, Gittarchan, Organci, Ottrarre, Armalecco, Canbalecco). The merchant is advised that he will be considered more respectable if he takes a woman with him on this journey, but she must be fluent in the Cuman language.
- Coast of the Mare Maggiore
- Stages from Ayas via Sivas, Erzingan and Erzerum to Tabriz in Persia (in the text these names appear as Laiazo, Salvastro, Arzinga, Arzerone, Torissi)
- England and Scotland as sources of wool, listing many monasteries including Newbattle, Balmerino, Cupar, Dunfermline, Dundrennan, Glenluce, Coldingham, Kelso, Newminster near Morpeth, Furness, Fountains, Kirkstall, Kirstead, Swineshead, Sawley and Calder.
- Includes main headings for the following trading places. Many others are listed incidentally. Under each heading there are lists of the main commodities with details of weights and measures, laws and customs of trade, pricing, customs duties. Pegolotti adds tables of comparison of each city's weights and measures with those of others to facilitate calculations.
- Tana nel Mare Maggiore
- Caffa
- Torisi di Persia
- Trabisonda
- Gostantinopoli e Pera
- Altoluogo di Turchia (Ayasoluk)
- Setalia di Turchia
- Erminia, chiefly Laiazo d'Erminia. Merchants of the Compagnia dei Bardi were exempt from customs duties at Ayas
- Acri di Soria
- Allessandria
- Damietta
- Cipri, chiefly Famagosta di Cipri. Pegolotti notes that he has negotiated a reduction of customs duties for the Compagnia dei Bardi and for those identified as Florentine merchants by the Bardi representative at Famagusta
- Rodi
- Candia di Creti
- Cicilia, including Messina, Palermo
- Chiarenza
- Stiva (Ištip)
- Nigroponte
- Sardigna
- Maiolica
- Tunisi di Barberia
- Tripoli di Barberia
- Gierbi di Barberia
- Vinegia
- Frioli
- Ancona
- Puglia
- Salerno
- Napoli di Principato
- Firenze
- Pisa
- Gienova
- Nimissi e Monpolieri
- Vignone
- Aguamorta
- Evizia
- Borgogna
- The fairs of Campagna
- Parigi
- Fiandra
- Bruggia di Fiandra
- Brabante
- Anguersa. Pegolotti notes that he has negotiated equality for Florentine merchants at Antwerp with those from Germany, England and Genoa
- Londra d'Inghilterra
- Roccella di Guascogna
- Sobilia di Spagna
- Reame di Morocco di Spagna, including Niffe, Salle and Arzilla
Lists and tables[edit]
- Lengths of cloth (Evans pp. 277–286)
- Fineness of gold and silver coin (Evans pp. 287–292)
- Spices and their packing (Evans pp. 293–300, 307-319)
- Compound interest tables
- Valuation of pearls and precious stones
- Buying and selling grain
- Shipping
- Calendar tables
- Fineness of gold and silver (Evans pp. 331–360)
- Types and qualities of spices and other trade goods (Evans pp. 360–383)
- Fabio Mariano, I luoghi della mercanzia: dal palazzo medievale alla Borsa novecentesca, in: Aa.Vv., Arte, economia e territorio. Architettura e collezioni d'arte delle Camere di Commercio, Edizioni Jaca Book, Milano 2008.
- Gian-Francesco Pagnini, Della Decima. 4 vols. Lisbon, Lucca, 1765-1766.
- Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, La pratica della mercatura ed. Allan Evans. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1936.


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Any regrets? Harry Styles admires Taylor Swift's curvy derriere... then flirts with Rihanna and near-naked Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift had just made another very public dig at his expense at the MTV VMAs on Sunday.
But the personal attack didn't seem to faze Harry Styles, as moments later he stole an admiring glance of his former flame's stunning figure as she walked passed him in the aisle.
The 19-year-old - who has clearly grown used to dealing with the occasional spurned lover - soon moved on from reminiscing about his previous conquests to chatting up some new prospects in the form of Rihanna and Lady Gaga.
Rubber necking: Harry Styles can't help gaze approvingly as Taylor Swift walks by at the MTV VMAs on Sunday night
Swift's overt swipe at Styles came as she received the Best Female Video award for her song I Knew You Were Trouble, which was penned with the One Direction star in mind after she felt spurned by the handsome Brit following a short-lived fling.
After being presented with her astronaut trophy by Pharrell Williams and Daft Punk it appeared that Taylor, 23, took the opportunity to hit out at Harry.
'I want to thank the fans because I tweeted about this a lot, I really wanted this,' she said.
Back-handed compliment: Taylor cited Styles as the inspiration for I Knew You Were Trouble in her speech after winning Best Female Video
Getting cozy: Rihanna snuggled up to the 19-year-old heartthrob as he was seated directly behind her
Taking his chances: Styles made sure to connect with the Barbadian singer as his bandmates looked on
But then quickly added: 'I also want to thank the person who inspired this song because he knows exactly who he is, because now I've got one of these', the camera then panned to an awkward looking Harry.
Despite the backhanded compliment, Harry appeared to keep his cool as he was soon spotted snuggling up to Rihanna.
The Diamonds singer, 25, was seated directly in front of the young heartthrob during the evening of entertainment.
Eyes up here boys: Lady Gaga got playful with Zayn Malik as Niall Horan looks on
Driving the point home: The Applause singer got the young men's attention
And staying true to his Lothario reputation, the young man was soon backstage with Lady Gaga as he and his bandmates mugged for mementos with the scantily clad pop star.
Gaga, wearing nothing but a half-clamshell bikini, seemed to be engrossed in a conversation with Zayn Malik as Niall Horan.
But the entire group was soon snuggling up to the 27-year-old songstress for some light-hearted snaps as she remained in her barely-there getup.
Snuggling in: Harry posed with Gaga and his mates Zayn, Niall, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne
No one left out: The boys even gave Selena Gomez some love as they presented her with the gong for Best Pop Video
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singer appeared to mouth an obscenity - 'shut the f*** up' - just as Harry took to the stage.
It was unclear if the words actually left Taylor's mouth, but it was certainly consistent with her swipe at Harry later in the evening.
Controversial: Swift is thought to have mouth an obscenity when Styles hit the stage to present an award
But Taylor has made a habit of mocking her ex every chance she gets.
Earlier this year at the Grammys she sent out a strong message to ex-boyfriend Harry.
In an apparent dig at her former British love, the singer adopted an English accent as she pretended to speak on her phone mid-performance during a rendition of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Better times: Harry and Taylor pictured in New York near the end of their romance in February
'I'm sorry, I'm busy opening the Grammys and we're never getting back together,' she quipped, seemingly mocking Styles.
The interlude punctuated an incredible performance by the singer, who parted from Harry earlier this year after a holiday to the British Virgin Islands went sour.
But the romance seems to have only lasted a few months, beginning in November 2012 and ending in February the next year.
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Enable/disable button after validation
Hello, I'm new to using Ext JS and am having the hardest time doing such a simple, simple thing. Normally I would perform this task in jQuery since it's what I code with, and have been for over a year, but even that is having no effect.
I have a form that is being created using Ext.FormPanel. My buttons attribute contains two buttons: Save and Cancel. By default I want Save to be disabled when the form is loaded because I want to validate the required fields before allowing the user to submit. My validation is in place, and all that's left is to determine if the button should be enabled or disabled. Here's the buttons setup:
buttons: [{ text: 'Save', id: 'cRegisterSave', disabled: true, handler: submitNewUser },{ text: 'Cancel', id: 'cRegisterCancel', handler: showLogin }]
$('#ext-gen39').attr('disabled', (valid ? false : true)).parent().attr('unselectable', (valid ? 'off' : 'on'));
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An Ext.Button instance and a <BUTTON> element are 2 separate things (actually an Ext.Button holds a reference to the <BUTTON> DOM element).
When using Ext JS you should always try to use the component instances and not the DOM elements, because Ext JS knows how to handle changes in components, but it doesn't get notified of every change in DOM elements.
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That makes sense, and I figured from the start that that was likely the right way to go, I just couldn't find proper documentation that spelled it out clearly. Thanks again
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The Baylor Bears have added the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals to their 2019 football schedule, according to an official release by UIW this afternoon.
Baylor and Incarnate Word will meet at McLane Stadium in Waco on August 31, 2019. The game will be the season-opener and first ever meeting between the two schools.
Incarnate Word, which began playing football in 2007, moved up from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) last season. The Cardinals are members of the Southland Conference, home to schools such as Central Arkansas, Lamar, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, and Stephen F. Austin.
"Playing Baylor in football is just another exciting step in the growth and expansion of the UIW Brand," UIW Directors of Athletics Mark Papich said. "We have always maintained that the move to NCAA Division I would be in line with the goals we strive for spiritually and academically. We want our student-athletes to reach for something more, to be challenged on a daily basis and to leave UIW stronger in their faith and knowledge with a sense of accomplishment for accepting those challenges."
The addition of UIW tentatively completes Baylor's non-conference football schedule in 2019. The Bears are also slated to host UTSA on Sept. 7 and travel to Rice on Sept. 14.
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No comments on this? I expected a chucklefest by now. Toughest challenge since Utah Hoops took on Williamena and Evergreen State back-to-back.
LOL now 15 comments…
April Fool's Day is stiil 2 weeks away. How does Baylor look in the mirror at this type of schedule with UTSA and Rice too! Even SEC teams who schedule a host of pasties will laugh at this set up. Is it true that Baylor is trying to schedule The Little Sisters of the Poor as soon as they get a flag football team?
at least SEC pasties have State names…South Alabama, Georgia State, Louisiana Monroe
Never underestimate someone. You never know what can happen. Go UIW!!!!
We all know UIW would be a better test against Baylor then UTSA
Hahahahaha… Baylor's future schedules are an absolute joke.
You have to remember to hear Baylor minions talk….no one will schedule them….No Seriously…that is their excuse.
Baylor continues to cash the checks written by UT, OU ….
Look at Oregon's Schedule, they as well have it easy for their non-conference games.
There is rumor that Baylor is scheduling St. Olaf's in 2020. One thing we know for sure, Baylor will not be the national champion in 2019.
UIW hoops team is in the first year in division I and managed an RPI of 229, They have a credible athletic department and will probably e a decent FCS team by 2019. It is hard to project FCS teams 6 years down the road; but it seems to me that it is equivalent to scheduling Steven f Austin or McNeese.
An FCS team 6 years down the road is still an FCS team. Baylor builds a $260 million dollar new stadium and schedules these type of teams! No offense but the Varsity should play the Varsity teams, not the junior high schools. I see that UIW has just tripled the size of their home capacity to 6,000 and a new track. It sounds like the makings of a decent high school stadium with further additions down the road.
Yes Ron….they want home games in their new stadium. If they schedule an FBS team at an equivalent level; they would have to sign a 2 year home and home deal. If they scheduke 2 FCS teams, they get two home games. They can use their new stadium. it doesn't matter if UIW only has 6,000 seats as the game isn't being played at UIW.
I guess Baylor is trying to break Georgia Tech's record. If they are going to call their own shot, I hope they win 316 – 0.
Baylor…It may be time to cancel the home and home series with the only OOC team in any Power Five conference…..Duke.
Wow Baylor. Scheduling for 2019….filling up the schedule with cupcakes…
Disgustingly cowardly schedule.
I guess they just wanna have good stats, but what if the Big12 ever goes to four non con games. Who would they schedule next? St. Thomas Aquaintes HS from Florida?
BU should seek out legitimate natural rivals, like Texas A&M and Arkansas. I'm tired of the boring early season lineup, not to mention the indefensible ridicule over their undeserved record. Stop scheduling easy opponents; there are already too many questions about the strength of the Big 12. Keep Rice and SMU, but nix the others. I like that you have Utah out in the future, and you should seek out other high-powered opponents who will legitimize your strength of schedule.
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First week, the Red Team won, losing 74 pounds total -- with one guy losing 20 pounds. Dana was voted off the Blue Team; her loss was only five pounds. (However, at 167 pounds, Dana started out less overweight than most contestants. Dana lost another 15 pounds later.)
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This Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal tastes like a peanut butter cup, but it's sweetened with just a ripe banana! You'll love to wake up to this gluten-free, refined sugar-free + vegan breakfast.
The photos in this post were updated in May 2016, but the recipe and writing below remains the same as when originally published! I've been rephotographing some of my old favorite recipes here on the site that don't get nearly enough attention, probably because the photos didn't do this delicious oatmeal justice.
But, for memorial's sake, I'm not rewriting the post at all. All that's below, including the recipe, is the original from July 2012. Enjoy – this recipe is still one of my favorites! I make it at least a couple of times a month :)
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To Love a Wicked Lord
To Love a Wicked Lord
Avon Books, Mass Market Paperbound, 9780061757709, 370pp.
Publication Date: November 1, 2009
Phillipa Carstairs, the granddaughter of a well-respected, retired government official, is engaged and ready to be married. But when her fiancé disappears on a mysterious mission just before the wedding, Phillipa doesn′t know if she should hold onto hope of her intended′s safe return.
With no word from Noel, "Pippa" grows tired of waiting, and she and her grandmother enlist the help of British spy Lord Alain Maxwell. Together they set out on the trail of the elusive fiancé.
As their journey takes them across England and abroad into France, Phillipa, initially unimpressed with Lord Maxwell, learns there is more to the dashing spy than meets the eye. Faced with an undeniable attraction, will Phillipa be able to hold onto her resolve and remain faithful to her missing fiance?
Publisher s Weekly called her one of romance s most gifted authors. She received many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romantic Times, and excellent reviews and commendations from Library Journal, Romance Readers Anonymous, and Romance Writers of America. She also wrote historical novels under the name Edith Felber.
Mother of three grown children, she lived on Long Island with her devoted dog, Miss Daisy; her half feral parakeet, Little Richard; and various nameless pond fish in the fishness protection program.


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Lord of the Flies Plot Summary
Set during World War II, the story describes the plight of a group of British schoolboys stranded on a Pacific island after their plane was shot down en route to England. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch in the lagoon near the beach and use it to call all the other survivors, setting up a mock democratic government with Ralph as leader. Piggy continues to advise and give logic and reason to Ralph's rule. A signal fire, kindled with the lens of Piggy's glasses, is established on the mountain to call passing ships to their rescue while shelters are constructed.
However, the school's choir leader, Jack, soon becomes obsessed with hunting the pigs of the island and loses sight of Ralph's democratic vision. Further discord results with an increasing fear of a supposed "beast" on the island, stemming particularly from the younger boys dubbed the "littluns." Jack eventually abandons any thought of being rescued, content instead with hunting and killing pigs with his choir boys turned into hunters. Jack later speaks out of turn during their assembly meetings and eventually leaves the group to start a "tribe." Other children gradually defect to his side except for Ralph, Piggy, Simon and the twins Samneric (Sam and Eric). One by one these children are eliminated from the opposition.
Upon discovering the beast the boys had all feared on the mountain is only the rotting corpse of a pilot whose plane had been shot down near the island, Simon runs down from the mountain to share this happy news. However the boys (including Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric) are all, following Jack's example, caught up in a primal ritual celebrating the murder of a pig they have just eaten and Simon runs into the midst of this. Mistaken to be the beast, Simon is killed by the boys' spears.
Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric remain resistant to joining Jack's tribe. They attempt to cling to the democracy they had set up, still using the conch to call an assembly and struggling to keep a signal fire burning on the beach. Then Jack and his hunters attack the four and steal Piggy's glasses to kindle the fire he needs for pig-roasting fires. Angry and blinded, Piggy decides to go to the place on the island called Castle Rock where the hunters have set up a base. Reluctantly, Ralph and Samneric agree and upon arriving Roger stops them at the gate. Jack emerges from the forest and begins to fight with Ralph while Piggy stands nearby shrieking in fear, wanting only for his sight be restored by retrieving his glasses. Samneric are seized at Jack's command by the hunters and Roger, Jack's second-in-command, drops a large boulder on the head of Piggy, killing him and shattering the conch which he holds in his hands. Ralph alone is left to flee, with no friends left to aid him. Samneric have become hunters as well and betray the secret of his hiding place in the forest to Jack. The island is set ablaze and hunters fan out to kill Ralph with their spears, the sole remaining opposition to their tribe, as even now he tries to cling to his old democratic ideas.
Running wildly and suddenly becoming savage himself, Ralph stabs with his spear at the hunters pursuing him, chased by all until he at last comes to the beach. The shelters he had built with such labor are in flames and, falling at last upon the sand with the sea before him and nowhere left to run, Ralph looks up to see a naval officer. Rescue comes at last to the boys' aid, seeing the smoke from the mighty blaze set by Jack's hunters after Ralph's signal fire had earlier failed to alert anyone of their presence. When the officer expresses disapproval for the savage state and chaos to which the boys have reverted, Ralph breaks down in tears. Soon, all the hunters begin crying at the sight of grown-ups on the beach. Ralph weeps for "the end of innocence" and "the darkness of man's heart."
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Main Characters:
Ralph - The main protagonist and elected leader of the boys. He is a twelve year old British pupil and the group's common sense. Ralph tries to maintain a sense of order, structure and discipline. He represents the civilizing instinct of human beings while Jack represents savagery and evil.
Jack - The antagonist of the novel. One of the older boys and leader of the choir, he easily acquires a following of boys and they become "the hunters". Jack becomes increasingly dark and disturbed. He is representative of the evil that exists within all men that manifests in uncivilized situations.
Simon - The "enlightened" one. He is the only boy who has a true natural sense of morality. He spends a lot of time alone and is one with nature which lends him to ridicule from the other boys. Simon helps the younger boys and comforts them in their frightful moments. Simon is also the only boy courageous enough to venture to the other side of the mountain to investigate the beast. His death is similar to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Piggy - The "brain". He is the scientific mind, the rational thinker. Though criticized for his weight, asthma and lack of physical agility Piggy's bright thinking helps the group create innovative tools and in actuality, survive. Piggy is Ralph right hand man, so his death leaves Ralph alone in the battle against Jack's savages.
Roger - An oddly secretive and sadistic older boy. He thrives on preying on those younger and weaker. He quickly becomes Jack's first follower and carries out Jack's evil wishes.
Sam and Eric - Also known as "samneric". Twin boys who seem to be one person. They are always together and complete one another's sentences. They are allies of Ralph and enjoy their duty of keeping the signal fire going. Jack eventually tortures them into joining his tribe.
Teacher Resources
1.Lord of the Flies has been called "a fable in which the characters are symbols for abstract ideas." Explain this statement by analyzing each of the major characters (Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, and Roger) in terms of his distinctive character traits and the human quality he might symbolize.
Defend and/or criticize Ralph's actions as leader. What were his motivations? Did he contribute to the tragedy in any way? Could he have acted to prevent any of the deaths? What would you have done differently in his situation?
3. Describe the religious imagery in Lord of the Flies: the forces of good and evil, a fall from grace, a savior, and eventual redemption. How does Golding's depiction of the island compare to the Garden of Eden?
4. Analyze the student population in your school and the various groups or cliques that exist. Discuss whether there are certain mannerisms, clothing preferences, behavior codes, or other qualities that characterize each group. Have you ever known a group member outside the context of his or her group? Did that person behave differently when not under the direct influence of the group?
5. Some readers of Lord of the Flies have argued that each and every one of the boys' actions is nothing more than an attempt to survive in difficult conditions. Think about the mounting of the sow's head, Simon's ascent up the mountain, and the murder of Piggy in particular, as well as any other key scenes that stand out for you. Is it fair to say that the boys' actions were merely the result of the human survival instinct? Why or why not? If so, can you use these examples to draw some general conclusions about the human instinct to survive?
6. Suppose the plot of Lord of the Flies involved a planeload of marooned girls, or a mixed group of girls and boys, instead of all boys. Do you think the same violent and cruel tendencies would have emerged on the island? Explain your answer in detail. If you think the outcome would have been different, explain how and why.
7. How does Ralph's relationship with Jack change as the novel progresses? There are clear moments of real liking – what goes wrong? How does Golding show us the change?
Piggy's relationships with both Jack and Ralph are worth deep analysis. This could be charted diagrammatically. Draw students' attention to Piggy's understanding of how Jack is going to behave – for example, the idea that if Jack cannot get at Ralph, he WILL get at Piggy. Piggy's relationship with Ralph repays some research: look with students at all the support Piggy gives to Ralph. Re-read the words near the end of the novel where the writer puts in his own comment about what Ralph may have thought of Piggy.
Simon's relationship with both Ralph and Piggy is also interesting. There is loyalty there, hard work, commitment. Look also at that strange moment at which Simon tells Ralph that he thinks Ralph will survive, will get back.
More loyalty is evident in the relationship that Sam'n'Eric have with Ralph: this becomes especially interesting when Ralph is the outcast and Sam'n'Eric are forced to be on guard against him.


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bad udp check sum on traceroute from box w/ NAT
OK, so here's a fun one.
I've been trying to troubleshoot a very odd traceroute/udp issue I'm seeing that I can't figure out.
I have two gateway/firewall boxes running NAT for internal hosts on two different networks (office1 and office2).
one is running 2.6.22-gentoo-r9, lets call this one gw1
the other 2.6.20-gentoo-r8, lets call this one gw2
Theres two other systems here:
a system inside either of these two lans, we'll call it lan_host1
a system out on the internet not behind nat, we'll call it outside1
From lan_host1 which is behind either gw1 or gw2 I can traceroute out fine. I can hit gw1 or gw2 from inside the opposites network, i can hit any other host on the internet ( including outside1 ).
From outside1 I can traceroute to both gw1 and gw2 no problem.
Whenever I try to traceroute from either gw1 or gw2 to any host on the internet, including each other and/or outside1, it eventually times out and fails. Running tcpdump on both hosts at the same time while doing the traceroute shows the same UDP packets at both ends, and I know that both hosts respond to traceroute otherwise. What is interesting is what tcpdump shows ( on both hosts ) of the packets in question:
$ tcpdump -nnvvS
tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 68 bytes
14:31:29.322429 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 1, id 53536, offset 0, flags [none], proto: UDP (17), length: 46) gw1.53493 > gw2.33477: [bad udp cksum a015!] UDP, length 18
Both sides will see this exact same packet, so I know no other modifications to the packet are happening. Both sides show the bad udp cksum error. In IPTABLES I have the following rules:
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -m state --state INVALID -j REJECT
If I do the following I can watch live the iptables counters:
$ watch 'iptables -nv -L | grep INVALID' (shows the following)
18 780 DROP all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state INVALID
0 0 DROP all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state INVALID
0 0 REJECT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state INVALID reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
Now with every attempt at the traceroute to the destined host the INVALID counters on the INPUT table increase. So I try removing that line for INPUT and not DROP'ing any of my INVALID data, but still no reply goes back to the original host. I am guessing that the kernel still drops the packet because the UDP check sum is incorrect. tcpdump will show zero reply to these traceroute attempts. I have even tried to traceroute to other networking gear including my ISPs upstream Cisco cores, and they too drop these UDP packets ( although I have not contacted them to confirm/ask their thoughts, I just know traceroute fails).
Things I can rule out:
1. non-NAT related iptables rules. outside1 runs almost the exact same rule set minus NAT related statements and forwarding.
2. ISPs blocking traceroute udp packets. I can clearly traceroute from other hosts, or from inside those networks to the opposite one.
3. hardware. all my servers use Intel cards, if it was hardware I believe I'd see a lot more issues with udp packets, etc.
Oh, a traceroute -I (for icmp) works fine.
Googling this issue in every way that I can think of returns nothing. Both boxes, with different Kernels, creating the same packets that have bad check sums. Could be something with my NAT setup, but I don't do anything that crazy with it.
Thoughts? Any help, greatly greatly appreciated. I'd also be happy to provide more info if I can.
- a stressed sys-admin.
I cross posted this in the Gentoo forums as well: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-732185.html
I read someplace that CIA rootkits use erroneous network packets to communicate content secretly. Maybe CIA is leeching your company data with errortraffic.
Remove the "INVALID" on
Remove the "INVALID" on output and make the inbound connections (in INPUT) like so:
33 6737 DROP all -- br0 any anywhere anywhere state INVALID,NEW
73908 51M ACCEPT all -- any any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
Do you really want to drop all INVALID outbound packets? When you do a traceroute (in Linux/Unix) you're actually not making a valid connection but rather using a little trick to generate ICMP port unreachable errors (and time-exceeded), which traceroute uses to tell how far away the hosts are. Your IPTables rules are breaking this little trick...
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A homogenizer is a blending device that reduces particles and disperses them throughout a substance to make it consistent and help reduce separation. Also known as a disperser, tissue grinder, or tissue homogenizer, it is commonly used for processing biological samples, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food products. The term "homogenizer" covers instruments as simple a micro-tube with pestle for individual samples and as complex as an electronic benchtop machine for multiple samples or larger batches. A mortar and pestle can also be considered a homogenizer.
Most homogenizers are either handheld or benchtop units with variable speed motors to adjust the blending speed. Handheld units have a probe for mixing, and are typically used for samples ranging in size from a few hundredths of a millimeter to 1L. They often include a stand for hands-free operation. Some models have interchangeable probes, sometimes called generators, for different applications; for example, a saw-tooth probe can cut through coarse samples. Probes are usually made of stainless steel for corrosion resistance, and may be autoclavable to help prevent cross-contamination. Benchtop homogenizers often have a keypad with a digital display to set and monitor the motor speed, processing time, and other parameters. Some models allow speed and run time settings for multiple cycles to be defined and stored in the onboard memory, and may have an output for connecting to a computer for remote operation or data transfer. They vary as to the type and size of sample container they accommodate, and may have interchangeable racks to suit specific types of containers.
Certain homogenizers are cell disruptors that can release biological molecules within cells, a process known as lysis. A ball- or bead-type cell disruptor is an electric-powered agitator in which beads of glass, zirconia, or steel are placed into tubes or vials along with the sample. An ultrasonic homogenizer, or cell disrupter, uses high-frequency sound waves to disrupt cells, and is generally used in laboratories to break down bacteria and fungi. Homogenizer manufacturers include Kinematica, maker of the Polytron (PT) series.


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The World Market Update 2011 is the seventeenth edition of BTM Consult, a part of Navigant, annual wind energy market report covering developments in the global wind energy sector during 2011. As in previous editions, the report includes a wind market forecast for 2012 - 2016 and predictions for the wind market through 2021.
This year's World Market Update 2011 includes a full chapter dedicated to hydraulic drivetrains. As hydraulic drivetrains emerge in the wind industry, their true potential has yet to be seen and it is still unclear how big of a role the technology will play—especially in the offshore wind market. World Market Update 2011 reviews the latest developments in hydraulic drivetrains, identifies the pros and cons, and compares the hydraulic technology to the industry's three currently established drivetrain technologies: conventional gear-, direct- and hybrid-drivetrains.
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Hillary Clinton Could be Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges
Hillary Clinton Could be Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a United States Federal Law passed in 1970 that was designed to provide a tool for law enforcement agencies to fight organized crime. RICO allows prosecution and punishment for alleged racketeering activity that has been executed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise.
"The New York Timesexamined Bill Clinton's relationship with a Canadian mining financier, Frank Giustra, who has donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation and sits on its board. Clinton, the story suggests, helped Giustra's company secure a lucrative uranium-mining deal in Kazakhstan and in return received "a flow of cash" to the Clinton Foundation, including previously undisclosed donations from the company's chairman totaling $2.35 million."Bloomberg Politics
"Secretary Clinton should have preserved any Federal records she created and received on her personal account by printing and filing those records with the related files in the Office of the Secretary. At a minimum, Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department business before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act."Inspector General Report
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WACO (June 13, 2014) An accident involving a motorcycle and a large pickup truck Friday afternoon in Woodway claimed the life of a motorcycle rider.
Police identified the rider Monday as Jeffrey M. Brooks, 49 of Waco.
The accident happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Wickson Road.
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The Grand Cru water glasses were designed by Erik Bagger for Rosendahl. They possess an elegant shape with characteristic grooves at the laterals. With this appearance they join the Grand Cru collection from Rosendahl seamlessly. The glasses form a practical and elegant team for water or juices together with the Grand cru water carafe, for the served table or a relaxing evening on the balcony. Rosendahl manufactures the Grand Cru water glasses out of metal-free glass. Each glass has a capacity of 0.2 litres. The glasses are dishwasher-safe.
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Amnesty International: Women abuse
Your signature has the power to stop torture.
Advertising Agency: EJE DDB, Puerto Rico
Creative Directors: Leslie Robles
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Good to see people can still come up with creative ads for Amnesty ;-)
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Ok, I get the idea. On the other hand, honestly how can a couple of signs change anything?
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Lisanne sat down with members of the Sherman Noon Lions this morning to talk about helping the community, with some fun at the same time with a golf tournament this Saturday to help local charities, to Hot Summer Nights.
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The Zika ThreatASM Acts to Counter Zika Virus Outbreak.
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The Archives includes donated correspondence of the following Secretary-Treasurers and Secretaries: Ira L. Baldwin (1935-42), Leland W. Parr (1945-49), John E. Blair (1949-51), Henry W. Scherp (1951-53), John Hays Bailey (1953-57), E. M. Foster (1957-61), Philipp Gerhardt(1961-67), and Donald E. Shay (1967-74). This material has been filed by Previous archivists by Society function.
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Vera R. Stephenson, 84
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Vera Rose Berdine Stephenson, 84, of Pittsboro Christian Village in Pittsboro, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009.
The daughter of Patrick Berdine and Goldie DeBolt Berdine, she was born March 8, 1924, in Deep Valley, Pa.
She was a retired cosmetologist. She was a former Asheville resident and was a member of Asheville Gospel Chapel for 30 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Loyal Berdine.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, LaRoy J. Stephenson; daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Thomas Greer or Lynchburg, Va.; brothers, Kenneth and Harold Berdine, both of Pennsylvania; sisters, Pauline Glover of Pennsylvania, Irene Laddis of Connecticut and Betty Thomas of Massachusetts.
Entombment will be held today in the mausoleum of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hendersonville. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pittsboro Christian Village with Charles Grob presiding. Friends may visit with the family from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pittsboro Christian Village. Online condolences may be sent to: www.griffinfuneral.com,
The arrangements are under the care of Griffin Funeral Service of Pittsboro.
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Green abounds at March of Leprechauns on Fifth Ave
Published: Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 11:01 a.m.
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For Beth Taylor of Nashville, Tenn., St. Patrick's Day holds great importance beyond being a celebration of Irish heritage. It also happens to be her birthday.
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She has celebrated her birthday in a number of big cities with famous St. Patrick's Day revelries — including Savannah, New York and Chicago — and this year she added on another — Hendersonville's March of the Leprechauns on Saturday.
"I started my day off with birthday cake," Taylor said. She stayed with her husband and his parents at Melange Bed and Breakfast on Fifth Avenue and then walked to the festivities.
She was decked in a green waist-length coat and shamrock garland around her neck. "It's cool to get to walk in a parade — so thanks Hendersonville!"
The annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration attracted hundreds of people and families. Adults enjoyed the beer tent run by Southern Appalachian Brewery with local bands playing music and kids played in the bounce house or at the Hands On! A Children's Museum's tent. There were Irish music, Irish dancers and Irish flavor.
"It's great. I love seeing all the color out here," said Main Street Director Lew Holloway. "Seeing all the orange, white and green blending together. And seeing all the families and all the ages. We really try to create an across-age event that really everyone can enjoy."
Brianny Yaple, with her son Evan, 4, and daughter Emma, 7, came out for the costume contest. Emma was dressed as a leprechaun, complete with green hat and buckles on her shoes.
"We made it together," Brianny Yaple said. Emma Yaple's favorite part of her outfit was the green streaks in her brown hair. Evan liked his green-striped hat.
Erica Kilpatrick stopped by the Hands On table with her daughters, Charlotte, 16 months, and Ruby, 3.
"Someone said festivities on Main Street, and I said, fun for the babies, we're going," Kilpatrick said.
She often comes downtown for the festivals because "they're all kid-friendly."
"There's something for the kids to do," Kilpatrick said. "If they're having fun, I'm having fun."
Mainstay, a domestic violence awareness organization and women's shelter, was a partner agency during the March of the Leprechauns. There was also a bake sale table set out in front of its thrift store on Fifth Avenue raising funds for the day care center and the shelter.
"I think it's just really nice when we can all partner together and do something nice," said Tanya Blackford, executive director of Mainstay. "And it brings people downtown."
Festival committee members Judy and Chris Ricker, who were passing out orange and green balloons after leading the morning parade, enjoyed seeing the mix of families.
"It's another reason for families to come to Hendersonville and enjoy a festival," Chris Ricker said.
"We're the early spring festival," Judy Ricker added. "And it doesn't matter if it's raining."
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Twin Falls Nephrologist Doctors for Dialysis
Type of Physician: Nephrologist
What is a Nephrologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat disorders of the kidney, high blood pressure, fluid and mineral imbalance, dialysis of body wastes when the kidneys do not function, and consultation with surgeons about kidney transplantation.
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Why I don't do "What I Wore Sunday"
So we get to the First Communion preparation workshop, which is *sigh* somewhat earlier than I'm used to getting up on Sundays. But I did all the things, I went on my treadmill, I took a shower, I even put mascara on. The kid is wearing underwear under her dress and shoes that match (each other, I mean. Not the underwear). We are a little groggy, but definitely pulling this off.We settle into our seats and wait patiently for our felt and our glue and our wheat templates. While I'm thinking … [Read more...]
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Yes, we still need feminism.
I used to wonder why any 21st-century woman would call herself a feminist.Feminism has become something utterly toxic. Maybe the word once stood for something useful and good, but feminism today means abortion on demand and without apology; now it means contempt for virginity, contempt for children, contempt for motherhood. Why would any right-thinking woman even want to use that name, when it puts you in such dreadful company?And anyway, why do we even need feminism anymore? Aren't we … [Read more...]
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Have you taught your children that, while Christmas is very important, it's really Easter that's the greatest feast of the year? Do they buy it?When I was little, this point of doctrine was obvious: All during Holy Week, my father could be heard practicing the Exsultet to chant at the Easter vigil, as my mother fried and ground up liver and onions in preparation for the Passover seder. The fragrant schmaltzy steam of the chicken soup, the palm leaves, bags of jelly beans for Easter Sunday and … [Read more...]
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Courier wins laurels in AP competition
Published: Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 1:00 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Courier's coverage of Tropical Storm Isidore and a story by one of the newspaper's sportswriters were awarded top honors by the Associated Press Saturday.
Staff writers Dee Dee Thurston, Matt Gresham, John DeSantis and Kimberly Krupa, along with former staffer Elizabeth Stuart, won first place in the spot news category for a series of stories on the September storm that judges called "top-notch."
Perryn Keyes also received first place in the spot sport news category for his story about a game-ending brawl at a Bayou Bucks football game last year.
The awards were among six The Courier received at the annual Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors Conference held at the Wyndham Canal Place hotel in New Orleans.
"We're gratified by the recognition of our journalistic efforts," said Courier Publisher Miles Forrest. "It recognizes the hard work our dedicated staff of writers, editors and photographers put forth daily to publish this newspaper."
The Courier competed against other newspapers in the two states with circulation sizes of 10,001 to 45,000.
The Courier also received four third-place awards:
Jonathan Cohen won in the feature photo category for his picture of a little boy struggling to push an adult-sized lawn mower.
Cohen also won in the spot news photo category for a picture of two grief-stricken women at the scene of a Houma murder last year.
DeSantis won in the continuing coverage category for a series of stories he penned on boating safety.
Thurston won in the general features category for a story she wrote about Houma Police Chief Pat Boudreaux's first year in office.
Last month, The Courier received 45 awards during the Louisiana Press Association's annual banquet, including Newspaper of the Year for its size.
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Paratrooper! There is something about that word that still excites me today. "Back in the day," it meant being different from the rest of the Army. You were no longer just an ordinary "straight leg" soldier – you were a paratrooper! You wore highly shined jump boots with your Class "A" dress uniform. You wore the highly coveted "silver jump wings" on your chest. And you wore the beret! Of course, now everyone in the Army wears a beret.
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Wednesday, April 6
• Wright's Corner Unit of Home and Community Education, 1 p.m., Loudon Town House.
The latest family to have three generations as members of Temperance Lodge No. 16 A.F. & A.M. is represented in this photo. From left to right are Fred Willms Sr., Nathan Willms and Fred Willms Jr.
After many years of being miles apart, a brother and his two sisters were recently reunited after a phone call made by Marie Davis of Vandalia.
Charles Carroll, Brenda Carroll Davis and Retta Carroll Evans were reunited in West Frankfort at the home of Dean and Brenda Davis.
On March 19, a retirement dinner was held at the Davis home to honor Brenda's husband, Dean, who was to retire on April 1 from the Illinois Department of Corrections after 25 years.
Thursday, April 7 – Ham and beans, cole slaw, copper penny carrot salad, mandarin oranges w/bananas, two pieces of corn bread.
Friday, April 8 – Tuna noodle casserole, lettuce salad w/tomatoes, three-bean salad, plums, biscuit.
Monday, April 11 – Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, spinach, blushing pears, graham crackers, enriched bread.
Tuesday, April 12 – Turkey tetrazzini, green peas, glazed carrots, Jello with fruit, wheat bread.
Staci Smithson of Altamont and Obie Farmer Jr. of New Baden have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Herschel and Barbara Ambuehl of Farina will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children and grandchildren from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the Farina United Methodist Church.
Alvin and JoAnn Roe of Pekin will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner party hosted by their family from 4-9 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, at Avanti's Dome Banquet room in Pekin.
Jonah Robert LeDuc
Greg and Candi LeDuc of Glen Carbon are the parents of boy born at 1:33 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Mo.
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